• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Part I: The Central and Superuniverses
• Part II: The Local Universe
• Part III: The History of Urantia
• Part IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus

God is inherently kind, naturally compassionate, and everlastinglymerciful. And never is it necessary that any influence be brought tobear upon the Father to call forth his loving-kindness. The creature'sneed is wholly sufficient to insure the full flow of the Father'stender mercies and his saving grace. Since God knows all about hischildren, it is easy for him to forgive. The better man understands hisneighbor, the easier it will be to forgive him, even to love him.

God is not hiding from any of his creatures. He is unapproachable toso many orders of beings only because he "dwells in a light which nomaterial creature can approach." The immensity and grandeur of thedivine personality is beyond the grasp of the unperfected mind ofevolutionary mortals. Today, and as you are, you must discern theinvisible Maker through his manifold and diverse creation, as well asthrough the revelation and ministration of his Sons and their numeroussubordinates.

To "follow Jesus" means to personally share his religious faith andto enter into the spirit of the Master's life of unselfish service forman. One of the most important things in human living is to find outwhat Jesus believed, to discover his ideals, and to strive for theachievement of his exalted life purpose. Of all human knowledge, thatwhich is of greatest value is to know the religious life of Jesus andhow he lived it.

Religious experience, being essentially spiritual, can never befully understood by the material mind; hence the function of theology,the psychology of religion. The essential doctrine of the humanrealization of God creates a paradox in finite comprehension. It iswell-nigh impossible for human logic and finite reason to harmonize theconcept of divine immanence, God within and a part of every individual,with the idea of God's transcendence, the divine domination of theuniverse of universes. These two essential concepts of Deity must beunified in the faith-grasp of the concept of the transcendence of apersonal God and in the realization of the indwelling presence of afragment of that God in order to justify intelligent worship andvalidate the hope of personality survival. The difficulties andparadoxes of religion are inherent in the fact that the realities ofreligion are utterly beyond the mortal capacity for intellectualcomprehension.

The great God makes direct contact with mortal man and gives a partof his infinite and eternal and incomprehensible self to live and dwellwithin him. God has embarked upon the eternal adventure with man. Ifyou yield to the leadings of the spiritual forces in you and aroundyou, you cannot fail to attain the high destiny established by a lovingGod as the universe goal of his ascendant creatures from theevolutionary worlds of space.

• The Isle of Paradise — "the most gigantic organized body of cosmic reality in all the master universe."
• The Sacred Spheres of Paradise — twenty-one enormous worlds, threecircuits of seven worlds each — the Worlds of the Father, the Worlds ofthe Son, and the Worlds of the Spirit orbiting in three processions onthe inner margin of space.
• Havona — one billion (1,000,000,000) perfect worlds across sevencircuits, with "upwards of thirty-five million worlds" in the first orinner circuit, "over two hundred and forty-five million worlds" in theseventh or "outermost" circuit, and "proportional numbers" of worlds inthe intervening circuits.
• Surrounding these are "dark gravity bodies" that "completelyencircle and enshroud Havona" and whose "multitudinous bodies" are"divided into two equal elliptical circuits by a unique spaceintrusion." The Isle of Paradise, the twenty-one Sacred Spheres, theone billion worlds of Havona, and the orbiting dark gravity bodiestaken as a whole are interchangeably referred to as the "centraluniverse," the "divine universe," and the "Paradise-Havona system."
• The central universe is surrounded by a "relatively quiet midspace zone" of lessened motion and undisclosed diameter.
• Beyond the midspace zone, seven superuniverses swing around thecentral universe and have an approximate diameter of 400,000 - 500,000light-years. These contain the evolutionary worlds of time and space.The seven superuniverses are then immediately surrounded by anothermidspace zone "which varies in width but averages 400,000 light-years".One of the stated purposes of the cosmos is to provide worlds whereintelligent life may be created or evolved from primitive life. Each ofthe seven superuniverses, when fully developed, would haveapproximately one trillion inhabited worlds. Each divisional level has"architectural worlds," including a headquarters sphere, which areworlds made to order and are independently lighted and heated for thecelestial and other life of those spheres. They are created to beadministrative and educational worlds and are said to be at theapproximate, and sometimes exact, gravity center of their regions ofinhabited worlds and physical systems. A detailed organization ofsuperuniverses is provided. Briefly, levels of organization are:
  • Individual inhabited worlds such as Urantia
  • Local systems — 1,000 inhabited worlds
  • Constellations — 100 local systems
  • Local universes — 100 constellations
  • Minor sectors — 100 local universes
  • Major sectors — 100 minor sectors
  • Superuniverses — 10 major sectors
• Beyond are enormous uninhabited "outer space levels." The firstouter space level is estimated to be fifty million light-years indiameter and surrounded by a midspace zone of approximately the samediameter.
• The second, third, and fourth outer space levels surround eachprevious level with greater and greater magnitude and each is separatedby a midspace zone of about the same magnitude as the previous spacelevel.
• From Appendix 3, Section 3 in "Sadler, William S., Jr., Appendices to A Study of The Master Universe", the authors of The Urantia Book "postulate an additional and unrevealed creation" beyond this, "a possible never-beginning, never-ending universe of infinity."

