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75:1.3 [[Adam and Eve]] found themselves on a [[sphere]] wholly unprepared for the [[proclamation]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], a world groping about in abject [[spiritual]] [[darkness]] and [[cursed]] with [[confusion]] worse confounded by the [[miscarriage]] of the mission of the preceding [[administration]]. [[Mind]] and [[morals]] were at a low level, and instead of beginning the task of effecting [[religious]] [[unity]], they must begin all anew the work of converting the [[inhabitants]] to the most [[simple]] forms of religious [[belief]]. Instead of finding one [[language]] ready for [[adoption]], they were confronted by the world-wide [[confusion]] of hundreds upon hundreds of local [[dialects]]. No Adam of the [[planetary]] [[service]] was ever set down on a more [[difficult]] world; the obstacles seemed insuperable and the [[problems]] beyond [[creature]] solution.

75:1.3 [[Adam and Eve]] found themselves on a [[sphere]] wholly unprepared for the [[proclamation]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], a world groping about in abject [[spiritual]] [[darkness]] and [[cursed]] with [[confusion]] worse confounded by the [[miscarriage]] of the mission of the preceding [[administration]]. [[Mind]] and [[morals]] were at a low level, and instead of beginning the task of effecting [[religious]] [[unity]], they must begin all anew the work of converting the [[inhabitants]] to the most [[simple]] forms of religious [[belief]]. Instead of finding one [[language]] ready for [[adoption]], they were confronted by the world-wide [[confusion]] of hundreds upon hundreds of local [[dialects]]. No Adam of the [[planetary]] [[service]] was ever set down on a more [[difficult]] world; the obstacles seemed insuperable and the [[problems]] beyond [[creature]] solution.

75:1.4 They were [[isolated]], and the tremendous sense of loneliness which bore down upon them was all the more heightened by the early departure of the [[Melchizedek receivers]]. Only indirectly, by means of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic orders], could they [[communicate]] with any [[being]] off the [[planet]]. Slowly their [[courage]] weakened, their [[spirits]] drooped, and sometimes their [[faith]] almost faltered.

75:1.4 They were [[isolated]], and the tremendous sense of loneliness which bore down upon them was all the more heightened by the early departure of the [[Melchizedek receivers]]. Only indirectly, by means of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic orders], could they [[communicate]] with any [[being]] off the [[planet]]. Slowly their [[courage]] weakened, their [[spirits]] drooped, and sometimes their [[faith]] almost faltered.

75:1.5 And this is the true picture of the consternation of these two [[noble]] [[souls]] as they pondered the tasks which confronted them. They were both keenly aware of the enormous undertaking involved in the [[execution]] of their planetary assignment.

75:1.5 And this is the true picture of the consternation of these two [[noble]] [[souls]] as they pondered the tasks which confronted them. They were both keenly aware of the enormous undertaking involved in the [[execution]] of their planetary assignment.

75:2.1 [[Caligastia]] paid frequent visits to [[the Garden]] and held many conferences with [[Adam and Eve]], but they were adamant to all his suggestions of [[compromise]] and short-cut [[adventures]]. They had before them enough of the results of [[rebellion]] to produce [[effective]] [[immunity]] against all such insinuating proposals. Even the young [[offspring]] of [[Adam]] were uninfluenced by the overtures of [[Daligastia]]. And of course neither [[Caligastia]] nor his [[associate]] had [[power]] to [[influence]] any [[individual]] against his will, much less to [[persuade]] the children of [[Adam]] to do wrong.

75:2.1 [[Caligastia]] paid frequent visits to [[the Garden]] and held many conferences with [[Adam and Eve]], but they were adamant to all his suggestions of [[compromise]] and short-cut [[adventures]]. They had before them enough of the results of [[rebellion]] to produce [[effective]] [[immunity]] against all such insinuating proposals. Even the young [[offspring]] of [[Adam]] were uninfluenced by the overtures of [[Daligastia]]. And of course neither [[Caligastia]] nor his [[associate]] had [[power]] to [[influence]] any [[individual]] against his will, much less to [[persuade]] the children of [[Adam]] to do wrong.

75:2.2 It must be [[remembered]] that [[Caligastia]] was still the [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titular titular] [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]], a misguided but nevertheless high Son of the [[local universe]]. He was not finally deposed until the times of [[Christ]] [[Michael]] on [[Urantia]].

75:2.2 It must be [[remembered]] that [[Caligastia]] was still the [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titular titular] [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]], a misguided but nevertheless high Son of the [[local universe]]. He was not finally deposed until the times of [[Christ]] [[Michael]] on [[Urantia]].

75:2.3 But the fallen [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] was [[persistent]] and [[determined]]. He soon gave up working on [[Adam]] and decided to try a wily flank attack on [[Eve]]. The evil one concluded that the only [[hope]] for success lay in the adroit employment of suitable [[persons]] belonging to the upper strata of the [[Nodite]] group, the descendants of his onetime [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal-staff] [[associates]]. And the [[plans]] were accordingly laid for entrapping the [[mother]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race].

75:2.3 But the fallen [[Planetary Prince|Prince]] was [[persistent]] and [[determined]]. He soon gave up working on [[Adam]] and decided to try a wily flank attack on [[Eve]]. The evil one concluded that the only [[hope]] for success lay in the adroit employment of suitable [[persons]] belonging to the upper strata of the [[Nodite]] group, the descendants of his onetime [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal-staff] [[associates]]. And the [[plans]] were accordingly laid for entrapping the [[mother]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race].

