Constellations

=Urantia Text [|Paper 43]:0 [|THE CONSTELLATIONS] =

43:0.1 [|Urantia] is commonly [|referred] to as 606 of [|Satania] in [|Norlatiadek] of [|Nebadon], [|meaning] the six hundred sixth [|inhabited world] in the [|local system] of [|Satania], situated in the [|constellation] of [|Norlatiadek], one of the one hundred [|constellations] of the [|local universe] of [|Nebadon]. [|Constellations] being the primary [|divisions] of a [|local universe], their rulers link the [|local systems] of [|inhabited worlds] to the [|central administration] of the [|local universe] on [|Salvington] and by [|reflectivity] to the [|superadministration] of the [|Ancients of Days] on [|Uversa]. 43:0.2 The [|government] of your [|constellation] is situated in a [|cluster] of 771 [|architectural spheres], the centermost and largest of which is [|Edentia], the seat of the [|administration] of the [|Constellation Fathers], the[| Most Highs] of [|Norlatiadek]. [|Edentia] itself is approximately [|one hundred] times as large as your world. The seventy major [|spheres] surrounding [|Edentia] are about [|ten] times the size of [|Urantia], while the ten [|satellites] which revolve around each of these seventy worlds are about the size of [|Urantia]. These 771 [|architectural spheres] are quite comparable in size to those of other [|constellations]. 43:0.3 [|Edentia] [|time] reckoning and distance [|measurement] are those of [|Salvington], and like the [|spheres] of the universe capital, the [|constellation] [|headquarters worlds] are fully supplied with all [|orders] of [|celestial] [|intelligences]. In general, these [|personalities] are not very [|different] from those described in [|connection] with the [|universe administration]. 43:0.4 The [|supervisor seraphim], the third order of [|local universe] [|angels], are assigned to the [|service] of the [|constellations]. They make their [|headquarters] on the capital spheres and minister extensively to the encircling [|morontia]-[|training] [|worlds]. In [|Norlatiadek] the seventy major [|spheres], [|together] with the seven hundred minor [|satellites], are inhabited by the [|univitatia], the [|permanent] [|citizens] of the [|constellation]. All these [|architectural worlds] are fully [|administered] by the various [|groups] of [|native] life, for the greater part unrevealed but including the [|efficient] [|spironga] and the [|beautiful] [|spornagia]. Being the mid-point in the [|morontia]-[|training] [|regime], as you might suspect, the [|morontia] life of the [|constellations] is both [|typical] and [|ideal].

== [|43:1. THE CONSTELLATION HEADQUARTERS] ==

43:1.1 [|Edentia] abounds in fascinating [|highlands], extensive elevations of [|physical] [|matter] crowned with [|morontia] life and overspread with [|spiritual] [|glory], but there are no rugged [|mountain ranges] such as appear on [|Urantia]. There are tens of thousands of sparkling [|lakes] and thousands upon thousands of interconnecting [|streams], but there are no great [|oceans] nor torrential [|rivers]. Only the highlands are devoid of these [|surface] [|streams]. 43:1.2 The [|water] of [|Edentia] and similar [|architectural spheres] is no [|different] from the [|water] of the [|evolutionary planets]. The [|water] [|systems] of such [|spheres] are both [|surface] and subterranean, and the moisture is in constant [|circulation]. [|Edentia] can be [|circumnavigated] via these various [|water] routes, though the chief [|channel] of [|transportation] is the [|atmosphere]. [|Spirit] [|beings] would naturally [|travel] above the [|surface] of the [|sphere], while the [|morontia] and [|material] [|beings] make use of [|material] and semimaterial means to negotiate atmospheric passage. 43:1.3 [|Edentia] and its [|associated] worlds have a true [|atmosphere], the usual [|three]-[|gas] mixture which is characteristic of such [|architectural creations], and which [|embodies] the [|two] [|elements] of Urantian [|atmosphere] plus that [|morontia] [|gas] suitable for the [|respiration] of [|morontia] [|creatures]. But while this [|atmosphere] is both [|material] and [|morontial], there are no [|storms] or [|hurricanes]; neither is there [|summer] nor [|winter]. This [|absence] of atmospheric disturbances and of [|seasonal] variation makes it [|possible] to embellish all outdoors on these especially created worlds. 43:1.4 The [|Edentia] highlands are [|magnificent] [|physical] features, and their [|beauty] is enhanced by the endless profusion of life which abounds throughout their [|length] and [|breadth]. Excepting a few rather [|isolated] [|structures], these highlands contain no [|work] of [|creature] hands. [|Material] and [|morontial] ornamentations are [|limited] to the dwelling areas. The lesser elevations are the sites of special [|residences] and are [|beautifully] embellished with both [|biologic] and [|morontia] [|art]. 43:1.5 Situated on the [|summit] of the [|seventh] highland range are the [|resurrection halls] of [|Edentia], wherein awaken the [|ascending mortals] of the [|secondary modified order] of [|ascension]. These chambers of [|creature] reassembly are under the supervision of the [|Melchizedeks]. The first of the receiving [|spheres] of [|Edentia] (like the planet [|Melchizedek] near [|Salvington]) also has special [|resurrection halls], wherein the [|mortals] of the [|modified orders of ascension] are reassembled. 