Superuniverses

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== Urantia Text [|PAPER 15]:0. [|THE SEVEN SUPERUNIVERSES] ==

15:0.1 As far as the [|Universal Father] is concerned—as a [|Father]—the [|universes] are virtually nonexistent; he deals with [|personalities]; he is the Father of personalities. As far as the [|Eternal Son] and the [|Infinite Spirit] are concerned—as [|creator] [|partners]—the universes are localized and individual under the joint rule of the [|Creator Sons] and the [|Creative Spirits]. As far as the [|Paradise Trinity] is concerned, outside [|Havona] there are just seven inhabited universes, the seven superuniverses which hold jurisdiction over the [|circle] of the [|first post-Havona space level]. The [|Seven Master Spirits] radiate their [|influence] out from the central Isle, thus [|constituting] the vast creation one gigantic wheel, the hub being the eternal [|Isle of Paradise], the seven spokes the radiations of the Seven Master Spirits, the rim the outer regions of the [|grand universe]. 15:0.2 Early in the [|materialization] of the [|universal] [|creation] the [|sevenfold scheme] of the [|superuniverse] [|organization] and [|government] was formulated. The first post-Havona creation was divided into seven stupendous segments, and the headquarters worlds of these superuniverse governments were [|designed] and constructed. The present scheme of [|administration] has existed from near [|eternity], and the rulers of these seven superuniverses are rightly called [|Ancients of Days]. 15:0.3 Of the vast [|body] of [|knowledge] concerning the [|superuniverses], I can [|hope] to tell you little, but there is operative throughout these realms a [|technique] of intelligent [|control] for both [|physical] and [|spiritual] [|forces], and the [|universal gravity presences] there [|function] in [|majestic] [|power] and [|perfect] [|harmony]. It is important first to gain an adequate [|idea] of the [|physical] [|constitution] and [|material] [|organization] of the superuniverse domains, for then you will be the better [|prepared] to [|grasp] the significance of the [|marvelous] organization provided for their spiritual government and for the [|intellectual] [|advancement] of the [|will] [|creatures] who dwell on the myriads of [|inhabited planets] scattered hither and yon throughout these seven superuniverses.

== [|Urantia Text] [|Paper 15]:[|1. THE SUPERUNIVERSE SPACE LEVEL] ==

15:1.1 Within the limited range of the [|records], [|observations], and [|memories] of the [|generations] of a million or a billion of your short years, to all [|practical] [|intents] and [|purposes], [|Urantia] and the universe [|to which it belongs] are experiencing the [|adventure] of one long and uncharted plunge into [|new space]; but according to the records of [|Uversa], in accordance with older observations, in [|harmony] with the more extensive [|experience] and calculations of our order, and as a result of conclusions based on these and other findings, we know that the universes are engaged in an [|orderly], well-understood, and perfectly [|controlled] [|processional], swinging in [|majestic] grandeur around the [|First Great Source and Center] and his [|residential universe]. 15:1.2 We have long since [|discovered] that the seven superuniverses traverse a great [|ellipse], a gigantic and elongated [|circle]. Your [|solar system] and other worlds of time are not [|plunging headlong], without chart and [|compass], into unmapped [|space]. The [|local universe] to which [|your system] belongs is pursuing a definite and well-understood counterclockwise course around the vast swing that encircles the [|central universe]. This cosmic path is well charted and is just as thoroughly known to the superuniverse [|star observers] as the orbits of the [|planets] constituting your solar system are known to [|Urantia] astronomers. 15:1.3 [|Urantia] is situated in a [|local universe] and a [|superuniverse] not fully organized, and your local universe is in [|immediate] proximity to numerous partially completed [|physical] [|creations]. You belong to one of the relatively recent universes. But you are not, today, plunging on wildly into uncharted [|space] nor swinging out blindly into [|unknown] regions. You are following the orderly and predetermined path of the superuniverse space level. You are now passing through the very same space that your [|planetary system], or its predecessors, traversed ages ago; and some day in the remote [|future] your system, or its successors, will again traverse the identical space through which you are now so swiftly plunging. 15:1.4 In this age and as direction is regarded on [|Urantia], superuniverse number one swings almost due north, approximately opposite, in an easterly direction, to the [|Paradise] [|residence] of the Great Sources and Centers and the central universe of Havona. [|This position, with the corresponding one to the west], represents the nearest [|physical] approach of the [|spheres] of [|time] to the [|eternal Isle]. Superuniverse number two is in the north, preparing for the westward swing, while number three now holds the northernmost segment of the great space path, having already turned into the bend leading to the southerly plunge. Number four is on the comparatively straightaway southerly flight, the advance regions now approaching opposition to the Great Centers. Number five has about left its position opposite the Center of Centers while continuing on the direct southerly course just preceding the eastward swing; number six occupies most of the southern curve, the segment from which your superuniverse has nearly passed. 15:1.5 Your local universe of [|Nebadon] belongs to [|Orvonton], the seventh superuniverse, which swings on between superuniverses one and six, having not long since (as we reckon time) turned the southeastern bend of the superuniverse space level. Today, the [|solar system] to which Urantia belongs is a few billion years past the swing around the southern curvature so that you are just now advancing beyond the southeastern bend and are moving swiftly through the long and comparatively straightaway northern path. For untold ages Orvonton will pursue this almost direct northerly course. 15:1.6 Urantia belongs to [|a system] which is well out towards the borderland of your [|local universe]; and your local universe is at present traversing the [|periphery] of [|Orvonton]. Beyond you there are still others, but you are far removed in [|space] from those physical systems which swing around the great circle in comparative proximity to the Great Source and Center. 

