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==PAPER 73: THE GARDEN OF EDEN==     

==PAPER 73: THE GARDEN OF EDEN==     

73:0.1 The [[cultural]] [[decadence]] and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] resulting from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia downfall] and consequent [[social]] [[confusion]] had little [[effect]] on the [[physical]] or [[biologic]] [[status]] of the [[Urantia]] peoples. [[Organic]] [[evolution]] proceeded apace, quite regardless of the [[cultural]] and [[moral]] setback which so swiftly followed the disaffection of [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]]. And there came a time in the [[planetary]] [[history]], almost forty thousand years ago, when the [[Life Carriers]] on duty took note that, from a [[purely]] [[biologic]] [[standpoint]], the [[developmental]] [[progress]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 Urantia races] was nearing its apex. The [[Melchizedek]] receivers, concurring in this [[opinion]], readily agreed to join the [[Life Carriers]] in a [[petition]] to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] asking that [[Urantia]] be inspected with a view to authorizing the dispatch of biologic uplifters, a [[Material Son and Daughter]].

73:0.1 The [[cultural]] [[decadence]] and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] resulting from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia downfall] and consequent [[social]] [[confusion]] had little [[effect]] on the [[physical]] or [[biologic]] [[status]] of the [[Urantia]] peoples. [[Organic]] [[evolution]] proceeded apace, quite regardless of the [[cultural]] and [[moral]] setback which so swiftly followed the disaffection of [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]]. And there came a time in the [[planetary]] [[history]], almost forty thousand years ago, when the [[Life Carriers]] on duty took note that, from a [[purely]] [[biologic]] [[standpoint]], the [[developmental]] [[progress]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 Urantia races] was nearing its apex. The [[Melchizedek]] receivers, concurring in this [[opinion]], readily agreed to join the [[Life Carriers]] in a [[petition]] to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] asking that [[Urantia]] be inspected with a view to authorizing the dispatch of biologic uplifters, a [[Material Son and Daughter]].

73:0.2 This request was addressed to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] because they had exercised direct [[jurisdiction]] over many of [[Urantia]]'s affairs ever since [[Caligastia]]'s downfall and the temporary vacation of [[authority]] on [[Jerusem]].

73:0.2 This request was addressed to the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] because they had exercised direct [[jurisdiction]] over many of [[Urantia]]'s affairs ever since [[Caligastia]]'s downfall and the temporary vacation of [[authority]] on [[Jerusem]].

73:0.3 [[Tabamantia]], sovereign supervisor of the series of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal or experimental worlds], came to inspect the [[planet]] and, after his survey of racial [[progress]], duly recommended that [[Urantia]] be granted [[Material Sons]]. In a little less than one hundred years from the time of this inspection, [[Adam and Eve]], a [[Material Son and Daughter]] of the [[local system]], arrived and began the [[difficult]] task of attempting to untangle the [[confused]] affairs of a [[planet]] retarded by [[rebellion]] and resting under the ban of [[spiritual]] [[isolation]].

73:0.3 [[Tabamantia]], sovereign supervisor of the series of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal or experimental worlds], came to inspect the [[planet]] and, after his survey of racial [[progress]], duly recommended that [[Urantia]] be granted [[Material Sons]]. In a little less than one hundred years from the time of this inspection, [[Adam and Eve]], a [[Material Son and Daughter]] of the [[local system]], arrived and began the [[difficult]] task of attempting to untangle the [[confused]] affairs of a [[planet]] retarded by [[rebellion]] and resting under the ban of [[spiritual]] [[isolation]].

==73:1. THE NODITES AND THE AMADONITES==

==73:1. THE NODITES AND THE AMADONITES==

73:1.1 On a [[normal]] [[planet]] the arrival of the [[Material Son]] would ordinarily herald the approach of a great age of [[invention]], [[material]] [[progress]], and [[intellectual]] [[enlightenment]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN post-Adamic era] is the great [[scientific]] age of most worlds, but not so on [[Urantia]]. Though the [[planet]] was peopled by [[races]] [[physically]] fit, the [[tribes]] languished in the depths of [[savagery]] and [[moral]] [[Darkness|stagnation]].

