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==PAPER 76: THE SECOND GARDEN==

==PAPER 76: THE SECOND GARDEN==

76:0.1 When [[Adam]] elected to leave the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] to the [[Nodites]] unopposed, he and his followers could not go west, for the Edenites had no boats suitable for such a [[marine]] [[adventure]]. They could not go north; the northern [[Nodites]] were already on the march toward [[Eden]]. They feared to go south; the hills of that region were infested with [[Violence|hostile]] [[tribes]]. The only way open was to the east, and so they [[journeyed]] eastward toward the then [[pleasant]] regions between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Tigris and Euphrates rivers]. And many of those who were left behind later [[journeyed]] eastward to join the Adamites in their new valley [[home]].

76:0.1 When [[Adam]] elected to leave the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] to the [[Nodites]] unopposed, he and his followers could not go west, for the Edenites had no boats suitable for such a [[marine]] [[adventure]]. They could not go north; the northern [[Nodites]] were already on the march toward [[Eden]]. They feared to go south; the hills of that region were infested with [[Violence|hostile]] [[tribes]]. The only way open was to the east, and so they [[journeyed]] eastward toward the then [[pleasant]] regions between the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Tigris and Euphrates rivers]. And many of those who were left behind later [[journeyed]] eastward to join the Adamites in their new valley [[home]].

76:0.2 [[Cain]] and Sansa were both born before the Adamic [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caravan caravan] had reached its destination between the [[rivers]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Laotta, the mother of Sansa, perished at the [[birth]] of her daughter; [[Eve]] [[suffered]] much but [[survived]], owing to superior [[strength]]. Eve took Sansa, the child of Laotta, to her [[bosom]], and she was reared along with [[Cain]]. Sansa grew up to be a [[woman]] of great [[ability]]. She became the [[wife]] of Sargan, the chief of the northern [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue races], and contributed to the advancement of the blue men of those times.

76:0.2 [[Cain]] and Sansa were both born before the Adamic [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caravan caravan] had reached its destination between the [[rivers]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Laotta, the mother of Sansa, perished at the [[birth]] of her daughter; [[Eve]] [[suffered]] much but [[survived]], owing to superior [[strength]]. Eve took Sansa, the child of Laotta, to her [[bosom]], and she was reared along with [[Cain]]. Sansa grew up to be a [[woman]] of great [[ability]]. She became the [[wife]] of Sargan, the chief of the northern [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue races], and contributed to the advancement of the blue men of those times.

==76:1. THE EDENITES ENTER MESOPOTAMIA==

==76:1. THE EDENITES ENTER MESOPOTAMIA==

76:1.1 It required almost a full year for the caravan of [[Adam]] to reach the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates River]. Finding it in flood tide, they remained camped on the plains west of the [[stream]] almost six weeks before they made their way across to the [[land]] between the rivers which was to become the ''second garden''.

76:1.1 It required almost a full year for the caravan of [[Adam]] to reach the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates River]. Finding it in flood tide, they remained camped on the plains west of the [[stream]] almost six weeks before they made their way across to the [[land]] between the rivers which was to become the ''second garden''.

76:1.2 When [[word]] had reached the dwellers in the [[land]] of the ''second garden'' that the [[king]] and high [[priest]] of the [[Garden of Eden]] was marching on them, they had fled in haste to the eastern [[mountains]]. [[Adam]] found all of the desired territory vacated when he arrived. And here in this new location Adam and his helpers set themselves to [[work]] to build new [[homes]] and [[establish]] a new [[center]] of [[culture]] and [[religion]].

76:1.2 When [[word]] had reached the dwellers in the [[land]] of the ''second garden'' that the [[king]] and high [[priest]] of the [[Garden of Eden]] was marching on them, they had fled in haste to the eastern [[mountains]]. [[Adam]] found all of the desired territory vacated when he arrived. And here in this new location Adam and his helpers set themselves to [[work]] to build new [[homes]] and [[establish]] a new [[center]] of [[culture]] and [[religion]].

76:1.3 This site was known to [[Adam]] as one of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:3._THE_GARDEN_SITE three original selections] of the committee assigned to [[choose]] [[possible]] locations for the Garden proposed by [[Van]] and [[Amadon]]. The two [[rivers]] themselves were a [[good]] [[natural]] [[defense]] in those days, and a short way north of the ''second garden'' the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates and Tigris] came close [[together]] so that a [[defense]] wall extending fifty-six miles could be built for the [[protection]] of the territory to the south and between the [[rivers]].