75:2.4 It was farthest from [[Eve]]'s [[intention]] ever to do anything which would militate against [[Adam]]'s plans or jeopardize their [[planetary]] [[trust]]. Knowing the [[tendency]] of [[woman]] to look upon [[immediate]] results rather than to [[plan]] farsightedly for more remote [[effects]], the [[Melchizedeks]], before departing, had especially enjoined [[Eve]] as to the peculiar [[dangers]] besetting their isolated position on the [[planet]] and had in particular warned her never to stray from the side of her [[mate]], that is, to attempt no [[personal]] or [[secret]] [[methods]] of furthering their [[mutual]] undertakings. Eve had most scrupulously carried out these instructions for more than one hundred years, and it did not occur to her that any [[danger]] would attach to the increasingly [[private]] and [[confidential]] visits she was enjoying with a certain [[Nodite]] leader named Serapatatia. The whole affair developed so [[gradually]] and [[naturally]] that she was taken unawares.

75:2.4 It was farthest from [[Eve]]'s [[intention]] ever to do anything which would militate against [[Adam]]'s plans or jeopardize their [[planetary]] [[trust]]. Knowing the [[tendency]] of [[woman]] to look upon [[immediate]] results rather than to [[plan]] farsightedly for more remote [[effects]], the [[Melchizedeks]], before departing, had especially enjoined [[Eve]] as to the peculiar [[dangers]] besetting their isolated position on the [[planet]] and had in particular warned her never to stray from the side of her [[mate]], that is, to attempt no [[personal]] or [[secret]] [[methods]] of furthering their [[mutual]] undertakings. Eve had most scrupulously carried out these instructions for more than one hundred years, and it did not occur to her that any [[danger]] would attach to the increasingly [[private]] and [[confidential]] visits she was enjoying with a certain [[Nodite]] leader named Serapatatia. The whole affair developed so [[gradually]] and [[naturally]] that she was taken unawares.

75:2.5 The [[the Garden|Garden]] dwellers had been in [[contact]] with the [[Nodites]] since the early days of [[Eden]]. From these mixed [[descendants]] of the defaulting members of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Caligastia's staff] they had received much valuable help and [[co-operation]], and through them the Edenic regime was now to meet its complete undoing and final overthrow.

75:2.5 The [[the Garden|Garden]] dwellers had been in [[contact]] with the [[Nodites]] since the early days of [[Eden]]. From these mixed [[descendants]] of the defaulting members of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Caligastia's staff] they had received much valuable help and [[co-operation]], and through them the Edenic regime was now to meet its complete undoing and final overthrow.

==75:3. THE TEMPTATION OF EVE==

==75:3. THE TEMPTATION OF EVE==

75:3.1 [[Adam]] had just finished his first one hundred years on [[earth]] when ''Serapatatia'', upon the [[death]] of his [[father]], came to the [[leadership]] of the western or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] [[confederation]] of the [[Nodite]] tribes. Serapatatia was a brown-tinted man, a brilliant descendant of the onetime chief of the [[Dalamatia]] commission on [[health]] [[mated]] with one of the master [[female]] [[minds]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue race] of those distant days. All down through the ages this line had held [[authority]] and wielded a great [[influence]] among the western [[Nodite]] tribes.

75:3.1 [[Adam]] had just finished his first one hundred years on [[earth]] when ''Serapatatia'', upon the [[death]] of his [[father]], came to the [[leadership]] of the western or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrian] [[confederation]] of the [[Nodite]] tribes. Serapatatia was a brown-tinted man, a brilliant descendant of the onetime chief of the [[Dalamatia]] commission on [[health]] [[mated]] with one of the master [[female]] [[minds]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue race] of those distant days. All down through the ages this line had held [[authority]] and wielded a great [[influence]] among the western [[Nodite]] tribes.

75:3.2 Serapatatia had made several visits to [[the Garden]] and had become deeply impressed with the [[righteousness]] of [[Adam]]'s [[cause]]. And shortly after assuming the [[leadership]] of the Syrian [[Nodites]], he announced his [[intention]] of [[establishing]] an affiliation with the [[work]] of [[Adam and Eve]] in [[the Garden]]. The [[majority]] of his people joined him in this [[program]], and [[Adam]] was cheered by the news that the most powerful and the most [[intelligent]] of all the [[neighboring]] [[tribes]] had swung over almost bodily to the [[support]] of the [[program]] for world improvement; it was decidedly heartening. And shortly after this great [[event]], Serapatatia and his new staff were [[entertained]] by [[Adam and Eve]] in their own [[home]].

75:3.2 Serapatatia had made several visits to [[the Garden]] and had become deeply impressed with the [[righteousness]] of [[Adam]]'s [[cause]]. And shortly after assuming the [[leadership]] of the Syrian [[Nodites]], he announced his [[intention]] of [[establishing]] an affiliation with the [[work]] of [[Adam and Eve]] in [[the Garden]]. The [[majority]] of his people joined him in this [[program]], and [[Adam]] was cheered by the news that the most powerful and the most [[intelligent]] of all the [[neighboring]] [[tribes]] had swung over almost bodily to the [[support]] of the [[program]] for world improvement; it was decidedly heartening. And shortly after this great [[event]], Serapatatia and his new staff were [[entertained]] by [[Adam and Eve]] in their own [[home]].

75:3.4 Presently, Serapatatia became the [[associate]] chairman of the Edenic commission on [[tribal]] [[relations]], and many [[plans]] were laid for the more vigorous prosecution of the [[work]] of winning the remote [[tribes]] to the cause of [[the Garden]].

