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15:1.1 Within the limited range of the [[records]], [[observations]], and [[memories]] of the [[generations]] of a million or a billion of your short years, to all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[purposes]], [[Urantia]] and the universe [[Orvonton|to which it belongs]] are experiencing the [[adventure]] of one long and uncharted plunge into [[Outer Space|new space]]; but according to the records of [[Uversa]], in accordance with older observations, in [[harmony]] with the more extensive [[experience]] and calculations of our order, and as a result of conclusions based on these and other findings, we know that the universes are engaged in an [[Cosmos|orderly]], well-understood, and perfectly [[control]]led [[processional]], swinging in [[majestic]] grandeur around the [[First Great Source and Center]] and his [[Havona|residential universe]].

15:1.1 Within the limited range of the [[records]], [[observations]], and [[memories]] of the [[generations]] of a million or a billion of your short years, to all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[purposes]], [[Urantia]] and the universe [[Orvonton|to which it belongs]] are experiencing the [[adventure]] of one long and uncharted plunge into [[Outer Space|new space]]; but according to the records of [[Uversa]], in accordance with older observations, in [[harmony]] with the more extensive [[experience]] and calculations of our order, and as a result of conclusions based on these and other findings, we know that the universes are engaged in an [[Cosmos|orderly]], well-understood, and perfectly [[control]]led [[processional]], swinging in [[majestic]] grandeur around the [[First Great Source and Center]] and his [[Havona|residential universe]].

15:1.2 We have long since [[discovered]] that the seven superuniverses traverse a great [[ellipse]], a gigantic and elongated [[circle]]. Your [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System solar system] and other worlds of time are not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_universe plunging headlong], without chart and [[compass]], into unmapped [[space]]. The [[local universe]] to which [[Satania|your system]] belongs is pursuing a definite and well-understood counterclockwise course around the vast swing that encircles the [[central universe]]. This cosmic path is well charted and is just as thoroughly known to the superuniverse [[Astronomy|star observers]] as the orbits of the [[planets]] constituting your solar system are known to [[Urantia]] astronomers.

15:1.2 We have long since [[discovered]] that the seven superuniverses traverse a great [[ellipse]], a gigantic and elongated [[circle]]. Your [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System solar system] and other worlds of time are not [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_universe plunging headlong], without chart and [[compass]], into unmapped [[space]]. The [[local universe]] to which [[Satania|your system]] belongs is pursuing a definite and well-understood counterclockwise course around the vast swing that encircles the [[central universe]]. This cosmic path is well charted and is just as thoroughly known to the superuniverse [[Astronomy|star observers]] as the orbits of the [[planets]] constituting your solar system are known to [[Urantia]] astronomers.

15:1.3 [[Urantia]] is situated in a [[local universe]] and a [[superuniverse]] not fully organized, and your local universe is in [[immediate]] proximity to numerous partially completed [[physical]] [[creations]]. You belong to one of the relatively recent universes. But you are not, today, plunging on wildly into uncharted [[space]] nor swinging out blindly into [[unknown]] regions. You are following the orderly and predetermined path of the superuniverse space level. You are now passing through the very same space that your [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System planetary system], or its predecessors, traversed ages ago; and some day in the remote [[future]] your system, or its successors, will again traverse the identical space through which you are now so swiftly plunging.

15:1.3 [[Urantia]] is situated in a [[local universe]] and a [[superuniverse]] not fully organized, and your local universe is in [[immediate]] proximity to numerous partially completed [[physical]] [[creations]]. You belong to one of the relatively recent universes. But you are not, today, plunging on wildly into uncharted [[space]] nor swinging out blindly into [[unknown]] regions. You are following the orderly and predetermined path of the superuniverse space level. You are now passing through the very same space that your [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System planetary system], or its predecessors, traversed ages ago; and some day in the remote [[future]] your system, or its successors, will again traverse the identical space through which you are now so swiftly plunging.

15:1.4 In this age and as direction is regarded on [[Urantia]], superuniverse number one swings almost due north, approximately opposite, in an easterly direction, to the [[Paradise]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE residence] of the Great Sources and Centers and the central universe of Havona. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Display_diagram:_A_Simplified_Chart_of_the_Master_Universe This position, with the corresponding one to the west], represents the nearest [[physical]] approach of the [[spheres]] of [[time]] to the [[eternal Isle]]. Superuniverse number two is in the north, preparing for the westward swing, while number three now holds the northernmost segment of the great space path, having already turned into the bend leading to the southerly plunge. Number four is on the comparatively straightaway southerly flight, the advance regions now approaching opposition to the Great Centers. Number five has about left its position opposite the Center of Centers while continuing on the direct southerly course just preceding the eastward swing; number six occupies most of the southern curve, the segment from which your superuniverse has nearly passed.

15:1.4 In this age and as direction is regarded on [[Urantia]], superuniverse number one swings almost due north, approximately opposite, in an easterly direction, to the [[Paradise]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE residence] of the Great Sources and Centers and the central universe of Havona. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Display_diagram:_A_Simplified_Chart_of_the_Master_Universe This position, with the corresponding one to the west], represents the nearest [[physical]] approach of the [[spheres]] of [[time]] to the [[eternal Isle]]. Superuniverse number two is in the north, preparing for the westward swing, while number three now holds the northernmost segment of the great space path, having already turned into the bend leading to the southerly plunge. Number four is on the comparatively straightaway southerly flight, the advance regions now approaching opposition to the Great Centers. Number five has about left its position opposite the Center of Centers while continuing on the direct southerly course just preceding the eastward swing; number six occupies most of the southern curve, the segment from which your superuniverse has nearly passed.

==15:3. THE SUPERUNIVERSE OF ORVONTON==

==15:3. THE SUPERUNIVERSE OF ORVONTON==

15:3.1 Practically all of the starry realms visible to the naked eye on Urantia belong to the seventh section of the [[grand universe]], the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]]. The vast [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way Milky Way] starry [[system]] represents the central [[nucleus]] of Orvonton, being largely beyond the borders of your local universe. This great aggregation of [[suns]], dark islands of space, [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double stars], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_Clusters globular clusters], star clouds, [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral] and other [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae nebulae], together with myriads of individual [[planets]], forms a watchlike, elongated-circular grouping of about one seventh of the inhabited evolutionary universes.

15:3.1 Practically all of the starry realms visible to the naked eye on Urantia belong to the seventh section of the [[grand universe]], the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]]. The vast [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way Milky Way] starry [[system]] represents the central [[nucleus]] of Orvonton, being largely beyond the borders of your local universe. This great aggregation of [[suns]], dark islands of space, [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double stars], [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_Clusters globular clusters], star clouds, [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral] and other [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae nebulae], together with myriads of individual [[planets]], forms a watchlike, elongated-circular grouping of about one seventh of the inhabited evolutionary universes.

15:3.2 From the [[Celestial coordinate system|astronomical position]] of [[Urantia]], as you look through the cross section of near-by systems to the great [[Milky Way]], you observe that the [[spheres]] of [[Orvonton]] are traveling in a vast elongated [[plane]], the breadth being far greater than the thickness and the length far greater than the breadth.

