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**The pronunciations indicated are those generally used by English-speaking readers of The Urantia Book in the United States and may differ from pronunciations used in other countries and languages. The pronunciation principle followed in this GLOSSARY has been to record the actual, current use by long-time readers, without intending to dictate standards of correctness. A phonetic spelling approach to pronunciation has been used for simplification and to avoid the need to include a separate guide for pronunciation symbols. It is our intention, however, in future editions to utilize the alphabet of the International Phonetic Association IPA to facilitate international usage of this guide. The accent mark used is a single accent ( ‘ ) denoting stress to be put on the most heavily pronounced syllable in the word.
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A

Aaron  (1) Brother of Moses, (2) Stone mason whom Jesus healed of withered hand.

Abel First son born to Adam and Eve in the second garden.

Abila One of the Decapolis towns where Jesus taught the apostles and desciples.

Abimelech King of Philistines in Gerar.

Abiram Foundation sacrifice buried in walls of Jericho.

Abner The chief of John’s apostles.

Abraham Convert to Salem teachings [of Melchizedek]. Acknowledges as the Father of the Hebrew Nation.

Abram Name of Abraham prior to his formal acceptance of covenant with Melchizedek.

Absalom Son of David.

Abaddon (ab’ ah don). Chief of staff for the Planetary Prince, Caligastia. Abaddon chose to follow Caligastia’s lead and join the rebellion at the time of its occurrence approximately 200,000 years ago. [53:1.5]

abandonters (ab ahn don’ ters). An order of beings residing on Uversa, created by unrevealed agents of the Ancients of Days and the seven Reflective Spirits. [37:9.8]

absoluta (ab soh lew’ tah). Space potency; a phase of force-energy which is a prereality, considered to be the free space presence of the Unqualified Absolute, and is responsive only to the grasp of the Universal Father. Space potency: [42:2.3]; absoluta: [42:2.6]

absolutum (ab soh lew’ tum). Materialistic composition of Paradise not found elsewhere in creation. [11:2.9] and [104:4.28]

absonite (ab’ sun ite). Level of reality between the finite and the absolute which is characterized by things and beings without beginning or ending and by time/space transcendence. [0:1.12].

absoniters (ab’ sun eye ters). Eventuated beings existing on the absonite level. [0:9.2].

absonitize (ab sahn’ i tize). To come into existence on the absonite level. [31:9.10].

absonity (ab sahn’ i tee) . The absonite level of reality.  [0:12.3].

Achaia  The Roman province in Greece where Jesus spent time with Ganid, Paul later preached & Luke wrote his Gospel.

Acropolis  The Athenean mountain atop which sits the Parthenon and “”under the shadow”” of which Paul proclained the gospel .

Actium  Greek coastal city near the site of the Ionian Sea battle between the forces of Octavian (later known as Augustos) and the combined forces of Mark Anbthony & Cleopatra.

Actual  Actual and Potential. Realities existing in fullness of expression in contrast to those which carry undisclosed capacity for growth.

Adam  Material Son of God bestowed on Urantia.

Adamites (ad’ am ites).

1. The Material Sons and Daughters, the Adams and Eves; a reproducing form of Sonship, created by the Creator Son, who function mainly on the system capital (see Jerusem and pages 580-588) [45:5.6]

2. The progeny of Adam and Eve on Urantia, the violet race, especially that centered in the second garden under the leadership of Jansad after the death of Adam (see Jansad). [76:3.3].

Adamson (ad’ am son). The first-born son of Adam and Eve on Urantia born in approximately 35,900 B.C. [74:6.2].

Adamsonites (ad’ am son ites). The descendents of Adamson and Ratta. [78:1.3].

Aden  Convert who offended apostles by teaching in Jesus’ name.

Adjudicate  Hear and decide a case.

Adjuster  Pre-personal fragment of the Universal Father that indwells the human mind. Also known as the “Thought Adjuster”, “Mystery Monitor”.

Adjuster fusion  A human’s eternal union with the Father fragment.

Adjutant (ˈa-jə-tənt ) A staff officer; one who helps; assistant.

Adjutant Mind-Spirits  The seven adjutant mind-spirits are the mind bestowal of a local universe Mother Spirit. The bestowal becomes possible with the Spirit’s elevation to the status of Personality prerogatives. They activate as the being increases it’s mind receptivity and soul growth. They were also referred to as the “seven spirits of God”. “like lmaps burning before a throne” as a prophet saw the symbols in a vision. They are:

    • Intuition, understanding, courage, knowledge and counsel. These first 5 circuits influence both animal and human  alike. The final two, worship and wisdom and are activated only in the ascending human. Animals do not received these circuits.

Adonai  Semite name for Deity.

Adonia  An Andite city south and east of the Caspian Sea, located near the present city of Ashkhabad, which served as a commercial center beginning in approximately 8,000 B.C.

Afghanistan  The highlands birthplace of Andon and Fonta.

Agondonkeys  Unlike the less popular companion status known as an ‘Agondonter’ (those that believe without seeing), the ‘Agondonkey’ status is much more popular throughout Earth civilizations and is defined as, “those that see without believing”. ..and as Paul Harvey would, ..”Good Day.”

Agondonters (agg ahn don’ ters). Ascending will creatures from planets spiritually isolated by rebellion, and who, therefore, have gained valuable experience in the exercise of faith and the development of confidence in cosmic reliability, for they must learn to believe without seeing. [50:7.2].

Alvoring (al’ vor ing). A local universe neighbor of Nebadon. [32:2.12]

Amadon (am’ ah don). A human descendant of Andon and Fonta who was the loyal associate of Van in advocating the rejection of Lucifer’s Manifesto approximately 200,000 years ago. [67:8.1].

Amadonites (am’ ah don ites). The Andonites of mortal status who remained loyal to Van and Amadon during the Lucifer rebellion. [67:6.3].

Amdon  First mortal to observe Machiventa Melchizedek.

Amenemope (ah men e moh’ puh). An Egyptian teacher and seer who, in the post-Melchizedek period (see Machiventa), taught among other things that God-consciousness is the main factor which determines conduct. [95:4.1].

Amenhotep (ah men hoh’ tep). An Egyptian ruler who lived in 1,500 B.C. and who had an understanding of the soul and spirit as separate indwelling aspects for favored individuals. [111:0.5].

Amosad (am’ o sad). A leader of the Sethite priesthood who lived in approximately 15,000 B.C. (see Seth). [78:5.1].

Anaxand (an’ ax and). A young Greek shipyard worker who was taught by Jesus in A.D. 22 about how he might overcome the evil of his unjust foreman with good. [130:2.4].

Ancients of Days  Rulers of the Superuniverses (3 in each).

Andites (an’ dites). A human race derived from the impregnation of the best human strains (especially Nodite) with Adamic life plasm. [76:4.8].

Andon (an’ don). The first male human being, whose initial expression of human will choice occurred when he was ten years old, in 991,474 B.C. Andon was killed during an earthquake 32 years later at the age of 42. (See Fonta) [63:0.1]

Andonic (an don’ ick). Of or pertaining to the Andonites. [63:4.1].

Andonites (an’ doh nites). The first primitive human beings descended from and including Andon and Fonta. [63:3.3].

Andovontia (an doh vahn’ chah). The name of the tertiary Universe Circuit Supervisor stationed in our local universe. [37:8.3].

Andrew  First chosen apostle.

Andronover (an drahn’ oh ver). The spiral nebula from which our solar system was born. [15:3.6].

Ang (like ang in anger). One of the 100 corporeal members of the staff of the Planetary Prince, Caligastia. The members of this corporeal corps were ascendant mortals who had reached Jerusem and who volunteered to be separated from their Adjusters to serve on Urantia in this capacity. Ang was the head of the council on food and material welfare. [66:5.2].

Angamon (ang’ ah mon). A leader of the Stoics in Rome with whom Jesus talked about true values sometime during A.D. 22-23. [132:1.1].

Angel  Collective name of many orders of ministering celestial beings a/k/a Serpahim of which there are several orders and are offspring of the Infinite Mother Spirit. Each universe has it’s own.

Angona (an goh’ nah). A massive stellar system whose passage near our sun helped create our solar system (see Monmatia). [41:10.1].

Animism  The belief that natural objects and/or natural phenomena have souls.

Annan  Loyal daughter and spokesman for the Nodites.

Annas  Most influential of Sadducean group.

Anova (ah noh’ vah). The oldest inhabited world of the system of Satania, the system to which our planet, Urantia, also belongs. [49:0.5].

Antioch  Capital of the Roman province of Syria.

Antipatris  A city built by Herod, between Caesaria & Lydda.

Archangels  Archangels are the offspring of the Creator Son and the Universe Mother Spirit with various orders and responsibilities.

Ardnon  Leader of Chaldean priests to whom the birth of Jesus was revealed.

Aryan  Descendents of the Andites who invaded India just prior to the days of Melchizedek.

Ascendant  The universal plan for the creation, evolution, ascension, and perfection of will creatures.

Ascender  A mortal will creature who is following the divine plan of progress; spiritualized evolutionary being.

Ascender-trinitized  One of three orders of creature-trinitized sons.

Ascending  Climbing to the supernal heights of finaliter sonship with God. Make ye perfect as I AM perfect.

Ascending Material Sons  Liberated Adams and Eves, now on their paradise journey.

Ascendington (ah sen’ ding ton). One of seven sacred satellite spheres of the Father in circuit around Paradise. This particular world is the rendezvous sphere for the ascendant creatures of time who are traversing Havona on the way to Paradise. [13:1.21].

Assuntia (as sun’ chah). A neighboring local system in the constellation of Norlatiadek. [41:2.1].

Astral Energy / Astral Realm A slightly shifted frequency domain, accessible in dreams and out-of-body experiences, in which humans have an astral counterpart -an astral body.

Atman an essence of the Creator that indwells all mortals beings, humans and extraterrestrials (off-worlder’s) – other names for Atman are; Indwelling Spirit, Thought Adjuster.

Avalon (av’ ah lon). A local universe neighbor of Nebadon. [32:2.12]. The first group of seraphim created in Nebadon were trained by a corps of seraphim from Avalon. [38:5.1]; a volunteer commission of surgeons from Avalon directed the implantation of Andonic life plasm into the material bodies prepared for use by the Jerusem ascendant mortals who volunteered for service as the 100 corporeal members of Prince Caligastia’s staff. [66:2.4].

Avonals (av’ on als). One of three descending orders of revealed Paradise Sons of God; also known as Magisterial Sons. [20:1.3].

B

Bablod (bab’ lahd). The name given the location, northeast of Dalamatia, of the “tower of Babel” whose designer was Bablot, approximately 150,000 years ago. [77:3.1].

Bablot (bab’ laht). A descendant of Nod who developed a plan to erect a pretentious temple to memorialize the Nodite race. [77:3.1]

Badonan (bah’ doh nan). A great-great-grandson of Andon and Fonta whose tribe of descendants lived in approximately 991,000 B.C. in the northwestern area of India. [64:2.4].

Badonites (bah’ doh nites). Members of the Badonan tribe. [64:3.1].

Bautan (baw’ tan). A student in Gautama’s Benares school who communicated to Gautama the Salem missionary traditions of Melchizedek’s covenant with Abraham. [94:7.5].

Beelzebub  Leader of the disloyal midway creatures who allied themselves with the forces of the traitorous Caligastia.

Beeroth  A city on Jesus’ final tour.

Beersheba  The city in the south of Palestine from which Jesus started his final tour.

