The Urantia Book – New Enhanced Edition

2. Planning for the Garden822

3. The Garden Site823

4. Establishing the Garden823

5. The Garden Home824

6. The Tree of Life825

7. The Fate of Eden826

74. Adam and Eve828

1. Adam and Eve on Jerusem828

2. Arrival of Adam and Eve829

3. Adam and Eve Learn About the Planet830

4. The First Upheaval832

5. Adam’s Administration833

6. Home Life of Adam and Eve834

7. Life in the Garden835

8. The Legend of Creation836

75. The Default of Adam and Eve839

1. The Urantia Problem839

2. Caligastia’s Plot840

3. The Temptation of Eve841

4. The Realization of Default842

5. Repercussions of Default843

6. Adam and Eve Leave the Garden844

7. Degradation of Adam and Eve845

8. The So-Called Fall of Man845

76. The Second Garden847

1. The Edenites Enter Mesopotamia847

2. Cain and Abel848

3. Life in Mesopotamia849

4. The Violet Race850

5. Death of Adam and Eve851

6. Survival of Adam and Eve853

77. The Midway Creatures855

1. The Primary Midwayers855

2. The Nodite Race856

3. The Tower of Babel858

4. Nodite Centers of Civilization859

5. Adamson and Ratta861

6. The Secondary Midwayers862

7. The Rebel Midwayers863

8. The United Midwayers864

9. The Permanent Citizens of Urantia865

78. The Violet Race After the Days of Adam868

1. Racial and Cultural Distribution868

2. The Adamites in the Second Garden869

3. Early Expansions of the Adamites870

4. The Andites871

5. The Andite Migrations872

6. The Last Andite Dispersions873

7. The Floods in Mesopotamia874

8. The Sumerians—Last of the Andites875

79. Andite Expansion in the Orient878

1. The Andites of Turkestan878

2. The Andite Conquest of India879

3. Dravidian India881

4. The Aryan Invasion of India882

5. Red Man and Yellow Man883

6. Dawn of Chinese Civilization884

7. The Andites Enter China886

8. Later Chinese Civilization887

80. Andite Expansion in the Occident889

1. The Adamites Enter Europe889

2. Climatic and Geologic Changes890

3. The Cro-Magnoid Blue Man891

4. The Andite Invasions of Europe892

5. The Andite Conquest of Northern Europe893

6. The Andites Along the Nile894

7. Andites of the Mediterranean Isles895

8. The Danubian Andonites896

9. The Three White Races897

81. Development of Modern Civilization900

1. The Cradle of Civilization900

2. The Tools of Civilization901

3. Cities, Manufacture, and Commerce903

4. The Mixed Races904

5. Cultural Society905

6. The Maintenance of Civilization906

82. The Evolution of Marriage913

1. The Mating Instinct913

2. The Restrictive Taboos914

3. Early Marriage Mores915

4. Marriage Under the Property Mores917

5. Endogamy and Exogamy918

6. Racial Mixtures919

83. The Marriage Institution922

1. Marriage as a Societal Institution922

2. Courtship and Betrothal923

3. Purchase and Dowry923

4. The Wedding Ceremony924

5. Plural Marriages925

6. True Monogamy—Pair Marriage927

7. The Dissolution of Wedlock928

8. The Idealization of Marriage929

84. Marriage and Family Life931

1. Primitive Pair Associations931

2. The Early Mother-Family932

3. The Family Under Father Dominance933

4. Woman’s Status in Early Society935

5. Woman Under the Developing Mores936

6. The Partnership of Man and Woman938

7. The Ideals of Family Life939

8. Dangers of Self-Gratification942

85. The Origins of Worship944

1. Worship of Stones and Hills944

2. Worship of Plants and Trees945

3. The Worship of Animals946

4. Worship of the Elements946

5. Worship of the Heavenly Bodies947

6. Worship of Man948

7. The Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom948

86. Early Evolution of Religion950

1. Chance: Good Luck and Bad Luck950

2. The Personification of Chance951

3. Death—The Inexplicable952

4. The Death-Survival Concept952

5. The Ghost-Soul Concept953

6. The Ghost-Spirit Environment955

7. The Function of Primitive Religion956

87. The Ghost Cults958

1. Ghost Fear958

2. Ghost Placation959

3. Ancestor Worship960

4. Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts961

5. The Advancing Ghost Cult962

6. Coercion and Exorcism963

7. Nature of Cultism965

88. Fetishes, Charms, and Magic967

1. Belief in Fetishes967

2. Evolution of the Fetish968

3. Totemism970

4. Magic970

5. Magical Charms971

6. The Practice of Magic972

89. Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement974

1. The Taboo974

2. The Concept of Sin975

3. Renunciation and Humiliation976

4. Origins of Sacrifice977

5. Sacrifices and Cannibalism978

6. Evolution of Human Sacrifice980

7. Modifications of Human Sacrifice981

8. Redemption and Covenants982

9. Sacrifices and Sacraments983

10. Forgiveness of Sin984

90. Shamanism—Medicine Men and Priests986

1. The First Shamans—The Medicine Men986

2. Shamanistic Practices987

3. The Shamanic Theory of Disease and Death989

4. Medicine Under the Shamans990

5. Priests and Rituals992

91. The Evolution of Prayer994

1. Primitive Prayer994

2. Evolving Prayer995

3. Prayer and the Alter Ego996

4. Ethical Praying997

5. Social Repercussions of Prayer998

6. The Province of Prayer999

7. Mysticism, Ecstasy, and Inspiration1000

8. Praying as a Personal Experience1001

9. Conditions of Effective Prayer1002

92. The Later Evolution of Religion1003

1. The Evolutionary Nature of Religion1003

2. Religion and the Mores1004

3. The Nature of Evolutionary Religion1005

4. The Gift of Revelation1007

5. The Great Religious Leaders1008