15:3.2 From the [[Celestial coordinate system|astronomical position]] of [[Urantia]], as you look through the cross section of near-by systems to the great [[Milky Way]], you observe that the [[spheres]] of [[Orvonton]] are traveling in a vast elongated [[plane]], the breadth being far greater than the thickness and the length far greater than the breadth.

15:3.3 [[Observation]] of the so-called Milky Way discloses the comparative increase in Orvonton [[stellar]] [[density]] when the heavens are viewed in one direction, while on either side the density diminishes; the number of stars and other spheres decreases away from the chief plane of our material superuniverse. When the [[angle]] of observation is propitious, gazing through the main [[body]] of this realm of maximum density, you are looking toward the [[Havona|residential universe]] and the [[center]] of [[all things]].

15:3.3 [[Observation]] of the so-called Milky Way discloses the comparative increase in Orvonton [[stellar]] [[density]] when the heavens are viewed in one direction, while on either side the density diminishes; the number of stars and other spheres decreases away from the chief plane of our material superuniverse. When the [[angle]] of observation is propitious, gazing through the main [[body]] of this realm of maximum density, you are looking toward the [[Havona|residential universe]] and the [[center]] of [[all things]].

15:3.4 Of the ten major divisions of Orvonton, [[Large Scale Structure of the cosmos|eight have been roughly identified]] [http://www.astro.uu.nl/~strous/AA/en/boom/supercluster.html] by Urantian astronomers. The other two are difficult of separate recognition because you are obliged to view these [[phenomena]] from the inside. If you could look upon the superuniverse of Orvonton from a position far-distant in space, you would [[immediately]] recognize the ten major sectors of the seventh galaxy.

15:3.4 Of the ten major divisions of Orvonton, [[Large Scale Structure of the cosmos|eight have been roughly identified]] [https://www.astro.uu.nl/~strous/AA/en/boom/supercluster.html] by Urantian astronomers. The other two are difficult of separate recognition because you are obliged to view these [[phenomena]] from the inside. If you could look upon the superuniverse of Orvonton from a position far-distant in space, you would [[immediately]] recognize the ten major sectors of the seventh galaxy.

15:3.5 The rotational center of your minor sector is situated far away in the enormous and dense star cloud of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius], around which your [[local universe]] and its associated creations all move, and from opposite sides of the vast Sagittarius subgalactic system you may observe two great streams of star clouds emerging in stupendous stellar coils.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_nebula (?)]

15:3.5 The rotational center of your minor sector is situated far away in the enormous and dense star cloud of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius], around which your [[local universe]] and its associated creations all move, and from opposite sides of the vast Sagittarius subgalactic system you may observe two great streams of star clouds emerging in stupendous stellar coils.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_nebula (?)]

15:3.6 The [[nucleus]] of the physical system to which your sun and its associated planets belong is the center of the onetime [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover] [[nebula]]. This former [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral nebula] was slightly distorted by the [[gravity]] disruptions associated with the [[events]] which were attendant upon the [[birth]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:5._ORIGIN_OF_MONMATIA.E2.80.94THE_URANTIA_SOLAR_SYSTEM your solar system], and which were occasioned by the near approach of a large neighboring nebula. This near collision changed Andronover into a somewhat globular aggregation but did not wholly destroy the two-way [[procession]] of the suns and their associated [[physical]] [[groups]]. Your solar system now occupies a fairly central position in one of the arms of this distorted spiral, situated about halfway from the center out towards the edge of the star stream.

15:3.6 The [[nucleus]] of the physical system to which your sun and its associated planets belong is the center of the onetime [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover] [[nebula]]. This former [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral nebula] was slightly distorted by the [[gravity]] disruptions associated with the [[events]] which were attendant upon the [[birth]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:5._ORIGIN_OF_MONMATIA.E2.80.94THE_URANTIA_SOLAR_SYSTEM your solar system], and which were occasioned by the near approach of a large neighboring nebula. This near collision changed Andronover into a somewhat globular aggregation but did not wholly destroy the two-way [[procession]] of the suns and their associated [[physical]] [[groups]]. Your solar system now occupies a fairly central position in one of the arms of this distorted spiral, situated about halfway from the center out towards the edge of the star stream.

15:3.7 The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius] sector and all other sectors and divisions of [[Orvonton]] are in rotation around [[Uversa]], and some of the [[confusion]] of Urantian [[Astronomy|star observers]] arises out of the [[illusions]] and [[relative]] distortions produced by the following multiple [[revolutionary]] [[Motion|movements]]:

15:3.7 The [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius] sector and all other sectors and divisions of [[Orvonton]] are in rotation around [[Uversa]], and some of the [[confusion]] of Urantian [[Astronomy|star observers]] arises out of the [[illusions]] and [[relative]] distortions produced by the following multiple [[revolutionary]] [[Motion|movements]]:

*1. The revolution of Urantia around its sun.

*1. The revolution of Urantia around its sun.

*2. The [[circuit]] of your [[solar system]] about the [[nucleus]] of the former [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover nebula].

*2. The [[circuit]] of your [[solar system]] about the [[nucleus]] of the former [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover nebula].

*3. The rotation of the Andronover stellar family and the associated clusters about the composite rotation-[[gravity]] [[center]] of the star cloud of [[Nebadon]].

*3. The rotation of the Andronover stellar family and the associated clusters about the composite rotation-[[gravity]] [[center]] of the star cloud of [[Nebadon]].

*4. The swing of the local star cloud of Nebadon and its associated creations around the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius] [[center]] of their minor sector.

*4. The swing of the local star cloud of Nebadon and its associated creations around the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius] [[center]] of their minor sector.

*5. The rotation of the one hundred minor sectors, including [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius], about their major sector.

*5. The rotation of the one hundred minor sectors, including [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius], about their major sector.

*6. The whirl of the ten major sectors, the so-called [http://www.astronomy.net/articles/16/ star drifts], about the [[Uversa]] headquarters of [[Orvonton]].

*6. The whirl of the ten major sectors, the so-called [https://www.astronomy.net/articles/16/ star drifts], about the [[Uversa]] headquarters of [[Orvonton]].

*7. The [[Motion|movement]] of Orvonton and six associated superuniverses around [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]], the counterclockwise [[processional]] of the superuniverse space level.

*7. The [[Motion|movement]] of Orvonton and six associated superuniverses around [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]], the counterclockwise [[processional]] of the superuniverse space level.

15:4.3 This [[Fraction|segmentation]] of [[energy]] is a [[phenomenon]] which has never been solved by the [[physicists]] of [[Nebadon]]. Their chief [[difficulty]] lies in the [[relative]] inaccessibility of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Paradise force organizers], for the living power directors, though they are competent to deal with space-energy, do not have the least conception of the [[origin]] of the energies they so [[Skill|skillfully]] and [[intelligently]] [[manipulate]].

15:4.3 This [[Fraction|segmentation]] of [[energy]] is a [[phenomenon]] which has never been solved by the [[physicists]] of [[Nebadon]]. Their chief [[difficulty]] lies in the [[relative]] inaccessibility of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Paradise force organizers], for the living power directors, though they are competent to deal with space-energy, do not have the least conception of the [[origin]] of the energies they so [[Skill|skillfully]] and [[intelligently]] [[manipulate]].