75:3.4 Presently, Serapatatia became the [[associate]] chairman of the Edenic commission on [[tribal]] [[relations]], and many [[plans]] were laid for the more vigorous prosecution of the [[work]] of winning the remote [[tribes]] to the cause of [[the Garden]].

75:3.5 He held many conferences with [[Adam and Eve]]—especially with [[Eve]]—and they talked over many plans for improving their [[methods]]. One day, during a talk with Eve, it occurred to Serapatatia that it would be very helpful if, while awaiting the recruiting of large [[numbers]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race], something could be done in the meantime [[immediately]] to advance the needy waiting [[tribes]]. Serapatatia contended that, if the [[Nodites]], as the most [[progressive]] and [[co-operative]] [[race]], could have a [[leader]] [[born]] to them of part [[origin]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet stock], it would [[constitute]] a powerful tie binding these peoples more closely to [[the Garden]]. And all of this was soberly and [[honestly]] [[considered]] to be for the [[good]] of the world since this child, to be reared and educated in [[the Garden]], would exert a great [[influence]] for good over his [[father]]'s people.

75:3.5 He held many conferences with [[Adam and Eve]]—especially with [[Eve]]—and they talked over many plans for improving their [[methods]]. One day, during a talk with Eve, it occurred to Serapatatia that it would be very helpful if, while awaiting the recruiting of large [[numbers]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race], something could be done in the meantime [[immediately]] to advance the needy waiting [[tribes]]. Serapatatia contended that, if the [[Nodites]], as the most [[progressive]] and [[co-operative]] [[race]], could have a [[leader]] [[born]] to them of part [[origin]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet stock], it would [[constitute]] a powerful tie binding these peoples more closely to [[the Garden]]. And all of this was soberly and [[honestly]] [[considered]] to be for the [[good]] of the world since this child, to be reared and educated in [[the Garden]], would exert a great [[influence]] for good over his [[father]]'s people.

75:3.6 It should again be emphasized that Serapatatia was altogether [[honest]] and wholly [[sincere]] in all that he proposed. He never once suspected that he was playing into the hands of [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]]. Serapatatia was entirely [[loyal]] to the plan of building up a strong reserve of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] before attempting the world-wide upstepping of the [[confused]] peoples of [[Urantia]]. But this would require hundreds of years to consummate, and he was impatient; he wanted to see some [[immediate]] results—something in his own lifetime. He made it clear to [[Eve]] that [[Adam]] was oftentimes discouraged by the little that had been accomplished toward uplifting the world.

75:3.6 It should again be emphasized that Serapatatia was altogether [[honest]] and wholly [[sincere]] in all that he proposed. He never once suspected that he was playing into the hands of [[Caligastia]] and [[Daligastia]]. Serapatatia was entirely [[loyal]] to the plan of building up a strong reserve of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] before attempting the world-wide upstepping of the [[confused]] peoples of [[Urantia]]. But this would require hundreds of years to consummate, and he was impatient; he wanted to see some [[immediate]] results—something in his own lifetime. He made it clear to [[Eve]] that [[Adam]] was oftentimes discouraged by the little that had been accomplished toward uplifting the world.

75:3.7 For more than five years these [[plans]] were secretly matured. At last they had [[developed]] to the point where [[Eve]] consented to have a secret conference with Cano, the most [[brilliant]] mind and active leader of the near-by colony of friendly [[Nodites]]. Cano was very [[sympathetic]] with the Adamic regime; in fact, he was the [[sincere]] [[spiritual]] [[leader]] of those neighboring [[Nodites]] who favored [[friendly]] relations with [[the Garden]].

75:3.7 For more than five years these [[plans]] were secretly matured. At last they had [[developed]] to the point where [[Eve]] consented to have a secret conference with Cano, the most [[brilliant]] mind and active leader of the near-by colony of friendly [[Nodites]]. Cano was very [[sympathetic]] with the Adamic regime; in fact, he was the [[sincere]] [[spiritual]] [[leader]] of those neighboring [[Nodites]] who favored [[friendly]] relations with [[the Garden]].

75:3.8 The fateful meeting occurred during the twilight hours of the [[autumn]] evening, not far from the [[home]] of [[Adam]]. Eve had never before met the [[beautiful]] and [[enthusiastic]] Cano—and he was a [[magnificent]] specimen of the [[survival]] of the superior physique and outstanding [[intellect]] of his remote progenitors of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff]. And Cano also thoroughly believed in the [[righteousness]] of the Serapatatia project. (Outside of [[the Garden]], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy multiple mating] was a common [[practice]].)

75:3.8 The fateful meeting occurred during the twilight hours of the [[autumn]] evening, not far from the [[home]] of [[Adam]]. Eve had never before met the [[beautiful]] and [[enthusiastic]] Cano—and he was a [[magnificent]] specimen of the [[survival]] of the superior physique and outstanding [[intellect]] of his remote progenitors of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff]. And Cano also thoroughly believed in the [[righteousness]] of the Serapatatia project. (Outside of [[the Garden]], [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy multiple mating] was a common [[practice]].)

75:3.9 [[Influenced]] by flattery, [[enthusiasm]], and great [[personal]] [[persuasion]], [[Eve]] then and there consented to embark upon the much-[[discussed]] [[enterprise]], to add her own little [[scheme]] of world saving to the larger and more far-reaching [[divine]] [[plan]]. Before she quite realized what was transpiring, the fatal step had been taken. It was done.

75:3.9 [[Influenced]] by flattery, [[enthusiasm]], and great [[personal]] [[persuasion]], [[Eve]] then and there consented to embark upon the much-[[discussed]] [[enterprise]], to add her own little [[scheme]] of world saving to the larger and more far-reaching [[divine]] [[plan]]. Before she quite realized what was transpiring, the fatal step had been taken. It was done.

