The upward march of Man’s ancestors    
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JORGE HESSEN                                 jorgehessen@gmail.com                Brasília,                 Distrito Federal                 (Brasil)





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                                                        Translation                                                                                                                                                                          Eleni Frangatos -                 eleni.moreira@uol.com.br



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Jorge Hessen





                The upward march                 of                Man’s ancestors



                Did “cave” men                 have deep                 awareness?                 "Researchers at                 the University                 of York have                 discovered that                 the Neanderthal                 man had a great                 sense of                 compassion. The                 conclusion came                 through                 archaeological                 evidence and by                 watching how                 emotions took                 place in our                 ancestors six                 million years                 ago, when man                 and chimpanzees’                  ancestors,                 common to both,                 experienced the                 awakening of the                 first feelings.                 For                 archaeologists,                 about 1.8                 million years                 ago, Homo                 erectus had a                 sense of                 compassion with                 rational thought                 evidenced                 through actions                 such as to care                 for the sick and                 to pay special                 attention to the                 dead,                 demonstrating                 grief and desire                 to soften the                 others’                  suffering.” (1)&nbsp;

                We believe that                 the graves                 dating from the                 Paleolithic era                 have proven                 already that at                 that time they                 already believed                 in life after                 death and in the                 power or                 influence of                 their ancestors                 on the daily                 life of the                 family group.                 Clan members                 practiced rites                 in honor of                 their dead in                 fear of                 reprisals, or to                 be benefited, or                 by the simple                 fact of                 considering them                 deified beings.

                Now, the                 puzzling                 question is how                 did primate                 become hominid?                 The answer is                 still unknown.                 There is still a                  “missing link",                 the biological                 species that                 represents this                 transition. "It                 can be said that                 due to the                 influence and                 intellectual                 action of more                 developed                 Spirits (than                 the apes), the                 wrap has                 changed, became                 more refined,                 maintaining its                 general shape.                 With the                 improvement of                 the body, and                 enlightenment of                 the Spirit, a                 new species                 appeared.” (2) Allan                 Kardec explains                 that "we do not                 know how the                 Spirits were                 created, where                 do they come                 from. We only                 know that they                 are created                 simple and                 ignorant, i.e.,                 with no science                 and no                 knowledge,                 however, with                 the possibility                 of becoming                 perfect and of                 acquiring all                 and know all”.(3)                 The Spirit                 Andre Luiz                 states that "to                 reach the age of                 reason, with the                 title of man                 endowed with                 reasoning and                 judgment, the                 being automated                 in its impulses                 and on its way                 to the angelic                 kingdom, it took                 nothing less                 than a billion                 and a half                 years”.(4)&nbsp;

                Many of the                 changes that                 took place in                 the "homo" were                 developed in his                 perispiritual                 structures,                 between one life                 and another (i.                 e., in the                 spiritual                 dimension). The                 Spirits that                 perform as                 builders, under                 the supervision                 of Christ, once                 in a while                 touched up the                 perispirit                 forms, and these                 changes created                 the magnetic                 field for future                 changes.                 Multiple                 experiences,                 within the                 genetic heritage                 of our                 ancestors,                 coordinated by                 sidereal                 geneticists were                 shaping those                 forms, which                 persisted to the                 present time.                 Natural                 selection was in                 charge of doing                 away with the                 unfit primitive                 forms.

                Permanent                 lineage for all                 species&nbsp;

                As stated by                 Emmanuel,                 science seeks                 presently for                 the legitimate                 ancestors of                 human beings in                 this vast arena                 of soul’s                 evolution. "In                 the Tertiary                 period (5),                 under the                 guidance of                 spiritual                 spheres, some                 anthropoid races                 could be seen in                 the lower                 Pliocene (5.3                 million to 1.6                 million years                 ago). These                 apes, man’s                 ancestors on                 Earth, and the                 ancestors of                 apes, which                 still exist in                 the world,                 suffered their                 evolution at                 convergent                 points, hence                 the serological                 kinship between                 the body of the                 modern man and                 of today's                 chimpanzee”.(6)                 For the                 author of                 "Surrender",                 there was hardly                 a "coming down                 the tree" at the                 beginning of                 human evolution.                 "The spiritual                 forces that                 guide the                 earthly                 phenomena, under                 the guidance of                 Christ,                 established, at                 the time of the                 great                 malleability of                 the elements of                 matter, a                 definitive                 lineage for all                 species, within                 which the                 spiritual                 principle would                 find the process                 of its                 purification in                 its march to                 reach                 rationality”.                 (7)

