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77:2.2 The [[physical]] members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] had been [[constituted]] [[sex]] [[creatures]] for the [[purpose]] of [[participating]] in the [[plan]] of [[procreating]] [[offspring]] embodying the combined [[qualities]] of their special order united with those of the selected stock of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andon tribes], and all of this was in [[anticipation]] of the subsequent [[appearance]] of [[Adam]]. The [[Life Carriers]] had planned a new [[type]] of [[mortal]] embracing the [[union]] of the conjoint [[offspring]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] with the first-[[generation]] [[offspring]] of [[Adam and Eve]]. They had thus [[projected]] a [[plan]] envisioning a new order of [[planetary]] [[creatures]] whom they hoped would become the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_king teacher-rulers] of [[human]] [[society]]. Such [[beings]] were [[designed]] for [[social]] [[sovereignty]], not [[civil]] sovereignty. But since this project almost completely miscarried, we shall never know what an [[aristocracy]] of benign [[leadership]] and matchless [[culture]] [[Urantia]] was thus deprived of. For when the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] later reproduced, it was subsequent to [[the rebellion]] and after they had been deprived of their [[connection]] with the life currents of [[the system]].

77:2.2 The [[physical]] members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] had been [[constituted]] [[sex]] [[creatures]] for the [[purpose]] of [[participating]] in the [[plan]] of [[procreating]] [[offspring]] embodying the combined [[qualities]] of their special order united with those of the selected stock of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andon tribes], and all of this was in [[anticipation]] of the subsequent [[appearance]] of [[Adam]]. The [[Life Carriers]] had planned a new [[type]] of [[mortal]] embracing the [[union]] of the conjoint [[offspring]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] with the first-[[generation]] [[offspring]] of [[Adam and Eve]]. They had thus [[projected]] a [[plan]] envisioning a new order of [[planetary]] [[creatures]] whom they hoped would become the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_king teacher-rulers] of [[human]] [[society]]. Such [[beings]] were [[designed]] for [[social]] [[sovereignty]], not [[civil]] sovereignty. But since this project almost completely miscarried, we shall never know what an [[aristocracy]] of benign [[leadership]] and matchless [[culture]] [[Urantia]] was thus deprived of. For when the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] later reproduced, it was subsequent to [[the rebellion]] and after they had been deprived of their [[connection]] with the life currents of [[the system]].

77:2.3 The postrebellion era on [[Urantia]] [[witnessed]] many [[unusual]] happenings. A great [[civilization]]—the [[culture]] of [[Dalamatia]]—was going to pieces. "The Nephilim (Nodites) were on earth in those days, and when these sons of the gods went in to the daughters of men and they bore to them, their children were the `mighty men of old,' the `men of renown.' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6] While hardly "sons of the gods," [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF the staff] and their early descendants were so regarded by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary mortals] of those distant days; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter.2 even their stature] came to be [[magnified]] by [[tradition]]. This, then, is the [[origin]] of the well-nigh [[universal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore folk tale] of the [[gods]] who came down to [[earth]] and there with the daughters of men begot an [[ancient]] [[race]] of [[heroes]]. And all this [[legend]] became further [[confused]] with the race mixtures of the later appearing Adamites in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

77:2.3 The postrebellion era on [[Urantia]] [[witnessed]] many [[unusual]] happenings. A great [[civilization]]—the [[culture]] of [[Dalamatia]]—was going to pieces. "The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim Nephilim] ([[Nodites]]) were on [[earth]] in those days, and when these sons of the gods went in to the daughters of men and they bore to them, their [[children]] were the `mighty men of old,' the `men of renown.' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.6] While hardly "sons of the gods," [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF the staff] and their early descendants were so regarded by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary mortals] of those distant days; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter.2 even their stature] came to be [[magnified]] by [[tradition]]. This, then, is the [[origin]] of the well-nigh [[universal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore folk tale] of the [[gods]] who came down to [[earth]] and there with the daughters of men begot an [[ancient]] [[race]] of [[heroes]]. And all this [[legend]] became further [[confused]] with the race mixtures of the later appearing Adamites in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden].