73:1.1 On a [[normal]] [[planet]] the arrival of the [[Material Son]] would ordinarily herald the approach of a great age of [[invention]], [[material]] [[progress]], and [[intellectual]] [[enlightenment]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN post-Adamic era] is the great [[scientific]] age of most worlds, but not so on [[Urantia]]. Though the [[planet]] was peopled by [[races]] [[physically]] fit, the [[tribes]] languished in the depths of [[savagery]] and [[moral]] [[Darkness|stagnation]].

73:1.2 Ten thousand years after [[the rebellion]] practically all the gains of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66 the Prince's administration] had been effaced; the [[races]] of the world were little better off than if this misguided Son had never come to [[Urantia]]. Only among the Nodites and the Amadonites was there [[persistence]] of the [[traditions]] of [[Dalamatia]] and the [[culture]] of the [[Planetary Prince]].

73:1.2 Ten thousand years after [[the rebellion]] practically all the gains of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66 the Prince's administration] had been effaced; the [[races]] of the world were little better off than if this misguided Son had never come to [[Urantia]]. Only among the Nodites and the Amadonites was there [[persistence]] of the [[traditions]] of [[Dalamatia]] and the [[culture]] of the [[Planetary Prince]].

73:1.3 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] were the [[descendants]] of the rebel members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], their name deriving from their first leader, ''Nod'', onetime chairman of the [[Dalamatia]] commission on [[industry]] and trade. The Amadonites were the descendants of those [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who chose to remain [[loyal]] with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]]. " Amadonite " is more of a [[cultural]] and [[religious]] designation than a racial term; racially considered the Amadonites were [[essentially]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites]. " Nodite " is both a cultural and racial term, for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] themselves constituted the eighth [[race]] of [[Urantia]].

73:1.3 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] were the [[descendants]] of the rebel members of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], their name deriving from their first leader, ''Nod'', onetime chairman of the [[Dalamatia]] commission on [[industry]] and trade. The Amadonites were the descendants of those [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who chose to remain [[loyal]] with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]]. " Amadonite " is more of a [[cultural]] and [[religious]] designation than a racial term; racially considered the Amadonites were [[essentially]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites]. " Nodite " is both a cultural and racial term, for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] themselves constituted the eighth [[race]] of [[Urantia]].

73:1.4 There existed a [[traditional]] [[enmity]] between the Nodites and the Amadonites. This [[feud]] was constantly coming to the [[surface]] whenever the [[offspring]] of these [[two]] [[groups]] would try to [[engage]] in some common [[enterprise]]. Even later, in the affairs of [[Eden]], it was exceedingly [[difficult]] for them to [[work]] [[together]] in [[peace]].

73:1.4 There existed a [[traditional]] [[enmity]] between the Nodites and the Amadonites. This [[feud]] was constantly coming to the [[surface]] whenever the [[offspring]] of these [[two]] [[groups]] would try to [[engage]] in some common [[enterprise]]. Even later, in the affairs of [[Eden]], it was exceedingly [[difficult]] for them to [[work]] [[together]] in [[peace]].

73:1.5 Shortly after the destruction of [[Dalamatia]] the followers of ''Nod'' became divided into three major [[groups]]. The central group remained in the immediate vicinity of their [[original]] [[home]] near the headwaters of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_gulf Persian Gulf]. The eastern group [[migrated]] to the highland regions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam Elam] just east of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates valley]. The western group was situated on the northeastern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] shores of the [[Mediterranean]] and in adjacent territory.

73:1.5 Shortly after the destruction of [[Dalamatia]] the followers of ''Nod'' became divided into three major [[groups]]. The central group remained in the immediate vicinity of their [[original]] [[home]] near the headwaters of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_gulf Persian Gulf]. The eastern group [[migrated]] to the highland regions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam Elam] just east of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates valley]. The western group was situated on the northeastern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] shores of the [[Mediterranean]] and in adjacent territory.

