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==PAPER 43: THE CONSTELLATIONS==

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43:0.1 [[Urantia]] is commonly [[referred]] to as 606 of [[Satania]] in [[Norlatiadek]] of [[Nebadon]], [[meaning]] the six hundred sixth [[inhabited world]] in the [[local system]] of [[Satania]], situated in the [[constellation]] of [[Norlatiadek]], one of the one hundred [[constellations]] of the [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. [[Constellations]] being the primary [[divisions]] of a [[local universe]], their rulers link the [[local systems]] of [[inhabited worlds]] to the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION central administration] of the [[local universe]] on [[Salvington]] and by [[reflectivity]] to the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:10._RULERS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES superadministration] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].

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43:0.1 [[Urantia]] is commonly [[referred]] to as 606 of [[Satania]] in [[Norlatiadek]] of [[Nebadon]], [[meaning]] the six hundred sixth [[inhabited world]] in the [[local system]] of [[Satania]], situated in the [[constellation]] of [[Norlatiadek]], one of the one hundred [[constellations]] of the [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. [[Constellations]] being the primary [[divisions]] of a [[local universe]], their rulers link the [[local systems]] of [[inhabited worlds]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION central administration] of the [[local universe]] on [[Salvington]] and by [[reflectivity]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:10._RULERS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES superadministration] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].

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43:0.2 The [[government]] of your [[constellation]] is situated in a [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_cluster cluster] of 771 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres], the centermost and largest of which is [[Edentia]], the seat of the [[administration]] of the [[Constellation Fathers]], the[[ Most Highs]] of [[Norlatiadek]]. [[Edentia]] itself is approximately [[Decimal|one hundred]] times as large as your world. The seventy major [[spheres]] surrounding [[Edentia]] are about [[ten]] times the size of [[Urantia]], while the ten [[satellites]] which revolve around each of these seventy worlds are about the size of [[Urantia]]. These 771 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres] are quite comparable in size to those of other [[constellations]].

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43:0.2 The [[government]] of your [[constellation]] is situated in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_cluster cluster] of 771 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres], the centermost and largest of which is [[Edentia]], the seat of the [[administration]] of the [[Constellation Fathers]], the[[ Most Highs]] of [[Norlatiadek]]. [[Edentia]] itself is approximately [[Decimal|one hundred]] times as large as your world. The seventy major [[spheres]] surrounding [[Edentia]] are about [[ten]] times the size of [[Urantia]], while the ten [[satellites]] which revolve around each of these seventy worlds are about the size of [[Urantia]]. These 771 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres] are quite comparable in size to those of other [[constellations]].

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43:0.3 [[Edentia]] [[time]] reckoning and distance [[measurement]] are those of [[Salvington]], and like the [[spheres]] of the universe capital, the [[constellation]] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters worlds] are fully supplied with all [[orders]] of [[celestial]] [[intelligences]]. In general, these [[personalities]] are not very [[different]] from those described in [[connection]] with the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 universe administration].

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43:0.3 [[Edentia]] [[time]] reckoning and distance [[measurement]] are those of [[Salvington]], and like the [[spheres]] of the universe capital, the [[constellation]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters worlds] are fully supplied with all [[orders]] of [[celestial]] [[intelligences]]. In general, these [[personalities]] are not very [[different]] from those described in [[connection]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 universe administration].

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43:0.4 The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:3._SUPERVISOR_SERAPHIM supervisor seraphim], the third order of [[local universe]] [[angels]], are assigned to the [[service]] of the [[constellations]]. They make their [[headquarters]] on the capital spheres and minister extensively to the encircling [[morontia]]-[[training]] [[Mansion Worlds|worlds]]. In [[Norlatiadek]] the seventy major [[spheres]], [[together]] with the seven hundred minor [[satellites]], are inhabited by the [[univitatia]], the [[permanent]] [[citizens]] of the [[constellation]]. All these [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] are fully [[administered]] by the various [[groups]] of [[native]] life, for the greater part unrevealed but including the [[efficient]] [[spironga]] and the [[beautiful]] [[spornagia]]. Being the mid-point in the [[morontia]]-[[training]] [[regime]], as you might suspect, the [[morontia]] life of the [[constellations]] is both [[typical]] and [[ideal]].

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43:0.4 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:3._SUPERVISOR_SERAPHIM supervisor seraphim], the third order of [[local universe]] [[angels]], are assigned to the [[service]] of the [[constellations]]. They make their [[headquarters]] on the capital spheres and minister extensively to the encircling [[morontia]]-[[training]] [[Mansion Worlds|worlds]]. In [[Norlatiadek]] the seventy major [[spheres]], [[together]] with the seven hundred minor [[satellites]], are inhabited by the [[univitatia]], the [[permanent]] [[citizens]] of the [[constellation]]. All these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] are fully [[administered]] by the various [[groups]] of [[native]] life, for the greater part unrevealed but including the [[efficient]] [[spironga]] and the [[beautiful]] [[spornagia]]. Being the mid-point in the [[morontia]]-[[training]] [[regime]], as you might suspect, the [[morontia]] life of the [[constellations]] is both [[typical]] and [[ideal]].

==43:1. THE CONSTELLATION HEADQUARTERS==

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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]].

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43:1.1 [[Edentia]] abounds in fascinating [https://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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_ranges mountain ranges] such as appear on [[Urantia]]. There are tens of thousands of sparkling [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes lakes] and thousands upon thousands of interconnecting [[streams]], but there are no great [[oceans]] nor torrential [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers rivers]. Only the highlands are devoid of these [[surface]] [[streams]].

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 [https://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.

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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]].

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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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length length] and [https://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]].

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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.

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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.

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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].

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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 [https://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].

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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].

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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]] [https://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].

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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].

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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]].

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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].

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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].

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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]].

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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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43:2.3 While the [[supreme]] [[judicial]] [[function]] rests with the central [[administration]] of a [[local universe]], there are two subsidiary but major [[tribunals]] at the [[headquarters]] of each [[constellation]], the [[Melchizedek]] [[council]] and the [[court]] of the [[Most High]].

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43:2.4 All [[judicial]] [[problems]] are first reviewed by the [[council]] of the [[Melchizedeks]]. Twelve of this order who have had certain requisite [[experience]] on the [[evolutionary planets]] and on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters worlds] are empowered to review [[evidence]], digest pleas, and [[formulate]] provisional [[verdicts]], which are passed on to the [[court]] of the [[Most High]], the reigning Constellation Father. The [[mortal]] [[division]] of this latter [[tribunal]] consists of [[seven]] [[judges]], all of whom are [[ascendant mortals]]. The higher you [[ascend]] in the [[universe]], the more certain you are to be judged by those of your own kind.