Bestowal life – The bestowal plan is the great Father-revelation enterprise of the Eternal Son and his co-ordinate Sons and consists of the Father’s bestowal of the Sons of God upon the evolutionary creations. Michael, the Creator Son of our local universe of Nebadon, bestowed himself in the human incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth. This was his seventh and final bestowal. He lived this extraordinary human life to show God the Father to man and to show man to God for the benefit of all beings in his universe.

Bethsaida  The home of Zebedee on the lake to the south of Capernaum.

Bon (bahn). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff (see Ang). Bon headed the board of animal domestication and utilization. [66:5.4].

Bright and Morning Stars  Of the first order of Universe Aids, there is just one in each local universe. Created through the union of the Creator Son and the Universe Mother Spirit; known as Gabriel.

Brilliant Evening Stars  Local universe personalities who are associated with the Trinity Teacher Sons.

C

Caiaphas  The high priest of the Sanhedrin.

Cain  Son of Eve and Cano.

Caligastia (cal i gas’ chah). A secondary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1] who served as Planetary Prince of Urantia until he betrayed his trust and joined the Lucifer rebellion approximately 200,000 years ago. [50:0.1].

Calvary  Where Jesus died on the cross.

Cana  A town in Galilee near Nazareth.

Canaan  Melchizedek told Abraham the story of the future occupation of Canaan by his offspring after their sojourn in Egypt.

Cano (kay’ noh). A brilliant leader of a Nodite colony near the Garden of Eden with whom Eve was encouraged by Serapatatia to mate, thereby causing the Adamic default approximately 37,800 years ago. [75:3.7].

Capernaum  Town where Zebedee’s boat-building shop was located.

celestials (sell est tee ahls). Throughout the Urantia Book and the Teaching Mission or Correcting Time transcripts there are beings or personalities who interact with mortal minds to communicate information to assist us in understanding ourselves, each other, societies, concepts on living rightmindedness, a greater cosmic sense of our personal relationship with our Creator, all the while imparting philosophies and methods on best practices for simply living life here on Urantia (Earth) for our personal soulful evolution and our planets’ progressive betterment and sustainability. More simply put is to co-create with us a better life for us; to help us understand that we are part of something greater. Complementary to this information are primary and secondary values (the papers of which delve deeper into these topics can be found on this site) for living lives according to universal paradigms of Love, Goodness, Beauty, Truth.  These are values are; Life, Equality, Growth & Quality of Life where “equality” encompasses three other secondary values, value emotion which make us human, which are; Empathy, Compassion & Love (generalized love for humanity). There are many of these beings/teachers and we won’t describe them all here, there are just too many, however there will be several that will be included in this glossary. If you have any further questions on this or an interest in a particular celestial simply send us an email through this website “Contact Us” menu and we will add it to this glossary if possible. To read more deeply in the core value topic please refer to the paper on “Seven Innate Human Values”.

For ease of use, the following celestial descriptions are added. Some of the celestial’s listed here have contributed to and appeared in the Urantia Book. Others have only appeared in the transcript material. Each one celestial  ( or teacher ) has an expertise, particular experience, or authority to interact, either direct authority or assigned. Not all of the celestial participants will be listed here; just the major or most frequent. If there is a need to have a description of one that is not covered in this list please make a request here “Contact Us” and we’ll do our best to accommodate. ** [ The list below is strictly alphabetical and does not represent any hierarchical arrangement. ] **

Abraham (coming soon)

Charles (coming soon)

Lanaforge (lan’ ah forge). A primary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1] who succeeded Lucifer as System Sovereign.[45:2.3].

Machiventa (mack ĭ ven’ ta). The first name of the Melchizedek Son who incarnated on Urantia during the times of Abraham in approximately 2,000 B.C. Also referred to as the “Sage of Salem.” (see Melchizedek). Machiventa also now serves in the capacity as Urantia’s (Earth’s) Planetary Manager to coordinate the efforts to bring our civilization into alignment with Universe Laws and Divine Plans and a sense of our cosmic citizenship. [93:1.1] …and other documents throughout this website.

Mantutia (man too’ shah). The first name of the Melchizedek Son who directed the twelve Nebadon personalities who authored those papers concerning the Local Universe and the history of Urantia. [56:11.10].

Michael (Christ Michael) (coming soon)

Monjoronson (mon jor on son). Monjoronson is an Avonal personality/being [20:1.3].originating from Paradise. Equivalent to being Michael’s brother excepting Monjoronson is not a creator-son class of being. He is destined to arrive on Urantia during this planets’ evolution and to assist and co-creatively help us learn to manage and progress Earth into an era of what is termed, “Light & Life”.

Nebadonia ( nebba doan ee ya)(coming soon)

Sondjah (Sonn d’ yah) (coming soon)

Welmek ( well mehk) (coming soon)

Centrum  The three zones of absolute force presence and performance on the nether side of Paradise.

Cherubim  Assistants to the seraphim.

chronoldeks (kron ahl’ deks). An order of frandalanks, or Master Physical Controllers [29:4.2], who register time as well as quantitative and qualitative energy presence (see frandalanks). [29:4.37].

Christ  Michael, the sovereign of our universe of Nebadon .

Christ Michael  Son of Man and Son of God.

Christian  A cult started by Paul on “the blood of the everlasting covenant.”

Constructive delusion – Even though one knows better, he or she insists on their version of reality. Example: Glass half empty or half full? Answer: always full regardless.

Cymboyton (sim boy’ ton). A wealthy Urmia [134:2.1] merchant at whose school of religion Jesus taught in the spring of A.D. 25. [134:3.2].

Cynic  Roman philosophers who derived much of their doctrine from the remnants of the teachings of Machiventa Melchizedek.

D

Dalamatia (dal ah may’ shah). The headquarters city of the Planetary Prince, once situated on the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia, approximately 500,000 years ago. This city was named after Daligastia. [66:3.1].

Daligastia (dal i gas’ chah). A secondary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1] who served as the primary assistant to Caligastia, former Planetary Prince of Urantia. [66:2.2]

Dan (like ran). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff (see Ang). Dan headed the group of advisers regarding the conquest of predatory animals. [66:5.7]

Danite (dan’ ite). A member of that segment of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff which was headed by Dan [66:5.7]. Two Danites discovered the non-sexual liaison which produced the primary Midway creatures (see Midwayers). [66:4.10].

David Zebedee  Head of the messenger service.

Daynals (day’ nahls). One of three descending orders of revealed Paradise Sons of God. Of origin in the Trinity, they are also known as Trinity Teacher Sons. [20:7.1].

Decimal Planets on every 10th inhabited planet, the Life Carriers are permitted to experiment with the initial seeding of biological life by applying what they have learned from the previous nine implantations; Earth (Urantia) is a decimal planet.

Deity  DEITY is personalizable as God, is prepersonal and superpersonal in ways not altogether comprehensible by man. Deity is characterized by the quality of unity.

Dilmat (dill’ maht). An ancient Sumerian city located near the site of an earlier Nodite city, Dilmun, near the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia. [77:4.8].

Dilmun (dill’ mun). An ancient Nodite city founded after the submergence of Dalamatia; the racial and cultural headquarters of the descendents of Nod. [77:3.1].

Disciples  The term apostle was employed to distinguish the chosen family of Jesus’ advisers from the vast multitude of believing disciples who subsequently followed him.

Dispensation  A new epochal period.

Dispensational classes  Groups of sleeping survivors.

Dissociators  One of the groups consituting the Master Physical Controllers.

Divine Counselor – One of the groups of the Stationary Sons of the Trinity, beings partaking of the Trinity nature of the united Father, Son, and Spirit.

Divinington (di vin’ ing ton). One of seven sacred satellite spheres of the Father in circuit around Paradise. This world is the Paradise rendezvous of Thought Adjusters. [13:1.4].

Dual-origin beings  Those of origin in any two of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any two beings of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities.

Dualism  The doctrine of good and bad spirits.

Dualities  The Universal Father is one, but to time-space he is revealed in the dual phenomena of pure energy and pure spirit.

E

Eber  An officer of the Sanhedrin who, when sent to arrest Jesus after his first temple talk, refused to do so.

Ebullition  Worship.

Eden  The planetary headquarters of such an Adam and Eve is usually denominated the Garden of Eden.

Edentia (e den’ chah). The headquarters world of Norlatiadek [15:14.6], the constellation to which our system belongs. [15:7.6].

Eber (ee’ burr). An officer of the Sanhedrin who, when sent to arrest Jesus after his first temple talk, refused to do so. [162:2.6].

Ego – The Urantia Book mentions the word “ego” 24 times. Ego means different things to different people, with some thinking ego is always a bad or negative thing. Ego is our person conscious self of who we think we are. It is a tool of consciousness. It is a necessary thing and a good thing. It is the “I” of each individual. It is ego that causes a child to want to walk; the “I can do this” motivation. The problem with ego is when the mind assumes an exalted or inflated ego that can spell trouble, such as when one thinks he or she is more competent than they actually are. We generally refer to this inflated ego as being “egotistic.”  If the ego is allowed to over-run the Self  the potential exists that it may exhibit critical tendencies and the subtle development of their pride [111:6.10] of self and its associated exaggeration of the feeling of self-importance.  To express humility is to downplay the over-exaggeration of the ego. But to be over humble where one is quite competent can be unhealthy also.

Ellanora (ell ah nor’ ah). A young woman on the planet of Panoptia whose leadership during the Lucifer Rebellion ensured that not a single Panoptian joined with the planet’s apostate Planetary Prince. [53:7.1].

Endantum (en dan’ tum). The constellation headquarters planet on which Michael experienced his sixth bestowal as a morontia mortal. [119:6.1].

Enos (ee’ nohs). Grandson of Adam and Eve; son of Seth, Adam and Eve’s eldest surviving second garden son; co-founder with Seth and his own son, Kenan, of the Sethite priesthood. [76:3.4].

Ensa (en’ sah). The name of the minor sector of the superuniverse of Orvonton [15:3.1] to which our local universe, Nebadon, belongs (see Orvonton ). [15:7.8].

Enta (en’ tah). One of Jesus’ mother Mary’s female ancestors. [122:1.2].

Entheogen a name of visionary & hallucinogenic plants the places the etymological emphasis back onto the sacred.

Epicurean  The school of thought dedicated to the pursuit of happiness.

Epistles  The writings of Paul.

Epoch  An isolated stretch of time.

Eternal  Never-beginning, never-ending.

Eternal decision  To God, as absolute, an ascending mortal who has made the eternal decision is already a Paradise finaliter.

Eternal Son  The Second Person of Deity, Co-ordinate Creator, Spirit Controller, and Spiritual Administrator.

eternaliter (ee ter nahl’ i-ter). A being of eternal existence and nature. [116:3.4].

Eve  Material Daughter who became the mother of the violet race on Urantia.

Eventod (ee’ von tahd). The name by which Michael was known during his fifth bestowal as an ascending mortal on Uversa, headquarters world of the superuniverse of Orvonton. [119:5.1].

Eventuated transcendental beings  The eventuated children of divinity, ultimacy, and eternity. These “eventuators” are neither finite nor infinite — they are absonite; and absonity is neither infinity nor absoluteness.

Eventuating  Emerging — as in the eventuated existences of certain absonite and associated beings, e.g., God the Ultimate.

Eventuation  By example.

Eventuators  Beings who are neither finite nor infinite — they are absonite; and absonity is neither infinity nor absoluteness.