73:1.6 These [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] had freely mated with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races] and had left behind an able [[progeny]]. And some of the descendants of the rebellious [[Dalamatia]]ns subsequently joined [[Van]] and his [[loyal]] followers in the lands north of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Here, in the vicinity of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van Lake Van] and the southern [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] region, the Nodites mingled and mixed with the Amadonites, and they were numbered among the "mighty men of old."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6]

73:1.6 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:4._THE_CALIGASTIA_ONE_HUNDRED_AFTER_REBELLION Nodites] had freely mated with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik races] and had left behind an able [[progeny]]. And some of the descendants of the rebellious [[Dalamatia]]ns subsequently joined [[Van]] and his [[loyal]] followers in the lands north of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Here, in the vicinity of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van Lake Van] and the southern [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian Sea] region, the Nodites mingled and mixed with the Amadonites, and they were numbered among the "mighty men of old."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6]

73:1.7 Prior to the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]] these [[groups]]—Nodites and Amadonites—were the most advanced and [[cultured]] [[races]] on [[earth]].

73:1.7 Prior to the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]] these [[groups]]—Nodites and Amadonites—were the most advanced and [[cultured]] [[races]] on [[earth]].

73:2.1 For almost one hundred years prior to [[Tabamantia]]'s inspection, [[Van]] and his associates, from their highland [[headquarters]] of world [[ethics]] and [[culture]], had been preaching the [[advent]] of a promised Son of God, a racial uplifter, a [[teacher]] of [[truth]], and the worthy successor of the traitorous [[Caligastia]]. Though the [[majority]] of the world's [[inhabitants]] of those days exhibited little or no interest in such a [[prediction]], those who were in [[immediate]] contact with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] took such teaching seriously and began to plan for the [[actual]] [[reception]] of the promised Son.

73:2.1 For almost one hundred years prior to [[Tabamantia]]'s inspection, [[Van]] and his associates, from their highland [[headquarters]] of world [[ethics]] and [[culture]], had been preaching the [[advent]] of a promised Son of God, a racial uplifter, a [[teacher]] of [[truth]], and the worthy successor of the traitorous [[Caligastia]]. Though the [[majority]] of the world's [[inhabitants]] of those days exhibited little or no interest in such a [[prediction]], those who were in [[immediate]] contact with [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] took such teaching seriously and began to plan for the [[actual]] [[reception]] of the promised Son.

73:2.2 [[Van]] told his nearest associates the story of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Sons] on [[Jerusem]]; what he had known of them before ever he came to [[Urantia]]. He well knew that these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Adamic Sons] always lived in [[simple]] but [[charming]] [[garden]] [[homes]] and proposed, eighty-three years before the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]], that they [[devote]] themselves to the [[proclamation]] of their [[advent]] and to the [[preparation]] of a [[garden]] [[home]] for their [[reception]].

73:2.2 [[Van]] told his nearest associates the story of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Sons] on [[Jerusem]]; what he had known of them before ever he came to [[Urantia]]. He well knew that these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Adamic Sons] always lived in [[simple]] but [[charming]] [[garden]] [[homes]] and proposed, eighty-three years before the arrival of [[Adam and Eve]], that they [[devote]] themselves to the [[proclamation]] of their [[advent]] and to the [[preparation]] of a [[garden]] [[home]] for their [[reception]].

73:2.3 From their highland [[headquarters]] and from sixty-one far-scattered settlements, [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] recruited a corps of over three thousand willing and [[enthusiastic]] workers who, in [[solemn]] assembly, [[dedicated]] themselves to this mission of [[preparing]] for the promised—at least expected—Son.

73:2.3 From their highland [[headquarters]] and from sixty-one far-scattered settlements, [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] recruited a corps of over three thousand willing and [[enthusiastic]] workers who, in [[solemn]] assembly, [[dedicated]] themselves to this mission of [[preparing]] for the promised—at least expected—Son.