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43:2.4 All [[judicial]] [[problems]] are first reviewed by the [[council]] of the [[Melchizedeks]]. Twelve of this order who have had certain requisite [[experience]] on the [[evolutionary planets]] and on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters worlds] are empowered to review [[evidence]], digest pleas, and [[formulate]] provisional [[verdicts]], which are passed on to the [[court]] of the [[Most High]], the reigning Constellation Father. The [[mortal]] [[division]] of this latter [[tribunal]] consists of [[seven]] [[judges]], all of whom are [[ascendant mortals]]. The higher you [[ascend]] in the [[universe]], the more certain you are to be judged by those of your own kind.

43:2.5 The [[constellation]] [[legislative]] [[body]] is divided into [[three]] [[groups]]. The [[legislative]] program of a [[constellation]] [[originates]] in the lower house of ascenders, a [[group]] presided over by a [[finaliter]] and consisting of one thousand [[representative]] [[mortals]]. Each system nominates ten members to sit in this deliberative assembly. On [[Edentia]] this [[body]] is not fully recruited at the present time.

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43:3.2 At least [[three]] [[Vorondadek Sons]] are commissioned by [[Gabriel]] as the [[Most Highs]] of each of the [[Nebadon]] [[constellations]]. The presiding member of this trio is known as the [[Constellation Father]] and his two [[associates]] as the ''senior Most High'' and the ''junior Most High''. A [[Constellation Father]] reigns for ten thousand standard years (about 50,000 [[Urantia]] years), having previously served as junior associate and as senior associate for [[equal]] periods.

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43:3.3 The Psalmist knew that [[Edentia]] was ruled by [[three]] [[Constellation Fathers]] and accordingly [[spoke]] of their abode in the plural: "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the most holy place of the tabernacles of the Most Highs."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_46]

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43:3.3 The Psalmist knew that [[Edentia]] was ruled by [[three]] [[Constellation Fathers]] and accordingly [[spoke]] of their abode in the plural: "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the most holy place of the tabernacles of the Most Highs."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_46]

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43:3.4 Down through the [[ages]] there has been great [[confusion]] on [[Urantia]] regarding the various universe rulers. Many later [[teachers]] confused their vague and indefinite [[tribal]] [[deities]] with the [[Most High Fathers]]. Still later, the [[Hebrews]] merged all of these [[celestial]] rulers into a composite Deity. One [[teacher]] [[understood]] that the [[Most Highs]] were not the [[Supreme]] Rulers, for he said, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_91] In the [[Urantia]] [[records]] it is very [[difficult]] at times to know exactly who is referred to by the term "Most High." But [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Daniel] fully [[understood]] these matters. He said, "The Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4]

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43:3.4 Down through the [[ages]] there has been great [[confusion]] on [[Urantia]] regarding the various universe rulers. Many later [[teachers]] confused their vague and indefinite [[tribal]] [[deities]] with the [[Most High Fathers]]. Still later, the [[Hebrews]] merged all of these [[celestial]] rulers into a composite Deity. One [[teacher]] [[understood]] that the [[Most Highs]] were not the [[Supreme]] Rulers, for he said, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_91] In the [[Urantia]] [[records]] it is very [[difficult]] at times to know exactly who is referred to by the term "Most High." But [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Daniel] fully [[understood]] these matters. He said, "The Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4]

43:3.5 The [[Constellation Fathers]] are little occupied with the [[individuals]] of an [[inhabited planet]], but they are closely [[associated]] with those [[legislative]] and lawmaking [[functions]] of the [[constellations]] which so greatly concern every [[mortal]] [[race]] and [[State|national]] [[group]] of the [[inhabited worlds]].

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43:3.7 The [[Edentia]] [[Most Highs]] seized certain [[phases]] of [[planetary]] [[authority]] on the rebellious worlds at the time of the [[Lucifer]] secession. They have [[continued]] to exercise this [[power]], and the [[Ancients of Days]] long since confirmed this [[assumption]] of [[control]] over these wayward worlds. They will no doubt continue to [[exercise]] this assumed [[jurisdiction]] as long as [[Lucifer]] lives. Much of this [[authority]] would ordinarily, in a loyal system, be invested in the [[System Sovereign]].

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43:3.8 But there is still another way in which [[Urantia]] became [[peculiarly]] related to the [[Most Highs]]. When [[Michael]], the [[Creator Son]], was on his [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL terminal bestowal mission], since the successor of [[Lucifer]] was not in full [[authority]] in the [[local system]], all [[Urantia]] affairs which concerned the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 Michael bestowal] were [[immediately]] supervised by the [[Most Highs]] of [[Norlatiadek]].

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43:3.8 But there is still another way in which [[Urantia]] became [[peculiarly]] related to the [[Most Highs]]. When [[Michael]], the [[Creator Son]], was on his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL terminal bestowal mission], since the successor of [[Lucifer]] was not in full [[authority]] in the [[local system]], all [[Urantia]] affairs which concerned the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 Michael bestowal] were [[immediately]] supervised by the [[Most Highs]] of [[Norlatiadek]].

==43:4. MOUNT ASSEMBLY—THE FAITHFUL OF DAYS==

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43:4.1 The most holy mount of assembly is the dwelling place of the [[Faithful of Days]], the [[representative]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] who [[functions]] on [[Edentia]].

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43:4.2 This [[Faithful of Days]] is a [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18#PAPER_18:_THE_SUPREME_TRINITY_PERSONALITIES Trinity Son] of [[Paradise]] and has been present on [[Edentia]] as the [[personal]] [[representative]] of [[Immanuel]] since the [[creation]] of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters world]. Ever the [[Faithful of Days]] stands at the right hand of the [[Constellation Fathers]] to [[counsel]] them, but never does he proffer advice unless it is asked for. The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18 high Sons of Paradise] never [[participate]] in the conduct of the affairs of a [[local universe]] except upon the [[petition]] of the acting rulers of such [[domains]]. But all that a [[Union of Days]] is to a [[Creator Son]], a [[Faithful of Days]] is to the [[Most Highs]] of a [[constellation]].

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43:4.2 This [[Faithful of Days]] is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18#PAPER_18:_THE_SUPREME_TRINITY_PERSONALITIES Trinity Son] of [[Paradise]] and has been present on [[Edentia]] as the [[personal]] [[representative]] of [[Immanuel]] since the [[creation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters world]. Ever the [[Faithful of Days]] stands at the right hand of the [[Constellation Fathers]] to [[counsel]] them, but never does he proffer advice unless it is asked for. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18 high Sons of Paradise] never [[participate]] in the conduct of the affairs of a [[local universe]] except upon the [[petition]] of the acting rulers of such [[domains]]. But all that a [[Union of Days]] is to a [[Creator Son]], a [[Faithful of Days]] is to the [[Most Highs]] of a [[constellation]].

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43:4.3 The [[residence]] of the [[Edentia]] [[Faithful of Days]] is the [[constellation]] [[center]] of the [[Paradise]] system of extrauniverse [[communication]] and [[intelligence]]. These [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18 Trinity Sons], with their staffs of [[Havona]] and [[Paradise]] [[personalities]], in [[liaison]] with the supervising [[Union of Days]], are in direct and constant [[communication]] with their order throughout all the [[universes]], even to [[Havona]] and [[Paradise]].

