1. THE BOOK OF URANTIA Square Circles Publishing Footnoted
Edition Copyright 2014 This work is a reformatted reproduction of
the original book published in 1955 by Urantia Foundation, with the
addition of footnotes indicating changes authorized by the
Standardized Reference Text Committee. This is a work-in-progress.
Version: December 14, 2014 The original text of the Urantia Book is
in the public domain.
2. The Parts of the Book PART I THE CENTRAL AND SUPERUNIVERSES
Sponsored by a Uversa Corps of Superuniverse Personalities acting
by authority of the Orvonton Ancients of Days PART II THE LOCAL
UNIVERSE Sponsored by a Nebadon Corps of Local Universe
Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington PART III
THE HISTORY OF URANTIA These papers were sponsored by a Corps of
Local Universe Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of
Salvington PART IV THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS This group of
papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve Urantia midwayers
acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek revelatory director.
The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary midwayer
who was onetime assigned to the superhuman watchcare of the Apostle
Andrew. v* *Omitted in subequent printings.
3. Paper Author Page Foreword* Divine Counselor. . . .1 1. The
Universal Father. . . . . Divine Counselor. . . .21 2. The Nature
of God . . . . . Divine Counselor. . . .33 3. The Attributes of
God. . . . . Divine Counselor. . . .44 4. Gods Relation to the
Universe.. Divine Counselor. . . .54 5. Gods Relation to the
Individual.. Divine Counselor. . . .62 6. The Eternal Son......
Divine Counselor. . . .73 7. Relation of the Eternal Son to the
Universe....... Divine Counselor. . . .81 8. The Infinite Spirit. .
. . . . Divine Counselor. . . .90 9. Relation of the Infinite
Spirit to the Universe....... Divine Counselor. . . .98 10. The
Paradise Trinity..... Universal Censor. . . .108 11. The Eternal
Isle of Paradise... Perfector of Wisdom... 118 12. The Universe of
Universes... Perfector of Wisdom... 128 13. The Sacred Spheres of
Paradise . . Perfector of Wisdom... 143 14. The Central and Divine
Universe.. Perfector of Wisdom... 152 15. The Seven Superuniverses.
. . . Universal Censor. . . .164 16. The Seven Master Spirits....
Universal Censor. . . .184 17. The Seven Supreme Spirit Groups. .
Divine Counselor. . . .197 18. The Supreme Trinity Personalities. .
Divine Counselor. . . .207 19. The Co-ordinate Trinity-Origin
Beings . . . . . . . Divine Counselor. . . .214 20. The Paradise
Sons of God. . . . Perfector of Wisdom... 223 21. The Paradise
Creator Sons... Perfector of Wisdom... 234 22. The Trinitized Sons
of God... Mighty Messenger . . . . 243 23. The Solitary
Messengers.... Divine Counselor. . . .256 24. Higher Personalities
of the Infinite Spirit........ Divine Counselor. . . .264 25. The
Messenger Hosts of Space. . . One High in Authority . . . 273 26.
Ministering Spirits of the Central Universe....... Perfector of
Wisdom... 285 27. Ministry of the Primary Supernaphim. Perfector of
Wisdom... 298 28. Ministering Spirits of the Super-
universes....... Mighty Messenger . . . . 306 The Titles of the
Papers PART I. THE CENTRAL AND SUPERUNIVERSES vii *In subsequent
printings the title Foreword was moved to before Part I title
page.
4. Paper Author Page 29. The Universe Power Directors. . .
Universal Censor. . . .319 30. Personalities of the Grand Universe
. Mighty Messenger . . . . 330 31. The Corps of the Finality....
Divine Counselor and One Without Name and Number...... 345 PART II.
THE LOCAL UNIVERSE 32. The Evolution of Local Universes. . Mighty
Messenger . . . . 357 33. Administration of the Local
Universe....... Chief of Archangels.... 366 34. The Local Universe
Mother Spirit. . Mighty Messenger . . . . 374 35. The Local
Universe Sons of God.. Chief of Archangels.... 384 36. The Life
Carriers. . . . . . Vorondadek Son. . . .396 37. Personalities of
the Local Universe. . Brilliant Evening Star. . .406 38.
Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe....... Melchizedek. . . .
.418 39. The Seraphic Hosts..... Melchizedek. . . . .426 40. The
Ascending Sons of God . . . Mighty Messenger . . . . 443 41.
Physical Aspects of the Local Universe....... Archangel . . . . . .
455 42. EnergyMind and Matter... Mighty Messenger . . . . 467 43.
The Constellations..... Malavatia Melchizedek... 485 44. The
Celestial Artisans. . . . . Archangel . . . . . . 497 45. The Local
System Administration. . Melchizedek. . . . .509 46. The Local
System Headquarters.. Archangel . . . . . . 519 47. The Seven
Mansion Worlds . . . Brilliant Evening Star. . .530 48. The
Morontia Life..... Archangel . . . . . . 541 49. The Inhabited
Worlds. . . . . Melchizedek. . . . .559 50. The Planetary Princes.
. . . . Secondary Lanonandek... 572 51. The Planetary Adams. . . .
. Secondary Lanonandek.. 580 52. Planetary Mortal Epochs.... Mighty
Messenger . . . . 589 53. The Lucifer Rebellion. . . . . Manovandet
Melchizedek. .601 54. Problems of the Lucifer Rebellion.. Mighty
Messenger . . . . 613 55. The Spheres of Light and Life. . . Mighty
Messenger . . . . 621 56. Universal Unity...... Mighty Messenger
and Machiventa Melchizedek.. 637 PART III. THE HISTORY OF URANTIA
57. The Origin of Urantia. . . . . Life Carrier..... 651 58. Life
Establishment on Urantia. . . Life Carrier..... 664 59. The
Marine-Life Era on Urantia.. Life Carrier..... 672 60. Urantia
during the Early Land-Life Era . . . . . . . . Life Carrier.....
685 61. The Mammalian Era on Urantia.. Life Carrier..... 693 62.
The Dawn Races of Early Man . . Life Carrier..... 703 viii The
Titles of the Papers
5. Paper Author Page 63. The First Human Family.... Life
Carrier..... 711 64. The Evolutionary Races of Color.. Life
Carrier..... 718 65. The Overcontrol of Evolution. . . Life
Carrier..... 730 66. The Planetary Prince of Urantia.. Melchizedek.
. . . .741 67. The Planetary Rebellion.... Melchizedek. . . . .754
68. The Dawn of Civilization. . . . Melchizedek. . . . .763 69.
Primitive Human Institutions. . . Melchizedek. . . . .772 70. The
Evolution of Human Government...... Melchizedek. . . . .783 71.
Development of the State.... Melchizedek. . . . .800 72. Government
on a Neighboring Planet. . . . . . . . Melchizedek. . . . .808 73.
The Garden of Eden..... Solonia....... 821 74. Adam and Eve . . . .
. . Solonia....... 828 75. The Default of Adam and Eve. . .
Solonia....... 839 76. The Second Garden..... Solonia....... 847
77. The Midway Creatures . . . . Archangel . . . . . . 855 78. The
Violet Race after the Days of Adam. . . . . . . . Archangel . . . .
. . 868 79. Andite Expansion in the Orient . . Archangel . . . . .
. 878 80. Andite Expansion in the Occident. . Archangel . . . . . .
889 81. Development of Modern Civilization . . . . . . Archangel .
. . . . . 900 82. The Evolution of Marriage... Chief of
Seraphim.... 913 83. The Marriage Institution.... Chief of
Seraphim.... 922 84. Marriage and Family Life. . . . Chief of
Seraphim.... 931 85. The Origins of Worship . . . . Brilliant
Evening Star. . .944 86. Early Evolution of Religion . . .
Brilliant Evening Star. . .950 87. The Ghost Cults...... Brilliant
Evening Star. . .958 88. Festishes, Charms, and Magic. . .
Brilliant Evening Star. . .967 89. Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement. .
. Brilliant Evening Star. . .974 90. ShamanismMedicine Men and
Priests....... Melchizedek. . . . .986 91. The Evolution of Prayer
.. . . . Chief of Midwayers.... 994 92. The Later Evolution of
Religion.. Melchizedek. . . . .1003 93. Machiventa Melchizedek....
Melchizedek. . . . .1014 94. The Melchizedek Teachings in the
Orient. . . . . . . . Melchizedek. . . . .1027 95. The Melchizedek
Teachings in the Levant....... Melchizedek. . . . .1042 96.
YahwehGod of the Hebrews . . Melchizedek. . . . .1052 97. Evolution
of the God Concept among the Hebrews...... Melchizedek. . . . .1062
98. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident....... Melchizedek. .
. . .1077 99. Social Problems of Religion . . . Melchizedek. . . .
.1086 100. Religion in Human Experience.. Melchizedek. . . . .1094
101. The Real Nature of Religion... Melchizedek. . . . .1104 102.
The Foundations of Religious Faith . Melchizedek. . . . .1118 The
Titles of the Papers ix
6. Paper AuthorPage 103. The Reality of Religious Experience .
Melchizedek. . . . .1129 104. Growth of the Trinity Concept. . .
Melchizedek. . . . .1143 105. Deity and Reality. . . . . .
Melchizedek. . . . .1152 106. Universe Levels of Reality. . . .
Melchizedek. . . . .1162 107. Origin and Nature of Thought
Adjusters....... Solitary Messenger... 1176 108. Mission and
Ministry of Thought Adjusters....... Solitary Messenger... 1185
109. Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures. . . . . . .
Solitary Messenger... 1195 110. Relation of Adjusters to Individual
Mortals . . . . . . . Solitary Messenger... 1203 111. The Adjuster
and the Soul. . . . Solitary Messenger... 1215 112. Personality
Survival..... Solitary Messenger... 1225 113. The Seraphic
Guardians of Destiny. Chief of Seraphim.... 1241 114. Seraphic
Planetary Government.. Chief of Seraphim.... 1250 115. The Supreme
Being..... Mighty Messenger . . . . 1260 116. The Almighty Supreme
. . . . Mighty Messenger . . . . 1268 117. God the Supreme. . . . .