75:4.1 The [[celestial]] life of the [[planet]] was astir. [[Adam]] [[recognized]] that something was wrong, and he asked [[Eve]] to come aside with him in [[the Garden]]. And now, for the first time, [[Adam]] heard the entire [[story]] of the long-nourished [[plan]] for accelerating world improvement by operating [[simultaneously]] in two directions: the prosecution of the [[divine]] [[plan]] concomitantly with the [[execution]] of the ''Serapatatia'' [[enterprise]].

75:4.1 The [[celestial]] life of the [[planet]] was astir. [[Adam]] [[recognized]] that something was wrong, and he asked [[Eve]] to come aside with him in [[the Garden]]. And now, for the first time, [[Adam]] heard the entire [[story]] of the long-nourished [[plan]] for accelerating world improvement by operating [[simultaneously]] in two directions: the prosecution of the [[divine]] [[plan]] concomitantly with the [[execution]] of the ''Serapatatia'' [[enterprise]].

75:4.2 And as the [[Material Son and Daughter]] thus [[communed]] in the moonlit Garden, "the voice in the Garden"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] reproved them for disobedience. And that [[voice]] was none other than my own announcement to the Edenic pair that they had transgressed [[the Garden]] [[covenant]]; that they had disobeyed the instructions of the [[Melchizedeks]]; that they had [[defaulted]] in the [[execution]] of their [[oaths]] of [[trust]] to the [[Creator Son|sovereign]] of the [[universe]].

75:4.2 And as the [[Material Son and Daughter]] thus [[communed]] in the moonlit Garden, "the voice in the Garden"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] reproved them for disobedience. And that [[voice]] was none other than my own announcement to the Edenic pair that they had transgressed [[the Garden]] [[covenant]]; that they had disobeyed the instructions of the [[Melchizedeks]]; that they had [[defaulted]] in the [[execution]] of their [[oaths]] of [[trust]] to the [[Creator Son|sovereign]] of the [[universe]].

75:4.3 [[Eve]] had consented to participate in the [[practice]] of [[good]] and [[evil]]. Good is the carrying out of the [[divine]] plans; sin is a [[deliberate]] [[transgression]] of the [[divine]] [[will]]; [[evil]] is the misadaptation of plans and the maladjustment of [[techniques]] resulting in [[universe]] [[Chaos|disharmony]] and planetary [[confusion]].

75:4.3 [[Eve]] had consented to participate in the [[practice]] of [[good]] and [[evil]]. Good is the carrying out of the [[divine]] plans; sin is a [[deliberate]] [[transgression]] of the [[divine]] [[will]]; [[evil]] is the misadaptation of plans and the maladjustment of [[techniques]] resulting in [[universe]] [[Chaos|disharmony]] and planetary [[confusion]].

75:4.4 Every time [[the Garden]] pair had partaken of the fruit of the [[tree of life]], they had been warned by the [[archangel]] custodian to refrain from yielding to the suggestions of [[Caligastia]] to combine [[good]] and [[evil]]. They had been thus admonished: "In the day that you commingle good and evil, you shall surely become as the mortals of the realm; you shall surely die."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2]

75:4.4 Every time [[the Garden]] pair had partaken of the fruit of the [[tree of life]], they had been warned by the [[archangel]] custodian to refrain from yielding to the suggestions of [[Caligastia]] to combine [[good]] and [[evil]]. They had been thus admonished: "In the day that you commingle good and evil, you shall surely become as the mortals of the realm; you shall surely die."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2]

75:4.5 [[Eve]] had told Cano of this oft-repeated warning on the fateful occasion of their [[secret]] meeting, but Cano, not knowing the import or significance of such [[admonitions]], had [[assured]] her that men and women with [[good]] [[motives]] and true [[intentions]] could do no evil; that she should surely not die but rather live anew in the [[person]] of their [[offspring]], who would grow up to [[bless]] and [[stabilize]] the world.

75:4.5 [[Eve]] had told Cano of this oft-repeated warning on the fateful occasion of their [[secret]] meeting, but Cano, not knowing the import or significance of such [[admonitions]], had [[assured]] her that men and women with [[good]] [[motives]] and true [[intentions]] could do no evil; that she should surely not die but rather live anew in the [[person]] of their [[offspring]], who would grow up to [[bless]] and [[stabilize]] the world.

75:4.6 Even though this project of [[modifying]] the [[divine]] [[plan]] had been [[conceived]] and [[executed]] with entire [[sincerity]] and with only the highest [[motives]] concerning the welfare of the world, it [[constituted]] [[evil]] because it [[represented]] the wrong way to achieve [[righteous]] ends, because it departed from the right way, the [[divine]] [[plan]].

75:4.6 Even though this project of [[modifying]] the [[divine]] [[plan]] had been [[conceived]] and [[executed]] with entire [[sincerity]] and with only the highest [[motives]] concerning the welfare of the world, it [[constituted]] [[evil]] because it [[represented]] the wrong way to achieve [[righteous]] ends, because it departed from the right way, the [[divine]] [[plan]].