15:4.4 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Paradise force organizers] are nebulae originators; they are able to initiate about their space [[presence]] the tremendous cyclones of [[force]] which, when once started, can never be stopped or limited until the all-pervading forces are mobilized for the eventual [[appearance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#6._ULTIMATONS.2C_ELECTRONS.2C_AND_ATOMS ultimatonic units] of universe [[matter]]. Thus are brought into being the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral] and other [[nebulae]], the mother wheels of the direct-origin [[suns]] and their varied [[Solar System|systems]]. In [[outer space]] there may be seen ten different forms of nebulae, [[phases]] of primary [[universe]] [[evolution]], and these vast energy wheels had the same origin as did those in the seven superuniverses.

15:4.4 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Paradise force organizers] are nebulae originators; they are able to initiate about their space [[presence]] the tremendous cyclones of [[force]] which, when once started, can never be stopped or limited until the all-pervading forces are mobilized for the eventual [[appearance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#6._ULTIMATONS.2C_ELECTRONS.2C_AND_ATOMS ultimatonic units] of universe [[matter]]. Thus are brought into being the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral] and other [[nebulae]], the mother wheels of the direct-origin [[suns]] and their varied [[Solar System|systems]]. In [[outer space]] there may be seen ten different forms of nebulae, [[phases]] of primary [[universe]] [[evolution]], and these vast energy wheels had the same origin as did those in the seven superuniverses.

15:4.5 [[Nebulae]] vary greatly in size and in the resulting [[number]] and aggregate [[mass]] of their [[stellar]] and [[planetary]] [[offspring]]. A sun-forming nebula just north of the borders of [[Orvonton]], but within the superuniverse space level, has already given origin to approximately forty thousand suns, and the mother wheel is still throwing off suns, the majority of which are many times the size of yours. Some of the larger nebulae of [[outer space]] are giving origin to as many as one hundred million suns.

15:4.5 [[Nebulae]] vary greatly in size and in the resulting [[number]] and aggregate [[mass]] of their [[stellar]] and [[planetary]] [[offspring]]. A sun-forming nebula just north of the borders of [[Orvonton]], but within the superuniverse space level, has already given origin to approximately forty thousand suns, and the mother wheel is still throwing off suns, the majority of which are many times the size of yours. Some of the larger nebulae of [[outer space]] are giving origin to as many as one hundred million suns.

15:4.6 Nebulae are not directly related to any of the [[administrative]] [[units]], such as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS minor sectors] or [[local universes]], although some local universes have been organized from the products of a single nebula. Each local universe [[embraces]] exactly one one-hundred-thousandth part of the total [[energy]] charge of a [[superuniverse]] irrespective of nebular [[relationship]], for energy is not organized by nebulae—it is universally distributed.

15:4.6 Nebulae are not directly related to any of the [[administrative]] [[units]], such as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS minor sectors] or [[local universes]], although some local universes have been organized from the products of a single nebula. Each local universe [[embraces]] exactly one one-hundred-thousandth part of the total [[energy]] charge of a [[superuniverse]] irrespective of nebular [[relationship]], for energy is not organized by nebulae—it is universally distributed.

15:4.7 Not all [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral nebulae] are engaged in sun making. Some have retained [[control]] of many of their segregated stellar offspring, and their spiral appearance is occasioned by the fact that their suns pass out of the nebular arm in close formation but return by [[diverse]] routes, thus making it easy to observe them at one point but more difficult to see them when widely scattered on their different returning routes farther out and away from the arm of the nebula. There are not many sun-forming nebulae active in [[Orvonton]] at the present time, though [[Andromeda]], which is outside the inhabited superuniverse, is very active. This far-distant nebula is visible to the naked eye, and when you view it, pause to consider that the light you behold left those distant suns almost one million years ago.

15:4.7 Not all [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral nebulae] are engaged in sun making. Some have retained [[control]] of many of their segregated stellar offspring, and their spiral appearance is occasioned by the fact that their suns pass out of the nebular arm in close formation but return by [[diverse]] routes, thus making it easy to observe them at one point but more difficult to see them when widely scattered on their different returning routes farther out and away from the arm of the nebula. There are not many sun-forming nebulae active in [[Orvonton]] at the present time, though [[Andromeda]], which is outside the inhabited superuniverse, is very active. This far-distant nebula is visible to the naked eye, and when you view it, pause to consider that the light you behold left those distant suns almost one million years ago.

15:4.8 The [[Milky Way]] [[galaxy]] is composed of vast [[numbers]] of former [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral] and other [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae nebulae], and many still retain their [[original]] [[Form|configuration]]. But as the result of internal [[catastrophes]] and external [[attraction]], many have suffered such [[distortion]] and rearrangement as to cause these enormous aggregations to appear as gigantic luminous masses of blazing suns, like the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_Cloud Magellanic Cloud]. The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular Cluster globular] type of star clusters predominates near the outer margins of [[Orvonton]].

15:4.8 The [[Milky Way]] [[galaxy]] is composed of vast [[numbers]] of former [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy spiral] and other [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae nebulae], and many still retain their [[original]] [[Form|configuration]]. But as the result of internal [[catastrophes]] and external [[attraction]], many have suffered such [[distortion]] and rearrangement as to cause these enormous aggregations to appear as gigantic luminous masses of blazing suns, like the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_Cloud Magellanic Cloud]. The [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular Cluster globular] type of star clusters predominates near the outer margins of [[Orvonton]].

15:4.9 The vast star clouds of [[Orvonton]] should be regarded as [[individual]] aggregations of [[matter]] comparable to the separate [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae nebulae] observable in the [[space]] regions external to the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Many of the so-called star clouds of space, however, consist of gaseous material only. The [[energy]] potential of these stellar gas clouds is unbelievably enormous, and some of it is taken up by near-by suns and redispatched in space as solar emanations.

15:4.9 The vast star clouds of [[Orvonton]] should be regarded as [[individual]] aggregations of [[matter]] comparable to the separate [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae nebulae] observable in the [[space]] regions external to the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Many of the so-called star clouds of space, however, consist of gaseous material only. The [[energy]] potential of these stellar gas clouds is unbelievably enormous, and some of it is taken up by near-by suns and redispatched in space as solar emanations.

==15:5. THE ORIGIN OF SPACE BODIES==

==15:5. THE ORIGIN OF SPACE BODIES==

15:5.2 As to [[origin]], the majority of the suns, planets, and other [[spheres]] can be classified in one of the following ten groups:

15:5.2 As to [[origin]], the majority of the suns, planets, and other [[spheres]] can be classified in one of the following ten groups:

*1. 15:5.3 1. ''Concentric Contraction Rings''. Not all nebulae are spiral. Many an immense nebula, instead of splitting into a [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double star] system or evolving as a spiral, undergoes condensation by multiple-ring formation. For long periods such a nebula appears as an enormous central sun surrounded by numerous gigantic clouds of encircling, ring-appearing formations of matter.

*1. 15:5.3 1. ''Concentric Contraction Rings''. Not all nebulae are spiral. Many an immense nebula, instead of splitting into a [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double star] system or evolving as a spiral, undergoes condensation by multiple-ring formation. For long periods such a nebula appears as an enormous central sun surrounded by numerous gigantic clouds of encircling, ring-appearing formations of matter.