76:1.3 This site was known to [[Adam]] as one of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:3._THE_GARDEN_SITE three original selections] of the committee assigned to [[choose]] [[possible]] locations for the Garden proposed by [[Van]] and [[Amadon]]. The two [[rivers]] themselves were a [[good]] [[natural]] [[defense]] in those days, and a short way north of the ''second garden'' the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates and Tigris] came close [[together]] so that a [[defense]] wall extending fifty-six miles could be built for the [[protection]] of the territory to the south and between the [[rivers]].

76:1.4 After getting settled in the new [[Eden]], it became [[necessary]] to adopt crude [[methods]] of living; it seemed entirely true that the ground had been [[cursed]]. [[Nature]] was once again taking its [[course]]. Now were the Adamites [[compelled]] to wrest a living from unprepared [[soil]] and to cope with the [[realities]] of life in the face of the [[natural]] hostilities and incompatibilities of [[mortal]] [[existence]]. They found the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] partially [[prepared]] for them, but the second had to be [[created]] by the [[labor]] of their own hands and in the "sweat of their faces."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]

76:1.4 After getting settled in the new [[Eden]], it became [[necessary]] to adopt crude [[methods]] of living; it seemed entirely true that the ground had been [[cursed]]. [[Nature]] was once again taking its [[course]]. Now were the Adamites [[compelled]] to wrest a living from unprepared [[soil]] and to cope with the [[realities]] of life in the face of the [[natural]] hostilities and incompatibilities of [[mortal]] [[existence]]. They found the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] partially [[prepared]] for them, but the second had to be [[created]] by the [[labor]] of their own hands and in the "sweat of their faces."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]

==76:2. CAIN AND ABEL==

==76:2. CAIN AND ABEL==

76:2.1 Less than two years after [[Cain]]'s [[birth]], [[Abel]] was born, the first child of [[Adam and Eve]] to be born in the ''second garden''. When Abel grew up to the age of twelve years, he elected to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder herder]; [[Cain]] had chosen to follow [[agriculture]].

76:2.1 Less than two years after [[Cain]]'s [[birth]], [[Abel]] was born, the first child of [[Adam and Eve]] to be born in the ''second garden''. When Abel grew up to the age of twelve years, he elected to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder herder]; [[Cain]] had chosen to follow [[agriculture]].

76:2.2 Now, in those days it was [[custom]]ary to make [[Sacrifice|offerings]] to the [[priesthood]] of the [[things]] at hand. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder Herders] would bring of their flocks, farmers of the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields; and in [[accordance]] with this [[custom]], Cain and Abel likewise made periodic offerings to the [[priests]]. The two boys had many times [[argued]] about the [[relative]] merits of their [[vocations]], and Abel was not slow to note that [[preference]] was shown for his [[animal]] [[sacrifices]]. In vain did [[Cain]] appeal to the [[traditions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden], to the former preference for the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields. But this Abel would not allow, and he taunted his older [[brother]] in his discomfiture.

76:2.2 Now, in those days it was [[custom]]ary to make [[Sacrifice|offerings]] to the [[priesthood]] of the [[things]] at hand. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder Herders] would bring of their flocks, farmers of the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields; and in [[accordance]] with this [[custom]], Cain and Abel likewise made periodic offerings to the [[priests]]. The two boys had many times [[argued]] about the [[relative]] merits of their [[vocations]], and Abel was not slow to note that [[preference]] was shown for his [[animal]] [[sacrifices]]. In vain did [[Cain]] appeal to the [[traditions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden], to the former preference for the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields. But this Abel would not allow, and he taunted his older [[brother]] in his discomfiture.

76:2.3 In the days of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden] [[Adam]] had indeed sought to discourage the offering of [[animal]] [[sacrifice]] so that [[Cain]] had a justifiable precedent for his contentions. It was, however, [[difficult]] to [[organize]] the [[religious]] life of the ''second Eden''. [[Adam]] was burdened with a thousand and one details associated with the [[work]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction building], [[defense]], and [[agriculture]]. Being much [[depressed]] [[spiritually]], he intrusted the [[organization]] of [[worship]] and [[education]] to those of [[Nodite]] extraction who had served in these [[capacities]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden]; and in even so short a time the officiating [[Nodite]] [[priests]] were reverting to the [[standards]] and rulings of pre-Adamic times.

