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The Urantia Book
Index to Sections in Part 3, The History of Urantia
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Paper 057 The Origin of Urantia
- 1. The Andronover Nebula
- 2. The Primary Nebular Stage
- 3. The Secondary Nebular Stage
- 4. Tertiary and Quartan Stages
- 5. Origin of Monmatia — The Urantia Solar System
- 6. The Solar System Stage
- 7. The Meteoric Era
- 8. Crustal Stabilization
Paper 058 Life Establishment on Urantia
- 1. Physical-Life Prerequisites
- 2. The Urantia Atmosphere
- 3. Spatial Environment
- 4. The Life-Dawn Era
- 5. The Continental Drift
- 6. The Transition Period
- 7. The Geologic History Book
Paper 059 The Marine-Life Era on Urantia
- 1. Early Marine Life in the Shallow Seas
- 2. The First Continental Flood Stage
- 3. The Second Great Flood Stage
- 4. The Great Land-Emergence Stage
- 5. The Crustal-shifting Stage
- 6. The Climatic Transition Stage
Paper 060 Urantia During the Early Land-Life Era
- 1. The Early Reptilian Age
- 2. The Later Reptilian Age
- 3. The Cretaceous Stage
- 4. The End of the Chalk Period
Paper 061 The Mammalian Era on Urantia
- 1. The New Continental Land Stage
- 2. The Recent Flood Stage
- 3. The Modern Mountain Stage
- 4. The Recent Continental-Elevation Stage
- 5. The Early Ice Age
- 6. Primitive Man in the Ice Age
- 7. The Continuing Ice Age
Paper 062 The Dawn Races of Early Man
- 1. The Early Lemur Types
- 2. The Dawn Mammals
- 3. The Mid-Mammals
- 4. The Primates
- 5. The First Human Beings
- 6. Evolution of the Human Mind
- 7. Recognition as an Inhabited World
Paper 063 The First Human Family
- 1. Andon and Fonta
- 2. The Flight of the Twins
- 3. Andon’s Family
- 4. The Andonic Clans
- 5. Dispersion of the Andonites
- 6. Onagar — The First Truth Teacher
- 7. The Survival of Andon and Fonta
Paper 064 The Evolutionary Races of Color
- 1. The Andonic Aborigines
- 2. The Foxhall Peoples
- 3. The Badonan Tribes
- 4. The Neanderthal Races
- 5. Origin of the Colored Races
- 6. The Six Sangik Races of Urantia
- 7. Dispersion of the Colored Races
Paper 065 The Overcontrol of Evolution
- 1. Life Carrier Functions
- 2. The Evolutionary Panorama
- 3. The Fostering of Evolution
- 4. The Urantia Adventure
- 5. Life-Evolution Vicissitudes
- 6. Evolutionary Techniques of Life
- 7. Evolutionary Mind Levels
- 8. Evolution in Time and Space
Paper 066 The Planetary Prince of Urantia
- 1. Prince Caligastia
- 2. The Prince’s Staff
- 3. Dalamatia — The City of the Prince
- 4. Early Days of the One Hundred
- 5. Organization of the One Hundred
- 6. The Prince’s Reign
- 7. Life in Dalamatia
- 8. Misfortunes of Caligastia
Paper 067 The Planetary Rebellion
- 1. The Caligastia Betrayal
- 2. The Outbreak of Rebellion
- 3. The Seven Crucial Years
- 4. The Caligastia One Hundred after Rebellion
- 5. Immediate Results of Rebellion
- 6. Van — The Steadfast
- 7. Remote Repercussions of Sin
- 8. The Human Hero of the Rebellion
Paper 068 The Dawn of Civilization
- 1. Protective Socialization
- 2. Factors in Social Progression
- 3. Socializing Influence of Ghost Fear
- 4. Evolution of the Mores
- 5. Land Techniques — Maintenance Arts
- 6. Evolution of Culture
Paper 069 Primitive Human Institutions
- 1. Basic Human Institutions
- 2. The Dawn of Industry
- 3. The Specialization of Labor
- 4. The Beginnings of Trade
- 5. The Beginnings of Capital
- 6. Fire in Relation to Civilization
- 7. The Utilization of Animals
- 8. Slavery as a Factor in Civilization