75:4.7 True, [[Eve]] had found Cano [[pleasant]] to the eyes, and she [[realized]] all that her [[seducer]] [[promised]] by way of "new and increased [[knowledge]] of [[human]] affairs and quickened [[understanding]] of human [[nature]] as supplemental to the [[comprehension]] of the Adamic nature."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]

75:4.7 True, [[Eve]] had found Cano [[pleasant]] to the eyes, and she [[realized]] all that her [[seducer]] [[promised]] by way of "new and increased [[knowledge]] of [[human]] affairs and quickened [[understanding]] of human [[nature]] as supplemental to the [[comprehension]] of the Adamic nature."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]

75:4.8 I talked to the [[father]] and [[mother]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] that night in [[the Garden]] as became my [[duty]] under the sorrowful circumstances. I [[listened]] fully to the recital of all that led up to the [[default]] of [[Mother]] [[Eve]] and gave both of them advice and [[counsel]] concerning the [[immediate]] situation. Some of this advice they followed; some they disregarded. This conference appears in your records as "the Lord God calling to Adam and Eve in the Garden and asking, `Where are you?' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] It was the [[practice]] of later [[generations]] to [[attribute]] everything unusual and extraordinary, whether [[natural]] or [[spiritual]], directly to the [[personal]] [[intervention]] of the [[Gods]].

75:4.8 I talked to the [[father]] and [[mother]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] that night in [[the Garden]] as became my [[duty]] under the sorrowful circumstances. I [[listened]] fully to the recital of all that led up to the [[default]] of [[Mother]] [[Eve]] and gave both of them advice and [[counsel]] concerning the [[immediate]] situation. Some of this advice they followed; some they disregarded. This conference appears in your records as "the Lord God calling to Adam and Eve in the Garden and asking, `Where are you?' "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3] It was the [[practice]] of later [[generations]] to [[attribute]] everything unusual and extraordinary, whether [[natural]] or [[spiritual]], directly to the [[personal]] [[intervention]] of the [[Gods]].

==75:5. REPERCUSSIONS OF DEFAULT==

==75:5. REPERCUSSIONS OF DEFAULT==

75:5.1 [[Eve]]' s [[disillusionment]] was truly [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pathetic pathetic]. [[Adam]] [[discerned]] the whole predicament and, while heartbroken and dejected, entertained only pity and [[sympathy]] for his erring [[mate]].

75:5.1 [[Eve]]' s [[disillusionment]] was truly [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pathetic pathetic]. [[Adam]] [[discerned]] the whole predicament and, while heartbroken and dejected, entertained only pity and [[sympathy]] for his erring [[mate]].

75:5.2 It was in the [[despair]] of the [[realization]] of failure that [[Adam]], the day after [[Eve]]'s misstep, sought out Laotta, the brilliant [[Nodite]] woman who was head of the western schools of [[the Garden]], and with premeditation committed the [[folly]] of [[Eve]]. But do not misunderstand; [[Adam]] was not beguiled; he knew exactly what he was about; he [[deliberately]] [[chose]] to [[share]] the [[fate]] of [[Eve]]. He [[loved]] his [[mate]] with a [[supermortal]] [[affection]], and the [[thought]] of the [[possibility]] of a lonely [[vigil]] on [[Urantia]] without her was more than he could [[endure]].

75:5.2 It was in the [[despair]] of the [[realization]] of failure that [[Adam]], the day after [[Eve]]'s misstep, sought out Laotta, the brilliant [[Nodite]] woman who was head of the western schools of [[the Garden]], and with premeditation committed the [[folly]] of [[Eve]]. But do not misunderstand; [[Adam]] was not beguiled; he knew exactly what he was about; he [[deliberately]] [[chose]] to [[share]] the [[fate]] of [[Eve]]. He [[loved]] his [[mate]] with a [[supermortal]] [[affection]], and the [[thought]] of the [[possibility]] of a lonely [[vigil]] on [[Urantia]] without her was more than he could [[endure]].

75:5.8 [[Time]] passed, but [[Adam]] was not certain of the [[nature]] of their offense until seventy days after the [[default]] of [[Eve]], when the [[Melchizedek receivers]] returned to [[Urantia]] and assumed [[jurisdiction]] over world affairs. And then he knew they had failed.

75:5.8 [[Time]] passed, but [[Adam]] was not certain of the [[nature]] of their offense until seventy days after the [[default]] of [[Eve]], when the [[Melchizedek receivers]] returned to [[Urantia]] and assumed [[jurisdiction]] over world affairs. And then he knew they had failed.

75:5.9 But still more trouble was brewing: The news of the [[annihilation]] of the [[Nodite]] settlement near [[Eden]] was not slow in reaching the [[home]] [[tribes]] of ''Serapatatia'' to the north, and presently a great host was assembling to march on [[the Garden]]. And this was the beginning of a long and bitter [[warfare]] between the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:1._THE_NODITES_AND_THE_AMADONITES Adamites and the Nodites], for these hostilities kept up long after [[Adam]] and his followers [[emigrated]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates] valley. There was [[intense]] and lasting "[[enmity]] between that man and the woman, between his seed and her seed."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]

75:5.9 But still more trouble was brewing: The news of the [[annihilation]] of the [[Nodite]] settlement near [[Eden]] was not slow in reaching the [[home]] [[tribes]] of ''Serapatatia'' to the north, and presently a great host was assembling to march on [[the Garden]]. And this was the beginning of a long and bitter [[warfare]] between the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:1._THE_NODITES_AND_THE_AMADONITES Adamites and the Nodites], for these hostilities kept up long after [[Adam]] and his followers [[emigrated]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates Euphrates] valley. There was [[intense]] and lasting "[[enmity]] between that man and the woman, between his seed and her seed."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]

==75:6. ADAM AND EVE LEAVE THE GARDEN==

==75:6. ADAM AND EVE LEAVE THE GARDEN==

75:6.1 When Adam learned that the Nodites were on the march, he sought the counsel of the Melchizedeks, but they refused to advise him, only telling him to do as he thought best and promising their friendly co-operation, as far as possible, in any course he might decide upon. The Melchizedeks had been forbidden to interfere with the personal plans of Adam and Eve.