== [|Urantia Text] [|Paper 15]:[|2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SUPERUNIVERSES] ==

15:2.1 Only the [|Universal Father] knows the location and actual [|number] of [|inhabited worlds] in space; he calls them all by [|name] and number. I can give only the approximate number of inhabited or inhabitable planets, for some local universes have more worlds suitable for intelligent life than others. Nor have all projected [|local universes] been [|organized]. Therefore the estimates which I offer are solely for the [|purpose] of affording some [|idea] of the immensity of the [|material] [|creation].

15:2.2 There are //seven superuniverses// in the [|grand universe], and they are constituted approximately as follows:
 * 1. 15:2.3 1. [|//The System//]. The [|basic] [|unit] of the supergovernment consists of about one thousand inhabited or inhabitable worlds. Blazing suns, cold worlds, planets too near the hot suns, and other [|spheres] not suitable for [|creature] habitation are not included in this [|group]. These one thousand worlds adapted to support life are called a system, but in the younger systems only a comparatively small number of these worlds may be inhabited. Each inhabited planet is presided over by a [|Planetary Prince], and each local system has an [|architectural sphere as its headquarters] and is ruled by a [|System Sovereign].
 * 2. 15:2.4 2. [|The Constellation]. One hundred systems (about 100,000 inhabitable planets) make up a constellation. Each constellation has an [|architectural headquarters] sphere and is presided over by three [|Vorondadek] Sons, the [|Most Highs]. Each constellation also has a [|Faithful of Days] in [|observation], an [|ambassador] of the [|Paradise Trinity].
 * 3. 15:2.5 3. [|The Local Universe]. One hundred constellations (about 10,000,000 inhabitable [|planets]) constitute a local universe. Each local universe has a [|magnificent] [|architectural headquarters] world and is ruled by one of the co-ordinate [|Creator Sons] of God of the order of Michael. Each universe is blessed by the presence of a [|Union of Days], a [|representative] of the [|Paradise Trinity].
 * 4. 15:2.6 4. [|//The Minor Sector//]. One hundred local universes (about 1,000,000,000 inhabitable planets) constitute a minor sector of the superuniverse [|government]; it has a wonderful headquarters world, wherefrom its rulers, the Recents of Days, administer the affairs of the minor sector. There are three [|Recents of Days], [|Supreme Trinity Personalities], on each minor sector headquarters.
 * 5. 15:2.7 5. [|//The Major Sector//]. One hundred minor sectors (about 100,000,000,000 inhabitable worlds) make one major sector. Each major sector is provided with a superb headquarters and is presided over by three [|Perfections of Days], Supreme Trinity Personalities.
 * 6. 15:2.8 6. [|//The Superuniverse//]. Ten major sectors (about 1,000,000,000,000 inhabitable planets) constitute a superuniverse. Each superuniverse is provided with an enormous and glorious headquarters world and is ruled by three [|Ancients of Days].[]
 * 7. 15:2.9 7. [|//The Grand Universe//]. Seven superuniverses make up the present organized grand universe, consisting of approximately seven trillion inhabitable worlds plus the architectural spheres and the one billion inhabited spheres of [|Havona]. The superuniverses are ruled and administered indirectly and [|reflectively] from [|Paradise] by the [|Seven Master Spirits]. The billion worlds of [|Havona] are directly administered by the [|Eternals of Days], one such Supreme Trinity Personality presiding over each of these perfect spheres.

15:2.10 Excluding the Paradise-Havona spheres, the plan of universe organization provides for the following units:
 * 1. Superuniverses............ 7
 * 2. Major sectors............70
 * 3. Minor sectors.......... 7,000
 * 4. Local universes........ 700,000
 * 5. Constellations........70,000,000
 * 6. Local systems...... 7,000,000,000
 * 7. Inhabitable planets. 7,000,000,000,000

15:2.11 Each of the seven superuniverses is constituted, approximately, as follows:
 * 1. One system embraces, approximately........ 1,000 worlds
 * 2. One constellation (100 systems)......... 100,000 worlds
 * 3. One universe (100 constellations).......10,000,000 worlds
 * 4. One minor sector (100 universes)..... 1,000,000,000 worlds
 * 5. One major sector (100 minor sectors).. 100,000,000,000 worlds
 * 6. One superuniverse (10 major sectors). 1,000,000,000,000 worlds

15:2.12 All such estimates are approximations at best, for new [|systems] are constantly evolving while other [|organizations] are temporarily passing out of [|material] [|existence].