In december 1996, my coeditors in the norwegian anarchist magazine gateavisa asked me to research the scientology internet war concerning their ed holy scriptures that had been authored by ron hubbard and write an article about it. The urantia book was supposedly dictated to a chicago psychiatrist named w. The urantia book was delivered to him by seven spirit beings in 1934. A book which appears frequently in the hands of mystical, new age, and spiritual seekers is the urantia book. His first fulllength novel, buckskin brigades, was published in 1937. The world needs new spiritual truth that provides modern men and women with an intellectual pathway into a personal relationship with god.
He wrote in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, adventure fiction, aviation, travel, mystery, western, and romance. Paper 33 administration of the local universe urantia book. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual and philosophical book that originated in chicago sometime between 1924 and 1955. Urantia book forum urantia spinoff book in stores page 1. The father does not otherwise personally function in the administrative affairs of a local universe. Ron hubbard emphasize that he is founder of scientology and has described his philosophy in more than 5,000 writings, including dozens of books, and in 3,000 taperecorded lectures. While the marginal status of the litigants particularly the urantia foundation and. Our guiding beacon can be found in the urantia book, paper 100, section 4, paragraph 6. Rudolf steiners elemental spirits rudolf steiner had a great variety of concepts that are very parallell to ron hubbards bts.
One of his boarders was a charismatic science fiction author named l. Ron hubbard claimed to have had a neardeath experience in 1938 that inspired him to write excalibur, an unpublished manuscript based on the revelations from the experience. Ron hubbard has 793 books on goodreads with 112745 ratings. Wherever you reside in the world, you can find someone to talk to about the urantia book.
Parsons, a founder of the aerojet corporation and californias jet propulsion laboratory jpl was instrumental in developing the solidfuel rocket boosters that launched americas space shuttles. L ron hubbard books biography and list of works author. In 194546, hubbard was briefly involved with and defrauded jack parsons, an american rocketry pioneer who was also a devoted thelemite and member of the. The adventure of divinity attainment lies before you. The urantia papers also know as the urantia book or the fifth epochal revelation is a long and very strange book. Publication date 1955 topics urantia book, urantiapapers, jesus, bible, religion, christianity, revelation collection opensource language english. Granted, urantia has a crapload of archaic, boring, biblelike text in the beginning that almost sounds like the opening of the next l. Ron hubbard, who became parsons greatest frenemy, participating in rituals of sex magic with the rocket scientist, sleeping. I have had the urantia book for ten yrs and up till a couple of weeks ago i only read a few lines. These papers differ from all previous revelations, for they are not the work of a single universe personality but a composite presentation by many beings. The urantia book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a philosophy of living that brings new meaning and hope into your life.
The urantia bookpaper 1 wikisource, the free online library. Ive been reading the ub for 40 years and, imho, its the mt. The urantia book spends more time commenting on christianity and making suggestions for its improvement than any other planetary religion. Digital liability and the church of scientology chapter 5. Whosoever will may enter, and certain victory will crown the efforts of every human being who will run the race of faith and trust, depending every step of the way on the leading of the indwelling adjuster and on the guidance of that good spirit of the universe son, which so.
Several scientific developments, unexpected in 1955, reported in 2005 in science and nature, and referenced below, were somehow, described rather precisely already in the urantia book. It has received various degrees of interest ranging from praise to criticism for its religious and science content, its unusual length, and its lack of. In addition to discussing the nature of et life on inhabited planets, it also pre sents an advanced picture of the cosmology of the universe of universesincluding an extensive discussion of the divine purpose behind the creation and evolution of life on the innumerable material worlds of space. First think of god as a creator, then as a controller, and lastly as an infinite upholder. T he universal father is the god of all creation, the first source and center of all things and beings. A series of books published by applied scholastics international is designed to present study technology and other educational material developed by l. The modern science of mental health a culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists. It is said to be written sometime between 1924 and 1955 somewhere around chicago. Books similar to the urantia book the urantia book. The facsimile is available in 600dpi and 1600dpi resolutions in djvu. Sadler from 1934 to 1935 by a man who spoke in his sleep on behalf of alien supermortals called revelators. Much of it can be tied to christian and judaic mysticism. Hubbard s monumental achievements along the myriad of avenues he walked, here is the definitive saga of a life like no otherand all as told through a multitude of archival documents.
The book and its publishers do not name a human author. First society for readers of the urantia book chicago, chicago, illinois. It has been freely available on the internet since 2001. The urantia revelation is a credible and rich source of information on extraterrestrials. The most important of these to mention, is the activities of the higher hierarchies when man is asleep. The english text of the urantia book is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission. Thus the attempts at invalidating the urantia book by discrediting the. Also, a brief googling of hubbard and urantia book does not find connections but this is arguing from a negative. Is there a belief system similarity between the urantia. The founder is a noted chicago physician and psychiatrist dr. L ron hubbard 1911 1986 lafayette ronald hubbard march, 1911 january 24, 1986, better known as l.
Many are also available in bookstores and libraries in cities all over the world. Though first published in 1955, the bulk of its material was actually channeled in the early 1930s. The modern science of mental health, scientologys central aim. Urantiabook films is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the urantia book and the way it illuminates our spiritual heritage. The urantia papers the urantia book or the fifth epochal. In addition to scientological and selfhelp books, he wrote fiction in several genres, business management texts, essays, and poetry. Published by urantia foundation 533 w diversey pkwy chicago, il 60614 u. Founded in 1955 as the urantia brotherhood, the urantia book. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Between 1934 and 1956 a group of 36 people, who called themselves the forum, met to study the original manuscripts of the urantia book. Sadler formed a group to discuss these revelations, from which the urantia foundation was formed in 1950. If you are searching for answers, read the urantia book. The first society of the urantia book fellowship was formed in chicago, in 1955.
