The History of Urantia
The Urantia Book, Part 3
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57. The Origin of Urantia
The Origin of Urantia
The Andronover Nebula
The Primary Nebular Stage
The Secondary Nebular Stage
Tertiary and Quartan Stages
Origin of the Urantia Solar System
The Solar System Stage
The Meteoric Era
Crustal Stabilization
58. Life Establishment on Urantia
Life Establishment on Urantia
Physical-Life Prerequisites
The Urantia Atmosphere
Spatial Environment
The Life-Dawn Era
The Continental Drift
The Transition Period
The Geologic History Book
59. The Marine-Life Era on Urantia
The Marine-Life Era on Urantia
Early Marine Life in the Shallow Seas
The First Continental Flood Stage
The Second Great Flood Stage
The Crustal-Shifting Stage
The Climatic Transition Stage
60. Urantia During the Early Land-Life Era
Urantia During the Early Land-Life Era
The Early Reptilian Age
The later Reptilian Age
The Cretaceous Stage
The End of the Chalk Period
61. The Mammalian Era on Urantia
The Mammalian Era on Urantia
The New Continental Land Stage
The Recent Flood Stage
Recent Continental-Elevation Stage
The Early Ice Age
Primitive Man in the Ice Age
The Continuing Ice Age
62. The Dawn Races of Early Man
The Dawn Races of Early Man
The Early Lemur Types
The Dawn Mammals
The Mid-Mammals
The Primates
The First Human Beings
Evolution of the Human Mind
Recognition as an Inhabited World
63. The First Human Family
The First Human Family
Andon and Fonta
The Flight of the Twins
Andon's Family
The Andonic Clans
Dispersion of the Andonites
Onagar—The First Truth Teacher
The Survival of Andon and Fonta
64. The Evolutionary Races of Color
The Evolutionary Races of Color
The Andonic Aborigines
The Foxhall Peoples
The Badonan Tribes
The Neanderthal Races
Origin of the Colored Races
The Six Sangik Races of Urantia
Dispersion of the Colored Races
65. The Overcontrol of Evolution
The Overcontrol of Evolution
Life Carrier Functions
The Evolutionary Panorama
The Fostering of Evolution
The Urantia Adventure
Life-Evolution Vicissitudes
Evolutionary Techniques of Life
Evolutionary Mind Levels
Evolution in Time and Space
66. The Planetary Prince of Urantia
The Planetary Prince of Urantia
Prince Caligastia
The Prince's Staff
Dalamatia—The City of the Prince
Early Days of the One Hundred
The Prince's Reign
Life in Dalamatia
Misfortunes of Caligastia
67. The Planetary Rebellion
The Planetary Rebellion
The Caligastia Betrayal
The Outbreak of Rebellion
The Seven Crucial Years
Fate of the Caligastia One Hundred
Immediate Results of Rebellion
Van—The Steadfast
Remote Repercussions of Sin
The Human Hero of the Rebellion
68. The Dawn of Civilization
The Dawn of Civilization
Protective Socialization
Factors in Social Progression
Socializing Influence of Ghost Fear
Evolution of the Mores
Land Techniques—Maintenance Arts
Evolution of Culture
69. Primitive Human Institutions
Primitive Human Institutions
Basic Human Institutions
The Dawn of Industry
The Specialization of Labor
The Beginnings of Trade
The Beginnings of Capital
Fire in Relation to Civilization
The Utilization of Animals
Slavery as a Factor in Civilization
Private Property
70. The Evolution of Human Government
The Evolution of Human Government
The Genesis of War
The Social Value of War
Early Human Associations
Clans and Tribes
The Beginnings of Government
Monarchial Government
Primitive Clubs and Secret Societies
Social Classes
Human Rights
Evolution of Justice
Laws and Courts
Allocation of Civil Authority
71. Development of the State
Development of the State
The Embryonic State
Representative Government
The Ideals of Statehood
Progressive Civilization
The Evolution of Competition
The Profit Motive
Education
The Character of Statehood
72. Government on a Neighboring Planet
Government on a Neighboring Planet
The Continental Nation
Political Organization
The Home Life
The Educational System
Industrial Organization
Old-Age Insurance
Taxation
The Special Colleges
The Plan of Universal Suffrage
Dealing with Crime
Military Preparedness
The Other Nations
73. The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden
The Nodites and the Amadonites
Planning for the Garden
The Garden Site
Establishing the Garden
The Garden Home
The Tree of Life
The Fate of Eden
74. Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve on Jerusem
Arrival of Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve Learn About the Planet
The First Upheaval
Adam's Administration
Home Life of Adam and Eve
Life in the Garden
The Legend of Creation
75. The Default of Adam and Eve
The Default of Adam and Eve
The Urantia Problem
Caligastia's Plot
The Temptation of Eve
The Realization of Default
Repercussions of Default
Adam and Eve Leave the Garden
Degradation of Adam and Eve
The So-Called Fall of Man
76. The Second Garden
The Second Garden
The Edenites enter Mesopotamia
Cain and Abel
Life in Mesopotamia
The Violet Race
Death of Adam and Eve
Survival of Adam and Eve
77. The Midway Creatures
The Midway Creatures
The Primary Midwayers
The Nodite Race
The Tower of Babel
Nodite Centers of Civilization
Adamson and Ratta
The Secondary Midwayers
The Rebel Midwayers
The United Midwayers
The Permanent Citizens of Urantia
78. The Violet Race After the Days of Adam
Violet Race After the Days of Adam
Racial and Cultural Distribution
The Adamites in the Second Garden
Early Expansion of the Adamites
The Andites
The Andite Migrations
The Last Andite Dispersions
The Floods in Mesopotamia
The Sumerians—Last of the Andites
79. Andite Expansion in the Orient
Andite Expansion in the Orient
The Andites of Turkestan
The Andite Conquest of India
Dravidian India
The Aryan Invasion of India
Red Man and Yellow Man
Dawn of Chinese Civilization
The Andites Enter China
Later Chinese Civilization
80. Andite Expansion in the Occident
Andite Expansion in the Occident
The Adamites Enter Europe
Climatic and Geologic Changes
The Cro-Magnoid Blue Man
The Andite Invasions of Europe
Andite Conquest of Northern Europe
The Andites Along the Nile
Andites of the Mediterranean Isles
The Danubian Andonites
The Three White Races
81. Development of Modern Civilization
Development of Modern Civilization
The Cradle of Civilization
The Tools of Civilization
Cities, Manufacture, and Commerce
The Mixed Races
Cultural Society
The Maintenance of Civilization
82. The Evolution of Marriage
The Evolution of Marriage
The Mating Instinct
The Restrictive Taboos
Early Marriage Mores
Marriage Under the Property Mores
Endogamy and Exogamy
Racial Mixtures
83. The Marriage Institution
The Marriage Institution
Marriage as a Societal Institution
Courtship and Betrothal
Purchase and Dowry
The Wedding Ceremony
Plural Marriages
True Monogamy—Pair Marriage
The Dissolution of Wedlock
The Idealization of Marriage
84. Marriage and Family Life
Marriage and Family Life
Primitive Pair Associations
The Early Mother-Family
The Family Under Father Dominance
Woman's Status in Early Society
Woman Under the Developing Mores
The Partnership of Man and Woman
The Ideals of Family Life
The Dangers of Self-Gratifications
85. The Origins of Worship
The Origins of Worship
Worship of Stones and Hills
Worship of Plants and Trees
The Worship of Animals
Worship of the Elements
Worship of the Heavenly Bodies
Worship of Man
Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom
86. Early Evolution of Religion
Early Evolution of Religion
Chance: Good Luck and Bad Luck
The Personification of Chance
Death—The Inexplicable
The Death-Survival Concept
The Ghost-Soul Concept
The Ghost-Spirit Environment
The Function of Primitive Religion
87. The Ghost Cults
The Ghost Cults
Ghost Fear
Ghost Placation
Ancestor Worship
Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts
The Advancing Ghost Cult
Coercion and Exorcism
Nature of Cultism
88. Fetishes, Charms, and Magic
Fetishes, Charms, and Magic
Belief in Fetishes
Evolution of the Fetish
Totemism
Magic
Magical Charms
The Practice of Magic
89. Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement
Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement
The Taboo
The Concept of Sin
Renunciation and Humiliation
Origins of Sacrifice
Sacrifices and Cannibalism
Evolution of Human Sacrifice