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43:4.3 The [[residence]] of the [[Edentia]] [[Faithful of Days]] is the [[constellation]] [[center]] of the [[Paradise]] system of extrauniverse [[communication]] and [[intelligence]]. These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18 Trinity Sons], with their staffs of [[Havona]] and [[Paradise]] [[personalities]], in [[liaison]] with the supervising [[Union of Days]], are in direct and constant [[communication]] with their order throughout all the [[universes]], even to [[Havona]] and [[Paradise]].

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43:4.4 The ''most holy mount'' is exquisitely [[beautiful]] and [[marvelously]] appointed, but the [[actual]] [[residence]] of the [[Faithful of Days|Paradise Son]] is modest in comparison with the central abode of the [[Most Highs]] and the surrounding seventy [[structures]] comprising the [[residential]] [[unit]] of the [[Vorondadek Sons]]. These appointments are exclusively [[residential]]; they are entirely separate from the extensive [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS administrative headquarters] buildings wherein the affairs of the [[constellation]] are [[transacted]].

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43:4.4 The ''most holy mount'' is exquisitely [[beautiful]] and [[marvelously]] appointed, but the [[actual]] [[residence]] of the [[Faithful of Days|Paradise Son]] is modest in comparison with the central abode of the [[Most Highs]] and the surrounding seventy [[structures]] comprising the [[residential]] [[unit]] of the [[Vorondadek Sons]]. These appointments are exclusively [[residential]]; they are entirely separate from the extensive [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS administrative headquarters] buildings wherein the affairs of the [[constellation]] are [[transacted]].

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43:4.5 The [[residence]] of the [[Faithful of Days]] on [[Edentia]] is located to the north of these [[residences]] of the [[Most Highs]] and is known as the "mount of [[Paradise]] assembly."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] On this [[consecrated]] highland the [[ascending mortals]] [[periodically]] assemble to hear this Son of Paradise tell of the long and intriguing [[journey]] of [[progressing]] [[mortals]] through the one billion [[perfection]] worlds of [[Havona]] and on to the indescribable delights of [[Paradise]]. And it is at these special gatherings on Mount Assembly that the [[morontia]] [[mortals]] become more fully acquainted with the various [[groups]] of [[personalities]] of [[origin]] in the [[central universe]].

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43:4.5 The [[residence]] of the [[Faithful of Days]] on [[Edentia]] is located to the north of these [[residences]] of the [[Most Highs]] and is known as the "mount of [[Paradise]] assembly."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] On this [[consecrated]] highland the [[ascending mortals]] [[periodically]] assemble to hear this Son of Paradise tell of the long and intriguing [[journey]] of [[progressing]] [[mortals]] through the one billion [[perfection]] worlds of [[Havona]] and on to the indescribable delights of [[Paradise]]. And it is at these special gatherings on Mount Assembly that the [[morontia]] [[mortals]] become more fully acquainted with the various [[groups]] of [[personalities]] of [[origin]] in the [[central universe]].

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43:4.6 The traitorous [[Lucifer]], onetime [[sovereign]] of [[Satania]], in announcing his claims to increased [[jurisdiction]], sought to displace all superior orders of sonship in the [[governmental]] plan of the [[local universe]]. He [[purpose]]d in his [[heart]], saying: "I will exalt my throne above the Sons of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the north; I will be like the Most High."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.14]

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43:4.6 The traitorous [[Lucifer]], onetime [[sovereign]] of [[Satania]], in announcing his claims to increased [[jurisdiction]], sought to displace all superior orders of sonship in the [[governmental]] plan of the [[local universe]]. He [[purpose]]d in his [[heart]], saying: "I will exalt my throne above the Sons of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the north; I will be like the Most High."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.14]

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43:4.7 The one hundred [[System Sovereigns]] come [[periodically]] to the [[Edentia]] conclaves which [[deliberate]] on the [[welfare]] of the [[constellation]]. After the [[Satania]] [[rebellion]] the archrebels of [[Jerusem]] were wont to come up to these [[Edentia]] [[councils]] just as they had on former occasions. And there was found no way to stop this arrogant effrontery until after the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael] on [[Urantia]] and his subsequent [[assumption]] of unlimited [[sovereignty]] throughout all [[Nebadon]]. Never, since that day, have these instigators of [[sin]] been permitted to sit in the [[Edentia]] [[councils]] of the [[loyal]] [[System Sovereigns]].

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43:4.7 The one hundred [[System Sovereigns]] come [[periodically]] to the [[Edentia]] conclaves which [[deliberate]] on the [[welfare]] of the [[constellation]]. After the [[Satania]] [[rebellion]] the archrebels of [[Jerusem]] were wont to come up to these [[Edentia]] [[councils]] just as they had on former occasions. And there was found no way to stop this arrogant effrontery until after the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael] on [[Urantia]] and his subsequent [[assumption]] of unlimited [[sovereignty]] throughout all [[Nebadon]]. Never, since that day, have these instigators of [[sin]] been permitted to sit in the [[Edentia]] [[councils]] of the [[loyal]] [[System Sovereigns]].

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43:4.8 That the [[teachers]] of olden times knew of these [[things]] is shown by the record: "And there was a day when the Sons of God came to present themselves before the Most Highs, and Satan came also and presented himself among them."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.1][~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.2] And this is a [[statement]] of [[fact]] regardless of the [[connection]] in which it [[chances]] to appear.

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43:4.8 That the [[teachers]] of olden times knew of these [[things]] is shown by the record: "And there was a day when the Sons of God came to present themselves before the Most Highs, and Satan came also and presented himself among them."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.1][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.2] And this is a [[statement]] of [[fact]] regardless of the [[connection]] in which it [[chances]] to appear.

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43:4.9 Since the triumph of [[Christ]], all [[Norlatiadek]] is being cleansed of [[sin]] and [[rebels]]. Sometime before [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 Michael's death in the flesh] the fallen [[Lucifer]]'s [[associate]], [[Satan]], sought to attend such an [[Edentia]] conclave, but the solidification of [[sentiment]] against the archrebels had reached the point where the doors of [[sympathy]] were so well-nigh [[universally]] closed that there could be found no standing ground for the [[Satania]] [[adversaries]]. When there exists no open door for the [[reception]] of [[evil]], there exists no [[opportunity]] for the [[hospitality|entertainment]] of [[sin]]. The doors of the [[hearts]] of all [[Edentia]] closed against [[Satan]]; he was unanimously rejected by the assembled [[System Sovereigns]], and it was at this [[time]] that the Son of Man "beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10]

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43:4.9 Since the triumph of [[Christ]], all [[Norlatiadek]] is being cleansed of [[sin]] and [[rebels]]. Sometime before [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 Michael's death in the flesh] the fallen [[Lucifer]]'s [[associate]], [[Satan]], sought to attend such an [[Edentia]] conclave, but the solidification of [[sentiment]] against the archrebels had reached the point where the doors of [[sympathy]] were so well-nigh [[universally]] closed that there could be found no standing ground for the [[Satania]] [[adversaries]]. When there exists no open door for the [[reception]] of [[evil]], there exists no [[opportunity]] for the [[hospitality|entertainment]] of [[sin]]. The doors of the [[hearts]] of all [[Edentia]] closed against [[Satan]]; he was unanimously rejected by the assembled [[System Sovereigns]], and it was at this [[time]] that the Son of Man "beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10]

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43:4.10 Since the [[Lucifer rebellion]] a new [[structure]] has been provided near the [[residence]] of the [[Faithful of Days]]. This [[temporary]] edifice is the [[headquarters]] of the [[Most High]] [[liaison]], who [[functions]] in close touch with the Paradise Son as adviser to the [[constellation]] [[government]] in all matters respecting the [[policy]] and [[attitude]] of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18 order of Days] toward [[sin]] and [[rebellion]].