75:6.1 When [[Adam]] learned that the [[Nodites]] were on the march, he sought the [[counsel]] of the [[Melchizedeks]], but they refused to advise him, only telling him to do as he [[thought]] best and [[promising]] their [[friendly]] [[co-operation]], as far as possible, in any [[course]] he might decide upon. The [[Melchizedeks]] had been forbidden to [[interfere]] with the [[personal]] [[plans]] of [[Adam and Eve]].

75:6.2 Adam knew that he and Eve had failed; the presence of the Melchizedek receivers told him that, though he still knew nothing of their personal status or future fate. He held an all-night conference with some twelve hundred loyal followers who pledged themselves to follow their leader, and the next day at noon these pilgrims went forth from Eden in quest of new homes. Adam had no liking for war and accordingly elected to leave the first garden to the Nodites unopposed.

75:6.2 [[Adam]] knew that he and [[Eve]] had failed; the [[presence]] of the [[Melchizedek receivers]] told him that, though he still knew nothing of their [[personal]] [[status]] or [[future]] [[fate]]. He held an all-night conference with some twelve hundred [[loyal]] followers who [[pledged]] themselves to follow their [[leader]], and the next day at noon these [[pilgrims]] went forth from [[Eden]] in quest of new [[homes]]. Adam had no liking for [[war]] and accordingly elected to leave the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] to the [[Nodites]] unopposed.

75:6.3 The Edenic caravan was halted on the third day out from the Garden by the arrival of the seraphic transports from Jerusem. And for the first time Adam and Eve were informed of what was to become of their children. While the transports stood by, those children who had arrived at the age of choice (twenty years) were given the option of remaining on Urantia with their parents or of becoming wards of the Most Highs of Norlatiadek. Two thirds chose to go to Edentia; about one third elected to remain with their parents. All children of prechoice age were taken to Edentia. No one could have beheld the sorrowful parting of this Material Son and Daughter and their children without realizing that the way of the transgressor is hard. These offspring of Adam and Eve are now on Edentia; we do not know what disposition is to be made of them.

75:6.3 The Edenic caravan was halted on the third day out from [[the Garden]] by the arrival of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM seraphic transports] from [[Jerusem]]. And for the first time [[Adam and Eve]] were informed of what was to become of their [[children]]. While the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM transports] stood by, those [[children]] who had arrived at the age of [[choice]] (twenty years) were given the [[option]] of remaining on [[Urantia]] with their [[parents]] or of becoming wards of the [[Most Highs]] of [[Norlatiadek]]. Two thirds chose to go to [[Edentia]]; about one third elected to remain with their [[parents]]. All children of prechoice age were taken to [[Edentia]]. No one could have beheld the sorrowful parting of this [[Material Son and Daughter]] and their [[children]] without realizing that the way of the transgressor is hard. These offspring of [[Adam and Eve]] are now on [[Edentia]]; we do not know what disposition is to be made of them.

75:6.4 It was a sad, sad caravan that prepared to journey on. Could anything have been more tragic! To have come to a world in such high hopes, to have been so auspiciously received, and then to go forth in disgrace from Eden, only to lose more than three fourths of their children even before finding a new abiding place!

75:6.4 It was a sad, sad caravan that prepared to [[journey]] on. Could anything have been more [[tragic]]! To have come to a world in such high [[hopes]], to have been so auspiciously received, and then to go forth in [[disgrace]] from [[Eden]], only to lose more than three fourths of their [[children]] even before finding a new [[Home|abiding place]]!

==75:7. DEGRADATION OF ADAM AND EVE==

==75:7. DEGRADATION OF ADAM AND EVE==

75:7.1 It was while the Edenic caravan was halted that Adam and Eve were informed of the nature of their transgressions and advised concerning their fate. Gabriel appeared to pronounce judgment. And this was the verdict: The Planetary Adam and Eve of Urantia are adjudged in default; they have violated the covenant of their trusteeship as the rulers of this inhabited world.

75:7.1 It was while the Edenic caravan was halted that [[Adam and Eve]] were informed of the [[nature]] of their [[transgressions]] and advised concerning their [[fate]]. [[Gabriel]] [[appeared]] to pronounce [[judgment]]. And this was the [[verdict]]: The Planetary [[Adam and Eve]] of [[Urantia]] are adjudged in [[default]]; they have violated the [[covenant]] of their trusteeship as the rulers of this [[inhabited world]].

75:7.2 While downcast by the sense of guilt, Adam and Eve were greatly cheered by the announcement that their judges on Salvington had absolved them from all charges of standing in " contempt of the universe government. " They had not been held guilty of rebellion.

75:7.2 While downcast by the sense of [[guilt]], [[Adam and Eve]] were greatly cheered by the announcement that their [[judges]] on [[Salvington]] had absolved them from all charges of standing in "[[contempt]] of the [[universe]] [[government]]." They had not been held [[guilty]] of [[rebellion]].

75:7.3 The Edenic pair were informed that they had degraded themselves to the status of the mortals of the realm; that they must henceforth conduct themselves as man and woman of Urantia, looking to the future of the world races for their future.

75:7.3 The Edenic pair were informed that they had degraded themselves to the [[status]] of the [[mortals]] of the realm; that they must henceforth conduct themselves as [[man]] and [[woman]] of [[Urantia]], looking to the [[future]] of the world [[races]] for their [[future]].

