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== Urantia Book; [|Paper 114]:[|6. THE MASTER SERAPHIM OF PLANETARY SUPERVISION] == 114:6.1 When the first [|governor general] arrived on [|Urantia], concurrent with the outpouring of the [|Spirit of Truth], he was accompanied by twelve corps of special [|seraphim], [|Seraphington] [|graduates], who were immediately assigned to certain special [|planetary] [|services]. These exalted [|angels] are known as the //master seraphim of planetary supervision// and are, aside from the [|overcontrol] of the planetary [|Most High observer], under the [|immediate] direction of the [|resident governor general]. 114:6.2 These [|twelve] groups of [|angels], while functioning under the general supervision of the [|resident governor general], are immediately directed by the seraphic [|council] of twelve, the acting chiefs of each group. This council also serves as the [|volunteer] cabinet of the [|resident governor general]. 114:6.3 As [|planetary] chief of [|seraphim], I preside over this council of seraphic chiefs, and I am a volunteer [|supernaphim] of the [|primary order] serving on [|Urantia] as the successor of the onetime chief of the angelic hosts of the [|planet] who [|defaulted] at the time of the [|Caligastia secession]. 114:6.4 The [|twelve] corps of the master seraphim of planetary supervision are functional on [|Urantia] as follows: 114:6.17 When these [|groups] of //master seraphim// disagree in matters of planetary [|policy] or [|procedure], their [|differences] are usually composed by the [|governor general], but all his rulings are subject to [|appeal] in [|accordance] with the [|nature] and [|gravity] of the issues involved in the disagreement. 114:6.18 None of these angelic [|groups] exercise direct or [|arbitrary] [|control] over the domains of their assignment. They cannot fully control the affairs of their respective realms of [|action], but they can and do so [|manipulate] planetary conditions and so associate circumstances as favorably to [|influence] the spheres of [|human] [|activity] to which they are attached. 114:6.19 The //master seraphim of planetary supervision// utilize many [|agencies] for the prosecution of their missions. They [|function] as ideational clearinghouses, [|mind] focalizers, and [|project] promoters. While unable to inject new and higher [|conceptions] into [|human] [|minds], they often act to intensify some higher [|ideal] which has already appeared within a human [|intellect]. 114:6.20 But aside from these many means of positive [|action], the //master seraphim// insure planetary [|progress] against [|vital] [|jeopardy] through the mobilization, [|training], and [|maintenance] of the [|reserve corps of destiny]. The chief [|function] of these reservists is to insure against breakdown of [|evolutionary] [|progress]; they are the provisions which the [|celestial] forces have made against [|surprise]; they are the guarantees against disaster.
 * 1. 114:6.5 //The epochal angels//. These are the [|angels] of the current age, the [|dispensational] group. These celestial ministers are intrusted with the oversight and direction of the affairs of each [|generation] as they are designed to fit into the [|mosaic] of the age in which they occur. The present corps of epochal angels serving on [|Urantia] is the third group assigned to the [|planet] during the current [|dispensation].
 * 2. 114:6.6 //The progress angels//. These [|seraphim] are intrusted with the task of initiating the [|evolutionary] [|progress] of the [|successive] social ages. They foster the [|development] of the [|inherent] progressive trend of [|evolutionary creatures]; they labor incessantly to make things what they ought to be. The group now on [|duty] is the second to be assigned to the [|planet].
 * 3. 114:6.7 //The religious guardians//. These are the "angels of the churches,"[|[1]] the earnest contenders for that which is and has been. They endeavor to [|maintain] the [|ideals] of that which has survived for the sake of the safe [|transit] of [|moral] [|values] from one [|epoch] to another. They are the [|checkmates] of the //angels of progress//, all the while seeking to [|translate] from one [|generation] to another the imperishable [|values] of the old and passing [|forms] into the new and therefore less stabilized [|patterns] of [|thought] and [|conduct]. These angels do contend for [|spiritual] [|forms], but they are not the [|source] of [|ultrasectarianism] and meaningless [|controversial] divisions of professed religionists. The corps now functioning on [|Urantia] is the fifth thus to serve.
 * 4. 114:6.8 //The angels of nation life//. These are the "angels of the trumpets,"[|[2]] directors of the [|political] [|performances] of [|Urantia] national life. The [|group] now functioning in the [|overcontrol] of [|international relations] is the fourth corps to serve on the [|planet]. It is particularly through the ministry of this seraphic division that "the Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men."[|[3]]
 * 5. 114:6.9 //The angels of the races//. Those who work for the [|conservation] of the [|evolutionary races of time], regardless of their [|political] entanglements and religious groupings. On [|Urantia] there are remnants of nine human races which have commingled and combined into the people of [|modern times]. These [|seraphim] are closely associated with the ministry of the race commissioners, and the group now on [|Urantia] is the original corps assigned to the planet soon after the day of [|Pentecost].
 * 6. 114:6.10 //The angels of the future//. These are the [|projection] [|angels], who [|forecast] a [|future] age and [|plan] for the realization of the better things of a new and advancing [|dispensation]; they are the [|architects] of the successive eras. The group now on the planet has thus functioned since the beginning of the current [|dispensation].
 * 7. 114:6.11 //The angels of enlightenment//. [|Urantia] is now receiving the help of the third corps of [|seraphim] dedicated to the fostering of planetary [|education]. These [|angels] are occupied with [|mental] and [|moral] [|training] as it concerns [|individuals], [|families], [|groups], schools, [|communities], nations, and whole races.
 * 8. 114:6.12 //The angels of health//. These are the seraphic ministers assigned to the [|assistance] of those [|mortal] [|agencies] dedicated to the promotion of [|health] and the prevention of [|disease]. The present corps is the sixth group to serve during this [|dispensation].
 * 9. 114:6.13 //The home seraphim//. [|Urantia] now enjoys the [|services] of the fifth group of angelic ministers [|dedicated] to the preservation and advancement of the [|home], the basic [|institution] of human [|civilization].
 * 10. 114:6.14 //The angels of industry//. This seraphic group is concerned with fostering [|industrial] [|development] and improving [|economic] conditions among the [|Urantia] peoples. This corps has been seven times changed since the [|bestowal of Michael].
 * 11. 114:6.15 //The angels of diversion//. These are the [|seraphim] who foster the [|values] of [|play], [|humor], and rest. They ever seek to uplift man's recreational diversions and thus to promote the more profitable utilization of [|human] [|leisure]. The present corps is the third of that order to minister on Urantia.
 * 12. 114:6.16 //The angels of superhuman ministry//. These are the angels of the angels, those [|seraphim] who are assigned to the ministry of all other [|superhuman] life on the [|planet], temporary or permanent. This corps has served since the beginning of the current [|dispensation].

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