Jerusem

Jerusem
== URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[| THE LOCAL SYSTEM HEADQUARTERS] ==

46:0.1 [|Jerusem], the [|headquarters] of Satania, is an [|average] [|capital] of a local system, and aside from numerous [|irregularities] occasioned by the [|Lucifer rebellion] and the [|bestowal of Michael on Urantia], it is typical of similar [|spheres]. Your local system has passed through some stormy [|experiences], but it is at present being [|administered] most [|efficiently], and as the [|ages] pass, the results of [|disharmony] are being slowly but surely eradicated. [|Order] and [|good will] are being restored, and the conditions on [|Jerusem] are more and more approaching the [|heavenly] [|status] of your [|traditions], for [|the system] [|headquarters] is truly the [|heaven] [|visualized] by the [|majority] of [|twentieth-century] [|religious] believers.

 == URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[|1. PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF JERUSEM] ==

46:1.1 [|Jerusem] is divided into one thousand [|latitudinal] sectors and ten thousand [|longitudinal] zones. The [|sphere] has [|seven] major [|capitals] and seventy minor [|administrative] [|centers]. The [|seven] sectional [|capitals] are concerned with [|diverse] [|activities], and the [|System Sovereign] is [|present] in each at least once a year. 46:1.2 The [|standard] [|mile] of [|Jerusem] is [|equivalent] to about [|seven] [|Urantia] miles. The [|standard] [|weight], the "gradant," is built up through the [|decimal] system from the [|mature] [|ultimaton] and [|represents] almost exactly ten [|ounces] of your [|weight]. The [|Satania] day [|equals] three days of [|Urantia] [|time], less one hour, four minutes, and fifteen seconds, that being the [|time] of the [|axial] [|revolution] of [|Jerusem]. The system year consists of one hundred [|Jerusem] days. The [|time] of [|the system] is [|broadcast] by the master [|chronoldeks]. 46:1.3 The [|energy] of [|Jerusem] is superbly [|controlled] and [|circulates] about the [|sphere] in the zone [|channels], which are directly fed from the [|energy] [|charges] of [|space] and expertly [|administered] by the [|Master Physical Controllers]. The [|natural] [|resistance] to the passage of these [|energies] through the [|physical] [|channels] of [|conduction] yields the [|heat] required for the production of the equable [|temperature] of [|Jerusem]. The full-[|light] temperature is maintained at about 70 degrees [|Fahrenheit], while during the period of light [|recession] it falls to a little lower than 50 degrees. 46:1.4 The lighting system of [|Jerusem] should not be so [|difficult] for you to [|comprehend]. There are no days and nights, no [|seasons] of heat and cold. The [|power transformers] [|maintain] one hundred thousand [|centers] from which rarefied [|energies] are [|projected] upward through the [|planetary] [|atmosphere], undergoing certain [|changes], until they reach the [|electric] air-ceiling of the [|sphere]; and then these [|energies] are [|reflected] back and down as a gentle, sifting, and even [|light] of about the [|intensity] of [|Urantia] sunlight when the [|sun] is shining overhead at ten o'clock in the morning. 46:1.5 Under such conditions of lighting, the [|light] [|rays] do not seem to come from one place; they just sift out of the [|sky], [|emanating] [|equally] from all [|space] directions. This [|light] is very similar to [|natural] sunlight except that it contains very much less [|heat]. Thus it will be [|recognized] that such [|headquarters] worlds are not [|luminous] in [|space]; if [|Jerusem] were very near [|Urantia], it would not be [|visible]. 46:1.6 The [|gases] which [|reflect] this [|light]-[|energy] from the [|Jerusem] upper [|ionosphere] back to the ground are very similar to those in the [|Urantia] upper air belts which are concerned with the [|auroral] [|phenomena] of your so-called //northern lights//, although these are produced by [|different] [|causes]. On [|Urantia] it is this same [|gas] shield which prevents the escape of the [|terrestrial] [|broadcast] [|waves], [|reflecting] them earthward when they strike this [|gas] belt in their direct outward flight. In this way [|broadcasts] are held near the [|surface] as they [|journey] through the air around your world. 46:1.7 This lighting of the [|sphere] is [|uniformly] [|maintained] for seventy-five per cent of the [|Jerusem] day, and then there is a [|gradual] [|recession] until, at the time of minimum [|illumination], the [|light] is about that of your full [|moon] on a clear night. This is the [|quiet] hour for all [|Jerusem]. Only the [|broadcast]-receiving stations are in operation during this period of [|rest] and [|rehabilitation]. 46:1.8 [|Jerusem] [|receives] faint [|light] from several near-by [|suns]—a sort of [|brilliant] [|starlight]—but it is not dependent on them; worlds like [|Jerusem] are not subject to the [|vicissitudes] of [|sun] [|disturbances], neither are they confronted with the [|problem] of a [|cooling or dying sun]. 46:1.9 The [|seven] [|transitional] [|study] worlds and their forty-nine [|satellites] are [|heated], [|lighted], [|energized], and [|watered] by the [|Jerusem] [|technique].

 == URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[|2. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF JERUSEM] ==

46:2.1 On [|Jerusem] you will miss the rugged [|mountain ranges] of [|Urantia] and other evolved worlds since there are neither [|earthquakes] nor rainfalls, but you will [|enjoy] the [|beauteous] [|highlands] and other [|unique] variations of [|topography] and landscape. Enormous areas of [|Jerusem] are [|preserved] in a "natural state," and the grandeur of such districts is quite beyond the [|powers] of [|human] [|imagination]. 46:2.2 There are thousands upon thousands of small [|lakes] but no raging [|rivers] nor expansive [|oceans]. There is no rainfall, neither storms nor [|blizzards], on any of the [|architectural worlds], but there is the daily precipitation of the condensation of moisture during the time of lowest [|temperature] attending the [|light] [|recession]. (The [|dew point] is higher on a [|three]-[|gas] world than on a [|two]-gas [|planet] like [|Urantia].) The [|physical] [|plant life] and the [|morontia] world of living [|things] both require [|moisture], but this is largely supplied by the subsoil [|system] of [|circulation] which extends all over the [|sphere], even up to the very tops of the highlands. This [|water] [|system] is not entirely subsurface, for there are many [|canals] interconnecting the sparkling lakes of [|Jerusem]. 46:2.3 The [|atmosphere] of [|Jerusem] is a [|three]-[|gas] mixture. This air is very similar to that of [|Urantia] with the addition of a [|gas] adapted to the [|respiration] of the [|morontia] order of life. This third gas in no way unfits the air for the [|respiration] of [|animals] or plants of the [|material] [|orders]. 46:2.4 The [|transportation] [|system] is allied with the [|circulatory] [|streams] of [|energy] movement, these main energy [|currents] being located at ten-mile intervals. By [|adjustment] of [|physical] [|mechanisms] the [|material] [|beings] of the [|planet] can proceed at a pace varying from two to five hundred miles per hour. The [|transport] [|birds] fly at about one hundred miles an hour. The air [|mechanisms] of the [|Material Sons] [|travel] around five hundred miles per hour. [|Material] and early [|morontia] [|beings] must utilize these [|mechanical] means of [|transport], but [|spirit] [|personalities] [|proceed] by [|liaison] with the superior [|forces] and [|spirit] sources of [|energy]. 46:2.5 [|Jerusem] and its [|associated] worlds are [|endowed] with the [|ten] [|standard] [|divisions] of [|physical] life characteristic of the [|architectural spheres] of [|Nebadon]. And since there is no [|organic] [|evolution] on [|Jerusem], there are no [|conflicting] [|forms] of life, no [|struggle] for [|existence], no [|survival] of the fittest. Rather is there a [|creative] [|adaptation] which [|foreshadows] the [|beauty], the [|harmony], and the [|perfection] of the [|eternal] worlds of the [|central and divine universe]. And in all this [|creative] [|perfection] there is the most amazing intermingling of [|physical] and of [|morontia] life, [|artistically] [|contrasted] by the [|celestial artisans] and their fellows. 46:2.6 [|Jerusem] is indeed a foretaste of [|paradisiacal] [|glory] and grandeur. But you can never [|hope] to gain an adequate [|idea] of these [|glorious] [|architectural worlds] by any attempted description. There is so little that can be [|compared] with aught on your world, and even then the [|things] of [|Jerusem] so [|transcend] the things of [|Urantia] that the comparison is almost [|grotesque]. Until you [|actually] arrive on [|Jerusem], you can hardly [|entertain] anything like a true [|concept] of the [|heavenly] worlds, but that is not so long a [|time] in the [|future] when your coming [|experience] on [|the system] [|capital] is compared with your sometime arrival on the more remote [|training] [|spheres] of the [|universe], the [|superuniverse], and of [|Havona]. 46:2.7 The manufacturing or [|laboratory] sector of [|Jerusem] is an extensive [|domain], one which Urantians would hardly [|recognize] since it has no smoking chimneys; nevertheless, there is an intricate [|material] [|economy] [|associated] with these special worlds, and there is a [|perfection] of [|mechanical] [|technique] and [|physical] [|achievement] which would astonish and even [|awe] your most [|experienced] chemists and [|inventors]. Pause to [|consider] that this first world of [|detention] in the [|Paradise] [|journey] is far more [|material] than [|spiritual]. Throughout your stay on [|Jerusem] and its [|transition] worlds you are far nearer your [|earth] life of [|material] [|things] than your later life of advancing [|spirit] [|existence]. 46:2.8 //Mount Seraph// is the highest elevation on [|Jerusem], almost fifteen thousand feet, and is the point of departure for all [|transport seraphim]. Numerous [|mechanical] [|developments] are used in providing initial [|energy] for escaping the [|planetary] [|gravity] and overcoming the air [|resistance]. A [|seraphic transport] departs every three seconds of [|Urantia] [|time] throughout the [|light] period and, sometimes, far into the [|recession]. The transporters take off at about twenty-five [|standard] miles per second of [|Urantia] time and do not [|attain] [|standard] [|velocity] until they are over two thousand miles away from [|Jerusem]. 46:2.9 Transports arrive on the [|crystal] field, the so-called [|sea of glass]. Around this area are the receiving stations for the various [|orders] of [|beings] who traverse [|space] by [|seraphic transport]. Near the polar [|crystal] receiving station for [|student] visitors you may [|ascend] the pearly [|observatory] and view the immense relief map of the entire [|headquarters] [|planet].

 == URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[|3. THE JERUSEM BROADCASTS] ==

46:3.1 The [|superuniverse] and [|Paradise]-[|Havona] [|broadcasts] are received on [|Jerusem] in [|liaison] with [|Salvington] and by a [|technique] involving the polar [|crystal], the [|sea of glass]. In addition to [|provisions] for the [|reception] of these extra-Nebadon [|communications], there are [|three] distinct [|groups] of receiving stations. These separate but tricircular [|groups] of stations are [|adjusted] to the [|reception] of [|broadcasts] from the local worlds, from the [|constellation] [|headquarters], and from the [|capital] of the [|local universe]. All these [|broadcasts] are [|automatically] displayed so as to be [|discernible] by all [|types] of [|beings] present in the central broadcast [|amphitheater]; of all preoccupations for an [|ascendant] [|mortal] on [|Jerusem], none is more engaging and engrossing than that of [|listening] in on the never-ending [|stream] of [|universe] [|space reports]. 46:3.2 This [|Jerusem] [|broadcast]-receiving station is [|encircled] by an enormous [|amphitheater], constructed of scintillating [|materials] largely [|unknown] on [|Urantia] and seating over five billion [|beings]—[|material] and [|morontia]—besides [|accommodating] innumerable [|spirit] [|personalities]. It is the favorite [|diversion] for all [|Jerusem] to spend their [|leisure] at the [|broadcast] station, there to [|learn] of the welfare and [|state] of the [|universe]. And this is the only [|planetary] [|activity] which is not slowed down during the [|recession] of [|light]. 46:3.3 At this [|broadcast]-receiving [|amphitheater] the [|Salvington] [|messages] are coming in continuously. Near by, the [|Edentia] word of the [|Most High] [|Constellation Fathers] is received at least once a day. [|Periodically] the regular and special [|broadcasts] of [|Uversa] are relayed through [|Salvington], and when [|Paradise] [|messages] are in reception, the entire [|population] is assembled around the [|sea of glass], and the [|Uversa] [|friends] add the [|reflectivity] [|phenomena] to the [|technique] of the [|Paradise] [|broadcast] so that everything heard becomes [|visible]. And it is in this [|manner] that continual foretastes of advancing [|beauty] and grandeur are afforded the [|mortal] [|survivors] as they [|journey] inward on the [|eternal] [|adventure]. 46:3.4 The [|Jerusem] sending station is located at the [|opposite] pole of the [|sphere]. All [|broadcasts] to the [|individual worlds] are relayed from [|the system] [|capitals] except the [|Michael] [|messages], which sometimes go direct to their destinations over the [|archangels]' [|circuit].



== URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[|4. RESIDENTIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS] ==

46:4.1 Considerable portions of [|Jerusem] are assigned as [|residential] areas, while other portions of [|the system] [|capital] are given over to the [|necessary] [|administrative] [|functions] involving the supervision of the affairs of 619 [|inhabited spheres], 56 [|transitional]-[|culture] worlds, and [|the system] [|capital] itself. On [|Jerusem] and in [|Nebadon] these arrangements are designed as follows: 46:4.2 This [|arrangement] of [|the system] [|activities] into [|circles], [|squares], [|rectangles], and [|triangles] is common to all [|the system] [|capitals] of [|Nebadon]. In another [|universe] an entirely [|different] [|arrangement] might prevail. These are matters [|determined] by the [|diverse] [|plans] of the [|Creator Sons]. 46:4.3 Our [|narrative] of these [|residential] and [|administrative] areas takes no account of the vast and [|beautiful] estates of the [|Material Sons of God], the [|permanent] [|citizens] of [|Jerusem], neither do we mention numerous other fascinating [|orders] of [|spirit] and near-spirit [|creatures]. For example: [|Jerusem] [|enjoys] the [|efficient] [|services] of the [|spironga] of [|design] for [|system] [|function]. These [|beings] are [|devoted] to [|spiritual] [|ministry] in behalf of the supermaterial residents and visitors. They are a [|wonderful] [|group] of [|intelligent] and [|beautiful] [|beings] who are the [|transition] servants of the higher [|morontia] [|creatures] and of the [|morontia] helpers who [|labor] for the upkeep and embellishment of all [|morontia] [|creations]. They are on [|Jerusem] what the [|midway creatures] are on [|Urantia], midway helpers [|functioning] between the [|material] and the [|spiritual]. 46:4.4 [|The system] [|capitals] are [|unique] in that they are the only worlds which [|exhibit] well-nigh [|perfectly] all [|three] [|phases] of [|universe] [|existence]: the [|material], the [|morontial], and the [|spiritual]. Whether you are a [|material], [|morontia], or [|spirit] [|personality], you will [|feel] at [|home] on [|Jerusem]; so also do the combined [|beings], such as the [|midway creatures] and the [|Material Sons]. 46:4.5 [|Jerusem] has great buildings of both [|material] and [|morontia] [|types], while the embellishment of the [|purely] [|spiritual] zones is no less exquisite and replete. If I only had [|words] to tell you of the [|morontia] [|counterparts] of the [|marvelous] [|physical] equipment of [|Jerusem]! If I could only go on to portray the [|sublime] grandeur and exquisite [|perfection] of the [|spiritual] appointments of this [|headquarters] world! Your most [|imaginative] [|concept] of [|perfection] of [|beauty] and repleteness of appointment would hardly approach these grandeurs. And [|Jerusem] is but the first step on the way to the [|supernal] [|perfection] of [|Paradise] [|beauty].
 * 1. //The circles// - the nonnative [|residential] areas.
 * 2. //The squares// —[|the system] [|executive]-[|administrative] areas.
 * 3. //The rectangles// —the [|rendezvous] of the lower [|native] life.
 * 4. //The triangles// —the local or [|Jerusem] [|administrative] areas.



URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[|5. THE JERUSEM CIRCLES]
46:5.1 The [|residential] reservations assigned to the major [|groups] of [|universe] life are designated the [|Jerusem] circles. Those [|circle] [|groups] which find mention in these [|narratives] are the following: 46:5.2 Each of these [|residential] groupings consists of [|seven] [|concentric] and successively elevated [|circles]. They are all constructed along the same lines but are of [|different] sizes and are [|fashioned] of differing [|materials]. They are all [|surrounded] by far-reaching enclosures, which mount up to form extensive [|promenades] entirely [|encompassing] every [|group] of [|seven] [|concentric circles]. 46:5.3 1. //Circles of the [|Sons of God]//. Though the [|Sons of God] [|possess] a social [|planet] of their own, one of the [|transitional]-[|culture] worlds, they also occupy these extensive [|domains] on [|Jerusem]. On their [|transitional]-[|culture] world the [|ascending mortals] freely mingle with all [|orders] of [|divine] sonship. There you will [|personally] know and [|love] these Sons, but their social life is largely confined to this special world and its [|satellites]. In the [|Jerusem] circles, however, these various [|groups] of sonship may be [|observed] at [|work]. And since [|morontia] [|vision] is of enormous range, you can walk about on the Sons' [|promenades] and overlook the [|intriguing] [|activities] of their numerous orders. 46:5.4 These [|seven] [|circles] of the Sons are [|concentric] and successively elevated so that each of the outer and larger circles overlooks the inner and smaller ones, each being [|surrounded] by a [|public] [|promenade] wall. These walls are constructed of [|crystal] [|gems] of gleaming brightness and are so elevated as to overlook all of their respective [|residential] circles. The many gates—from fifty to one hundred and fifty thousand—which penetrate each of these walls consist of single pearly [|crystals]. 46:5.5 The first circle of the [|domain] of the Sons is occupied by the [|Magisterial Sons] and their [|personal] staffs. Here [|center] all of the [|plans] and [|immediate] [|activities] of the [|bestowal] and [|adjudicational] [|services] of these juridical Sons. It is also through this [|center] that the [|Avonals] of [|the system] [|maintain] [|contact] with the [|universe]. 46:5.6 The second circle is occupied by the [|Trinity Teacher Sons]. In this [|sacred] [|domain] the [|Daynals] and their [|associates] carry forward the [|training] of the newly arrived primary [|Teacher Sons]. And in all of this [|work] they are ably [|assisted] by a division of certain [|co-ordinates] of the [|Brilliant Evening Stars]. The [|creature-trinitized sons] occupy a sector of the [|Daynal] circle. The [|Trinity Teacher Sons] come the nearest to [|being] the [|personal] [|representatives] of the [|Universal Father] in a [|local system]; they are at least [|Trinity]-[|origin] [|beings]. This second circle is a [|domain] of extraordinary interest to all the peoples of [|Jerusem]. 46:5.7 The third circle is [|devoted] to the [|Melchizedeks]. Here [|the system] chiefs reside and supervise the almost endless [|activities] of these [|versatile] Sons. From the first of the [|mansion worlds] on through all the [|Jerusem] [|career] of [|ascending mortals], the [|Melchizedeks] are foster [|fathers] and ever-present [|advisers]. It would not be amiss to say that they are the [|dominant] [|influence] on [|Jerusem] aside from the ever-present [|activities] of the [|Material Sons and Daughters]. 46:5.8 The fourth circle is the home of the [|Vorondadeks] and all other [|orders] of the visiting and [|observer] Sons who are not otherwise provided for. The Most High [|Constellation Fathers] take up their [|abode] in this circle when on visits of inspection to the [|local system]. [|Perfectors of Wisdom], [|Divine Counselors], and [|Universal Censors] all reside in this circle when on [|duty] in the [|system]. 46:5.9 The fifth circle is the abode of the [|Lanonandeks], the sonship order of the [|System Sovereigns] and the [|Planetary Princes]. The [|three] [|groups] mingle as one when at [|home] in this [|domain]. The system reserves are held in this circle, while the [|System Sovereign] has a [|temple] situated at the [|center] of the governing [|group] of [|structures] on [|administration] hill. 46:5.10 The sixth circle is the tarrying place of the system [|Life Carriers]. All [|orders] of these Sons are here assembled, and from here they go forth on their world assignments. 46:5.11 The seventh circle is the [|rendezvous] of the [|ascending sons], those assigned [|mortals] who may be [|temporarily] [|functioning] on [|the system] [|headquarters], [|together] with their [|seraphic] [|consorts]. All ex-[|mortals] above the [|status] of [|Jerusem] [|citizens] and below that of [|finaliters] are reckoned as belonging to the [|group] having its [|headquarters] in this circle. 46:5.12 These circular reservations of the Sons occupy an enormous area, and until nineteen hundred years ago there existed a great open [|space] at its [|center]. This central region is now occupied by the [|Michael] [|memorial], completed some five hundred years ago. Four hundred and ninety-five years ago, when this [|temple] was [|dedicated], [|Michael] was present in [|person], and all [|Jerusem] heard the [|touching] [|story] of the [|Master Son]'s [|bestowal on Urantia], the least of [|Satania]. The [|Michael] [|memorial] is now the [|center] of all [|activities] [|embraced] in the [|modified] [|management] of [|the system] occasioned by Michael's [|bestowal], including most of the more recently transplanted [|Salvington] [|activities]. The memorial staff consists of over one million [|personalities]. 46:5.13 2. //The circles of the angels//. Like the [|residential] area of the Sons, these circles of the [|angels] consist of [|seven] [|concentric] and successively elevated [|circles], each overlooking the inner areas. 46:5.14 The first circle of the angels is occupied by the [|Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit] who may be stationed on the [|headquarters] world— [|Solitary Messengers] and their [|associates]. The second circle is [|dedicated] to the [|messenger hosts], [|Technical Advisers],[|companions], inspectors, and [|recorders] as they may [|chance] to [|function] on [|Jerusem] from time to time. The third circle is held by the [|ministering spirits] of the higher [|orders] and groupings. 46:5.15 The fourth circle is held by the [|administrator seraphim], and the [|seraphim] serving in a [|local system] like [|Satania] are an "innumerable host of angels."