Modifications of Human Sacrifice
Redemption and Covenants
Sacrifices and Sacraments
Forgiveness of Sin
90. Shamanism—Medicine Men and Priests
Shamanism—Medicine Men, Priests
The First Shamans—Medicine Men
Shamanistic Practices
Shamanic Theory of Disease, Death
Medicine Under the Shamans
Priests and Rituals
91. The Evolution of Prayer
The Evolution of Prayer
Primitive Prayer
Evolving Prayer
Prayer and the Alter Ego
Ethical Praying
Social Repercussions of Prayer
The Province of Prayer
Mysticism, Ecstasy, and Inspiration
Praying as a Personal Experience
Conditions of Effective Prayer
92. The Later Evolution of Religion
The Later Evolution of Religion
The Evolutionary Nature of Religion
Religion and the Mores
The Nature of Evolutionary Religion
The Gift of Revelation
The Great Religious Leaders
The Composite Religions
The Further Evolution of Religion
93. Machiventa Melchizedek
Machiventa Melchizedek
The Machiventa Incarnation
The Sage of Salem
Melchizedek's Teachings
The Salem Religion
The Selection of Abraham
Melchizedek's Covenant with Abraham
The Melchizedek Missionaries
Departure of Melchizedek
After Melchizedek's Departure
Status of Machiventa Melchizedek
94. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
The Salem Teachings in Vedic India
Brahmanism
Brahmanic Philosophy
The Hindu Religion
The Struggle for Truth in China
Lao-Tse and Confucius
Gautama Siddhartha
The Buddhist Faith
The Spread of Buddhism
Religion in Tibet
Buddhist Philosophy
The God Concept of Buddhism
95. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant
Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant
The Salem Religion in Mesopotamia
Early Egyptian Religion
Evolution of Moral Concepts
The Teachings of Amenemope
The Remarkable Ikhnaton
The Salem Doctrines in Iran
The Salem Teachings in Arabia
96. Yahweh—God of the Hebrews
Yahweh—God of the Hebrews
Deity Concepts Among the Semites
The Semitic Peoples
The Matchless Moses
The Proclamation of Yahweh
The Teachings of Moses
The God Concept After Moses' Death
Psalms and the Book of Job
97. Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews
The God Concept Among the Hebrews
Samuel—First of the Hebrew Prophets
Elijah and Elisha
Yahweh and Baal
Amos and Hosea
The First Isaiah
Jeremiah the Fearless
The Second Isaiah
Sacred and Profane History
Hebrew History
The Hebrew Religion
98. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident
Melchizedek Teachings, the Occident
The Salem Religion Among the Greeks
Greek Philosophic Thought
The Melchizedek Teachings in Rome
The Mystery Cults
The Cult of Mithras
Mithraism and Christianity
The Christian Religion
99. The Social Problems of Religion
The Social Problems of Religion
Religion and Social Reconstruction
Weakness of Institutional Religion
Religion and the Religionist
Transition Difficulties
Social Aspects of Religion
Institutional Religion
Religion's Contribution
100. Religion in Human Experience
Religion in Human Experience
Religious Growth
Spiritual Growth
Concepts of Supreme Value
Problems of Growth
Conversion and Mysticism
Marks of Religious Living
The Acme of Religious Living
101. The Real Nature of Religion
The Real Nature of Religion
True Religion
The Fact of Religion
The Characteristics of Religion
The Limitations of Revelation
Religion Expanded by Revelation
Progressive Religious Experience
A Personal Philosophy of Religion
Faith and Belief
Religion and Morality
Religion as Man's Liberator
102. The Foundations of Religious Faith
The Foundations of Religious Faith
Assurances of Faith
Religion and Reality
Knowledge, Wisdom, and Insight
The Fact of Experience
The Supremacy of Purposive Potential
The Certainty of Religious Faith
The Certitude of the Divine
The Evidences of Religion
103. The Reality of Religious Experience
The Reality of Religious Experience
Philosophy of Religion
Religion and the Individual
Religion and the Human Race
Spiritual Communion
The Origin of Ideals
Philosophic Co-ordination
Science and Religion
Philosophy and Religion
The Essence of Religion
104. Growth of the Trinity Concept
Growth of the Trinity Concept