Eveson (eev’ sun). The second-born son of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, born in approximately 35,900 B.C. [76:3.3].

Evolutional  The change over time in the inherent biologic, organic, mindal, or spiritual attributes of an living entity.

Evolutionary  The change over time in the inherent biologic, organic, mindal, or spiritual attributes of an living entity.

Evolvement  Progressive development.

Existential  Of eternal existence, past, present, and future.

Experiential  Of, or having the capacity to, experience.

Extraterrestrial mortal beings, such as ourselves, who hailfrom more de veloped worlds with access to our frequency domain.

F

Fad (like bad). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff (see Ang). Fad headed the faculty on dissemination and conservation of knowledge. He remained loyal to Michael during the rebellion. [66:5.9].

Faith  The supreme assertion of human thought, the only requirement for eternal salvation.

Faithfuls of Days  A group comprising the Stationary Sons of the Trinity.

fandors (fan’ doors). Large birds trained to carry human passengers; became extinct approximately 30,000 years ago. [66:5.6].

Fanoving (fan’ oh ving). A local universe neighbor of Nebadon. [32:2.12].

Fantad  Spiritual leader of green race.

Fatalism  A blind and passive belief system.

Father fragment  The gift of the absolute God to those creatures whose destiny encompasses the possibility of the attainment of God as absolute. a/k/a Thought Adjuster, Mystery Monitor, Indwelling Spirit, Spirit-Within, God Fragment and a plethora of other names.

Father Melchizedeks  A descending order of dual-origin beings, those of origin in any two of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any two beings of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities. The first Melchizedek created.

Father-Absolute  The creator of the central and perfect universe and the Father of all other Creators.

Father-fused   Fusion with a Thought Adjuster fragment.

Father-fused Mortals  A group comprising the Ascending Sons of God.

Fear  [not a definition but a description of its effects on you] –  The Impact of Fear: (1) Physical Health: It weakens the immune system and can cause cardiovascular damage, gastrointestinal problems such as ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome, and decreased fertility. It can lead to accelerated aging and even premature death. (2) Memory: It can impair the formation of long-term memories and cause damage to certain parts of the brain. (3) It can interrupt processes in the brain that regulate your emotions, allow you to reflect before acting, and act ethically. (4) Mental Health: It can cause fatigue, clinical depression, and PTSD. 

finaliters (fie nal’ i ter). Members of the Mortal Finaliter Corps. The corps consists primarily of beings who are Father-fused and also includes Havona natives and Gravity Messengers. Ascendant mortals become a part of this corps when they have ascended to the sixth stage of spirit being, have become residents of Paradise, and have completed the progressive course in divinity and absonity. [31:0.1].

Finite  The finite level of reality is characterized by creature life and time-space limitations. Finite realities may not have endings, but they always have beginnings — they are created.

Finite cosmos  The realm of the Supreme, whose reality becomes increasingly apparent as the universes attain to the maximum level of Trinity identification.

First Source and Center  Of all the names by which God the Father is known throughout the universes, those which designate him as the First Source and the Universe Center are most often encountered.

Fonta (fahn’ tah). The first female human being, whose initial expression of human will choice occurred when she was ten years old, in 991,474 B.C. Fonta was killed during an earthquake 32 years later at the age of 42 (see Andon). [63:0.1].

Force  In discussing physical-energy manifestations, we generally use the terms cosmic force, emergent energy, and universe power.

Force-charge  The primordial force-charge of space is sometimes called pure energy or segregata.

Fortant (for’ tant). A secondary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1]  who for 1,900 years served on the staff of Lanaforge [45:2.3], the System Sovereign who replaced Lucifer. Fortant now serves on Jerusem as the bestowal director. [45:3.7].

frandalanks (fran’ dah lanks). Beings of the order of Master Physical Controllers who function as living gauges of all forms of force-energy in the universes. [28:6.11].

Freewill  The ability to make self-determined choices.

Fusion  Everlasting and indissoluble union .

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Gabriel  Chief executive of Michael on Salvington.

Gadiah (ga die’ah). A young Philistine truth-seeker working in Joppa with whom Jesus, in A.D. 22-23, discussed the story of Jonah and the whale and good and evil. [130:1.1].

Galantia (ga lan’ chah). The ascended superangel who maintains the Jerusem headquarters of the Brilliant Evening Stars, a local universe class of superangels brought into being by the Creator Son and Creative Spirit (see Gavalia). [37:2.6].

Galilee  A large region in northern Israel extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa to the south, and from the Jordan Rift Valley to the east across the plains of the Jezreel Valley and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Coastal Plain in the west.

Gamala  City visited by Jesus and his twelve apostles in the second public preaching tour of Galilee.

Ganid (gay’ nid). The 17-year-old son of a wealthy Indian traveler with whom Jesus traveled around the Mediterranean basin A.D. 22-23 (see Gonod). [130:0.1].

Gavalia (ga vale’ yah). The first-born and head of the Brilliant Evening Stars, who for the past 1,900 years has been assigned to ascendent mortal ministry. Gavalia’s associate, Galantia [37:2.6], currently maintains the Jerusem headquarters of this class of local universe superangels. [37:2.6].

God depending on one’s personal experience, God is both the Creator and the totality of Creation, manifest & unmanifest, immanent and transcendant.

Godad (goh’ dad). A sixth-century B.C. hermit whose instructions concerning the traditions of the Melchizidek missionaries were ignored by Gautama Siddhartha Buddha. [94:7.4].

Gonod (goh’ nahd). A wealthy Indian traveler and father of Ganid with whom Jesus traveled around the Mediterranean basin A.D. 22-23 (see Ganid). [130:0.1].

gradant (gray’ dant). The standard weight measure on Jerusem which is equivalent to ten ounces of weight on Urantia. [46:1.2].

Grandfanda (grand fahn’ da). The first ascendent mortal to reach Havona. He was a pilgrim from a planet in superuniverse number one. [24:6.7].

gravita  (gra vee’ tah). The name given to energy-matter of dual constitution, which is responsive to linear gravity, and which is the basis of the physical systems of the superuniverses. [11:8.7].

Guardian Angels or  sometimes called “Companion Angels”, who function generally in pairs to ensure that their mortal wards grow in spirit over the course of their lifetimes.

Guardian of Destiny  Seraphim devoted to the ministry to individual mortals.

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Hanavard (han’ a vard). A primary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1] who is currently serving as the high counselor and acting chairman of the executive council of the Satania system. [45:3.8].

Hap (like lap). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff see Ang). Hap headed the council of the college of revealed religion. [66:5.13].

Havona (hah vohn’ ah). The central and divine universe, an eternal, wholly created, and perfect planetary family containing one billion worlds arranged in seven concentric circuits contiguous to and surrounding Paradise. [14:0.1].

Havona Natives  Permanent residents of Havona descending directly from the Trinity of the Paradise.

Havona Pilgrims  A term used to refer to surviving mortals when they arrive on Havona.

Havona Servitals  Beings created by the work of the Seven Master Spirits and their associates, the Seven Supreme Power Directors.

Havonal  One of the three kind of activity in circuits of Havona.

Havoner  Inhabitant of Havona.

Hell  Place invented, by others or your mind,  for the punishment of taboo violators

Henselon (hen’ se lahn). A local universe neighbor of Nebadon. [32:2.12].

Herod Agrippa  King of the Jews after his uncle Herod Antipas. Killed James.

Herod Antipas  Governor of Galilee and Perea during Jesus youth and ministry to A.D. 39. Son of Herod the Great.

Herodias  Unlawful wife of Herod Antipas.

Hesunanin (heh soo nan’ in). The first name of Onamonalonton. [92:5.6].

Holdant (hole’ dant). A tertiary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1] who is currently serving in the Satania system government as custodian of the system; controller and holder of all interned spirits above the mortal level. [45:3.5].

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Immanuel  Ambassador of Paradise Trinity on Salvington.

Immortal soul  Incorporeal essence of a person, which is destined to survive mortal death and begin the Paradise ascension.

Incarnation  Conception and birth of a sentient creature who is the material manifestation of an entity whose original nature is nonmaterial.

interregnum (in ter reg num) also; interregna; an important concept to understand given today’s world and the rapid changes occurring in these times in almost all societies. 

1). Wikipedia tells us that an interregnum “… is a period of discontinuity or “gap” in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next …. Historically, the longer and heavier interregna were typically accompanied by widespread unrest, civil and succession wars between warlords, and power vacuums filled by foreign invasions or the emergence of a new power. A failed state is usually in interregnum.” ;

2).  A simpler definition could be: “A period or gap between two dis-congruities of the advancing of civilization. One aspect of a society not being able to keep up with another society and  outstrips the other in advancement. This gap results in upheaval, civil unrest, possibly wars and imbalances in society. “;

3). The Urantia Book has a single reference which is partially quoted here, “For when culture advances overfast, when material achievement outruns the evolution of worship-wisdom, then does civilization contain within itself the seeds of retrogression; and unless buttressed by the swift augmentation of experiential wisdom, such human societies will recede from high but premature levels of attainment, and the “dark ages” of the interregnum of wisdom will bear witness to the inexorable restoration of the imbalance between self-liberty and self-control.” For more see: [118:8.6]

Indwell  To live within.

Inequities  Lack of equity, unfairness.

Infinite Spirit  The Third Person of Deity.

Infinitude  The state or quality of being infinite.

Iniquitous  Characterized by injustice or wickedness; consistently and willfully sinful.

Iniquity  The persistent pursuit of sin and error.

Inspired Trinity Spirits  (1) They come into being by the act of the Paradise Trinity and may be utilized by any one or two of the Deities as well as by all three.

Isle of Paradise  Paradise is the geographic center of infinity and the dwelling place of the eternal God.

 

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Jacob  (1) Son of Isaac, (2) Childhood friend of Jesus, (3) Wealthy Jewish trader from Crete, (4) Director of group of younger evangelists, (5) Runner whom Jesus sent to Philadelphia.

James  One of the 12 apostles, the son of Zebedee and brother of the apostle John.

James Alpheus  One of the twelve apostles, a fisherman and farmer of Kheresa, who was selected by James Zebedee.

James Zebedee  One of the twelve apostles.

Jansad (jan’ sad). The son of Eveson second-born of Adam and Eve, who became the successor of Adam as head of the Adamite tribes. [76:3.3].

Jaram (jay’ ram). A Hittite student of Melchizedek who extended to Abraham Melchizedek’s invitation to come to Salem and hear the teachings of monotheistic truth. [93:5.5].

Jebus  An ancient Canaanite city taken by David, it later became Jerusalem.

Jerusem (jeh roo’ sem). The headquarters world of Satania, our local system. [15:7.5].

Jerusemites (jeh roo’ sem ites). Beings domiciled on Jerusem. [45:2.6].

Jesus  Also called Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus Christ, Joshua ben Joseph, Son of God, Son of Man, and Michael of Nebadon.

Jesus of Nazareth Human identity of Michael of Nebadon.

Jesusonian  About or pertaining to Jesus.

John the Baptist  Forerunner of Michael’s mission on Urantia and, in the flesh, distant cousin of the Son of Man.

John the Revelator  Apostle who wrote the Book of Revelation.

John Zebedee  One of the twelve apostles.

Jordan  A river in Modern Palestine, where Jesus was baptized.

Joseph  (1) Great-grandson of Abraham, (2) Earthly father of Jesus, (3) Brother of Jesus, (4) Jewish believer of Tyre.