- 9. Private Property
Paper 070 The Evolution of Human Government
- 1. The Genesis of War
- 2. The Social Value of War
- 3. Early Human Associations
- 4. Clans and Tribes
- 5. The Beginnings of Government
- 6. Monarchial Government
- 7. Primitive Clubs and Secret Societies
- 8. Social Classes
- 9. Human Rights
- 10. Evolution of Justice
- 11. Laws and Courts
- 12. Allocation of Civil Authority
Paper 071 Development of the State
- 1. The Embryonic State
- 2. The Evolution of Representative Government
- 3. The Ideals of Statehood
- 4. Progressive Civilization
- 5. The Evolution of Competition
- 6. The Profit Motive
- 7. Education
- 8. The Character of Statehood
Paper 072 Government on a Neighboring Planet
- 1. The Continental Nation
- 2. Political Organization
- 3. The Home Life
- 4. The Educational System
- 5. Industrial Organization
- 6. Old-Age Insurance
- 7. Taxation
- 8. The Special Colleges
- 9. The Plan of Universal Suffrage
- 10. Dealing with Crime
- 11. Military Preparedness
- 12. The Other Nations
Paper 073 The Garden of Eden
- 1. The Nodites and the Amadonites
- 2. Planning for the Garden
- 3. The Garden Site
- 4. Establishing the Garden
- 5. The Garden Home
- 6. The Tree of Life
- 7. The Fate of Eden
Paper 074 Adam and Eve
- 1. Adam and Eve on Jerusem
- 2. Arrival of Adam and Eve
- 3. Adam and Eve Learn about the Planet
- 4. The First Upheaval
- 5. Adam’s Administration
- 6. Home Life of Adam and Eve
- 7. Life in the Garden
- 8. The Legend of Creation
Paper 075 The Default of Adam and Eve
- 1. The Urantia Problem
- 2. Caligastia’s Plot
- 3. The Temptation of Eve
- 4. The Realization of Default
- 5. Repercussions of Default
- 6. Adam and Eve Leave the Garden
- 7. Degradation of Adam and Eve
- 8. The So-Called Fall of Man
Paper 076 The Second Garden
- 1. The Edenites Enter Mesopotamia
- 2. Cain and Abel
- 3. Life in Mesopotamia
- 4. The Violet Race
- 5. Death of Adam and Eve
- 6. Survival of Adam and Eve
Paper 077 The Midway Creatures
- 1. The Primary Midwayers
- 2. The Nodite Race
- 3. The Tower of Babel
- 4. Nodite Centers of Civilization
- 5. Adamson and Ratta
- 6. The Secondary Midwayers
- 7. The Rebel Midwayers
- 8. The United Midwayers
- 9. The Permanent Citizens of Urantia
Paper 078 The Violet Race after the Days of Adam
- 1. Racial and Cultural Distribution
- 2. The Adamites in the Second Garden
- 3. Early Expansions of the Adamites
- 4. The Andites
- 5. The Andite Migrations
- 6. The Last Andite Dispersions
- 7. The Floods in Mesopotamia
- 8. The Sumerians — Last of the Andites
Paper 079 Andite Expansion in the Orient
- 1. The Andites of Turkestan
- 2. The Andite Conquest of India
- 3. Dravidian India
- 4. The Aryan Invasion of India
- 5. Red Man and Yellow Man
- 6. Dawn of Chinese Civilization
- 7. The Andites Enter China
- 8. Later Chinese Civilization
Paper 080 Andite Expansion in the Occident
- 1. The Adamites Enter Europe
- 2. Climatic and Geologic Changes
- 3. The Cro-Magnoid Blue Man
- 4. The Andite Invasions of Europe
- 5. The Andite Conquest of Northern Europe
- 6. The Andites along the Nile
- 7. Andites of the Mediterranean Isles
- 8. The Danubian Andonites
- 9. The Three White Races
Paper 081 Development of Modern Civilization
- 1. The Cradle of Civilization
- 2. The Tools of Civilization
- 3. Cities, Manufacture, and Commerce
- 4. The Mixed Races
- 5. Cultural Society
- 6. The Maintenance of Civilization
Paper 082 The Evolution of Marriage
- 1. The Mating Instinct
- 2. The Restrictive Taboos