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43:4.10 Since the [[Lucifer rebellion]] a new [[structure]] has been provided near the [[residence]] of the [[Faithful of Days]]. This [[temporary]] edifice is the [[headquarters]] of the [[Most High]] [[liaison]], who [[functions]] in close touch with the Paradise Son as adviser to the [[constellation]] [[government]] in all matters respecting the [[policy]] and [[attitude]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18 order of Days] toward [[sin]] and [[rebellion]].

==43:5. THE EDENTIA FATHERS SINCE THE LUCIFER REBELLION==

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43:5.2 The present [[government]] of the [[constellation]], however, has been expanded to include twelve Sons of the [[Vorondadek]] order. These twelve are as follows:

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*1. 43:5.3 ''The Constellation Father''. The present Most High ruler of [[Norlatiadek]] is number 617,318 of the [[Vorondadek]] series of [[Nebadon]]. He saw service in many constellations throughout our local universe before taking up his [[Edentia]] responsibilities.

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*2. 43:5.4 ''The senior Most High associate''.

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*3. 43:5.5 ''The junior Most High associate''.

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*4. 43:5.6 ''The Most High adviser'', the personal representative of [[Michael]] since his attainment of the status of a [[Master Son]].

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*5. 43:5.7 ''The Most High executive'', the personal representative of [[Gabriel]] stationed on Edentia ever since the [[Lucifer rebellion]].

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*6. 43:5.8 ''The Most High chief of planetary observers'', the director of the Vorondadek observers stationed on the isolated worlds of [[Satania]].

*7. 43:5.9 ''The Most High referee'', the [[Vorondadek]] Son intrusted with the [[duty]] of [[adjusting]] all [[difficulties]] consequential to [[rebellion]] within the [[constellation]].

*8. 43:5.10 ''The Most High emergency administrator'', the [[Vorondadek]] Son charged with the task of adapting the emergency enactments of the [[Norlatiadek]] [[legislature]] to the [[rebellion]]-isolated worlds of [[Satania]].

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43:5.15 And this takes no account of the numerous [[Vorondadeks]], envoys of [[Nebadon]] [[constellations]], and others who are also resident on [[Edentia]].

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43:5.16 Ever since the [[Lucifer rebellion]] the [[Most Highs|Edentia Fathers]] have [[exercised]] a special [[care]] over [[Urantia]] and the other [[isolated]] worlds of [[Satania]]. Long ago the [[prophet]] recognized the [[controlling]] hand of the [[Constellation Fathers]] in the affairs of nations. "When the Most High divided to the nations their [[inheritance]], when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.32]

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43:5.16 Ever since the [[Lucifer rebellion]] the [[Most Highs|Edentia Fathers]] have [[exercised]] a special [[care]] over [[Urantia]] and the other [[isolated]] worlds of [[Satania]]. Long ago the [[prophet]] recognized the [[controlling]] hand of the [[Constellation Fathers]] in the affairs of nations. "When the Most High divided to the nations their [[inheritance]], when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.32]

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43:5.17 Every [[quarantined]] or [[isolated]] world has a [[Vorondadek]] Son [[acting]] as an [[observer]]. He does not [[participate]] in [[planetary]] [[administration]] except when ordered by the [[Constellation Father]] to [[intervene]] in the affairs of the [[nations]]. Actually it is this Most High [[observer]] who "rules in the kingdoms of men."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4] [[Urantia]] is one of the [[isolated]] worlds of [[Norlatiadek]], and a [[Vorondadek]] [[observer]] has been stationed on the [[planet]] ever since the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia betrayal]. When [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] ministered in semimaterial [[form]] on [[Urantia]], he paid respectful homage to the Most High observer then on [[duty]], as it is written, "And [[Melchizedek]], king of [[Salem]], was the [[priest]] of the [[Most High]]." [[Melchizedek]] [[revealed]] the [[relations]] of this Most High [[observer]] to [[Abraham]] when he said, "And blessed be the Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4]

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43:5.17 Every [[quarantined]] or [[isolated]] world has a [[Vorondadek]] Son [[acting]] as an [[observer]]. He does not [[participate]] in [[planetary]] [[administration]] except when ordered by the [[Constellation Father]] to [[intervene]] in the affairs of the [[nations]]. Actually it is this Most High [[observer]] who "rules in the kingdoms of men."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4] [[Urantia]] is one of the [[isolated]] worlds of [[Norlatiadek]], and a [[Vorondadek]] [[observer]] has been stationed on the [[planet]] ever since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia betrayal]. When [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] ministered in semimaterial [[form]] on [[Urantia]], he paid respectful homage to the Most High observer then on [[duty]], as it is written, "And [[Melchizedek]], king of [[Salem]], was the [[priest]] of the [[Most High]]." [[Melchizedek]] [[revealed]] the [[relations]] of this Most High [[observer]] to [[Abraham]] when he said, "And blessed be the Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4]

==43:6. THE GARDENS OF GOD==

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43:6.1 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 The system capitals] are particularly [[beautified]] with [[material]] and [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral mineral] constructions, while the [[Salvington|universe headquarters]] is more [[reflective]] of [[spiritual]] [[glory]], but the capitals of the [[constellations]] are the [[acme]] of [[morontia]] [[activities]] and living embellishments. On the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters worlds] living embellishment is more generally utilized, and it is this preponderance of life - [[botanic]] [[artistry]] - that [[causes]] these worlds to be called "the gardens of God."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_28][~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_31][~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.51]

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43:6.1 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 The system capitals] are particularly [[beautified]] with [[material]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral mineral] constructions, while the [[Salvington|universe headquarters]] is more [[reflective]] of [[spiritual]] [[glory]], but the capitals of the [[constellations]] are the [[acme]] of [[morontia]] [[activities]] and living embellishments. On the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters worlds] living embellishment is more generally utilized, and it is this preponderance of life - [[botanic]] [[artistry]] - that [[causes]] these worlds to be called "the gardens of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_28][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_31][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.51]

