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The current legacy of -- Van/Amadon.
Quote: (749.2) 66:5.31 10. The supreme court of tribal co-ordination and racial co-operation. This supreme council was directed by Van and was the court of appeals for all of the other nine special commissions charged with the supervision of human affairs. This council was one of wide function, being intrusted with all matters of earthly concern which were not specifically assigned to the other groups. This selected corps had been approved by the Constellation Fathers of Edentia before they were authorized to assume the functions of the supreme court of Urantia.
Note: that the quote presented above indicates that this last group “directed by Van” was “approved by the Constellation Fathers”, which would indicate that Caligastia may have had little to do or say over the functions of this group, yet it is noted that Van’s group, although not over the functions of the others, they “were not specifically assigned to the other groups”, but would be the group whereby the locals could appeal to, should they have issues with the other groups and, that this (Van’s) group function had more to do with policing the locals which would have been directed more on the lines of autocratic rule, or suppression of the locals. Where it may be indicated that the following UB quote may be what “Van’s Group” would enforce.
Quote: (786.9) 70:2.18 Militarism is autocratic and cruel — savage. It promotes social organization among the conquerors but disintegrates the vanquished. Industrialism is more civilized and should be so carried on as to promote initiative and to encourage individualism. Society should in every way possible foster originality.
Even though it is not indicated that “Van” promoted “militarism” it could be understood when we examine “Van’s” actions?
In the narrations below, it would seem that Van took his assignment further into account, to include or proclaim himself, as procurator over the entire staff including Caligastia.
Quote: (755.4) 67:2.2 The presentation of this astounding demand was followed by the masterly appeal of Van, chairman of the supreme council of co-ordination. This distinguished administrator and able jurist branded the proposed course of Caligastia as an act bordering on planetary rebellion and appealed to his conferees to abstain from all participation until an appeal could be taken to Lucifer, the System Sovereign of Satania; and he won the support of the entire staff. Accordingly, appeal was taken to Jerusem, and forthwith came back the orders designating Caligastia as supreme sovereign on Urantia and commanding absolute and unquestioning allegiance to his mandates. And it was in reply to this amazing message that the noble Van made his memorable address of seven hours’ length in which he formally drew his indictment of Daligastia, Caligastia, and Lucifer as standing in contempt of the sovereignty of the universe of Nebadon; and he appealed to the Most Highs of Edentia for support and confirmation.
In the narration above, the text indicates that “Van” was a “distinguished administrator” but, it does not indicate where he would have received this experience, as an administrator, other than having been “been approved by the Constellation Fathers”, where it would have normally been assigned by the Planetary Prince. However, it can be understood that Van went over Caligastia’s head where, Caligastia was following orders and Van appealed to Jerusem, where the answer to the appeal was an order to follow Caligastia’s mandates, as coming from the “supreme sovereign on Urantia” but, as is noted above, Van did not follow these orders, and took it upon himself, in essence, to start a mutiny against the current administrations of Jerusem and Urantia, whereby taking his concerns directly to “the Most Highs of Edentia”, which bypassed the normal protocol for appeals from a lowly staff member, although he was placed in charge of other nine within his group.
This would prompt the question that, if Van did not go over the System and Local authorities heads, and go directly to the Constellation Fathers, who he was in league with, and possibly a double agent for them, could this have been the beginning of the Rebellion, as proclaimed first by Van, where it would seem that he had already prepared an “indictment” which took “seven hours’ length” to present? So, it could be logical assessed, that his actions were a fore thought or, planned in advance, in order to push Lucifer to make a stand on his administrative plans for the System? Where it was Van, as stated above, who indicted “the proposed course of Caligastia as an act bordering on planetary rebellion”, where we know that Van knew Caligastia was following orders, because he would not have included Lucifer, in “his indictment” which he already drew up, in preparation for his coup de grâce, which then could be assumed that the rebellion was started on Urantia, by the underhanded actions of “Van”. As memory serves, this type of action or scenario, may have not been much different than the Nazi takeover of Germany, where it would seem that “Van” was an eloquent speaker, similar to Hitler, and a rebellion, would have been an ends to a means.
It would not be unusual to have a “supreme council” but its organization would be described in quotes “50:2.3-5” presented below:
Quote: (573.4) 50:2.3 The rule of the evolutionary planets in their early and unsettled careers is largely autocratic. The Planetary Princes organize their specialized groups of assistants from among their corps of planetary aids. They usually surround themselves with a supreme council of twelve, but this is variously chosen and diversely constituted on the different worlds. A Planetary Prince may also have as assistants one or more of the third order of his own group of sonship and sometimes, on certain worlds, one of his own order, a secondary Lanonandek associate.