• He was a Son of God incarnate, born to Mary and Joseph
• He was God in man, both human and divine
• He lived a perfect life
• He revealed God to man as "the way, the truth, and the life"
• He performed many of the miracles described in the Bible, such as the resurrection of Lazarus, the turning of water into wine, the feeding of the five thousand, and numerous healings of the blind, diseased, and infirm
• He taught twelve apostles, nine of whom went on to spread his teachings
• He was crucified, and on the third day after his death, rose from the dead
• He will return to our world again some day

• God is the creator of all reality
• God is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, infinite, and eternal
• God is described as a loving personality–"God is love"
• God is a single deity that exists in a Trinity of three persons
• God has a vast "heavenly host"
• Believers who have a personal relationship with God are "born of the spirit"
• Those having faith survive death
• Angels and divine personalities exist and can be sent to guard and minister to people throughout their lives.

• Jesus' crucifixion is not considered an atonementfor the sins of humanity. The crucifixion is taught to be an outcome ofthe fears of religious leaders of the day, who regarded his teachingsas a threat to their positions of authority.
• God is never wrathful or angry. He is a personality entirely motivated by Father-like love.
• Jesus is the human incarnation of "Michael of Nebadon," one of morethan 700,000 "Paradise Sons" of God, or "Creator Sons." Jesus is notconsidered the second person of the Trinity as he is in Christianity. The book refers to the Eternal Son as the second person of the Trinity.
• Jesus was born on earth through natural means of conception instead of a virgin birth.
• Jesus did not walk on water or perform some of the miracles that are attributed to him in the Bible.
• Jesus rose from the dead in a "more glorified form," reflective ofa transitional state between material and spiritual existence known as"morontia". As with all mortals, his physical body was subject todecomposition, but celestial beings removed his body from the tomb forthe immediate dissolution of his remains through a process of"accelerated time."
• The book states that Jesus may return to the world many times. Christian eschatology doctrines such as the Rapture, where Jesus returns to take faithful believers to heaven and leaves behind unbelievers for tribulation, are not supported.

The other exception has to do with a rather peculiar case of psychicphenomena, one which I find myself unable to classify, and which Iwould like very much to narrate more fully; I cannot do so here,however, because of a promise which I feel under obligation to keepsacredly. In other words, I have promised not to publish this caseduring the lifetime of the individual. I hope sometime to secure amodification of that promise and be able to report this case more fullybecause of its interesting features. I was brought in contact with it,in the summer of 1911, and I have had it under my observation more orless ever since, having been present at probably 250 of the nightsessions, many of which have been attended by a stenographer who madevoluminous notes.
A thorough study of this case has convinced me that it is not one ofordinary trance. While the sleep seems to be quite of a natural order,it is very profound, and so far we have never been able to awaken thesubject when in this state; but the body is never rigid, and the heartaction is never modified, though respiration is sometimes markedlyinterfered with. This man is utterly unconscious, wholly oblivious towhat takes place, and unless told about it subsequently, never knowsthat he has been used as a sort of clearing house for the coming andgoing of alleged extra-planetary personalities. In fact, he is more orless indifferent to the whole proceeding, and shows a surprising lackof interest in these affairs as they occur from time to time.
Eighteen years of study and careful investigation have failed toreveal the psychic origin of these messages. I find myself at thepresent time just where I was when I started. Psychoanalysis,hypnotism, intensive comparison, fail to show that the written orspoken messages of this individual have origin in his own mind. Much ofthe material secured through this subject is quite contrary to hishabits of thought, to the way in which he has been taught, and to hisentire philosophy. In fact, of much that we have secured, we havefailed to find anything of its nature in existence. Its philosophiccontent is quite new, and we are unable to find where very much of ithas ever found human expression.