While readers can dive in by starting from beginning or browsing the paper titles, many find it most inspiring to start with part iv. More than just the bestyet urantia book search engine, this latest and easytouse search engine variant raises the bar on urantia book discovery tools and was specifically designed for anydeviceuse its responsive. These methods, known as study technology, were developed by author and humanitarian l. The urantia book 1 the urantia book the urantia book cover of the june 2008 paperback ed. Urantia foundation 533 west diversey parkway, chicago, il 60614, u. Furthers the revelations of the urantia book, providing a beautiful vision of our. The exact circumstances of the origin of the urantia book are unknown. Page 1 of 7 the urantia revelation posted in theology forum. Sadler, a scientist and paranormal skeptic living in chicago in the 1930s. In 1995, maaherra won a summary judgment declaring the urantia foundations renewal invalid. Through serge kahili kings contacts he was given training and as a young. Lafayette ronald hubbard march, 1911 january 24, 1986, better known as l. This explains, at least in part, why there is also no need for any blood atonement for sin ub, 60.
When my article had been published, i sent a copy of the. But, i really enjoy the writings about the life of jesus and what went on in his life that didnt show up in the bible. Scientology is suspected or alleged by some observers of being inspired by, or sharing elements with, a number of esoteric or occult systems. Ron hubbard series, the complete biographical encyclopedia. On introducing the urantia book to the christian church.
Ron hubbard, was a prolific american author and founder of the controversial church of scientology. The author is unknown and there are many speculations about how it was written from sleeping mediums to plain materialization. It is almost like a cult or view points from scientology tricking you into being complacent in reading your foundations. The strangely true connection between scientology, the jet. The urantia book has been called a bible alternative by some, but its contents are in direct opposition to what the bible teaches. If each mortal could only become a focus of dynamic affection, this benign virus of love would soon pervade the sentimental emotionstream of humanity to such an extent that all civilization would be encompassed by love, and that would be the realization of. Then again, if the book had a significant influence on hubbard, i doubt it would be hard to find. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in chicago sometime between 1924 and 1955. As one critic put it, his revelations are creepy, like l. Ron hubbard to the jeffs clan of a polygamist mormon sect, we have had our share. Truthfully, the urantia book was introduced to me on the mothership near the planet saturn by a very human looking individual who saw me seated in bewilderment and confusion.
It is the most complete, informative, reassuring, stimulating, mindblowing, and inspiring book i have ever read. This one involved a man who called himself gabriel of urantia, who. The truth about the universal father had begun to dawn upon mankind when the prophet said. The urantia book declares, there has been no fall of man. The creation of human ability there is no national problem in the world today, which cannot be resolved by reason alone. The life and teachings of jesus as it takes one through an epic example of how we might live in a given lifetime. This is the first edition of the urantia book, published in 1955. Edgar cayce and the urantia book paperback august 16, 2012 by john m. Lafayette ronald hubbard march, 1911 january 24, 1986 was an american author of. In turn, those churches received donations in connection with the delivery of. The urantia book presents an integrated world view composed from the concepts and ideas of more than 2,000 individuals who have contributed to the fields of. The urantia book was purportedly written by extraterrestrials and published in 1955.
The urantia book tells us, the whole idea of ransom and atonement is incompatible with the concept of god as it was taught and exemplified by jesus of nazareth ub, 2017. What sets the urantia book apart from other primary judeochristian religious documents is its age. The urantia revelation theology forum science forums. Ron hubbard influenced in his beliefs by the urantia book. At issue in urantia foundation was the urantia book, a work that both the defendant a. Ron hubbards connection to aleister crowley s ordo templi orientis is through a chemical engineer named john whiteside parsons. First society for readers of the urantia book chicago. In addition to numerous local dissemination projects, our society has translated the urantia book into several languages and makes available almost 30 different language versions of the text on this.
Then he said, well then, on earth there is a book that helps explain what is going on here. What are the items, who are the authors, what was the widely held belief, and how many more of these objects can be made from their current source. The urantia book 1955 first edition by divine counsellor et al. There are study groups, urantia associations, discussion forums, and with the help of technology, you are only a call or email away from finding another readerstudent to. L ron hubbard took this idea of a conveyor belt, arranged certain processes and courses at different parts of the assembly line each designed to produce certain eps and vfps and called it the bridge to total freedom.
Reducing stress, achieving goals, improving relationships and striving to live. About the urantia book posted on goodreads september 18, 2009 this is my favorite book. Most of the issues in qimron, however, could arise in connection with. Another 2006 book about these items was by a controversial lord, who has the worlds largest collection of such items. The decoys of caligastia to keep people away from the fifth. The papers, of which this is one, constitute the most recent presentation of truth to the mortals of urantia. Ron hubbard was also a student of crowley by way of jack parsons, a direct disciple of crowley himself. The authors of the urantia book say that we are called to build a new and transformed human society by means of the spiritual rebirth of jesus brotherhood of the kingdom 2084. The urantia book paper 33 administration of the local universe 33. The urantia book wikisource, the free online library. The urantia book debunked for all the spammers today. What books should one read to get information about.
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