(573.5) 50:2.4 The entire staff of a world ruler consists of personalities of the Infinite Spirit and certain types of higher evolved beings and ascending mortals from other worlds. Such a staff averages about one thousand, and as the planet progresses, this corps of helpers may be increased up to one hundred thousand or more. At any time need is felt for more helpers, the Planetary Princes have only to make request of their brothers, the System Sovereigns, and the petition is granted forthwith.
(573.6) 50:2.5 Planets vary greatly in nature and organization and in administration, but all provide for tribunals of justice. The judicial system of the local universe has its beginnings in the tribunals of a Planetary Prince, which are presided over by a member of his personal staff; the decrees of such courts reflect a highly fatherly and discretionary attitude. All problems involving more than the regulation of the planetary inhabitants are subject to appeal to the higher tribunals, but the affairs of his world domain are largely adjusted in accordance with the personal discretion of the prince.
So over all, it would seem that “Van” had an ulterior motive for his actions, in that it may have been planned, a forethought, to take over the “titular” rule of Urantia, from the Planetary Prince, where it so indicates, in the following Urantia Book quote, that he was in authority “for over one hundred and fifty thousand years”, where he received this authority from the “Melchizedek receivers”, which if we recall, where also involved on Urantia, prior to the Planetary Princes initial arrival, being delayed for about five hundred thousand years, cleaning up the results of the “Life Carriers” experiments on Urantia. Could this whole, rebellion thing, be an end result, to hide what occurred on Urantia, do to these experiments? It would not be that farfetched to think that if what resulted, on Urantia, had never before been produced in the Universes, it would also, have been against the plans of the “unseen Father”?
Quote: (830.1) 74:2.6 The next act was the delivery of the charge of planetary custody to Adam and Eve by the senior Melchizedek, chief of the council of receivership on Urantia. The Material Son and Daughter took the oath of allegiance to the Most Highs of Norlatiadek and to Michael of Nebadon and were proclaimed rulers of Urantia by Van, who thereby relinquished the titular authority which for over one hundred and fifty thousand years he had held by virtue of the action of the Melchizedek receivers.
One question comes to mind, with the narration above where “Adam and Eve” “took the oath of allegiance to the Most Highs of Norlatiadek and to Michael”, where if the Fathers rule and plan were the most predominant, why then did they not swear “allegiance” to the “unseen Father” or the Father in Paradise? Where it would seem that by making an “oath” to the “Most Highs”, regardless of Michael’s authority, which would most definitely be proclaimed through the “Most Highs”, would imply that “Most Highs” spoke for Michael?
But it would seem that Van’s plans did not take hold overnight, where it took “more than seven years” of “sinful conflict” and “bitter struggle”, before “every personality concerned had made a final decision” but, I’m sure that Van and his associates, had to do a lot of arm bending, and things which would have been considered as “intolerable”, being that until everyone took sides, Van would not get the support or authority he needed to take total control over Urantia. But, it would seem that no one was spared, not even those who were trapped on Urantia, who had no way of leaving because they were isolated, or quarantined, here on Urantia by the decree of “the authorities on Edentia”, as indicated below.
Quote: (755.7) 67:2.5 Seraphim and cherubim and other celestial beings were involved in the decisions of this bitter struggle, this long and sinful conflict. Many superhuman groups that chanced to be on Urantia at the time of its isolation were detained here and, like the seraphim and their associates, were compelled to choose between sin and righteousness — between the ways of Lucifer and the will of the unseen Father.
(756.1) 67:2.6 For more than seven years this struggle continued. Not until every personality concerned had made a final decision, would or did the authorities of Edentia interfere or intervene. Not until then did Van and his loyal associates receive vindication and release from their prolonged anxiety and intolerable suspense.
It might be deduced by the narration above that it had been proclaimed a “sin” to not proclaim an “allegiance to the Most Highs of Norlatiadek and to Michael” which would have, in the absence “Edentia” “authorities”, been established by Van. However, if this was the case, by what means could Van have had to influence those making this choice, to side with the so called “righteousness” verses “sin”? Could it have had something to do with the “Tree of Life” which was in Van’s position, “that enabled the material and otherwise mortal beings of the Prince’s staff to live on indefinitely as long as they had access to it.” (66:4.13)
So, it would seem that there was no middle ground, and everyone who was not a mortal human, had to make a choice. If the right choice was not made, would their indefinite lives be in jeopardy? If so, then Van held the power of life and death, over those making this choice?