- 3. Early Marriage Mores
- 4. Marriage under the Property Mores
- 5. Endogamy and Exogamy
- 6. Racial Mixtures
Paper 083 The Marriage Institution
- 1. Marriage as a Societal Institution
- 2. Courtship and Betrothal
- 3. Purchase and Dowry
- 4. The Wedding Ceremony
- 5. Plural Marriages
- 6. True Monogamy — Pair Marriage
- 7. The Dissolution of Wedlock
- 8. The Idealization of Marriage
Paper 084 Marriage and Family Life
- 1. Primitive Pair Associations
- 2. The Early Mother-Family
- 3. The Family under Father Dominance
- 4. Woman’s Status in Early Society
- 5. Woman under the Developing Mores
- 6. The Partnership of Man and Woman
- 7. The Ideals of Family Life
- 8. Dangers of Self-Gratification
Paper 085 The Origins of Worship
- 1. Worship of Stones and Hills
- 2. Worship of Plants and Trees
- 3. The Worship of Animals
- 4. Worship of the Elements
- 5. Worship of the Heavenly Bodies
- 6. Worship of Man
- 7. The Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom
Paper 086 Early Evolution of Religion
- 1. Chance: Good Luck and Bad Luck
- 2. The Personification of Chance
- 3. Death — The Inexplicable
- 4. The Death-Survival Concept
- 5. The Ghost-Soul Concept
- 6. The Ghost-Spirit Environment
- 7. The Function of Primitive Religion
Paper 087 The Ghost Cults
- 1. Ghost Fear
- 2. Ghost Placation
- 3. Ancestor Worship
- 4. Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts
- 5. The Advancing Ghost Cult
- 6. Coercion and Exorcism
- 7. Nature of Cultism
Paper 088 Fetishes, Charms, and Magic
- 1. Belief in Fetishes
- 2. Evolution of the Fetish
- 3. Totemism
- 4. Magic
- 5. Magical Charms
- 6. The Practice of Magic
Paper 089 Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement
- 1. The Taboo
- 2. The Concept of Sin
- 3. Renunciation and Humiliation
- 4. Origins of Sacrifice
- 5. Sacrifices and Cannibalism
- 6. Evolution of Human Sacrifice
- 7. Modifications of Human Sacrifice
- 8. Redemption and Covenants
- 9. Sacrifices and Sacraments
- 10. Forgiveness of Sin
Paper 090 Shamanism — Medicine Men and Priests
- 1. The First Shamans — The Medicine Men
- 2. Shamanistic Practices
- 3. The Shamanic Theory of Disease and Death
- 4. Medicine under the Shamans
- 5. Priests and Rituals
Paper 091 The Evolution of Prayer
- 1. Primitive Prayer
- 2. Evolving Prayer
- 3. Prayer and the Alter Ego
- 4. Ethical Praying
- 5. Social Repercussions of Prayer
- 6. The Province of Prayer
- 7. Mysticism, Ecstasy, and Inspiration
- 8. Praying as a Personal Experience
- 9. Conditions of Effective Prayer
Paper 092 The Later Evolution of Religion
- 1. The Evolutionary Nature of Religion
- 2. Religion and the Mores
- 3. The Nature of Evolutionary Religion
- 4. The Gift of Revelation
- 5. The Great Religious Leaders
- 6. The Composite Religions
- 7. The Further Evolution of Religion
Paper 093 Machiventa Melchizedek
- 1. The Machiventa Incarnation
- 2. The Sage of Salem
- 3. Melchizedek’s Teachings
- 4. The Salem Religion
- 5. The Selection of Abraham
- 6. Melchizedek’s Covenant with Abraham
- 7. The Melchizedek Missionaries
- 8. Departure of Melchizedek
- 9. After Melchizedek’s Departure
- 10. Present Status of Machiventa Melchizedek
Paper 094 The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
- 1. The Salem Teachings in Vedic India
- 2. Brahmanism
- 3. Brahmanic Philosophy
- 4. The Hindu Religion
- 5. The Struggle for Truth in China
- 6. Lao-Tse and Confucius
- 7. Gautama Siddhartha
- 8. The Buddhist Faith
- 9. The Spread of Buddhism
