The Urantia Book (1924 – 1955)

Someone asked Ellie Dreams Down Under if this book was real or not. There is no ‘author’ as such, since it purports to be coming from a spiritual channel. So, it’s in the same vein as Madame Blavatsky‘s “Isis Unveiled” and “The Secret Doctrine”. Her method of transmission was that bits of information would be presented to her (by unseen hands) from different ancient manuscripts and she would add them to her own manuscripts. That’s also how I wrote “The Star of Bethlehem”.

The text introduces the word “Urantia” as the name of the planet Earth and states that its intent is to “present enlarged concepts and advanced truth.” The book aims to unite religion, science, and philosophy. Its large amount of content on topics of interest to science is unique among documents said to have been received from celestial beings. Among other topics, the book discusses the origin and meaning of life, mankind’s place in the universe, the history of the planet, the relationship between God and people, and the life of Jesus.

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In the grand scheme of things, each one of us is a Child of the Universe. We seem to forget that. And our day-to-day existence is so mundane that we also don’t see that there are universes inside of our bodies.

It’s All Connected

A more recent version of this book has attempted to cross-reference where the ideas and quotes come from, in response to the criticism that this book has been plagiarized from other sources. It is that fact that Ellie said made her feel that the book wasn’t from ‘celestial beings’. Well, the Universe works in mysterious ways, and, in Ellie’s own words, “The Universe Always Wins.”