The American Nations, Vol. I.: Or, Outlines of a National History of the Ancient and Modern Nations of North and South AmericaRafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel)
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The American Nations, Vol. I.: Or, Outlines of a National History of the Ancient and Modern Nations of North and South America
Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel)
Indians; Indians -- Origin; Taino Indians; Taino language
Thus, has been presented by geological results, a rapid sketch of the
American periods, to the birth of mankind. These 6 periods or _yums_, are
well ascertained as to succession; but their duration is unknown: and each
of them includes several subordinate periods; which it is not needful to
investigate in these outlines. The works on geology may be consulted if
required. These 6 _yums_ or great periods do not answer exactly to the 6
_yums_ or manifestations of the mosaic cosmogony, since geogony begins
only with the 3d, ending with the 5th.
Such oriental accounts are always deserving our attention, and susceptible
of the deepest philosophical commentary, as they mainly agree with all the
detected facts. But there are at least 3 accounts of the creation or
cosmogony in the _Sepher_ or Hebrew Bible. 1. That of Job. 2. Of Moses in
chapter 2d of Genesis from verse 4 to 25; in both, no _yums_, days nor
periods are mentioned. 3. The usual mosaic account of chapter 1st. ending
only at ch. 2, v. 3. Even in this usual account more than 7 periods can be
found, including heaven, earth and men.
These are the real Mosaic periods, with his own names, very different from
the subsequent Jewish names, in various dialects.
1. PERIOD OF TIME OR YUM. BRA-SHITH Real beginning or Real Supreme Being
producing ALEIM the Angels, SHMIM Heavens, and ARTZ Earth.
2. YUM. THEU-UBEU Chaos, and THEUM Abyss, with RUH Spirit of God.
3. YUM. AUR Essence of celestial light or Ether. First divine
manifestation of _Mshe_ or Moses.
4. YUM. RKIO Expanse or sky, diversion of aerial and celestial fluids. 2d.
5. YUM. Sea and dry land, upheaving of land over the waters, or subsiding
of the ocean. Vegetation. 3d.
6. YUM. Sun and Moon appearance by a change in the misty atmosphere? with
XUXBIM stars? 4th.
7. YUM. Fishes and Fowls, &c. 5th.
8. YUM. Beasts and cattle, with ADM mankind or human emanation, our Adam,
ZXR male, and NKBE female. 6th.
9. YUM. _Shbioi_ seventh manifestation, _Aleim_ became IEUE Jehovah, the
living-self-with-self, the supreme or powerful self.
10. YUM. AD emanation, our mist.
11. YUM. ADM into GN or _Gan._ our Eden.
12. YUM. OTZ Growth, of lives with good and evil.
13. YUM. NER 4 flowing emanations or streams.
14. YUM. ASHE Intellectual man-mate, called afterwards EUA living
existence, our Eve.—Self-with-life.
All these periods should require long comments, and discussions, rather
physical than historical. It is by no means certain that the sun and moon
are implied in the 6th yum. The text says a couple of MARTH Centralities
EMAUR-GDL and EMAUR-KTN Self-great-ether greatest and lesser. Some have
seen here the solar and lunar dynasties of Asia. The XUX-BIM might be the
XRUBIM of later times. The real sun and moon may belong to the _yum_ of
AUR. The stars, according to Job, were in existence before the foundation
of the earth, and our astronomy teaches this implicitly.
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