Joseph of Arimathea  A wealthy member of the Sanhedrin, who obtained the body of Jesus after the Crucifixion and laid it in his own tomb.

Judaism  The monotheistic religion of the Jews.

Judas  An apostle, the group’s treasurer, and the betrayer of Jesus.

Judas Alpheus  One of the twelve apostles, a fisherman and farmer of Kheresa, who was selected by James Zebedee.

Judas Iscariot  The disciple who betrayed Jesus.

Jude  A brother of Jesus.

Judea  The subdivision of ancient Palestine, succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province during the time of Christ.

Justa  Believer with whom Jesus stayed in Sidon.

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Karuska  Wealthy believer with whom Jesus lodged at Sidon.

Katro (cat’ row). The head of the family with whom Melchizidek lived for more than 30 years. [93:3.5].

Kenan (kee’ nan). Great-grandson of Adam and Eve; grandson of Seth, Adam and Eve’s first-born son in the second garden who, as a founding member of the Sethite priesthood, instituted the foreign missionary service to other tribes in the Mesopotamian area in approximately 35,000 B.C. [76:3.4].

Kenite  A nomadic clan in the ancient Levant, who long embraced Melchizedek’s teachings about the Trinity.

Kheresa  A city in Israel frequently visited by Jesus and the apostles.

Kopet Dagh (koh’ pet dahzh). A mountain range east of the southern end of the Caspian Sea within which a high Adamite civilization flourished for 7,000 years from the times of Adamson and Ratta. [77:5.10].

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Lanaforge (lan’ ah forge). A primary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1] who succeeded Lucifer as System Sovereign.[45:2.3].

Lanonandek (la non’ an deck). The third order of Local Universe Sons of God brought into existence by the Creator Son and Creative Spirit. The initial complement of twelve million Lanonandeks, after passing through the Melchizidek University, were divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary orders. Primary Lanonandeks often serve as System Sovereigns; secondary Lanonandeks often serve as Planetary Princes; tertiary Lanonandeks function in subordinate and assistant roles. [35:8.1].

Laotta (lay aht’ tah). A Nodite woman, head of the western Garden of Eden school, with whom Adam chose to mate after Eve had defaulted in their planetary mission (see Serapatatia). [75:5.2].

Last Supper  The last meal Jesus spent with his apostles while he was on earth.

Lazarus  (1) Close friend of Jesus at Bethany, (2) Beggar in Nazarite allegory.

Legion  (1) Twelve units of Seraphim (248,832 pairs or 497,664 individuals) (2) A division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers, (3) Very great in number.

Levantine  Inhabitant of the Levant, the former name for the area of the Eastern Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.

Levi  Original name of the Apostle Matthew.

Levites  Sons of Levi, a sacred caste in ancient Israel.

Levitical  (1) Of or pertaining to the Levites, (2) Of or pertaining to Levitical law, which relates to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance.

Leviticus  Third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance.

Liaison Stabilizers  Regulators of the morontia energy in association with the physical and spirit forces of the realm.

Life Carrier Sons  Local universe Sons of God who are the offspring of a Paradise Creator Son in varied association with the complemental local universe Mother Spirit. Intrusted with designing and carrying creature life to the planetary spheres; after planting this life on such new worlds the Life Carriers remain there for long periods to foster its development.

Life Carriers  Local universe Sons of God who are the offspring of a Paradise Creator Son in varied association with the complemental local universe Mother Spirit. Entrusted with designing and carrying creature life to the planetary spheres; after planting this life on such new worlds the Life Carriers remain there for long periods to foster its development.

Life vehicle  Type of body a mortal creature inhabits.

Light and life  (1) Final evolutionary attainment of status for an individual being or, collectively, for a world of time and space.

Local System  Basic unit of the supergovernment, consisting of about one thousand inhabited or inhabitable worlds.

Local Universe  A division of a superuniverse comprising one hundred constellations (about 10,000,000 inhabitable planets), and ruled by one of the co-ordinate Creator Sons of God of the order of Michael.

Local Universe Centers  Power centers on the headquarters of each Local Universe that function to downstep and otherwise to modify the seven power circuits emanating from superuniverse headquarters.

Local Universe Creative Spirits  A personal representation of the Infinite Spirit (also called the Local Universe Mother Spirit), these Divine Ministers accompany a Creator Son to the realms of space, there to be his companion, first, in physical organization and, later, in creation and ministry to the creatures of the newly projected universe.

Local Universe Susatia  Beings who are the offspring of the Creator Son and Creative Spirit and that reside and function as permanent citizens on Salvington and are closely associated with Spirit-fused mortals.

Loyalatia (loy al ay’ shah). The seraphim who warned a human seer not to worship the angels since they are simply fellow servants with the mortal races. [38:2.5].

Lucifer  The deposed System Sovereign of Satania who led a rebellion against the Universal Father and Michael of Nebadon.

Luke  Gentile convert of Paul.

Lut (like nut). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff (see Ang). Lut headed the guardians of health and life commission. [66:5.17].

Lutentia (lew ten’ chah). The rebellious and subsequently deposed System Sovereign of Palonia into whose position Michael was appointed as part of Michael’s second bestowal experience, as a Lanonandek Son [35:8.1][119:2.2].

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Maccabee  Judas Maccabee, a Judean priest who assumed command of Judean resistance to Greek forces in the second century BC. Maccabee restored Mosaic services at the Mt. Zion temple.

Macedonia  Ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in southern Europe.

Machaerian Palace  Palace of Herod Antipas, who governed Galilee and Perea during Jesus’ youth and ministry to A.D. 39.

Machiventa (mack i ven’ ta). The first name of the Melchizedek Son who incarnated on Urantia during the times of Abraham in approximately 2,000 B.C. Also referred to as the “Sage of Salem.” (see Melchizedek). Machiventa also now serves in the capacity as Urantia’s (Earth’s) Planetary Manager to coordinate the efforts to bring our civilization into alignment with Universe Laws and Divine Plans and a sense of our cosmic citizenship. [93:1.1] …and other documents throughout this website.

Magadan  A park near Bethsaida-Julias where Jesus held conferences, camped with his followers and ordained seventy teachers.

Magdala  (1) In this city’s resorts of ill repute the women evangelists found and ministered to Mary Magdalene, (2) Where Jesus as a boy engaged in fishing with the uncle who made his headquarters near this city, (3) Jude, Jesus’ brother, established his home here.

Magellanic Cloud  A gigantic luminous mass of blazing suns in the Milky Way galaxy.

Magi  Three wise men who supposedly were drawn by the star of Bethlehem to the manger of the infant Jesus.

Magisterial Sons  Paradise Sons of God who are children of the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit and who take part in judicial actions, magisterial missions and bestowal missions on the worlds of space.

Majeston (mah jes’ tahn). The 50th Reflective Spirit; of divine Trinity origin, he was created by the Supreme Being in functional liaison with the Deity Absolute; chief of reflectivity in the Grand Universe with headquarters on Paradise. [17:2.1].

Major Sector   Comprises about one tenth of a superuniverse and consists of one hundred minor sectors, ten thousand local universes and about one hundred billion inhabitable worlds.

Malavatia (mal a vay’ shah). The first name of a Melchizedek Son who was one of the authors of the Urantia Papers. [43:9.6].

Malvorian (mal vor’ ee an). The first of the order of Graduate Guides and the being who greeted and acted as guide for the first mortal ascender, Grandfanda, when he reached the outer circuit of Havona. [24:6.6].

Manotia (man oh’ shah). The name of a supreme seraphim of Nebadon, created by the Creative Spirit, who has ascended to the position of associate chief of seraphim on Urantia. The seraphim associated with a Melchizedek Son in the work of preparing Paper 39, “The Seraphic Hosts.” [39:0.9].

Manovandet (mah noh van’ det). The first name of a Melchizedek Son who was once attached to the receivership of Urantia after the rebellion and who authored Paper 53, “The Lucifer Rebellion.” [53:9.9].

Mansant (man’ sant). A great mortal teacher during the post-Planetary Prince age on Urantia who taught veneration of the “Great Light.” Mansant now serves on the Urantia Advisory Council as one of the four and twenty counselors. [45:4.1].

Mansion world  One of the seven progressive training worlds on which planetary resurrected mortal survivors resume their lives when overtaken by death. These spheres are satellites that orbit world number one of the fifty-six worlds encircling Jerusem, the capital of the local system Satania.

Mansion World Students  Surviving mortals who reawaken on the mansion worlds belong to this class.

Mansion World Teachers  Recruited and glorified cherubim who function in most of the educational enterprises of the morontia life.

Mansonia (man sohn’ ee-ah). The name given to each of the seven satellites which orbit world number one of the fifty-six worlds encircling Jerusem, the capital sphere of Satania [15:7.5]. These seven satellites e.g. Mansonia number one, two, etc.) are the mansion worlds devoted to the transitional culture of ascending mortals. Also refers to the mansion world experience or career. [47:0.1].

Mansurotia (man sue roh’ shah). A tertiary Lanonandek Son [35:8.1] who serves in the Satania system government as first assistant Sovereign to Lanaforge, the System Sovereign; Mansurotia sits on the Jerusem executive council, the supreme advisory body of Satania. [45:3.3].

Mantutia (man too’ shah). The first name of the Melchizedek Son who directed the twelve Nebadon personalities who authored those papers concerning the Local Universe and the history of Urantia. [56:11.10].

Marcus  A speaker at the forum in Rome to whom Jesus provided personal ministry and who became the successor to the Apostle Peter.

Mardus (mar’ dus). The leader of the Cynics of Rome who, in interactions with Jesus sometime during A.D. 22-23, learned about good and evil. [132:2.1].

Mark  Also known as John Mark, as a boy he lingered about many of the scenes that he depicts in the Gospel bearing his name.

Martha  (1) Jesus’ second sister, (2) Sister of Lazarus who was, together with her brother and sister, a close friend of Jesus and his family.

Mary  (1) The earth mother of Jesus, (2) Mary Magdalene, a convert of Jesus who became the chief spokesman of the women’s corps of evangels, (3) Sister of Lazarus who was, together with her brother and sister, a close friend of Jesus and his family, (4) The wife of Clopas, one of the women believers who witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and came ready to prepare his body after his physical death, (5) Mary Mark, mother of John Mark, in whose home the Last Supper was held, (6) Mary, mother of the Alpheus twins, who went with other women believers to anoint Jesus’ body after his physical death.

Mary Magdalene  A convert of Jesus who became the chief spokesman of the women’s corps of evangels.

Master Physical Controllers  Beings who are the mobile subordinates of the Supreme Power Centers.

Master Son  A Creator Son who has sojourned seven times among his creatures and thereby become a sovereign and supreme ruler of his Local Universe.

Master Universe  Comprises the seven evolving superuniverses in association with the central and divine universe and the uninhabited but mobilizing universes of outer space.

Matadormus  The wealthy young man who refused to part with his worldy possessions as a prerequisite to becoming one of Jesus’ ordained teachers.

Materialism  (1) Preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values, (2) The philosophical theory that regards matter and its motions as constituting the universe, and all phenomena, including those of mind, as due to material agencies.

Materialize  (1) To come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out, (2) To assume material or bodily form; become corporeal.

Matthew  (1) One of the twelve apostles of Jesus, (2) The Gospel of Matthew, one of the four gospels of the New Testament.

Matthew Levi  One of the twelve apostles of Jesus.

Matthias  Replaced Judas Iscariot as treasurer of the apostles.

Mechanical Controllers  Mobile assistants of the associate power directors.