                The anthropoids                 of the caves                 spread then in                 groups through                 the Earth, in                 the slow course                 of the                 centuries,                 suffering the                 influences of                 the environment                 and forming the                 early                 indications of                 the future races                 in its diverse                 types; the                 reality,                 however, is that                 the spiritual                 entities helped                 the silex man,                 giving him new                 biological                 expressions.

                The millennia                 saw these                 drastic                 experiences of                 the these beings                 with "long arms                 and very hairy,                 until one day                 the invisible                 Spirits operated                 a definite                 transition in                 the existing                 perispiritual                 body of these                 men, and the                 first primitive                 men appeared                 with an improved                 body, tending to                 the elegance of                 the future”.(8)&nbsp;

                Death and                 "civilization"&nbsp;

                Man only begins                 to be a Man when                 he starts to                 bury his dead,                 so says the                 historian,                 Anibal de                 Almeida                 Fernandes, on                 "The Genealogy                 as a basic                 factor in the                 formation of                 Civilization",                 and concludes:                 It is the                 dividing line                 between the                 animal and the                 first man, and                 it occurred                 about 40,000                 years ago with                 the Homo sapiens                 and the Homo                 Neanderthal,                 even before                 agriculture was                 known, and it is                 the beginning of                 Human History.                 Worshipping the                 dead began,                 therefore, at a                 very early date                 and it can be                 found in almost                 all religions.

                Primitive                 communities                 inclined to                 worship                 agriculture and                 to the cult of                 fertility,                 believed                 originally that,                 by burying their                 dead near the                 farmland, the                 spirits of those                 dead bodies                 would reappear                 stronger, just                 as the seeds                 planted in                 fertile soil,                 but they also                 believed that                 this would                 happen as                 something secret                 and mysterious.                 Believing this,                 they revered                 their dead                 nearby the                 graves, with                 parties and,                 above all, with                 great joy, a                 practice that is                 still alive in                 some                 contemporary                 cultures.&nbsp;

                The habits of                 primitive                 peoples changed                 due to the                 influence of                 others, coming                 probably from                 North Africa                 (the Iberians)                 and from Central                 Europe (the                 Celts). Let us                 see what one of                 the exponents of                 the Doctrine                 says: "The                 celebration of                 the dead&nbsp; comes                 from the Gauls                 (…) but, instead                 of celebrating                 the memory of                 their beloved                 ones, their                 friends, who                 were apart, but                 not lost, in                 cemeteries,                 among the                 graves, they did                 it at home. And                 sometimes these                 spirits                 manifested                 themselves                 through the                 Druid                 priestesses and                 the inspired                 bards." (9)                 The Gauls                 evoked their                 dead ancestors                 in places where                 there were rough                 stones.

                The Druid                 (priestesses)                 and the bards                 (poets and                 inspired                 speakers) were                 true "mediums"                 and only they                 were allowed to                 consult the                 oracles (in                 Antiquity, it                 was the response                 of a deity, who                 had been                 consulted about                 a certain                 matter). The                 Gauls,                 therefore, did                 not worship the                 dead body, but                 the surviving                 soul, and it was                 in the privacy                 of each home                 that they                 celebrated the                 memory of their                 dead, away from                 the catacombs,                 differently to                 the primitive                 peoples.&nbsp;

                The arrival of                 cosmic aliens&nbsp;