- 10. Religion in Tibet
- 11. Buddhist Philosophy
- 12. The God Concept of Buddhism
Paper 095 The Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant
- 1. The Salem Religion in Mesopotamia
- 2. Early Egyptian Religion
- 3. Evolution of Moral Concepts
- 4. The Teachings of Amenemope
- 5. The Remarkable Ikhnaton
- 6. The Salem Doctrines in Iran
- 7. The Salem Teachings in Arabia
Paper 096 Yahweh — God of the Hebrews
- 1. Deity Concepts among the Semites
- 2. The Semitic Peoples
- 3. The Matchless Moses
- 4. The Proclamation of Yahweh
- 5. The Teachings of Moses
- 6. The God Concept after Moses’ Death
- 7. Psalms and the Book of Job
Paper 097 Evolution of the God Concept among the Hebrews
- 1. Samuel — First of the Hebrew Prophets
- 2. Elijah and Elisha
- 3. Yahweh and Baal
- 4. Amos and Hosea
- 5. The First Isaiah
- 6. Jeremiah the Fearless
- 7. The Second Isaiah
- 8. Sacred and Profane History
- 9. Hebrew History
- 10. The Hebrew Religion
Paper 098 The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident
- 1. The Salem Religion among the Greeks
- 2. Greek Philosophic Thought
- 3. The Melchizedek Teachings in Rome
- 4. The Mystery Cults
- 5. The Cult of Mithras
- 6. Mithraism and Christianity
- 7. The Christian Religion
Paper 099 The Social Problems of Religion
- 1. Religion and Social Reconstruction
- 2. Weakness of Institutional Religion
- 3. Religion and the Religionist
- 4. Transition Difficulties
- 5. Social Aspects of Religion
- 6. Institutional Religion
- 7. Religion’s Contribution
Paper 100 Religion in Human Experience
- 1. Religious Growth
- 2. Spiritual Growth
- 3. Concepts of Supreme Value
- 4. Problems of Growth
- 5. Conversion and Mysticism
- 6. Marks of Religious Living
- 7. The Acme of Religious Living
Paper 101 The Real Nature of Religion
- 1. True Religion
- 2. The Fact of Religion
- 3. The Characteristics of Religion
- 4. The Limitations of Revelation
- 5. Religion Expanded by Revelation
- 6. Progressive Religious Experience
- 7. A Personal Philosophy of Religion
- 8. Faith and Belief
- 9. Religion and Morality
- 10. Religion as Man’s Liberator
Paper 102 The Foundations of Religious Faith
- 1. Assurances of Faith
- 2. Religion and Reality
- 3. Knowledge, Wisdom, and Insight
- 4. The Fact of Experience
- 5. The Supremacy of Purposive Potential
- 6. The Certainty of Religious Faith
- 7. The Certitude of the Divine
- 8. The Evidences of Religion
Paper 103 The Reality of Religious Experience
- 1. Philosophy of Religion
- 2. Religion and the Individual
- 3. Religion and the Human Race
- 4. Spiritual Communion
- 5. The Origin of Ideals
- 6. Philosophic Co-ordination
- 7. Science and Religion
- 8. Philosophy and Religion
- 9. The Essence of Religion
Paper 104 Growth of the Trinity Concept
- 1. Urantian Trinity Concepts
- 2. Trinity Unity and Deity Plurality
- 3. Trinities and Triunities
- 4. The Seven Triunities
- 5. Triodities
Paper 105 Deity and Reality
- 1. The Philosophic Concept of the I AM
- 2. The I AM as Triune and as Sevenfold
- 3. The Seven Absolutes of Infinity
- 4. Unity, Duality, and Triunity
- 5. Promulgation of Finite Reality
- 6. Repercussions of Finite Reality
- 7. Eventuation of Transcendentals
Paper 106 Universe Levels of Reality
- 1. Primary Association of Finite Functionals
- 2. Secondary Supreme Finite Integration
- 3. Transcendental Tertiary Reality Association
- 4. Ultimate Quartan Integration
- 5. Coabsolute or Fifth-Phase Association
- 6. Absolute or Sixth-Phase Integration