43:1.6 The [|Melchizedeks] also [|maintain] two special [|colleges] on [|Edentia]. One, the //emergency school//, is [|devoted] to the [|study] of [|problems] [|growing] out of the [|Satania rebellion]. The other, the //bestowal school//, is [|dedicated] to the mastery of the new [|problems] arising out of the [|fact] that [|Michael] made his [|final bestowal] on one of the worlds of [|Norlatiadek]. This latter [|college] was [|established] almost [|four thousand years ago], [|immediately] after the [|announcement] by [|Michael] that [|Urantia] had been selected as the world for his [|final bestowal]. 43:1.7 The [|sea of glass], the receiving area of [|Edentia], is near the [|administrative center] and is [|encircled] by the [|headquarters] [|amphitheater]. Surrounding this area are the [|governing centers] for the seventy [|divisions] of [|constellation] affairs. One half of [|Edentia] is divided into seventy triangular sections, whose [|boundaries] [|converge] at the [|headquarters] buildings of their respective sectors. The remainder of this [|sphere] is one vast [|natural] [|park], the [|gardens of God]. 43:1.8 During your [|periodic] visits to [|Edentia], though the entire [|planet] is open to your inspection, most of your [|time] will be spent in that [|administrative] triangle whose [|number] corresponds to that of your current [|residential] world. You will always be [|welcome] as an [|observer] in the [|legislative] [|assemblies]. 43:1.9 The [|morontia] area assigned to [|ascending mortals] [|resident] on [|Edentia] is located in the mid-zone of the thirty-fifth triangle adjoining the [|headquarters] of the [|finaliters], situated in the thirty-sixth triangle. The general [|headquarters] of the [|univitatia] occupies an enormous area in the mid-region of the thirty-fourth triangle [|immediately] adjoining the [|residential] reservation of the [|morontia] [|citizens]. From these arrangements it may be seen that provision is made for the [|accommodation] of at least seventy major [|divisions] of [|celestial] life, and also that each of these seventy triangular areas is correlated with some one of the seventy major [|spheres] of [|morontia] [|training]. 43:1.10 The [|Edentia] [|sea of glass] is one enormous [|circular] [|crystal] about one hundred miles in [|circumference] and about thirty miles in [|depth]. This [|magnificent] [|crystal] serves as the receiving field for all [|transport seraphim] and other [|beings] arriving from points outside the [|sphere]; such a [|sea of glass] greatly [|facilitates] the landing of [|transport seraphim]. 43:1.11 A [|crystal] field on this order is found on almost all [|architectural worlds]; and it serves many [|purposes] aside from its decorative [|value], being utilized for portraying [|superuniverse] [|reflectivity] to assembled [|groups] and as a [|factor] in the [|energy]-[|transformation] [|technique] for [|modifying] the [|currents] of [|space] and for adapting other incoming [|physical]-[|energy] [|streams].



[|43:2. THE CONSTELLATION GOVERNMENT]
43:2.1 The [|constellations] are the [|autonomous] [|units] of a [|local universe], each constellation being administered according to its own [|legislative] enactments. When the [|courts] of [|Nebadon] sit in [|judgment] on [|universe] affairs, all internal matters are [|adjudicated] in [|accordance] with the [|laws] prevailing in the [|constellation] concerned. These [|judicial] [|decrees] of [|Salvington], [|together] with the [|legislative] enactments of the constellations, are [|executed] by the [|administrators] of the [|local systems]. 43:2.2 [|Constellations] thus [|function] as the [|legislative] or lawmaking [|units], while the [|local systems] serve as the [|executive] or enforcement [|units]. The [|Salvington] [|government] is the [|supreme] [|judicial] and [|co-ordinating] [|authority]. 43:2.3 While the [|supreme] [|judicial] [|function] rests with the central [|administration] of a [|local universe], there are two subsidiary but major [|tribunals] at the [|headquarters] of each [|constellation], the [|Melchizedek] [|council] and the [|court] of the [|Most High]. 43:2.4 All [|judicial] [|problems] are first reviewed by the [|council] of the [|Melchizedeks]. Twelve of this order who have had certain requisite [|experience] on the [|evolutionary planets] and on the [|system headquarters worlds] are empowered to review [|evidence], digest pleas, and [|formulate] provisional [|verdicts], which are passed on to the [|court] of the [|Most High], the reigning Constellation Father. The [|mortal] [|division] of this latter [|tribunal] consists of [|seven] [|judges], all of whom are [|ascendant mortals]. The higher you [|ascend] in the [|universe], the more certain you are to be judged by those of your own kind. 43:2.5 The [|constellation] [|legislative] [|body] is divided into [|three] [|groups]. The [|legislative] program of a [|constellation] [|originates] in the lower house of ascenders, a [|group] presided over by a [|finaliter] and consisting of one thousand [|representative] [|mortals]. Each system nominates ten members to sit in this deliberative assembly. On [|Edentia] this [|body] is not fully recruited at the present time. 43:2.6 The mid-chamber of [|legislators] is composed of the [|seraphic hosts] and their [|associates], other [|children] of the [|local universe] [|Mother Spirit]. This [|group] numbers one hundred and is nominated by the supervising [|personalities] who preside over the various [|activities] of such [|beings] as they [|function] within the [|constellation]. 