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43:6.2 About one half of [[Edentia]] is [[devoted]] to the exquisite [[gardens]] of the [[Most Highs]], and these gardens are among the most [[entrancing]] [[morontia]] [[creations]] of the [[local universe]]. This explains why the extraordinarily [[beautiful]] places on the [[inhabited worlds]] of [[Norlatiadek]] are so often called "the garden of Eden."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

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43:6.2 About one half of [[Edentia]] is [[devoted]] to the exquisite [[gardens]] of the [[Most Highs]], and these gardens are among the most [[entrancing]] [[morontia]] [[creations]] of the [[local universe]]. This explains why the extraordinarily [[beautiful]] places on the [[inhabited worlds]] of [[Norlatiadek]] are so often called "the garden of Eden."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

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43:6.3 [[Centrally]] located in this [[magnificent]] [[garden]] is the [[worship]] [[shrine]] of the [[Most Highs]]. The Psalmist must have known something about these things, for he wrote: "Who shall [[ascend]] the hill of the [[Most Highs]]? Who shall stand in this [[holy]] place? He who has clean hands and a [[pure]] [[heart]], who has not lifted up his [[soul]] to [[vanity]] nor sworn [[deceit]]fully."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_24] At this [[shrine]] the [[Most Highs]], on every tenth day of [[relaxation]], lead all [[Edentia]] in the [[worshipful]] [[contemplation]] of [[God the Supreme]].

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43:6.3 [[Centrally]] located in this [[magnificent]] [[garden]] is the [[worship]] [[shrine]] of the [[Most Highs]]. The Psalmist must have known something about these things, for he wrote: "Who shall [[ascend]] the hill of the [[Most Highs]]? Who shall stand in this [[holy]] place? He who has clean hands and a [[pure]] [[heart]], who has not lifted up his [[soul]] to [[vanity]] nor sworn [[deceit]]fully."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_24] At this [[shrine]] the [[Most Highs]], on every tenth day of [[relaxation]], lead all [[Edentia]] in the [[worshipful]] [[contemplation]] of [[God the Supreme]].

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43:6.4 The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] enjoy [[ten]] [[forms]] of life of the [[material]] order. On [[Urantia]] there is [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plant] and [[animal]] life, but on such a world as [[Edentia]] there are [[ten]] [[divisions]] of the [[material]] orders of life. Were you to [[view]] these [[ten]] [[divisions]] of [[Edentia]] life, you would quickly [[classify]] the first [[three]] as [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] and the last three as [[animal]], but you would be utterly unable to [[comprehend]] the [[nature]] of the intervening four [[groups]] of prolific and fascinating [[forms]] of life.

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43:6.4 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] enjoy [[ten]] [[forms]] of life of the [[material]] order. On [[Urantia]] there is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plant] and [[animal]] life, but on such a world as [[Edentia]] there are [[ten]] [[divisions]] of the [[material]] orders of life. Were you to [[view]] these [[ten]] [[divisions]] of [[Edentia]] life, you would quickly [[classify]] the first [[three]] as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] and the last three as [[animal]], but you would be utterly unable to [[comprehend]] the [[nature]] of the intervening four [[groups]] of prolific and fascinating [[forms]] of life.

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43:6.5 Even the distinctively [[animal]] life is very [[different]] from that of the [[evolutionary worlds]], so [[different]] that it is quite impossible to portray to [[mortal]] [[minds]] the [[unique]] [[character]] and [[affectionate]] [[nature]] of these nonspeaking [[creatures]]. There are thousands upon thousands of living [[creatures]] which your [[imagination]] could not possibly picture. The whole [[animal]] [[creation]] is of an entirely [[different]] order from the gross animal [[species]] of the [[evolutionary planets]]. But all this [[animal]] life is most [[intelligent]] and exquisitely [[Practical|serviceable]], and all the various [[species]] are surprisingly [[gentle]] and [[touchingly]] [[Affection|companion]]able. There are no [[carnivorous]] [[creatures]] on such [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds]; there is nothing in all [[Edentia]] to make any living [[being]] [[Fear|afraid]].

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43:6.5 Even the distinctively [[animal]] life is very [[different]] from that of the [[evolutionary worlds]], so [[different]] that it is quite impossible to portray to [[mortal]] [[minds]] the [[unique]] [[character]] and [[affectionate]] [[nature]] of these nonspeaking [[creatures]]. There are thousands upon thousands of living [[creatures]] which your [[imagination]] could not possibly picture. The whole [[animal]] [[creation]] is of an entirely [[different]] order from the gross animal [[species]] of the [[evolutionary planets]]. But all this [[animal]] life is most [[intelligent]] and exquisitely [[Practical|serviceable]], and all the various [[species]] are surprisingly [[gentle]] and [[touchingly]] [[Affection|companion]]able. There are no [[carnivorous]] [[creatures]] on such [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds]; there is nothing in all [[Edentia]] to make any living [[being]] [[Fear|afraid]].

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43:6.6 The [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] life is also very [[different]] from that of [[Urantia]], consisting of both [[material]] and [[morontia]] varieties. The [[material]] [[growths]] have a characteristic [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green green] [[coloration]], but the [[morontia]] [[equivalents]] of vegetative life have a [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet violet] or orchid tinge of varying [[hue]] and [[reflection]]. Such [[morontia]] vegetation is [[purely]] an [[energy]] [[growth]]; when eaten there is no [[Waste|residual portion]].

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43:6.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] life is also very [[different]] from that of [[Urantia]], consisting of both [[material]] and [[morontia]] varieties. The [[material]] [[growths]] have a characteristic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green green] [[coloration]], but the [[morontia]] [[equivalents]] of vegetative life have a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet violet] or orchid tinge of varying [[hue]] and [[reflection]]. Such [[morontia]] vegetation is [[purely]] an [[energy]] [[growth]]; when eaten there is no [[Waste|residual portion]].

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43:6.7 Being [[endowed]] with [[ten]] [[divisions]] of [[physical]] life, not to mention the [[morontia]] variations, these [[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] provide tremendous [[possibilities]] for the [[biologic]] [[beautification]] of the [~~http~~://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] and of the [[material]] and the [[morontia]] [[structures]]. The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 celestial artisans] direct the [[native]] [[spornagia]] in this extensive [[work]] of [[botanic]] [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorative_arts decoration] and [[biologic]] embellishment. Whereas your artists must resort to inert paint and lifeless marble to [[Demonstrate|portray]] their [[concepts]], the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 celestial artisans] and the [[univitatia]] more frequently utilize living [[materials]] to [[represent]] their [[ideas]] and to capture their [[ideals]].

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43:6.7 Being [[endowed]] with [[ten]] [[divisions]] of [[physical]] life, not to mention the [[morontia]] variations, these [[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] provide tremendous [[possibilities]] for the [[biologic]] [[beautification]] of the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape landscape] and of the [[material]] and the [[morontia]] [[structures]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 celestial artisans] direct the [[native]] [[spornagia]] in this extensive [[work]] of [[botanic]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorative_arts decoration] and [[biologic]] embellishment. Whereas your artists must resort to inert paint and lifeless marble to [[Demonstrate|portray]] their [[concepts]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 celestial artisans] and the [[univitatia]] more frequently utilize living [[materials]] to [[represent]] their [[ideas]] and to capture their [[ideals]].