Quote: (745.5) 66:4.15 It should be explained in this connection that, at the time the one hundred Andonites contributed their human germ plasm to the members of the Prince’s staff, the Life Carriers introduced into their mortal bodies the complement of the system circuits; and thus were they enabled to live on concurrently with the staff, century after century, in defiance of physical death.
(745.6) 66:4.16 Eventually the one hundred Andonites were made aware of their contribution to the new forms of their superiors, and these same one hundred children of the Andon tribes were kept at headquarters as the personal attendants of the Prince’s corporeal staff.
As a side note it would be correct to assume that the “one hundred Andonites” used in conjunction with the creation of the Prince’s staff, the “Caligastia one hundred”, where which Van was inclusive, required an immediate association with the Andonite one hundred, as if one could not function without the other? Therefore, it is not preposterous to assume that Van and Amadon were joined at the hip, so to speak, and when the narration refers to one, would also be obliged to assimilate the same to the other.
Quote: (742.1) 66:2.1 The Planetary Prince of Urantia was not sent out on his mission alone but was accompanied by the usual corps of assistants and administrative helpers.
(742.3) 66:2.3 The planetary staff included a large number of angelic co-operators and a host of other celestial beings assigned to advance the interests and promote the welfare of the human races. But from your standpoint the most interesting group of all were the corporeal members of the Prince’s staff — sometimes referred to as the Caligastia one hundred.
But, for the humans, why would they not need to choose at this time, would it have something to do with their single-fold being? And then from the narratives above, where we are told, that “a large number of angelic co-operators and a host of other celestial beings”, would have had to make a choice in the mater of the rebellion.
And, in the narration below, it mentions that there “was a terrible loss of personalities among seraphim and cherubim”. But it does not indicate exactly what this loss was, or did these “seraphim and cherubim” loss their lives, as might be associated with a humans, or would this possible association between “transition seraphim” and humans, have something to do with the “personalities” assigned to humans and, this loss, of personality be the loss of association between seraphim/cherubim and human?
Quote: (756.3) 67:3.2 On Urantia forty members of the corporeal staff of one hundred (including Van) refused to join the insurrection. Many of the staff’s human assistants (modified and otherwise) were also brave and noble defenders of Michael and his universe government. There was a terrible loss of personalities among seraphim and cherubim. Almost one half of the administrator and transition seraphim assigned to the planet joined their leader and Daligastia in support of the cause of Lucifer. Forty thousand one hundred and nineteen of the primary midway creatures joined hands with Caligastia, but the remainder of these beings remained true to their trust.
From the narration above we can assume that out of the 50,000 primary midwayers, 9,881 “remained true” to the “Most High’s”, which might indicate some additional knowledge which they possessed while making their choice? But, when it mentions “Almost one half of the administrator and transition seraphim” were “in support of the cause of Lucifer” could refer to a trilateral association, as was assigned to the three-fold created beings of the corporeal staff, where if so, then this might explain or could be an assumption that “transition seraphim” and humans, make up their dual being-ness? Because, from the following UB quote, although not presented from the standpoint of Urantia reality of being, it does indicate that on the “mansion worlds” this association would be consciously realized, therefore it can be assumed that on Urantia, these “transition seraphim” are associated with us but, we are not “conscious” of their association within our consciousness.
Quote: (742.5) 66:2.5 These Jerusemite volunteers were brought by seraphic transport direct from the system capital to Urantia, and upon arrival they were held enseraphimed until they could be provided with personality forms of the dual nature of special planetary service, literal bodies consisting of flesh and blood but also attuned to the life circuits of the system.
Therefore, is there a moment in the evolution of the human being where which, these seraphim become as one with us, and is their presents, a portion of our combined personality, which may help use associate with our thought adjuster, inevitably being able to gain survival statue, and continue on in our ascension carrier?
This might have something to do with the previous statement as to the “loss of personalities” which may not had the opportunity to associate or assimilate?
Quote: (552.1) 48:6.3 You will not, however, be conscious of the ministry of the transition seraphim until you attain the mansion worlds, where they labor untiringly for the advancement of their mortal pupils, being assigned for service in the following seven divisions:
Quote: (756.4) 67:3.3 The traitorous Prince marshaled the disloyal midway creatures and other groups of rebel personalities and organized them to execute his bidding, while Van assembled the loyal midwayers and other faithful groups and began the great battle for the salvation of the planetary staff and other marooned celestial personalities.