[|[1]] The fifth circle is occupied by the [|planetary] [|seraphim], while the sixth is the home of the [|transition] ministers. The seventh circle is the tarrying [|sphere] of certain unrevealed orders of [|seraphim]. The recorders of all these [|groups] of angels do not [|sojourn] with their fellows, being [|domiciled] in the [|Jerusem] [|temple] of [|records]. All [|records] are [|preserved] in triplicate in this threefold hall of [|archives]. On a system [|headquarters], [|records] are always preserved in [|material], in [|morontia], and in [|spirit] [|form]. 46:5.16 These [|seven] circles are [|surrounded] by the [|exhibit] [|panorama] of [|Jerusem], five thousand standard miles in [|circumference], which is [|devoted] to the presentation of the advancing [|status] of the peopled worlds of [|Satania] and is constantly revised so as to truly [|represent] up-to-date conditions on the [|individual] [|planets]. I doubt not that this vast promenade overlooking the circles of the angels will be the first sight of [|Jerusem] to claim your [|attention] when you are permitted extended [|leisure] on your earlier visits. 46:5.17 These [|exhibits] are in charge of the [|native] life of [|Jerusem], but they are [|assisted] by the [|ascenders] from the various [|Satania] worlds who are tarrying on [|Jerusem] en route to [|Edentia]. The portrayal of [|planetary] conditions and world [|progress] is [|effected] by many [|methods], some known to you, but mostly by [|techniques] [|unknown] on [|Urantia]. These exhibits occupy the outer edge of this vast wall. The remainder of the [|promenade] is almost entirely open, being highly and [|magnificently] embellished. 46:5.18 3. //The circles of the [|Universe Aids]// have the [|headquarters] of the [|Evening Stars] situated in the enormous central [|space]. Here is located [|the system] [|headquarters] of //Galantia//, the associate head of this [|powerful] [|group] of [|superangels], being the first commissioned of all the [|ascendant] [|Evening Stars]. This is one of the most [|magnificent] of all the [|administrative] sectors of //Jerusem//, even though it is among the more recent constructions. This [|center] is fifty miles in [|diameter]. The //Galantia// [|headquarters] is a monolithic cast [|crystal], wholly [|transparent]. These [|material]-[|morontia] [|crystals] are greatly [|appreciated] by both [|morontia] and [|material] [|beings]. The created [|Evening Stars] exert their [|influence] all over [|Jerusem], being [|possessed] of such extrapersonality [|attributes]. The entire world has been rendered [|spiritually] fragrant since so many of their [|activities] were transferred here from [|Salvington]. 46:5.19 4. //The circles of the [|Master Physical Controllers]//. The various [|orders] of the [|Master Physical Controllers] are [|concentrically] arranged around the vast [|temple] of [|power], wherein presides the power chief of [|the system] in [|association] with the chief of the [|Morontia Power Supervisors]. This [|temple] of [|power] is one of two sectors on [|Jerusem] where [|ascending mortals] and [|midway creatures] are not permitted. The other one is the dematerializing sector in the area of the [|Material Sons], a series of [|laboratories] wherein the [|transport] [|seraphim] [|transform] [|material] [|beings] into a [|state] quite like that of the [|morontia] order of [|existence]. 46:5.20 5. //The circles of the [|ascending mortals]//. The central area of the circles of the [|ascending mortals] is occupied by a [|group] of 619 [|planetary] [|memorials] [|representative] of the [|inhabited worlds] of [|the system], and these [|structures] [|periodically] undergo extensive [|changes]. It is the privilege of the mortals from each world to [|agree], from time to time, upon certain of the alterations or additions to their [|planetary] [|memorials]. Many [|changes] are even now being made in the [|Urantia] [|structures]. The [|center] of these 619 [|temples] is occupied by a working [|model] of [|Edentia] and its many worlds of [|ascendant] [|culture]. This [|model] is forty miles in [|diameter] and is an [|actual] reproduction of the [|Edentia] [|system], true to the [|original] in every detail. 46:5.21 Ascenders enjoy their [|Jerusem] services and take [|pleasure] in observing the [|techniques] of other [|groups]. Everything done in these various circles is open to the full [|observation] of all [|Jerusem]. 46:5.22 The [|activities] of such a world are of [|three] distinct varieties: [|work], [|progress], and [|play]. Stated otherwise, they are: [|service], [|study], and [|relaxation]. The [|composite] [|activities] consist of social [|intercourse], [|group] [|entertainment], and [|divine] [|worship]. There is great [|educational] [|value] in mingling with [|diverse] [|groups] of [|personalities], orders very [|different] from one's own fellows. 46:5.23 6. //The circles of the [|courtesy colonies]//. The [|seven] circles of the [|courtesy colonies] are [|graced] by three enormous [|structures]: the vast [|astronomic] observatory of [|Jerusem], the gigantic [|art] [|gallery] of [|Satania], and the immense assembly hall of the [|reversion directors], the [|theater] of [|morontia] [|activities] [|devoted] to [|rest] and [|recreation]. 46:5.24 The [|celestial artisans] direct the [|spornagia] and provide the host of [|creative] decorations and [|monumental] [|memorials] which abound in every place of [|public] assembly. The [|studios] of these [|artisans] are among the largest and most [|beautiful] of all the matchless [|structures] of this [|wonderful] world. The other [|courtesy colonies] [|maintain] extensive and [|beautiful] [|headquarters]. Many of these buildings are constructed wholly of [|crystal] [|gems]. All the [|architectural worlds] abound in [|crystals] and the so-called precious metals. 46:5.25 7. //The circles of the [|finaliters]// have a [|unique] [|structure] at the [|center]. And this same vacant temple is found on every system [|headquarters] world throughout [|Nebadon]. This edifice on [|Jerusem] is sealed with the insignia of [|Michael], and it bears this inscription: "Undedicated to the [|seventh] [|stage] of [|spirit]—to the [|eternal] assignment." [|Gabriel] placed the seal on this [|temple] of [|mystery], and none but [|Michael] can or may break the seal of [|sovereignty] affixed by the [|Bright and Morning Star]. Some day you shall look upon this [|silent] [|temple], even though you may not penetrate its [|mystery]. 46:5.26 Other [|Jerusem] circles : In addition to these [|residential] circles there are on [|Jerusem] numerous additional designated [|abodes].
 * 1. //The circles of the [|Sons of God].//
 * 2. //The circles of the [|angels] and higher [|spirits]//.
 * 3. //The circles of the [|Universe Aids], including the [|creature-trinitized sons] not assigned to the [|Trinity Teacher Sons]//.
 * 4. //The circles of the [|Master Physical Controllers]//.
 * 5. //The circles of the assigned [|ascending mortals], including the [|midway creatures]//.
 * 6. //The circles of the [|courtesy colonies]//.
 * 7. //The circles of the [|Corps of the Finality]//.



== URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[|6. THE EXECUTIVE-ADMINISTRATIVE SQUARES] ==

46:6.1 The [|executive]-[|administrative] [|divisions] of [|the system] are located in the immense departmental [|squares], one thousand in [|number]. Each [|administrative] [|unit] is divided into one hundred subdivisions of ten subgroups each. These one thousand squares are clustered in [|ten] grand divisions, thus [|constituting] the following ten [|administrative] departments: 46:6.2 These [|structures] are [|transparent]; hence all system [|activities] can be viewed even by [|student] visitors. 
 * 1. [|Physical] [|maintenance] and [|material] improvement, the [|domains] of physical [|power] and [|energy].
 * 2. Arbitration, [|ethics], and [|administrative] [|adjudication].
 * 3. [|Planetary] and local affairs.
 * 4. [|Constellation] and [|universe] affairs.
 * 5. [|Education] and other [|Melchizedek] [|activities].
 * 6. [|Planetary] and system [|physical] [|progress], the [|scientific] [|domains] of [|Satania] [|activities].
 * 7. [|Morontia] affairs.
 * 8. Pure [|spirit] [|activities] and [|ethics].
 * 9. [|Ascendant] [|ministry].
 * 10. [|Grand universe] [|philosophy].

== URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:[|7. THE RECTANGLES—THE SPORNAGIA] ==