==73:3. THE GARDEN SITE==

==73:3. THE GARDEN SITE==

73:3.1 The committee on location was absent for almost three years. It reported favorably concerning three possible locations: The first was an island in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf]; the second, the [[river]] location subsequently occupied as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden]; the third, a long narrow [[peninsula]]—almost an island—projecting westward from the eastern shores of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea.

73:3.1 The committee on location was absent for almost three years. It reported favorably concerning three possible locations: The first was an island in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf Persian Gulf]; the second, the [[river]] location subsequently occupied as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden]; the third, a long narrow [[peninsula]]—almost an island—projecting westward from the eastern shores of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea.

73:3.2 The committee almost unanimously favored the third selection. This site was chosen, and two years were occupied in transferring the world's [[cultural]] [[headquarters]], including the [[tree of life]], to this [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]].[http://press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] All but a single [[group]] of the [[peninsula]] dwellers peaceably vacated when [[Van]] and his company arrived.

73:3.2 The committee almost unanimously favored the third selection. This site was chosen, and two years were occupied in transferring the world's [[cultural]] [[headquarters]], including the [[tree of life]], to this [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]].[http://press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] All but a single [[group]] of the [[peninsula]] dwellers peaceably vacated when [[Van]] and his company arrived.

73:3.3 This [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]] had a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious salubrious] [[climate]] and an equable temperature; this stabilized [[weather]] was due to the encircling [[mountains]] and to the [[fact]] that this area was virtually an island in an inland sea. While it rained copiously on the [[surrounding]] highlands, it seldom rained in [[Eden]] proper. But each night, from the extensive network of [[artificial]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] channels, a "mist would go up"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]  to refresh the [[vegetation]] of [[the Garden]].

73:3.3 This [[Mediterranean]] [[peninsula]] had a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious salubrious] [[climate]] and an equable temperature; this stabilized [[weather]] was due to the encircling [[mountains]] and to the [[fact]] that this area was virtually an island in an inland sea. While it rained copiously on the [[surrounding]] highlands, it seldom rained in [[Eden]] proper. But each night, from the extensive network of [[artificial]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] channels, a "mist would go up"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]  to refresh the [[vegetation]] of [[the Garden]].

73:3.4 The coast line of this [[land]] mass was considerably elevated, and the neck connecting with the mainland was only twenty-seven miles wide at the narrowest point. The great [[river]] that watered [[the Garden]] came down from the higher lands of the [[peninsula]] and flowed east through the peninsular neck to the mainland and thence across the lowlands of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] to the [[sea]] beyond. It was fed by four tributaries which took [[origin]] in the coastal hills of the Edenic [[peninsula]], and these are the "four heads" of the [[river]] which "went out of Eden,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] and which later became [[confused]] with the branches of the rivers surrounding the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

73:3.4 The coast line of this [[land]] mass was considerably elevated, and the neck connecting with the mainland was only twenty-seven miles wide at the narrowest point. The great [[river]] that watered [[the Garden]] came down from the higher lands of the [[peninsula]] and flowed east through the peninsular neck to the mainland and thence across the lowlands of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] to the [[sea]] beyond. It was fed by four tributaries which took [[origin]] in the coastal hills of the Edenic [[peninsula]], and these are the "four heads" of the [[river]] which "went out of Eden,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2] and which later became [[confused]] with the branches of the rivers surrounding the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

73:3.5 The [[mountains]] [[surrounding]] [[the Garden]] abounded in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_stones precious stones] and metals, though these received very little [[attention]]. The dominant [[idea]] was to be the [[glorification]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and the exaltation of [[agriculture]].

73:3.5 The [[mountains]] [[surrounding]] [[the Garden]] abounded in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_stones precious stones] and metals, though these received very little [[attention]]. The dominant [[idea]] was to be the [[glorification]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] and the exaltation of [[agriculture]].