Urantian Trinity Concepts
Trinity Unity and Deity Plurality
Trinities and Triunities
The Seven Triunities
Triodities
105. Deity and Reality
Deity and Reality
The Philosophic Concept of the I AM
The I AM as Triune and as Sevenfold
The Seven Absolutes of Infinity
Unity, Duality, and Triunity
Promulgation of Finite Reality
Repercussions of Finite Reality
Eventuation of Transcendentals
106. Universe Levels of Reality
Universe Levels of Reality
Association of Finite Functionals
Secondary Supreme Finite Integration
Transcendental Tertiary Association
Ultimate Quartan Integration
Coabsolute or Fifth Phase Association
Absolute or Sixth Phase Integration
Finality of Destiny
The Trinity of Trinities
Existential Infinite Unification
107. Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters
Origin and Nature of Adjusters
Origin of Thought Adjusters
Classification of Adjusters
The Divinington Home of Adjusters
Nature and Presence of Adjusters
Adjuster Mindedness
Adjusters as Pure Spirits
Adjusters and Personality
108. Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters
Mission and Ministry of Adjusters
Selection and Assignment
Prerequisites of Adjuster Indwelling
Organization and Administration
Relation to Other Spiritual Influences
The Adjuster's Mission
God in Man
109. Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures
Adjusters and Universe Creatures
Development of Adjusters
Self-Acting Adjusters
Relation of Adjusters to Mortal Types
Adjusters and Human Personality
Material Handicaps to Adjuster's Work
The Persistence of True Values
Destiny of Personalized Adjusters
110. Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals
Adjusters and Individual Mortals
Indwelling the Mortal Mind
Adjusters and Human Will
Co-operation With the Adjuster
The Adjuster's Work in the Mind
Erroneous Concepts of Guidance
The Seven Psychic Circles
The Attainment of Immortality
111. The Adjuster and the Soul
The Adjuster and the Soul
The Mind Arena of Choice
Natue of the Soul
The Evolving Soul
The Inner Life
The Consecration of Choice
The Human Paradox
The Adjuster's Problem
112. Personality Survival
Personality Survival
Personality and Reality
The Self
The Phenomenon of Death
Adjusters After Death
Survival of the Human Self
The Morontia Self
Adjuster Fusion
113. Seraphic Guardians of Destiny
Seraphic Guardians of Destiny
The Guardian Angels
The Destiny Guardians
Relation to Other Spirit Influences
Seraphic Domains of Action
Seraphic Ministry to Mortals
Guardian Angels After Death
Seraphim and the Ascendant Career
114. Seraphic Planetary Government
Seraphic Planetary Government
TheSovereignty of Urantia
The Board of Planetary Supervisors
The Resident Governor General
The Most High Observer
The Planetary Government
Master Seraphim
The Reserve Corps of Destiny
115. The Supreme Being
The Supreme Being
Relativity of Concept Frames
Absolute Basis for Supremacy
Original, Actual, and Potential
Sources of Supreme Reality
Relation to the Paradise Trinity
Relation to the Triodities
The Nature of the Supreme
116. The Almighty Supreme
The Almighty Supreme
The Supreme Mind
The Almighty and God the Sevenfold
The Almighty and Paradise Deity
. . . and the Supreme Creators
. . . and the Sevenfold Controllers
Spirit Dominance
Living Organism of the Grand Universe
117. God the Supreme
God the Supreme
Nature of the Supreme Being
The Source of Evolutionary Growth
Significance to Universe Creatures
The Finite God
The Oversoul of Creation
The Quest for the Supreme
The Future of the Supreme
118. Supreme and Ultimate—Time and Space
Supreme and Ultimate
Time and Eternity
Omnipresence and Ubiquity
Time-Space Relationships
Primary and Secondary Causation
Omnipotence and Compossibility
Omnipotence and Omnificence
Omniscience and Predestination
Control and Overcontrol
Universe Mechanisms
Functions of Providence
119. The Bestowals of Christ Michael
The Bestowals of Christ Michael
The First Bestowal
The Second Bestowal
The Third Bestowal
The Fourth Bestowal
The Fifth Bestowal
The Sixth Bestowal
The Seventh and Final Bestowal
Michael's Postbestowal Status