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43:1.1 [[Edentia]] abounds in fascinating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Highlands highlands], extensive elevations of [[physical]] [[matter]] crowned with [[morontia]] life and overspread with [[spiritual]] [[glory]], but there are no rugged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_ranges mountain ranges] such as appear on [[Urantia]]. There are tens of thousands of sparkling [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes lakes] and thousands upon thousands of interconnecting [[streams]], but there are no great [[oceans]] nor torrential [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers rivers]. Only the highlands are devoid of these [[surface]] [[streams]].

43:1.1 [[Edentia]] abounds in fascinating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Highlands highlands], extensive elevations of [[physical]] [[matter]] crowned with [[morontia]] life and overspread with [[spiritual]] [[glory]], but there are no rugged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_ranges mountain ranges] such as appear on [[Urantia]]. There are tens of thousands of sparkling [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes lakes] and thousands upon thousands of interconnecting [[streams]], but there are no great [[oceans]] nor torrential [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers rivers]. Only the highlands are devoid of these [[surface]] [[streams]].

43:1.2 The [[water]] of [[Edentia]] and similar [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres] is no [[different]] from the [[water]] of the [[evolutionary planets]]. The [[water]] [[systems]] of such [[spheres]] are both [[surface]] and subterranean, and the moisture is in constant [[circulation]]. [[Edentia]] can be [[Travel|circumnavigated]] via these various [[water]] routes, though the chief [[channel]] of [[transportation]] is the [[atmosphere]]. [[Spirit]] [[beings]] would naturally [[travel]] above the [[surface]] of the [[sphere]], while the [[morontia]] and [[material]] [[beings]] make use of [[material]] and semimaterial means to negotiate atmospheric passage.

43:1.2 The [[water]] of [[Edentia]] and similar [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres] is no [[different]] from the [[water]] of the [[evolutionary planets]]. The [[water]] [[systems]] of such [[spheres]] are both [[surface]] and subterranean, and the moisture is in constant [[circulation]]. [[Edentia]] can be [[Travel|circumnavigated]] via these various [[water]] routes, though the chief [[channel]] of [[transportation]] is the [[atmosphere]]. [[Spirit]] [[beings]] would naturally [[travel]] above the [[surface]] of the [[sphere]], while the [[morontia]] and [[material]] [[beings]] make use of [[material]] and semimaterial means to negotiate atmospheric passage.

43:1.3 [[Edentia]] and its [[associated]] worlds have a true [[atmosphere]], the usual [[three]]-[[gas]] mixture which is characteristic of such [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural creations], and which [[embodies]] the [[two]] [[elements]] of Urantian [[atmosphere]] plus that [[morontia]] [[gas]] suitable for the [[respiration]] of [[morontia]] [[creatures]]. But while this [[atmosphere]] is both [[material]] and [[morontial]], there are no [[Turbulence|storms]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes]; neither is there [[summer]] nor [[winter]]. This [[absence]] of atmospheric disturbances and of [[season]]al variation makes it [[possible]] to embellish all outdoors on these especially created worlds.

43:1.3 [[Edentia]] and its [[associated]] worlds have a true [[atmosphere]], the usual [[three]]-[[gas]] mixture which is characteristic of such [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural creations], and which [[embodies]] the [[two]] [[elements]] of Urantian [[atmosphere]] plus that [[morontia]] [[gas]] suitable for the [[respiration]] of [[morontia]] [[creatures]]. But while this [[atmosphere]] is both [[material]] and [[morontial]], there are no [[Turbulence|storms]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes]; neither is there [[summer]] nor [[winter]]. This [[absence]] of atmospheric disturbances and of [[season]]al variation makes it [[possible]] to embellish all outdoors on these especially created worlds.

43:1.4 The [[Edentia]] highlands are [[magnificent]] [[physical]] features, and their [[beauty]] is enhanced by the endless profusion of life which abounds throughout their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length length] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadth breadth]. Excepting a few rather [[isolated]] [[structures]], these highlands contain no [[work]] of [[creature]] hands. [[Material]] and [[morontia]]l ornamentations are [[limited]] to the dwelling areas. The lesser elevations are the sites of special [[residences]] and are [[beautifully]] embellished with both [[biologic]] and [[morontia]] [[art]].