43:2.7 The advisory or highest [|body] of [|constellation] legislators consists of the house of [|peers] - the house of the [|divine Sons]. This corps is chosen by the [|Most High Fathers] and numbers ten. Only Sons of special [|experience] may serve in this upper house. This is the [|fact]-finding and timesaving [|group] which very [|effectively] serves both of the lower divisions of the [|legislative] assembly. 43:2.8 The combined [|council] of [|legislators] consists of [|three] members from each of these separate branches of the [|constellation] deliberative assembly and is presided over by the reigning junior [|Most High]. This [|group] sanctions the final [|form] of all enactments and [|authorizes] their promulgation by the broadcasters. The approval of this [|supreme] commission renders legislative enactments the [|law] of the realm; their [|acts] are final. The [|legislative] pronouncements of [|Edentia] [|constitute] the [|fundamental] [|law] of all [|Norlatiadek].



[|43:3. THE MOST HIGHS OF NORLATIADEK]
43:3.1 The rulers of the [|constellations] are of the [|Vorondadek] order of [|local universe] sonship. When commissioned to [|active] [|duty] in the [|universe] as constellation rulers or otherwise, these Sons are known as the [|Most Highs] since they embody the highest [|administrative] [|wisdom], coupled with the most farseeing and [|intelligent] [|loyalty], of all the [|orders] of the [|Local Universe Sons of God]. Their [|personal] [|integrity] and their [|group] [|loyalty] have never been questioned; no disaffection of the [|Vorondadek] Sons has ever occurred in [|Nebadon]. 43:3.2 At least [|three] [|Vorondadek Sons] are commissioned by [|Gabriel] as the [|Most Highs] of each of the [|Nebadon] [|constellations]. The presiding member of this trio is known as the [|Constellation Father] and his two [|associates] as the //senior Most High// and the //junior Most High//. A [|Constellation Father] reigns for ten thousand standard years (about 50,000 [|Urantia] years), having previously served as junior associate and as senior associate for [|equal] periods. 43:3.3 The Psalmist knew that [|Edentia] was ruled by [|three] [|Constellation Fathers] and accordingly [|spoke] of their abode in the plural: "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the most holy place of the tabernacles of the Most Highs."[|[1]] 43:3.4 Down through the [|ages] there has been great [|confusion] on [|Urantia] regarding the various universe rulers. Many later [|teachers] confused their vague and indefinite [|tribal] [|deities] with the [|Most High Fathers]. Still later, the [|Hebrews] merged all of these [|celestial] rulers into a composite Deity. One [|teacher] [|understood] that the [|Most Highs] were not the [|Supreme] Rulers, for he said, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."[|[2]] In the [|Urantia] [|records] it is very [|difficult] at times to know exactly who is referred to by the term "Most High." But [|Daniel] fully [|understood] these matters. He said, "The Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will."[|[3]] 43:3.5 The [|Constellation Fathers] are little occupied with the [|individuals] of an [|inhabited planet], but they are closely [|associated] with those [|legislative] and lawmaking [|functions] of the [|constellations] which so greatly concern every [|mortal] [|race] and [|national] [|group] of the [|inhabited worlds]. 43:3.6 Although the [|constellation] [|regime] stands between you and the [|universe] [|administration], as [|individuals] you would ordinarily be little concerned with the [|constellation] [|government]. Your great interest would [|normally] [|center] in the [|local system], [|Satania]; but temporarily, [|Urantia] is closely related to the [|constellation] rulers because of certain [|system] and [|planetary] conditions growing out of the [|Lucifer rebellion]. 43:3.7 The [|Edentia] [|Most Highs] seized certain [|phases] of [|planetary] [|authority] on the rebellious worlds at the time of the [|Lucifer] secession. They have [|continued] to exercise this [|power], and the [|Ancients of Days] long since confirmed this [|assumption] of [|control] over these wayward worlds. They will no doubt continue to [|exercise] this assumed [|jurisdiction] as long as [|Lucifer] lives. Much of this [|authority] would ordinarily, in a loyal system, be invested in the [|System Sovereign]. 43:3.8 But there is still another way in which [|Urantia] became [|peculiarly] related to the [|Most Highs]. When [|Michael], the [|Creator Son], was on his [|terminal bestowal mission], since the successor of [|Lucifer] was not in full [|authority] in the [|local system], all [|Urantia] affairs which concerned the [|Michael bestowal] were [|immediately] supervised by the [|Most Highs] of [|Norlatiadek].