76:2.3 In the days of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden] [[Adam]] had indeed sought to discourage the offering of [[animal]] [[sacrifice]] so that [[Cain]] had a justifiable precedent for his contentions. It was, however, [[difficult]] to [[organize]] the [[religious]] life of the ''second Eden''. [[Adam]] was burdened with a thousand and one details associated with the [[work]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction building], [[defense]], and [[agriculture]]. Being much [[depressed]] [[spiritually]], he intrusted the [[organization]] of [[worship]] and [[education]] to those of [[Nodite]] extraction who had served in these [[capacities]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden]; and in even so short a time the officiating [[Nodite]] [[priests]] were reverting to the [[standards]] and rulings of pre-Adamic times.

76:2.4 The two boys never got along well, and this matter of [[sacrifices]] further contributed to the growing [[hatred]] between them. Abel knew he was the son of both [[Adam and Eve]] and never failed to impress upon Cain that [[Adam]] was not his [[father]]. Cain was not pure [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet] as his [[father]] was of the [[Nodite]] race later admixed with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue and the red man] and with the [[aboriginal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonic stock]. And all of this, with [[Cain]]'s [[natural]] [[bellicose]] [[inheritance]], caused him to nourish an ever-increasing [[hatred]] for his younger [[brother]].

76:2.4 The two boys never got along well, and this matter of [[sacrifices]] further contributed to the growing [[hatred]] between them. Abel knew he was the son of both [[Adam and Eve]] and never failed to impress upon Cain that [[Adam]] was not his [[father]]. Cain was not pure [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet] as his [[father]] was of the [[Nodite]] race later admixed with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue and the red man] and with the [[aboriginal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonic stock]. And all of this, with [[Cain]]'s [[natural]] [[bellicose]] [[inheritance]], caused him to nourish an ever-increasing [[hatred]] for his younger [[brother]].

76:2.5 The boys were respectively eighteen and twenty years of age when the [[tension]] between them was finally resolved, one day, when [[Abel]]'s taunts so [[infuriated]] his [[bellicose]] brother that [[Cain]] turned upon him in wrath and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder slew] him.

76:2.5 The boys were respectively eighteen and twenty years of age when the [[tension]] between them was finally resolved, one day, when [[Abel]]'s taunts so [[infuriated]] his [[bellicose]] brother that [[Cain]] turned upon him in wrath and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder slew] him.

76:2.6 The [[observation]] of [[Abel]]'s [[conduct]] [[establishes]] the [[value]] of [[environment]] and [[education]] as [[factors]] in [[character]] [[development]]. Abel had an [[ideal]] [[inheritance]], and [[heredity]] lies at the bottom of all [[character]]; but the [[influence]] of an inferior [[environment]] virtually neutralized this [[magnificent]] inheritance. Abel, especially during his younger years, was greatly [[influenced]] by his unfavorable surroundings. He would have become an entirely [[different]] [[person]] had he lived to be twenty-five or thirty; his superb [[inheritance]] would then have shown itself. While a [[good]] [[environment]] cannot [[contribute]] much toward really overcoming the [[character]] [[handicaps]] of a base [[heredity]], a bad [[environment]] can very [[effectively]] spoil an [[excellent]] [[inheritance]], at least during the younger years of life. [[Good]] [[social]] [[environment]] and proper [[education]] are indispensable [[soil]] and [[atmosphere]] for getting the most out of a [[good]] [[inheritance]].

76:2.6 The [[observation]] of [[Abel]]'s [[conduct]] [[establishes]] the [[value]] of [[environment]] and [[education]] as [[factors]] in [[character]] [[development]]. Abel had an [[ideal]] [[inheritance]], and [[heredity]] lies at the bottom of all [[character]]; but the [[influence]] of an inferior [[environment]] virtually neutralized this [[magnificent]] inheritance. Abel, especially during his younger years, was greatly [[influenced]] by his unfavorable surroundings. He would have become an entirely [[different]] [[person]] had he lived to be twenty-five or thirty; his superb [[inheritance]] would then have shown itself. While a [[good]] [[environment]] cannot [[contribute]] much toward really overcoming the [[character]] [[handicaps]] of a base [[heredity]], a bad [[environment]] can very [[effectively]] spoil an [[excellent]] [[inheritance]], at least during the younger years of life. [[Good]] [[social]] [[environment]] and proper [[education]] are indispensable [[soil]] and [[atmosphere]] for getting the most out of a [[good]] [[inheritance]].