==73:5. THE GARDEN HOME==

==73:5. THE GARDEN HOME==

73:5.1 At the [[center]] of the [[Eden]]ic [[peninsula]] was the exquisite stone [[temple]] of the [[Universal Father]], the [[sacred]] [[shrine]] of the Garden. To the north the [[administrative]] [[headquarters]] was [[established]]; to the south were built the [[homes]] for the workers and their [[families]]; to the west was provided the allotment of ground for the proposed schools of the [[educational]] [[system]] of the expected Son, while in the "east of Eden"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] were built the [[domiciles]] intended for the promised Son and his [[immediate]] [[offspring]]. The architectural plans for [[Eden]] provided [[homes]] and [[abundant]] [[land]] for one million [[human being]]s.

73:5.1 At the [[center]] of the [[Eden]]ic [[peninsula]] was the exquisite stone [[temple]] of the [[Universal Father]], the [[sacred]] [[shrine]] of the Garden. To the north the [[administrative]] [[headquarters]] was [[established]]; to the south were built the [[homes]] for the workers and their [[families]]; to the west was provided the allotment of ground for the proposed schools of the [[educational]] [[system]] of the expected Son, while in the "east of Eden"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] were built the [[domiciles]] intended for the promised Son and his [[immediate]] [[offspring]]. The architectural plans for [[Eden]] provided [[homes]] and [[abundant]] [[land]] for one million [[human being]]s.

73:5.2 At the time of [[Adam]]' s arrival, though the Garden was only one-fourth finished, it had thousands of miles of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] ditches and more than twelve thousand miles of paved paths and roads. There were a trifle over five thousand brick buildings in the various sectors, and the trees and [[plants]] were almost beyond [[number]]. [[Seven]] was the largest [[number]] of houses composing any one cluster in the park. And though the [[structures]] of the Garden were simple, they were most [[artistic]]. The roads and paths were well built, and the landscaping was exquisite.

73:5.2 At the time of [[Adam]]' s arrival, though the Garden was only one-fourth finished, it had thousands of miles of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] ditches and more than twelve thousand miles of paved paths and roads. There were a trifle over five thousand brick buildings in the various sectors, and the trees and [[plants]] were almost beyond [[number]]. [[Seven]] was the largest [[number]] of houses composing any one cluster in the park. And though the [[structures]] of the Garden were simple, they were most [[artistic]]. The roads and paths were well built, and the landscaping was exquisite.

73:5.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] arrangements of the Garden were far in advance of anything that had been attempted theretofore on [[Urantia]]. The drinking [[water]] of [[Eden]] was kept wholesome by the strict [[observance]] of the sanitary regulations designed to [[conserve]] its [[purity]]. During these early times much trouble came about from neglect of these rules, but [[Van]] [[gradually]] impressed upon his [[associates]] the importance of allowing nothing to fall into the [[water]] supply of the Garden.

73:5.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] arrangements of the Garden were far in advance of anything that had been attempted theretofore on [[Urantia]]. The drinking [[water]] of [[Eden]] was kept wholesome by the strict [[observance]] of the sanitary regulations designed to [[conserve]] its [[purity]]. During these early times much trouble came about from neglect of these rules, but [[Van]] [[gradually]] impressed upon his [[associates]] the importance of allowing nothing to fall into the [[water]] supply of the Garden.

73:5.4 Before the later [[establishment]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage sewage]-disposal system the Edenites [[practiced]] the scrupulous [[burial]] of all [[waste]] or [[Organic|decomposing]] material. [[Amadon]]'s inspectors made their rounds each day in search for possible [[causes]] of [[Disease|sickness]]. Urantians did not again awaken to the importance of the prevention of [[human]] [[diseases]] until the later times of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 disruption of the Adamic regime] a covered brick-conduit disposal system had been constructed which ran beneath the walls and emptied into the [[river]] of Eden almost a mile beyond the outer or lesser wall of the Garden.

73:5.4 Before the later [[establishment]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage sewage]-disposal system the Edenites [[practiced]] the scrupulous [[burial]] of all [[waste]] or [[Organic|decomposing]] material. [[Amadon]]'s inspectors made their rounds each day in search for possible [[causes]] of [[Disease|sickness]]. Urantians did not again awaken to the importance of the prevention of [[human]] [[diseases]] until the later times of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 disruption of the Adamic regime] a covered brick-conduit disposal system had been constructed which ran beneath the walls and emptied into the [[river]] of Eden almost a mile beyond the outer or lesser wall of the Garden.

