The Urantia Book Study Edition
The Urantia Book Study Edition
The Urantia Book Study Edition
Topical Index to The Urantia Book


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Vacation(s) Havona, Ascendington the place of mortals’, 13:1.21
     nature of, in the continental nation, 72:5.9
     pleasures and religious worship at feast of tabernacles, 162:4.2
     of the twelve during Bethsaida encampment, 148:0.1

Vacillation example of Peter’s, 139:2.6

Valley of decision, why tarry in the, 165:3.8
     of Hinnom, Judas’ retirement to the, 186:1.7
     of the shadow of death,” Jesus’ willingness to walk through the, 100:7.13

Valor of Adjusters, an indication of long training, 107:3.9

Value(s) appreciation of, a level of mortal wisdom, 71:7.8
     both actual and potential, 100:3.5
     consciousness, the result from religion, 102:3.5
     contrast of, with fact, 133:5.9
     dependence of, on relationships, 100:3.5
     discrimination of, a part of the ancestry of religion, 100:2.2, 101:1.6
     distortion, a peril of industry, 70:2.13
     experiential realization of, 100:3.3
     faith’s concern with, 101:8.2
     the Father the source of, 6:0.3, 102:8.4
     God more than a, 102:5.3
     inability of, to be static, 100:3.5
     of life, true, spiritual experience’s revelation of the, 100:4.4
     life’s greatest, man’s need to believe in his highest interpretation of, 101:9.3
     -lure, religion as a, 99:4.3
     man’s ability to communicate, 160:2.1, 195:7.8
          experience in and with, objective validation of, 16:6.10
          need to pray for, 91:8.13
     manifestation of Paradise-absolute, 0:1.13
     and meanings, perfection, differential levels of, and potential evil, 54:0.2, 100:3.5
     mortal consciousness’s progress from fact, to meaning, to, 118:5.3
     new, the seven triunities’ deitizing of, 104:4.47
     the personal quality of the, presented by the Adjuster, 103:1.6
     prayer’s function in the conservation of, 91:1.1
     as relating to personality, 112:1.10
     relation of, to God, 5:4.4, 9:0.4
          to one’s motivation, 100:4.4
     religion’s ability to spiritualize, 91:6.6, 101:5.2, 102:5.3, 195:6.8
     seven variations of, reason for, 10:2.8
     spirit, 0:1.1
     and spirit, 9:4.5
     stereoscopic effect of mota on, 48:6.28
     transcendent, in human life, source of, 12:8.14, 155:3.7
     the uniqueness of, in universe reality, 115:2.2
     of universal reality, 0:0.3

Van activities of, during rebellion, 67:3.6
     Amadon an assistant to, 67:3.8
     and Amadon, 1-2-3 the first’s service with, 77:9.5
          welcome of Adam and Eve by, 74:2.1
     Amadon’s devotion to, 67:8.1
     appeal to Lucifer for ruling on Caligastia’s demands by, 67:2.2
     on the council of planetary receivers, 67:
     departure of, for Jerusem with Melchizedek receivers, 74:5.2
     and entire court, loyalty of, 67:4.1
     influence of, 92:4.5
     lake of, Adamson’s descendants’ habitations near the, 93:7.2
     length of Urantia life of, 67:6.4
     loyalty of, to the universe government, reason for, 67:3.6
     office of, 66:5.31
     post-Dalamatia function of, 67:6.5
     present status of, 67:6.8
     reunion of, with his Adjuster, 67:6.8
     seven-hour speech of, indicting planet and system authorities, 67:2.2
     the steadfast, 67:6.0
     sustenance of, by tree of life, 73:6.0
     technique of achievements of, 67:3.6
     titular leader of loyal midwayers, 77:1.7
     translation of, to Jerusem, time of, 67:6.8
     on Urantia advisory council, 67:6.5

Van’s cultural headquarters, time spent in moving, 73:3.2

Vanadium function of, in the sea squirt, 65:6.4

Vanites absorption of, by Adamites, 78:3.4
     location of, 77:4.11

Vanity and charms, 69:9.10
     effect of, on marriage, 83:1.4
     exhibition of, by first humans, 62:5.4, 68:2.10
     and fashion, vs. home building and child culture, 84:8.4
     function of, 68:2.10
     and ghost fear, men held together by, 68:3.4

Vapor baths, use of, in healing disease, 90:4.6

Variable star(s) dependence of period of light fluctuation of, on luminosity, 41:3.9
     the sun a former, 57:5.2

Variations small, new species not evolved as gradual accumulation of, 58:6.3

Variety in the concept of beauty, 56:10.3
     restfulness of, 48:6.37

Vedas the four, an evaluation of, 94:1.7

Vedic-Aryan cult, evolution of the, in India, 94:1.1
     effect on, of rejection of the Salem gospel, 94:2.4
     and post-Vedic deities, 94:4.6
     priesthood, collapse of the, 94:2.2
     three-headed fire god, Agni the, 104:1.2