43:1.4 The [[Edentia]] highlands are [[magnificent]] [[physical]] features, and their [[beauty]] is enhanced by the endless profusion of life which abounds throughout their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length length] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadth breadth]. Excepting a few rather [[isolated]] [[structures]], these highlands contain no [[work]] of [[creature]] hands. [[Material]] and [[morontia]]l ornamentations are [[limited]] to the dwelling areas. The lesser elevations are the sites of special [[residences]] and are [[beautifully]] embellished with both [[biologic]] and [[morontia]] [[art]].

43:1.5 Situated on the [[summit]] of the [[seventh]] highland range are the [[resurrection halls]] of [[Edentia]], wherein awaken the [[ascending mortals]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:6._TERRESTRIAL_ESCAPE secondary modified order] of [[ascension]]. These chambers of [[creature]] reassembly are under the supervision of the [[Melchizedeks]]. The first of the receiving [[spheres]] of [[Edentia]] (like the planet [[Melchizedek]] near [[Salvington]]) also has special [[resurrection halls]], wherein the [[mortals]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:6._TERRESTRIAL_ESCAPE modified orders of ascension] are reassembled.

43:1.5 Situated on the [[summit]] of the [[seventh]] highland range are the [[resurrection halls]] of [[Edentia]], wherein awaken the [[ascending mortals]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:6._TERRESTRIAL_ESCAPE secondary modified order] of [[ascension]]. These chambers of [[creature]] reassembly are under the supervision of the [[Melchizedeks]]. The first of the receiving [[spheres]] of [[Edentia]] (like the planet [[Melchizedek]] near [[Salvington]]) also has special [[resurrection halls]], wherein the [[mortals]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:6._TERRESTRIAL_ESCAPE modified orders of ascension] are reassembled.

43:1.6 The [[Melchizedeks]] also [[maintain]] two special [[colleges]] on [[Edentia]]. One, the ''emergency school'', is [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of [[problems]] [[growing]] out of the [[Lucifer Rebellion|Satania rebellion]]. The other, the ''bestowal school'', is [[dedicated]] to the mastery of the new [[problems]] arising out of the [[fact]] that [[Michael]] made his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL final bestowal] on one of the worlds of [[Norlatiadek]]. This latter [[college]] was [[established]] almost [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_BC four thousand years ago], [[immediately]] after the [[announcement]] by [[Michael]] that [[Urantia]] had been selected as the world for his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL final bestowal].

43:1.6 The [[Melchizedeks]] also [[maintain]] two special [[colleges]] on [[Edentia]]. One, the ''emergency school'', is [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of [[problems]] [[growing]] out of the [[Lucifer Rebellion|Satania rebellion]]. The other, the ''bestowal school'', is [[dedicated]] to the mastery of the new [[problems]] arising out of the [[fact]] that [[Michael]] made his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL final bestowal] on one of the worlds of [[Norlatiadek]]. This latter [[college]] was [[established]] almost [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_BC four thousand years ago], [[immediately]] after the [[announcement]] by [[Michael]] that [[Urantia]] had been selected as the world for his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL final bestowal].

43:1.7 The [[sea of glass]], the receiving area of [[Edentia]], is near the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS administrative center] and is [[encircled]] by the [[headquarters]] [[amphitheater]]. Surrounding this area are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT governing centers] for the seventy [[divisions]] of [[constellation]] affairs. One half of [[Edentia]] is divided into seventy triangular sections, whose [[boundaries]] [[converge]] at the [[headquarters]] buildings of their respective sectors. The remainder of this [[sphere]] is one vast [[natural]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park park], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:6._THE_GARDENS_OF_GOD gardens of God].