77:2.4 Since the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred corporeal members] of [[the Prince]]'s staff carried [[germ plasm]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonic human strains], it would [[naturally]] be [[expected]] that, if they [[engaged]] in [[sexual]] [[reproduction]], their [[progeny]] would altogether resemble the [[offspring]] of other [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] [[parents]]. But when the sixty rebels of the staff, the followers of [[Nod]], actually engaged in [[sexual]] [[reproduction]], their [[children]] proved to be far superior in almost every way to both the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik peoples]. This unexpected excellence characterized not only [[physical]] and [[intellectual]] qualities but also [[spiritual]] capacities.

77:2.4 Since the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred corporeal members] of [[the Prince]]'s staff carried [[germ plasm]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonic human strains], it would [[naturally]] be [[expected]] that, if they [[engaged]] in [[sexual]] [[reproduction]], their [[progeny]] would altogether resemble the [[offspring]] of other [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] [[parents]]. But when the sixty rebels of the staff, the followers of [[Nod]], actually engaged in [[sexual]] [[reproduction]], their [[children]] proved to be far superior in almost every way to both the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangik peoples]. This unexpected excellence characterized not only [[physical]] and [[intellectual]] qualities but also [[spiritual]] capacities.

77:2.5 These mutant traits appearing in the first Nodite generation resulted from certain changes which had been wrought in the configuration and in the chemical constituents of the inheritance factors of the Andonic germ plasm. These changes were caused by the presence in the bodies of the staff members of the powerful life-maintenance circuits of the Satania system. These life circuits caused the chromosomes of the specialized Urantia pattern to reorganize more after the patterns of the standardized Satania specialization of the ordained Nebadon life manifestation. The technique of this germ plasm metamorphosis by the action of the system life currents is not unlike those procedures whereby Urantia scientists modify the germ plasm of plants and animals by the use of X rays.

77:2.5 These [[mutant]] traits appearing in the first [[Nodite]] [[generation]] resulted from certain [[changes]] which had been wrought in the [[configuration]] and in the [[chemical]] constituents of the [[inheritance]] [[factors]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:1._THE_ANDONIC_ABORIGINES Andonic] [[germ plasm]]. These [[changes]] were caused by the [[presence]] in the [[bodies]] of the staff members of the powerful life-[[maintenance]] [[circuits]] of the [[Satania]] system. These life [[circuits]] caused the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome chromosomes] of the specialized [[Urantia]] [[pattern]] to reorganize more after the patterns of the standardized [[Satania]] specialization of the [[ordained]] [[Nebadon]] life [[manifestation]]. The [[technique]] of this [[germ plasm]] [[metamorphosis]] by the [[action]] of [[the system]] life currents is not unlike those [[procedures]] whereby [[Urantia]] [[scientists]] [[modify]] the [[germ plasm]] of [[plants]] and [[animals]] by the use of [[X rays]].

77:2.6 Thus did the Nodite peoples arise out of certain peculiar and unexpected modifications occurring in the life plasm which had been transferred from the bodies of the Andonite contributors to those of the corporeal staff members by the Avalon surgeons.

77:2.6 Thus did the [[Nodite]] peoples arise out of certain peculiar and unexpected [[modifications]] occurring in the [[life plasm]] which had been transferred from the [[bodies]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] contributors to those of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] members by the Avalon surgeons.

77:2.7 It will be recalled that the one hundred Andonite germ plasm contributors were in turn made possessors of the organic complement of the tree of life so that the Satania life currents likewise invested their bodies. The forty-four modified Andonites who followed the staff into rebellion also mated among themselves and made a great contribution to the better strains of the Nodite people.

77:2.7 It will be recalled that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:4._EARLY_DAYS_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED one hundred Andonite (66:4.14)]] [[germ plasm]] contributors were in turn made possessors of the [[organic]] [[complement]] of the [[tree of life]] so that the [[Satania]] life currents likewise invested their [[bodies]]. The forty-four modified [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] who followed the staff into [[rebellion]] also [[mated]] among themselves and made a great [[contribution]] to the better strains of the [[Nodite]] people.