[|43:4. MOUNT ASSEMBLY—THE FAITHFUL OF DAYS]
43:4.1 The most holy mount of assembly is the dwelling place of the [|Faithful of Days], the [|representative] of the [|Paradise Trinity] who [|functions] on [|Edentia]. 43:4.2 This [|Faithful of Days] is a [|Trinity Son] of [|Paradise] and has been present on [|Edentia] as the [|personal] [|representative] of [|Immanuel] since the [|creation] of the [|headquarters world]. Ever the [|Faithful of Days] stands at the right hand of the [|Constellation Fathers] to [|counsel] them, but never does he proffer advice unless it is asked for. The [|high Sons of Paradise] never [|participate] in the conduct of the affairs of a [|local universe] except upon the [|petition] of the acting rulers of such [|domains]. But all that a [|Union of Days] is to a [|Creator Son], a [|Faithful of Days] is to the [|Most Highs] of a [|constellation]. 43:4.3 The [|residence] of the [|Edentia] [|Faithful of Days] is the [|constellation] [|center] of the [|Paradise] system of extrauniverse [|communication] and [|intelligence]. These [|Trinity Sons], with their staffs of [|Havona] and [|Paradise] [|personalities], in [|liaison] with the supervising [|Union of Days], are in direct and constant [|communication] with their order throughout all the [|universes], even to [|Havona] and [|Paradise]. 43:4.4 The //most holy mount// is exquisitely [|beautiful] and [|marvelously] appointed, but the [|actual] [|residence] of the [|Paradise Son] is modest in comparison with the central abode of the [|Most Highs] and the surrounding seventy [|structures] comprising the [|residential] [|unit] of the [|Vorondadek Sons]. These appointments are exclusively [|residential]; they are entirely separate from the extensive [|administrative headquarters] buildings wherein the affairs of the [|constellation] are [|transacted]. 43:4.5 The [|residence] of the [|Faithful of Days] on [|Edentia] is located to the north of these [|residences] of the [|Most Highs] and is known as the "mount of [|Paradise] assembly."[|[4]] On this [|consecrated] highland the [|ascending mortals] [|periodically] assemble to hear this Son of Paradise tell of the long and intriguing [|journey] of [|progressing] [|mortals] through the one billion [|perfection] worlds of [|Havona] and on to the indescribable delights of [|Paradise]. And it is at these special gatherings on Mount Assembly that the [|morontia] [|mortals] become more fully acquainted with the various [|groups] of [|personalities] of [|origin] in the [|central universe]. 43:4.6 The traitorous [|Lucifer], onetime [|sovereign] of [|Satania], in announcing his claims to increased [|jurisdiction], sought to displace all superior orders of sonship in the [|governmental] plan of the [|local universe]. He [|purposed] in his [|heart], saying: "I will exalt my throne above the Sons of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the north; I will be like the Most High."[|[5]] 43:4.7 The one hundred [|System Sovereigns] come [|periodically] to the [|Edentia] conclaves which [|deliberate] on the [|welfare] of the [|constellation]. After the [|Satania] [|rebellion] the archrebels of [|Jerusem] were wont to come up to these [|Edentia] [|councils] just as they had on former occasions. And there was found no way to stop this arrogant effrontery until after the [|bestowal of Michael] on [|Urantia] and his subsequent [|assumption] of unlimited [|sovereignty] throughout all [|Nebadon]. Never, since that day, have these instigators of [|sin] been permitted to sit in the [|Edentia] [|councils] of the [|loyal] [|System Sovereigns]. 43:4.8 That the [|teachers] of olden times knew of these [|things] is shown by the record: "And there was a day when the Sons of God came to present themselves before the Most Highs, and Satan came also and presented himself among them."[|[6]][|[7]] And this is a [|statement] of [|fact] regardless of the [|connection] in which it [|chances] to appear. 43:4.9 Since the triumph of [|Christ], all [|Norlatiadek] is being cleansed of [|sin] and [|rebels]. Sometime before [|Michael's death in the flesh] the fallen [|Lucifer]'s [|associate], [|Satan], sought to attend such an [|Edentia] conclave, but the solidification of [|sentiment] against the archrebels had reached the point where the doors of [|sympathy] were so well-nigh [|universally] closed that there could be found no standing ground for the [|Satania] [|adversaries]. When there exists no open door for the [|reception] of [|evil], there exists no [|opportunity] for the [|entertainment] of [|sin]. The doors of the [|hearts] of all [|Edentia] closed against [|Satan]; he was unanimously rejected by the assembled [|System Sovereigns], and it was at this [|time] that the Son of Man "beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven."[|[8]] 43:4.10 Since the [|Lucifer rebellion] a new [|structure] has been provided near the [|residence] of the [|Faithful of Days]. This [|temporary] edifice is the [|headquarters] of the [|Most High] [|liaison], who [|functions] in close touch with the Paradise Son as adviser to the [|constellation] [|government] in all matters respecting the [|policy] and [|attitude] of the [|order of Days] toward [|sin] and [|rebellion].