*2. 15:5.4 2. ''The Whirled Stars'' [[embrace]] those suns which are thrown off the great mother wheels of highly heated gases. They are not thrown off as rings but in right- and left-handed [[processions]]. Whirled stars are also of origin in other-than-spiral nebulae.

*2. 15:5.4 2. ''The Whirled Stars'' [[embrace]] those suns which are thrown off the great mother wheels of highly heated gases. They are not thrown off as rings but in right- and left-handed [[processions]]. Whirled stars are also of origin in other-than-spiral nebulae.

*3. 15:5.5 3. ''Gravity-explosion Planets''. When a sun is born of a spiral or of a [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_Nebula barred nebula], not infrequently it is thrown out a considerable distance. Such a sun is highly gaseous, and subsequently, after it has somewhat cooled and condensed, it may [[chance]] to swing near some enormous mass of matter, a gigantic sun or a dark island of space. Such an approach may not be near enough to result in collision but still near enough to allow the [[gravity]] pull of the greater body to start tidal convulsions in the lesser, thus initiating a series of tidal upheavals which occur [[simultaneously]] on opposite sides of the convulsed sun. At their height these explosive eruptions produce a series of varying-sized aggregations of matter which may be projected beyond the gravity-reclamation zone of the erupting sun, thus becoming [[stabilized]] in orbits of their own around one of the two bodies concerned in this [[episode]]. Later on the larger collections of matter unite and gradually [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_disc draw the smaller bodies to themselves]. In this way many of the solid [[planets]] of the lesser systems are brought into [[existence]]. Your [http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0401/es0401page01.cfm own solar system] had just such an [[origin]].

*3. 15:5.5 3. ''Gravity-explosion Planets''. When a sun is born of a spiral or of a [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_Nebula barred nebula], not infrequently it is thrown out a considerable distance. Such a sun is highly gaseous, and subsequently, after it has somewhat cooled and condensed, it may [[chance]] to swing near some enormous mass of matter, a gigantic sun or a dark island of space. Such an approach may not be near enough to result in collision but still near enough to allow the [[gravity]] pull of the greater body to start tidal convulsions in the lesser, thus initiating a series of tidal upheavals which occur [[simultaneously]] on opposite sides of the convulsed sun. At their height these explosive eruptions produce a series of varying-sized aggregations of matter which may be projected beyond the gravity-reclamation zone of the erupting sun, thus becoming [[stabilized]] in orbits of their own around one of the two bodies concerned in this [[episode]]. Later on the larger collections of matter unite and gradually [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_disc draw the smaller bodies to themselves]. In this way many of the solid [[planets]] of the lesser systems are brought into [[existence]]. Your [https://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0401/es0401page01.cfm own solar system] had just such an [[origin]].

*4. 15:5.6 4. ''Centrifugal Planetary Daughters''. Enormous suns, when in certain stages of [[development]], and if their revolutionary rate greatly accelerates, begin to throw off large quantities of matter which may subsequently be assembled to form small worlds that continue to encircle the parent sun.

*4. 15:5.6 4. ''Centrifugal Planetary Daughters''. Enormous suns, when in certain stages of [[development]], and if their revolutionary rate greatly accelerates, begin to throw off large quantities of matter which may subsequently be assembled to form small worlds that continue to encircle the parent sun.

*5. 15:5.7 5. ''Gravity-deficiency Spheres''. There is a critical limit to the size of individual stars. When a sun reaches this limit, unless it slows down in revolutionary rate, it is doomed to split; sun [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission fission] occurs, and a new [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double star] of this variety is born. Numerous small planets may be subsequently formed as a by-product of this gigantic disruption.

*5. 15:5.7 5. ''Gravity-deficiency Spheres''. There is a critical limit to the size of individual stars. When a sun reaches this limit, unless it slows down in revolutionary rate, it is doomed to split; sun [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission fission] occurs, and a new [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double star] of this variety is born. Numerous small planets may be subsequently formed as a by-product of this gigantic disruption.

*6. 15:5.8 6. ''Contractural Stars''. In the smaller systems the largest outer planet sometimes draws to itself its neighboring worlds, while those planets near the sun begin their terminal plunge. With your solar system, such an end would mean that the four inner planets would be claimed by the sun, while the major planet, [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter Jupiter], would be greatly enlarged by capturing the remaining worlds. Such an end of a [[solar system]] would result in the production of two adjacent but unequal suns, one type of [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double star] formation. Such [[catastrophes]] are infrequent except out on the fringe of the superuniverse starry aggregations.

*6. 15:5.8 6. ''Contractural Stars''. In the smaller systems the largest outer planet sometimes draws to itself its neighboring worlds, while those planets near the sun begin their terminal plunge. With your solar system, such an end would mean that the four inner planets would be claimed by the sun, while the major planet, [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter Jupiter], would be greatly enlarged by capturing the remaining worlds. Such an end of a [[solar system]] would result in the production of two adjacent but unequal suns, one type of [[https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double star] formation. Such [[catastrophes]] are infrequent except out on the fringe of the superuniverse starry aggregations.

*7. 15:5.9 7. ''Cumulative Spheres''. From the vast [[quantity]] of matter circulating in [[space]], small planets may slowly accumulate. They grow by [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Fnature%2Fjournal%2Fv132%2Fn3346%2Fabs%2F132934b0.html&ei=G1h8S_jRAsuVtgeL__W6BQ&usg=AFQjCNHQOPRp5K3Mmq0d4I-OmM1pSbHWvQ&sig2=uaNqQ_9r_Xp8ZjnZ1u_OHw meteoric accretion] and by minor collisions. In certain sectors of space, conditions favor such forms of [[planetary]] [[birth]]. Many an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited world] has had such an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_41#41:10._ORIGIN_OF_INHABITED_WORLDS origin].

*7. 15:5.9 7. ''Cumulative Spheres''. From the vast [[quantity]] of matter circulating in [[space]], small planets may slowly accumulate. They grow by [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Fnature%2Fjournal%2Fv132%2Fn3346%2Fabs%2F132934b0.html&ei=G1h8S_jRAsuVtgeL__W6BQ&usg=AFQjCNHQOPRp5K3Mmq0d4I-OmM1pSbHWvQ&sig2=uaNqQ_9r_Xp8ZjnZ1u_OHw meteoric accretion] and by minor collisions. In certain sectors of space, conditions favor such forms of [[planetary]] [[birth]]. Many an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited world] has had such an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_41#41:10._ORIGIN_OF_INHABITED_WORLDS origin].

15:5.10 Some of the dense dark islands are the direct result of the [[accretion]]s of transmuting [[energy]] in space. Another [[group]] of these dark islands have come into being by the accumulation of enormous quantities of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_dark_matter cold matter], mere fragments and meteors, circulating through space. Such aggregations of matter have never been hot and, except for [[density]], are in composition very similar to [[Urantia]].

15:5.10 Some of the dense dark islands are the direct result of the [[accretion]]s of transmuting [[energy]] in space. Another [[group]] of these dark islands have come into being by the accumulation of enormous quantities of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_dark_matter cold matter], mere fragments and meteors, circulating through space. Such aggregations of matter have never been hot and, except for [[density]], are in composition very similar to [[Urantia]].