76:2.7 The [[death]] of [[Abel]] became known to his [[parents]] when his dogs brought the flocks home without their master. To [[Adam and Eve]], Cain was fast becoming the grim [[reminder]] of their [[folly]], and they [[encouraged]] him in his [[decision]] to leave [[the garden]].

76:2.7 The [[death]] of [[Abel]] became known to his [[parents]] when his dogs brought the flocks home without their master. To [[Adam and Eve]], Cain was fast becoming the grim [[reminder]] of their [[folly]], and they [[encouraged]] him in his [[decision]] to leave [[the garden]].

76:2.8 [[Cain]]'s life in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction Mesopotamia] had not been exactly [[happy]] since he was in such a peculiar way [[symbolic]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default]. It was not that his [[associates]] were unkind to him, but he had not been unaware of their [[subconscious]] resentment of his [[presence]]. But Cain knew that, since he bore no [[tribal]] mark, he would be killed by the first [[neighboring]] tribesmen who might [[chance]] to meet him. [[Fear]], and some remorse, led him to [[repent]]. Cain had never been indwelt by an [[Adjuster]], had always been defiant of the [[family]] [[discipline]] and disdainful of his [[father]]'s [[religion]]. But he now went to [[Eve]], his [[mother]], and asked for [[spiritual]] help and [[guidance]], and when he honestly sought [[divine]] [[assistance]], an [[Adjuster]] indwelt him. And this [[Adjuster]], dwelling within and looking out, gave [[Cain]] a distinct advantage of superiority which classed him with the greatly feared [[tribe]] of [[Adam]].

76:2.8 [[Cain]]'s life in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction Mesopotamia] had not been exactly [[happy]] since he was in such a peculiar way [[symbolic]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default]. It was not that his [[associates]] were unkind to him, but he had not been unaware of their [[subconscious]] resentment of his [[presence]]. But Cain knew that, since he bore no [[tribal]] mark, he would be killed by the first [[neighboring]] tribesmen who might [[chance]] to meet him. [[Fear]], and some remorse, led him to [[repent]]. Cain had never been indwelt by an [[Adjuster]], had always been defiant of the [[family]] [[discipline]] and disdainful of his [[father]]'s [[religion]]. But he now went to [[Eve]], his [[mother]], and asked for [[spiritual]] help and [[guidance]], and when he honestly sought [[divine]] [[assistance]], an [[Adjuster]] indwelt him. And this [[Adjuster]], dwelling within and looking out, gave [[Cain]] a distinct advantage of superiority which classed him with the greatly feared [[tribe]] of [[Adam]].

76:2.9 And so [[Cain]] departed for the land of [[Nod]], east of the ''second Eden''. He became a great [[leader]] among one [[group]] of his [[father]]'s people and did, to a certain [[degree]], fulfill the predictions of ''Serapatatia'', for he did promote [[peace]] between this division of the [[Nodites]] and the Adamites throughout his lifetime. Cain married Remona, his distant cousin, and their first son, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch Enoch], became the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamite] Nodites. And for hundreds of years the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamites] and the Adamites continued to be at [[peace]].

76:2.9 And so [[Cain]] departed for the land of [[Nod]], east of the ''second Eden''. He became a great [[leader]] among one [[group]] of his [[father]]'s people and did, to a certain [[degree]], fulfill the predictions of ''Serapatatia'', for he did promote [[peace]] between this division of the [[Nodites]] and the Adamites throughout his lifetime. Cain married Remona, his distant cousin, and their first son, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch Enoch], became the head of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamite] Nodites. And for hundreds of years the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamites] and the Adamites continued to be at [[peace]].

==76:3. LIFE IN MESOPOTAMIA==

==76:3. LIFE IN MESOPOTAMIA==

76:3.3 The [[civil]] rulers of the Adamites were derived hereditarily from the sons of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 the first garden]. Adam's first son, Adamson (Adam ben Adam), founded a secondary [[center]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] to the north of the ''second Eden''. Adam's second son, Eveson, became a masterly [[leader]] and [[administrator]]; he was the great helper of his [[father]]. Eveson lived not quite so long as [[Adam]], and his eldest son, Jansad, became the successor of Adam as the head of the Adamite tribes.

