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In the Urantia Book

To protect against the fear of magic, spittle was always covered and all remnants of meals were carefully disposed of to prevent enemies from using them in detrimental magic rites. 88:5.1
The ancients believed fire to be sacred, refusing to spit into it or treat it disrespectfully. 69:6.4
Spitting on a person was a powerful fetish used to drive out devils. 88:1.8
Modern man no longer attempts openly to coerce the spirits, but still follows expectoration with some trite phrase, once a magical formula. 87:6.17
Handshaking replaced saliva exchange and blood drinking as the seal of personal friendship and token of group loyalty, but primitive peoples often reverted to their former unhealthy practices. 66:5.22 70:3.7

Belief in the efficacy of spittle as a healing agent is illustrated by the superstitions of these times. 95:2.6 (164:3.11,14)
Jesus spoke, then mixed spittle with clay, creating sight for the blind man. 164:3.8
Jesus was spat upon and mistreated by the temple guards and servants of the high priest for one full hour before being scourged by the guards in an unjust procedure. 184:4.1 185:6.2

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.