*8. 15:5.11 8. ''Burned-out Suns''. Some of the dark islands of space are burned-out isolated suns, all available [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#5._WAVE-ENERGY_MANIFESTATIONS space-energy] having been emitted. The organized units of matter approximate full condensation, virtual complete consolidation; and it requires ages upon ages for such enormous masses of highly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_matter_physics condensed matter] to be recharged in the [[circuits]] of space and thus to be prepared for new [[cycles]] of universe [[function]] following a collision or some equally revivifying [[cosmic]] [[Event|happening]].

*8. 15:5.11 8. ''Burned-out Suns''. Some of the dark islands of space are burned-out isolated suns, all available [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#5._WAVE-ENERGY_MANIFESTATIONS space-energy] having been emitted. The organized units of matter approximate full condensation, virtual complete consolidation; and it requires ages upon ages for such enormous masses of highly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_matter_physics condensed matter] to be recharged in the [[circuits]] of space and thus to be prepared for new [[cycles]] of universe [[function]] following a collision or some equally revivifying [[cosmic]] [[Event|happening]].

*9. 15:5.12 9. ''Collisional Spheres''. In those regions of thicker clustering, collisions are not uncommon. Such an astronomic readjustment is accompanied by tremendous [[energy]] [[change]]s and [[matter]] [[transmutation]]s. Collisions involving dead suns are peculiarly [[influential]] in creating widespread energy fluctuations. Collisional debris often constitutes the material [[nucleus]]es for the subsequent formation of planetary bodies adapted to [[mortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 habitation].

*9. 15:5.12 9. ''Collisional Spheres''. In those regions of thicker clustering, collisions are not uncommon. Such an astronomic readjustment is accompanied by tremendous [[energy]] [[change]]s and [[matter]] [[transmutation]]s. Collisions involving dead suns are peculiarly [[influential]] in creating widespread energy fluctuations. Collisional debris often constitutes the material [[nucleus]]es for the subsequent formation of planetary bodies adapted to [[mortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 habitation].

*10. 15:5.13 10. ''Architectural Worlds''. These are the worlds which are built according to plans and specifications for some special [[purpose]], such as [[Salvington]], the headquarters of your [[local universe]], and [[Uversa]], the seat of [[government]] of our [[superuniverse]].

*10. 15:5.13 10. ''Architectural Worlds''. These are the worlds which are built according to plans and specifications for some special [[purpose]], such as [[Salvington]], the headquarters of your [[local universe]], and [[Uversa]], the seat of [[government]] of our [[superuniverse]].

15:5.14 There are numerous other [[techniques]] for evolving suns and segregating planets, but the foregoing procedures suggest the [[methods]] whereby the vast majority of [[Solar System|stellar systems]] and planetary families are brought into [[existence]]. To undertake to describe all the various techniques involved in stellar [[metamorphosis]] and planetary evolution would require the [[narration]] of almost one hundred different modes of sun formation and planetary origin. As your star students scan the [[heavens]], they will observe [[phenomena]] indicative of all these modes of stellar evolution, but they will seldom detect [[evidence]] of the formation of those small, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-solar_planets nonluminous collections] of matter which serve as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited planets], the most important of the vast material creations.

15:5.14 There are numerous other [[techniques]] for evolving suns and segregating planets, but the foregoing procedures suggest the [[methods]] whereby the vast majority of [[Solar System|stellar systems]] and planetary families are brought into [[existence]]. To undertake to describe all the various techniques involved in stellar [[metamorphosis]] and planetary evolution would require the [[narration]] of almost one hundred different modes of sun formation and planetary origin. As your star students scan the [[heavens]], they will observe [[phenomena]] indicative of all these modes of stellar evolution, but they will seldom detect [[evidence]] of the formation of those small, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-solar_planets nonluminous collections] of matter which serve as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited planets], the most important of the vast material creations.

==15:6. THE SPHERES OF SPACE==

==15:6. THE SPHERES OF SPACE==

*1. The suns—the [[stars]] of [[space]].

*1. The suns—the [[stars]] of [[space]].

*2. The [http://urantiabook.org/archive/science/bl_holes.htm dark islands] of space.

*2. The [https://urantiabook.org/archive/science/bl_holes.htm dark islands] of space.

*3. Minor space bodies—[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comets comets], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteors meteors], and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetesimals planetesimals].

*3. Minor space bodies—[https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comets comets], [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteors meteors], and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetesimals planetesimals].

*4. The [[planets]], including the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited worlds].

*4. The [[planets]], including the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited worlds].

*5. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES Architectural spheres]—worlds made to order.

*5. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES Architectural spheres]—worlds made to order.

15:6.3 ''The Suns''. These are the stars of space in all their various stages of existence. Some are solitary evolving space systems; others are double stars, contracting or disappearing planetary systems. The stars of space exist in no less than a thousand different states and stages. You are familiar with suns that emit light accompanied by heat; but there are also suns which shine without heat.

15:6.3 ''The Suns''. These are the stars of space in all their various stages of existence. Some are solitary evolving space systems; others are double stars, contracting or disappearing planetary systems. The stars of space exist in no less than a thousand different states and stages. You are familiar with suns that emit light accompanied by heat; but there are also suns which shine without heat.

15:6.4 The trillions upon trillions of years that an ordinary [[sun]] will continue to give out [[heat]] and [[light]] well [[illustrates]] the vast store of [[energy]] which each [[unit]] of [[matter]] contains. The actual energy stored in these [[invisible]] [[particles]] of [[physical]] [[matter]] is well-nigh unimaginable. And this energy becomes almost wholly available as [[light]] when subjected to the tremendous heat [[pressure]] and the [[associated]] energy [[activities]] which prevail in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core interior of the blazing suns]. Still other conditions enable these suns to [[transform]] and send forth much of the energy of [[space]] which comes their way in the established [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE space circuits]. Many [[phases]] of physical energy and all [[forms]] of [[matter]] are attracted to, and subsequently [[distributed]] by, the [[Suns|solar dynamos]]. In this way the suns serve as local accelerators of energy circulation, acting as [[automatic]] [[power]]-[[control]] [[Centers|stations]].

15:6.4 The trillions upon trillions of years that an ordinary [[sun]] will continue to give out [[heat]] and [[light]] well [[illustrates]] the vast store of [[energy]] which each [[unit]] of [[matter]] contains. The actual energy stored in these [[invisible]] [[particles]] of [[physical]] [[matter]] is well-nigh unimaginable. And this energy becomes almost wholly available as [[light]] when subjected to the tremendous heat [[pressure]] and the [[associated]] energy [[activities]] which prevail in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core interior of the blazing suns]. Still other conditions enable these suns to [[transform]] and send forth much of the energy of [[space]] which comes their way in the established [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE space circuits]. Many [[phases]] of physical energy and all [[forms]] of [[matter]] are attracted to, and subsequently [[distributed]] by, the [[Suns|solar dynamos]]. In this way the suns serve as local accelerators of energy circulation, acting as [[automatic]] [[power]]-[[control]] [[Centers|stations]].

15:6.5 The [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]] is [[illuminated]] and warmed by more than ten trillion blazing suns. These suns are the stars of your [[observable]] astronomic system. More than two trillion are too distant and too small ever to be seen from [[Urantia]]. But in the [[master universe]] there are as many suns as there are glasses of water in the [[oceans]] of your world.