Mek (like deck). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff (see Ang [66:5.2]). Mek headed the planetary council on art and science. [66:5.23].

Melchizedek (mel kizz’ eh deck). The first of the four orders of descending sonship designated as Local Universe Sons of God, created by the Creator Son and Creative Spirit in collaboration with the Father Melchizedek in the early days of populating the local universe of Nebadon. The Father Melchizedek was created by the union of the Creator Son and the Creative Spirit. These Sons, who number more than ten million in the local universe, are self-governing and are primarily devoted to education and experiential training. [35:0.1].

Mesotron  An “”energy carrier”” particle of matter that holds together, by reciprocating function, the charged protons and the uncharged neutrons of the nucleus of the atom.

Messenger Hosts of Space  Beings of the Infinite Spirit who function as the connecting links between the higher personalities and the ministering spirits.

Messiah  The promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.

Messianic  Of or relating to the Messiah, his awaited deliverance of the Jews, or the new age of peace expected to follow this.

Messina  A seaport in NE Sicily where Jesus, Gonod and Ganid stopped on the way to Rome and where Jesus changed the life of a young fruit vendor boy.

Michaelsons a generic term for the spiritual ruler and Creator Son of any given local universe. Our Michaelson is known as Jesus Christ; Christ Michael who incarnated in the physical body here on Earth as Joshua ben Joseph to complete his journey to earn his universe sovereignty.

midsonite (mid’ son ite). Worlds on which the Melchizedeks have functioned as life carriers. [36:4.1].

midsoniters (mid’ son eye ters). The progeny of the union between a Melchizedek and a Material Daughter. [36:4.2].

Midwayers (mid’ way ers). Creatures who appear on most inhabited worlds, and always on life-experiment decimal worlds such as Urantia. They exist and function in the realm “midway” between human and angel and appear in two types:

1) primary Midwayers, who, on Urantia, are produced by the members of the corporeal staff of the Planetary Prince;

2) secondary Midwayers, who, on Urantia, were produced by the sixteen invisible children of Adamson and Ratta. Midwayers are the permanent inhabitants of a world until released for the ascendant experience during the times of light and life. [38:9.1].

Mighty Messenger  A group of sons chiefly, but not wholly, concerned with the services of the ascendant career of the time-space mortals.

Mind  Mind, on Urantia, is a compromise between the essence of thought perfection and the evolving mentality of your immature human nature. The plan for your intellectual evolution is, indeed, one of sublime perfection, but you are far short of that divine goal as you function in the tabernacles of the flesh. Mind is truly of divine origin, and it does have a divine destiny, but your mortal minds are not yet of divine dignity.

Mind adjutant  Perform invaluable service in the mind circuits on the inhabited worlds .

Mind circuit  The cosmic arena of creature choice.

Mind gravity  Unerringly clutches all vital meanings of intellectual existence.

Mind personalities  In the same sense that there are spirit personalities who have mind there are mind personalities who have spirit.

Mind-adjutants  Coming from a local universe Mother Spirit and related to creature life of intelligence status .

Mind-dominated beings  mind personalities who have spirit.

Mind-matrix  One hundred local universes (about 1,000,000,000 inhabitable planets).The mortal-mind transcripts and the active creature-memory patterns.Minor Sector.

Miriam  Sister of Jesus.

Mongoloid  The primary Sangik type, including the original red, yellow, and blue races.

Monitors  Prepersonal presences that reside in the minds of will creatures.

Monjoronson (mon jor on son). Monjoronson is an Avonal personality/being [20:1.3].originating from Paradise. Equivalent to being Michael’s brother excepting Monjoronson is not a creator-son class of being. He is destined to arrive on Urantia during this planets’ evolution and to assist and co-creatively help us learn to manage and progress Earth into an era of what is termed, “Light & Life”.

Monmatia (mahn may’ shah). The universe name for Urantia’s solar system which was formed over four billion years ago (see Angona). [57:5.1].

monota (moh noh’ tah). The living, non-spirit energy of Paradise. [42:2.19].

morontia (moh rahn’ chah). That phase of universe reality intervening and bridging the gulf between the material and spiritual realms of the universe. This realm of morontia progression and experience takes place in the local universe and ranges from the transition spheres orbiting Jerusem up through Salvington. Morontia refers to material, mindal, and spiritual realities, and to the soul. [48:0.1].

Morontia-soul  a new vehicle for personality manifestation.

Mortal  Life in the flesh. Intelligent beings with immortal souls whose bodies emerge as a result of biological evolutionary processes on a planet. Mortals’ physical bodies live and die before they are given the choice to continue their Multiverse career, following their life review. The choice to not continue is also an option.

Mortal Ascension Scheme the process by which all mortal beings who live and die on the material worlds of time & space of the Local Systems pass up through the 7 subsequent levels to the System’s capital planet as they embark on their Multiverse career.

Mortal Corps of Finaliters  Completed mortals who serve in many capacities on worlds settled in light and life.

Mortal Corps of the Finality  The destination of the ascending Adjuster-fused mortals of time.

Mortal survivors  Ascending pilgrims.

Most High Assistants  Members of a group of Universe Aids, a composite personality group of beings that are closely related to the organization and administration of the grand universe.

mota (moh’ tah). The wisdom of the morontia level of reality. The mindal mechanism for the comprehension of cosmic meanings and the interrelationships of the universe. [48:7.1].

Mother Spirit  The Third Source and Center and her daughters in the local universes.

Multiverse the entire rangeof frequency domainson every level of the Master Universe.

Mystery Monitor  An actual fragment of the very God of all creation a/k/a/ a Thought Adjuster, Indwelling Spirit.

Mystic – “What does it mean to be a mystic? a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.” 

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Nabodad (nab’ oh dad). One of the Salem teachers and missionaries. The leader of the Salem missionary school at Kish, whose ill-advised efforts at social reform led to the defeat of the Melchizedek teachings in Mesopotamia. [95:1.6].

Nabon (nay’ bahn). A Greek Jew and a leader of the Mithraic mystery cult in Rome who had many conferences with Jesus, during the latter’s Mediterranean tour. He was most lastingly impressed with a discussion of truth and faith. [132:3.1].

Nambia (nam’ bee ah). The first-born Life Carrier in Nebadon, who serves with Gabriel and the Father Melchizedek as director of this order of local universe sonshipage. [36:1.2]

Nathan   (1) A Greek Jew from Caesarea who wrote the gospel according to John; (2) a potter who befriended Jesus when he was a child; (3) father of Johab, the groom at Cana; (4) one of David’s messengers.

Nathaniel  (1) The sixth and last of the apostles to be chosen by the Master himself; (2) Wealthy Pharisee of Ragaba.

Natural death  When you finish your earthly career.

Nazareth  A small town on the caravan routes from the Orient .

Nebadon (neb’ ah dahn). The name of our local universe, which is governed by our Creator Son, Michael, together with his Creative Mother Spirit consort. Salvington is the headquarters sphere. [0:0.5].

Nephilim  The Nodites.

Nod (nahd). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff (see Ang). Nod headed the commission on industry and trade, and became leader of those 60 staff members who joined the rebellion. [66:5.11].

Nodites (nahd’ ites). Descendants of the rebel members of Caligastia’s corporeal staff who derived their name from their leader, Nod. [73:1.1].

Nog (like bog). A false god of those remnants of the lowest Sangik races occupying Dalamatia at the time of the flood which engulfed the city 162 years after the planetary rebellion. [67:5.5].

Norlatiadek (nor lash’ ee ah dek). The constellation to which Urantia belongs. Constellations represent the 100 primary divisions of local universes and link the systems to local universe administration. [15:14.6].

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Oban  Onagar’s headquarters on the northern shores of the ancient Mediterranean in the region of the present Caspian Sea.

Omniaphim (ahm’ nee ah fim). The fourth class of ministering spirits of the grand universe, created by the Infinite Spirit in concert with the Seven Supreme Executives, and who serve as the exclusive servants and messengers of the Supreme Executives. [28:2.1].

Omnificent  Creating all that is created.

Omnipersonal  Embracing all the known relationships of personality; before, during and after personality.

Omnipotence  The everywhere dominance of the absolute level.

Omnipotent  The transcendental Almighty .

Omnipresence  Everywhere present, and at the same time.

Omniscience  Ultimate foreknowledge.

Onagar (ahn’ ah gar). The great leader of the Andonic tribes who taught worship of the “Breath Giver to men and animals” approximately ten thousand years after Andon and Fonta. Onagar currently serves on the Urantia Advisory Council as one of the four and twenty counselors. [63:6.1].

Onamonalonton (ahn’ a mahn a lahn’ tahn). The leader and spiritual deliverer of the red race who taught about the “Great Spirit” 65,000 years ago in the redwood forests of California. [64:6.7].

Orlandof (or’ lan doff). A teacher of the blue race who, 500 years after the downfall of Caligastia, led his tribes back to the worship of the “Supreme Chief.” Orlandof currently serves on the Urantia Advisory Council as one of the four and twenty counselors. [64:6.23].

Orvonon (or’ voh nahn). The great leader and teacher of the indigo race who taught worship of the “God of Gods” and who currently serves on the Urantia Advisory Council four and twenty counselors. [64:6.26].

Orvonton (or vahn’ tahn). The seventh of the seven superuniverses which, in conjunction with the Paradise/Havona system, comprise the grand universe of time and space. Orvonton is divided into 10 major sectors, each of which is divided into 100 minor sectors. Each minor sector contains 1,000 local universes, each of which is comprised of 100 constellations. Each constellation is comprised of 100 local systems, each of which is comprised of a potential of 1,000 inhabited worlds. Urantia is the 606th of the 619 currently inhabited worlds in the system of Satania. [15:3.1].

Outer space  A domain where untold universes are in process of organization.

Oversoul  (1) The totality of the summation of all creature existence in Indian philosophy; (2) The great Supreme is the cosmic oversoul of the grand universe.

Palonia (pa lohn’ ee ah). The system in which Michael made his second bestowal, as a primary Lanonandek Son serving as System Sovereign. [119:2.5].

Panoptia (pah nahp’ shah). The only world among the 38 rebellion-touched planets in the Satania system whose peoples refused to join their Planetary Prince in allying with the Lucifer rebels and rebellion. (see Ellanora [53:7.1]).

Paradise 

    • Paradise is the geographic center of infinity and the dwelling place of the eternal God;
    • Your world, Urantia, is one of many similar inhabited planets which comprise the local universe of Nebadon. This universe, together with similar creations, makes up the superuniverse of Orvonton, from whose capital, Uversa, our commission hails. Orvonton is one of the seven evolutionary superuniverses of time and space which circle the never-beginning, never-ending creation of divine perfection — the central universe of Havona. At the heart of this eternal and central universe is the stationary Isle of Paradise, the geographic center of infinity and the dwelling place of the eternal God.

Paradise Arrivals  The final stage in the mortal ascent to Paradise.

Paradise Citizens  Co-ordinate Trinity-origin Beings resident on Paradise.

Paradise Companions  An order of the the Messenger Hosts of Space.

Paradise Corps of the Finality  A composite personality group resident in Uversa.

Paradise Deities  The Universal Father, The Eternal Son, The Infinite Spirit.

Paradise Father  The eternal God — the Paradise Father of all universe personalities.

Paradise-Havona-trinitized Sons  One of the three orders of creature-trinitized sons, the result the trinitization of certain high spiritual aspects of the Supreme Being .