46:7.1 The one thousand [|rectangles] of [|Jerusem] are occupied by the lower [|native] life of the [|headquarters] [|planet], and at their [|center] is situated the vast [|circular] [|headquarters] of the [|spornagia]. 46:7.2 On [|Jerusem] you will be amazed by the [|agricultural] [|achievements] of the [|wonderful] [|spornagia]. There the land is cultivated largely for [|aesthetic] and ornamental [|effects]. The [|spornagia] are the [|landscape gardeners] of the [|headquarters] worlds, and they are both [|original] and [|artistic] in their treatment of the open spaces of [|Jerusem]. They utilize both [|animals] and numerous [|mechanical] contrivances in the [|culture] of the [|soil]. They are [|intelligently] expert in the employment of the [|power] [|agencies] of their realms as well as in the utilization of numerous [|orders] of their lesser brethren of the lower [|animal] [|creations], many of which are provided them on these special worlds. This order of [|animal] life is now largely directed by the [|ascending midway creatures] from the [|evolutionary spheres]. 46:7.3 [|Spornagia] are not [|Adjuster] indwelt. They do not [|possess] [|survival] [|souls], but they do enjoy long lives, sometimes to the extent of forty to fifty thousand [|standard] years. Their [|number] is legion, and they afford [|physical] [|ministry] to all [|orders] of [|universe] [|personalities] requiring [|material] [|service]. 46:7.4 Although [|spornagia] neither [|possess] nor [|evolve] [|survival] [|souls], though they do not have [|personality], nevertheless, they do evolve an [|individuality] which can [|experience] [|reincarnation]. When, with the passing of [|time], the [|physical] [|bodies] of these [|unique] [|creatures] deteriorate from usage and age, their [|creators], in collaboration with the [|Life Carriers], fabricate new [|bodies] in which the old [|spornagia] re-establish their [|residences]. 46:7.5 [|Spornagia] are the only [|creatures] in all the [|universe] of [|Nebadon] who [|experience] this or any other sort of [|reincarnation]. They are only [|reactive] to the first five of the [|adjutant mind-spirits]; they are not [|responsive] to the spirits of [|worship] and [|wisdom]. But the five-adjutant [|mind] [|equivalates] to a [|totality] or sixth [|reality] level, and it is this [|factor] which [|persists] as an [|experiential] [|identity]. 46:7.6 I am quite without comparisons in undertaking to describe these useful and unusual [|creatures] as there are no [|animals] on the [|evolutionary worlds] comparable to them. They are not [|evolutionary] [|beings], having been [|projected] by the [|Life Carriers] in their present [|form] and [|status]. They are [|bisexual] and [|procreate] as they are required to meet the needs of a [|growing] [|population]. 46:7.7 Perhaps I can best suggest to [|Urantia] [|minds] something of the [|nature] of these [|beautiful] and serviceable [|creatures] by saying that they [|embrace] the combined traits of a [|faithful] [|horse] and an [|affectionate] [|dog] and [|manifest] an [|intelligence] exceeding that of the highest type of [|chimpanzee]. And they are very [|beautiful], as judged by the [|physical] [|standards] of [|Urantia]. They are most [|appreciative] of the [|attentions] shown them by the [|material] and semimaterial [|sojourners] on these [|architectural worlds]. They have a [|vision] which permits them to [|recognize]—in addition to [|material] [|beings]—the [|morontia] [|creations], the lower [|angelic] orders, [|midway creatures], and some of the lower orders of [|spirit] [|personalities]. They do not [|comprehend] [|worship] of the [|Infinite], nor do they grasp the import of the [|Eternal], but they do, through [|affection] for their masters, join in the outward [|spiritual] [|devotions] of their realms. 46:7.8 There are those who believe that, in a [|future] universe age, these [|faithful] [|spornagia] will escape from their [|animal] [|level] of [|existence] and [|attain] a worthy [|evolutional] [|destiny] of [|progressive] [|intellectual] [|growth] and even [|spiritual] [|achievement]. 

URANTIA TEXT: [|PAPER 46]:8[|. THE JERUSEM TRIANGLES]
46:8.1 The [|purely] local and [|routine] affairs of [|Jerusem] are directed from the one hundred [|triangles]. These [|units] are clustered around the ten [|marvelous] [|structures] domiciling the local [|administration] of [|Jerusem]. The triangles are [|surrounded] by the [|panoramic] depiction of [|the system] [|headquarters] [|history]. At [|present] there is an erasure of over two standard miles in this circular [|story]. This sector will be restored upon the readmission of [|Satania] into the [|constellation] [|family]. Every provision for this [|event] has been made by the [|decrees] of [|Michael], but the [|tribunal] of the [|Ancients of Days] has not yet finished the [|adjudication] of the affairs of the [|Lucifer rebellion]. [|Satania] may not come back into the full fellowship of [|Norlatiadek] so long as it harbors [|archrebels], high created [|beings] who have fallen from [|light] into [|darkness]. 46:8.2 When [|Satania] can return to the [|constellation] fold, then will come up for [|consideration] the readmission of the [|isolated] worlds into [|the system] [|family] of [|inhabited planets], accompanied by their restoration to the [|spiritual] [|communion] of the realms. But even if [|Urantia] were restored to [|the system] [|circuits], you would still be [|embarrassed] by the [|fact] that your whole system rests under a [|Norlatiadek] [|quarantine] partially [|segregating] it from all other systems. 46:8.3 But ere long, the [|adjudication] of [|Lucifer] and his [|associates] will restore the [|Satania] system to the [|Norlatiadek] [|constellation], and subsequently, [|Urantia] and the other [|isolated] [|spheres] will be restored to the [|Satania] [|circuits], and again will such worlds [|enjoy] the privileges of interplanetary [|communication] and intersystem [|communion]. 46:8.4 There will come an end for rebels and [|rebellion]. The [|Supreme Rulers] are [|merciful] and [|patient], but the [|law] of [|deliberately] nourished [|evil] is [|universally] and unerringly [|executed]. "The wages of [|sin] is [|death]" [|[2]]—[|eternal] [|obliteration].