Vedism decline of, cause and effects, 94:2.2

Vegetable to animal, transition from, relation of sponges to, 65:2.2
     food, woman’s provision of, 74:6.3
     kingdom, development of animal types from basic patterns of the, 49:1.5
     life, basic system pattern of, 49:1.5
          generation of oxygen on Urantia by, 57:7.9
          tracing of evolution of, into animal life, 58:6.2

Vegetarian tribes, survival of, in modern India, 76:4.4

Vegetation of coastal swamps of Carboniferous age, relation of, to coal deposits, 59:5.14
     first appearance on land of, 59:1.3
     of late climatic transition stage, and land-animal life, 59:6.10

Vegetative incarnation, and light-energy intake, 26:1.17
     land-life period, 59:4.0

Velocity in energy, retardation of, by mass in matter, 15:8.3
     of enseraphimed being, 23:2.22
     limit of, of midway creatures, 23:3.2
          of seraphim, 23:3.2
     of Solitary Messengers, 23:3.3
     triple, 23:3.2

Veluntia density of, 41:4.6

Vengeance danger of, 70:10.9, 140:6.4
     influence of, on ambition, 177:4.10
     Jesus’ efforts to minimize, 159:1.6
     is mine,’ says the Lord,” 70:10.9
     wrongs not righted by, 140:8.7

Vengefulness God never indulges in, 2:6.7

Venom addicts, origin of, 85:3.3

Ventriloquism use of, by early priests, 90:1.4

Venus identity of, 98:3.3
     superbreathers on, 49:2.13

Verdicts of Universal Censors, impossibility of forecasting, 19:4.7
     in Uversa courts, formulation of, 15:12.1

Vergil significance of talents of, 195:2.6

Veronica of Caesarea-Philippi, identification of, 152:0.3

Vertebrate type of animal, characteristic of the age of fishes, 59:4.3

Vesta identity of, 98:3.3

Vestal virgins, duty of, 85:4.4

Vested interests, accumulation of, a danger from formalized religion, 99:6.3

Veto scepter, Universal Father wields the, 3:6.1

Vevona past and present function of, 39:5.5

Vice crime and sin, concepts of, based on early sex taboos, 82:2.4
     a primitive definition, 89:2.4
     vs. virtue, 149:4.3

Vicegerent authority, Michael’s prebestowal, 21:3.1, 21:4.5, 32:3.5, 53:2.1, 53:5.2, 120:1.4
     Planetary Prince of Urantia, Machiventa Melchizedek as, 45:4.16, 53:9.4, 55:7.3, 93:10.5

Vicegerington activities on, and functions of, 13:1.11
     assignment of “children of time and eternity” to, 23:4.3
     headquarters of Corps of Conjoint Trinitized Finaliters, 31:1.5
     secrets of, 13:1.11, 22:7.1
     trinitized sons of children of time and citizens of eternity held in reserve on, 22:7.10

Vicissitudes of life, religion as an aid to man in facing the, 86:7.4, 102:2.8

Victory(ies) human, assurance of, in race for perfection, 32:5.8, 174:5.12
     Jesus’ greatest, in his whole career, 184:4.6
     Jesus’ wresting of, from the jaws of defeat, 127:6.12
     man’s greatest, definition, 131:6.2
     spiritual, sole means of winning, 159:3.2
     that overcomes uncertainty, faith the, 4:4.9, 34:7.6, 142:5.3

Viewpoint(s) man’s, character and results of, 3:2.10
     of men and women, inevitable difference in, 84:6.5

Vigilance societies, secret societies as, 70:7.16

Village spring, proximity of Joseph’s workshop to the, significance, 123:1.6

Vilton length of Satania service of, 45:3.6

Vindictiveness Judas’ characteristic of, 139:12.6

Vine true, Jesus the, 180:2.1

Violence a cause of accident and death, 90:3.5
     the law of nature, 70:1.1

Violet hue of Material Sons’ body radiance, 51:1.3
     peoples, home life of the, 76:3.9
          number of, at start of racial amalgamation, 51:5.2
     race, 51:4.4, 74:6.2, 76:4.0
          Adamson’s secondary center of, 76:3.3
          after the days of Adam, 78:0.0
          attempt of, to divorce the mathematical from the volitional, 103:6.10
          basis of the civilization of, 78:3.1
          blue man’s assimilation of the, 64:6.24
          characteristics of the, 76:4.0, 78:1.3
          definition, 51:3.3, 66:8.4
          failure of the plan for the, 66:8.4, 78:8.12
          the first-born of the, 77:5.1
          history of the, 78:0.2
          mixture of, with evolutionary peoples, results of, 74:7.23
          monogamy of, 51:5.5
     stock, influence of, on civilization development, 81:1.5

Virgin Adjusters, arrival of, on primitive worlds, 109:3.2
     -born sons of destiny, as saviors, 85:5.3
     shall bear a son,” a misquoted scriptural passage, 122:4.4