Paradise-Havoner  The creative efforts of the Paradise Citizens and the Havoners.

Paradiseward  Toward Paradise.

Paradisiacal  One aspect of the activities of seven-circuited Havona.

Pattern  Can be projected as material, spiritual, or mindal, or any combination of these energies. It can pervade personalities, identities, entities, or nonliving matter. But pattern is pattern and remains pattern; only copies are multiplied.

Paul of Tarsus  One of the greatest teachers of this era along with Jesus and Philo of Alexandria.

Pauline  The version of the life and teachings of the Son of Man which became paganized Christianity.

Pentecost  A feast occurring seven weeks after Passover.

Perfections of Days  The rulers of the superuniverse major sectors.

Perfectors of Wisdom  A specialized creation of the Paradise Trinity designed to personify the wisdom of divinity in the superuniverses.

Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit  One of the groups comprising the Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit.

Personal guardians of destiny  Personal angels who are wholly and exclusively devoted to an ascending mortal.

Personalities of the Infinite Spirit  Three groups

Personality – (1) The Universal Father is the secret of the reality of personality, the bestowal of personality, and the destiny of personality. The Eternal Son is the absolute personality, the secret of spiritual energy, morontia spirits, and perfected spirits. The Conjoint Actor is the spirit-mind personality, the source of intelligence, reason, and the universal mind; (2) The personality of mortal man is neither body, mind, nor spirit; neither is it the soul; (3) Personality is the one changeless reality in an otherwise ever-changing creature experience; and it unifies all other associated factors of individuality. The personality is the unique bestowal which the Universal Father makes upon the living and associated energies of matter, mind, and spirit, and which survives with the survival of the morontial soul.

Personality circuit  Only by means of his far-flung personality circuit does God deal directly with the personalities of his vast creation of will creatures.

Personality synthesis  The Supreme Being is evolving as the personality synthesis of finite matter, mind, and spirit in the grand universe.

Personalized Adjusters  Those who have served with the incarnated Paradise Sons, together with many who have achieved unusual distinction during the mortal indwelling, but whose subjects rejected survival.

Pervaded space  The space of the grand universe and that of all outer regions is believed to be actually pervaded by the ancestral space potency of the Unqualified Absolute.

Peter  An intimate of Jesus, one of the inner circle, and one of the three formulators of the Christian religion.

Pharisee  A member of the Sanhedrin.

Philip  (1) One of the twelve apostles, (2) Brother of Herod Antipas.

Philo  One of the teachers on whose personal religious experience were based the doctrines of early Christianity.

Physical energy  term denoting all phases and forms of phenomenal motion, action, and potential.

Physical gravity  The universal manifestation of the Isle of Paradise.

Pilate  Governor of Judea.

Pilgrim  Ascenders through time and space.

Planetary Custodians  One of the groups comprising the Morontia Power Supervisors, a division of the Universe Power Directors.

Planetary Midwayers  One of the groups comprising the Corps of Permanent Citizenship, a division of the Universe Power Directors.

Planetary Mortals  Animal-origin evolutionary beings of ascendant potential.

Porogia (poh roh’ gee ah). A neighboring local system in the constellation of Norlatiadek ( [15:14.6] ). [41:2.1].

Porshunta (pore shun’ tah). The leader and master mind of the orange race who ministered from their headquarters at Armageddon approximately 300,000 years ago. Porshunta serves today on the Urantia Advisory Council as one of the four and twenty counselors. [64:6.12].

Portalon (port a’ lahn). A local universe neighbor of Nebadon. [32:2.12].

Potencies  The potentials inherent in matter, mind, and spirit.

Potentiality  Potentiality comes inward from the infinity periphery and converges at the center of all things.

Power  Universe power includes all forms of energy which, while still responding to Paradise gravity, are directly responsive to linear gravity. This is the electronic level of energy-matter and all subsequent evolutions thereof.

Power-personality synthesis  The ever-ascending mobilization and perfecting unification of all phases and values of finite reality.

Pre-Adamic  Civilization before the arrival of an Adam.

Pre-Aryan  The early pre-white Andites.

Pre-existentials  That which lies before beginnings .

Pre-experiential  A quality of the I AM.

Pre-Trinity  The existential, solitary, nonattainable I AM .

Preactual  A quality of the I AM.

Prepersonal  Prior to the bestowal of personality.

Prepersonal spirits  Are representative of the Universal Father’s direct and unexplained contact with the creatures of the realms.

Puissant energy  Primary energy, powerful-directional, mass-movemented, mighty-tensioned, and forcible-reacting energy .

Pure mind  Mind subject only to the universal gravity grasp of the Conjoint Actor.

Preadjutant  Mechanical mind, the nonteachable intellect of the most primitive forms of material life.

Prechoice age  Twenty years for the children of Adam and Eve.

Precolored  Humanity before the appearance of the colored races.

Q

Qualified Vicegerents of the Ultimate  A group of the Unclassified and Revealed Orders of living beings.

Quartan  One of the space levels of progressive evolution .

Quasi-liquid  A stage of solar development.

Quiescence  The opposite of motion.

R

Rachel  The sister-in-law of Jude, the Master’s brother in the flesh, and one of the first ten women evangelists.

Rantowac (ran’ toh wahk). A wise man of the red race who was the first human being on Urantia to reach the third psychic circle and receive a personal guardian seraphim. [113:2.2].

Rantulia (ran too’ lee ah). A neighboring local system in the constellation of Norlatiadek ([15:14.6]). [41:2.1].

Ratta (rat’ tah). A pure-line descendent of the Caligastia’s corporeal staff who married Adamson, the first-born son of Adam and Eve, during the times of the second garden in approximately 33,000 B.C. Together they had a family of sixty-seven children and were grandparents to the secondary order of Midwayers. [77:5.1].

Reassembly of personality  Such a reassociation of soul and Adjuster is quite properly called a resurrection, a reassembly of personality factors;.

Rebecca  (1) Girl who fell in love with Jesus, (2) Daughter of Joseph of Arimathea.

Receiving worlds  Worlds where ascending mortals arrive at a new level of progression.

Recents of Days  The directors of the superuniverse minor sectors.

Reflectivators  One of numerous groups of beings who are influential in the superuniverse governments, but who are not, at present, for various reasons, fully active in their individual capacities.

Reflective Image Aids  The spokesmen of the seven Reflective Spirits and through them representatives of the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise.

Reflectivity  The unique and inexplicable power to see, hear, sense, and know all things as they transpire throughout a superuniverse, and to focalize, by reflectivity, all this information and knowledge at any desired point.

Remona  Wife of Cain.

Reserve Corps  A very large group of seconaphim, the seventh primary serials, are held in reserve for the unclassified duties and the emergency assignments of the realms.

Reservists  Humans who are protectors of planetary destiny, pivotal individuals in the plans which the world administrators are prosecuting.

Revelator  Members of a commission that must act in accordance with the instructions which form a part of the revelation mandate.

Reversion Directors  The promoters of relaxation and humor — reversion to past memories.

Rodan (roh dan’). A Greek philosopher from Alexandria whose discussions with Nathaniel and Thomas led him to become a committed believer in and teacher of the gospel of the kingdom. [160:0.1]

Ruth  (1) Ancestor of Mary, (2) Sister of Jesus, (3) One of the first ten women evangelists.

S

Sadib (say’ dib). A tertiary Lanonandek Son who serves in the Satania system government as second assistant Sovereign to Lanaforge, the System Sovereign. [45:3.4].

Salsatia (sal say’ shah). One of the higher spirit orders in the family of the Infinite Spirit, Salsatia serves as the Nebadon Census Director with headquarters on Salvington and registers the existence marked by birth and death) of all will creatures in the local universe (see Usatia). [37:8.4].

Salvington (sal’ ving ton). The headquarters sphere of the local universe of Nebadon, personal home of the Creator Son, Michael, and the Creative Spirit (see Nebadon; Orvonton). [32:2.3].

Sandmatia (sand may’ shah). A neighboring local system in the constellation of Norlatiadek. [41:2.1].

Sangik (san’ gik). The Badonite family, descended from Andon and Fonta, in which the ancestors of the six colored races of Urantia were born in approximately 498,000 B.C. [64:6.1].

sanobim (san’ oh bim). The lowest order of angels, created by the Creative Mother Spirit, who serve in functional union with cherubim as routine spirit workers and aids of the seraphic ministers. [38:7.1].

Sansa (san’ sah). The daughter of Adam and Laotta, stepsister of Cain son of Eve and Cano), who was raised by Adam and Eve after Laotta died in childbirth. Sansa later married Sargan. [76:0.2].

Sanselon (san’ se lahn). A local universe neighbor of Nebadon. [32:2.12]

Sargan (sahr’ gan). Chief of the northern blue races and husband of Sansa. [76:0.2].

Satan Lucifer’s right-hand aide who co-instigated the angelic rebellion approximately 203,000 years ago.

Satania (sah tane’ ee ah). The administrative system of approximately 1,000 inhabitable planets to which Urantia belongs; one of the 10,000 such systems in Nebadon. Jerusem is the capital sphere of the Satania (see Orvonton). [32:2.9].

Sato (say’ toh). An Andite of direct descent from Adamson and Ratta who, in approximately 10,000 B.C., led a group of his people from Mesopotamia to Greece. In settling there, these Andites became the progenitors of the Greek peoples. [80:7.3].

seconaphim (se cahn’ a fim). The ministering angels of the superuniverses; children of the Reflective Spirits assigned to the headquarters of each of the superuniverses. Due to their origin, these angels evidence reflectivity as an inherent part of their natures, and in so doing confirm the reality of the universal presence of the infinite mind of the Conjoint Actor. The seconaphim are also retentive personalities, acting as the living records of everything of true spiritual value in their domains. [28:3.1].

secoraphic (se coh raff’ ick). Of or pertaining to the seconaphim and their activities (see seconaphim). [28:3.1].

segregata (seg ree gay’ tah). Pure energy at the pregravity response stage of cosmic force. [11:8.5].

Serapatatia (sair ah pah tay’ shah). The Nodite leader descended from Caligastia’s defaulted corporeal staff) manipulated by Caligastia to entrap Eve into the default of the Adamic mission by mating with Cano (see Cano; Laotta). [75:3.1].

Seraphington (seh raff’ ing ton). One of the seven sacred life spheres of the Father which orbit the innermost circuit around Paradise. It is the home world of the vast hosts of beings created by the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit as well as the destiny sphere of all the orders of angelic hosts. [13:1.19]

servital (sur’ veh tal). An order of central universe Havona) creatures, of origin in the collaboration of the Seven Master Spirits and the Seven Supreme Power Directors, whose service ministry to ascendant mortals in the superuniverses qualifies them for translation into Graduate Guides beings who greet and guide ascendant creatures through the Havona experiential regime). Also known as Havona Servitals. [25:1.1]

Seth (seth). The eldest son of Adam and Eve born in the second garden, Seth founded the Sethite priesthood whose ministry included religion, education, and health. [76:3.4].

Shabattum (shah batt’ um). The seventh day of the week. Its origin as a day of honor began with the Adamites, and during later times in Mesopotamia its observance became heavy-laden with taboos and rituals. [95:1.2].

Singlangton (sing lang’ ton). A great leader and teacher of the yellow race who was the first of the yellow men to teach the worship of “One Truth.” Singlangton also serves currently on the Urantia Advisory Council as one of the four and twenty counselors. [64:6.14].