76:3.3 The [[civil]] rulers of the Adamites were derived hereditarily from the sons of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 the first garden]. Adam's first son, Adamson (Adam ben Adam), founded a secondary [[center]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] to the north of the ''second Eden''. Adam's second son, Eveson, became a masterly [[leader]] and [[administrator]]; he was the great helper of his [[father]]. Eveson lived not quite so long as [[Adam]], and his eldest son, Jansad, became the successor of Adam as the head of the Adamite tribes.

76:3.4 The religious rulers, or [[priesthood]], originated with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sethianism Seth]'', the eldest surviving son of [[Adam and Eve]] born in the ''second garden''. He was born one hundred and twenty-nine years after Adam's arrival on [[Urantia]]. Seth became absorbed in the [[work]] of improving the [[spiritual]] [[status]] of his [[father]]'s people, becoming the head of the new [[priesthood]] of the second garden. His son, Enos, founded the new order of [[worship]], and his grandson, Kenan, instituted the foreign missionary [[service]] to the surrounding [[tribes]], near and far.

76:3.4 The religious rulers, or [[priesthood]], originated with ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sethianism Seth]'', the eldest surviving son of [[Adam and Eve]] born in the ''second garden''. He was born one hundred and twenty-nine years after Adam's arrival on [[Urantia]]. Seth became absorbed in the [[work]] of improving the [[spiritual]] [[status]] of his [[father]]'s people, becoming the head of the new [[priesthood]] of the second garden. His son, Enos, founded the new order of [[worship]], and his grandson, Kenan, instituted the foreign missionary [[service]] to the surrounding [[tribes]], near and far.

76:3.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sethianism Sethite priesthood] was a threefold undertaking, embracing [[religion]], [[health]], and [[education]]. The [[priests]] of this order were [[trained]] to officiate at religious [[ceremonies]], to serve as physicians and sanitary inspectors, and to [[act]] as [[teachers]] in the schools of the garden.

76:3.5 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sethianism Sethite priesthood] was a threefold undertaking, embracing [[religion]], [[health]], and [[education]]. The [[priests]] of this order were [[trained]] to officiate at religious [[ceremonies]], to serve as physicians and sanitary inspectors, and to [[act]] as [[teachers]] in the schools of the garden.

76:3.6 [[Adam]]'s caravan had carried the seeds and bulbs of hundreds of [[plants]] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereals cereals] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] with them to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system the land between the rivers]; they also had brought along extensive herds and some of all the [[domesticated]] [[animals]]. Because of this they possessed great advantages over the [[surrounding]] [[tribes]]. They enjoyed many of the benefits of the previous [[culture]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 original Garden].

76:3.6 [[Adam]]'s caravan had carried the seeds and bulbs of hundreds of [[plants]] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereals cereals] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] with them to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system the land between the rivers]; they also had brought along extensive herds and some of all the [[domesticated]] [[animals]]. Because of this they possessed great advantages over the [[surrounding]] [[tribes]]. They enjoyed many of the benefits of the previous [[culture]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 original Garden].

76:3.7 Up to the time of leaving the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden], [[Adam]] and his [[family]] had always subsisted on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruits fruits], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereals cereals], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuts nuts]. On the way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] they had, for the first time, partaken of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbs herbs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables]. The eating of meat was early introduced into the ''second garden'', but [[Adam and Eve]] never partook of flesh as a part of their regular [[diet]]. Neither did Adamson nor Eveson nor the other [[children]] of the first [[generation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] become [[Carnivorous|flesh eaters]].

76:3.7 Up to the time of leaving the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden], [[Adam]] and his [[family]] had always subsisted on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruits fruits], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereals cereals], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuts nuts]. On the way to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] they had, for the first time, partaken of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbs herbs] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables vegetables]. The eating of meat was early introduced into the ''second garden'', but [[Adam and Eve]] never partook of flesh as a part of their regular [[diet]]. Neither did Adamson nor Eveson nor the other [[children]] of the first [[generation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden] become [[Carnivorous|flesh eaters]].

76:3.8 The Adamites greatly excelled the [[surrounding]] [[people]]s in [[cultural]] achievement and [[intellectual]] [[development]]. They produced the third [[alphabet]] and otherwise laid the [[foundations]] for much that was the forerunner of [[modern]] [[art]], [[science]], and [[literature]]. Here in the [[land]]s between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Tigris and Euphrates] they maintained [[the arts]] of [[writing]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metalworking], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery#History pottery making], and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving weaving] and produced a type of [[architecture]] that was not excelled in thousands of years.