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43:6.8 If you enjoy the [~~http~~://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers flowers], [ [~~http~~://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrubs shrubs], and [ [~~http~~://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees trees] of [[Urantia]], then will you feast your eyes upon the [[botanical]] [[beauty]] and the floral grandeur of the [[supernal]] [[gardens]] of [[Edentia]]. But it is beyond my [[powers]] of [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Description description] to undertake to convey to the [[mortal]] [[mind]] an adequate [[concept]] of these [[beauties]] of the [[heavenly]] worlds. Truly, eye has not seen such [[glories]] as await your arrival on these worlds of the [[mortal]]-[[ascension]] [[adventure]].

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43:6.8 If you enjoy the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers flowers], [ [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrubs shrubs], and [ [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees trees] of [[Urantia]], then will you feast your eyes upon the [[botanical]] [[beauty]] and the floral grandeur of the [[supernal]] [[gardens]] of [[Edentia]]. But it is beyond my [[powers]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Description description] to undertake to convey to the [[mortal]] [[mind]] an adequate [[concept]] of these [[beauties]] of the [[heavenly]] worlds. Truly, eye has not seen such [[glories]] as await your arrival on these worlds of the [[mortal]]-[[ascension]] [[adventure]].

==43:7. THE UNIVITATIA==

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43:7.1 ''Univitatia'' are the [[permanent]] [[citizens]] of [[Edentia]] and its [[associated]] worlds, all seven hundred seventy worlds surrounding the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] being under their supervision. These [[children]] of the [[Creator Son]] and the [[Creative Spirit]] are [[projected]] on a [[plane]] of existence in between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], but they are not [[morontia]] [[creatures]]. The [[natives]] of each of the seventy major [[spheres]] of [[Edentia]] [[possess]] [[different]] [[visible]] [[forms]], and the [[morontia]] [[mortals]] have their morontia [[forms]] [[attuned]] to [[correspond]] with the [[ascending]] [[scale]] of the univitatia each time they [[change]] [[residence]] from one [[Edentia]] sphere to another as they pass [[successively]] from world number one to world number seventy.

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43:7.1 ''Univitatia'' are the [[permanent]] [[citizens]] of [[Edentia]] and its [[associated]] worlds, all seven hundred seventy worlds surrounding the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] being under their supervision. These [[children]] of the [[Creator Son]] and the [[Creative Spirit]] are [[projected]] on a [[plane]] of existence in between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], but they are not [[morontia]] [[creatures]]. The [[natives]] of each of the seventy major [[spheres]] of [[Edentia]] [[possess]] [[different]] [[visible]] [[forms]], and the [[morontia]] [[mortals]] have their morontia [[forms]] [[attuned]] to [[correspond]] with the [[ascending]] [[scale]] of the univitatia each time they [[change]] [[residence]] from one [[Edentia]] sphere to another as they pass [[successively]] from world number one to world number seventy.

43:7.2 [[Spiritually]], the univitatia are alike; [[intellectually]], they vary as do [[mortals]]; in [[form]], they much resemble the morontia [[state]] of [[existence]], and they are created to [[function]] in seventy [[diverse]] orders of [[personality]]. Each of these orders of univitatia [[exhibits]] ten major variations of [[intellectual]] [[activity]], and each of these varying [[intellectual]] [[types]] presides over the special [[training]] and cultural schools of [[progressive]] occupational or [[practical]] socialization on some one of the ten [[satellites]] which swing around each of the major [[Edentia]] worlds.

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43:7.3 These seven hundred minor worlds are [[technical]] [[spheres]] of [[practical]] [[education]] in the [[working]] of the entire [[local universe]] and are open to all [[classes]] of [[intelligent]] [[beings]]. These [[training]] schools of special [[skill]] and [[technical]] [[knowledge]] are not conducted exclusively for [[ascending]] [[mortals]], although [[morontia]] students [[constitute]] by far the largest [[group]] of all those who attend these [[courses]] of [[training]]. When you are received on any one of the seventy major worlds of social [[culture]], you are immediately given clearance for each of the ten surrounding [[satellites]].

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43:7.4 In the various [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#30:3._THE_COURTESY_COLONIES courtesy colonies], [[ascending]] [[morontia]] [[mortals]] predominate among the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:4._THE_REVERSION_DIRECTORS reversion directors], but the univitatia [[represent]] the largest [[group]] [[associated]] with the [[Nebadon]] corps of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 celestial artisans]. In all [[Orvonton]] no extra-[[Havona]] beings excepting the [[Uversa]] [[abandonters]] can [[equal]] the univitatia in artistic [[skill]], social [[adaptability]], and [[co-ordinating]] cleverness.

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43:7.4 In the various [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#30:3._THE_COURTESY_COLONIES courtesy colonies], [[ascending]] [[morontia]] [[mortals]] predominate among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:4._THE_REVERSION_DIRECTORS reversion directors], but the univitatia [[represent]] the largest [[group]] [[associated]] with the [[Nebadon]] corps of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 celestial artisans]. In all [[Orvonton]] no extra-[[Havona]] beings excepting the [[Uversa]] [[abandonters]] can [[equal]] the univitatia in artistic [[skill]], social [[adaptability]], and [[co-ordinating]] cleverness.

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43:7.5 These [[citizens]] of the [[constellation]] are not actually members of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 artisan corps], but they freely [[work]] with all [[groups]] and [[contribute]] much to making the [[constellation]] worlds the chief [[spheres]] for the [[realization]] of the [[magnificent]] artistic [[possibilities]] of [[transition]] [[culture]]. They do not [[function]] beyond the confines of the [[constellation]] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters worlds].

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43:7.5 These [[citizens]] of the [[constellation]] are not actually members of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_44 artisan corps], but they freely [[work]] with all [[groups]] and [[contribute]] much to making the [[constellation]] worlds the chief [[spheres]] for the [[realization]] of the [[magnificent]] artistic [[possibilities]] of [[transition]] [[culture]]. They do not [[function]] beyond the confines of the [[constellation]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters worlds].

==43:8. THE EDENTIA TRAINING WORLDS==

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43:8.1 The [[physical]] [[endowment]] of [[Edentia]] and its surrounding [[spheres]] is well-nigh [[perfect]]; they could hardly [[equal]] the [[spiritual]] grandeur of the [[spheres]] of [[Salvington]], but they far surpass the [[glories]] of the [[training]] worlds of [[Jerusem]]. All these [[Edentia]] [[spheres]] are [[energized]] directly by the [[universal]] [[space]] [[currents]], and their enormous [[power]] [[systems]], both [[material]] and [[morontial]], are expertly supervised and [[distributed]] by the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS constellation centers], [[assisted]] by a competent corps of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors].