73:5.5 By the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival most of the [[plants]] of that section of the world were growing in [[Eden]]. Already had many of the fruits, cereals, and nuts been greatly improved. Many [[modern]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal cereals] were first cultivated here, but scores of varieties of [[food]] [[plants]] were subsequently lost to the world.

73:5.5 By the time of [[Adam]]'s arrival most of the [[plants]] of that section of the world were growing in [[Eden]]. Already had many of the fruits, cereals, and nuts been greatly improved. Many [[modern]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal cereals] were first cultivated here, but scores of varieties of [[food]] [[plants]] were subsequently lost to the world.

==73:6. THE TREE OF LIFE==

==73:6. THE TREE OF LIFE==

73:6.1 In the [[center]] of the Garden [[temple]] [[Van]] planted the long-guarded [[tree of life]], whose leaves were for the "healing of the nations,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] and whose fruit had so long [[sustained]] him on [[earth]]. [[Van]] well knew that [[Adam and Eve]] would also be dependent on this gift of [[Edentia]] for their life [[maintenance]] after they once appeared on [[Urantia]] in [[material]] form.

73:6.1 In the [[center]] of the Garden [[temple]] [[Van]] planted the long-guarded [[tree of life]], whose leaves were for the "healing of the nations,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_22] and whose fruit had so long [[sustained]] him on [[earth]]. [[Van]] well knew that [[Adam and Eve]] would also be dependent on this gift of [[Edentia]] for their life [[maintenance]] after they once appeared on [[Urantia]] in [[material]] form.

73:6.2 The [[Material Sons]] on [[the system]] [[capitals]] do not require the [[tree of life]] for sustenance. Only in the [[planetary]] [[repersonalization]] are they dependent on this adjunct to [[physical]] [[immortality]].

73:6.2 The [[Material Sons]] on [[the system]] [[capitals]] do not require the [[tree of life]] for sustenance. Only in the [[planetary]] [[repersonalization]] are they dependent on this adjunct to [[physical]] [[immortality]].

73:6.3 The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]] and those of the one hundred [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF administrative staff], they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the [[tree of life]] on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] spheres, being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Salvington|local]] and [[Uversa|superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].

73:6.3 The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]] and those of the one hundred [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF administrative staff], they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the [[tree of life]] on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] spheres, being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Salvington|local]] and [[Uversa|superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].

73:6.4 This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] [[existence]]. The fruit of the [[tree of life]] was like a super[[chemical]] storage battery, mysteriously releasing the [[life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who had contributed of their [[life plasm]] to [[the Prince]]'s staff, and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the [[tree of life]] for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].

73:6.4 This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] [[existence]]. The fruit of the [[tree of life]] was like a super[[chemical]] storage battery, mysteriously releasing the [[life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who had contributed of their [[life plasm]] to [[the Prince]]'s staff, and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the [[tree of life]] for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].

73:6.5 During the days of [[the Prince]]'s rule the tree was growing from the [[earth]] in the central and [[circular]] courtyard of [[the Father]]'s [[temple]]. Upon the outbreak of [[the rebellion]] it was regrown from the central core by [[Van]] and his [[associates]] in their temporary camp. This [[Edentia]] shrub was subsequently taken to their highland [[retreat]], where it served both [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] for more than one hundred and fifty thousand years.

73:6.5 During the days of [[the Prince]]'s rule the tree was growing from the [[earth]] in the central and [[circular]] courtyard of [[the Father]]'s [[temple]]. Upon the outbreak of [[the rebellion]] it was regrown from the central core by [[Van]] and his [[associates]] in their temporary camp. This [[Edentia]] shrub was subsequently taken to their highland [[retreat]], where it served both [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] for more than one hundred and fifty thousand years.