- 7. Finality of Destiny
- 8. The Trinity of Trinities
- 9. Existential Infinite Unification
Paper 107 Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters
- 1. Origin of Thought Adjusters
- 2. Classification of Adjusters
- 3. The Divinington Home of Adjusters
- 4. Nature and Presence of Adjusters
- 5. Adjuster Mindedness
- 6. Adjusters as Pure Spirits
- 7. Adjusters and Personality
Paper 108 Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters
- 1. Selection and Assignment
- 2. Prerequisites of Adjuster Indwelling
- 3. Organization and Administration
- 4. Relation to Other Spiritual Influences
- 5. The Adjuster’s Mission
- 6. God in Man
Paper 109 Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures
- 1. Development of Adjusters
- 2. Self-Acting Adjusters
- 3. Relation of Adjusters to Mortal Types
- 4. Adjusters and Human Personality
- 5. Material Handicaps to Adjuster Indwelling
- 6. The Persistence of True Values
- 7. Destiny of Personalized Adjusters
Paper 110 Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals
- 1. Indwelling the Mortal Mind
- 2. Adjusters and Human Will
- 3. Co-operation with the Adjuster
- 4. The Adjuster’s Work in the Mind
- 5. Erroneous Concepts of Adjuster Guidance
- 6. The Seven Psychic Circles
- 7. The Attainment of Immortality
Paper 111 The Adjuster and the Soul
- 1. The Mind Arena of Choice
- 2. Nature of the Soul
- 3. The Evolving Soul
- 4. The Inner Life
- 5. The Consecration of Choice
- 6. The Human Paradox
- 7. The Adjuster’s Problem
Paper 112 Personality Survival
- 1. Personality and Reality
- 2. The Self
- 3. The Phenomenon of Death
- 4. Adjusters after Death
- 5. Survival of the Human Self
- 6. The Morontia Self
- 7. Adjuster Fusion
Paper 113 Seraphic Guardians of Destiny
- 1. The Guardian Angels
- 2. The Destiny Guardians
- 3. Relation to Other Spirit Influences
- 4. Seraphic Domains of Action
- 5. Seraphic Ministry to Mortals
- 6. Guardian Angels after Death
- 7. Seraphim and the Ascendant Career
Paper 114 Seraphic Planetary Government
- 1. The Sovereignty of Urantia
- 2. The Board of Planetary Supervisors
- 3. The Resident Governor General
- 4. The Most High Observer
- 5. The Planetary Government
- 6. The Master Seraphim of Planetary Supervision
- 7. The Reserve Corps of Destiny
Paper 115 The Supreme Being
- 1. Relativity of Concept Frames
- 2. The Absolute Basis for Supremacy
- 3. Original, Actual, and Potential
- 4. Sources of Supreme Reality
- 5. Relation of the Supreme to the Paradise Trinity
- 6. Relation of the Supreme to the Triodities
- 7. The Nature of the Supreme
Paper 116 The Almighty Supreme
- 1. The Supreme Mind
- 2. The Almighty and God the Sevenfold
- 3. The Almighty and Paradise Deity
- 4. The Almighty and the Supreme Creators
- 5. The Almighty and the Sevenfold Controllers
- 6. Spirit Dominance
- 7. The Living Organism of the Grand Universe
Paper 117 God the Supreme
- 1. Nature of the Supreme Being
- 2. The Source of Evolutionary Growth
- 3. Significance of the Supreme to Universe Creatures
- 4. The Finite God
- 5. The Oversoul of Creation
- 6. The Quest for the Supreme
- 7. The Future of the Supreme
Paper 118 Supreme and Ultimate — Time and Space
- 1. Time and Eternity
- 2. Omnipresence and Ubiquity
- 3. Time-Space Relationships
- 4. Primary and Secondary Causation
- 5. Omnipotence and Compossibility
- 6. Omnipotence and Omnificence
- 7. Omniscience and Predestination
- 8. Control and Overcontrol
- 9. Universe Mechanisms
- 10. Functions of Providence