Solitarington (sahl i tair’ ing ton). One of the seven sacred life spheres of the Father which orbit the innermost circuit around Paradise. Solitarington is the home of a host of beings of origin in the conjoint action of the Universal Father and the Infinite Spirit, as well as the home sphere of the Solitary Messengers and other superangelic orders. [13:1.15].

Solonia (soh lone’ ee ah). The chief of the fifth order of angels, the planetary helpers, who was on duty during the time of Adam and Eve and who proclaimed Eve’s default of the divine plan and requested the return of the Melchizedek receivers to Urantia. Solonia, also known as the “voice in the Garden,” was responsible for Papers 73-76. [51:3.5].

Sonarington (so nar’ ing ton). One of the seven sacred life spheres of the Father which orbit the innermost circuit around Paradise. It is the personal receiving world of the Eternal Son and Paradise headquarters of the accredited and approved ascending and descending Sons of God. [13:1.7].

Sonta-an (sahn’ tah an). The name Fonta used for Andon meaning “loved by mother.” [63:0.3].

Sonta-en (sahn’ tah en). The name Andon used for Fonta meaning “loved by father.” [63:0.3].

Sontad (sahn’ tad). The first of 19 children born to Andon and Fonta. Assisted by his eldest sister, he assumed leadership of the family clan when his parents died. [63:3.1].

Sortoria (sohr toh’ ree ah). A neighboring local system in the constellation of Norlatiadek. [41:2.1].

Soul – The word “soul” is used 512 times in The Urantia Book. The word is used in many different and complex meanings in the book. For example: The Forward said the “… soul of man is an experiential acquirement.” Also important are the things the soul is not: it is not mind, nor spirit nor personality. Of all the things a mortal is, the only parts that have eternity potential are personality, spirit, and soul. Nor is it the Spirit of Truth. The soul does not begin to fully grow until the Thought Adjuster arrives in the normal human mind, at which time this embryo of a soul continues to evolved but its evolution is a consequence of the enlarging mature character of the being resulting in an increased mental capacity and spiritual insight. But Jesus tells us: “… the soul that survives time and emerges into eternity must make a living and personal choice between good and evil as they are determined by the true values of the spiritual standards established by the divine spirit which the Father in heaven has sent to dwell within the heart of man.” [132:2.2]

Spirit Monitor – The invisible divine spirit, also called the Thought Adjuster or Mystery Monitor, which is endowed upon the human mind by the Universal Father, usually before a child’s sixth birthday. This divine, immortal spirit is prepersonal but it can achieve personality through fusion with the surviving mortal. mortal beings achieve eternal life. The perfect fusion of the human mind and the divine Adjuster is usually achieved before or by the time the ascending mortal reaches the sixth mansion world of progressive morontia existence.

Spiritington (spir-it’ ing ton). One of the seven sacred life spheres of the Father which orbit the innermost circuit around Paradise. This is the Paradise home of those high beings exclusively representative of the Infinite Spirit. [13:1.9].

Spirituality – The Urantia Book mentions the word “spirituality” 25 times. Obviously it embraces the quality of spirit, that is, of God and our relationship of our soul’s connection to all Sources and Center. In the book we find spirituality in reference to the “augmentation of cosmic insight,” the last step of a “progressive program of an expanding civilization” on an evolutionary planet. A look at Wikipedia will suggest there are many types of spirituality, almost one for every religion. But the UB wants us to think in terms of absolutes. “Spirituality becomes at once the indicator of one’s nearness to God and the measure of one’s usefulness to fellow beings. Spirituality enhances the ability to discover the beauty in things, to recognize truth in meanings, and to discover goodness in values.” [100:2.4]; and “The achievement of finality of spirituality is equivalent to the attainment of the maximum of reality, the maximum of God-likeness.” [100:2.5].  In [112:6.1] the text infers a progression of spirituality as we move through the morontia worlds and beyond: “The morontia career in the local universe has to do with the continued elevation of the personality mechanism from the beginning morontia level of soul existence up to the final morontia level of progressive spirituality.” (see the ‘morontia’ definition and reference elsewhere in this glossary.)

spironga (spy wron’ gah). A spirit offspring of the Bright and Morning Star Gabriel [33:4.1] and the Father Melchizedek [33:6.2], these dual origin beings are a stationary order who are natives of and spirit helpers in the local universe. [37:10.2].

Splandon (splan’ dahn). The name of the major sector of the superuniverse of Orvonton to which our local universe, Nebadon, belongs. Its capital sphere is called Umajor the fifth (see Orvonton). [15:7.9].

spornagia (spor nay’ gee ah). An animal order of creatures responsible for the care and cultivation of the landscapes of the headquarters worlds in the local universe. They are the only creatures to experience actual reincarnation. [46:7.1].

Sudna (suhd’ nah). A Havona Servital on record as having been embraced by the Father and translated to the status of Graduate Guide (see servital). [24:7.4].

superaphic (sue per aff’ ick). Of or pertaining to the beings and activities of the highest order of central universe ministering spirits, the supernaphim. [26:2.1].

supernaphim (sue per’ nah fim). The highest order of central universe ministering spirits. Created in three orders, primary offspring of the Conjoint Actor, secondary of origin in the Seven Master Spirits, and tertiary of origin in the Seven Spirits of the Circuits, these beings minister on Paradise and in Havona. [26:2.1].

susatia (sue say’ shah). Dual-origin and stationary offspring of the Creator Son and the Creative Spirit, these beings are the permanent citizens of Salvington, assist in its administration, and are associated with the ascendant citizens of the local universe. [37:9.12]

System of Planets a grouping of planets consisting of 1,000 inhabited planets, or intended-to-be-inhabited.

System Sovereign the administrative angel of the Lanonandek order, together with an assistant of the same rank and order, who has overall authority over a Local System. Lucifer and Satan were the pair in charge of this (our) System of 3rd-density planets; named Satania.

T

Tabamantia (tab ah man’ chah). An agondonter finaliter who survived the experience of the first rebellion ever in the universes of time and space. Tabamantia currently serves as chief of universe directors responsible for the periodic inspection of all life-modification worlds in the local universe of Nebadon. [50:7.2].

Teherma (teh her’ mah). A Persian businessman in Amathus in early A.D. 27 who, despite Simon Peter’s fumbled attempts to present the gospel teachings, responded to Jesus and entered the kingdom. [141:6.1].

Tenskwatawa (tens kwah’ tah wah). A teacher of the Shawnee Indian Nation who in the early 1800’s accurately predicted the eclipse of the sun, thereby contributing to the evolutionary process of replacing shamanic conjuring with science. [90:2.9].

tertiaphim (tur’ she ah fim). The second order of angelic ministering spirits of the superuniverses who are children of the Infinite Spirit. Tertiaphim function as the staff of the Creator Son until the Bright and Morning Star is personalized. These high angels act as liaison ministers between the Creator Son and the Ancients of Days. [28:1.1].

Those High in Authority  The second group of the Trinitized Sons of Attainment, are all Adjuster-fused beings of mortal origin. These are the perfected mortals who have exhibited superior administrative ability and have shown extraordinary executive genius throughout their long ascending careers.

Those without Name and Number  The remaining three orders, Mighty Messengers, Those High in Authority, and Those without name and number, are glorified ascendant mortals.

Thought Adjuster – The invisible divine spirit, also called the Spirit Monitor or Mystery Monitor, which is endowed upon the human mind by the Universal Father, usually before a child’s sixth birthday. This divine, immortal spirit is prepersonal but it can achieve personality through fusion with the surviving mortal. mortal beings achieve eternal life. The perfect fusion of the human mind and the divine Adjuster is usually achieved before or by the time the ascending mortal reaches the sixth mansion world of progressive morontia existence.

Threefold  (1) The Universal Father achieves freewill liberation from the bonds of infinity and the fetters of eternity by the technique of trinitization, threefold Deity personalization; (2) The grand universe is the threefold Deity domain of the Trinity of Supremacy, God the Sevenfold, and the Supreme Being; (3) God is spirit in a threefold sense

Tiglath (tig’ lath). The young man whom Jesus picked to accompany and assist him during his six-week sojourn on Mount Hermon in A.D. 25 when he completed psychic circle mastery, the full realization of his divine nature, the settlement of the Lucifer Rebellion, and his attainment of sovereignty over the local universe. [134:8.1].

Time-bound  The concept of the I AM is a philosophic concession which we make to the time-bound, space-fettered, finite mind of man, to the impossibility of creature comprehension of eternity existences. Shortsighted and time-bound mortal minds should be slow to criticize the time delays of the farseeing and all-wise administrators of universe affairs.

Time-evolving  In the time-evolving universes of space there is greater divinity attenuation, more difficult problems to be solved, and larger opportunity to acquire experience in their solution.

Time-life  Mortal identity is a transient time-life condition in the universe; it is real only in so far as the personality elects to become a continuing universe phenomenon.

Time-space-conditioned  God the Supreme and God the Ultimate, now evolving in the experiential universes, are not existential — not past eternals, only future eternals, time-space-conditioned and transcendental-conditioned eternals.

Time-space-transcended  God the Ultimate implies the attained realization of the synthesized absonite-superpersonal, time-space-transcended, and eventuated-experiential values, co-ordinated on final creative levels of Deity reality.

Timeless  The absolute level is beginningless, endless, timeless, and spaceless. This cosmos of the Infinite I AM is therefore endless, limitless, and all-inclusive — timeless, spaceless, and unqualified.

Totalizing  This experiential power arising out of the divinity achievements of God the Sevenfold itself manifests the cohesive qualities of divinity by synthesizing—totalizing—as the almighty power of the attained experiential mastery of the evolving creations.

TR; T/R; TR’ing: Is a term or abbreviation used to describe the technique for transmitting celestial communication meaning to “Transmit/Receive”;  ans where “TR’ing” is the action of the TR or “Transmitter/Receiver”.

Training worlds  On the training worlds of the superuniverse you pass through the true spirit stages of progression and are prepared for eventual transit to Havona.

tranosta (trah nohs’ tah). The transcendental energy system operating from the upper level of Paradise in connection with absonite peoples. [42:2.17].

Transcended space  God the Ultimate — the eventuating God of supertime and transcended space.

Transcendence  Typically used in association with the terms

Transcendence of finite limitations  The Supreme Being function as the universe approach to the transcendence of finite limitations, for he is the actual embodiment and personal epitome of all creature evolution, progression, and spiritualization.

Transcendental  God the Supreme and God the Ultimate, now evolving in the experiential universes, are not existential — not past eternals, only future eternals, time-space-conditioned and transcendental-conditioned eternals.

Transcendental beings  There is to be found on Paradise a vast host of transcendental beings whose origin is not ordinarily disclosed to the universes of time and space until they are settled in light and life.

Transcendental Recorders  Certain other gravity traversers are personal beings, such as Gravity Messengers and Transcendental Recorders….

Transcendentaler  EVENTUATED TRANSCENDENTAL BEINGS. There is to be found on Paradise a vast host of transcendental beings whose origin is not ordinarily disclosed to the universes of time and space until they are settled in light and life.

Transfiguration  They beheld Jesus in intimate converse with two brilliant beings clothed in the habiliments of the light of the celestial world. And Jesus’ face and form shone with the luminosity of a heavenly light.

Transfigure  He (Jesus) enters the human mind to elevate, transform, and transfigure it. It is literally true

Translated Midwayers  The primary group are destined to various finaliter corps, but the secondary or Adamic midwayers are all routed for enrollment in the Mortal Corps of Finality.