76:3.8 The Adamites greatly excelled the [[surrounding]] [[people]]s in [[cultural]] achievement and [[intellectual]] [[development]]. They produced the third [[alphabet]] and otherwise laid the [[foundations]] for much that was the forerunner of [[modern]] [[art]], [[science]], and [[literature]]. Here in the [[land]]s between the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Tigris and Euphrates] they maintained [[the arts]] of [[writing]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metalworking], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery#History pottery making], and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving weaving] and produced a type of [[architecture]] that was not excelled in thousands of years.

76:3.9 The [[home]] life of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet peoples] was, for their day and age, [[ideal]]. [[Children]] were subjected to [[courses]] of [[training]] in [[agriculture]], craftsmanship, and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] or else were [[educated]] to perform the threefold [[duty]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sethianism Sethite]: to be [[priest]], physician, and [[teacher]].

76:3.9 The [[home]] life of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet peoples] was, for their day and age, [[ideal]]. [[Children]] were subjected to [[courses]] of [[training]] in [[agriculture]], craftsmanship, and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry] or else were [[educated]] to perform the threefold [[duty]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sethianism Sethite]: to be [[priest]], physician, and [[teacher]].

76:3.10 And when [[thinking]] of the Sethite [[priesthood]], do not [[confuse]] those high-minded and [[noble]] [[teachers]] of [[health]] and [[religion]], those true educators, with the debased and [[commercial]] priesthoods of the later tribes and surrounding nations. Their religious [[concepts]] of [[Deity]] and the [[universe]] were advanced and more or less accurate, their [[health]] provisions were, for their time, excellent, and their [[methods]] of [[education]] have never since been surpassed.

76:3.10 And when [[thinking]] of the Sethite [[priesthood]], do not [[confuse]] those high-minded and [[noble]] [[teachers]] of [[health]] and [[religion]], those true educators, with the debased and [[commercial]] priesthoods of the later tribes and surrounding nations. Their religious [[concepts]] of [[Deity]] and the [[universe]] were advanced and more or less accurate, their [[health]] provisions were, for their time, excellent, and their [[methods]] of [[education]] have never since been surpassed.

76:4.3 [[Adam and Eve]], like their brethren on [[Jerusem]], were energized by [[dual]] [[nutrition]], subsisting on both [[food]] and [[light]], supplemented by certain superphysical [[energies]] [[unrevealed]] on [[Urantia]]. Their Urantia [[offspring]] did not [[inherit]] the [[parental]] [[endowment]] of [[energy]] intake and [[light]] [[circulation]]. They had a single circulation, the [[human]] type of blood sustenance. They were designedly [[mortal]] though long-lived, albeit longevity gravitated toward the [[human]] [[norm]] with each succeeding [[generation]].

76:4.3 [[Adam and Eve]], like their brethren on [[Jerusem]], were energized by [[dual]] [[nutrition]], subsisting on both [[food]] and [[light]], supplemented by certain superphysical [[energies]] [[unrevealed]] on [[Urantia]]. Their Urantia [[offspring]] did not [[inherit]] the [[parental]] [[endowment]] of [[energy]] intake and [[light]] [[circulation]]. They had a single circulation, the [[human]] type of blood sustenance. They were designedly [[mortal]] though long-lived, albeit longevity gravitated toward the [[human]] [[norm]] with each succeeding [[generation]].

76:4.4 [[Adam and Eve]] and their first [[generation]] of [[children]] did not use the flesh of [[animals]] for [[food]]. They subsisted wholly upon "the fruits of the trees."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.1] After the first [[generation]] all of the descendants of [[Adam]] began to partake of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy dairy products], but many of them continued to follow a [[Vegan|nonflesh diet]]. Many of the southern [[tribes]] with whom they later united were also nonflesh eaters. Later on, most of these [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian vegetarian] [[tribes]] migrated to the east and [[survived]] as now admixed in the peoples of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India].