. Mighty Messenger . . . . 1278 118. Supreme and UltimateTime and
Space. . . . . . . . Mighty Messenger . . . . 1294 119. The
Bestowals of Christ Michael.. Chief of Evening Stars . . . 1308
PART IV. THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS 120. The Bestowal of
Michael on Urantia. Mantutia Melchizedek . . . 1323 121. The Times
of Michaels Bestowal.. Midwayer Commission... 1332 122. Birth and
Infancy of Jesus. . . . Midwayer Commission... 1344 123. The Early
Childhood of Jesus. . . Midwayer Commission... 1355 124. The Later
Childhood of Jesus. . . Midwayer Commission... 1366 125. Jesus at
Jerusalem. . . . . . Midwayer Commission... 1377 126. The Two
Crucial Years.... Midwayer Commission... 1386 127. The Adolescent
Years. . . . . Midwayer Commission... 1395 128.Jesus Early Manhood.
. . . . Midwayer Commission... 1407 129. The Later Adult Life of
Jesus... Midwayer Commission... 1419 130. On the Way to Rome.....
Midwayer Commission... 1427 131. The Worlds Religions. . . . .
Midwayer Commission... 1442 132. The Sojourn at Rome. . . . .
Midwayer Commission... 1455 133. The Return from Rome . . . .
Midwayer Commission... 1468 134. The Transition Years..... Midwayer
Commission... 1483 135. John the Baptist...... Midwayer
Commission... 1496 136. Baptism and the Forty Days... Midwayer
Commission... 1509 137. Tarrying Time in Galilee.... Midwayer
Commission... 1524 138. Training the Kingdoms Messengers . Midwayer
Commission... 1538 139. The Twelve Apostles..... Midwayer
Commission... 1548 140. The Ordination of the Twelve. . . Midwayer
Commission... 1568 141. Beginning the Public Work... Midwayer
Commission... 1587 142. The Passover at Jerusalem... Midwayer
Commission... 1596 x The Titles of the Papers
7. Paper Author Page 143. Going Through Samaria.... Midwayer
Commission... 1607 144. At Gilboa and in the Decapolis.. Midwayer
Commission... 1617 145. Four Eventful Days in Capernaum. Midwayer
Commission... 1628 146. First Preaching Tour of Galilee.. Midwayer
Commission... 1637 147. The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem.. Midwayer
Commission... 1647 148. Training Evangelists at Bethsaida..
Midwayer Commission... 1657 149. The Second Preaching Tour...
Midwayer Commission... 1668 150. The Third Preaching Tour. . . .
Midwayer Commission... 1678 151. Tarrying and Teaching by the
Seaside.. Midwayer Commission... 1688 152. Events Leading up to the
Capernaum Crisis. . . . . . . . Midwayer Commission... 1698 153.
The Crisis at Capernaum. . . . Midwayer Commission... 1707 154.
Last Days at Capernaum.... Midwayer Commission... 1717 155. Fleeing
Through Northern Galilee. . Midwayer Commission... 1725 156. The
Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon.. Midwayer Commission... 1734 157. At
Caesarea-Philippi..... Midwayer Commission... 1743 158. The Mount
of Transfiguration. . . Midwayer Commission... 1752 159. The
Decapolis Tour..... Midwayer Commission... 1762 160. Rodan of
Alexandria..... Midwayer Commission... 1772 161. Further
Discussions with Rodan.. Midwayer Commission... 1783 162. At the
Feast of Tabernacles . . . Midwayer Commission... 1788 163.
Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan. Midwayer Commission... 1800
164. At the Feast of Dedication. . . . Midwayer Commission... 1809
165. The Perean Mission Begins . . . Midwayer Commission... 1817
166. Last Visit to Northern Perea... Midwayer Commission... 1825
167. The Visit to Philadelphia.... Midwayer Commission... 1833 168.
The Resurrection of Lazarus... Midwayer Commission... 1842 169.
Last Teaching at Pella. . . . . Midwayer Commission... 1850 170.
The Kingdom of Heaven.... Midwayer Commission... 1858 171. On the
Way to Jerusalem.... Midwayer Commission... 1867 172. Going into
Jerusalem..... Midwayer Commission... 1878 173. Monday into
Jerusalem.... Midwayer Commission... 1888 174. Tuesday Morning in
the Temple.. Midwayer Commission... 1897 175. The Last Temple
Discourse . . . Midwayer Commission... 1905 176. Tuesday Evening on
Mount Olivet. . Midwayer Commission... 1912 177.Wednesday, The Rest
Day. . . . Midwayer Commission... 1920 178. Last Day at the Camp. .
. . . Midwayer Commission... 1929 179. The Last Supper......
Midwayer Commission... 1936 180. The Farewell Discourse . . . .
Midwayer Commission... 1944 181. Final Admonitions and Warnings..
Midwayer Commission... 1953 182. At Gethsemane . . . . . . Midwayer
Commission... 1963 183. The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus.. Midwayer
Commission... 1971 184. Before the Sanhedrin Court... Midwayer
Commission... 1978 185. The Trial Before Pilate.... Midwayer
Commission... 1987 186. Just Before the Crucifixion... Midwayer
Commission... 1997 187. The Crucifixion...... Midwayer
Commission... 2004 188. The Time of the Tomb.... Midwayer
Commission... 2012 189. The Resurrection. . . . . . Midwayer
Commission... 2020 190. Morontia Appearances of Jesus.. Midwayer
Commission... 2029 The Titles of the Papers xi *Changed to
lowercase in the Standardized version.
8. Paper Author Page 191. Appearances to the Apostles and Other
Leaders. . . . . . Midwayer Commission... 2037 192. Appearances in
Galilee.... Midwayer Commission... 2045 193. Final Appearances and
Ascension. . Midwayer Commission... 2052 194. Bestowal of the
Spirit of Truth. . . Midwayer Commission... 2059 195. After
Pentecost . . . . . . Midwayer Commission... 2069 196. The Faith of
Jesus. . . . . . Midwayer Commission... 2087 xii The Titles of the
Papers
9. PART I. THE CENTRAL AND SUPERUNIVERSES Page
Foreword*.............. 1 I. Deity and Divinity.......... 2 II.God
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 III. The First Source and
Center . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Seven Absolutes Reality Concept
of the I AM IV. Universe Reality.......... 6 Paradise V.
Personality Realities. . . . . . . . . . 8 VI. Energy and Pattern.
. . . . . . . . . 9 VII. The Supreme Being. . . . . . . . . . 10
VIII. God the Sevenfold.......... 11 IX. God the Ultimate . . . . .
. . . . . 12 X. God the Absolute . . . . . . . . . . 13 XI. The
Three Absolutes......... 13 XII. The Trinities . . . . . . . . . .
. 15 Acknowledgment 1. The Universal Father.......... 21 1. The
Fathers Name. . . . . . . . . . 22 2. The Reality of God..........
23 3. God is a Universal Spirit........ 25 4. The Mystery of God. .
. . . . . . . . 26 5. Personality of the Universal Father...... 27
6. Personality in the Universe........ 29 7. Spiritual Value of the
Personality Concept . . . . 31 2. The Nature of God. . . . . . . .
. . . 33 1. The Infinity of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2.
The Fathers Eternal Perfection. . . . . . . 35 3. Justice and
Righteousness........ 36 4. The Divine Mercy.......... 38 5. The
Love of God . . . . . . . . . . 38 6. The Goodness of God.........
40 7. Divine Truth and Beauty . . . . . . . . 42 Contents of the
Book xiii *In subsequent printings the title Foreword was moved to
before Part I title.
10. xiv Contents of the Book Page 3. The Attributes of God. . .
. . . . . . . 44 1. Gods Everywhereness......... 44 2. Gods
Infinite Power......... 46 3. Gods Universal Knowledge. . . . . . .
. 48 4. Gods Limitlessness. . . . . . . . . . 49 5. The Fathers
Supreme Rule. . . . . . . . 50 The inevitabilities 6. The Fathers
Primacy......... 52 The benediction 4. Gods Relation to the
Universe . . . . . . . 54 1. The Universe Attitude of the Father. .
. . . . 54 Providence 2. God and Nature.......... 56 3. Gods
Unchanging Character . . . . . . . 57 4. The Realization of God. .
. . . . . . . 58 5. Erroneous Ideas of God. . . . . . . . . 59 5.
Gods Relation to the Individual....... 62 1. The Approach to
God......... 62 2. The Presence of God......... 64 3. True
Worship........... 65 4. God in Religion. . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.
The Consciousness of God........ 68 6. The God of
Personality......... 70 6. The Eternal Son........... 73 1.
Identity of the Eternal Son........ 73 2. Nature of the Eternal
Son........ 74 3. Ministry of the Fathers Love . . . . . . . 75 4.
Attributes of the Eternal Son....... 76 Omnipotence, omnipresence,
omniscience 5. Limitations of the Eternal Son....... 77 6. The
Spirit Mind. . . . . . . . . . . 78 7. Personality of the Eternal
Son....... 79 8. Realization of the Eternal Son....... 79 7.
Relation of the Eternal Son to the Universe . . . 81 1. The
Spirit-Gravity Circuit........ 81 2. The Administration of the
Eternal Son..... 83 3. Relation of the Eternal Son to the
Individual. . . . 84 4. The Divine Perfection Plans. . . . . . . .
85 5. The Spirit of Bestowal......... 86 Bestowals of the Eternal
Son Bestowals of the Original Michael 6. The Paradise Sons of
God........ 87 7. The Supreme Revelation of the Father..... 88
11. Contents of the Book xv Page 8. The Infinite
Spirit........... 90 1. The God of Action.......... 90 2. Nature of
the Infinite Spirit. . . . . . . . 92 3. Relation of the Spirit to
the Father and the Son... 93 4. The Spirit of Divine Ministry . . .
. . . . 94 Creative Daughters 5. The Presence of God......... 95 6.
Personality of the Infinite Spirit. . . . . . . 96 9. Relation of
the Infinite Spirit to the Universe. . . 98 1. Attributes of the
Third Source and Center . . . . 98 2. The Omnipresent Spirit. . . .
. . . . . 100 3. The Universal Manipulator. . . . . . . . 101 4.
The Absolute Mind. . . . . . . . . . 102 5. The Ministry of
Mind......... 102 6. The Mind-Gravity Circuit........ 103 7.
Universe Reflectivity . . . . . . . . . 105 8. Personalities of the
Infinite Spirit...... 105 Functional family of the Third Source and
Center 10. The Paradise Trinity . . . . . . . . . . 108 1.