15:6.5 The [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]] is [[illuminated]] and warmed by more than ten trillion blazing suns. These suns are the stars of your [[observable]] astronomic system. More than two trillion are too distant and too small ever to be seen from [[Urantia]]. But in the [[master universe]] there are as many suns as there are glasses of water in the [[oceans]] of your world.

15:6.6 ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes The Dark Islands of Space]''. These are the dead suns and other large aggregations of [[matter]] devoid of [[light]] and [[heat]]. The dark islands are sometimes enormous in [[mass]] and exert a powerful [[influence]] in [[universe]] [[equilibrium]] and [[energy]] [[manipulation]]. The [[density]] of some of these large masses is well-nigh unbelievable. And this great concentration of mass enables these dark islands to [[function]] as powerful [[balance]] wheels, holding large [[Neighbor|neighboring]] [[systems]] in effective leash. They hold the [[gravity]] balance of power in many [[constellations]]; many physical systems which would otherwise speedily dive to destruction in near-by suns are held securely in the gravity grasp of these guardian dark islands. It is because of this [[function]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lensing] that we can locate them accurately. We have [[measured]] the gravity pull of the [[luminous]] bodies, and we can therefore [[calculate]] the exact size and location of the ''dark islands of space'' which so [[effectively]] function to hold a given system steady in its [[course]].

15:6.6 ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holes The Dark Islands of Space]''. These are the dead suns and other large aggregations of [[matter]] devoid of [[light]] and [[heat]]. The dark islands are sometimes enormous in [[mass]] and exert a powerful [[influence]] in [[universe]] [[equilibrium]] and [[energy]] [[manipulation]]. The [[density]] of some of these large masses is well-nigh unbelievable. And this great concentration of mass enables these dark islands to [[function]] as powerful [[balance]] wheels, holding large [[Neighbor|neighboring]] [[systems]] in effective leash. They hold the [[gravity]] balance of power in many [[constellations]]; many physical systems which would otherwise speedily dive to destruction in near-by suns are held securely in the gravity grasp of these guardian dark islands. It is because of this [[function]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lensing] that we can locate them accurately. We have [[measured]] the gravity pull of the [[luminous]] bodies, and we can therefore [[calculate]] the exact size and location of the ''dark islands of space'' which so [[effectively]] function to hold a given system steady in its [[course]].

15:6.7 ''Minor Space Bodies''. The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteors meteors] and other small [[particles]] of [[matter]] circulating and [[evolving]] in [[space]] constitute an enormous aggregate of [[energy]] and [[material]] substance.

15:6.7 ''Minor Space Bodies''. The [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteors meteors] and other small [[particles]] of [[matter]] circulating and [[evolving]] in [[space]] constitute an enormous aggregate of [[energy]] and [[material]] substance.

15:6.8 Many comets are unestablished wild offspring of the solar mother wheels, which are being [[gradually]] brought under [[control]] of the central governing sun. Comets also have numerous other [[origins]]. A comet's tail points away from the [[attracting]] [[body]] or sun because of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity electrical] [[reaction]] of its highly expanded [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas gas]es and because of the actual [[pressure]] of [[light]] and other energies emanating from the sun. This [[phenomenon]] constitutes one of the positive [[proofs]] of the [[reality]] of [[light]] and its associated energies; it [[demonstrates]] that light has [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight weight]. Light is a real substance, not simply [[waves]] of hypothetical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether ether].

15:6.8 Many comets are unestablished wild offspring of the solar mother wheels, which are being [[gradually]] brought under [[control]] of the central governing sun. Comets also have numerous other [[origins]]. A comet's tail points away from the [[attracting]] [[body]] or sun because of the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity electrical] [[reaction]] of its highly expanded [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas gas]es and because of the actual [[pressure]] of [[light]] and other energies emanating from the sun. This [[phenomenon]] constitutes one of the positive [[proofs]] of the [[reality]] of [[light]] and its associated energies; it [[demonstrates]] that light has [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight weight]. Light is a real substance, not simply [[waves]] of hypothetical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether ether].

15:6.9 ''The Planets''. These are the larger aggregations of [[matter]] which follow an [[orbit]] around a sun or some other space body; they range in size from [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetesimals planetesimals] to enormous gaseous, liquid, or solid [[spheres]]. The cold worlds which have been built up by the assemblage of floating space material, when they happen to be in proper [[relation]] to a near-by sun, are the more [[ideal]] planets to harbor [[intelligent]] [[Beings|inhabitants]]. The dead suns are not, as a rule, suited to life; they are usually too far away from a living, blazing sun, and further, they are altogether too massive; [[gravity]] is tremendous at the [[surface]].

15:6.9 ''The Planets''. These are the larger aggregations of [[matter]] which follow an [[orbit]] around a sun or some other space body; they range in size from [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetesimals planetesimals] to enormous gaseous, liquid, or solid [[spheres]]. The cold worlds which have been built up by the assemblage of floating space material, when they happen to be in proper [[relation]] to a near-by sun, are the more [[ideal]] planets to harbor [[intelligent]] [[Beings|inhabitants]]. The dead suns are not, as a rule, suited to life; they are usually too far away from a living, blazing sun, and further, they are altogether too massive; [[gravity]] is tremendous at the [[surface]].

15:6.10 In your [[superuniverse]] not one cool planet in forty is habitable by [[beings]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:5._THE_PLANETARY_SERIES_OF_MORTALS of your order]. And, of course, the superheated suns and the frigid outlying worlds are unfit to harbor higher life. In your [[solar system]] only three planets are at present suited to harbor life. [[Urantia]], in size, [[density]], and location, is in many respects [[ideal]] for [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 human habitation].

15:6.10 In your [[superuniverse]] not one cool planet in forty is habitable by [[beings]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:5._THE_PLANETARY_SERIES_OF_MORTALS of your order]. And, of course, the superheated suns and the frigid outlying worlds are unfit to harbor higher life. In your [[solar system]] only three planets are at present suited to harbor life. [[Urantia]], in size, [[density]], and location, is in many respects [[ideal]] for [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 human habitation].

15:7.1 While each [[superuniverse]] [[government]] presides near the [[center]] of the evolutionary universes of its [[space]] segment, it occupies a world made to order and is peopled by accredited [[personalities]]. These headquarters worlds are architectural [[spheres]], space bodies specifically constructed for their special [[purpose]]. While [[sharing]] the [[light]] of near-by [[suns]], these spheres are [[independently]] lighted and [[heated]]. Each has a sun which gives forth light without heat, like the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE satellites of Paradise], while each is supplied with [[heat]] by the [[circulation]] of certain energy currents near the [[surface]] of the [[sphere]]. These headquarters worlds belong to one of the greater [[system]]s situated near the [[astronomical]] center of their respective superuniverses.

15:7.1 While each [[superuniverse]] [[government]] presides near the [[center]] of the evolutionary universes of its [[space]] segment, it occupies a world made to order and is peopled by accredited [[personalities]]. These headquarters worlds are architectural [[spheres]], space bodies specifically constructed for their special [[purpose]]. While [[sharing]] the [[light]] of near-by [[suns]], these spheres are [[independently]] lighted and [[heated]]. Each has a sun which gives forth light without heat, like the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE satellites of Paradise], while each is supplied with [[heat]] by the [[circulation]] of certain energy currents near the [[surface]] of the [[sphere]]. These headquarters worlds belong to one of the greater [[system]]s situated near the [[astronomical]] center of their respective superuniverses.