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43:8.1 The [[physical]] [[endowment]] of [[Edentia]] and its surrounding [[spheres]] is well-nigh [[perfect]]; they could hardly [[equal]] the [[spiritual]] grandeur of the [[spheres]] of [[Salvington]], but they far surpass the [[glories]] of the [[training]] worlds of [[Jerusem]]. All these [[Edentia]] [[spheres]] are [[energized]] directly by the [[universal]] [[space]] [[currents]], and their enormous [[power]] [[systems]], both [[material]] and [[morontial]], are expertly supervised and [[distributed]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS constellation centers], [[assisted]] by a competent corps of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors].

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43:8.2 The time spent on the seventy training worlds of transition morontia culture associated with the Edentia age of mortal ascension, is the most settled period in an ascending mortal's career up to the status of a finaliter; this is really the typical morontia life. While you are rekeyed each time you pass from one major cultural world to another, you retain the same morontia body, and there are no periods of personality unconsciousness.

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43:8.2 The [[time]] spent on the seventy [[training]] worlds of [[transition]] [[morontia]] [[culture]] [[associated]] with the [[Edentia]] age of [[mortal]] [[ascension]], is the most settled period in an [[Ascension Career|ascending mortal's career]] up to the [[status]] of a [[finaliter]]; this is really the [[typical]] [[morontia]] life. While you are rekeyed each time you pass from one major [[cultural]] world to another, you retain the same [[morontia]] [[body]], and there are no periods of [[personality]] [[unconsciousness]].

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43:8.3 Your sojourn on Edentia and its associated spheres will be chiefly occupied with the mastery of group ethics, the secret of pleasant and profitable ~~interrelationship~~ between the various universe and superuniverse orders of intelligent personalities.

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43:8.3 Your [[sojourn]] on [[Edentia]] and its [[associated]] [[spheres]] will be chiefly occupied with the mastery of [[group]] [[ethics]], the [[secret]] of [[pleasant]] and profitable inter[[relationship]] between the various [[universe]] and [[superuniverse]] [[orders]] of [[intelligent]] [[personalities]].

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43:8.4 On the mansion worlds you completed the unification of the evolving mortal personality; on the system capital you attained Jerusem citizenship and achieved the willingness to submit the self to the disciplines of group activities and co-ordinated undertakings; but now on the constellation training worlds you are to achieve the real socialization of your evolving morontia personality. This supernal cultural acquirement consists in learning how to:

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43:8.4 On the [[mansion worlds]] you completed the [[unification]] of the [[evolving]] [[mortal]] [[personality]]; on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system capital] you [[attained]] [[Jerusem]] [[citizenship]] and achieved the willingness to submit the [[self]] to the [[disciplines]] of [[group]] [[activities]] and [[co-ordinated]] undertakings; but now on the [[constellation]] [[training]] worlds you are to achieve the real [[socialization]] of your [[evolving]] [[morontia]] [[personality]]. This [[supernal]] [[cultural]] acquirement consists in learning how to:

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*1. 43:8.5 Live happily and work effectively with ten diverse fellow morontians, while ten such groups are associated in companies of one hundred and then federated in corps of one thousand.

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*1. 43:8.5 Live [[happily]] and [[work]] [[effectively]] with ten diverse fellow [[morontians]], while ten such groups are [[associated]] in companies of one hundred and then federated in corps of one thousand.

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*2. 43:8.6 Abide joyfully and co-operate heartily with ten univitatia, who, though similar intellectually to morontia beings, are very different in every other way. And then must you function with this group of ten as it co-ordinates with ten other families, which are in turn confederated into a corps of one thousand univitatia.

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*2. 43:8.6 Abide [[joyfully]] and [[co-operate]] heartily with ten [[univitatia]], who, though similar [[intellectually]] to [[morontia]] [[beings]], are very [[different]] in every other way. And then must you [[function]] with this [[group]] of ten as it [[co-ordinates]] with ten other [[families]], which are in turn confederated into a corps of one thousand [[univitatia]].

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*3. 43:8.7 Achieve simultaneous adjustment to both fellow morontians and these host univitatia. Acquire the ability voluntarily and effectively to co-operate with your own order of beings in close working association with a somewhat dissimilar group of intelligent creatures.

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*3. 43:8.7 [[Achieve]] [[simultaneous]] [[adjustment]] to both fellow [[morontians]] and these [[host]] [[univitatia]]. Acquire the [[ability]] voluntarily and [[effectively]] to [[co-operate]] with your own order of [[beings]] in close working [[association]] with a somewhat dissimilar [[group]] of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]].

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*4. 43:8.8 While thus socially functioning with beings like and unlike yourself, achieve intellectual harmony with, and make vocational adjustment to, both groups of associates.

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*4. 43:8.8 While thus socially [[functioning]] with [[beings]] like and unlike yourself, [[achieve]] [[intellectual]] [[harmony]] with, and make [[vocational]] [[adjustment]] to, both [[groups]] of associates.

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*5. 43:8.9 While attaining satisfactory socialization of the personality on intellectual and vocational levels, further perfect the ability to live in intimate contact with similar and slightly dissimilar beings with ever-lessening irritability and ever-diminishing resentment. The reversion directors contribute much to this latter attainment through their group-play activities.

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*5. 43:8.9 While [[attaining]] satisfactory [[socialization]] of the [[personality]] on [[intellectual]] and [[vocational]] levels, further [[perfect]] the [[ability]] to live in [[intimate]] contact with similar and slightly dissimilar [[beings]] with ever-lessening [[irritability]] and ever-diminishing [[resentment]]. The [[reversion directors]] [[contribute]] much to this latter [[attainment]] through their [[group]]-[[play]] [[activities]].

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*6. 43:8.10 Adjust all of these various socialization techniques to the furtherance of the progressive co-ordination of the Paradise-ascension career; augment universe insight by enhancing the ability to grasp the eternal goal-meanings concealed within these seemingly insignificant time-space activities.

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*6. 43:8.10 [[Adjust]] all of these various [[socialization]] [[techniques]] to the furtherance of the [[progressive]] [[co-ordination]] of the [[Paradise]]-[[ascension career]]; augment [[universe]] [[insight]] by enhancing the [[ability]] to grasp the [[eternal]] goal-[[meanings]] concealed within these seemingly insignificant [[time-space]] [[activities]].

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*7. 43:8.11 And then, climax all of these procedures of multisocialization with the concurrent enhancement of spiritual insight as it pertains to the augmentation of all phases of personal endowment through group spiritual association and morontia co-ordination. Intellectually, socially, and spiritually two moral creatures do not merely double their personal potentials of universe achievement by partnership technique; they more nearly quadruple their attainment and accomplishment possibilities.

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*7. 43:8.11 And then, [[climax]] all of these [[procedures]] of multisocialization with the concurrent enhancement of [[spiritual]] [[insight]] as it pertains to the augmentation of all [[phases]] of [[personal]] [[endowment]] through [[group]] [[spiritual]] [[association]] and [[morontia]] [[co-ordination]]. [[Intellectually]], socially, and [[spiritually]] two [[moral]] [[creatures]] do not merely double their [[personal]] [[potentials]] of [[universe]] achievement by [[partnership]] [[technique]]; they more nearly quadruple their [[attainment]] and accomplishment [[possibilities]].