Self-Distribution of the First Source and Center... 108 2. Deity
Personalization . . . . . . . . . 109 3. The Three Persons of
Deity. . . . . . . . 110 4. The Trinity Union of Deity........ 112
5. Functions of the Trinity. . . . . . . . . 113 Finite, absonite,
and absolute attitude 6. The Stationary Sons of the Trinity......
114 Justice, evidence, and judgment 7. The Overcontrol of
Supremacy....... 115 8. The Trinity Beyond the Finite....... 116
Limits of mortal destiny 11. The Eternal Isle of Paradise........
118 1. The Divine Residence......... 118 2. Nature of the Eternal
Isle . . . . . . . . 119 3. Upper Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . 120
4. Peripheral Paradise. . . . . . . . . . 121 5. Nether Paradise. .
. . . . . . . . . 122 6. Space Respiration.......... 123 Unpervaded
space 7. Space Functions of Paradise. . . . . . . . 124 Midspace
zones 8. Paradise Gravity . . . . . . . . . . 125 Force, energy,
power 9. The Uniqueness of Paradise. . . . . . . . 126
12. xvi Contents of the Book Page 12. The Universe of
Universes. . . . . . . . . 128 1. Space Levels of the Master
Universe. . . . . . 128 2. The Domains of the Unqualified Absolute
. . . . 130 3. Universal Gravity.......... 131 4. Space and
Motion.......... 133 5. Space and Time. . . . . . . . . . . 134 6.
Universal Overcontrol......... 135 7. The Part and the Whole. . . .
. . . . . 137 8. Matter, Mind, and Spirit . . . . . . . . . 139 9.
Personal Realities.......... 141 13. The Sacred Spheres of
Paradise....... 143 1. The Seven Sacred Worlds of the Father.....
144 (1) Divinington (2) Sonarington (3) Spiritington (4)
Vicegerington (5) Solitarington (6) Seraphington (7) Ascendington
2. Father-World Relationships. . . . . . . . 147 3. The Sacred
Worlds of the Eternal Son . . . . . 149 4. The Worlds of the
Infinite Spirit. . . . . . . 149 Executive abodes of the Master
Spirits 14. The Central and Divine Universe. . . . . . . 152 1. The
Paradise-Havona System . . . . . . . 152 Paradise-Havona day The
dark gravity bodies 2. Constitution of Havona. . . . . . . . . 154
3. The Havona Worlds. . . . . . . . . . 155 4. Creatures of the
Central Universe . . . . . . 156 Havona natives 5. Life in Havona.
. . . . . . . . . . 158 Monotony and adventure 6. The Purpose of
the Central Universe. . . . . . 160 15. The Seven
Superuniverses......... 164 1. The Superuniverse Space Level.......
164 2. Organization of the Superuniverses...... 165 3. The
Superuniverse of Orvonton. . . . . . . 167 4. NebulaeThe Ancestors
of Universes..... 169 5. The Origin of Space Bodies. . . . . . . .
170 6. The Spheres of Space . . . . . . . . . 172 7. The
Architectural Spheres........ 174 Superuniverse time 8. Energy
Control and Regulation....... 175
13. Contents of the Book xvii Page 9. Circuits of the
Superuniverses....... 176 Local universe circuits 10. Rulers of the
Superuniverses. . . . . . . . 178 11. The Deliberative
Assembly........ 179 12. The Supreme Tribunals. . . . . . . . . 180
13. The Sector Government. . . . . . . . . 181 14. Purposes of the
Seven Superuniverses . . . . . 181 16. The Seven Master
Spirits......... 184 1. Relation to Triune Deity. . . . . . . . .
185 2. Relation to the Infinite Spirit....... 185 3. Identity and
Diversity of the Master Spirits.... 186 4. Attributes and Functions
of the Master Spirits . . . 189 5. Relation to Creatures . . . . .
. . . . 190 6. The Cosmic Mind.......... 191 Causation, duty, and
worship 7. Morals, Virtue, and Personality....... 192 8. Urantia
Personality. . . . . . . . . . 194 9. Reality of Human
Consciousness...... 195 17. The Seven Supreme Spirit Groups.......
197 1. The Seven Supreme Executives....... 198 Creature-trinitized
Sons 2. MajestonChief of Reflectivity. . . . . . . 199 3. The
Reflective Spirits......... 200 4. The Reflective Image
Aids........ 202 5. The Seven Spirits of the Circuits. . . . . . .
202 6. The Local Universe Creative Spirits. . . . . . 203 7. The
Adjutant Mind-Spirits........ 205 8. Functions of the Supreme
Spirits...... 205 18. The Supreme Trinity Personalities...... 207
1. The Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy. . . . . . 207 2. The
Eternals of Days . . . . . . . . . 208 3. The Ancients of Days . .
. . . . . . . 209 4. The Perfections of Days. . . . . . . . . 210
5. The Recents of Days......... 211 6. The Unions of Days. . . . .
. . . . . 212 7. The Faithfuls of Days......... 213 19. The
Co-ordinate Trinity-Origin Beings . . . . . 214 1. The Trinity
Teacher Sons . . . . . . . . 214 2. The Perfectors of
Wisdom........ 215 3. The Divine Counselors......... 216 4. The
Universal Censors......... 217 Stationary Sons of the Trinity 5.
Inspired Trinity Spirits......... 219 6. Havona Natives..........
221 7. Paradise Citizens . . . . . . . . . . 222
14. xviii Contents of the Book Page 20. The Paradise Sons of
God......... 223 1. The Descending Sons of God....... 223 2. The
Magisterial Sons . . . . . . . . . 224 3. Judicial Actions. . . . .
. . . . . . 226 4. Magisterial Missions......... 226 5. Bestowal of
the Paradise Sons of God..... 227 6. The Mortal-Bestowal
Careers....... 228 7. The Trinity Teacher Sons . . . . . . . . 230
8. Local Universe Ministry of the Daynals..... 231 9. Planetary
Service of the Daynals. . . . . . . 231 10. United Ministry of the
Paradise Sons. . . . . . 232 21. The Paradise Creator Sons. . . . .
. . . . 234 The Original Michael 1. Origin and Nature of Creator
Sons...... 234 2. The Creators of Local Universes. . . . . . . 235
3. Local Universe Sovereignty. . . . . . . . 237 4. The Michael
Bestowals. . . . . . . . . 239 5. Relation of Master Sons to the
Universe..... 240 6. Destiny of the Master Michaels....... 241 22.
The Trinitized Sons of God. . . . . . . . . 243 1. The
Trinity-Embraced Sons. . . . . . . . 243 Trinitized Sons of
Attainment Trinitized Sons of Selection Trinitized Sons of
Perfection 2. The Mighty Messengers. . . . . . . . . 245 3. Those
High in Authority........ 246 4. Those Without Name and
Number...... 246 5. The Trinitized Custodians........ 247 6. The
Trinitized Ambassadors. . . . . . . . 248 7. Technique of
Trinitization........ 249 Ascender-trinitized Sons Paradise-Havona
trinitized Sons Trinitized sons of destiny 8. The
Creature-Trinitized Sons . . . . . . . 251 9. The Celestial
Guardians. . . . . . . . . 252 10. High Son Assistants. . . . . . .
. . . 253 23. The Solitary Messengers......... 256 1. Nature and
Origin of Solitary Messengers . . . . 256 2. Assignments of
Solitary Messengers...... 257 3. Time and Space Services of
Solitary Messengers. . . 260 Seraphic and other space velocities 4.
Special Ministry of Solitary Messengers..... 262 Trinitized sons of
destiny
15. Contents of the Book xix Page 24. Higher Personalities of
the Infinite Spirit.... 264 1. The Universe Circuit Supervisors . .
. . . . 265 2. The Census Directors......... 266 3. Personal Aids
of the Infinite Spirit...... 268 4. The Associate
Inspectors........ 268 5. The Assigned Sentinels......... 268 6.
The Graduate Guides......... 269 Grandfanda, the first ascender 7.
Origin of the Graduate Guides....... 270 25. The Messenger Hosts of
Space. . . . . . . . 273 1. The Havona Servitals......... 273 2.
The Universal Conciliators........ 275 3. The Far-Reaching Service
of Conciliators.... 276 4. Technical Advisers.......... 279 5. The
Custodians of Records on Paradise..... 281 6. The Celestial
Recorders. . . . . . . . . 281 7. The Morontia Companions........
282 8. The Paradise Companions........ 283 26. Ministering Spirits
of the Central Universe. . . . 285 1. The Ministering
Spirits......... 285 Ministering Spirits of the Central Universe
Ministering Spirits of the Superuniverses Ministering Spirits of
the Local Universes 2. The Mighty Supernaphim........ 286 3. The
Tertiary Supernaphim........ 288 (1) The Harmony Supervisors (2)
The Chief Recorders (3) The Broadcasters (4) The Messengers (5) The
Intelligence Co-ordinators (6) The Transport Personalities (7) The
Reserve Corps 4. The Secondary Supernaphim....... 289 Ascenders
arrival in Havona 5. The Pilgrim Helpers......... 291 6. The
Supremacy Guides. . . . . . . . . 292 7. The Trinity
Guides.......... 292 8. The Son Finders.......... 293 Failure to
find Deity 9. The Father Guides.......... 294 10. The Counselors
and Advisers . . . . . . . 295 Assignments of defeated candidates
11. The Complements of Rest........ 296 Creature-trinitized
sons
16. xx Contents of the Book Page 27. Ministry of the Primary
Supernaphim. . . . . . 298 1. Instigators of Rest.......... 299
Nature of rest 2. Chiefs of Assignment . . . . . . . . . 300 3.
Interpreters of Ethics . . . . . . . . . 300 4. Directors of
Conduct......... 301 5. The Custodians of Knowledge....... 301 6.
Masters of Philosophy......... 302 7. Conductors of
Worship......... 303 28. Ministering Spirits of the Superuniverses
. . . . 306 1. The Tertiaphim. . . . . . . . . . . 306 2. The
Omniaphim.......... 307 3. The Seconaphim.......... 307 4. The
Primary Seconaphim . . . . . . . . 307 (1) The Voice of the
Conjoint Actor (2) The Voice of the Seven Master Spirits (3) The
Voice of the Creator Sons (4) The Voice of the Angelic Hosts (5)
Broadcast Receivers (6) Transport Personalities (7) The Reserve
Corps 5. The Secondary Seconaphim. . . . . . . . 310 (1) The Voice
of Wisdom (2) The Soul of Philosophy (3) The Union of Souls (4) The
Heart of Counsel (5) The Joy of Existence (6) The Satisfaction of
Service (7) The Discerner of Spirits 6. The Tertiary Seconaphim . .