• It claims to be a revelation from celestial beings and is written as if directly presented by these celestial beings.
• From a scientific point of view, parts of the science it describes conflict with modern theories.
• Some of the concepts are alleged to have been plagiarized.
• To those who assert that the Bible is the inerrant word of God, itdenies some Christian doctrines that are held to be true, and thereforeis not acceptable.

We full well know that, while the historic facts and religioustruths of this series of revelatory presentations will stand on therecords of the ages to come, within a few short years many of ourstatements regarding the physical sciences will stand in need ofrevision in consequence of additional scientific developments and newdiscoveries. These new developments we even now foresee, but we areforbidden to include such humanly undiscovered facts in the revelatoryrecords. Let it be made clear that revelations are not necessarilyinspired. The cosmology of these revelations is not inspired.

• The described formation of the solar system is consistent with the Chamberlin-Moulton planetesimal hypothesis [3]. Though popular in the early part of the 20th century, by the early 1940s it was discarded by Henry Russell's argument that it was incompatible with the angular momentum of planets such as Jupiter [4]. The currently accepted scientific explanation for the origin of the solar system is based on the nebular hypothesis.
• The age of our universe is stated to be more than 1,000,000,000,000years old and the universe is said to periodically expand and contract— respire — at 2-billion-year intervals. The big bang theory is not supported.
• A fundamental particle called an "ultimaton" is proposed, with an electronbeing composed of 100 ultimatons. The particle is not known to bedescribed anywhere else and the concept is not supported by modern particle physics.
• Some species are said to have evolved suddenly from single mutations without transitional species. The theory originated with Dutch botanist Hugo De Vries but was short-lived and is not now supported.
• According to The Urantia Book, multi-colored human racesoriginated suddenly in one generation and in one family, producingbrothers and sisters that variously turned blue, yellow, red, green,orange, and indigo when exposed to sunlight. Their offspringsubsequently favored the parent color. Later, Adam and Eveproduced a violet race. In the book's account, the blue, yellow, andred races were considered "primary," and the green, orange, and indigo"secondary." The green and orange races were driven to extinction, andthe rest mixed over time. Modern evolutionary theory does not support this account.
• The book repeats the idea prevalent at the time of its origin that one side of the planet Mercury always faces the sun due to tidal locking. In 1965, radio astronomersdiscovered that Mercury actually rotates fast enough for all sides tosee exposure to the sun. Also in the same passage, the book erroneouslystates that tidal friction will slow the rotation of a planet or otherorbiting body "until axial revolution ceases." Revolutions do notcease, however, but stabilize so that the time to complete onerevolution becomes equal to the time needed to complete an orbit.
• The book says that a solar eclipse was predicted in 1808 by the Native American prophet Tenskwatawa. The eclipse actually was predicted in late April of 1806 and occurred on June 16, 1806.

Starting from any one of them [i.e., chemical elements], and noting some property such as the melting point, for example, the property would change as we went along the row, but as we continued it would gradually come back to the condition very similar to that which we started ... The eighth element was in many respects like the first, the ninth like the second, the tenth like the third, and so on. Such a slate of affairs point[s] not only to avaried internal structure, but also to a certain harmony in thatvariation suggestive of some organized plan in building the atom.

Starting from any one element, after noting some one property, such a quality will exchange for six consecutive elements, but on reaching the eighth, it tends to reappear, that is, the eighth chemically active element resembles the first, the ninth the second, and so on. Such a fact of the physical world unmistakably points to thesevenfold constitution of ancestral energy and is indicative of thefundamental reality of the sevenfold diversity of the creations of timeand space.