75:7.4 Long before Adam and Eve left Jerusem, their instructors had fully explained to them the consequences of any vital departure from the divine plans. I had personally and repeatedly warned them, both before and after they arrived on Urantia, that reduction to the status of mortal flesh would be the certain result, the sure penalty, which would unfailingly attend default in the execution of their planetary mission. But a comprehension of the immortality status of the material order of sonship is essential to a clear understanding of the consequences attendant upon the default of Adam and Eve.

75:7.4 Long before [[Adam and Eve]] left [[Jerusem]], their instructors had fully explained to them the [[consequences]] of any [[vital]] departure from the [[divine]] [[plans]]. I had [[personally]] and repeatedly [[warned]] them, both before and after they arrived on [[Urantia]], that reduction to the [[status]] of [[mortal]] flesh would be the certain result, the sure [[penalty]], which would unfailingly attend [[default]] in the [[execution]] of their [[planetary]] mission. But a [[comprehension]] of the [[immortality]] [[status]] of the [[material]] order of sonship is [[essential]] to a clear [[understanding]] of the [[consequences]] attendant upon the [[default]] of [[Adam and Eve]].

75:7.5 1. Adam and Eve, like their fellows on Jerusem, maintained immortal status through intellectual association with the mind-gravity circuit of the Spirit. When this vital sustenance is broken by mental disjunction, then, regardless of the spiritual level of creature existence, immortality status is lost. Mortal status followed by physical dissolution was the inevitable consequence of the intellectual default of Adam and Eve.

75:7.5 1. [[Adam and Eve]], like their fellows on [[Jerusem]], [[maintained]] [[immortal]] [[status]] through [[intellectual]] [[association]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN mind-gravity circuit of the Spirit]. When this vital sustenance is broken by mental disjunction, then, regardless of the [[spiritual]] [[level]] of [[creature]] [[existence]], [[immortality]] [[status]] is lost. [[Mortal]] status followed by [[physical]] [[Death|dissolution]] was the [[inevitable]] consequence of the [[intellectual]] [[default]] of [[Adam and Eve]].

75:7.6 2. The Material Son and Daughter of Urantia, being also personalized in the similitude of the mortal flesh of this world, were further dependent on the maintenance of a dual circulatory system, the one derived from their physical natures, the other from the superenergy stored in the fruit of the tree of life. Always had the archangel custodian admonished Adam and Eve that default of trust would culminate in degradation of status, and access to this source of energy was denied them subsequent to their default.

75:7.6 2. The [[Material Son and Daughter]] of [[Urantia]], being also [[personalized]] in the similitude of the [[mortal]] flesh of this world, were further dependent on the [[maintenance]] of a [[dual]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulatory_system circulatory system], the one derived from their [[physical]] [[natures]], the other from the superenergy stored in the fruit of the [[tree of life]]. Always had the [[archangel]] custodian [[admonished]] [[Adam and Eve]] that [[default]] of [[trust]] would culminate in degradation of [[status]], and [[access]] to this [[source]] of [[energy]] was denied them subsequent to their [[default]].

75:7.7 Caligastia did succeed in trapping Adam and Eve, but he did not accomplish his purpose of leading them into open rebellion against the universe government. What they had done was indeed evil, but they were never guilty of contempt for truth, neither did they knowingly enlist in rebellion against the righteous rule of the Universal Father and his Creator Son.

75:7.7 [[Caligastia]] did succeed in trapping [[Adam and Eve]], but he did not accomplish his [[purpose]] of leading them into open [[rebellion]] against the [[universe]] [[government]]. What they had done was indeed [[evil]], but they were never [[guilty]] of [[contempt]] for [[truth]], neither did they knowingly enlist in [[rebellion]] against the [[righteous]] rule of the [[Universal Father]] and his [[Creator Son]].

==75:8. THE SO-CALLED FALL OF MAN==

==75:8. THE SO-CALLED FALL OF MAN==

75:8.1 Adam and Eve did fall from their high estate of material sonship down to the lowly status of mortal man. But that was not the fall of man. The human race has been uplifted despite the immediate consequences of the Adamic default. Although the divine plan of giving the violet race to the Urantia peoples miscarried, the mortal races have profited enormously from the limited contribution which Adam and his descendants made to the Urantia races.

75:8.1 [[Adam and Eve]] did fall from their high estate of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 material sonship] down to the lowly [[status]] of [[mortal]] [[man]]. But that was not the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_man fall of man]. The [[human]] [[race]] has been uplifted despite the [[immediate]] [[consequences]] of the Adamic [[default]]. Although the [[divine]] [[plan]] of giving the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] to the [[Urantia]] peoples miscarried, the [[mortal]] races have profited enormously from the limited [[contribution]] which [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 Adam and his descendants] made to the [[Urantia]] [[races]].

75:8.2 There has been no " fall of man. " The history of the human race is one of progressive evolution, and the Adamic bestowal left the world peoples greatly improved over their previous biologic condition. The more superior stocks of Urantia now contain inheritance factors derived from as many as four separate sources: Andonite, Sangik, Nodite, and Adamic.

75:8.2 There has been no "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_man fall of man]." The [[history]] of the [[human]] [[race]] is one of [[progressive]] [[evolution]], and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Adamic bestowal] left the world peoples greatly improved over their previous [[biologic]] condition. The more superior stocks of [[Urantia]] now contain [[inheritance]] [[factors]] derived from as many as four separate sources: [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik], [[Nodite]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 Adamic].