73:6.6 When [[Van]] and his [[associates]] made ready the Garden for [[Adam and Eve]], they transplanted the [[Edentia]] tree to the Garden of Eden, where, once again, it grew in a [[central]], circular courtyard of another [[temple]] to [[the Father]]. And [[Adam and Eve]] periodically partook of its fruit for the [[maintenance]] of their [[dual]] [[form]] of [[physical]] life.

73:6.6 When [[Van]] and his [[associates]] made ready the Garden for [[Adam and Eve]], they transplanted the [[Edentia]] tree to the Garden of Eden, where, once again, it grew in a [[central]], circular courtyard of another [[temple]] to [[the Father]]. And [[Adam and Eve]] periodically partook of its fruit for the [[maintenance]] of their [[dual]] [[form]] of [[physical]] life.

73:6.7 When the [[plans]] of the [[Material Son]] went astray, [[Adam]] and his [[family]] were not permitted to carry the core of the tree away from the Garden. When the [[Nodites]] invaded [[Eden]], they were told that they would become as "gods if they partook of the fruit of the tree."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] Much to their [[surprise]] they found it unguarded. They ate freely of the fruit for years, but it did nothing for them; they were all [[material]] [[mortals]] of the realm; they lacked that [[endowment]] which acted as a [[complement]] to the fruit of the tree. They became enraged at their inability to benefit from the [[tree of life]], and in [[connection]] with one of their internal [[wars]], the [[temple]] and the [[Tree of Life|tree]] were both destroyed by [[fire]]; only the stone wall stood until the Garden was subsequently submerged. This was the second [[temple]] of [[the Father]] to perish.

73:6.7 When the [[plans]] of the [[Material Son]] went astray, [[Adam]] and his [[family]] were not permitted to carry the core of the tree away from the Garden. When the [[Nodites]] invaded [[Eden]], they were told that they would become as "gods if they partook of the fruit of the tree."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] Much to their [[surprise]] they found it unguarded. They ate freely of the fruit for years, but it did nothing for them; they were all [[material]] [[mortals]] of the realm; they lacked that [[endowment]] which acted as a [[complement]] to the fruit of the tree. They became enraged at their inability to benefit from the [[tree of life]], and in [[connection]] with one of their internal [[wars]], the [[temple]] and the [[Tree of Life|tree]] were both destroyed by [[fire]]; only the stone wall stood until the Garden was subsequently submerged. This was the second [[temple]] of [[the Father]] to perish.

73:6.8 And now must all flesh on [[Urantia]] take the [[natural]] [[course]] of life and [[death]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 Adam, Eve], their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 children], and their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 children's children], [[together]] with their [[associates]], all perished in the [[course]] of [[time]], thus becoming subject to the [[ascension scheme]] of the [[local universe]] wherein [[mansion world]] [[resurrection]] follows [[material]] [[death]].

73:6.8 And now must all flesh on [[Urantia]] take the [[natural]] [[course]] of life and [[death]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 Adam, Eve], their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 children], and their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 children's children], [[together]] with their [[associates]], all perished in the [[course]] of [[time]], thus becoming subject to the [[ascension scheme]] of the [[local universe]] wherein [[mansion world]] [[resurrection]] follows [[material]] [[death]].

==73:7. THE FATE OF EDEN==

==73:7. THE FATE OF EDEN==

73:7.1 After the first garden was vacated by [[Adam]], it was occupied variously by the [[Nodites]], Cutites, and the Suntites. It later became the dwelling place of the northern [[Nodites]] who [[opposed]] [[co-operation]] with the Adamites. The [[peninsula]] had been overrun by these lower-grade [[Nodites]] for almost four thousand years after [[Adam]] left the Garden when, in [[connection]] with the [[violent]] [[activity]] of the [[surrounding]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes volcanoes] and the submergence of the [http://www.ciesm.org/marine/morphomap.htm Sicilian land bridge] to Africa, the eastern floor of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea sank, [http://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/animation_flooding_small.gif carrying down beneath the waters the whole of the Edenic peninsula]. Concomitant with this vast submergence the coast line of the eastern [[Mediterranean]] was greatly elevated. And this was the end of the most [[beautiful]] [[natural]] [[creation]] that [[Urantia]] has ever harbored. The sinking was not sudden, several hundred years being required completely to submerge the entire [[peninsula]].