76:4.4 [[Adam and Eve]] and their first [[generation]] of [[children]] did not use the flesh of [[animals]] for [[food]]. They subsisted wholly upon "the fruits of the trees."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.1] After the first [[generation]] all of the descendants of [[Adam]] began to partake of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy dairy products], but many of them continued to follow a [[Vegan|nonflesh diet]]. Many of the southern [[tribes]] with whom they later united were also nonflesh eaters. Later on, most of these [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian vegetarian] [[tribes]] migrated to the east and [[survived]] as now admixed in the peoples of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India].

76:4.5 Both the [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[visions]] of [[Adam and Eve]] were far superior to those of the present-day peoples. Their special [[senses]] were much more acute, and they were able to see the [[midwayers]] and the [[angelic hosts]], the [[Melchizedeks]], and the fallen Prince [[Caligastia]], who several times came to confer with his [[noble]] successor. They retained the [[ability]] to see these [[celestial]] [[beings]] for over one hundred years after [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default]. These special [[senses]] were not so acutely present in their [[children]] and tended to diminish with each [[succeeding]] [[generation]].

76:4.5 Both the [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[visions]] of [[Adam and Eve]] were far superior to those of the present-day peoples. Their special [[senses]] were much more acute, and they were able to see the [[midwayers]] and the [[angelic hosts]], the [[Melchizedeks]], and the fallen Prince [[Caligastia]], who several times came to confer with his [[noble]] successor. They retained the [[ability]] to see these [[celestial]] [[beings]] for over one hundred years after [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default]. These special [[senses]] were not so acutely present in their [[children]] and tended to diminish with each [[succeeding]] [[generation]].

76:4.7 The [[body]] [[cells]] of the [[Material Sons]] and their [[progeny]] are far more [[resistant]] to [[disease]] than are those of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary beings] [[indigenous]] to the [[planet]]. The [[body]] [[cells]] of the [[native]] races are akin to the living [[disease]]-producing microscopic and ultramicroscopic [[organisms]] of the realm. These [[facts]] explain why the [[Urantia]] [[peoples]] must do so much by way of [[scientific]] [[effort]] to withstand so many [[physical]] disorders. You would be far more [[disease]] resistant if your races carried more of the Adamic life.

76:4.7 The [[body]] [[cells]] of the [[Material Sons]] and their [[progeny]] are far more [[resistant]] to [[disease]] than are those of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary beings] [[indigenous]] to the [[planet]]. The [[body]] [[cells]] of the [[native]] races are akin to the living [[disease]]-producing microscopic and ultramicroscopic [[organisms]] of the realm. These [[facts]] explain why the [[Urantia]] [[peoples]] must do so much by way of [[scientific]] [[effort]] to withstand so many [[physical]] disorders. You would be far more [[disease]] resistant if your races carried more of the Adamic life.

76:4.8 After becoming [[established]] in the second garden on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates], Adam elected to leave behind as much of his [[life plasm]] as possible to benefit the world after his [[death]]. Accordingly, Eve was made the head of a commission of twelve on [[race]] improvement, and before [[Adam]] died this commission had selected 1,682 of the highest type of [[women]] on [[Urantia]], and these women were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impregnated impregnated] with the Adamic [[life plasm]]. Their [[children]] all grew up to [[maturity]] except 112, so that the world, in this way, was benefited by the addition of 1,570 superior men and women. Though these [[candidate]] [[mothers]] were selected from all the [[surrounding]] [[tribes]] and [[represented]] most of the races on [[earth]], the [[majority]] were [[chosen]] from the highest strains of the [[Nodites]], and they constituted the early beginnings of the mighty [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite race]. These [[children]] were born and reared in the tribal [[surroundings]] of their respective [[mothers]].

76:4.8 After becoming [[established]] in the second garden on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates], Adam elected to leave behind as much of his [[life plasm]] as possible to benefit the world after his [[death]]. Accordingly, Eve was made the head of a commission of twelve on [[race]] improvement, and before [[Adam]] died this commission had selected 1,682 of the highest type of [[women]] on [[Urantia]], and these women were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impregnated impregnated] with the Adamic [[life plasm]]. Their [[children]] all grew up to [[maturity]] except 112, so that the world, in this way, was benefited by the addition of 1,570 superior men and women. Though these [[candidate]] [[mothers]] were selected from all the [[surrounding]] [[tribes]] and [[represented]] most of the races on [[earth]], the [[majority]] were [[chosen]] from the highest strains of the [[Nodites]], and they constituted the early beginnings of the mighty [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite race]. These [[children]] were born and reared in the tribal [[surroundings]] of their respective [[mothers]].