77:2.8 These two groups, embracing 104 individuals who carried the modified Andonite germ plasm, constitute the ancestry of the Nodites, the eighth race to appear on Urantia. And this new feature of human life on Urantia represents another phase of the outworking of the original plan of utilizing this planet as a life-modification world, except that this was one of the unforeseen developments.

77:2.8 These two [[groups]], embracing 104 individuals who carried the [[modified]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] [[germ plasm]], constitute the [[ancestry]] of the [[Nodites]], the eighth race to [[appear]] on [[Urantia]]. And this new feature of [[human]] life on [[Urantia]] [[represents]] another [[phase]] of the outworking of the [[original]] [[plan]] of utilizing this [[planet]] as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA life-modification world], except that this was one of the unforeseen [[developments]].

77:2.9 The pure-line Nodites were a magnificent race, but they gradually mingled with the evolutionary peoples of earth, and before long great deterioration had occurred. Ten thousand years after the rebellion they had lost ground to the point where their average length of life was little more than that of the evolutionary races.

77:2.9 The [[pure]]-line [[Nodites]] were a [[magnificent]] [[race]], but they [[gradually]] mingled with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary peoples] of [[earth]], and before long great [[deterioration]] had occurred. Ten thousand years after [[the rebellion]] they had lost ground to the point where their [[average]] length of life was little more than that of the [[evolutionary races]].

77:2.10 When archaeologists dig up the clay-tablet records of the later-day Sumerian descendants of the Nodites, they discover lists of Sumerian kings running back for several thousand years; and as these records go further back, the reigns of the individual kings lengthen from around twenty-five or thirty years up to one hundred and fifty years and more. This lengthening of the reigns of these older kings signifies that some of the early Nodite rulers (immediate descendants of the Prince's staff) did live longer than their later-day successors and also indicates an effort to stretch the dynasties back to Dalamatia.

77:2.10 When [[archaeologists]] dig up the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_tablet clay-tablet] [[records]] of the later-day [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerian] descendants of the [[Nodites]], they [[discover]] lists of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_King_List Sumerian kings] running back for several thousand years; and as these [[records]] go further back, the reigns of the [[individual]] [[kings]] lengthen from around twenty-five or thirty years up to one hundred and fifty years and more. This lengthening of the reigns of these older kings signifies that some of the early [[Nodite]] rulers (immediate descendants of [[the Prince]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF staff]) did live longer than their later-day successors and also indicates an effort to stretch the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty dynasties] back to [[Dalamatia]].

77:2.11 The records of such long-lived individuals are also due to the confusion of months and years as time periods. This may also be observed in the Biblical genealogy of Abraham and in the early records of the Chinese. The confusion of the twenty-eight-day month, or season, with the later introduced year of more than three hundred and fifty days is responsible for the traditions of such long human lives. There are records of a man who lived over nine hundred " years. " This period represents not quite seventy years, and such lives were regarded for ages as very long, " threescore years and ten " as such a life span was later designated.

77:2.11 The [[records]] of such long-lived [[individuals]] are also due to the [[confusion]] of months and years as time periods. This may also be [[observed]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.5 Biblical genealogy of Abraham] and in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_emperors_family_tree_%28ancient%29 early records of the Chinese]. The [[confusion]] of the twenty-eight-day month, or season, with the later introduced year of more than three hundred and fifty days is [[responsible]] for the [[traditions]] of such long [[human]] lives. There are records of a man who lived over nine hundred " years. " This period represents not quite seventy years, and such lives were regarded for ages as very long, " threescore years and ten " as such a life span was later designated.

77:2.12 The reckoning of time by the twenty-eight-day month persisted long after the days of Adam. But when the Egyptians undertook to reform the calendar, about seven thousand years ago, they did it with great accuracy, introducing the year of 365 days.

77:2.12 The reckoning of [[time]] by the twenty-eight-day month [[persisted]] long after the days of [[Adam]]. But when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_calendar Egyptians undertook to reform the calendar], about seven thousand years ago, they did it with great accuracy, introducing the year of 365 days.

==77:3. THE TOWER OF BABEL==

==77:3. THE TOWER OF BABEL==