Virility of the adolescent Jesus, 127:1.2

Virtue(s) definition, 16:7.1, 16:7.10
     faith the endowment of, 131:3.2
     of man, a definition, 16:7.4, 131:9.3
     a prerequisite to acquirement of, 48:7.19
     supreme, a definition, 16:7.10
     vs. vice, 149:4.3
     volitional, with personality, 21:3.14

Virus bodies, renegade parasitic fungi, 65:2.3

Vishnu alleged incarnations of, 94:4.9
     identity of, 85:3.4, 94:4.5

Visibility of a ruling Magisterial Son to inhabitants of the realm, 51:7.1

Vision extension of, 29:4.14
     human, changes in range of, in first stage of light and life, 55:4.8, 55:6.3
     morontia, range of, 46:5.10
     physical and spiritual, of Adam and Eve, 76:4.5
     range, extension of mortal, on mansion worlds, 24:6.2
          of spornagia, 46:7.7

Visit of Jesus with the apostles at the Last Supper, 181:0.1
     to Kheresa, 151:5.0
     with Martha and Mary, Jesus’, 162:8.0
     with Nicodemus, 142:6.0
     to Philadelphia, 167:0.0
     to Zaccheus, Jesus’, 171:6.0

Visiting with the apostles two and two, 192:2.0
     about the temple, 172:4.0

Visitors at Pella camp, national origins of, 163:7.2

Visualization ceremonies of spirit beings, in the morontia temples, 55:1.4

Vitality spiritual, faith’s promotion of, 155:3.7

Vitamins ultraviolet rays’ relation to, 58:2.2

Vivifier divine, a title for God, 131:4.3

Vocabulary enlargement of, vs. development of character, 100:1.3
     enlargement of superuniverse, for Havona, 47:7.2

Vocation(s) arguments of Cain and Abel regarding their, 76:2.2
     beneficial use of one’s, 140:4.5, 149:4.3
     builders, function of, 44:3.3
     of Paradise Sons on bestowal missions, 20:6.3

Vocational reasons for class distinctions, 70:8.9

Voice(s) of the adolescent Jesus, characteristics of, 127:1.2
     of the angelic hosts, 28:4.11
     of the archangel, response of seraphic guardians of slumbering personalities to, 37:3.6
     at the baptism, apostles to refrain from discussion of the, 138:8.4
     of the Conjoint Actor, 28:4.4
     of the Creator Sons, 28:4.6
     flashes, Ancients of Days’ utilization of, 28:4.10
     in the Garden, seraphic, remonstrance of, with Adam and Eve, 39:5.3, 51:3.5, 73:7.5, 75:4.2, 75:8.8
     of God,” conscience not the, 110:5.1
     of mercy, function of, 39:2.5
     of one crying in the wilderness,” 135:6.6
     of the Seven Master Spirits, 28:4.5
     sound of a, at Jesus’ baptism, 135:8.6
     of the transfiguration, identity of the, 158:1.10
     of Wisdom, assignment of, to Perfectors of Wisdom, 28:5.7
          function of, 28:5.7

Volcanic action(s), of early Cretaceous age, 60:3.6
     action(s), extent of, in early reptilian age, 60:1.3
          time of beginning of, on Urantia, 57:7.3
     activity(ies), and the continental drift, 60:3.1
          of brachiopod age, location of, 59:3.6
     age, 57:7.0

Volcano(es) activity of, in late Carboniferous period, 59:5.20
     decrease of, and appearance of earthquakes, 57:8.2
     of eastern Kentucky, activity of, 59:2.5
     a fetish, 88:1.1

Volition below the absolute, limitations encountered by, 118:7.2
     First Source and Center limited only by, 0:3.9, 8:5.2, , 10:3.6
     infinite, a characteristic of the First Triunity, 104:4.8
     limitation of function of, 118:6.5
     mortals’ association of, with personality, 107:7.4
     power of, 9:4.6

Volitional Absolute, First Source and Center the, 6:1.2

Voodoo doctor, present, and the magician of old, 88:6.1

Vorondadek(s) as constellation rulers, 43:3.1
     error possible to, 35:5.4
     high court of review, function of, 35:5.7
     number of, in local universe, 35:5.2
     observers on isolated Satania worlds, director of, 39:3.11, 43:5.8, 114:3.5
     origin of, 20:1.10, 35:0.7
     Sons, 20:1.5, 35:5.0
          constellations governed by three, 15:2.4
          observers on isolated worlds, function of, 43:5.8
          origin of, 35:5.1
          present constellation government includes twelve of the order of, 43:5.2
          relation of Faithfuls of Days to, 18:7.2
     worlds, number and location of, 35:7.1

Vosges beginning of, time of, 59:5.12

Votes in Jerusem elections, value range of, 45:7.5

Voting compulsory, in the continental nation, 72:9.8
     differential, on Jerusem, 45:7.6


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