A word index to all of the words found in the urantia book, this is a useful tool for research and study of the title. Though many of the stories in the urantia book are partially true, the great cult mystery points out how they were twisted to fill the agendas of nazi supportes like william kellogg, charles russell of the infamous jehovahs witnesses, and bill sanders one of the writers of the urantia book into cleansing the human race through preferred. Choosing which file to download depends on the device you are using. If someone wants to go back to it, maybe would be able to find some more about the movement. The great cult mystery, prometheus books, 1995, isbn. Marxism and morality, 1987, 163 pages, steven lukes. 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. The media has temporarily turned its large but constantly blinking eye away from cult oftheday reportage after the waco conflagration, but such organizations. The great cult mystery christian research institute. The urantia papers also know as the urantia book or the fifth epochal revelation is a long and very strange book. Published in 1955 under the direction of cult leader dr.
According to the urantia book fellowship ubf, the urantia book ub is. Even the legends of the birth of jesus on urantia became tainted with the roman version of the miraculous birth of the iranian saviorhero, mithras, whose advent on earth was supposed to have been witnessed by only a handful of giftbearing. This is the first edition of the urantia book, published in 1955. Kellogg, the cornflake king, an identification gardner first made in 1991. The urantia cult was founded by two former seventhday adventistschicago psychiatrist william sadler 18751969 and his brotherinlaw, wilfred kellogg 18761956, a businessman. The urantia book is not a complete religion, like others described in this web site. Logic machines and diagrams the scientific american book of. The exact, detailed circumstances of the origin of the urantia book are unknown for two reasons. The urantia book 1955, sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation, is a spiritual and philosophical book which discusses god, jesus, science, cosmology, religion, history, destiny, life, the universe and everything.
Martin gardner, one of americas most acclaimed science writers, has here compiled the first complete history of a growing, modern religious cult. Pdf the colossal book of mathematics download full pdf. This cult tolerated marriage only as an evil lesser than fornication. If you liked or are interested in the urantia book or looking for the sources of the j. It is a book which has spawned two organizations, now called the. Download the urantia papers the complete pdf ebook. The great cult mystery the japanese cult of tranquillity the witness wore red. Many of the worlds great religions have been adversely influenced by this ancient cult, but none more markedly than christianity. The mystery cults, especially mithraism but also the worship of the great mother in the phrygian cult.
It has been freely available on the internet since 2001. Download the urantia papers, angelic beings staff, angelic. The continence cult originated as a ritual among soldiers prior to engaging in battle. The theory of evolution what scientists believe it is and. Ive been curious more on the origin story of the book and ive tried to find martin gardners urantia. The great cult mystery, he sets forth the full range of evidence to support this conclusion. Urantia youranchya is the name assigned by the book to planet earth, and the book purports to. How wonderful it was to download the italian translation from urantia.
The urantia bookpaper 89 wikisource, the free online. Transformers animated the allspark almanac pdf download. Cesare nicoletti of italy wrote, i discovered the urantia book online by searching religions in italy. The urantia book, urantia foundation, urantia fellowship, and the urantia three concentric circle symbol above banner of michael represent a modernday ariangnostic cult. Published in 1955 under the direction of psychiatrist william sadler, the urantia book is the largest and most sophisticated work of new age literature ever produced.
Urantia youranchya is the name assigned by the book to planet earth, and the book purports to describe the physical and spiritual history of this world and the greater universe. Its authorship remains a matter of speculation, and it seems to have been composed in chicago, illinois, sometime between 1924 and 1955. A celebration of humanism and freethought, by david allen williams. Gardner is a deist who believes that no scriptures come from god, that fundamentalists are ideologues, and that creationism is an unscientific, witless swindle. The facsimile is available in 600dpi and 1600dpi resolutions in djvu and pdf formats. The urantia bookpaper 98 wikisource, the free online. 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. The great cult mystery isbn 9781591026228 ship for free. I didnt keep many notes beyond the numerous criticisms he had about the science in the book.
A reading of the definition of the new age at wikipedia discloses a hodgepodge of eastern and western religious thought, ancient religious practice, and various schools of philosophic and spiritual thought. The everincreasing intolerance of the cult of liberalism pearses patriots. Pdf the secret of shambhala in search of the eleventh. However while the text is part of the original article, the links are not.
The great cult of mystery at the library but after putting. The citation lewis made 43 to gardner wasnt to urantia. The great cult mystery the universe inside a handkerchief the night is large last recreations. The urantia book was published in 1955 by the urantia foundation in chicago, illinois. Each coloured link within the article will lead you to a related topic on a different page of this site. The great cult mystery by martin gardner for several years, ive tried to read every new book that martin gardner has written. Publication date 1995 topics urantia foundation, urantia book. It originated in chicago, illinois sometime between 1924 and 1955. Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the religious life of jesus and. Mathematics, magic, and mystery great essays in science ed. Spiritual paths and ethical systems the urantia book, the urantia foundation, and urantia fellowship. For a free app for your iphone, ipod touch, or ipad, click here.
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. The urantia book is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in chicago. Jesus and the 12 apostles book 2 the urantia book part iv. The author is unknown and there are many speculations about how it was written from sleeping mediums to plain materialization. In this intriguing expos, gardner, former scientific american mathematics columnist, makes a strong case that the urantia book is filled with plagiarized passages. Indexed version with qr code for a free audio book download. I was hoping you all could help me find more information about the urantia book. The urantia book was purportedly written by extraterrestrials and published in 1955. To download zipped text and mp3 audio downloads of the urantia book in order to read or listen to it on your personal computer pc or handheld device pda while not being connected to the internet. Ive been reading the ub for 40 years and, imho, its the mt. For several years, ive tried to read every new book that martin gardner has written. The great cult mystery by martin gardner goodreads. The 19th wife who brought polygamous cult leaders to justice the rajneesh chronicles. Urantia followers reject the tenets of orthodox christianity particularly canonicity and thus cannot be considered christian by any traditional definition.
It is said to be written sometime between 1924 and 1955 somewhere around chicago. Gardner traces the cult s beginnings back to its bible, the urantia book, a book supposedly revealed solely by celestial beings to correct the flaws in the traditional bible. It is only in the minds of critics that urantia book readers are part of the new age or that readers constitute a ufo cult. Published in 1955 under the direction of psychiatrist william sadler, the urantia book is the largest and most. By its own admission, the book claims to be a revelation. Morality in our age, an audio cassettes series from knowledge products, narrated by cliff robertson and robert guillaume. Questions about the urantia book cult education forum. Since then i have been helping italians find the book online through wikipedia and my facebook page. Sadler, who taught at chicagos mccormick theological seminary. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses god, jesus, science, cosmology, religion, history, and destiny. The author of this article may or may not agree with the views expressed on those pages. The human beings most directly involved in the transactions leading to the subsequent publication of the urantia book in 1955 took and honored what they described as a sacred promise of secrecy, and all are now deceased. The great cult mystery, it was to gardner, on the wild side, p. None of these early religions had much to do with the recognition of deity or with reverence for the superhuman.