                Where did these                  “Intelligences”                  come from? The                 Spirit Emmanuel                 clarifies us,                  “many millennia                 ago, one of the                 orbs of “Capela”                  (Chapel)                 (10),                 which holds many                 affinities with                 our Earth,                 reached the top                 of one of its                 extraordinary                 evolutionary                 cycles. Some                 millions of                 rebellious                 Spirits, who                 lived there, in                 their path to                 evolution, were                 making life                 difficult for                 the                 consolidation of                 the tough                 achievements of                 those people                 full of piety                 and virtue.                 However, an                 overall                 cleansing took                 place,                 separating these                 Spirits and                 getting rid of                 them, thus doing                 justice to those                 who had achieved                 permanent peace                 and harmony to                 build their                 superior work”.(11)&nbsp;

                The great                 spiritual                 communities,                 principals of                 the Cosmos,                 "deliberated,                 then, to locate                 those entities                 that had become                 obstinate in                 crime here in                 the distant                 Earth. They were                 supposed to                 accomplish,                 through pain and                 heavy work on                 their                 environment, not                 only the great                 achievements of                 their heart, but                 also to help and                 boost the                 progress of                 their inferior                 brothers. These                 distressed and                 afflicted beings                 would be                 banished in the                 dark face of the                 planet Earth.                 Therefore, they                 would                 reincarnate                 within ignorant                 and primitive                 races, and they                 would walk                 around despised                 in the night of                 millennia                 feeling sorrow                 and longing for                 their lost                 paradise in                 distant                 Heavens”.                 (12)                 Nature still                 was, for the                 workers of                 spirituality, a                 vast field of                 infinite                 experiences; in                 such a way that                  “if the                 observations of                 Mendel were                 transferred to                 those distant                 millennia, no                 definitive                 equation in                 their biology                 studies would be                 found. Modern                 genetics would                 not fix the term                 "genes" because,                 in the                 laboratory of                 the invisible                 forces, the                 cells still                 suffered long                 purification                 processes, by                 printing in them                 the astral                 elements,                 consolidating                 the final                 expressions,                 with a view to                 future                 organizations”.(13)&nbsp;

                Savage                 solidarity?&nbsp;

                Archaeologists                 believe that,                 during the                 period of time                 from 500,000 to                 40,000 years                 (the                 interregnum),                 feeling evolved                 and the first                 humans, such as                 the Homo                 Heidelbergensis                 and the                 Neanderthals,                 already showed                 commitment to                 the well-being                 of other similar                 creatures, shown                 during a long                 youth and                 through need of                 hunting                 together. We                 believe that "we                 are not                 miraculous                 creations,                 intended for the                 adornment of a                 cardboard                 paradise. We                 are, yes,                 children of God                 and heirs of the                 world,                 conquering                 values, from one                 experience to                 another, from                 millennium to                 millennium."                 (14)                 With the                 conquest of                 reason,                 reasoning                 appears, as well                 as clarity, free                 will and                 continuous                 thought. "Until                 then, progress                 had a                 centripetal                 direction (from                 the outside to                 the inside); the                 human being grew                 by force of                 circumstances,                 since it was not                 aware of his                 reality, or his                 freedom of                 choice. Upon                 entering the                 hominal kingdom,                 the intelligent                 principle - now                 yes, Spirit - is                 able to direct                 his life, to                 conquer his                 values, through                 his own efforts,                 to begin an                 evolution in a                 centrifugal                 direction (from                 the inside to                 the outside).”                 (15)

                But the conquest                 of intelligence                 is only the                 first step that                 the Spirit will                 give during his                 stay in the                 hominal kingdom.                 "He started the                 valiant fight to                 conquer the                 higher values of                 the soul:                 responsibility,                 sensitivity,                 sublimation of                 emotions, in                 short, all the                 conditioning                 that will allow                 the Spirit raise                 up to the                 community of                 Angelic Beings.”                 (16)                 &nbsp;Premonitory                 dreams, visions                 of spirits,                 hearing the                 voice of the                 dead, including                 the direct voice                 phenomena, and                 the                 materialization                 of spirits were                 concrete facts                 that led                 primitive man to                 the belief in                 the continuation                 of life after                 death.