73:7.1 After the first garden was vacated by [[Adam]], it was occupied variously by the [[Nodites]], Cutites, and the Suntites. It later became the dwelling place of the northern [[Nodites]] who [[opposed]] [[co-operation]] with the Adamites. The [[peninsula]] had been overrun by these lower-grade [[Nodites]] for almost four thousand years after [[Adam]] left the Garden when, in [[connection]] with the [[violent]] [[activity]] of the [[surrounding]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes volcanoes] and the submergence of the [http://www.ciesm.org/marine/morphomap.htm Sicilian land bridge] to Africa, the eastern floor of the [[Mediterranean]] Sea sank, [http://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/animation_flooding_small.gif carrying down beneath the waters the whole of the Edenic peninsula]. Concomitant with this vast submergence the coast line of the eastern [[Mediterranean]] was greatly elevated. And this was the end of the most [[beautiful]] [[natural]] [[creation]] that [[Urantia]] has ever harbored. The sinking was not sudden, several hundred years being required completely to submerge the entire [[peninsula]].

73:7.2 We cannot regard this disappearance of the Garden as being in any way a result of the miscarriage of the [[divine]] [[plans]] or as a result of the mistakes of [[Adam and Eve]]. We do not regard the submergence of [[Eden]] as anything but a [[natural]] occurrence, but it does seem to us that the sinking of the Garden was timed to occur at just about the date of the accumulation of the reserves of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] for undertaking the [[work]] of rehabilitating the world peoples.

73:7.2 We cannot regard this disappearance of the Garden as being in any way a result of the miscarriage of the [[divine]] [[plans]] or as a result of the mistakes of [[Adam and Eve]]. We do not regard the submergence of [[Eden]] as anything but a [[natural]] occurrence, but it does seem to us that the sinking of the Garden was timed to occur at just about the date of the accumulation of the reserves of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] for undertaking the [[work]] of rehabilitating the world peoples.

73:7.3 The [[Melchizedeks]] [[counseled]] [[Adam]] not to [[initiate]] the [[program]] of racial uplift and blending until his own [[family]] had numbered one-half million. It was never [[intended]] that the Garden should be the permanent [[home]] of the Adamites. They were to become [[emissaries]] of a new life to all the world; they were to mobilize for unselfish [[bestowal]] upon the needy [[races]] of [[earth]].

73:7.3 The [[Melchizedeks]] [[counseled]] [[Adam]] not to [[initiate]] the [[program]] of racial uplift and blending until his own [[family]] had numbered one-half million. It was never [[intended]] that the Garden should be the permanent [[home]] of the Adamites. They were to become [[emissaries]] of a new life to all the world; they were to mobilize for unselfish [[bestowal]] upon the needy [[races]] of [[earth]].

73:7.4 The instructions given [[Adam]] by the [[Melchizedeks]] implied that he was to [[establish]] [[racial]], [[continental]], and divisional [[headquarters]] to be in the charge of his [[immediate]] [[Children|sons and daughters]], while he and Eve were to divide their time between these various world [[capitals]] as advisers and [[co-ordinators]] of the world-wide [[ministry]] of [[biologic]] uplift, [[intellectual]] advancement, and [[moral]] [[rehabilitation]].

73:7.4 The instructions given [[Adam]] by the [[Melchizedeks]] implied that he was to [[establish]] [[racial]], [[continental]], and divisional [[headquarters]] to be in the charge of his [[immediate]] [[Children|sons and daughters]], while he and Eve were to divide their time between these various world [[capitals]] as advisers and [[co-ordinators]] of the world-wide [[ministry]] of [[biologic]] uplift, [[intellectual]] advancement, and [[moral]] [[rehabilitation]].

73:7.5 Presented by [[Solonia]], the seraphic "voice in the Garden."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]  

73:7.5 Presented by [[Solonia]], the seraphic "voice in the Garden."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]  

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