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43:8.12 We have portrayed Edentia socialization as an association of a morontia mortal with a univitatia family group consisting of ten intellectually dissimilar individuals concomitant with a similar association with ten fellow morontians. But on the first seven major worlds only one ascending mortal lives with ten univitatia. On the second group of seven major worlds two mortals abide with each native group of ten, and so on up until, on the last group of seven major spheres, ten morontia beings are domiciled with ten univitatia. As you learn how better to socialize with the univitatia, you will practice such improved ethics in your relations with your fellow morontia progressors.

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43:8.12 We have portrayed [[Edentia]] [[socialization]] as an [[association]] of a [[morontia]] [[mortal]] with a [[univitatia]] [[family]] [[group]] consisting of ten [[intellectually]] dissimilar [[individuals]] concomitant with a similar [[association]] with ten fellow [[morontians]]. But on the first [[seven]] major worlds only one [[ascending]] mortal lives with [[ten]] [[univitatia]]. On the second [[group]] of [[seven]] major worlds two [[mortals]] abide with each [[native]] [[group]] of [[ten]], and so on up until, on the last [[group]] of [[seven]] major [[spheres]], ten [[morontia]] [[beings]] are domiciled with ten [[univitatia]]. As you learn how better to [[socialize]] with the [[univitatia]], you will [[practice]] such improved [[ethics]] in your [[relations]] with your fellow [[morontia]] progressors.

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43:8.13 As ascending mortals you will enjoy your sojourn on the progress worlds of Edentia, but you will not experience that personal thrill of satisfaction which characterizes your initial contact with universe affairs on the system headquarters or your farewell touch with these realities on the final worlds of the universe capital.

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43:8.13 As [[ascending]] [[mortals]] you will [[enjoy]] your [[sojourn]] on the [[progress]] worlds of [[Edentia]], but you will not [[experience]] that [[personal]] thrill of [[satisfaction]] which characterizes your [[initial]] contact with [[universe]] affairs on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters] or your farewell [[touch]] with these [[realities]] on the final worlds of the [[Salvington|universe capital]].

==43:9. CITIZENSHIP ON EDENTIA==

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43:9.1 After graduation from world number seventy, ascending mortals take up residence on Edentia. Ascenders now, for the first time, attend the " assemblies of Paradise " and hear the story of their far-flung career as it is depicted by the Faithful of Days, the first of the Supreme Trinity-origin Personalities they have met.

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43:9.1 After [[graduation]] from world number seventy, [[ascending]] [[mortals]] take up [[residence]] on [[Edentia]]. Ascenders now, for the first time, [[attend]] the "assemblies of Paradise" and hear the [[story]] of their far-flung [[career]] as it is depicted by the [[Faithful of Days]], the first of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18 Supreme Trinity-origin Personalities] they have met.

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43:9.2 This entire sojourn on the constellation training worlds, culminating in Edentia citizenship, is a period of true and heavenly bliss for the morontia progressors. Throughout your sojourn on the system worlds you were evolving from a near-animal to a morontia creature; you were more material than spiritual. On the Salvington spheres you will be evolving from a morontia being to the status of a true spirit; you will be more spiritual than material. But on Edentia, ascenders are midway between their former and their future estates, midway in their passage from evolutionary animal to ascending spirit. During your whole stay on Edentia and its worlds you are " as the angels "; you are constantly progressing but all the while maintaining a general and a typical morontia status.

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43:9.2 This entire [[sojourn]] on the [[constellation]] [[training]] worlds, culminating in [[Edentia]] [[citizenship]], is a period of true and [[heavenly]] [[bliss]] for the [[morontia]] progressors. Throughout your [[sojourn]] on [[the system]] worlds you were evolving from a near-[[animal]] to a [[morontia]] [[creature]]; you were more [[material]] than [[spiritual]]. On the [[Salvington]] [[spheres]] you will be evolving from a [[morontia]] [[being]] to the [[status]] of a true [[spirit]]; you will be more [[spiritual]] than [[material]]. But on [[Edentia]], ascenders are midway between their [[former]] and their [[future]] estates, midway in their passage from [[evolutionary]] [[animal]] to [[ascending]] [[spirit]]. During your whole stay on [[Edentia]] and its worlds you are "as the angels"; you are constantly progressing but all the while [[maintaining]] a general and a typical [[morontia]] [[status]].

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43:9.3 This constellation sojourn of an ascending mortal is the most uniform and stabilized epoch in the entire career of morontia progression. This experience constitutes the prespirit socialization training of the ascenders. It is analogous to the prefinaliter spiritual experience of Havona and to the preabsonite training on Paradise.

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43:9.3 This [[constellation]] [[sojourn]] of an [[ascending]] [[mortal]] is the most [[uniform]] and stabilized [[epoch]] in the entire [[career]] of [[morontia]] [[progression]]. This [[experience]] [[constitutes]] the prespirit [[socialization]] [[training]] of the ascenders. It is [[analogous]] to the prefinaliter [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of [[Havona]] and to the preabsonite training on Paradise.

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43:9.4 Ascending mortals on Edentia are chiefly occupied with the assignments on the seventy progressive univitatia worlds. They also serve in varied capacities on Edentia itself, mainly in conjunction with the constellation program concerned with group, racial, national, and planetary welfare. The Most Highs are not so much engaged in fostering individual advancement on the inhabited worlds; they rule in the kingdoms of men rather than in the hearts of individuals.

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43:9.4 [[Ascending]] [[mortals]] on [[Edentia]] are chiefly occupied with the assignments on the seventy [[progressive]] [[univitatia]] worlds. They also serve in varied [[capacities]] on [[Edentia]] itself, mainly in conjunction with the [[constellation]] program concerned with [[group]], [[racial]], [[national]], and [[planetary]] welfare. The [[Most Highs]] are not so much engaged in fostering [[individual]] advancement on the [[inhabited worlds]]; they rule in the kingdoms of men rather than in the [[hearts]] of [[individuals]].

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43:9.5 And on that day when you are prepared to leave Edentia for the Salvington career, you will pause and look back on one of the most beautiful and most refreshing of all your epochs of training this side of Paradise. But the glory of it all augments as you ascend inward and achieve increased capacity for enlarged appreciation of divine meanings and spiritual values.

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43:9.5 And on that day when you are [[prepared]] to leave [[Edentia]] for the [[Salvington]] [[career]], you will pause and look back on one of the most [[beautiful]] and most refreshing of all your [[epochs]] of [[training]] this side of [[Paradise]]. But the [[glory]] of it all augments as you [[ascend]] inward and achieve increased [[capacity]] for enlarged [[appreciation]] of [[divine]] [[meanings]] and [[spiritual]] [[values]].

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