                From the                 Neanderthals                 mediums came                 directly the                 sorcerers,                 ancient priests                 of all                 religions.                 (17)&nbsp;

                Earth sentiment                 and humanizing&nbsp;

                "Man is the                 measure of all                 things",                 according to a                 sophist                 principle                 attributed to                 Protagoras.                 However, this                 measure is based                 on affection, so                 to speak, and                 with no control                 of reason.                 Therefore,                 Herculano Pires                 says, "it is by                 feeling, and not                 by reason, that                 the primitive                 man humanizes                 the world”.                 (18) Thus,                 scientific                 theories are                 confirmed when                 they state that                 the prehistoric                 man already had                 the feeling of                 compassion in                 his rational                 thinking and                 shown through                 effective                 measures he took                 regarding other                 similar                 creatures.                 

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                Notes and                 references:&nbsp;

                (1) Published in                 the Galileo                 Magazine                 available on                 site.

                (2) Kardec,                 Allan.                 &nbsp;“Genesis", Rio                 de Janeiro: FEB                 1997 Chapter 11,                 a. "Hypothesis                 on the origin of                 the human body".

                (3) Kardec,                 Allan.                 Posthumous                 Works, Rio de                 Janeiro: FEB,                 1999, § 3, First                 Part.

                (4) Xavier,                 Francisco                 Candido and                 Waldo Vieira.                                                  Evolution in Two                 Worlds, dictated                 by the Spirit                 Andre Luiz, Rio                 de Janeiro;                 Publisher: FEB,                 1994.

                (5) The tertiary                 and quaternary                 designations are                 remnants of a                 previous                 geological                 nomenclature,                 when they were                 used to                 distinguish the                 younger rocks.                 The oldest ones                 were then                 classified as                 primary and                 secondary. The                 Tertiary era is                 subdivided into                 five periods:                 Paleocene (66.4                 to 57.8 million                 years), Eocene                 (57.8 to 36.6                 million years),                 Oligocene (36.6                 to 23.7 million                 years), Miocene                 (23.7 to 5.3                 million years)                 and Pliocene                 (5.3 million to                 1.6 million                 years). The                 quaternary                 period is                 divided in turn                 in Pleistocene                 (1.6 million                 years to ten                 thousand years)                 and Holocene, or                 the present                 period (for the                 last ten                 thousand years).

                (6) Xavier,                 Francisco                 Candido. The                 Path of Light,                 dictated by the                 Spirit Emmanuel,                 Rio de Janeiro;                 Ed. FEB 1991.

                (7) Ibid.

                (8) Ibid.

                (9) Denis, Leon.                 The Celtic                 genius and the                 invisible world.                                                  Rio de Janeiro:                 Publisher: CELD.                 1995. Page 180.

                (10) Capela                 (Chapel) is a                 magnificent Sun,                 many times                 larger than our                 Sun. The                 distance from                 our Earth to                 Capela (Chapel)                 is measured in                 42 light-years.                 It is known                 since ancient                 times. Capela                 (Chapel) is a                 gaseous star,                 according to the                 celebrated                 astronomer and                 physicist Arthur                 Stanley                 Eddington,                 Englishman, and                 its matter is so                 fluidic matter                 that its density                 can be mistaken                 with the air we                 breathe.

                (11) Xavier,                 Francisco                 Candido. The                 Path of Light,                 dictated by the                 Spirit Emmanuel,                 Rio de Janeiro;                 Publisher: FEB,                 1991.

                (12) Ibid.

                (13) Ibid.

                (14) Ibid.

                (15) Ibid.

                (16) Xavier,                 Francisco                 Candido and                 Waldo Vieira.                                                  Evolution in Two                 Worlds, dictated                 by the Spirit                 Emmanuel, Rio de                 Janeiro;                 Publisher: &nbsp;FEB,                 1994.

                (17) Djalma                 Argollo.                 Mediumship                 studies before                 Kardec                 Codification                 http://www.espirito.org.br/portal/artigos/diversos/mediunidade/mediunidade-antes-da-codificacao.html.

                (18) J.                 Herculano Pires.                 The Spirit and                 the Time,                 Anthropological                 Introduction to                 Spiritism, Sao                 Paulo: Edicel                 1979, 3rd                 edition.&nbsp;