75:8.3 Adam should not be regarded as the cause of a curse on the human race. While he did fail in carrying forward the divine plan, while he did transgress his covenant with Deity, while he and his mate were most certainly degraded in creature status, notwithstanding all this, their contribution to the human race did much to advance civilization on Urantia.

75:8.3 [[Adam]] should not be regarded as the [[cause]] of a [[curse]] on the [[human]] [[race]]. While he did fail in carrying forward the [[divine]] [[plan]], while he did [[transgress]] his [[covenant]] with [[Deity]], while he and his [[mate]] were most certainly degraded in [[creature]] [[status]], notwithstanding all this, their [[contribution]] to the [[human]] [[race]] did much to advance [[civilization]] on [[Urantia]].

75:8.4 In estimating the results of the Adamic mission on your world, justice demands the recognition of the condition of the planet. Adam was confronted with a well-nigh hopeless task when, with his beautiful mate, he was transported from Jerusem to this dark and confused planet. But had they been guided by the counsel of the Melchizedeks and their associates, and had they been more patient, they would have eventually met with success. But Eve listened to the insidious propaganda of personal liberty and planetary freedom of action. She was led to experiment with the life plasm of the material order of sonship in that she allowed this life trust to become prematurely commingled with that of the then mixed order of the original design of the Life Carriers which had been previously combined with that of the reproducing beings once attached to the staff of the Planetary Prince.

75:8.4 In estimating the results of the Adamic mission on your world, [[justice]] demands the [[recognition]] of the condition of the [[planet]]. [[Adam]] was confronted with a well-nigh hopeless task when, with his [[beautiful]] [[mate]], he was [[transported]] from [[Jerusem]] to this [[dark]] and [[confused]] [[planet]]. But had they been [[guided]] by the [[counsel]] of the [[Melchizedeks]] and their [[associates]], and had they been more [[patient]], they would have [[eventually]] met with success. But [[Eve]] listened to the insidious [[propaganda]] of [[personal]] [[liberty]] and [[planetary]] [[freedom]] of [[action]]. She was led to [[experiment]] with the [[life plasm]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 material order of sonship] in that she allowed this life [[trust]] to become prematurely commingled with that of the then mixed order of the [[original]] [[design]] of the [[Life Carriers]] which had been previously combined with that of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF reproducing beings] once attached to the staff of the [[Planetary Prince]].

75:8.5 Never, in all your ascent to Paradise, will you gain anything by impatiently attempting to circumvent the established and divine plan by short cuts, personal inventions, or other devices for improving on the way of perfection, to perfection, and for eternal perfection.

75:8.5 Never, in all your [[ascent]] to [[Paradise]], will you gain anything by impatiently attempting to circumvent the [[established]] and [[divine]] [[plan]] by short cuts, [[personal]] [[inventions]], or other devices for improving on the way of [[perfection]], to perfection, and for [[eternal]] perfection.

75:8.6 All in all, there probably never was a more disheartening miscarriage of wisdom on any planet in all Nebadon. But it is not surprising that these missteps occur in the affairs of the evolutionary universes. We are a part of a gigantic creation, and it is not strange that everything does not work in perfection; our universe was not created in perfection. Perfection is our eternal goal, not our origin.

75:8.6 All in all, there probably never was a more disheartening [[miscarriage]] of [[wisdom]] on any [[planet]] in all [[Nebadon]]. But it is not surprising that these missteps occur in the affairs of the [[evolutionary]] [[universes]]. We are a part of a gigantic [[creation]], and it is not strange that everything does not [[work]] in [[perfection]]; our [[universe]] was not created in perfection. Perfection is our [[eternal]] goal, not our [[origin]].

75:8.7 If this were a mechanistic universe, if the First Great Source and Center were only a force and not also a personality, if all creation were a vast aggregation of physical matter dominated by precise laws characterized by unvarying energy actions, then might perfection obtain, even despite the incompleteness of universe status. There would be no disagreement; there would be no friction. But in our evolving universe of relative perfection and imperfection we rejoice that disagreement and misunderstanding are possible, for thereby is evidenced the fact and the act of personality in the universe. And if our creation is an existence dominated by personality, then can you be assured of the possibilities of personality survival, advancement, and achievement; we can be confident of personality growth, experience, and adventure. What a glorious universe, in that it is personal and progressive, not merely mechanical or even passively perfect!

75:8.7 If this were a [[mechanistic]] [[universe]], if the [[First Great Source and Center]] were only a [[force]] and not also a [[personality]], if all [[creation]] were a vast [[aggregation]] of [[physical]] [[matter]] [[dominated]] by precise [[laws]] characterized by unvarying [[energy]] [[actions]], then might [[perfection]] obtain, even despite the incompleteness of [[universe]] [[status]]. There would be no disagreement; there would be no [[friction]]. But in our evolving universe of [[relative]] [[perfection]] and imperfection we [[rejoice]] that disagreement and misunderstanding are [[possible]], for thereby is [[evidenced]] the [[fact]] and the [[act]] of [[personality]] in the [[universe]]. And if our [[creation]] is an [[existence]] [[dominated]] by [[personality]], then can you be [[assured]] of the [[possibilities]] of [[personality]] [[survival]], advancement, and achievement; we can be [[confident]] of [[personality]] [[growth]], [[experience]], and [[adventure]]. What a [[glorious]] [[universe]], in that it is [[personal]] and [[progressive]], not merely [[mechanical]] or even passively perfect!

75:8.8 Presented by [[Solonia]], the seraphic " [[voice in the Garden]]. "  

75:8.8 Presented by [[Solonia]], the seraphic " voice in the Garden. "  

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