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50:4.1 The prince's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] early [[organize]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:5._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED planetary schools] of [[training]] and [[culture]], wherein the cream of the [[evolutionary]] [[races]] are [[instructed]] and then sent forth to [[teach]] these better ways to their people. These schools of the prince are located at the [[material]] [[headquarters]] of the [[planet]].
50:4.2 Much of the [[physical]] [[work]] [[connected]] with the [[establishment]] of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paphttp://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/skins/common/images/button_link.pnger_66#66:3._DALAMATIA.E2.80.94THE_CITY_OF_THE_PRINCE headquarters city] is [[performed]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff]. Such [[headquarters]] [[cities]], or settlements, of the early times of the Planetary Prince are very [[different]] from what a [[Urantia]] [[mortal]] might [[imagine]]. They are, in [[comparison]] with later ages, [[simple]], being characterized by mineral embellishment and by [[relatively]] advanced [[material]] construction. And all of this stands in [[contrast]] with the [[Adamic regime]] centering around a [[garden]] [[headquarters]], from which their [[work]] in behalf of the [[races]] is prosecuted during the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN second dispensation] of the universe Sons.
50:4.3 In the [[headquarters]] settlement on your world every [[human]] [[habitation]] was provided with [[abundance]] of [[land]]. Although the remote [[tribes]] continued in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer hunting and food foraging], the [[students]] and [[teachers]] in the Prince's schools were all [[agriculturists]] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulturists]. The time was about equally divided between the following pursuits:
*1. ''Physical labor''. Cultivation of the [[soil]], [[associated]] with [[home]] building and embellishment.
*2. ''Social activities''. [[Play]] [[performances]] and cultural [[social]] groupings.
*3. ''Educational application''. [[Individual]] instruction in [[connection]] with [[family]]-[[group]] teaching, supplemented by specialized class [[training]].
*4. ''Vocational training''. Schools of [[marriage]] and homemaking, the schools of [[art]] and craft training, and the classes for the [[training]] of [[teachers]]—[[secular]], [[cultural]], and [[religious]].
*5. ''Spiritual culture''. The teacher [[brotherhood]], the [[enlightenment]] of childhood and [[youth]] groups, and the training of adopted [[native]] [[children]] as missionaries to their people.
50:4.4 A Planetary Prince is [[Invisible|not visible]] to [[mortal]] [[beings]]; it is a test of [[faith]] to [[believe]] the [[representations]] of the semimaterial [[beings]] of his [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF staff]. But these schools of [[culture]] and [[training]] are well [[adapted]] to the needs of each [[planet]], and there soon [[develops]] a keen and laudatory [[rivalry]] among the [[races]] of men in their [[efforts]] to gain entrance to these various [[institutions]] of [[learning]].
50:4.5 From such a world [[center]] of [[culture]] and [[achievement]] there [[gradually]] [[radiates]] to all peoples an uplifting and [[civilizing]] [[influence]] which slowly and [[certainly]] [[transforms]] the [[evolutionary]] [[races]]. Meantime the [[educated]] and [[spiritualized]] [[children]] of the [[surrounding]] peoples who have been adopted and [[trained]] in the prince's schools are returning to their [[native]] [[groups]] and, to the best of their [[ability]], are there [[establishing]] new and potent [[centers]] of [[learning]] and [[culture]] which they carry on according to the [[plan]] of the prince's schools.
50:4.6 On [[Urantia]] these [[plans]] for [[planetary]] [[progress]] and [[cultural]] [[advancement]] were well under way, proceeding most satisfactorily, when the whole [[enterprise]] was brought to a rather sudden and most inglorious end by [[Caligastia]]' s [[adherence]] to the [[Lucifer rebellion]].
50:4.7 It was one of the most [[profoundly]] shocking [[episodes]] of this [[rebellion]] for me to learn of the callous [[perfidy]] of one of my own order of sonship, [[Caligastia]], who, in [[deliberation]] and with malice aforethought, systematically [[perverted]] the [[instruction]] and [[poisoned]] the teaching provided in all the [[Urantia]] planetary schools in operation at that [[time]]. The wreck of these schools was [[speedy]] and [[complete]].
50:4.8 Many of the [[offspring]] of the [[ascenders]] of the Prince's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF materialized staff] remained [[loyal]], deserting the ranks of [[Caligastia]]. These loyalists were [[encouraged]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM Melchizedek receivers] of [[Urantia]], and in later times their descendants did much to uphold the planetary concepts of truth and righteousness. The work of these loyal evangels helped to prevent the [[total]] [[obliteration]] of [[spiritual]] [[truth]] on [[Urantia]]. These [[courageous]] [[souls]] and their [[descendants]] kept alive some [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]]'s rule and [[preserved]] for the world races the [[concept]] of the [[successive]] [[planetary]] [[dispensations]] of the various [[orders]] of [[divine Sons]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_50 Go to Paper 50]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 50 - The Planetary Princes]]
50:4.1 The prince's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] early [[organize]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:5._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED planetary schools] of [[training]] and [[culture]], wherein the cream of the [[evolutionary]] [[races]] are [[instructed]] and then sent forth to [[teach]] these better ways to their people. These schools of the prince are located at the [[material]] [[headquarters]] of the [[planet]].