[|43:5. THE EDENTIA FATHERS SINCE THE LUCIFER REBELLION]
43:5.1 The rotation of the [|Most Highs] on [|Edentia] was suspended at the time of the [|Lucifer rebellion]. We now have the same rulers who were on [|duty] at that [|time]. We infer that no [|change] in these rulers will be made until [|Lucifer] and his [|associates] are finally disposed of. 43:5.2 The present [|government] of the [|constellation], however, has been expanded to include twelve Sons of the [|Vorondadek] order. These twelve are as follows: 43:5.15 And this takes no account of the numerous [|Vorondadeks], envoys of [|Nebadon] [|constellations], and others who are also resident on [|Edentia]. 43:5.16 Ever since the [|Lucifer rebellion] the [|Edentia Fathers] have [|exercised] a special [|care] over [|Urantia] and the other [|isolated] worlds of [|Satania]. Long ago the [|prophet] recognized the [|controlling] hand of the [|Constellation Fathers] in the affairs of nations. "When the Most High divided to the nations their [|inheritance], when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people."[|[9]] 43:5.17 Every [|quarantined] or [|isolated] world has a [|Vorondadek] Son [|acting] as an [|observer]. He does not [|participate] in [|planetary] [|administration] except when ordered by the [|Constellation Father] to [|intervene] in the affairs of the [|nations]. Actually it is this Most High [|observer] who "rules in the kingdoms of men."[|[10]] [|Urantia] is one of the [|isolated] worlds of [|Norlatiadek], and a [|Vorondadek] [|observer] has been stationed on the [|planet] ever since the [|Caligastia betrayal]. When [|Machiventa] [|Melchizedek] ministered in semimaterial [|form] on [|Urantia], he paid respectful homage to the Most High observer then on [|duty], as it is written, "And [|Melchizedek], king of [|Salem], was the [|priest] of the [|Most High]." [|Melchizedek] [|revealed] the [|relations] of this Most High [|observer] to [|Abraham] when he said, "And blessed be the Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand."[|[11]]
 * 7. 43:5.9 //The Most High referee//, the [|Vorondadek] Son intrusted with the [|duty] of [|adjusting] all [|difficulties] consequential to [|rebellion] within the [|constellation].
 * 8. 43:5.10 //The Most High emergency administrator//, the [|Vorondadek] Son charged with the task of adapting the emergency enactments of the [|Norlatiadek] [|legislature] to the [|rebellion]-isolated worlds of [|Satania].
 * 9. 43:5.11 //The Most High mediator//, the [|Vorondadek] Son assigned to [|harmonize] the special [|bestowal] [|adjustments] on [|Urantia] with the routine [|administration] of the [|constellation]. The [|presence] of certain [|archangel] [|activities] and numerous other irregular ministrations on [|Urantia], [|together] with the special [|activities] of the [|Brilliant Evening Stars] on [|Jerusem], [|necessitates] the [|functioning] of this Son.
 * 10. 43:5.12 //The Most High judge-advocate//, the head of the emergency [|tribunal] [|devoted] to the [|adjustment] of the special [|problems] of [|Norlatiadek] [|growing] out of the confusion consequent upon the [|Satania] [|rebellion].
 * 11. 43:5.13 //The Most High liaison//, the [|Vorondadek] Son attached to the [|Edentia] rulers but commissioned as a special [|counselor] with the [|Faithful of Days] regarding the best [|course] to pursue in the [|management] of [|problems] pertaining to [|rebellion] and [|creature] disloyalty.
 * 12. 43:5.14 //The Most High director//, the president of the emergency [|council] of [|Edentia]. All [|personalities] assigned to [|Norlatiadek] because of the [|Satania] upheaval [|constitute] the [|emergency] [|council], and their presiding officer is a [|Vorondadek] Son of extraordinary [|experience].



