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THE URANTIA BOOK

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PART III. THE HISTORY OF URANTIA

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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 Origin of the Sun	654
5. Origin of Monmatia - The Urantia Solar System Retrograde Motion	655
6. The Solar System Stage - The Planet-Forming Era The planet-forming era Tidal friction Gravity-tidal explosions	657
7. The Meteoric Era The Volcanic Age Primitive Planetary Atmosphere	658
8. Crustal Stabilization The Age of Earthquakes The World Ocean and the First Continent	660

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 The Trilobite Age	673
2. The First Continental Flood Stage The Invertebrate-Animal Age	674
3. The Second Great Flood Stage The Coral Period The Brachiopod Age	676
4. The Great Land-Emergence Stage The Vegetative Land-Life Period The Age of Fishes	678
5. The Crustal-Shifting Stage The Fern-Forest Carboniferous Period The Age of Frogs	680
6. The Climatic Transition Stage The Seed-Plant Period The Age of Biologic Tribulation	682

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 The Flowering-Plant Period The Age of Birds	688
4. The End of the Chalk Period	691

61. THE MAMMALIAN ERA ON URANTIA	693
1. The New Continental Land Stage The Age of Early Mammals	693
2. The Recent Flood Stage The Age of Advanced Mammals	695
3. The Modern Mountain Stage The Age of The Elephant and the Horse	696
4. The Recent Continental-Elevation Stage The Last Great Mammalian Migration	698
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 Origin of the Simian tribes	704
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. Andon's Family	713
4. The Andonic Clans	713
5. The Dispersion of the Andonites	715
6. Onagar - The First Truth Teacher	715
7. The Survival of Andon and Fonta	717

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. The Origin of the Colored Races	722
6. The Six Sangik Races of Urantia (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	722
7. Dispersion of the Colored Races	726

65. THE OVERCONTROL OF EVOLUTION	730
1. Life Carrier Functions (1) The physical level of electrochemistry (2) The usual mid-phase of quasi-morontial existence (3) The advanced semispiritual level	730
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 Mechanical-nonteachable mind Nonmechanical-experiencing mind	738
8. Evolution in Time and Space	739

66. THE PLANETARY PRINCE OF URANTIA	741
1. Prince Caligastia	741
2. The Prince's Staff	742
3. Dalamatia - The City of the Prince	743
4. Early Days of the One Hundred	743
5. Organization of the One Hundred (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 (10) The supreme court of tribal co-ordination and racial co-operation	745
6. The Prince's 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. Van - The 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 Techniques - Maintenance Arts (1) The collection stage (2) The hunting stage (3) The pastoral stage (4) The agricultural stage	768
6. Evolution of Culture The land-man ratio	769

69. PRIMITIVE HUMAN INSTITUTIONS	772
1. Basic Human Institutions (1) The institutions of self-maintenance (2) The institutions of self-perpetuation (3) The institutions of self-gratification	772
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 Modern industrialism versus militarism	785
3. Early Human Associations	787
4. Clans and Tribes	788
5. The Beginnings of Government	788
6. Monarchial Government	789
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 Tabamantia's inspection	821
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. Adam's Administration	833
6. Home Life of Adam and Eve	834
7. Life in the Garden	835
8. The Legend of a Creation	836

75. THE DEFAULT OF ADAM AND EVE	839
1. The Urantia Problem	839
2. Caligastia's 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 The Sethite priesthood	849
4. The Violet Race	850
5. Death of Adam and Eve Michael's message	852
6. Survival of Adam and Eve	853

76. THE MIDWAY CREATURES	855
1. The Primary Midwayers	855
2. The Nodite Race	856
3. The Tower of Babel	858
4. The 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	873
6. The Last Andite Dispersions	873
7. The Floods in Mesopotamia Story of Noah	874
8. The Sumerians - Last of the Andites	876

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
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 Flooding of the Mediterranean	890
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. The 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 (1) The taming of fire (2) The domestication of animals (3) The enslavement of captives (4) Private property	901
3. Cities, Manufacture, and Commerce	903
4. The Mixed Races (1) The Caucasoid race (2) The Mongoloid race (3) The Negroid race	904
5. Cultural Society Might and Right	905
6. The Maintenance of Civilization (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	906

82. THE EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE	913
1. The Mating Instinct	913
2. The Restrictive Taboos	914
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 Monogamy - Pair 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. Woman's 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. 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. Death - The 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	957

87. THE GHOST CULTS	958
1. Ghost Fear	958
2. Ghost Placation	959
3. Ancestor Worship	960
4. Good Spirits and Bad Spirits	961
5. The Advancing Ghost Cult	962
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 Images and idols "Sacred Books"	968
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 The continence cult	976
4. Origins of Sacrifice	977
5. Sacrifices and Cannibalism	978
6. Evolution of Human Sacrifice	980
7. Modifications of Human Sacrifice Temple harlotry	981
8. Redemption and Covenants	982
9. Sacrifices and Sacraments	984
10. Forgiveness of Sin	985

90. SHAMANISM - MEDICINE MEN AND PRIESTS	986
1. The First Shamans - The Medicine Men	986
2. Shamanistic Practices	987
3. The Shamanistic 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 Prayer versus magic	995
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
3. The Nature of Evolutionary Religion	1005
4. The Gift of Revelation (1) The Dalamatian teachings (2) The Edenic teachings (3) Melchizedek of Salem (4) Jesus of Nazareth (5) The Urantia Papers	1007
5. The Great Religious Leaders	1008
6. The Composite Religions Eleven living religions	1010
7. The Further Evolution of Religion	1012