. . . . . . 313 (1) The Significance of Origins (2) The Memory of
Mercy (3) The Import of Time (4) The Solemnity of Trust (5) The
Sanctity of Service (6) and (7) The Secret of Greatness and the
Soul of Goodness 7. Ministry of the Seconaphim. . . . . . . . 317
29. The Universe Power Directors. . . . . . . . 319 1. The Seven
Supreme Power Directors. . . . . . 320 2. The Supreme Power
Centers....... 320 (1) Supreme Center Supervisors (2) Havona
Centers (3) Superuniverse Centers (4) Local Universe Centers (5)
Constellation Centers Page
17. Contents of the Book xxi (6) System Centers (7)
Unclassified Centers 3. The Domain of Power Centers....... 322 4.
The Master Physical Controllers. . . . . . . 324 (1) Associate
Power Directors (2) Mechanical Controllers (3) Energy Transformers
(4) Energy Transmitters (5) Primary Associators (6) Secondary
Dissociators (7) The Frandalanks The Chronoldeks 5. The Master
Force Organizers . . . . . . . 329 Primary Eventuated Master Force
Organizers Associate Transcendental Master Force Organizers 30.
Personalities of the Grand Universe. . . . . . 330 1. The Paradise
Classification of Living Beings... 330 I. Triune-Origin Beings II.
Dual-Origin Beings III. Single-Origin Beings IV. Eventuated
Transcendental Beings V. Fragmented Entities of Deity VI.
Superpersonal Beings VII. Unclassified and Unrevealed Orders 2. The
Uversa Personality Register. . . . . . . 334 I. The Paradise
Deities II. The Supreme Spirits III. The Trinity-Origin Beings IV.
The Sons of God V. Personalities of the Infinite Spirit VI. The
Universe Power Directors VII. The Corps of Permanent Citizenship
Composite Personality Groups 3. The Courtesy Colonies......... 338
(1) The Star Students (2) The Celestial Artisans (3) The Reversion
Directors (4) Extension-School Instructors (5) The Various Reserve
Corps (6) The Student Visitors (7) The Ascending Pilgrims 4. The
Ascending Mortals. . . . . . . . . 340 (1) Planetary Mortals (2)
Sleeping Survivors (3) Mansion World Students (4) Morontia
Progressors (5) Superuniverse Wards
18. xxii Contents of the Book Page (6) Havona Pilgrims (7)
Paradise Arrivals 31. The Corps of the Finality......... 345 1. The
Havona Natives . . . . . . . . . 346 2. Gravity Messengers. . . . .
. . . . . 346 3. Glorified Mortals . . . . . . . . . . 347 4.
Adopted Seraphim.......... 348 5. Glorified Material Sons. . . . .
. . . . 349 6. Glorified Midway Creatures....... 349 7. The
Evangels of Light......... 349 8. The Transcendentalers.........
350 9. Architects of the Master Universe . . . . . . 351 10. The
Ultimate Adventure........ 352 PART II. THE LOCAL UNIVERSE 32. The
Evolution of Local Universes...... 357 1. Physical Emergence of
Universes...... 357 2. Universe Organization......... 358 3. The
Evolutionary Idea......... 360 4. Gods Relation to a Local
Universe...... 362 5. The Eternal and Divine Purpose. . . . . . .
364 33. Administration of the Local Universe . . . . . 366 1.
Michael of Nebadon......... 366 2. The Sovereign of Nebadon........
367 3. The Universe Son and Spirit. . . . . . . . 368 4. GabrielThe
Chief Executive....... 369 5. The Trinity Ambassadors . . . . . . .
. 370 6. General Administration. . . . . . . . . 371 Local universe
time 7. The Courts of Nebadon. . . . . . . . . 372 8. The
Legislative and Executive Functions.... 373 34. The Local Universe
Mother Spirit...... 374 1. Personalization of the Creative
Spirit..... 374 2. Nature of the Divine Minister....... 375 3. The
Son and Spirit in Time and Space..... 376 4. The Local Universe
Circuits. . . . . . . . 377 5. The Ministry of the Spirit . . . . .
. . . 379 6. The Spirit in Man.......... 380 Dual nature of man 7.
The Spirit and the Flesh. . . . . . . . . 382 This is the way. 35.
The Local Universe Sons of God....... 384 1. The Father
Melchizedek. . . . . . . . . 384 2. The Melchizedek Sons.........
385
19. Contents of the Book xxiii Page 3. The Melchizedek
Worlds........ 387 4. Special Work of the Melchizedeks . . . . . .
388 Melchizedek incarnations 5. The Vorondadek Sons......... 389 6.
The Constellation Fathers........ 390 7. The Vorondadek
Worlds........ 391 8. The Lanonandek Sons......... 392 Primary
Lanonandeks Secondary Lanonandeks Tertiary Lanonandeks 9. The
Lanonandek Rulers. . . . . . . . . 393 10. The Lanonandek Worlds .
. . . . . . . 394 36. The Life Carriers........... 396 1. Origin
and Nature of Life Carriers...... 396 2. The Life Carrier Worlds. .
. . . . . . . 397 3. Life Transplantation......... 399 4.
Melchizedek Life Carriers........ 400 The midsoniters Salvington
Worlds of the Finaliters 5. The Seven Adjutant Mind-Spirits......
401 (1) The spirit of intuition (2) The spirit of understanding (3)
The spirit of courage (4) The spirit of knowledge (5) The spirit of
counsel (6) The spirit of worship (7) The spirit of wisdom 6.
Living Forces........... 403 37. Personalities of the Local
Universe...... 406 1. The Universe Aids.......... 406 2. The
Brilliant Evening Stars. . . . . . . . 407 Created Evening Stars
Ascendant Evening Stars The Worlds of the Evening Stars 3. The
Archangels. . . . . . . . . . . 408 The Worlds of the Archangels 4.
Most High Assistants . . . . . . . . . 409 5. High
Commissioners......... 410 Race commissioners Nebadon Corps of
Perfection Worlds of the Spirit-fused Mortals 6. Celestial
Overseers.......... 412 Nebadon educational system 7. Mansion World
Teachers........ 413 8. Higher Spirit Orders of Assignment......
413 Solitary Messengers
20. xxiv Contents of the Book Page Universe Circuit
SupervisorAndovontia Census DirectorSalsatia Associate Inspector
Assigned Sentinels Universal Conciliators Technical Advisers
Celestial recorders Morontia Companions 9. Permanent Citizens of
the Local Universe.... 414 (1)Susatia (2) Univitatia (3) Material
Sons (4) Midway Creatures Abandonters 10. Other Local Universe
Groups....... 416 The Spironga The Spornagia Courtesy colonies 38.
Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe . . . . 418 1. Origin of
Seraphim. . . . . . . . . . 418 2. Angelic Natures. . . . . . . . .
. . 419 3. Unrevealed Angels.......... 420 4. The Seraphic Worlds .
. . . . . . . . 420 5. Seraphic Training.......... 420 6. Seraphic
Organization......... 421 7. Cherubim and Sanobim. . . . . . . . .
422 8. Evolution of Cherubim and Sanobim..... 423 (1) Ascension
Candidates (2) Mid-phase Cherubim (3) Morontia Cherubim 9. The
Midway Creatures......... 424 (1) Primary Midwayers (2) Secondary
Midwayers 39. The Seraphic Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . 426 1.
Supreme Seraphim.......... 427 (1) Son-Spirit Ministers Bestowal
attendants (2) Court Advisers (3) Universe Orientators (4) The
Teaching Counselors (5) Directors of Assignment (6) The Recorders
(7) Unattached Ministers 2. Superior Seraphim.......... 429 (1) The
Intelligence Corps (2) The Voice of Mercy (3) Spirit
Co-ordinators
21. Contents of the Book xxv Page (4) Assistant Teachers (5)
The Transporters Seraphic transport techniques (6) The Recorders
Broadcasters (7) The Reserves 3. Supervisor Seraphim . . . . . . .
. . 432 (1) Supervising Assistants (2) Law Forecasters (3) Social
Architects (4) Ethical Sensitizers (5) The Transporters (6) The
Recorders (7) The Reserves 4. Administrator Seraphim. . . . . . . .
. 434 (1) Administrative Assistants (2) Justice Guides (3)
Interpreters of Cosmic Citizenship (4) Quickeners of Morality (5)
The Transporters (6) The Recorders (7) The Reserves 5. Planetary
Helpers.......... 436 (1) The Voices of the Garden (2) The Spirits
of Brotherhood (3) The Souls of Peace (4) The Spirits of Trust (5)
The Transporters Departure of a seraphic transport (6) The
Recorders (7) The Reserves 6. Transition Ministers. . . . . . . . .
. 439 7. Seraphim of the Future. . . . . . . . . 440 8. Seraphic
Destiny . . . . . . . . . . 440 9. The Corps of Seraphic
Completion...... 441 40. The Ascending Sons of God........ 443 1.
Evolutionary Seraphim. . . . . . . . . 443 2. Ascending Material
Sons........ 444 3. Translated Midwayers......... 444 4.
Personalized Adjusters......... 444 5. Mortals of Time and
Space........ 445 Mortals of the transient or experiential Adjuster
sojourn Mortals of the non-Adjuster-fusion types Mortals of
Adjuster-fusion potential The unnumbered series 6. The Faith Sons
of God......... 447 7. Father-Fused Mortals......... 448 8.
Son-Fused Mortals.......... 449
22. xxvi Contents of the Book Page 9. Spirit-Fused
Mortals......... 450 Techniques of memory reconstruction 10.