15:7.2 [[Time]] is [[standardized]] on the headquarters of the superuniverses. The standard day of the superuniverse of [[Orvonton]] is [[equal]] to almost thirty days of [[Urantia]] [[time]], and the Orvonton year equals one hundred standard days. This [[Uversa]] year is standard in the seventh superuniverse, and it is twenty-two minutes short of three thousand days of Urantia time, about eight and one fifth of your years.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_period#Small_body_orbiting_a_central_body]

15:7.2 [[Time]] is [[standardized]] on the headquarters of the superuniverses. The standard day of the superuniverse of [[Orvonton]] is [[equal]] to almost thirty days of [[Urantia]] [[time]], and the Orvonton year equals one hundred standard days. This [[Uversa]] year is standard in the seventh superuniverse, and it is twenty-two minutes short of three thousand days of Urantia time, about eight and one fifth of your years.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_period#Small_body_orbiting_a_central_body]

15:7.3 The headquarters worlds of the seven superuniverses partake of the [[nature]] and grandeur of [[Paradise]], their central [[pattern]] of [[perfection]]. In [[reality]], all headquarters worlds are paradisiacal. They are indeed heavenly abodes, and they increase in [[material]] size, [[morontia]] [[beauty]], and [[spirit]] [[glory]] from [[Jerusem]] to the [[Paradise|central Isle]]. And all the [[satellites]] of these headquarters worlds are also architectural [[spheres]].

15:7.3 The headquarters worlds of the seven superuniverses partake of the [[nature]] and grandeur of [[Paradise]], their central [[pattern]] of [[perfection]]. In [[reality]], all headquarters worlds are paradisiacal. They are indeed heavenly abodes, and they increase in [[material]] size, [[morontia]] [[beauty]], and [[spirit]] [[glory]] from [[Jerusem]] to the [[Paradise|central Isle]]. And all the [[satellites]] of these headquarters worlds are also architectural [[spheres]].

15:8.4 The [[universal]] plan for the [[maintenance]] of [[equilibrium]] between [[matter]] and [[energy]] [[necessitates]] the [[Eternal|everlasting]] making and unmaking of the lesser [[material]] [[units]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] have the ability to condense and detain, or to expand and [[liberate]], varying [[quantities]] of energy.

15:8.4 The [[universal]] plan for the [[maintenance]] of [[equilibrium]] between [[matter]] and [[energy]] [[necessitates]] the [[Eternal|everlasting]] making and unmaking of the lesser [[material]] [[units]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] have the ability to condense and detain, or to expand and [[liberate]], varying [[quantities]] of energy.

15:8.5 Given a sufficient duration of retarding [[influence]], [[gravity]] would [[eventually]] [[convert]] all [[energy]] into [[matter]] were it not for two factors: First, because of the [[antigravity]] influences of the energy controllers, and second, because [[organized]] matter tends to disintegrate under certain conditions found in very hot stars and under certain peculiar conditions in [[space]] near highly energized cold bodies of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_matter condensed matter].

15:8.5 Given a sufficient duration of retarding [[influence]], [[gravity]] would [[eventually]] [[convert]] all [[energy]] into [[matter]] were it not for two factors: First, because of the [[antigravity]] influences of the energy controllers, and second, because [[organized]] matter tends to disintegrate under certain conditions found in very hot stars and under certain peculiar conditions in [[space]] near highly energized cold bodies of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_matter condensed matter].

15:8.6 When mass becomes overaggregated and threatens to unbalance energy, to deplete the [[physical]] [[power]] [[circuits]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] [[intervene]] unless [[gravity]]'s own further tendency to overmaterialize energy is defeated by the occurrence of a collision among the dead giants of space[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giants], thus in an instant completely dissipating the cumulative collections of [[gravity]]. In these collisional [[episodes]] enormous masses of matter are suddenly converted into the rarest form of [[energy]], and the struggle for [[universal]] [[equilibrium]] is begun anew. Eventually the larger physical systems become stabilized, become physically settled, and are swung into the [[balanced]] and established [[circuits]] of the [[superuniverses]]. Subsequent to this event no more collisions or other devastating [[catastrophes]] will occur in such established systems.

15:8.6 When mass becomes overaggregated and threatens to unbalance energy, to deplete the [[physical]] [[power]] [[circuits]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] [[intervene]] unless [[gravity]]'s own further tendency to overmaterialize energy is defeated by the occurrence of a collision among the dead giants of space[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giants], thus in an instant completely dissipating the cumulative collections of [[gravity]]. In these collisional [[episodes]] enormous masses of matter are suddenly converted into the rarest form of [[energy]], and the struggle for [[universal]] [[equilibrium]] is begun anew. Eventually the larger physical systems become stabilized, become physically settled, and are swung into the [[balanced]] and established [[circuits]] of the [[superuniverses]]. Subsequent to this event no more collisions or other devastating [[catastrophes]] will occur in such established systems.

15:8.7 During the times of plus energy there are power [[Turbulence|disturbances]] and [[heat]] fluctuations accompanied by electrical [[manifestations]]. During times of minus energy there are increased tendencies for matter to aggregate, condense, and to get out of [[control]] in the more delicately balanced circuits, with resultant tidal or collisional adjustments which quickly restore the balance between [[circulating]] [[energy]] and more [[literally]] [[stabilized]] [[matter]]. To [[Prediction|forecast]] and otherwise to [[understand]] such likely [[behavior]] of the blazing suns and the dark islands of space is one of the tasks of the [[celestial]] [[star]] [[observers]].

15:8.7 During the times of plus energy there are power [[Turbulence|disturbances]] and [[heat]] fluctuations accompanied by electrical [[manifestations]]. During times of minus energy there are increased tendencies for matter to aggregate, condense, and to get out of [[control]] in the more delicately balanced circuits, with resultant tidal or collisional adjustments which quickly restore the balance between [[circulating]] [[energy]] and more [[literally]] [[stabilized]] [[matter]]. To [[Prediction|forecast]] and otherwise to [[understand]] such likely [[behavior]] of the blazing suns and the dark islands of space is one of the tasks of the [[celestial]] [[star]] [[observers]].

15:8.9 The farther out we go, the more certainly we encounter those variational and [[Random|unpredictable]] [[phenomena]] which are so unerringly characteristic of the [[Mystery|unfathomable]] [[presence]]-[[performances]] of [[the Absolutes]] and the experiential Deities. And these phenomena must be indicative of some [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL universal overcontrol] of all [[Everything|things]].

15:8.9 The farther out we go, the more certainly we encounter those variational and [[Random|unpredictable]] [[phenomena]] which are so unerringly characteristic of the [[Mystery|unfathomable]] [[presence]]-[[performances]] of [[the Absolutes]] and the experiential Deities. And these phenomena must be indicative of some [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL universal overcontrol] of all [[Everything|things]].