43:1.7 The [[sea of glass]], the receiving area of [[Edentia]], is near the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS administrative center] and is [[encircled]] by the [[headquarters]] [[amphitheater]]. Surrounding this area are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT governing centers] for the seventy [[divisions]] of [[constellation]] affairs. One half of [[Edentia]] is divided into seventy triangular sections, whose [[boundaries]] [[converge]] at the [[headquarters]] buildings of their respective sectors. The remainder of this [[sphere]] is one vast [[natural]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park park], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:6._THE_GARDENS_OF_GOD gardens of God].

43:1.8 During your [[periodic]] visits to [[Edentia]], though the entire [[planet]] is open to your inspection, most of your [[time]] will be spent in that [[administrative]] triangle whose [[number]] corresponds to that of your current [[residential]] world. You will always be [[welcome]] as an [[observer]] in the [[legislative]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT assemblies].

43:1.8 During your [[periodic]] visits to [[Edentia]], though the entire [[planet]] is open to your inspection, most of your [[time]] will be spent in that [[administrative]] triangle whose [[number]] corresponds to that of your current [[residential]] world. You will always be [[welcome]] as an [[observer]] in the [[legislative]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:2._THE_CONSTELLATION_GOVERNMENT assemblies].

43:1.9 The [[morontia]] area assigned to [[ascending mortals]] [[resident]] on [[Edentia]] is located in the mid-zone of the thirty-fifth triangle adjoining the [[headquarters]] of the [[finaliters]], situated in the thirty-sixth triangle. The general [[headquarters]] of the [[univitatia]] occupies an enormous area in the mid-region of the thirty-fourth triangle [[immediately]] adjoining the [[residential]] reservation of the [[morontia]] [[citizens]]. From these arrangements it may be seen that provision is made for the [[accommodation]] of at least seventy major [[divisions]] of [[celestial]] life, and also that each of these seventy triangular areas is correlated with some one of the seventy major [[spheres]] of [[morontia]] [[training]].

43:1.9 The [[morontia]] area assigned to [[ascending mortals]] [[resident]] on [[Edentia]] is located in the mid-zone of the thirty-fifth triangle adjoining the [[headquarters]] of the [[finaliters]], situated in the thirty-sixth triangle. The general [[headquarters]] of the [[univitatia]] occupies an enormous area in the mid-region of the thirty-fourth triangle [[immediately]] adjoining the [[residential]] reservation of the [[morontia]] [[citizens]]. From these arrangements it may be seen that provision is made for the [[accommodation]] of at least seventy major [[divisions]] of [[celestial]] life, and also that each of these seventy triangular areas is correlated with some one of the seventy major [[spheres]] of [[morontia]] [[training]].

43:1.10 The [[Edentia]] [[sea of glass]] is one enormous [[circular]] [[crystal]] about one hundred miles in [[circumference]] and about thirty miles in [[depth]]. This [[magnificent]] [[crystal]] serves as the receiving field for all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim] and other [[beings]] arriving from points outside the [[sphere]]; such a [[sea of glass]] greatly [[facilitates]] the landing of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim].

43:1.10 The [[Edentia]] [[sea of glass]] is one enormous [[circular]] [[crystal]] about one hundred miles in [[circumference]] and about thirty miles in [[depth]]. This [[magnificent]] [[crystal]] serves as the receiving field for all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim] and other [[beings]] arriving from points outside the [[sphere]]; such a [[sea of glass]] greatly [[facilitates]] the landing of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim].

43:1.11 A [[crystal]] field on this order is found on almost all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds]; and it serves many [[purposes]] aside from its decorative [[value]], being utilized for portraying [[superuniverse]] [[reflectivity]] to assembled [[groups]] and as a [[factor]] in the [[energy]]-[[transformation]] [[technique]] for [[modifying]] the [[currents]] of [[space]] and for adapting other incoming [[physical]]-[[energy]] [[streams]].

43:1.11 A [[crystal]] field on this order is found on almost all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds]; and it serves many [[purposes]] aside from its decorative [[value]], being utilized for portraying [[superuniverse]] [[reflectivity]] to assembled [[groups]] and as a [[factor]] in the [[energy]]-[[transformation]] [[technique]] for [[modifying]] the [[currents]] of [[space]] and for adapting other incoming [[physical]]-[[energy]] [[streams]].

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