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42:9.1 [[Religion]] is not alone [[dogmatic]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy natural philosophy] [[equally]] tends to [[dogmatize]]. When a renowned religious teacher [[reasoned]] that the [[number]] [[seven]] was [[fundamental]] to [[nature]] because there are seven openings in the [[human]] head, if he had known more of [[chemistry]], he might have advocated such a [[belief]] founded on a true [[phenomenon]] of the [[physical]] world. There is in all the [[physical]] [[universes]] of [[time and space]], notwithstanding the [[universal]] [[manifestation]] of the [[decimal]] [[constitution]] of [[energy]], the ever-present reminder of the [[reality]] of the sevenfold [[electronic]] [[organization]] of prematter.
42:9.2 The [[number]] [[seven]] is basic to the [[central universe]] and the [[spiritual]] [[system]] of [[inherent]] transmissions of [[character]], but the [[number]] [[ten]], the [[decimal]] [[system]], is [[inherent]] in [[energy]], [[matter]], and the [[material]] [[creation]]. Nevertheless the [[atomic]] world does display a certain [[periodic]] characterization which recurs in [[groups]] of [[seven]]—a birthmark carried by this [[material]] world indicative of its far-distant [[spiritual]] [[origin]].
42:9.3 This [[sevenfold]] [[persistence]] of [[creative]] [[constitution]] is [[exhibited]] in the [[chemical]] [[domains]] as a recurrence of similar [[physical]] and [[chemical]] properties in [[segregated]] periods of [[seven]] when the basic [[elements]] are arranged in the order of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ atomic weights]. When the [[Urantia]] [[chemical]] [[elements]] are thus arranged in a row, any given [[quality]] or [[property]] tends to recur by [[sevens]]. This [[periodic]] [[change]] by sevens recurs diminishingly and with [[variations]] throughout the entire [[Periodic Table|chemical table]], being most markedly [[observable]] in the earlier or lighter [[atomic]] groupings. Starting from any one element, after noting some one property, such a [[quality]] will change for six consecutive elements, but on reaching the eighth, it tends to reappear, that is, the eighth chemically [[active]] element resembles the first, the ninth the second, and so on. Such a [[fact]] of the [[physical]] world unmistakably points to the [[sevenfold]] [[constitution]] of [[ancestral]] [[energy]] and is indicative of the [[fundamental]] [[reality]] of the sevenfold [[diversity]] of the [[Seven Superuniverses|creations]] of [[time and space]]. Man should also note that there are [[seven]] [[colors]] in the [[natural]] [[spectrum]].
42:9.4 But not all the [[suppositions]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy natural philosophy] are valid; for example, the [[hypothetical]] [[ether]], which [[represents]] an ingenious attempt of man to [[unify]] his ignorance of [[space]] [[phenomena]]. The [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]] cannot be predicated on the [[observations]] of so-called [[science]]. If such a [[metamorphosis]] could not be seen, a scientist would be inclined to deny the [[possibility]] of [[developing]] a butterfly out of a caterpillar.
42:9.5 [[Physical]] [[stability]] [[associated]] with [[biologic]] elasticity is present in [[nature]] only because of the well-nigh [[infinite]] [[wisdom]] [[possessed]] by the [[Master Architects]] of [[creation]]. Nothing less than [[transcendental]] [[wisdom]] could ever [[design]] [[units]] of [[matter]] which are at the same time so stable and so [[efficiently]] [[flexible]].
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[[Category:Paper 42 - Energy - Mind and Matter]]
42:9.1 [[Religion]] is not alone [[dogmatic]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy natural philosophy] [[equally]] tends to [[dogmatize]]. When a renowned religious teacher [[reasoned]] that the [[number]] [[seven]] was [[fundamental]] to [[nature]] because there are seven openings in the [[human]] head, if he had known more of [[chemistry]], he might have advocated such a [[belief]] founded on a true [[phenomenon]] of the [[physical]] world. There is in all the [[physical]] [[universes]] of [[time and space]], notwithstanding the [[universal]] [[manifestation]] of the [[decimal]] [[constitution]] of [[energy]], the ever-present reminder of the [[reality]] of the sevenfold [[electronic]] [[organization]] of prematter.
42:9.2 The [[number]] [[seven]] is basic to the [[central universe]] and the [[spiritual]] [[system]] of [[inherent]] transmissions of [[character]], but the [[number]] [[ten]], the [[decimal]] [[system]], is [[inherent]] in [[energy]], [[matter]], and the [[material]] [[creation]]. Nevertheless the [[atomic]] world does display a certain [[periodic]] characterization which recurs in [[groups]] of [[seven]]—a birthmark carried by this [[material]] world indicative of its far-distant [[spiritual]] [[origin]].
42:9.3 This [[sevenfold]] [[persistence]] of [[creative]] [[constitution]] is [[exhibited]] in the [[chemical]] [[domains]] as a recurrence of similar [[physical]] and [[chemical]] properties in [[segregated]] periods of [[seven]] when the basic [[elements]] are arranged in the order of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ atomic weights]. When the [[Urantia]] [[chemical]] [[elements]] are thus arranged in a row, any given [[quality]] or [[property]] tends to recur by [[sevens]]. This [[periodic]] [[change]] by sevens recurs diminishingly and with [[variations]] throughout the entire [[Periodic Table|chemical table]], being most markedly [[observable]] in the earlier or lighter [[atomic]] groupings. Starting from any one element, after noting some one property, such a [[quality]] will change for six consecutive elements, but on reaching the eighth, it tends to reappear, that is, the eighth chemically [[active]] element resembles the first, the ninth the second, and so on. Such a [[fact]] of the [[physical]] world unmistakably points to the [[sevenfold]] [[constitution]] of [[ancestral]] [[energy]] and is indicative of the [[fundamental]] [[reality]] of the sevenfold [[diversity]] of the [[Seven Superuniverses|creations]] of [[time and space]]. Man should also note that there are [[seven]] [[colors]] in the [[natural]] [[spectrum]].
42:9.4 But not all the [[suppositions]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy natural philosophy] are valid; for example, the [[hypothetical]] [[ether]], which [[represents]] an ingenious attempt of man to [[unify]] his ignorance of [[space]] [[phenomena]]. The [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]] cannot be predicated on the [[observations]] of so-called [[science]]. If such a [[metamorphosis]] could not be seen, a scientist would be inclined to deny the [[possibility]] of [[developing]] a butterfly out of a caterpillar.
42:9.5 [[Physical]] [[stability]] [[associated]] with [[biologic]] elasticity is present in [[nature]] only because of the well-nigh [[infinite]] [[wisdom]] [[possessed]] by the [[Master Architects]] of [[creation]]. Nothing less than [[transcendental]] [[wisdom]] could ever [[design]] [[units]] of [[matter]] which are at the same time so stable and so [[efficiently]] [[flexible]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42 Go to Paper 42]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 42 - Energy - Mind and Matter]]