Ascendant Destinies. . . . . . . . . . 452 41. Physical Aspects of
the Local Universe..... 455 1. The Nebadon Power Centers....... 455
2. The Satania Physical Controllers...... 456 3. Our Starry
Associates......... 458 4. Sun Density. . . . . . . . . . . . 459
5. Solar Radiation. . . . . . . . . . . 460 6. CalciumThe Wanderer
of Space...... 461 7. Sources of Solar Energy. . . . . . . . . 463
8. Solar-Energy Reactions. . . . . . . . . 464 9. Sun Stability . .
. . . . . . . . . 465 10. Origin of Inhabited Worlds........ 465
42.EnergyMind and Matter. . . . . . . . . 467 1. Paradise Forces
and Energies . . . . . . . 467 2. Universal Nonspiritual Energy
Systems (Physical Energies) 469 (1) Space potency (2) Primordial
force (3) Emergent energies a. Puissant energy b. Gravity energy
(4) Universe power (5) Havona energy (6) Transcendental energy (7)
Monota 3. Classification of Matter. . . . . . . . . 471 4. Energy
and Matter Transmutations...... 472 5. Wave-Energy
Manifestations....... 474 6. Ultimatons, Electrons, and Atoms......
476 7. Atomic Matter........... 477 8. Atomic Cohesion . . . . . .
. . . . 478 9. Natural Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . 479 10.
Universal Nonspiritual Energy Systems (Material Mind Systems) . . .
. . . . . . . . 480 (1) Preadjutant-spirit minds (2)
Adjutant-spirit minds (3) Evolving morontia minds The cosmic mind
11. Universe Mechanisms......... 481 12. Pattern and FormMind
Dominance . . . . . 483 43. The Constellations.......... 485 1. The
Constellation Headquarters. . . . . . . 485 2. The Constellation
Government....... 487 3. The Most Highs of Norlatiadek....... 488
4. Mount AssemblyThe Faithful of Days. . . . . 489
23. Contents of the Book xxvii Page 5. The Edentia Fathers
Since the Lucifer Rebellion. . . 490 6. The Gardens of God.........
492 7. The Univitatia........... 493 8. The Edentia Training Worlds
. . . . . . . 493 9. Citizenship on Edentia......... 495 44. The
Celestial Artisans. . . . . . . . . . 497 1. The Celestial
Musicians. . . . . . . . . 499 2. The Heavenly Reproducers........
500 3. The Divine Builders......... 501 4. The Thought Recorders. .
. . . . . . . 503 5. The Energy Manipulators........ 504 6. The
Designers and Embellishers. . . . . . . 506 7. The Harmony
Workers......... 507 8. Mortal Aspirations and Morontia
Achievements... 507 45. The Local System Administration. . . . . .
. 509 1. Transitional Culture Worlds. . . . . . . . 509 (1) The
Finaliter World (2) The Morontia World (3) The Angelic World (4)
The Superangel World (5) The World of the Sons (6) The World of the
Spirit (7) The World of the Father 2. The System Sovereign.........
511 3. The System Government........ 512 4. The Four and Twenty
Counselors . . . . . . 513 5. The Material Sons.......... 514 6.
Adamic Training of Ascenders....... 515 Parental experience The
probation nursery of Satania 7. The Melchizedek Schools........ 517
46. The Local System Headquarters....... 519 1. Physical Aspects of
Jerusem. . . . . . . . 519 2. Physical Features of Jerusem.......
520 3. The Jerusem Broadcasts. . . . . . . . . 522 4. Residential
and Administrative Areas . . . . . 522 5. The Jerusem Circles. . .
. . . . . . . 523 (1) Circles of the Sons of God (2) Circles of the
angels (3) Circles of the Universe Aids (4) Circles of the Master
Physical Controllers (5) Circles of the ascending mortals (6)
Circles of the courtesy colonies (7) Circles of the finaliters 6.
The Executive-Administrative Squares..... 527 7. The RectanglesThe
Spornagia. . . . . . . 527 8. The Jerusem Triangles.........
528
24. xxviii Contents of the Book Page 47. The Seven Mansion
Worlds . . . . . . . . .530 1. The Finaliters World......... 530
Requisite parental experience 2. The Probationary Nursery........
531 3. The First Mansion World . . . . . . . . 532 Morontia
Companions 4. The Second Mansion World. . . . . . . . 534 5. The
Third Mansion World........ 535 6. The Fourth Mansion World. . . .
. . . . 536 7. The Fifth Mansion World........ 537 8. The Sixth
Mansion World........ 537 Adjuster fusion 9. The Seventh Mansion
World....... 538 10. Jerusem Citizenship. . . . . . . . . . 539 48.
The Morontia Life........... 541 1. Morontia Materials. . . . . . .
. . . 541 2. Morontia Power Supervisors....... 542 (1) Circuit
Regulators (2) System Co-ordinators (3) Planetary Custodians (4)
Combined Controllers (5) Liaison Stabilizers (6) Selective
Assorters (7) Associate Registrars 3. Morontia Companions.........
545 (1) Pilgrim Guardians (2) Pilgrim Receivers and Free
Associators (3) Hosts to Celestial Visitors (4) Co-ordinators and
Liaison Directors (5) Interpreters and Translators (6) Excursion
and Reversion Supervisors (7) Area and Building Custodians 4. The
Reversion Directors. . . . . . . . . 547 Celestial humor Mortal
humor 5. The Mansion World Teachers . . . . . . . 550 6. Morontia
World SeraphimTransition Ministers.. 551 (1) Seraphic Evangels
Original of Twenty-third Psalm (2) Racial Interpreters (3) Mind
Planners (4) Morontia Counselors Stereoscopic effect of mota (5)
Technicians (6) Recorder-Teachers Truth and fact (7) Ministering
Reserves Success, failure, and ego
25. Contents of the Book xxix Page 7. Morontia Mota. . . . . .
. . . . . 556 8. The Morontia Progressors........ 557 49. The
Inhabited Worlds.......... 559 1. The Planetary Life.......... 559
2. Planetary Physical Types........ 560 (1) The atmospheric types
(2) The elemental types (3) The gravity types (4) The temperature
types (5) The electric types (6) The energizing types (7) The
unnamed types 3. Worlds of the Nonbreathers. . . . . . . . 563 4.
Evolutionary Will Creatures. . . . . . . . 564 5. The Planetary
Series of Mortals. . . . . . . 565 (1) Adjustment to planetary
environment Experimental series inspected by Tabamantia (2)
Brain-type series (3) Spirit-reception series (4) Planetary-mortal
epochs (5) Creature-kinship serials (6) Adjuster-fusion series (7)
Techniques of terrestrial escape 6. Terrestrial Escape..........
568 (1) The dispensational or group order of survival (2) The
individual orders of ascension (3) The probationary-dependent
orders of ascension (4) The secondary modified orders of ascension
(5) The primary modified order of ascension 50. The Planetary
Princes. . . . . . . . . . 572 1. Mission of the Princes.........
572 2. Planetary Administration . . . . . . . . 573 3. The Princes
Corporeal Staff....... 574 4. The Planetary Headquarters and
Schools.... 575 5. Progressive Civilization. . . . . . . . . 576 6.
Planetary Culture.......... 578 7. The Rewards of Isolation . . . .
. . . . 578 Agondonters Tabamantia an agondonter 51. The Planetary
Adams.......... 580 1. Origin and Nature of the Material Sons of
God... 580 2. Transit of the Planetary Adams....... 582 3. The
Adamic Missions......... 582 4. The Six Evolutionary Races. . . . .
. . . 584 5. Racial AmalgamationBestowal of the Adamic Blood . .
585 6. The Edenic Regime. . . . . . . . . . 586 7. United
Administration......... 587
26. xxx Contents of the Book Page 52. Planetary Mortal
Epochs......... 589 1. Primitive Man........... 589 2.
Post-Planetary Prince Man........ 591 3. Post-Adamic Man..........
592 4. Post-Magisterial Son Man........ 594 5. Post-Bestowal Son
Man. . . . . . . . . 595 6. Urantias Post-Bestowal Age....... 597
7. Post-Teacher Son Man......... 598 53. The Lucifer Rebellion. . .
. . . . . . . 601 1. The Leaders of Rebellion . . . . . . . . 601
2. The Causes of Rebellion. . . . . . . . . 602 3. The Lucifer
Manifesto......... 603 4. Outbreak of the Rebellion........ 604 5.
Nature of the Conflict......... 605 6. A Loyal Seraphic
Commander....... 606 7. History of the Rebellion. . . . . . . . .
607 8. The Son of Man on Urantia. . . . . . . . 609 9. Present
Status of the Rebellion....... 610 54. Problems of the Lucifer
Rebellion...... 613 1. True and False Liberty......... 613 2. The
Theft of Liberty......... 614 3. The Time Lag of Justice. . . . . .
. . . 615 4. The Mercy Time Lag . . . . . . . . . 615 5. The Wisdom
of Delay......... 617 Twelve reasons 6. The Triumph of
Love......... 618 55. The Spheres of Light and Life. . . . . . . .
621 1. The Morontia Temple......... 622 2. Death and
Translation......... 623 3. The Golden Ages . . . . . . . . . . 624
4. Administrative Readjustments....... 626 The seven stages on a
planet Release of midwayers Adamic departure 5. The Acme of
Material Development. . . . . . 629 6. The Individual
Mortal......... 630 7. The First or Planetary Stage. . . . . . . .
631 8. The Second or System Stage. . . . . . . . 632 9. The Third
or Constellation Stage...... 633 10. The Fourth or Local Universe
Stage. . . . . . 634 11. The Minor and Major Sector Stages. . . . .
. 635 12. The Seventh or Superuniverse Stage. . . . . . 636 The
Unqualified Supervisors of the Supreme 56. Universal
Unity........... 637 1. Physical Co-ordination......... 637 2.
Intellectual Unity.......... 638
27. Contents of the Book xxxi Page 3. Spiritual
Unification......... 639 4. Personality Unification......... 639 5.
Deity Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . 640 6. Unification of
Evolutionary Deity . . . . . . 641 7. Universal Evolutionary
Repercussions..... 642 8. The Supreme Unifier . . . . . . . . . 643
9. Universal Absolute Unity . . . . . . . . 644 10. Truth, Beauty,
and Goodness....... 646 PART III. THE HISTORY OF URANTIA 57. The
Origin of Urantia.......... 651 1. The Andronover Nebula........
651 2. The Primary Nebular Stage. . . . . . . . 652 3. The
Secondary Nebular Stage....... 653 4. Tertiary and Quartan Stages.
