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vanadium
sea squirt oxygenates blood with
65:6.4
(737;4)
Vanites
Amadonites and Nodites who forsook Nod for Van
77:4.10
(860;5)
vanity.
See also
self-importance
drove man into society
68:2.4,6
(765;1)
early cause of war
70:1.10
(784;6)
early humans exhibited considerable
62:5.4
(708;2)
extra clothing was early badge of distinction
69:5.6
(776;4)
futile without audience to parade before
68:2.10
(765;7)
refrain from
147:8.4
(1656;5)
secrecy appeals to
70:7.3
(790;6)
threatens to swamp present-day civilization
68:2.11
(766;1)
variety.
See also
monotony
essential to concept of beauty
56:10.3
(646;4)
indispensable for natural selection
64:6.31
(726;3)
is restful
48:6.26
(555;5)
Vedas.
See
Rig-Veda
Vedic priesthood.
See
Brahmanism
vegetables.
See
plants
vegetarianism
Adam and Eve and their first generation children practiced
74:6.3
(834;5)
,
76:3.7
(850;3)
,
76:4.4
(851;2)
combination of vegetables with meat improved diet
81:1.8
(901;3)
many Adamites were nonflesh eaters
52:3.8-9
(593;7)
practice dates from times of the Caligastia 100
66:4.7
(744;6)
veils
protected women from evil eye
87:5.4
(962;5)
velocities
3 universally distributed lines of energy each have velocity of 186,280 miles/second
39:3.9
(433;3)
Adjuster transit time from Divinington
108:1.9
(1186;7)
Divine Counselor required 109 days to travel 200,000 light-years
19:7.5
(222;6)
,
32:2.11
(359;8)
impossible accurately to simultaneously determine exact location and velocity of moving object
65:6.1
(737;1)
of seraphic transports
39:3.9
(433;3)
reliability of our astronomic estimates
12:4.14-15
(134;3)
top speed
for Jerusem transport birds is 100 mph
46:2.4
(521;1)
for Jerusem transport vehicles is 500 mph
46:2.4
(521;1)
for midwayers is 372,560 miles/second
23:3.2
(260;6)
for nonenseraphimed beings is 186,280 miles/second
23:3.2
(260;6)
for seraphim is 558,840 miles/second
23:2.15
(260;2)
,
23:3.2
(260;6)
,
39:3.9
(433;3)
for Solitary Messengers is 840 billion miles/second
23:3.3
(261;1)
gravity traversers move instantaneously
23:3.2
(260;6)
Veluntia
massive sun in Orvonton
41:4.6
(460;3)
vengeance.
See
revenge
venom
magical charms concocted from
88:5.2
(971;4)
ventriloquism
employed by shamans
90:1.4
(987;2)
Venus (god)
Aphrodite, transplanted to Rome
98:3.3
(1080;5)
Venus (planet).
See also
Monmatia
mortals living on
V.
would be superbreathers
49:2.6
(561;5)
retrograde motion proves
V.
was originally satellite of Angona
57:5.13-14
(657;2)
suitable for life?
15:6.10
(173;5)
verdict.
See also
judgment
eternal
v.
is, "Well done, good and faithful servant."
25:1.6
(274;3)
Vergil
195:2.6
(2073;1)
Veronica of Caesarea Philippi
touched hem of Jesus' garment
152:0.2-3
(1698;2)
,
171:7.8
(1875;3)
vertebrates.
See
animals
Vesta
Roman goddess of the home; Hestia in Greece
98:3.3
(1080;5)
veto
Father wields
v.
scepter
3:6.1
(52;4)
over system conclave
55:8.1
(632;4)
over Urantia's planetary government exercised by Most High observer
114:5.1
(1254;1)
Vevona
planetary helper seraphim; chief of souls of peace; proclaimed Jesus' birth
39:5.5
(437;4)
Vicegerington
13:1.11-14
(145;6)
,.
See also
sacred spheres of Paradise
bosom of Father and Son
13:1.11
(145;6)
Corps of Conjoint Trinitized Finaliters based on
31:1.5
(346;6)
creature-trinitized beings held in reserve on
22:7.10
(250;4)
,
23:4.3
(262;4)
home of beings of origin in Father and Eternal Son
13:1.11
(145;6)
Solitary Messengers accompany creature-trinitized sons to
V.
; never leave
23:4.3
(262;4)
trinitization is secret of
13:1.12
(146;1)
,
22:7.1
(249;1)
vices.
See also
evil
;
self-gratification
;
sin
Jesus had little to say about
140:8.21
(1582;2)
virtue carried to extremes may become vice
149:4.3
(1673;3)
vicissitudes.
See
accidents
victory
certain
v.
crowns efforts of all who run race of faith
32:5.8
(365;4)
conquest by sacrifice of pride and selfishness
141:3.8
(1590;3)
faith maintains trust in ultimate
v.
regardless
101:3.4
(1108;3)
which overcomes world is faith
4:4.9
(59;5)
viewpoints.