Translation  Between the time of planetary death or translation and resurrection on the mansion world, mortal man gains absolutely nothing aside from experiencing the fact of survival. This experience of translation from the material life to the morontia state — fusion of the immortal soul with the indwelling Adjuster — increases in frequency commensurate with the evolutionary progress of the planet.

triata (try ah’ tah). The energy-matter systems of Havona, which are threefold in organization and are responsive to linear gravity. [11:8.7] and [42:2.17].

Trinitarian  Interdependence of the three divine personalities .

Trinitize  It is beyond the possibility of any being successfully to portray to the human mind the nature and purport of this extraordinary transaction.

Trinitized Ambassadors  Trinity-embraced ascendant mortals of Son- or Spirit-fused nature.

Trinitized Beings  Beings created by all three Paradise Deities, either as such or as the Trinity, together with the Trinitized Corps.

Trinitized Corps  All groups of trinitized beings, revealed and unrevealed.

Trinitized Custodians  Trinity-embraced seraphim and midwayers.

Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy  The highest order of the Stationary Sons of the Trinity.

Trinitized Sons  A group of composite origin which includes all beings embraced by the Paradise Trinity even though not of direct Trinity origin.

Trinitized Sons of Attainment  Mighty Messengers, Those High in Authority, and Those without Name and Number.

Trinitized Sons of Destiny  Beings trinitized by a finaliter and a Paradise-Havoner .

Trinitized Sons of Perfection  Creature-trinitized wards of the Teacher Sons, further embraced by the Paradise Trinity.

Trinitized Sons of Selection  The Trinitized Custodians and the Trinitized Ambassadors.

Trinitizing  A technique that produces tertiary maximums — things, meanings, and values that are neither perfect nor perfected yet are co-ordinate with both ancestral factors.

Trinity  Trinities are truths of relationship and facts of co-ordinate Deity manifestation.

Trinity embrace  The divine embrace of the Paradise Deities.

Trinity embraced  Becomes a Trinitized Son.

Trinity Teacher Sons  Beings who range the grand universe as the supernal teachers of all personalities, human and divine.

Trinity Ultimate  The Master Architects, the grand universe Supreme Creators, and the Supreme Being .

Trinity-embraced  Beings having the experience of trinitization, either as a part of their origin or as an experience of Trinity embrace subsequently attained.

Trinity-origin and Trinitized Beings  Groups of beings created by all three Paradise Deities, either as such or as the Trinity.

Trinity-origin Beings  One of the seven grand divisions of the divine family of living beings registered on Uversa

triodity (try odd’ i tee). Any of several triune relationships on the level of the existential absolutes, not including the Father, which are directly involved in the cosmic appearance of the experiential Deities Supreme, Ultimate, and Absolute). [104:5.1].

Triple velocity  About 558,840 miles per second.

Triune-origin Beings  Created by all three Paradise Deities.

Triunities  The basic association of Absolutes.

Triunity  A threefold functional aggregate unanimity.

Tut (like but). One of the 100 corporeal members of Caligastia’s staff (see Ang). Tut headed the governors of advanced tribal relations. [66:5.30]

Twelve Apostles  Laymen, unlearned in the lore of the rabbis and untrained in the methods of rabbinical interpretation of the Scriptures.

Twelvefold Adjutants of the Havona Circuits  One of the groups of the Supreme Spirits, of origin in any one of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any one being of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities.

Two-brained  The Urantian type, somewhat more imaginative, adventurous, and philosophical than the one-brained mortals but somewhat less spiritual, ethical, and worshipful than the three-brained orders.

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Ultimacy  The absonite function in the master universe tantamount to universal overcontrol and supersustenance.

Ultimata (uhl tee may’ tah). Energy systems disclosing response to Paradise absolute gravity, but not to linear gravity. [11:8.6].

Ultimate  Self-projected and time-space-transcending Deity.

Ultimate-Absolute  One of the progressive levels toward the completion of the cycle of reality.

Ultimates  That which is of master universe significance and impinges on the destiny level of the completed master universe.

ultimaton (uhl’ tim ah tahn). An energy particle which is the primary unit of material existence, 100 of which combine to form a single electron. Ultimatons are not responsive to linear gravity, but are subject to Paradise gravity. [42:3.3].

Ultraterrestrial or Intraterrestrial Beings those beings who inhabit our neighboring frequency domain and whom the Urantia Book refers to as ‘Midwayers’ or midway creatures.

Umajor (you may’ jor). The architectural sphere which is the capital of Splandon, the major sector of our superuniverse of Orvonton to which Nebadon belongs. Full name is Umajor the fifth (see Orvonton). [15:7.9].

Uminor (you my’ nor). The architectural sphere which is the capital of Ensa, the minor sector of our superuniverse of Orvonton to which Nebadon belongs. Full name is Uminor the third (see Orvonton). [15:7.8].

Unava the Chief of Staff of the two Planetary Princes of the planet Zandana (a neighboring planet), Prince Zanda and Prince Janda-Chi.

Unclassified Centers  The centers who function in special local situations but not on the inhabited planets.

Unions of Days  The Paradise advisers to the rulers of the local universes.

Universal Absolute  The unrevealed infinity-unity of the Paradise Father.

Universal Censors  Represent the collective attitude of Deity in the domains of executive judgment — justice.

Universal Conciliators  The traveling courts of the universes of time and space.

Universal Father  The personality of the First Source and Center .

Universal Manipulator  The Third Source and Center, the ancestor of the power-control creatures and the activator of the cosmic forces of space.

Universe  Diverse levels of creation, all unified in the plans and administration of the Architects of the Master Universe.

Universe Aids  Beings who are engaged in specific missions for the Creator Sons.

Universe Career a mortal’s destiny, unless chosen otherwise, to rise through the many hundreds of levels of the Multiverse to finally, upon the attainment of perfection, encounter the Creator.

Universe Circuit Supervisors  Beings concerned, not with the realms of purely physical or material energy — the domain of the Universe Power Directors — but with the circuits of relative spiritual energy and with those modified circuits which are essential to the maintenance of both the highly developed spiritual beings and the morontia or transition type of intelligent creatures.

Universe Mother Spirit  The universe representative of the Infinite Spirit.

Universe of universes  The work of God and the dwelling place of his diverse creatures.

Universe power  all forms of energy which, while still responding to Paradise gravity, are directly responsive to linear gravity.

Universe Power Directors  Entities who are indispensable to the organization, control, and regulation of the physical energies of the grand universe.

Univitatia (you nih vih tay’ shah). A residential order of non-reproducing beings, created by the Creator Son and Creative Spirit, who constitute the permanent population of and minister to the constellation headquarters worlds. [37:9.8].

Unnamed Reflectivator Liaisons of Majeston  A group of the unclassified and unrevealed orders in the Paradise classification of living beings.

Unpervaded space  The vast space reservoirs above and below Paradise.

Unqualified Absolute  The unlimited capacity for infinity response .

Unqualified Supervisors of the Supreme  The personalization of time-space supremacy.

Unqualified unity  The consequence of the creative acts and the power mandates of the Paradise Trinity.

Unqualifiedly  Limited or conditioned only by volition.

Unrevealed Ascenders  One of The Ascending Orders of origin in any two of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any two beings of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities.

Unrevealed Creative Agencies of the Ancients of Days  A group of the unclassified and unrevealed orders in the Paradise classification of living beings.

Unrevealed Deity-origin Beings  A group of The Supreme Spirits, of origin in any one of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any one being of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities.

Unrevealed Deity-trinitized Beings  A group of the Trinity-origin and Trinitized Beings, created by all three Paradise Deities, either as such or as the Trinity, together with the Trinitized Corps, which designation refers to all groups of trinitized beings, revealed and unrevealed.

Unrevealed Dual-origin Beings  One of the Stationary Orders of origin in any two of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any two beings of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities.

Unrevealed Sons of God  One of the Descending Orders of beings of origin in any two of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any two beings of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities.

Unrevealed Spirit-origin Beings  Members of the Family of the Infinite Spirit.

Unrevealed Trinity-origin Beings  A group of the Trinity-origin and Trinitized Beings.

Unrevealed Universe Aids  Members of the Descending Orders of beings of origin in any two of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created by any two beings of direct or indirect descent from the Paradise Deities.

Urantia (you ran’ chah). The name by which our world planet is known in the universes (see Orvonton). [0:0.1].

Usatia (you say’ shah). The chief of all Census Directors in Orvonton. Census Directors are high beings created by the Infinite Spirit . They register the existence birth and death) of all will creatures in the universe of universes (see Salsatia). [24:2.5].

Uversa (you vur’ sah). The architectural and headquarters world of the seventh superuniverse, Orvonton, of which our local universe, Nebadon, is a part. Those members of the Urantia revelatory commission who were superuniverse personalities came from Uversa (see Orvonton). [0:0.5].

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Van (like can). One of the 100 members of the corporeal staff of Caligastia’s staff see Ang). Van headed the supreme court of tribal coordination and racial cooperation. He was one of the 40 members of the 100 who did not join the rebellion, remaining loyal to Michael’s government. Van remained on the planet, in cooperation with Amadon, until the arrival of Adam and Eve, a period of almost 150,000 years during which time these two leaders were sustained by Melchizedek life ministry and the tree of life. [67:4.1].

Vanites (van’ ites). The descendants of Van who were in turn the ancestors of the Assyrians in the regions of northern Mesopotamia near Lake Van and Mount Ararat. [77:4.10].

Veluntia (vee luhn’ chah). One of the largest suns in Orvonton. [41:4.6].

Vevona (vee voh’ nah). Chief, during Adam’s time, of the souls of peace, a corps of seraphic ministers belonging to the angelic order of planetary helpers. Vevona was the angel who announced to the worlds the birth of Michael as the human Jesus, and who now serves on the staff of the resident governor general. [39:5.5].

Vicegerent (vice jai rent). An administrative deputy of a magistrate or king or in Urantia’s case a higher celestial administrator.

Vicegerington (vice jair’ ing ton). One of the seven sacred life spheres of the Father which orbit the innermost circuit around Paradise. This is the home sphere of those beings who take origin in the actions of the Father and the Son. [13:1.11].

Vilton (vill’ ton). A tertiary Lanonandek Son now serving under Lanaforge as secretary of the Lanonandek ministry of Satania. [45:3.6]

Vimana a small, circular 20 to 30 meter antigravity scout craft used in the early millennia of Prince Caligastia’s mission and originally a gift from a benevolent space-faring race. Vimanas were “mothballed” for long periods of time of planetary history only to reappear in such encounters as found in the writings of the Vedas. Vimanas can manifest in 3-dimensional reality, they are essentially etheric vehicles operating at a frequency outside the small section of the electromagnetic spectrum visible to the human eye.

Violet Blood the potential of an infusion of a slightly higher frequency genetic endowment, which results in more acute senses and a deeper spiritual awareness and responsivity.

Vorondadek (voh rahn’ da deck). The second order of local universe Sons of God created by the Creator Son and the Creative Spirit. These beings, one million in number in Nebadon, are also known as “Constellation Fathers” since they serve in threes as heads of the 100 constellation governments in the local universes in addition to other local universe functions. [35:5.1]

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Wolvering (wool’ vur ing). A local universe neighbor of Nebadon. [32:2.12]

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Zandana regared as a “neighboring planet” at approximately the same level of development as Earth, also subject to the ‘Lucifer Rebellion’ and also subsequently quarantined. A frequent destination of hte Watcherangel known as ‘Georgia’ when she needed some rest and recreation.

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