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46:2.1 On [[Jerusem]] you will miss the rugged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains mountain ranges] of [[Urantia]] and other evolved worlds since there are neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes earthquakes] nor rainfalls, but you will [[enjoy]] the [[beauteous]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Highlands,_New_South_Wales highlands] and other [[unique]] variations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography topography] and landscape. Enormous areas of [[Jerusem]] are [[preserved]] in a "natural state," and the grandeur of such districts is quite beyond the [[powers]] of [[human]] [[imagination]].

46:2.1 On [[Jerusem]] you will miss the rugged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains mountain ranges] of [[Urantia]] and other evolved worlds since there are neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes earthquakes] nor rainfalls, but you will [[enjoy]] the [[beauteous]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Highlands,_New_South_Wales highlands] and other [[unique]] variations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography topography] and landscape. Enormous areas of [[Jerusem]] are [[preserved]] in a "natural state," and the grandeur of such districts is quite beyond the [[powers]] of [[human]] [[imagination]].

46:2.2 There are thousands upon thousands of small [[lakes]] but no raging [[rivers]] nor expansive [[ocean]]s. There is no rainfall, neither storms nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard blizzards], on any of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds], but there is the daily precipitation of the condensation of moisture during the time of lowest [[temperature]] attending the [[light]] [[recession]]. (The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew_point dew point] is higher on a [[three]]-[[gas]] world than on a [[two]]-gas [[planet]] like [[Urantia]].) The [[physical]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants plant life] and the [[morontia]] world of living [[things]] both require [[moisture]], but this is largely supplied by the subsoil [[system]] of [[circulation]] which extends all over the [[sphere]], even up to the very tops of the highlands. This [[water]] [[system]] is not entirely subsurface, for there are many [[canals]] interconnecting the sparkling lakes of [[Jerusem]].

46:2.2 There are thousands upon thousands of small [[lakes]] but no raging [[rivers]] nor expansive [[ocean]]s. There is no rainfall, neither storms nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard blizzards], on any of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds], but there is the daily precipitation of the condensation of moisture during the time of lowest [[temperature]] attending the [[light]] [[recession]]. (The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew_point dew point] is higher on a [[three]]-[[gas]] world than on a [[two]]-gas [[planet]] like [[Urantia]].) The [[physical]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants plant life] and the [[morontia]] world of living [[things]] both require [[moisture]], but this is largely supplied by the subsoil [[system]] of [[circulation]] which extends all over the [[sphere]], even up to the very tops of the highlands. This [[water]] [[system]] is not entirely subsurface, for there are many [[canals]] interconnecting the sparkling lakes of [[Jerusem]].

46:2.3 The [[atmosphere]] of [[Jerusem]] is a [[three]]-[[gas]] mixture. This air is very similar to that of [[Urantia]] with the addition of a [[gas]] adapted to the [[respiration]] of the [[morontia]] order of life. This third gas in no way unfits the air for the [[respiration]] of [[animals]] or plants of the [[material]] [[orders]].

46:2.3 The [[atmosphere]] of [[Jerusem]] is a [[three]]-[[gas]] mixture. This air is very similar to that of [[Urantia]] with the addition of a [[gas]] adapted to the [[respiration]] of the [[morontia]] order of life. This third gas in no way unfits the air for the [[respiration]] of [[animals]] or plants of the [[material]] [[orders]].

46:2.4 The [[transportation]] [[system]] is allied with the [[circulatory]] [[streams]] of [[energy]] movement, these main energy [[currents]] being located at ten-mile intervals. By [[adjustment]] of [[physical]] [[mechanisms]] the [[material]] [[beings]] of the [[planet]] can proceed at a pace varying from two to five hundred miles per hour. The [[transport]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] fly at about one hundred miles an hour. The air [[mechanisms]] of the [[Material Sons]] [[travel]] around five hundred miles per hour. [[Material]] and early [[morontia]] [[beings]] must utilize these [[mechanical]] means of [[transport]], but [[spirit]] [[personalities]] [[proceed]] by [[liaison]] with the superior [[forces]] and [[spirit]] sources of [[energy]].