[|43:6. THE GARDENS OF GOD]
43:6.1 [|The system capitals] are particularly [|beautified] with [|material] and [|mineral] constructions, while the [|universe headquarters] is more [|reflective] of [|spiritual] [|glory], but the capitals of the [|constellations] are the [|acme] of [|morontia] [|activities] and living embellishments. On the [|constellation headquarters worlds] living embellishment is more generally utilized, and it is this preponderance of life - [|botanic] [|artistry] - that [|causes] these worlds to be called "the gardens of God."[|[12]][|[13]][|[14]] 43:6.2 About one half of [|Edentia] is [|devoted] to the exquisite [|gardens] of the [|Most Highs], and these gardens are among the most [|entrancing] [|morontia] [|creations] of the [|local universe]. This explains why the extraordinarily [|beautiful] places on the [|inhabited worlds] of [|Norlatiadek] are so often called "the garden of Eden."[|[15]] 43:6.3 [|Centrally] located in this [|magnificent] [|garden] is the [|worship] [|shrine] of the [|Most Highs]. The Psalmist must have known something about these things, for he wrote: "Who shall [|ascend] the hill of the [|Most Highs]? Who shall stand in this [|holy] place? He who has clean hands and a [|pure] [|heart], who has not lifted up his [|soul] to [|vanity] nor sworn [|deceitfully]."[|[16]] At this [|shrine] the [|Most Highs], on every tenth day of [|relaxation], lead all [|Edentia] in the [|worshipful] [|contemplation] of [|God the Supreme]. 43:6.4 The [|architectural worlds] enjoy [|ten] [|forms] of life of the [|material] order. On [|Urantia] there is [|plant] and [|animal] life, but on such a world as [|Edentia] there are [|ten] [|divisions] of the [|material] orders of life. Were you to [|view] these [|ten] [|divisions] of [|Edentia] life, you would quickly [|classify] the first [|three] as [|vegetable] and the last three as [|animal], but you would be utterly unable to [|comprehend] the [|nature] of the intervening four [|groups] of prolific and fascinating [|forms] of life. 43:6.5 Even the distinctively [|animal] life is very [|different] from that of the [|evolutionary worlds], so [|different] that it is quite impossible to portray to [|mortal] [|minds] the [|unique] [|character] and [|affectionate] [|nature] of these nonspeaking [|creatures]. There are thousands upon thousands of living [|creatures] which your [|imagination] could not possibly picture. The whole [|animal] [|creation] is of an entirely [|different] order from the gross animal [|species] of the [|evolutionary planets]. But all this [|animal] life is most [|intelligent] and exquisitely [|serviceable], and all the various [|species] are surprisingly [|gentle] and [|touchingly] [|companionable]. There are no [|carnivorous] [|creatures] on such [|architectural worlds]; there is nothing in all [|Edentia] to make any living [|being] [|afraid]. 43:6.6 The [|vegetable] life is also very [|different] from that of [|Urantia], consisting of both [|material] and [|morontia] varieties. The [|material] [|growths] have a characteristic [|green] [|coloration], but the [|morontia] [|equivalents] of vegetative life have a [|violet] or orchid tinge of varying [|hue] and [|reflection]. Such [|morontia] vegetation is [|purely] an [|energy] [|growth]; when eaten there is no [|residual portion]. 43:6.7 Being [|endowed] with [|ten] [|divisions] of [|physical] life, not to mention the [|morontia] variations, these [[|architectural worlds] provide tremendous [|possibilities] for the [|biologic] [|beautification] of the [|landscape] and of the [|material] and the [|morontia] [|structures]. The [|celestial artisans] direct the [|native] [|spornagia] in this extensive [|work] of [|botanic] [|decoration] and [|biologic] embellishment. Whereas your artists must resort to inert paint and lifeless marble to [|portray] their [|concepts], the [|celestial artisans] and the [|univitatia] more frequently utilize living [|materials] to [|represent] their [|ideas] and to capture their [|ideals]. 43:6.8 If you enjoy the [|flowers], [ [|shrubs], and [ [|trees] of [|Urantia], then will you feast your eyes upon the [|botanical] [|beauty] and the floral grandeur of the [|supernal] [|gardens] of [|Edentia]. But it is beyond my [|powers] of [|description] to undertake to convey to the [|mortal] [|mind] an adequate [|concept] of these [|beauties] of the [|heavenly] worlds. Truly, eye has not seen such [|glories] as await your arrival on these worlds of the [|mortal]-[|ascension] [|adventure]. 