See
belief
Vilton
local system recorder; tertiary Lanonandek #374
45:3.6
(512;6)
vine and branches
parable of
180:2sec
(1945;4)
,
193:2.2
(2054;3)
vinegar
sour wine
187:5.3
(2010;4)
vineyard
parable of laborers in
163:3.5-7
(1804;2)
violence.
See also
nonresistance
;
self-defense
law of nature
70:1.1
(783;4)
man secured freedom from
v.
by police regulation
81:5.5
(906;3)
outlawed as procedure in adjusting differences
72:5.3
(813;4)
religion opposes
v.
in social evolution
99:0.2
(1086;2)
,
99:2.5
(1087;8)
unregulated competition breeds
71:5.1
(805;1)
violet race.
See
Adamites
vipers.
See also
snakes
religious leaders called offspring of
175:1.21
(1908;5)
virgin birth doctrine
Christianity incorporated miraculous birth of Mithras
98:7.7
(1084;6)
Jesus was conceived and born just like all other babies
119:7.5,6
(1317;1)
,
122:8.2
(1351;6)
,
128:0.1
(1407;1)
religious leaders believed born of virgins
92:5.3
(1008;5)
sun god supposed to be father of virgin-born sons
85:5.3
(947;6)
virgins.
See also
chastity
bearing child before marriage increased girl's desirability among primitives
82:3.13
(917;1)
custom for priests to have initial intercourse with
84:4.5
(935;5)
dedicated to tending sacred temple fires
85:4.4
(947;3)
,
89:8.1
(982;5)
primitives restricted bathing practices of
84:1.3-4
(931;6)
religious leaders conceived as being born of
92:5.3
(1008;5)
virgin daughters were commercial asset to fathers
82:4.5
(917;8)
virtue.
See also
greatness
;
righteousness
cardinal virtues of Socrates were wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice
98:2.6
(1079;3)
carried to extreme,
v.
may become vice
149:4.3
(1673;3)
is righteousness; conformity with the cosmos
16:7.6-7
(193;5)
is volitional
21:3.14
(238;8)
morality is
v.
16:7.1
(192;8)
,.
See also
morality
not truly acquired until acts make one worthy of it
48:7.19
(557;3)
proportion required in exercise of
16:7.7
(193;6)
realized by consistent choosing of good over evil
16:7.6
(193;5)
supreme
v.
is wholeheartedly to do Father's will
16:7.10
(193;9)
viruses.
See also
bacteria
most are renegade parasitic fungi
65:2.3
(732;1)
Vishnu
Buddha and Christ are claimed to be incarnations of
94:4.9
(1032;1)
member of Hindu trinitarian concept
104:1.5
(1144;2)
often shown with horse's head
85:3.4
(946;6)
periodically incarnating Hindu deity
94:4.5
(1031;6)
vision (sight)
celestial beings with exclusive spirit vision cannot see matter
44:0.9-11
(498;4)
energy transformers can allow mortals to see celestial beings
38:2.1
(419;1)
,
45:1.2
(509;5)
,
47:1.2
(530;6)
,
50:2.7
(574;2)
,
158:1.8
(1753;4)
,
189:4.11
(2027;1)
,
191:3.2
(2041;1)
enormous range of morontia
v.
9:8.11
(107;1)
,
24:6.2
(269;6)
,
39:4.18
(436;4)
,
46:5.3
(524;1)
range of material and spiritual
44:0.9-11
(498;4)
short-range; extended in light and life
29:1.1
(320;1)
,
55:4.5
(627;3)
,
55:6.3
(630;6)
we would be unable to see morontia temples if there, as we are
44:3.9
(502;8)
visions.
See also
dreams
;
leadings
;
voices
allow Adjuster constantly to bring forth pictures of eternal purposes of uphill struggle
111:7.2-3
(1223;4)
dangers.
See also
mysticism
regarding
v.
as divine communications
100:5.6
(1099;4)
shamanesses threw themselves into trances
90:1.3
(987;1)
under no circumstances cultivate state of visionary consciousness
100:5.8
(1099;6)
humans sometimes permitted to see seraphic transporters
39:5.12
(438;5)
Jesus did not indulge in religious
v.
196:0.10
(2088;5)
Kirmeth of Bagdad was trance prophet
148:8.3
(1666;2)
particular visions
3 celestial beings appeared to Abraham at Mamre
93:6.7
(1021;3)
Elizabeth saw Gabriel
122:2.2-4
(1345;4)
Jesus' vision at his baptism
136:2.3-5
(1511;2)
Jesus saw celestial hosts
136:5.1
(1516;1)
John the Revelator saw
24 counselors
45:4.1
(513;2)
Jerusem
34:4.8
(378;5)
,
47:10.2-3
(539;4)
Lucifer rebellion
53:7.7
(608;3)
post-Teacher Son era
52:7.11
(599;7)
Salvington
34:4.8-9
(378;5)
Mary saw Gabriel
122:3.1
(1346;4)
Paul saw
3rd mansion world
48:6.12
(553;4)
Jerusem
47:10.2-3
(539;4)
wise men have seen
v.
of greater heaven
48:6.12
(553;4)
true prophetic vision is not trancelike ecstasy
91:7.3
(1000;4)
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