Now the narration above is straight forward in that there were two groups struggling for survival regardless of the principals drawn up between the actual articles’ which separated them, one from the other. However since this narration included the association of the “midway creatures” we know that their numbers were lopsided in favor of the rebel’s, 40,119 to 9,881, almost a 4:1 ratio. This in itself, would indicate that the primary midway creatures, would have made their choice based on information which seems not to have been actually provided within the literal narration of the Urantia Book.
Quote: (756.5) 67:3.4 During the times of this struggle the loyalists dwelt in an unwalled and poorly protected settlement a few miles to the east of Dalamatia, but their dwellings were guarded day and night by the alert and ever-watchful loyal midway creatures, and they had possession of the priceless tree of life.
From the narration above we know that Van’s group was in “possession of the priceless tree of life” but it would seem that it was stolen from the Temple compound in Dalamatia, but the taking of the “tree of life” would somehow have been either planed in advance prior to the rebellion, in order for this action to have been doable, as mentioned below, and if we can assume that Van was the one who declared that this insurrection was a rebellion, and spoke in great length, as to its causality, would have given those who stole the “tree of life” enough time to perform this deed undercover of deception, thereby validating that the rebellion was therefore instigated on Urantia, and a forethought produced by Van.
Quote: (756.6) 67:3.5 Upon the outbreak of rebellion, loyal cherubim and seraphim, with the aid of three faithful midwayers, assumed the custody of the tree of life and permitted only the forty loyalists of the staff and their associated modified mortals to partake of the fruit and leaves of this energy plant. There were fifty-six of these modified Andonite associates of the staff, sixteen of the Andonite attendants of the disloyal staff refusing to go into rebellion with their masters.
It would also, not be presumptuous that Van had intended to use the “tree of life” as major point, in pursuing the addition of loyalists to further his cause.
Quote: (756.7) 67:3.6 Throughout the seven crucial years of the Caligastia rebellion, Van was wholly devoted to the work of ministry to his loyal army of men, midwayers, and angels. The spiritual insight and moral steadfastness which enabled Van to maintain such an unshakable attitude of loyalty to the universe government was the product of clear thinking, wise reasoning, logical judgment, sincere motivation, unselfish purpose, intelligent loyalty, experiential memory, disciplined character, and the unquestioning dedication of his personality to the doing of the will of the Father in Paradise.
Based on the previous presentation, it might be said that the narration above, had little to do with Van’s “unshakable attitude of loyalty” in order to gain an upper hand over the rebel’s but, more like blackmail, using the possession of the “tree of life” as a bargaining chip, to manipulate the cause against the rebels.
The other interesting notation from the narration above, is that it uses the phrase “Father in Paradise” where in other narrations which references the rebellion, and in some cases, from the rebels point of view, it uses the phrase “unseen Father”. Where this implication would indicate that the use of “Father in Paradise” would indicate a physical being, and the term “unseen Father” would more so indicate the Father as spirit. Where from the UB’s context, it has indicated that one can see and be in the presents of the Father in Paradise, yet in another, that our Father is un-seeable because He comes to us in the form of Spirit. Thereby, would ponder the question as to who is worshipping which “Father”, the one assumed to have physical form, like the one that Van is noted to “doing the will of” or the one who resides within, and is Spirit?
Quote: (756.8) 67:3.7 This seven years of waiting was a time of heart searching and soul discipline. Such crises in the affairs of a universe demonstrate the tremendous influence of mind as a factor in spiritual choosing. Education, training, and experience are factors in most of the vital decisions of all evolutionary moral creatures. But it is entirely possible for the indwelling spirit to make direct contact with the decision-determining powers of the human personality so as to empower the fully consecrated will of the creature to perform amazing acts of loyal devotion to the will and the way of the Father in Paradise. And this is just what occurred in the experience of Amadon, the modified human associate of Van.
From the narration above, it states that propaganda or teaching can alter the “decisions of all evolutionary moral creatures” however, it also indicates that these “decision-determining powers” can come from “the indwelling spirit” but, in the use of this wording, where it implies that this “indwelling spirit” is the thought adjuster, it would not be consistent with the grammatical narration of the Urantia Book to change its persistent usage of directly indicating, here “thought adjuster”, but rather does not use a similar form which indicates that this “indwelling spirit” is adversely not the “thought adjuster”. Whereby we have examined above, that there are other possible associations which may affect the “decision-determining powers of the human personality”, and in this case, its association with “Amadon” could very well be associated to the personality of Van, where if as indicated below, Amadon “was one of the one hundred who contributed life plasm” in the creation of altering the staff member beings, and as worded below, “ever since that event” of “contributing life plasm”, “he had been attached to Van". This would indicate a biological association between the two which, as mentioned earlier, would have something to do with the staff being three-fold beings and, as also mentioned it can be assumed that when, in these narrations when reference is made to either Van or Amadon, it may be assumed as Van/Amadon. Therefore, it is not surprising that Amadon is presented in the same light as Van.
