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==77:2. THE NODITE RACE==

==77:2. THE NODITE RACE==

77:2.1 While this is the narrative of the origin, nature, and function of the midway creatures of Urantia, the kinship between the two orders—primary and secondary—makes it necessary to interrupt the story of the primary midwayers at this point in order to follow out the line of descent from the rebel members of the corporeal staff of Prince Caligastia from the days of the planetary rebellion to the times of Adam. It was this line of inheritance which, in the early days of the second garden, furnished one half of the ancestry for the secondary order of midway creatures.

77:2.1 While this is the [[narrative]] of the [[origin]], [[nature]], and [[function]] of the ''midway creatures'' of [[Urantia]], the kinship between the two [[orders]]—[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:1._THE_PRIMARY_MIDWAYERS primary] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary]—makes it [[necessary]] to interrupt the [[story]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:1._THE_PRIMARY_MIDWAYERS primary midwayers] at this point in order to follow out the line of [[descent]] from the rebel members of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] of Prince [[Caligastia]] from the days of the [[planetary rebellion]] to the times of [[Adam]]. It was this line of [[inheritance]] which, in the early days of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden], furnished one half of the [[ancestry]] for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:6._THE_SECONDARY_MIDWAYERS secondary order] of ''midway creatures''.

77:2.2 The physical members of the 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 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 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 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 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.' " While hardly " sons of the gods, " the staff and their early descendants were so regarded by the evolutionary mortals of those distant days; even their stature came to be magnified by tradition. This, then, is the origin of the well-nigh universal 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 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 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 one hundred corporeal members of the Prince's staff carried germ plasm of the Andonic human strains, it would naturally be expected that, if they engaged in sexual reproduction, their progeny would altogether resemble the offspring of other 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 Andonite and the 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 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.