One probable reason that the human sources were left undisguised wasto enable students to discern, through comparative analysis, how thiscoordination of planetary knowledge was actually effected. As mentionedabove, the initial analyses have already proved tremendouslyilluminating in this regard. Another reason was to keep us aware of thebook’s anchorage in a specific time and place. While a very large partof the book is of timeless value and perennial applicability, some ofits discussions directly address and respond to the world situation ofthe early 20th century. Thus, every generation will have to determinethe relevance and applicability of certain of the book’s teachings toits own situation.
Emerging from all these discoveries is the gratifying realizationthat the Urantia Book is exactly what its authors claim it to be....

• German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen's massive opera cycle Lichtis not "based on" the book (as sometimes is said), but does makereference to it in the first and third acts of Donnerstag (Thursday),and in the symbols associated with two of the three main characters,Michael and Lucifer.
• The American band Deadsy is influenced by The Urantia Book, and makes references to it in several songs.
• The album Monolith, by the American progressive rock group Kansas, was largely influenced by The Urantia Book, reflecting an interest in the movement by bandmember Kerry Livgren before his conversion to Christianity.
• The psychedelic/rock group Spirit likewise released a series of albums influenced by The Urantia Bookduring the mid-1970s. This was well after the band's commercial heydayhad ended and the influence is most notable on the albums Spirit of '76 and Son of Spirit.
• Jazz Fusion band Weather Report's seventh album titled "Heavy Weather" features a track titled "Havona" which is written by bass guitar legend Jaco Pastorius.
• Pato Banton, an international reggae recording artist and believer in The Urantia Book, regularly performs and has dedicated himself to raising awareness about it.
• Author Denis Johnson describes a follower of the book within his novel Angels, in which the character Jeanine recites lines from the text and attempts to convert her boyfriend into following the book.
• There have been accusations of J.J. Benítez plagiarizing The Urantia Book for his Spanish-language novel series Caballo de Troya about an USAF time travel to interact with Jesus. Benítez has denied plagiarism[11].
• Ashtar-Urantia- Audio CD- Celtic-flavoured progressive rock,
• Urantia Rising by Various Artists (Audio CD - 2006) -Import
• Mykl Lozin -Ascension - the 7th Wave -Audio CD-Australian composer and Violinist - Mykl Lozin. 3.Urantia
• In the Six Feet Undertie-in book Better Living Through Death, correspondence betweenNathaniel Fisher, Sr. and a family unable to pay for their mother'srecent funeral includes an offer from Nathaniel to accept a copy of theUrantia Book in lieu of payment.

• Glossary of terms in The Urantia Book
• Revelation (The Urantia Book)

• ^ a b c Urantia Foundation (1955). The Urantia Book." Urantia Foundation. ISBN 0-911560-02-5
• ^ Michael Foundation, Inc. v. Urantia Foundation v. Harry McMullan, III US Court of Appeals affirms a jury decision that Urantia Foundation does not hold the copyright to The Urantia Book and the book is legally in the public domain
• ^ a b 2006 Urantia Foundation annual report (PDF)
• ^ a b c d e f g Gardner, Martin (1995). Urantia: The Great Cult Mystery. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-955-0
• ^ a b c d e f Gooch, Brad (2002). Godtalk : Travels in Spiritual America. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-44709-1
• ^ House, Dr. H. Wayne (2000). Charts of Cults, Sects, and Religious Movements. Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-38551-2
• ^ a b "Notes For A History of The Urantia Movement"
• ^ "How The Urantia Book Came Into Existence" by William S. Sadler, Jr., February 18, 1962.
• ^ Affidavit of Dr. Meredith Sprunger on October 24, 1998 regarding the origin of The Urantia Book
• ^ "Some Human Sources of The Urantia Book" by Matthew Block, originally published in 1992. Describes suspected parallels Block found between The Urantia Book and possible human sources of material.
• ^ Question session for Benítez in Spanish by the readers of El Mundo, 5th October 2000.

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