The Urantia Book

The Last Great Mammalian Migration698 5. The Early Ice Age699 6. Primitive Man in the Ice Age700 7. The Continuing Ice Age700 62. The Dawn Races of Early Man703 1. The Early Lemur Types703 2. The Dawn Mammals703 3. The Mid-Mammals704 4. The Primates706 5. The First Human Beings707 6. Evolution of the Human Mind709 7. Recognition as an Inhabited World709 63. The First Human Family711 1. Andon and Fonta711 2. The Flight of the Twins712 3. Andon’s Family713 4. The Andonic Clans713 5. Dispersion of the Andonites715 6. Onagar—The First Truth Teacher715 7. The Survival of Andon and Fonta717 64. The Evolutionary Races of Color718 1. The Andonic Aborigines718 2. The Foxhall Peoples719 3. The Badonan Tribes720 4. The Neanderthal Races720 5. Origin of the Colored Races722 6. The Six Sangik Races of Urantia722 7. Dispersion of the Colored Races726 65. The Overcontrol of Evolution730 1. Life Carrier Functions730 2. The Evolutionary Panorama731 3. The Fostering of Evolution733 4. The Urantia Adventure734 5. Life-Evolution Vicissitudes736 6. Evolutionary Techniques of Life737 7. Evolutionary Mind Levels738 8. Evolution in Time and Space739 66. The Planetary Prince of Urantia741 1. Prince Caligastia741 2. The Prince’s Staff742 3. Dalamatia—The City of the Prince743 4. Early Days of the One Hundred743 5. Organization of the One Hundred745 6. The Prince’s Reign749 7. Life in Dalamatia750 8. Misfortunes of Caligastia752 67. The Planetary Rebellion754 1. The Caligastia Betrayal754 2. The Outbreak of Rebellion755 3. The Seven Crucial Years756 4. The Caligastia One Hundred After Rebellion757 5. Immediate Results of Rebellion758 6. Van—The Steadfast759 7. Remote Repercussions of Sin760 8. The Human Hero of the Rebellion761 68. The Dawn of Civilization763 1. Protective Socialization763 2. Factors in Social Progression764 3. Socializing Influence of Ghost Fear766 4. Evolution of the Mores767 5. Land Techniques—Maintenance Arts768 6. Evolution of Culture769 69. Primitive Human Institutions772 1. Basic Human Institutions772 2. The Dawn of Industry773 3. The Specialization of Labor773 4. The Beginnings of Trade775 5. The Beginnings of Capital775 6. Fire in Relation to Civilization777 7. The Utilization of Animals778 8. Slavery as a Factor in Civilization778 9. Private Property780 70. The Evolution of Human Government783 1. The Genesis of War783 2. The Social Value of War785 3. Early Human Associations787 4. Clans and Tribes788 5. The Beginnings of Government788 6. Monarchial Government789 7. Primitive Clubs and Secret Societies790 8. Social Classes792 9. Human Rights793 10. Evolution of Justice794 11. Laws and Courts796 12. Allocation of Civil Authority797 71. Development of the State800 1. The Embryonic State800 2. The Evolution of Representative Government801 3. The Ideals of Statehood803 4. Progressive Civilization804 5. The Evolution of Competition805 6. The Profit Motive805 7. Education806 8. The Character of Statehood806 72. Government on a Neighboring Planet808 1. The Continental Nation808 2. Political Organization809 3. The Home Life811 4. The Educational System812 5. Industrial Organization813 6. Old-Age Insurance814 7. Taxation815 8. The Special Colleges816 9. The Plan of Universal Suffrage817 10. Dealing with Crime818 11. Military Preparedness818 12. The Other Nations819 73. The Garden of Eden821 1. The Nodites and the Amadonites821 2. Planning for the Garden822 3. The Garden Site823 4. Establishing the Garden823 5. The Garden Home824 6. The Tree of Life825 7. The Fate of Eden826 74. Adam and Eve828 1. Adam and Eve on Jerusem828 2. Arrival of Adam and Eve829 3. Adam and Eve Learn About the Planet830 4. The First Upheaval832 5. Adam’s Administration833 6. Home Life of Adam and Eve834 7. Life in the Garden835 8. The Legend of Creation836 75. The Default of Adam and Eve839 1. The Urantia Problem839 2. Caligastia’s Plot840 3. The Temptation of Eve841 4. The Realization of Default842 5. Repercussions of Default843 6. Adam and Eve Leave the Garden844 7. Degradation of Adam and Eve845 8. The So-Called Fall of Man845 76. The Second Garden847 1. The Edenites Enter Mesopotamia847 2. Cain and Abel848 3. Life in Mesopotamia849 4. The Violet Race850 5. Death of Adam and Eve851 