. . . . . . . 654 Origin of the Sun 5. The Origin of MonmatiaThe
Urantia Solar System. 655 Retrograde motion 6. The Solar System
Stage. . . . . . . . . 657 The planet-forming era Tidal friction
Gravity-tidal explosions 7. The Meteoric Era.......... 658 The
Volcanic Age The Primitive Planetary Atmosphere 8. Crustal
Stabilization......... 660 The Age of Earthquakes The World Ocean
and the First Continent 58. Life Establishment on Urantia . . . . .
. . 664 1. Physical-Life Prerequisites........ 664 2. The Urantia
Atmosphere . . . . . . . . 665 3. Spatial Environment . . . . . . .
. . 666 4. The Life-Dawn Era. . . . . . . . . . 667 5. The
Continental Drift......... 668 6. The Transition Period.........
669 7. The Geologic History Book........ 670 59. The Marine-Life
Era on Urantia....... 672 1. Early Marine Life in the Shallow
Seas..... 673 The Trilobite Age 2. The First Continental Flood
Stage...... 674 The Invertebrate-Animal Age 3. The Second Great
Flood Stage....... 676 The Coral Period The Brachiopod Age
28. xxxii Contents of the Book Page 4. The Great Land-Emergence
Stage...... 678 The Vegetative Land-Life Period The Age of Fishes
5. The Crustal-Shifting Stage........ 680 The Fern-Forest
Carboniferous Period The Age of Frogs 6. The Climatic Transition
Stage....... 682 The Seed-Plant Period The Age of Biologic
Tribulation 60. Urantia During the Early Land-Life Era. . . . . 685
1. The Early Reptilian Age........ 685 2. The Later Reptilian Age.
. . . . . . . . 687 3. The Cretaceous Stage......... 688 The
Flowering-Plant Period The Age of Birds 4. The End of the Chalk
Period....... 691 61. The Mammalian Era on Urantia....... 693 1.
The New Continental Land Stage . . . . . . 693 The Age of Early
Mammals 2. The Recent Flood Stage. . . . . . . . . 694 The Age of
Advanced Mammals 3. The Modern Mountain Stage....... 696 Age of the
Elephant and the Horse 4. The Recent Continental-Elevation Stage. .
. . . 698 The Last Great Mammalian Migration 5. The Early Ice
Age.......... 699 6. Primitive Man in the Ice Age....... 700 7. The
Continuing Ice Age. . . . . . . . . 700 62. The Dawn Races of Early
Man. . . . . . . . 703 1. The Early Lemur Types. . . . . . . . .
703 2. The Dawn Mammals . . . . . . . . . 703 3. The Mid-Mammals. .
. . . . . . . . 704 Origin of the Simian tribes 4. The
Primates........... 706 5. The First Human Beings........ 707 6.
Evolution of the Human Mind....... 709 7. Recognition as an
Inhabited World...... 709 63. The First Human Family . . . . . . .
. . 711 1. Andon and Fonta.......... 711 2. The Flight of the
Twins. . . . . . . . . 712 3. Andons Family. . . . . . . . . . .
713 4. The Andonic Clans. . . . . . . . . . 713 5. Dispersion of
the Andonites. . . . . . . . 715 6. OnagarThe First Truth
Teacher...... 715 7. The Survival of Andon and Fonta...... 717
29. Contents of the Book xxxiii Page 64. The Evolutionary Races
of Color. . . . . . . 718 1. The Andonic Aborigines. . . . . . . .
. 718 2. The Foxhall Peoples. . . . . . . . . . 719 3. The Badonan
Tribes......... 720 4. The Neanderthal Races. . . . . . . . . 720
5. Origin of the Colored Races. . . . . . . . 722 6. The Six Sangik
Races of Urantia. . . . . . . 722 (1) The red man (2) The orange
man (3) The yellow man (4) The green man (5) The blue man (6) The
indigo race Purpose of the six races 7. Dispersion of the Colored
Races. . . . . . . 726 65. The Overcontrol of Evolution....... 730
1. Life Carrier Functions......... 730 (1) The physical level of
electrochemistry (2) The usual mid-phase of quasi-morontial
existence (3) The advanced semispiritual level 2. The Evolutionary
Panorama....... 731 3. The Fostering of Evolution........ 733 4.
The Urantia Adventure. . . . . . . . . 734 5. Life-Evolution
Vicissitudes........ 736 6. Evolutionary Techniques of Life. . . .
. . . 737 7. Evolutionary Mind Levels........ 738
Mechanical-nonteachable mind Nonmechanical experiencing mind 8.
Evolution in Time and Space....... 739 66. The Planetary Prince of
Urantia. . . . . . . 741 1. Prince Caligastia . . . . . . . . . .
741 2. The Princes Staff.......... 742 3. DalamatiaThe City of the
Prince...... 743 4. Early Days of the One Hundred. . . . . . . 743
5. Organization of the One Hundred . . . . . . 745 (1) The council
on food and material welfare (2) The board of animal domestication
and utilization (3) The advisers regarding the conquest of
predatory animals (4) The faculty on dissemination and conservation
of knowledge (5) The commission on industry and trade (6) The
college of revealed religion (7) The guardians of health and life
(8) The planetary council on art and science (9) The governors of
advanced tribal relations
30. xxxiv Contents of the Book Page (10) The supreme court of
tribal co-ordination and racial co-operation 6. The Princes
Reign.......... 749 7. Life in Dalamatia.......... 750 8.
Misfortunes of Caligastia . . . . . . . . 752 67. The Planetary
Rebellion......... 754 1. The Caligastia Betrayal. . . . . . . . .
754 2. The Outbreak of Rebellion........ 755 3. The Seven Crucial
Years........ 756 4. The Caligastia One Hundred After Rebellion. .
. . 757 5. Immediate Results of Rebellion....... 758 6. VanThe
Steadfast. . . . . . . . . . 759 7. Remote Repercussions of
Sin....... 760 8. The Human Hero of the Rebellion...... 761 68. The
Dawn of Civilization......... 763 1. Protective Socialization. . .
. . . . . . 763 2. Factors in Social Progression....... 764 3.
Socializing Influence of Ghost Fear...... 766 4. Evolution of the
Mores......... 767 5. Land TechniquesMaintenance Arts . . . . . 768
(1) The collection stage (2) The hunting stage (3) The pastoral
stage (4) The agricultural stage 6. Evolution of Culture.........
769 The land-man ratio 69. Primitive Human Institutions. . . . . .
. . 772 1. Basic Human Institutions........ 772 (1) Institutions of
self-maintenance (2) Institutions of self-perpetuation (3)
Institutions of self-gratification 2. The Dawn of Industry.........
773 3. The Specialization of Labor. . . . . . . . 773 4. The
Beginnings of Trade........ 775 5. The Beginnings of
Capital........ 775 6. Fire in Relation to Civilization....... 777
7. The Utilization of Animals........ 778 8. Slavery as a Factor in
Civilization . . . . . . 778 9. Private Property.......... 780 70.
The Evolution of Human Government..... 783 1. The Genesis of War. .
. . . . . . . . 783 2. The Social Value of War. . . . . . . . . 785
Modern industrialism versus militarism 3. Early Human
Associations........ 787 4. Clans and Tribes . . . . . . . . . .
788 5. The Beginnings of Government. . . . . . . 788 6. Monarchial
Government........ 789
31. Contents of the Book xxxv Page 7. Primitive Clubs and
Secret Societies. . . . . . 790 8. Social Classes........... 792 9.
Human Rights........... 793 10. Evolution of Justice. . . . . . . .
. . 794 11. Laws and Courts . . . . . . . . . . 796 12. Allocation
of Civil Authority....... 797 71. Development of the State. . . . .
. . . . 800 1. The Embryonic State . . . . . . . . . 800 2. The
Evolution of Representative Government . . . 801 3. The Ideals of
Statehood. . . . . . . . . 803 4. Progressive Civilization. . . . .
. . . . 804 5. The Evolution of Competition....... 805 6. The
Profit Motive.......... 805 7. Education............ 806 8. The
Character of Statehood. . . . . . . . 806 72. Government on a
Neighboring Planet..... 808 1. The Continental Nation. . . . . . .
. . 808 2. Political Organization......... 809 3. The Home Life. .
. . . . . . . . . 811 4. The Educational System........ 812 5.
Industrial Organization. . . . . . . . . 813 6. Old-Age
Insurance.......... 814 7. Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 8.
The Special Colleges......... 816 9. The Plan of Universal
Suffrage....... 817 10. Dealing with Crime. . . . . . . . . . 818
11. Military Preparedness......... 818 12. The Other
Nations.......... 819 73. The Garden of Eden.......... 821
Tabamantias inspection 1. The Nodites and the Amadonites...... 821
2. Planning for the Garden. . . . . . . . . 822 3. The Garden
Site.......... 823 4. Establishing the Garden. . . . . . . . . 823
5. The Garden Home.......... 824 6. The Tree of Life. . . . . . . .
. . . 825 7. The Fate of Eden.......... 826 74. Adam and Eve . . .
. . . . . . . . . 828 1. Adam and Eve on Jerusem........ 828 2.
Arrival of Adam and Eve . . . . . . . . 829 3. Adam and Eve Learn
About the Planet..... 830 4. The First Upheaval. . . . . . . . . .
832 5. Adams Administration. . . . . . . . . 833 6. Home Life of
Adam and Eve....... 834 7. Life in the Garden.......... 835 8. The
Legend of Creation. . . . . . . . . 836
32. xxxvi Contents of the Book Page 75. The Default of Adam and
Eve. . . . . . . . 839 1. The Urantia Problem . . . . . . . . . 839
2. Caligastias Plot. . . . . . . . . . . 840 3. The Temptation of
Eve. . . . . . . . . 841 4. The Realization of Default........ 842
5. Repercussions of Default........ 843 6. Adam and Eve Leave the
Garden . . . . . . 844 7. Degradation of Adam and Eve....... 845 8.
The So-Called Fall of Man........ 845 76. The Second Garden. . . .
. . . . . . . 847 1. The Edenites Enter Mesopotamia . . . . . . 847
2. Cain and Abel........... 848 3. Life in Mesopotamia......... 849
The Sethite priesthood 4. The Violet Race. . . . . . . . . . . 850
5. Death of Adam and Eve. . . . . . . . . 851 Michaels message 6.
Survival of Adam and Eve........ 853 77. The Midway Creatures. . .