Quote: (757.1) 67:3.8 Amadon is the outstanding human hero of the Lucifer rebellion. This male descendant of Andon and Fonta was one of the one hundred who contributed life plasm to the Prince’s staff, and ever since that event he had been attached to Van as his associate and human assistant. Amadon elected to stand with his chief throughout the long and trying struggle. And it was an inspiring sight to behold this child of the evolutionary races standing unmoved by the sophistries of Daligastia while throughout the seven-year struggle he and his loyal associates resisted with unyielding fortitude all of the deceptive teachings of the brilliant Caligastia.
Quote: (742.6) 66:2.6 Sometime before the arrival of these one hundred Jerusem citizens, the two supervising Life Carriers resident on Urantia, having previously perfected their plans, petitioned Jerusem and Edentia for permission to transplant the life plasm of one hundred selected survivors of the Andon and Fonta stock into the material bodies to be projected for the corporeal members of the Prince’s staff. The request was granted on Jerusem and approved on Edentia.
Quote: (757.2) 67:3.9 Caligastia, with a maximum of intelligence and a vast experience in universe affairs, went astray — embraced sin. Amadon, with a minimum of intelligence and utterly devoid of universe experience, remained steadfast in the service of the universe and in loyalty to his associate. Van utilized both mind and spirit in a magnificent and effective combination of intellectual determination and spiritual insight, thereby achieving an experiential level of personality realization of the highest attainable order. Mind and spirit, when fully united, are potential for the creation of superhuman values, even morontia realities.
Quote: (742.7) 66:2.7 Accordingly, fifty males and fifty females of the Andon and Fonta posterity, representing the survival of the best strains of that unique race, were chosen by the Life Carriers. With one or two exceptions these Andonite contributors to the advancement of the race were strangers to one another. They were assembled from widely separated places by co-ordinated Thought Adjuster direction and seraphic guidance at the threshold of the planetary headquarters of the Prince. Here the one hundred human subjects were given into the hands of the highly skilled volunteer commission from Avalon, who directed the material extraction of a portion of the life plasm of these Andon descendants. This living material was then transferred to the material bodies constructed for the use of the one hundred Jerusemite members of the Prince’s staff. Meantime, these newly arrived citizens of the system capital were held in the sleep of seraphic transport.
Quote: (757.3) 67:3.10 There is no end to the recital of the stirring events of these tragic days. But at last the final decision of the last personality was made, and then, but only then, did a Most High of Edentia arrive with the emergency Melchizedeks to seize authority on Urantia. The Caligastia panoramic reign-records on Jerusem were obliterated, and the probationary era of planetary rehabilitation was inaugurated.
It should be noted that the records of the reign of Caligastia on Urantia, were "obliterated" by the "emergency Melchizedecks", or other authority on Jerusem, which would indicate that there was something to be hidden, by doing so. If the actions of Van within the narration of the Urantia Book, can be considered as factual, then the only other records which might be available would be through Seraphim records which may have been lost due to the length of the quarantine and, it could also be considered that these records might have vindicated the actions of Caligastia, and might now be known to the rest of the Universe authority. Therefore, it may not be a coincidence that Michael choose Urantia as His final bestowal?
Quote: (743.1) 66:2.9 The entire transaction of repersonalization, from the time of the arrival of the seraphic transports bearing the one hundred Jerusem volunteers until they became conscious, threefold beings of the realm, consumed exactly ten days.
Quote: (551.7) 48:6.2 You should understand that the morontia life of an ascending mortal is really initiated on the inhabited worlds at the conception of the soul, at that moment when the creature mind of moral status is indwelt by the spirit Adjuster. And from that moment on, the mortal soul has potential capacity for supermortal function, even for recognition on the higher levels of the morontia spheres of the local universe.
Quote: (174.5) 15:7.5 Jerusem, the headquarters of your local system of Satania, has its seven worlds of transition culture, each of which is encircled by seven satellites, among which are the seven mansion worlds of morontia detention, man’s first postmortal residence. As the term heaven has been used on Urantia, it has sometimes meant these seven mansion worlds, the first mansion world being denominated the first heaven, and so on to the seventh.
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