46:2.4 The [[transportation]] [[system]] is allied with the [[circulatory]] [[streams]] of [[energy]] movement, these main energy [[currents]] being located at ten-mile intervals. By [[adjustment]] of [[physical]] [[mechanisms]] the [[material]] [[beings]] of the [[planet]] can proceed at a pace varying from two to five hundred miles per hour. The [[transport]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] fly at about one hundred miles an hour. The air [[mechanisms]] of the [[Material Sons]] [[travel]] around five hundred miles per hour. [[Material]] and early [[morontia]] [[beings]] must utilize these [[mechanical]] means of [[transport]], but [[spirit]] [[personalities]] [[proceed]] by [[liaison]] with the superior [[forces]] and [[spirit]] sources of [[energy]].

46:2.5 [[Jerusem]] and its [[associated]] worlds are [[endowed]] with the [[ten]] [[standard]] [[divisions]] of [[physical]] life characteristic of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres] of [[Nebadon]]. And since there is no [[organic]] [[evolution]] on [[Jerusem]], there are no [[conflicting]] [[forms]] of life, no [[struggle]] for [[existence]], no [[survival]] of the fittest. Rather is there a [[creative]] [[adaptation]] which [[foreshadows]] the [[beauty]], the [[harmony]], and the [[perfection]] of the [[eternal]] worlds of the [[Havona|central and divine universe]]. And in all this [[creative]] [[perfection]] there is the most amazing intermingling of [[physical]] and of [[morontia]] life, [[artistically]] [[contrast]]ed by the [[celestial artisans]] and their fellows.

46:2.5 [[Jerusem]] and its [[associated]] worlds are [[endowed]] with the [[ten]] [[standard]] [[divisions]] of [[physical]] life characteristic of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres] of [[Nebadon]]. And since there is no [[organic]] [[evolution]] on [[Jerusem]], there are no [[conflicting]] [[forms]] of life, no [[struggle]] for [[existence]], no [[survival]] of the fittest. Rather is there a [[creative]] [[adaptation]] which [[foreshadows]] the [[beauty]], the [[harmony]], and the [[perfection]] of the [[eternal]] worlds of the [[Havona|central and divine universe]]. And in all this [[creative]] [[perfection]] there is the most amazing intermingling of [[physical]] and of [[morontia]] life, [[artistically]] [[contrast]]ed by the [[celestial artisans]] and their fellows.

46:2.6 [[Jerusem]] is indeed a foretaste of [[paradisiacal]] [[glory]] and grandeur. But you can never [[hope]] to gain an adequate [[idea]] of these [[glorious]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] by any attempted description. There is so little that can be [[compared]] with aught on your world, and even then the [[things]] of [[Jerusem]] so [[transcend]] the things of [[Urantia]] that the comparison is almost [[grotesque]]. Until you [[actually]] arrive on [[Jerusem]], you can hardly [[entertain]] anything like a true [[concept]] of the [[heavenly]] worlds, but that is not so long a [[time]] in the [[future]] when your coming [[experience]] on [[the system]] [[capital]] is compared with your sometime arrival on the more remote [[training]] [[spheres]] of the [[universe]], the [[superuniverse]], and of [[Havona]].

46:2.6 [[Jerusem]] is indeed a foretaste of [[paradisiacal]] [[glory]] and grandeur. But you can never [[hope]] to gain an adequate [[idea]] of these [[glorious]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] by any attempted description. There is so little that can be [[compared]] with aught on your world, and even then the [[things]] of [[Jerusem]] so [[transcend]] the things of [[Urantia]] that the comparison is almost [[grotesque]]. Until you [[actually]] arrive on [[Jerusem]], you can hardly [[entertain]] anything like a true [[concept]] of the [[heavenly]] worlds, but that is not so long a [[time]] in the [[future]] when your coming [[experience]] on [[the system]] [[capital]] is compared with your sometime arrival on the more remote [[training]] [[spheres]] of the [[universe]], the [[superuniverse]], and of [[Havona]].