[|43:7. THE UNIVITATIA]
43:7.1 //Univitatia// are the [|permanent] [|citizens] of [|Edentia] and its [|associated] worlds, all seven hundred seventy worlds surrounding the [|constellation headquarters] being under their supervision. These [|children] of the [|Creator Son] and the [|Creative Spirit] are [|projected] on a [|plane] of existence in between the [|material] and the [|spiritual], but they are not [|morontia] [|creatures]. The [|natives] of each of the seventy major [|spheres] of [|Edentia] [|possess] [|different] [|visible] [|forms], and the [|morontia] [|mortals] have their morontia [|forms] [|attuned] to [|correspond] with the [|ascending] [|scale] of the univitatia each time they [|change] [|residence] from one [|Edentia] sphere to another as they pass [|successively] from world number one to world number seventy. 43:7.2 [|Spiritually], the univitatia are alike; [|intellectually], they vary as do [|mortals]; in [|form], they much resemble the morontia [|state] of [|existence], and they are created to [|function] in seventy [|diverse] orders of [|personality]. Each of these orders of univitatia [|exhibits] ten major variations of [|intellectual] [|activity], and each of these varying [|intellectual] [|types] presides over the special [|training] and cultural schools of [|progressive] occupational or [|practical] socialization on some one of the ten [|satellites] which swing around each of the major [|Edentia] worlds. 43:7.3 These seven hundred minor worlds are [|technical] [|spheres] of [|practical] [|education] in the [|working] of the entire [|local universe] and are open to all [|classes] of [|intelligent] [|beings]. These [|training] schools of special [|skill] and [|technical] [|knowledge] are not conducted exclusively for [|ascending] [|mortals], although [|morontia] students [|constitute] by far the largest [|group] of all those who attend these [|courses] of [|training]. When you are received on any one of the seventy major worlds of social [|culture], you are immediately given clearance for each of the ten surrounding [|satellites]. 43:7.4 In the various [|courtesy colonies], [|ascending] [|morontia] [|mortals] predominate among the [|reversion directors], but the univitatia [|represent] the largest [|group] [|associated] with the [|Nebadon] corps of [|celestial artisans]. In all [|Orvonton] no extra-[|Havona] beings excepting the [|Uversa] [|abandonters] can [|equal] the univitatia in artistic [|skill], social [|adaptability], and [|co-ordinating] cleverness. 43:7.5 These [|citizens] of the [|constellation] are not actually members of the [|artisan corps], but they freely [|work] with all [|groups] and [|contribute] much to making the [|constellation] worlds the chief [|spheres] for the [|realization] of the [|magnificent] artistic [|possibilities] of [|transition] [|culture]. They do not [|function] beyond the confines of the [|constellation] [|headquarters worlds].



[|43:8. THE EDENTIA TRAINING WORLDS]
43:8.1 The [|physical] [|endowment] of [|Edentia] and its surrounding [|spheres] is well-nigh [|perfect]; they could hardly [|equal] the [|spiritual] grandeur of the [|spheres] of [|Salvington], but they far surpass the [|glories] of the [|training] worlds of [|Jerusem]. All these [|Edentia] [|spheres] are [|energized] directly by the [|universal] [|space] [|currents], and their enormous [|power] [|systems], both [|material] and [|morontial], are expertly supervised and [|distributed] by the [|constellation centers], [|assisted] by a competent corps of [|Master Physical Controllers] and [|Morontia Power Supervisors]. 43:8.2 The [|time] spent on the seventy [|training] worlds of [|transition] [|morontia] [|culture] [|associated] with the [|Edentia] age of [|mortal] [|ascension], is the most settled period in an [|ascending mortal's career] up to the [|status] of a [|finaliter]; this is really the [|typical] [|morontia] life. While you are rekeyed each time you pass from one major [|cultural] world to another, you retain the same [|morontia] [|body], and there are no periods of [|personality] [|unconsciousness]. 43:8.3 Your [|sojourn] on [|Edentia] and its [|associated] [|spheres] will be chiefly occupied with the mastery of [|group] [|ethics], the [|secret] of [|pleasant] and profitable inter[|relationship] between the various [|universe] and [|superuniverse] [|orders] of [|intelligent] [|personalities]. 43:8.4 On the [|mansion worlds] you completed the [|unification] of the [|evolving] [|mortal] [|personality]; on the [|system capital] you [|attained] [|Jerusem] [|citizenship] and achieved the willingness to submit the [|self] to the [|disciplines] of [|group] [|activities] and [|co-ordinated] undertakings; but now on the [|constellation] [|training] worlds you are to achieve the real [|socialization] of your [|evolving] [|morontia] [|personality]. This [|supernal] [|cultural] acquirement consists in learning how to: 43:8.12 We have portrayed [|Edentia] [|socialization] as an [|association] of a [|morontia] [|mortal] with a [|univitatia] [|family] [|group] consisting of ten [|intellectually] dissimilar [|individuals] concomitant with a similar [|association] with ten fellow [|morontians]. But on the first [|seven] major worlds only one [|ascending] mortal lives with [|ten] [|univitatia]. On the second [|group] of [|seven] major worlds two [|mortals] abide with each [|native] [|group] of [|ten], and so on up until, on the last [|group] of [|seven] major [|spheres], ten [|morontia] [|beings] are domiciled with ten [|univitatia]. As you learn how better to [|socialize] with the [|univitatia], you will [|practice] such improved [|ethics] in your [|relations] with your fellow [|morontia] progressors. 43:8.13 As [|ascending] [|mortals] you will [|enjoy] your [|sojourn] on the [|progress] worlds of [|Edentia], but you will not [|experience] that [|personal] thrill of [|satisfaction] which characterizes your [|initial] contact with [|universe] affairs on the [|system headquarters] or your farewell [|touch] with these [|realities] on the final worlds of the [|universe capital].
 * 1. 43:8.5 Live [|happily] and [|work] [|effectively] with ten diverse fellow [|morontians], while ten such groups are [|associated] in companies of one hundred and then federated in corps of one thousand.