15:8.10 The [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]] is apparently now running down; the [[Outer Space|outer universes]] seem to be winding up for unparalleled future activities; the central [[Havona]] universe is eternally stabilized. [[Gravity]] and [[absence]] of [[heat]] (cold) organize and hold [[matter]] together; heat and [[antigravity]] disrupt matter and dissipate energy. The living [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] are the [[secret]] of the special [[control]] and [[intelligent]] direction of the endless [[metamorphoses]] of universe making, unmaking, and remaking. [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae Nebulae] may disperse, [[suns]] burn out, [[systems]] vanish, and [[planets]] perish, but the [[universes]] do not run down.

15:8.10 The [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]] is apparently now running down; the [[Outer Space|outer universes]] seem to be winding up for unparalleled future activities; the central [[Havona]] universe is eternally stabilized. [[Gravity]] and [[absence]] of [[heat]] (cold) organize and hold [[matter]] together; heat and [[antigravity]] disrupt matter and dissipate energy. The living [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] are the [[secret]] of the special [[control]] and [[intelligent]] direction of the endless [[metamorphoses]] of universe making, unmaking, and remaking. [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae Nebulae] may disperse, [[suns]] burn out, [[systems]] vanish, and [[planets]] perish, but the [[universes]] do not run down.

==15:9. CIRCUITS OF THE SUPERUNIVERSES==

==15:9. CIRCUITS OF THE SUPERUNIVERSES==

==15:11. THE DELIBERATIVE ASSEMBLY==

==15:11. THE DELIBERATIVE ASSEMBLY==

15:11.1 It is on such worlds as [[Uversa]] that the [[beings]] [[representative]] of the [[autocracy]] of [[perfection]] and the [[democracy]] of [[evolution]] meet face to face. The [[executive]] branch of the supergovernment [[originates]] in the realms of [[perfection]]; the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature legislative branch] springs from the flowering of the [[evolutionary]] [[universes]].

15:11.1 It is on such worlds as [[Uversa]] that the [[beings]] [[representative]] of the [[autocracy]] of [[perfection]] and the [[democracy]] of [[evolution]] meet face to face. The [[executive]] branch of the supergovernment [[originates]] in the realms of [[perfection]]; the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature legislative branch] springs from the flowering of the [[evolutionary]] [[universes]].

15:11.2 The deliberative assembly of the superuniverse is confined to the [[Uversa|headquarters world]]. This legislative or advisory council consists of seven houses, to each of which every [[local universe]] admitted to the superuniverse councils elects a native [[representative]]. These representatives are chosen by the high councils of such local universes from among the [[ascending]]-[[pilgrim]] graduates of [[Orvonton]] who are tarrying on [[Uversa]], accredited for transport to [[Havona]]. The average term of [[service]] is about one hundred years of superuniverse standard time.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15_-_The_Seven_Superuniverses#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES]

15:11.2 The deliberative assembly of the superuniverse is confined to the [[Uversa|headquarters world]]. This legislative or advisory council consists of seven houses, to each of which every [[local universe]] admitted to the superuniverse councils elects a native [[representative]]. These representatives are chosen by the high councils of such local universes from among the [[ascending]]-[[pilgrim]] graduates of [[Orvonton]] who are tarrying on [[Uversa]], accredited for transport to [[Havona]]. The average term of [[service]] is about one hundred years of superuniverse standard time.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15_-_The_Seven_Superuniverses#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES]

==15:12. THE SUPREME TRIBUNALS==  

==15:12. THE SUPREME TRIBUNALS==  

15:12.1 When we speak of [[executive]] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature deliberative branches] of the [[Uversa]] [[government]], you may, from the [[analogy]] of certain forms of [[Urantian]] civil [[government]], reason that we must have a third or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary judicial branch], and we do; but it does not have a separate personnel. Our [[courts]] are [[constituted]] as follows: There presides, in accordance with the [[nature]] and [[gravity]] of the case, an [[Ancient of Days]], a [[Perfector of Wisdom]], or a [[Divine Counselor]]. The [[evidence]] for or against an [[individual]], a [[planet]], [[Satania|system]], [[constellation]], or [[Local Universe|universe]] is presented and [[interpreted]] by the [[Universal Censors|Censors]]. The [[defense]] of the [[children]] of [[time]] and the [[evolutionary]] [[planets]] is offered by the [[Mighty Messengers]], the official [[observers]] of the superuniverse government to the[[ local universes]] and systems. The [[attitude]] of the higher government is portrayed by [[Those High in Authority]]. And ordinarily the verdict is formulated by a varying-sized commission consisting equally of [[Those without Name and Number]] and a [[group]] of [[understanding]] personalities chosen from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:11._THE_DELIBERATIVE_ASSEMBLY deliberative assembly].

15:12.1 When we speak of [[executive]] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature deliberative branches] of the [[Uversa]] [[government]], you may, from the [[analogy]] of certain forms of [[Urantian]] civil [[government]], reason that we must have a third or [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary judicial branch], and we do; but it does not have a separate personnel. Our [[courts]] are [[constituted]] as follows: There presides, in accordance with the [[nature]] and [[gravity]] of the case, an [[Ancient of Days]], a [[Perfector of Wisdom]], or a [[Divine Counselor]]. The [[evidence]] for or against an [[individual]], a [[planet]], [[Satania|system]], [[constellation]], or [[Local Universe|universe]] is presented and [[interpreted]] by the [[Universal Censors|Censors]]. The [[defense]] of the [[children]] of [[time]] and the [[evolutionary]] [[planets]] is offered by the [[Mighty Messengers]], the official [[observers]] of the superuniverse government to the[[ local universes]] and systems. The [[attitude]] of the higher government is portrayed by [[Those High in Authority]]. And ordinarily the verdict is formulated by a varying-sized commission consisting equally of [[Those without Name and Number]] and a [[group]] of [[understanding]] personalities chosen from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:11._THE_DELIBERATIVE_ASSEMBLY deliberative assembly].

15:12.2 The [[courts]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] are the high review tribunals for the [[spiritual]] [[adjudication]] of all component universes. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY Sovereign Sons] of the local universes are supreme in their own domains; they are subject to the supergovernment only in so far as they voluntarily submit matters for [[counsel]] or [[adjudication]] by the [[Ancients of Days]] except in matters involving the [[Death|extinction]] of [[will]] [[creatures]]. Mandates of [[judgment]] originate in the [[local universes]], but sentences involving the [[Death|extinction]] of will creatures are always formulated on, and [[executed]] from, the headquarters of the [[superuniverse]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 Sons of the local universes] can decree the [[survival]] of [[mortal]] man, but only the [[Ancients of Days]] may sit in [[executive]] [[judgment]] on the issues of [[eternal]] life and [[death]].

15:12.2 The [[courts]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] are the high review tribunals for the [[spiritual]] [[adjudication]] of all component universes. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY Sovereign Sons] of the local universes are supreme in their own domains; they are subject to the supergovernment only in so far as they voluntarily submit matters for [[counsel]] or [[adjudication]] by the [[Ancients of Days]] except in matters involving the [[Death|extinction]] of [[will]] [[creatures]]. Mandates of [[judgment]] originate in the [[local universes]], but sentences involving the [[Death|extinction]] of will creatures are always formulated on, and [[executed]] from, the headquarters of the [[superuniverse]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 Sons of the local universes] can decree the [[survival]] of [[mortal]] man, but only the [[Ancients of Days]] may sit in [[executive]] [[judgment]] on the issues of [[eternal]] life and [[death]].