50:4.2 Much of the [[physical]] [[work]] [[connected]] with the [[establishment]] of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paphttp://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/skins/common/images/button_link.pnger_66#66:3._DALAMATIA.E2.80.94THE_CITY_OF_THE_PRINCE headquarters city] is [[performed]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff]. Such [[headquarters]] [[cities]], or settlements, of the early times of the Planetary Prince are very [[different]] from what a [[Urantia]] [[mortal]] might [[imagine]]. They are, in [[comparison]] with later ages, [[simple]], being characterized by mineral embellishment and by [[relatively]] advanced [[material]] construction. And all of this stands in [[contrast]] with the [[Adamic regime]] centering around a [[garden]] [[headquarters]], from which their [[work]] in behalf of the [[races]] is prosecuted during the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN second dispensation] of the universe Sons.
50:4.3 In the [[headquarters]] settlement on your world every [[human]] [[habitation]] was provided with [[abundance]] of [[land]]. Although the remote [[tribes]] continued in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer hunting and food foraging], the [[students]] and [[teachers]] in the Prince's schools were all [[agriculturists]] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulturists]. The time was about equally divided between the following pursuits:
*1. ''Physical labor''. Cultivation of the [[soil]], [[associated]] with [[home]] building and embellishment.
*2. ''Social activities''. [[Play]] [[performances]] and cultural [[social]] groupings.
*3. ''Educational application''. [[Individual]] instruction in [[connection]] with [[family]]-[[group]] teaching, supplemented by specialized class [[training]].
*4. ''Vocational training''. Schools of [[marriage]] and homemaking, the schools of [[art]] and craft training, and the classes for the [[training]] of [[teachers]]—[[secular]], [[cultural]], and [[religious]].
*5. ''Spiritual culture''. The teacher [[brotherhood]], the [[enlightenment]] of childhood and [[youth]] groups, and the training of adopted [[native]] [[children]] as missionaries to their people.
50:4.4 A Planetary Prince is [[Invisible|not visible]] to [[mortal]] [[beings]]; it is a test of [[faith]] to [[believe]] the [[representations]] of the semimaterial [[beings]] of his [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF staff]. But these schools of [[culture]] and [[training]] are well [[adapted]] to the needs of each [[planet]], and there soon [[develops]] a keen and laudatory [[rivalry]] among the [[races]] of men in their [[efforts]] to gain entrance to these various [[institutions]] of [[learning]].
50:4.5 From such a world [[center]] of [[culture]] and [[achievement]] there [[gradually]] [[radiates]] to all peoples an uplifting and [[civilizing]] [[influence]] which slowly and [[certainly]] [[transforms]] the [[evolutionary]] [[races]]. Meantime the [[educated]] and [[spiritualized]] [[children]] of the [[surrounding]] peoples who have been adopted and [[trained]] in the prince's schools are returning to their [[native]] [[groups]] and, to the best of their [[ability]], are there [[establishing]] new and potent [[centers]] of [[learning]] and [[culture]] which they carry on according to the [[plan]] of the prince's schools.
50:4.6 On [[Urantia]] these [[plans]] for [[planetary]] [[progress]] and [[cultural]] [[advancement]] were well under way, proceeding most satisfactorily, when the whole [[enterprise]] was brought to a rather sudden and most inglorious end by [[Caligastia]]' s [[adherence]] to the [[Lucifer rebellion]].
50:4.7 It was one of the most [[profoundly]] shocking [[episodes]] of this [[rebellion]] for me to learn of the callous [[perfidy]] of one of my own order of sonship, [[Caligastia]], who, in [[deliberation]] and with malice aforethought, systematically [[perverted]] the [[instruction]] and [[poisoned]] the teaching provided in all the [[Urantia]] planetary schools in operation at that [[time]]. The wreck of these schools was [[speedy]] and [[complete]].
50:4.8 Many of the [[offspring]] of the [[ascenders]] of the Prince's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF materialized staff] remained [[loyal]], deserting the ranks of [[Caligastia]]. These loyalists were [[encouraged]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:4._ADMINISTRATOR_SERAPHIM Melchizedek receivers] of [[Urantia]], and in later times their descendants did much to uphold the planetary concepts of truth and righteousness. The work of these loyal evangels helped to prevent the [[total]] [[obliteration]] of [[spiritual]] [[truth]] on [[Urantia]]. These [[courageous]] [[souls]] and their [[descendants]] kept alive some [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]]'s rule and [[preserved]] for the world races the [[concept]] of the [[successive]] [[planetary]] [[dispensations]] of the various [[orders]] of [[divine Sons]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_50 Go to Paper 50]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 50 - The Planetary Princes]]