46:2.7 The manufacturing or [[laboratory]] sector of [[Jerusem]] is an extensive [[domain]], one which Urantians would hardly [[recognize]] since it has no smoking chimneys; nevertheless, there is an intricate [[material]] [[economy]] [[associated]] with these special worlds, and there is a [[perfection]] of [[mechanical]] [[technique]] and [[physical]] [[achievement]] which would astonish and even [[awe]] your most [[experienced]] chemists and [[inventors]]. Pause to [[consider]] that this first world of [[detention]] in the [[Paradise]] [[journey]] is far more [[material]] than [[spiritual]]. Throughout your stay on [[Jerusem]] and its [[transition]] worlds you are far nearer your [[earth]] life of [[material]] [[things]] than your later life of advancing [[spirit]] [[existence]].

46:2.7 The manufacturing or [[laboratory]] sector of [[Jerusem]] is an extensive [[domain]], one which Urantians would hardly [[recognize]] since it has no smoking chimneys; nevertheless, there is an intricate [[material]] [[economy]] [[associated]] with these special worlds, and there is a [[perfection]] of [[mechanical]] [[technique]] and [[physical]] [[achievement]] which would astonish and even [[awe]] your most [[experienced]] chemists and [[inventors]]. Pause to [[consider]] that this first world of [[detention]] in the [[Paradise]] [[journey]] is far more [[material]] than [[spiritual]]. Throughout your stay on [[Jerusem]] and its [[transition]] worlds you are far nearer your [[earth]] life of [[material]] [[things]] than your later life of advancing [[spirit]] [[existence]].

46:2.8 ''Mount Seraph'' is the highest elevation on [[Jerusem]], almost fifteen thousand feet, and is the point of departure for all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim]. Numerous [[mechanical]] [[developments]] are used in providing initial [[energy]] for escaping the [[planetary]] [[gravity]] and overcoming the air [[resistance]]. A [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM seraphic transport] departs every three seconds of [[Urantia]] [[time]] throughout the [[light]] period and, sometimes, far into the [[recession]]. The transporters take off at about twenty-five [[standard]] miles per second of [[Urantia]] time and do not [[attain]] [[standard]] [[velocity]] until they are over two thousand miles away from [[Jerusem]].

46:2.8 ''Mount Seraph'' is the highest elevation on [[Jerusem]], almost fifteen thousand feet, and is the point of departure for all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim]. Numerous [[mechanical]] [[developments]] are used in providing initial [[energy]] for escaping the [[planetary]] [[gravity]] and overcoming the air [[resistance]]. A [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM seraphic transport] departs every three seconds of [[Urantia]] [[time]] throughout the [[light]] period and, sometimes, far into the [[recession]]. The transporters take off at about twenty-five [[standard]] miles per second of [[Urantia]] time and do not [[attain]] [[standard]] [[velocity]] until they are over two thousand miles away from [[Jerusem]].

46:2.9 Transports arrive on the [[crystal]] field, the so-called [[sea of glass]]. Around this area are the receiving stations for the various [[orders]] of [[beings]] who traverse [[space]] by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM seraphic transport]. Near the polar [[crystal]] receiving station for [[student]] visitors you may [[ascend]] the pearly [[observatory]] and view the immense relief map of the entire [[headquarters]] [[planet]].

46:2.9 Transports arrive on the [[crystal]] field, the so-called [[sea of glass]]. Around this area are the receiving stations for the various [[orders]] of [[beings]] who traverse [[space]] by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM seraphic transport]. Near the polar [[crystal]] receiving station for [[student]] visitors you may [[ascend]] the pearly [[observatory]] and view the immense relief map of the entire [[headquarters]] [[planet]].

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[[Category:Paper 46 - The Local System Headquarters]]

[[Category:Paper 46 - The Local System Headquarters]]

[[Category: Planetary Science]]

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