The installation of Adam and Eve in the Garden
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- Adam and Eve arrived 37,848 years before A.D. 1934, at midseason with the Garden at the height of bloom, at high noon, settling near the temple of the Father (74:0.1)
- A little more than eight feet tall (74:1.1); Material Sons glow with radiant light of a violet hue (51:1.3)
- Their bodies gave forth a shimmer of light, but they wore clothing; since it hid most of the light, only the radiating glow from their heads was discernible, the origin of the halo (74:6.5)
- After awakening in the temple, they were escorted at noon to the formal reception on the great mound north of the temple, a natural hill enlarged for the installation (74:2.5)
- Reception committee of twelve: Amadon (chairman), a representative of each of the six Sangik races, the acting chief of the midwayers, Annan for the Nodites, Noah son of the Garden's architect, and the two resident Life Carriers (74:2.5)
- Van proclaimed them rulers; they were invested with kingly robes; weaving was still practiced (74:2.6-2.7)
- A mighty throng; runners released carrier pigeons to spread the news (74:2.1, 74:2.3); pilgrims poured in for months (74:2.4)
- The Garden was a gem of botanic beauty though unfinished (73:5.8)
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- Midwayers (and the Life Carriers) are invisible to humans (66:4.11), so they are not drawn; the committee shown is the visible members
- Sangik representatives rendered with subtly distinct skin tones, not cartoon colours
- The violet radiance appears only as a soft glow about their heads because they are robed
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- Faces, hair and features of Adam and Eve (not described), robe design, the temple's architecture, the crowd's dress
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