 * 2. 43:8.6 Abide [|joyfully] and [|co-operate] heartily with ten [|univitatia], who, though similar [|intellectually] to [|morontia] [|beings], are very [|different] in every other way. And then must you [|function] with this [|group] of ten as it [|co-ordinates] with ten other [|families], which are in turn confederated into a corps of one thousand [|univitatia].
 * 3. 43:8.7 [|Achieve] [|simultaneous] [|adjustment] to both fellow [|morontians] and these [|host] [|univitatia]. Acquire the [|ability] voluntarily and [|effectively] to [|co-operate] with your own order of [|beings] in close working [|association] with a somewhat dissimilar [|group] of [|intelligent] [|creatures].
 * 4. 43:8.8 While thus socially [|functioning] with [|beings] like and unlike yourself, [|achieve] [|intellectual] [|harmony] with, and make [|vocational] [|adjustment] to, both [|groups] of associates.
 * 5. 43:8.9 While [|attaining] satisfactory [|socialization] of the [|personality] on [|intellectual] and [|vocational] levels, further [|perfect] the [|ability] to live in [|intimate] contact with similar and slightly dissimilar [|beings] with ever-lessening [|irritability] and ever-diminishing [|resentment]. The [|reversion directors] [|contribute] much to this latter [|attainment] through their [|group]-[|play] [|activities].
 * 6. 43:8.10 [|Adjust] all of these various [|socialization] [|techniques] to the furtherance of the [|progressive] [|co-ordination] of the [|Paradise]-[|ascension career]; augment [|universe] [|insight] by enhancing the [|ability] to grasp the [|eternal] goal-[|meanings] concealed within these seemingly insignificant [|time-space] [|activities].
 * 7. 43:8.11 And then, [|climax] all of these [|procedures] of multisocialization with the concurrent enhancement of [|spiritual] [|insight] as it pertains to the augmentation of all [|phases] of [|personal] [|endowment] through [|group] [|spiritual] [|association] and [|morontia] [|co-ordination]. [|Intellectually], socially, and [|spiritually] two [|moral] [|creatures] do not merely double their [|personal] [|potentials] of [|universe] achievement by [|partnership] [|technique]; they more nearly quadruple their [|attainment] and accomplishment [|possibilities].



[|43:9. CITIZENSHIP ON EDENTIA]
43:9.1 After [|graduation] from world number seventy, [|ascending] [|mortals] take up [|residence] on [|Edentia]. Ascenders now, for the first time, [|attend] the "assemblies of Paradise" and hear the [|story] of their far-flung [|career] as it is depicted by the [|Faithful of Days], the first of the [|Supreme Trinity-origin Personalities] they have met. 43:9.2 This entire [|sojourn] on the [|constellation] [|training] worlds, culminating in [|Edentia] [|citizenship], is a period of true and [|heavenly] [|bliss] for the [|morontia] progressors. Throughout your [|sojourn] on [|the system] worlds you were evolving from a near-[|animal] to a [|morontia] [|creature]; you were more [|material] than [|spiritual]. On the [|Salvington] [|spheres] you will be evolving from a [|morontia] [|being] to the [|status] of a true [|spirit]; you will be more [|spiritual] than [|material]. But on [|Edentia], ascenders are midway between their [|former] and their [|future] estates, midway in their passage from [|evolutionary] [|animal] to [|ascending] [|spirit]. During your whole stay on [|Edentia] and its worlds you are "as the angels"; you are constantly progressing but all the while [|maintaining] a general and a typical [|morontia] [|status]. 43:9.3 This [|constellation] [|sojourn] of an [|ascending] [|mortal] is the most [|uniform] and stabilized [|epoch] in the entire [|career] of [|morontia] [|progression]. This [|experience] [|constitutes] the prespirit [|socialization] [|training] of the ascenders. It is [|analogous] to the prefinaliter [|spiritual] [|experience] of [|Havona] and to the preabsonite training on Paradise. 43:9.4 [|Ascending] [|mortals] on [|Edentia] are chiefly occupied with the assignments on the seventy [|progressive] [|univitatia] worlds. They also serve in varied [|capacities] on [|Edentia] itself, mainly in conjunction with the [|constellation] program concerned with [|group], [|racial], [|national], and [|planetary] welfare. The [|Most Highs] are not so much engaged in fostering [|individual] advancement on the [|inhabited worlds]; they rule in the kingdoms of men rather than in the [|hearts] of [|individuals]. 43:9.5 And on that day when you are [|prepared] to leave [|Edentia] for the [|Salvington] [|career], you will pause and look back on one of the most [|beautiful] and most refreshing of all your [|epochs] of [|training] this side of [|Paradise]. But the [|glory] of it all augments as you [|ascend] inward and achieve increased [|capacity] for enlarged [|appreciation] of [|divine] [|meanings] and [|spiritual] [|values]. 43:9.6 Sponsored by Malavatia [|Melchizedek]. [|Go to Next Paper] [|Go to Previous Paper] [|Go to Table of Contents]