. . . . . . . 855 1. The Primary Midwayers........ 855 2. The
Nodite Race.......... 856 3. The Tower of Babel. . . . . . . . . .
858 4. Nodite Centers of Civilization....... 859 5. Adamson and
Ratta. . . . . . . . . . 861 6. The Secondary Midwayers........ 862
7. The Rebel Midwayers......... 863 8. The United
Midwayers......... 864 9. The Permanent Citizens of Urantia......
865 78. The Violet Race after the Days of Adam..... 868 1. Racial
and Cultural Distribution. . . . . . . 868 2. The Adamites in the
Second Garden. . . . . . 869 3. Early Expansions of the
Adamites...... 870 4. The Andites........... 871 5. The Andite
Migrations......... 872 6. The Last Andite Dispersions. . . . . . .
. 873 7. The Floods in Mesopotamia. . . . . . . . 874 Story of Noah
8. The SumeriansLast of the Andites. . . . . . 875 79. Andite
Expansion in the Orient....... 878 1. The Andites of Turkestan . .
. . . . . . 878 2. The Andite Conquest of India....... 879 3.
Dravidian India. . . . . . . . . . . 881 4. The Aryan Invasion of
India....... 882 5. Red Man and Yellow Man........ 883 6. Dawn of
Chinese Civilization . . . . . . . 884
33. Contents of the Book xxxvii Page 7. The Andites Enter China
. . . . . . . . 886 8. Later Chinese Civilization........ 887 80.
Andite Expansion in the Occident...... 889 1. The Adamites Enter
Europe. . . . . . . . 889 2. Climatic and Geologic Changes.......
890 Flooding of the Mediterranean 3. The Cro-Magnoid Blue
Man....... 891 4. The Andite Invasions of Europe. . . . . . . 892
5. The Andite Conquest of Northern Europe . . . . 893 6. The
Andites Along the Nile. . . . . . . . 894 7. Andites of the
Mediterranean Isles...... 895 8. The Danubian Andonites . . . . . .
. . 896 9. The Three White Races. . . . . . . . . 897 81.
Development of Modern Civilization. . . . . . 900 1. The Cradle of
Civilization........ 900 2. The Tools of Civilization........ 901
(1) The taming of fire (2) The domestication of animals (3) The
enslavement of captives (4) Private property 3. Cities,
Manufacture, and Commerce. . . . . . 903 4. The Mixed Races . . . .
. . . . . . 904 (1) The Caucasoid races (2) The Mongoloid races (3)
The Negroid races 5. Cultural Society. . . . . . . . . . . 905
Might and right 6. The Maintenance of Civilization. . . . . . . 906
(1) Natural circumstances (2) Capital goods (3) Scientific
knowledge (4) Human resources (5) Effectiveness of material
resources (6) Effectiveness of language (7) Effectiveness of
mechanical devices (8) Character of torchbearers (9) The racial
ideals (10) Co-ordination of specialists (11) Place-finding devices
(12) The willingness to co-operate (13) Effective and wise
leadership (14) Social changes (15) The prevention of transitional
breakdown 82. The Evolution of Marriage........ 913 1. The Mating
Instinct. . . . . . . . . . 913 2. The Restrictive Taboos.........
914
34. xxxviii Contents of the Book Page 3. Early Marriage
Mores......... 915 4. Marriage Under the Property Mores. . . . . .
917 5. Endogamy and Exogamy . . . . . . . . 918 6. Racial Mixtures.
. . . . . . . . . . 919 83. The Marriage Institution......... 922
1. Marriage as a Societal Institution...... 922 2. Courtship and
Betrothal. . . . . . . . . 923 3. Purchase and Dowry......... 923
4. The Wedding Ceremony. . . . . . . . . 924 5. Plural
Marriages.......... 925 6. True MonogamyPair Marriage...... 927 7.
The Dissolution of Wedlock. . . . . . . . 928 8. The Idealization
of Marriage....... 929 84. Marriage and Family Life......... 931 1.
Primitive Pair Associations........ 931 2. The Early
Mother-Family........ 932 3. The Family Under Father Dominance . .
. . . 933 4. Womans Status in Early Society. . . . . . . 935 5.
Woman Under the Developing Mores..... 936 6. The Partnership of Man
and Woman..... 938 7. The Ideals of Family Life . . . . . . . . 939
8. Dangers of Self-Gratification....... 942 85. The Origins of
Worship. . . . . . . . . . 944 1. Worship of Stones and Hills. . .
. . . . . 944 2. Worship of Plants and Trees. . . . . . . . 945 3.
The Worship of Animals . . . . . . . . . 946 4. Worship of the
Elements........ 946 5. Worship of the Heavenly Bodies. . . . . . .
947 6. Worship of Man. . . . . . . . . . . 948 7. The Adjutants of
Worship and Wisdom..... 948 86. Early Evolution of Religion........
950 1. Chance: Good Luck and Bad Luck...... 950 2. The
Personification of Chance....... 951 3. DeathThe Inexplicable . . .
. . . . . 952 4. The Death-Survival Concept....... 952 5. The
Ghost-Soul Concept........ 953 6. The Ghost-Spirit
Environment....... 955 7. The Function of Primitive Religion......
956 87. The Ghost Cults........... 958 1. Ghost Fear. . . . . . . .
. . . . 958 2. Ghost Placation. . . . . . . . . . . 959 3. Ancestor
Worship.......... 960 4. Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts. . . . . . . .
961 5. The Advancing Ghost Cult........ 962
35. Contents of the Book xxxix Page 6. Coercion and Exorcism. .
. . . . . . . 963 7. Nature of Cultism.......... 965 88. Fetishes,
Charms, and Magic........ 967 1. Belief in Fetishes . . . . . . . .
. . 967 2. Evolution of the Fetish......... 968 Images and idols
Sacred Books 3. Totemism............ 970 4. Magic............. 970
5. Magical Charms.......... 971 6. The Practice of Magic.........
972 89. Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement. . . . . . . . 974 1. The
Taboo............ 974 2. The Concept of Sin. . . . . . . . . . 975
3. Renunciation and Humiliation....... 976 The continence cult 4.
Origins of Sacrifice.......... 977 5. Sacrifices and
Cannibalism........ 978 6. Evolution of Human Sacrifice....... 980
7. Modifications of Human Sacrifice . . . . . . 981 Temple harlotry
8. Redemption and Covenants. . . . . . . . 982 9. Sacrifices and
Sacraments........ 983 10. Forgiveness of Sin.......... 984 90.
ShamanismMedicine Men and Priests..... 986 1. The First ShamansThe
Medicine Men. . . . . 986 2. Shamanistic Practices......... 987 3.
The Shamanic Theory of Disease and Death. . . . 989 4. Medicine
Under the Shamans . . . . . . . 990 5. Priests and
Rituals.......... 992 91. The Evolution of Prayer......... 994 1.
Primitive Prayer.......... 994 2. Evolving Prayer.......... 995
Prayer versus magic 3. Prayer and the Alter Ego........ 996 4.
Ethical Praying. . . . . . . . . . . 997 5. Social Repercussions of
Prayer....... 998 6. The Province of Prayer......... 999 7.
Mysticism, Ecstasy, and Inspiration...... 1000 8. Praying as a
Personal Experience...... 1001 9. Conditions of Effective
Prayer....... 1002 92. The Later Evolution of Religion....... 1003
1. The Evolutionary Nature of Religion..... 1003 2. Religion and
the Mores......... 1004
36. xl Contents of the Book Page 3. The Nature of Evolutionary
Religion..... 1005 4. The Gift of Revelation......... 1007 (1) The
Dalamatian teachings (2) The Edenic teachings (3) The Melchizedek
of Salem (4) Jesus of Nazareth (5) The Urantia Papers 5. The Great
Religious Leaders....... 1008 6. The Composite Religions . . . . .
. . . 1010 Eleven living religions 7. The Further Evolution of
Religion...... 1012 93. Machiventa Melchizedek......... 1014 1. The
Machiventa Incarnation....... 1014 2. The Sage of Salem..........
1015 3. Melchizedeks Teachings........ 1016 4. The Salem Religion.
. . . . . . . . . 1017 The creed The seven commandments 5. The
Selection of Abraham........ 1018 6. Melchizedeks Covenant with
Abraham. . . . . 1020 7. The Melchizedek Missionaries....... 1021
8. Departure of Melchizedek........ 1022 9. After Melchizedeks
Departure....... 1022 10. Present Status of Machiventa
Melchizedek.... 1024 94. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient .
. . . 1027 1. The Salem Teachings in Vedic India. . . . . . 1027
The Rig-Veda 2. Brahmanism . . . . . . . . . . . 1028 Doctrine of
reincarnation 3. Brahmanic Philosophy......... 1030 4. The Hindu
Religion. . . . . . . . . . 1031 5. The Struggle for Truth in
China. . . . . . . 1032 6. Lao-Tse and Confucius. . . . . . . . .
1033 7. Gautama Siddhartha . . . . . . . . . 1035 8. The Buddhist
Faith. . . . . . . . . . 1036 The gospel of Gautama The moral
commandments 9. The Spread of Buddhism . . . . . . . . 1037 10.
Religion in Tibet.......... 1038 11. Buddhist Philosophy.........
1038 12. The God Concept of Buddhism....... 1040 95. The
Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant . . . . 1042 1. The Salem
Religion in Mesopotamia. . . . . . 1042 2. Early Egyptian Religion.
. . . . . . . . 1043 3. Evolution of Moral Concepts....... 1045 4.
The Teachings of Amenomope*. . . . . . . 1046 *Corrected to
Amenemope in subsequent printings.
37. Contents of the Book xli Page 5. The Remarkable
Ikhnaton........ 1047 6. The Salem Doctrines in Iran. . . . . . . .
1049 7. The Salem Teachings in Arabia....... 1050 96. YahwehGod of
the Hebrews. . . . . . . . 1052 1. Deity Concepts Among the
Semites...... 1052 2. The Semitic Peoples. . . . . . . . . . 1054
3. The Matchless Moses . . . . . . . . . 1055 4. The Proclamation
of Yahweh . . . . . . . 1056 5. The Teachings of Moses. . . . . . .
. . 1057 Materialistic Providence 6. The God Concept After Moses
Death . . . . . 1059 7. Psalms and the Book of Job. . . . . . . .
1060 97. Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews. . 1062 1.