6. Survival of Adam and Eve853 77. The Midway Creatures855 1. The Primary Midwayers855 2. The Nodite Race856 3. The Tower of Babel858 4. Nodite Centers of Civilization859 5. Adamson and Ratta861 6. The Secondary Midwayers862 7. The Rebel Midwayers863 8. The United Midwayers864 9. The Permanent Citizens of Urantia865 78. The Violet Race After the Days of Adam868 1. Racial and Cultural Distribution868 2. The Adamites in the Second Garden869 3. Early Expansions of the Adamites870 4. The Andites871 5. The Andite Migrations872 6. The Last Andite Dispersions873 7. The Floods in Mesopotamia874 8. The Sumerians—Last of the Andites875 79. Andite Expansion in the Orient878 1. The Andites of Turkestan878 2. The Andite Conquest of India879 3. Dravidian India881 4. The Aryan Invasion of India882 5. Red Man and Yellow Man883 6. Dawn of Chinese Civilization884 7. The Andites Enter China886 8. Later Chinese Civilization887 80. Andite Expansion in the Occident889 1. The Adamites Enter Europe889 2. Climatic and Geologic Changes890 3. The Cro-Magnoid Blue Man891 4. The Andite Invasions of Europe892 5. The Andite Conquest of Northern Europe893 6. The Andites Along the Nile894 7. Andites of the Mediterranean Isles895 8. The Danubian Andonites896 9. The Three White Races897 81. Development of Modern Civilization900 1. The Cradle of Civilization900 2. The Tools of Civilization901 3. Cities, Manufacture, and Commerce903 4. The Mixed Races904 5. Cultural Society905 6. The Maintenance of Civilization906 82. The Evolution of Marriage913 1. The Mating Instinct913 2. The Restrictive Taboos914 3. Early Marriage Mores915 4. Marriage Under the Property Mores917 5. Endogamy and Exogamy918 6. Racial Mixtures919 83. The Marriage Institution922 1. Marriage as a Societal Institution922 2. Courtship and Betrothal923 3. Purchase and Dowry923 4. The Wedding Ceremony924 5. Plural Marriages925 6. True Monogamy—Pair Marriage927 7. The Dissolution of Wedlock928 8. The Idealization of Marriage929 84. Marriage and Family Life931 1. Primitive Pair Associations931 2. The Early Mother-Family932 3. The Family Under Father Dominance933 4. Woman’s Status in Early Society935 5. Woman Under the Developing Mores936 6. The Partnership of Man and Woman938 7. The Ideals of Family Life939 8. Dangers of Self-Gratification942 85. The Origins of Worship944 1. Worship of Stones and Hills944 2. Worship of Plants and Trees945 3. The Worship of Animals946 4. Worship of the Elements946 5. Worship of the Heavenly Bodies947 6. Worship of Man948 7. The Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom948 86. Early Evolution of Religion950 1. Chance: Good Luck and Bad Luck950 2. The Personification of Chance951 3. Death—The Inexplicable952 4. The Death-Survival Concept952 5. The Ghost-Soul Concept953 6. The Ghost-Spirit Environment955 7. The Function of Primitive Religion956 87. The Ghost Cults958 1. Ghost Fear958 2. Ghost Placation959 3. Ancestor Worship960 4. Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts961 5. The Advancing Ghost Cult962 6. Coercion and Exorcism963 7. Nature of Cultism965 88. Fetishes, Charms, and Magic967 1. Belief in Fetishes967 2. Evolution of the Fetish968 3. Totemism970 4. Magic970 5. Magical Charms971 6. The Practice of Magic972 89. Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement974 1. The Taboo974 2. The Concept of Sin975 3. Renunciation and Humiliation976 4. Origins of Sacrifice977 5. Sacrifices and Cannibalism978 6. Evolution of Human Sacrifice980 7. Modifications of Human Sacrifice981 8. Redemption and Covenants982 9. Sacrifices and Sacraments983 10. Forgiveness of Sin984 90. Shamanism—Medicine Men and Priests986 1. The First Shamans—The Medicine Men986 2. Shamanistic Practices987 3. The Shamanic Theory of Disease and Death989 4. Medicine Under the Shamans990 5. Priests and Rituals992 91. The Evolution of Prayer994 1. Primitive Prayer994 2. Evolving Prayer995 3. Prayer and the Alter Ego996 4. Ethical Praying997 5. Social Repercussions of Prayer998 6. The Province of Prayer999 7. Mysticism, Ecstasy, and Inspiration1000 8. Praying as a Personal Experience1001 9. Conditions of Effective Prayer1002 92. The Later Evolution of Religion1003 1. The Evolutionary Nature of Religion1003 2. Religion and the Mores1004 3. The Nature of Evolutionary Religion1005 4. The Gift of Revelation1007 5. The Great Religious Leaders1008 6. The Composite Religions1010 7. The Further Evolution of Religion1012 93. Machiventa Melchizedek1014 1. The Machiventa Incarnation1014 2. The Sage of Salem1015 3. Melchizedek’s Teachings1016 4. The Salem Religion1017 5. The Selection of Abraham1018 6. Melchizedek’s Covenant with Abraham1020 7. The Melchizedek Missionaries1021 8. Departure of Melchizedek1022 9. After Melchizedek’s Departure1022 10. Present Status of Machiventa Melchizedek1024 94. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient1027 1. The Salem Teachings in Vedic India1027 2. Brahmanism1028 3. Brahmanic Philosophy1030 4. The Hindu Religion1031 5. The Struggle for Truth in China1032 6. Lao-Tse and Confucius1033 7. Gautama Siddhartha1035 8. The Buddhist Faith1036 9. The Spread of Buddhism1037 10. Religion in Tibet1038 11. Buddhist Philosophy1038 12. The God Concept of Buddhism1040 95. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant1042 1. The Salem Religion in Mesopotamia1042 2. Early Egyptian Religion1043 3. Evolution of Moral Concepts1045 4. The Teachings of Amenemope1046 5. The Remarkable Ikhnaton1047 6. The Salem Doctrines in Iran1049 7. The Salem Teachings in Arabia1050 96. Yahweh—God of the Hebrews1052 1. Deity Concepts Among the Semites1052 2. The Semitic Peoples1054 3. The Matchless Moses1055 4. The Proclamation of Yahweh1056 5. The Teachings of Moses1057 6. The God Concept After Moses’ Death1059 7. Psalms and the Book of Job1060 97. Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews1062 1. Samuel—First of the Hebrew Prophets1062 2. Elijah and Elisha1064 3. Yahweh and Baal1064 4. Amos and Hosea1065 5. The First Isaiah1066 6. Jeremiah the Fearless1067 7. The Second Isaiah1068 8. Sacred and Profane History1070 9. Hebrew History1071 10. The Hebrew Religion1075 98. The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident1077 1. The Salem Religion Among the Greeks1077 2. Greek Philosophic Thought1078 3. The Melchizedek Teachings in Rome1080 4. The Mystery Cults1081 5. The Cult of Mithras1082 6. Mithraism and Christianity1083 7. The Christian Religion1083 99. The Social Problems of Religion1086 1. Religion and Social Reconstruction1086 2. Weakness of Institutional Religion1087 3. Religion and the Religionist1088 4. Transition Difficulties1089 5. Social Aspects of Religion1090 6. Institutional Religion1092 7. Religion’s Contribution1092 100. Religion in Human Experience1094 1. Religious Growth1094 2. Spiritual Growth1095 3. Concepts of Supreme Value1096 4. Problems of Growth1097 5. Conversion and Mysticism1098 6. Marks of Religious Living1100 7. The Acme of Religious Living1101 101. The Real Nature of Religion1104 1. True Religion1104 2. The Fact of Religion1105 3. The Characteristics of Religion1107 4. The Limitations of Revelation1109 5. Religion Expanded by Revelation1110 6. Progressive Religious Experience1111 7. A Personal Philosophy of Religion1113 8. Faith and Belief1114 9. Religion and Morality1115 10. Religion as Man’s Liberator1116 102. The Foundations of Religious Faith1118 1. Assurances of Faith1118 2. Religion and Reality1119 3. Knowledge, Wisdom, and Insight1121 4. The Fact of Experience1123 5. The Supremacy of Purposive Potential1123 6. The Certainty of Religious Faith1124 7. The Certitude of the Divine1126 8. The Evidences of Religion1127 103. The Reality of Religious Experience1129 1. Philosophy of Religion1129 2. Religion and the Individual1130 3. Religion and the Human Race1132 4. Spiritual Communion1133 5. The Origin of Ideals1133 6. Philosophic Co-ordination1135 7. Science and Religion1137 8. Philosophy and Religion1140 9. The Essence of Religion1140 104. Growth of the Trinity Concept1143 1. Urantian Trinity Concepts1143 2. Trinity Unity and Deity Plurality1145 3. Trinities and Triunities1146 4. The Seven Triunities1147 5. Triodities1151 105. Deity and Reality1152 1. The Philosophic Concept of the I AM1152 2. The I AM as Triune and as Sevenfold1153 3. The Seven Absolutes of Infinity1155 4. Unity, Duality, and Triunity1157 5. Promulgation of Finite Reality1158 6. Repercussions of Finite Reality1159 7. Eventuation of Transcendentals1159 106. Universe Levels of Reality1162 1. Primary Association of Finite Functionals1163 2. Secondary Supreme Finite Integration1164 3. Transcendental Tertiary Reality Association1165 4. Ultimate Quartan Integration1166 5. Coabsolute or Fifth-Phase Association1167 6. Absolute or Sixth-Phase Integration1167 7. Finality of Destiny1168 8. The Trinity of Trinities1170 9. Existential Infinite Unification1173 107. Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters1176 1. Origin of Thought Adjusters1177 2. Classification of Adjusters1178 3. The Divinington Home of Adjusters1179 4. Nature and Presence of Adjusters1180 5. Adjuster Mindedness1181 6. Adjusters as Pure Spirits1182 7. Adjusters and Personality1183 108. Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters1185 1. Selection and Assignment1185 2. Prerequisites of Adjuster Indwelling1186 3. Organization and Administration1188 4. Relation to Other Spiritual Influences1190 5. The Adjuster’s Mission1191 6. God in Man1192 109. Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures1195 1. Development of Adjusters1195 2. Self-Acting Adjusters1196 3. Relation of Adjusters to Mortal Types1197 4. Adjusters and Human Personality1198 5. Material Handicaps to Adjuster Indwelling1199 6. The Persistence of True Values1200 7. Destiny of Personalized Adjusters1201 110. Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals1203 1. Indwelling the Mortal Mind1203 2. Adjusters and Human Will1204 3. Co-operation with the Adjuster1205 4. The Adjuster’s Work in the Mind1207 5. Erroneous Concepts of Adjuster Guidance1207 6. The Seven Psychic Circles1209 7. The Attainment of Immortality1212 111. The Adjuster and the Soul1215 1. The Mind Arena of Choice1216 2. Nature of the Soul1217 3. The Evolving Soul1218 4. The Inner Life1219 5. The Consecration of Choice1221 6. The Human Paradox1221 7. The Adjuster’s Problem1223 112. Personality Survival1225 1. Personality and Reality1226 2. The Self1227 3. The Phenomenon of Death1229 4. Adjusters After Death1231 5. Survival of the Human Self1232 6. The Morontia Self1235 7. Adjuster Fusion1237 113. Seraphic Guardians of Destiny1241 1. The Guardian Angels1241 2. The Destiny Guardians1242 3. Relation to Other Spirit Influences1244 4. Seraphic Domains of Action1245 5. Seraphic Ministry to Mortals1245 6. Guardian Angels After Death1246 7. Seraphim and the Ascendant Career1248 114. Seraphic Planetary Government1250 1. The Sovereignty of Urantia1250 2. The Board of Planetary Supervisors1251 3. The Resident Governor General1252 4. The Most High Observer1253 5. The Planetary Government1254 6. The Master Seraphim of Planetary Supervision1254 7. The Reserve Corps of Destiny1257 115. The Supreme Being1260 1. Relativity of Concept Frames1260 2. The Absolute Basis for Supremacy1261 3. Original, Actual, and Potential1261 4. Sources of Supreme Reality1263 5. Relation of the Supreme to the Paradise Trinity1264 6. Relation of the Supreme to the Triodities1265 7. The Nature of the Supreme1266 116. The Almighty Supreme1268 1. The Supreme Mind1268 2. The Almighty and God the Sevenfold1269 3. The Almighty and Paradise Deity1270 4. The Almighty and the Supreme Creators1271 5. The Almighty and the Sevenfold Controllers1273 6. Spirit Dominance1275 7. The Living Organism of the Grand Universe1276 117. God the Supreme1278 1. Nature of the Supreme Being1278 2. The Source of Evolutionary Growth1280 3. Significance of the Supreme to Universe Creatures1281 4. The Finite God1283 5. The Oversoul of Creation1285 6. The Quest for the Supreme1287 7. The Future of the Supreme1291 118. Supreme and Ultimate—Time and Space1294 1. Time and Eternity1295 2. Omnipresence and Ubiquity1296 3. Time-Space Relationships1297 4. Primary and Secondary Causation1298 5. Omnipotence and Compossibility1299 6. Omnipotence and Omnificence1299 7. Omniscience and Predestination1300 8. Control and Overcontrol1301 9. Universe Mechanisms1303 10. Functions of Providence1304 119. The Bestowals of Christ Michael1308 1. The First Bestowal1309 2. The Second Bestowal1310 3. The Third Bestowal1312 4. The Fourth Bestowal1313 5. The Fifth Bestowal1314 6. The Sixth Bestowal1315 7. The Seventh and Final Bestowal1316 8. Michael’s Postbestowal Status1317