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PART III


THE HISTORY OF URANTIA


These papers were sponsored by a Corps of

Local Universe Personalities acting by

authority of Gabriel of Salvington.

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


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


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


61.The Mammalian Era on Urantia 693
1.The New Continental Land Stage 693
The Age of Early Mammals
2.The Recent Flood Stage 694
The Age of Advanced Mammals
3.The Modern Mountain Stage 696
Age of the Elephant and the Horse
4.The Recent Continental-Elevation Stage 698
The Last Great Mammalian Migration
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 704
Origin of the Simian tribes
4.The Primates 706
5.The First Human Beings 707
6.The 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.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.Origin of the Colored Races 722
6.The Six Sangik Races of Urantia 722
(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
7.Dispersion of the Colored Races 726


65.The Overcontrol of Evolution 730
1.Life Carrier Functions 730
(1)The physical level of electrochemistry
(2)The usual mid-phase of quasi-morontial existence
(3)The advanced semispiritual level
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 738
Mechanical-nonteachable mind
Nonmechanical experiencing mind
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 745
(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
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 768
(1)The collection stage
(2)The hunting stage
(3)The pastoral stage
(4)The agricultural stage
6.Evolution of Culture 769
The land-man ratio


69.Primitive Human Institutions 772
1.Basic Human Institutions 772
(1)Institutions of self-maintenance
(2)Institutions of self-perpetuation
(3)Institutions of self-gratification
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 785
Modern industrialism versus militarism
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 821
Tabamantia's inspection
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 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 849
The Sethite priesthood
4.The Violet Race 850
5.Death of Adam and Eve 851
Michael's message
6.Survival of Adam and Eve 853


77.The Midway Creatures 855
1.The Primary Midwayers 855
2.The Nodite Race 856
3.The Tower of Babel 858
4.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 872
6.The Last Andite Dispersions 873
7.The Floods in Mesopotamia 874
Story of Noah
8.The Sumerians—Last of the Andites 875


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 890
Flooding of the Mediterranean
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.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 901
(1)The taming of fire
(2)The domestication of animals
(3)The enslavement of captives
(4)Private property
3.Cities, Manufacture, and Commerce 903
4.The Mixed Races 904
(1)The Caucasoid races
(2)The Mongoloid races
(3)The Negroid races
5.Cultural Society 905
Might and right
6.The Maintenance of Civilization 906
(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)Willingness to co-operate
(13)Effective and wise leadership
(14)Social changes
(15)The prevention of transitional breakdown


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 Tress 945
3.The 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 956


87.The Ghost Cults 958
1.Ghost Fear 958
2.Ghost Placation 959
3.Ancestor Worship 960
4.Good and Bad Spirit Ghosts 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 968
Images and idols
"Sacred Books"
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 976
The continence cult
4.Origins of Sacrifice 977
5.Sacrifices and Cannibalism 978
6.Evolution of Human Sacrifice 980
7.Modifications of Human Sacrifice 981
Temple harlotry
8.Redemption and Covenants 982
9.Sacrifices and Sacraments 983
10.Forgiveness of Sin 984


90.Shamanism—Medicine Men and Priests 986
1.The First Shamans—The Medicine Men 986
2.Shamanistic Practices 987
3.The Shamanic 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 995
Prayer versus magic
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 1007
(1)The Dalamatian teachings
(2)The Edenic teachings
(3)The Melchizedek of Salem
(4)Jesus of Nazareth
(5)The Urantia Papers
5.The Great Religious Leaders 1008
6.The Composite Religions 1010
Eleven living religions
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 1017
The creed
The seven commandments
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 1027
The Rig-Veda
2.Brahmanism 1028
Doctrine of reincarnation
3.Brahmanic Philosophy 1030
4.The 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 1036
The gospel of Gautama
The moral commandments
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 Amenomope 1046
5.The Remarkable Ikhnaton 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 1057
Materialistic Providence
6.The God Concept After 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 1066
Micah and Obadiah
6.Jeremiah the Fearless 1067
7.The Second Isaiah 1068
8.Sacred and Profane History 1070
9.Hebrew History 1071
Ephriam 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
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 1081
The Phrygian cult of Cybele and Attis
The Egyptian cult of Osiris and Isis
The Iranian cult of Mithras
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
7.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 1107
Twelve illustrations of spiritual faith
4.The Limitations of Revelation 1109
5.Religion Expanded by Revelation 1110
6.Progressive Religious Experience 1111
Seven aspects of salvation
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.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 Finite Functionals 1163
God the Sevenfold
2.Secondary Supreme Finite Integration 1164
The Supreme Being
3.Transcendental Tertiary Reality Association 1165
The Trinity Ultimate
4.Ultimate Quartan Integration 1166
Ultimate Deity
5.Coabsolute or Fifth-Phase Association 1167
The Trinity Absolute
6.Absolute or Sixth-Phase Integration 1167
The cosmos infinite
7.Finality of Destiny 1168
8.The Trinity of Trinities 1170
(1)The level of three Trinities
(2)The level of experiential Deity
(3)The level of the I AM
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 Divinington Home of Adjusters 1179
4.Nature and Presence of Adjusters 1180
5.Adjuster 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 1186
On Urantia
On other worlds
3.Organization and Administration 1188
Tabamantia's tribute
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 1200
The Adjuster that indwelt Jesus
7.Destiny of Personalized Adjusters 1201
Omnipersonal beings


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 1212
The Adjuster's plea to the soul


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 1223
A guardian of destiny's statement


112.Personality Survival 1225
Fourteen aspects of personality
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 1253
Most High regencies
5.The Planetary Government 1254
6.The Master Seraphim of Planetary Supervision 1254
(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
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.The Nature of the Supreme 1266


116.The Almighty Supreme 1268
1.The Supreme Mind 1268
The cosmic mind
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 1273
The problem of equilibrium
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 1280
Creature-trinitized sons and growth
3.Significance of the Supreme to Universe Creatures 1281
4.The Finite God 1283
Cosmic morality—supreme duty
5.The Oversoul of Creation 1285
Finaliter transcendation
Repercussions of human growth
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 1295
Experiential (subjective) time units
2.Omnipresence and Ubiquity 1296
3.Time-Space Relationships 1297
Truth and fact
Space and pattern
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 1301
The time governor of progress
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