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iconThe Third Age – Of Mind

Book 9 – The Second Great Tribulation

3   The Tribulations of Common Ancestors

1This be the tribulations of Common Ancestors:
2The common ancestors formed upon the union,
3Of first ancestors and second ancestors;
4The unions made with other peoples:
5The giant sea peoples who came to the north east and settled,
6With common ancestors more than 900 generations ago.
7The white people who came by boat to the north and formed unions,
8With common ancestors more than 400 generations ago.
9The first yellow skinned people who came in boats,
10To the north and east more than 200 generations ago.
11Common ancestors be from all people:
12Common ancestors be descended from first ancestors,
13The first giant people also known as Homo Robustus;
14Common ancestors be descended from second ancestors,
15The first small people also known as Homo Habilis;
16Common ancestors be descended from third ancestors,
17The second giant people also known as Homo Prometheus and Sacred Visitors;
18Common ancestors be descended from fourth ancestors,
19The second small people also known as Homo Sapien.
20This is why when Common ancestors met men or women with white skin,
21They were welcomed as brothers and sisters.
22This is why when Common ancestors met men and women with yellow or red skin,
23They were welcomed as aunties and uncles.
24The Great Tribulation of Common Ancestors began after the coming of Second Law,
25During the great age of ice from 2,526 generations ago.
26Until the end of the great age over 900 generations ago,
27The people and animals were limited to the coast,
28While the southern and central inland plains were great deserts of ice and death.
29Yet the coastal plains remained fertile home for people and animals.
30The people survived by building permanent homes,
31Using stone and mud, using wood and grasses.
32The people built solid and permanent settlements,
33Along the distance of the east coast.
34These settlements became centers of great trade and knowledge.
35The most important being the place of the great natural harbor,
36Protected by wide water in the south and to the north.
37Yet these settlements also became the sites of great dispute,
38Of greed, of occult, of magic and sorcery.
39As the climate began to thaw from 947 generations ago,
40Many lesser men and tribes fought for control over these places.
41In the end, it was not the coming of white men that scattered the people,
42The people were already scattered by the illness of the grey mind.
43It was not the coming of the white men that destroyed great settlements,
44But the dishonor, the greed and the illness of lesser men,
45Who would rather destroy what they cannot control,
46Than honor their own spirit.
47When the first white people came 12 generations ago,
48They made a great mistake in settling on land without water.
49It was the great leader of the last great cities of the people,
50Who sent his emissaries to the white people,
51To invite them to come and settle as honored guests in the great harbor.
52The people of the great city of the great harbor,
53Showed the white people a water source they could use for themselves.
54They gave them a place and adopted them to the land.
55At first the white people appeared to respect and honor rule of law.
56But within one generation, new men came without honor, without respect.
57They did not respect their own people or family.
58Instead of the ancestors uniting against breaches in law,
59Lesser men saw opportunity in those who worshipped corruption,
60In those who worshiped sorcery and false magic in the white people.
61They used the guns of the white people to kill their rivals.
62This is the terrible truth of the trial and tribulation of common ancestors.
63While many died from the illness and cruelty of white people without honor,
64Many died because of their own brothers and uncles who used such power,
65To gain their own claim of superiority.
66Rather than honor the rule of law, even if it meant death,
67Many common ancestors chose to accept the bribes of merchants,
68Many chose to believe the fears and sorcery of false preachers,
69Many made false claims to be the head law men and heads of tribes.
70This has been the great curse the people placed upon themselves,
71That men would rather let their tribe and custom die,
72Than seek forgiveness by the spirits of ancestors for their actions.
73That men and women would rather sell their own family for money,
74Than live poorly but in honor and respect of law.
75Until the Second Great Age of Redemption,
76And the remembrance of Yapa.