SamuelFirst of the Hebrew Prophets..... 1062 2. Elijah and
Elisha.......... 1064 3. Yahweh and Baal.......... 1064 4. Amos and
Hosea.......... 1065 5. The First Isaiah.......... 1066 Micah and
Obadiah 6. Jeremiah the Fearless . . . . . . . . . 1067 7. The
Second Isaiah.......... 1068 8. Sacred and Profane History. . . . .
. . . 1070 9. Hebrew History. . . . . . . . . . . 1071 Ephriam* and
Judah Saul and David Solomon and taxation Israel and Judah
Destruction of the Kingdom of Israel End of the Kingdom of Judah
The Babylonian captivity 10. The Hebrew Religion . . . . . . . . .
1075 98. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident. . . . 1077 1.
The Salem Religion Among the Greeks..... 1077 2. Greek Philosophic
Thought. . . . . . . . 1078 3. The Melchizedek Teachings in
Rome..... 1080 4. The Mystery Cults.......... 1081 The Phrygian
cult of Cybele and Attis The Egyptian cult of Osiris and Isis The
Iranian cult of Mithras 5. The Cult of Mithras. . . . . . . . . .
1082 6. Mithraism and Christianity. . . . . . . . 1083 7. The
Christian Religion......... 1083 99. The Social Problems of
Religion....... 1086 1. Religion and Social Reconstruction......
1086 2. Weakness of Institutional Religion...... 1087 *Corrected to
Ephraim in subsequent printings.
38. xlii Contents of the Book Page 3. Religion and the
Religionist. . . . . . . . 1088 4. Transition Difficulties.........
1089 5. Social Aspects of Religion........ 1090 6. Institutional
Religion . . . . . . . . . 1092 7. Religions Contribution. . . . .
. . . . 1092 100. Religion in Human Experience....... 1094 1.
Religious Growth.......... 1094 2. Spiritual Growth . . . . . . . .
. . 1095 3. Concepts of Supreme Value. . . . . . . . 1096 4.
Problems of Growth. . . . . . . . . . 1097 5. Conversion and
Mysticism........ 1098 6. Marks of Religious Living........ 1100 7.
The Acme of Religious Living....... 1101 101. The Real Nature of
Religion........ 1104 1. True Religion........... 1104 2. The Fact
of Religion......... 1105 3. The Characteristics of Religion.......
1107 Twelve illustrations of spiritual faith 4. The Limitations of
Revelation....... 1109 5. Religion Expanded by Revelation . . . . .
. 1110 6. Progressive Religious Experience...... 1111 Seven aspects
of salvation 7. A Personal Philosophy of Religion...... 1113 8.
Faith and Belief. . . . . . . . . . . 1114 9. Religion and
Morality......... 1115 10. Religion as Mans Liberator. . . . . . .
. 1116 102. The Foundations of Religious Faith...... 1118 1.
Assurances of Faith. . . . . . . . . . 1118 2. Religion and
Reality......... 1119 3. Knowledge, Wisdom, and Insight . . . . . .
1121 4. The Fact of Experience. . . . . . . . . 1123 5. The
Supremacy of Purposive Potential..... 1123 6. The Certainty of
Religious Faith. . . . . . . 1124 7. The Certitude of the Divine. .
. . . . . . 1126 8. The Evidences of Religion........ 1127 103. The
Reality of Religious Experience. . . . . . 1129 1. Philosophy of
Religion......... 1129 2. Religion and the Individual. . . . . . .
. 1130 3. Religion and the Human Race....... 1132 4. Spiritual
Communion......... 1133 5. The Origin of Ideals. . . . . . . . . .
1133 6. Philosophic Co-ordination........ 1135 7. Science and
Religion......... 1137 8. Philosophy and Religion. . . . . . . . .
1140 9. The Essence of Religion. . . . . . . . . 1140
39. Contents of the Book xliii Page 104. Growth of the Trinity
Concept . . . . . . . 1143 1. Urantian Trinity Concepts........
1143 2. Trinity Unity and Deity Plurality...... 1145 3. Trinities
and Triunities......... 1146 4. The Seven Triunities......... 1147
5. Triodities............ 1151 105. Deity and Reality...........
1152 1. The Philosophic Concept of the I AM..... 1152 2. The I AM
as Triune and as Sevenfold..... 1153 3. The Seven Absolutes of
Infinity. . . . . . . 1155 4. Unity, Duality, and Triunity. . . . .
. . . 1157 5. Promulgation of Finite Reality....... 1158 6.
Repercussions of Finite Reality....... 1159 7. Eventuation of
Transcendentals. . . . . . . 1159 106. Universe Levels of
Reality........ 1162 1. Primary Association of Finite Functionals .
. . . 1163 God the Sevenfold 2. Secondary Supreme Finite
Integration..... 1164 The Supreme Being 3. Transcendental Tertiary
Reality Association. . . . 1165 The Trinity Ultimate 4. Ultimate
Quartan Integration....... 1166 Ultimate Deity 5. Coabsolute or
Fifth-Phase Association..... 1167 The Trinity Absolute 6. Absolute
or Sixth-Phase Integration. . . . . . 1167 The cosmos infinite 7.
Finality of Destiny.......... 1168 8. The Trinity of
Trinities......... 1170 (1) The level of three Trinities (2) The
level of experiential Deity (3) The level of the I AM 9.
Existential Infinite Unification....... 1173 107. Origin and Nature
of Thought Adjusters.... 1176 1. Origin of Thought Adjusters. . . .
. . . . 1177 2. Classification of Adjusters........ 1178 3. The
Divinington Home of Adjusters. . . . . . 1179 4. Nature and
Presence of Adjusters . . . . . . 1180 5. Adjuster Mindedness . . .
. . . . . . 1181 6. Adjusters as Pure Spirits........ 1182 7.
Adjusters and Personality........ 1183 108. Mission and Ministry of
Thought Adjusters.... 1185 1. Selection and Assignment . . . . . .
. . 1185 2. Prerequisites of Adjuster Indwelling. . . . . . 1186 On
Urantia On other worlds
40. xliv Contents of the Book Page 3. Organization and
Administration . . . . . . 1188 Tabamantias tribute 4. Relation to
Other Spiritual Influences . . . . . 1190 5. The Adjusters Mission.
. . . . . . . . 1191 6. God in Man. . . . . . . . . . . . 1192 109.
Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures. . . .1195 1.
Development of Adjusters........ 1195 2. Self-Acting Adjusters . .
. . . . . . . 1196 3. Relation of Adjusters to Mortal Types . . . .
. 1197 4. Adjusters and Human Personality...... 1198 5. Material
Handicaps to Adjuster Indwelling.... 1199 6. The Persistence of
True Values....... 1200 The Adjuster that indwelt Jesus 7. Destiny
of Personalized Adjusters . . . . . . 1201 Omnipersonal beings 110.
Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals... 1203 1. Indwelling
the Mortal Mind. . . . . . . . 1203 2. Adjusters and Human
Will........ 1204 3. Co-operation with the Adjuster....... 1205 4.
The Adjusters Work in the Mind . . . . . . 1207 5. Erroneous
Concepts of Adjuster Guidance.... 1207 6. The Seven Psychic
Circles........ 1209 7. The Attainment of Immortality....... 1212
The Adjusters plea to the soul 111. The Adjuster and the Soul. . .
. . . . . . 1215 1. The Mind Arena of Choice........ 1216 2. Nature
of the Soul.......... 1217 3. The Evolving Soul.......... 1218 4.
The Inner Life........... 1219 5. The Consecration of Choice. . . .
. . . . 1221 6. The Human Paradox . . . . . . . . . 1221 7. The
Adjusters Problem. . . . . . . . . 1223 A guardian of destinys
statement 112. Personality Survival.......... 1225 Fourteen aspects
of personality 1. Personality and Reality......... 1226 2. The
Self............ 1227 3. The Phenomenon of Death........ 1229 4.
Adjusters after Death......... 1231 5. Survival of the Human Self.
. . . . . . . 1232 6. The Morontia Self.......... 1235 7. Adjuster
Fusion. . . . . . . . . . . 1237 113. Seraphic Guardians of Destiny
. . . . . . . .1241 1. The Guardian Angels......... 1241 2. The
Destiny Guardians. . . . . . . . . 1242
41. Contents of the Book xlv Page 3. Relation to Other Spirit
Influences...... 1244 4. Seraphic Domains of Action. . . . . . . .
1245 5. Seraphic Ministry to Mortals....... 1245 6. Guardian Angels
After Death . . . . . . . 1246 7. Seraphim and the Ascendant
Career. . . . . . 1248 114. Seraphic Planetary Government.......
1250 1. The Sovereignty of Urantia........ 1250 2. The Board of
Planetary Supervisors. . . . . . 1251 3. The Resident Governor
General. . . . . . . 1252 4. The Most High Observer . . . . . . . .
1253 Most High regencies 5. The Planetary Government. . . . . . . .
1254 6. The Master Seraphim of Planetary Supervision... 1254 (1)
The epochal angels (2) The progress angels (3) The religious
guardians (4) The angels of national life (5) The angels of the
races (6) The angels of the future (7) The angels of enlightenment
(8) The angels of health (9) The home seraphim (10) The angels of
industry (11) The angels of diversion (12) The angels of superhuman
ministry 7. The Reserve Corps of Destiny....... 1257 115. The
Supreme Being. . . . . . . . . . . 1260 1. Relativity of Concept
Frames . . . . . . . 1260 2. The Absolute Basis for Supremacy......
1261 3. Original, Actual, and Potential....... 1261 4. Sources of
Supreme Reality........ 1263 5. Relation of the Supreme to the
Paradise Trinity... 1264 6. Relation of the Supreme to the
Triodities. . . . . 1265 7. The Nature of the Supreme. . . . . . .
. 1266 116. The Almighty Supreme. . . . . . . . . . 1268 1. The
Supreme Mind. . . . . . . . . . 1268 The cosmic mind 2. The
Almighty and God the Sevenfold..... 1269 3. The Almighty and
Paradise Deity . . . . . . 1270 4. The Almighty and the Supreme
Creators. . . . . 1271 5. The Almighty and the Sevenfold
Controllers. . . . 1273 The problem of equilibrium 6. Spirit
Dominance.......... 1275 7. The Living Organism of the Grand
Universe. . . . 1276