==76:5. DEATH OF ADAM AND EVE==

==76:5. DEATH OF ADAM AND EVE==

76:6.1 [[Adam and Eve]] went to their [[mortal]] [[rest]] with strong [[faith]] in the [[promises]] made to them by the [[Melchizedeks]] that they would sometime [[awake]] from the [[sleep]] of [[death]] to resume life on the [[mansion worlds]], worlds all so familiar to them in the days preceding their mission in the [[material]] [[flesh]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] on [[Urantia]].

76:6.1 [[Adam and Eve]] went to their [[mortal]] [[rest]] with strong [[faith]] in the [[promises]] made to them by the [[Melchizedeks]] that they would sometime [[awake]] from the [[sleep]] of [[death]] to resume life on the [[mansion worlds]], worlds all so familiar to them in the days preceding their mission in the [[material]] [[flesh]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] on [[Urantia]].

76:6.2 They did not long rest in the [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oblivion oblivion] of the [[unconscious]] [[sleep]] of the [[mortals]] of the realm. On the third day after [[Adam]]'s [[death]], the second following his [[reverent]] [[burial]], the orders of [[Lanaforge]], sustained by the acting [[Most High]] of [[Edentia]] and concurred in by the [[Union of Days]] on [[Salvington]], acting for [[Michael]], were placed in [[Gabriel]]' s hands, directing the special roll call of the distinguished [[survivors]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default] on [[Urantia]]. And in [[accordance]] with this [[mandate]] of special [[resurrection]], number twenty-six of the [[Urantia]] series, [[Adam and Eve]] were [[repersonalized]] and reassembled in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD resurrection halls] of the [[mansion worlds]] of [[Satania]] [[together]] with 1,316 of their [[associates]] in the [[experience]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden]. Many other [[loyal]] [[souls]] had already been [[translated]] at the time of Adam's arrival, which was attended by a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD dispensational adjudication (20:5.4)] of both the [[sleeping survivors]] and of the living qualified [[ascenders]].

76:6.2 They did not long rest in the [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oblivion oblivion] of the [[unconscious]] [[sleep]] of the [[mortals]] of the realm. On the third day after [[Adam]]'s [[death]], the second following his [[reverent]] [[burial]], the orders of [[Lanaforge]], sustained by the acting [[Most High]] of [[Edentia]] and concurred in by the [[Union of Days]] on [[Salvington]], acting for [[Michael]], were placed in [[Gabriel]]' s hands, directing the special roll call of the distinguished [[survivors]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default] on [[Urantia]]. And in [[accordance]] with this [[mandate]] of special [[resurrection]], number twenty-six of the [[Urantia]] series, [[Adam and Eve]] were [[repersonalized]] and reassembled in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD resurrection halls] of the [[mansion worlds]] of [[Satania]] [[together]] with 1,316 of their [[associates]] in the [[experience]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden]. Many other [[loyal]] [[souls]] had already been [[translated]] at the time of Adam's arrival, which was attended by a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD dispensational adjudication (20:5.4)] of both the [[sleeping survivors]] and of the living qualified [[ascenders]].

76:6.3 [[Adam and Eve]] quickly passed through the worlds of [[progressive]] [[ascension]] until they [[attained]] [[citizenship]] on [[Jerusem]], once again to be residents of the [[planet]] of their [[origin]] but this time as members of a [[different]] order of [[universe]] [[personalities]]. They left [[Jerusem]] as permanent [[citizens]]— [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Sons of God]; they returned as [[ascendant]] [[citizens]]—sons of man. They were [[immediately]] attached to the [[Urantia]] [[service]] on [[the system capital]], later being assigned membership among the [[four and twenty counselors]] who [[constitute]] the present advisory-control body of [[Urantia]].

76:6.3 [[Adam and Eve]] quickly passed through the worlds of [[progressive]] [[ascension]] until they [[attained]] [[citizenship]] on [[Jerusem]], once again to be residents of the [[planet]] of their [[origin]] but this time as members of a [[different]] order of [[universe]] [[personalities]]. They left [[Jerusem]] as permanent [[citizens]]— [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Sons of God]; they returned as [[ascendant]] [[citizens]]—sons of man. They were [[immediately]] attached to the [[Urantia]] [[service]] on [[the system capital]], later being assigned membership among the [[four and twenty counselors]] who [[constitute]] the present advisory-control body of [[Urantia]].