93. MACHIVENTA MELCHIZEDEK	1014
1. The Machiventa Incarnation	1014
2. The Sage of Salem	1015
3. Melchizedek's Teachings	1016
4. The Salem Religion The creed The seven commandments	1017
5. The Selection of Abraham	1018
6. Melchizedek's Covenant with Abraham	1020
7. The Melchizedek Missionaries	1021
8. Departure of Melchizedek	1022
9. After Melchizedek's Departure	1022
10. Present Status of Machiventa Melchizedek	1024

94. THE MELCHIZEDEK TEACHINGS IN THE ORIENT	1027
1. The Salem Teachings in Vedic India The Rig-Veda	1027
2. Brahmanism Doctrine of reincarnation	1028
3. Brahmanic Philosophy	1030
4. 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 The gospel of Gautama The moral commandments	1036
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 Amenemope	1046
5. The Remarkable Iknaton	1047
6. The Salem Doctrines in Iran	1049
7. The Salem Teachings in Arabia	1050

96. YAHWEH - GOD 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 Materialistic Providence	1057
6. The God Concept Afer Moses' Death	1059
7. Psalms and the Book of Job	1060

97. EVOLUTION OF THE GOD CONCEPT AMONG THE HEBREWS	1062
1. Samuel - First of the Hebrew Prophets	1062
2. Elijah and Elisha	1064
3. Yahweh and Baal	1064
4. Amos and Hosea	1065
5. The First Isaiah Micah and Obadiah	1066
6. Jeremiah the Fearless	1067
7. The Second Isaiah	1068
8. Sacred and Profane History	1070
9. Hebrew History Ephraim 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	1071
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 The Phrygian cult of Cybele and Attis The Egyptian cult of Osiris and Isis The Iranian cult of Mithras	1081
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
3. Religion and the Religionist	1088
4. Transition Difficulties	1089
5. Social Aspects of Religion	1090
6. Institutional Religion	1092
8. Religion's 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 Twelve illustrations of spiritual faith	1107
4. The Limitations of Revelation	1109
5. Religion Expanded by Revelation	1110
6. Progressive Religious Experience Seven aspects of salvation	1111
7. A Personal Philosophy of Religion	1113
8. Faith and Belief	1114
9. Religion and Morality	1115
10. Religion as Man's 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

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. The 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 the Finite Functionals God the Sevenfold	1163
2. Secondary Supreme Finite Integration The Supreme Being	1164
3. Transcendental Tertiary Reality Association The Trinity Ultimate	1165
4. Ultimate Quartan Integration Ultimate Deity	1166
5. Coabsolute or Fifth-Phase Association The Trinity Absolute	1167
6. Absolute or Sixth-Phase Integration The cosmos infinite	1167
7. Finality of Destiny	1168
8. The Trinity of Trinities (1) The level of the three Trinities (2) The level of experiential Deity (3) The level of the I AM	1170
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 Divington Home of Adjusters	1179
4. Nature and Presence of Adjusters	1180
5. Adjusters 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 On Urantia On other worlds	1186
3. Organization and Administration Tabamantia's tribute	1188
4. Relation to Other Spiritual Influences	1190
5. The Adjuster's 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 The Adjuster that indwelt Jesus	1200
7. Destiny of Personalized Adjusters Omnipersonal beings	1201

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 Adjuster's Work in the Mind	1207
5. Erroneous Concepts of Adjuster Guidance	1207
6. The Seven Psychic Circles	1209
7. The Attainment of Immortality The Adjuster's plea to the soul	1212

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 Adjuster's Problem A guardian of destiny's statement	1223

112. Personality Survival Fourteen aspects of personality	1225
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
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 Most High regencies	1253
5. The Planetary Government	1254
6. The Master Seraphim of Planetary Supervision (1) The epochal angels (2) The progress angels (3) The religious guardians (4) The angels of nation 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 (13) Effective and wise leadership	1254
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. Nature of the Supreme	1266

116. THE ALMIGHTY SUPREME	1268
1. The Supreme Mind The cosmic mind	1268
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 The problem of equilibrium	1273
6. Spirit Dominance	1275
7. The Living Organism of the Grand Universe	1276

117. GOD THE SUPREME	1278
1. Nature of the Supreme Being	1278
2. The Source of Evolutionary Growth Creature-trinitized sons and growth	1280
3. Significance of the Supreme to Universe Creatures	1281
4. The Finite God Cosmic morality - supreme deity	1283
5. The Oversoul of Creation Finalizer transcendation Repercussions of human growth	1285
6. The Quest for the Supreme	1287
7. The Future of the Supreme	1291

118. SUPREME AND ULTIMATE - TIME AND SPACE	1294
1. Time and Eternity Experiential (subjective) time units	1295
2. Omnipresence and Ubiquity	1296
3. Time-Space Relationships Truth and fact Space and pattern	1297
4. Primary and Secondary Causation	1298
5. Omnipotence and Compossibility	1299
6. Omnipotence and Omnificence	1299
7. Omniscience and Predestination	1300
8. Control and Overcontrol The time governor of progress	1301
9. Universe Mechanisms	1303
10. Functions of Providence	1304

119. THE BESTOWALS OF CHRIST MICHAEL	1308
1. The First Bestowal	1309
2. The Second Bestowal	1310
3. The Third Bestowal	1312
4. The Fourth Bestowal	1313
5. The Fifth Bestowal	1314
6. The Sixth Bestowal	1315
7. The Seventh and Final Bestowal	1316
8. Michael's Postbestowal Status	1317

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