Topical Index for The Urantia Book

Alpine race. See white race: divisions: central

Alps 60:1.4(685;6), 61:1.7-8(694;4), 61:7.3(701;2)

Heidelberg migration to 64:2.3(719;6)

plants and animals dislocated by glaciers found in 61:7.16(702;6)

volcanoes in Cretaceous 60:3.6(689;5)

altars

early Christian and Mithraic 98:6.3(1083;3)

family hearths were a. for Andites 94:1.1(1027;2)

polluted if built of hewn stone 92:2.2(1004;5)

alter ego 91:3sec(996;7)

child's relationship with 91:3.1(996;7)

effective prayer technique for practical purposes 91:3.7(997;5)

altruism. See also charity; selfishness

Adjuster gives origin to unselfish interest in welfare of others; leads to happiness 103:1.1(1129;4), 103:2.7(1131;6), 103:5.1,3(1133;6)

differences in status essential to development of 64:6.34(726;6)

early conflict with self-seeking ego 103:2.4,7-10)

fire provided man with first means of a. without loss 69:6.3(777;6)

learned in one's family 84:7.28(941;9)

more blessed to give than to receive 28:6.18(316;5), 100:7.10(1102;7), 103:2.9(1131;8), 140:8.18(1581;5)

noble soul is generous among the grasping 131:3.6(1447;3)

only religion lastingly increases 99:1.5(1087;2)

only a well-unified personality can arbitrate multiform contentions regarding 103:5.4(1134;2)

overdeveloped a. may seriously injure the self 103:2.10(1131;9)

reason, morality, and religion necessary for 16:9.7-8(196;3)

selflessness inherent in parental love 2:6.4(41;2)

spirit of self-forgetfulness; service of one's fellows 3:5.7,13(51;6)

unselfishness

badge of greatness 140:4.6(1572;6)

by conquest of a belligerent self 3:5.17(52;3)

no Latin word for 195:3.3(2073;7)

unnatural, aside from parental instinct 16:9.7(196;3)

unwise to bestow sympathy upon unsalvable inferiors 52:2.12(592;5)

Alvoring

neighboring universe to Nebadon 32:2.12(360;1)

Amadon

1-2-3 the first supported 77:9.5(866;4)

Adjuster empowered loyalty of 67:3.7(756;8)

outstanding human hero of Lucifer rebellion; Andonite; associate of Van 67:3.8-9(757;1), 67:8sec(761;8)

remained on Urantia 150,000 years after rebellion, until arrival of Adam 67:6.4,8(759;7)

translated to Jerusem 7 years after Adam's arrival 67:6.8(760;3), 74:5.2(833;2)

welcomed Adam 74:2.1,5(829;3)

Amadonites

55 translated to Jerusem; remainder stayed 67:6.3(759;6)

144 loyal Andonites including Amadon 67:6.3(759;6), 67:8.4(762;3)

descendants of Andonites who remained loyal with Van and Amadon; more cultural than racial term 73:1sec(821;4)

joined Nodites to become Vanites 77:4.10(860;5)

traditional enmity with Nodites 73:1.4(822;1)

Amatha

mother of Perpetua, Peter's wife; cured of malaria 145:2.15-16(1631;3)

Amathus 128:1.14(1409;4), 141:3-6secs) 147:6.3(1654;2), 165:0.1(1817;1)

ten lepers healed at 166:2sec(1827;3)

Amaziah

king; assassinated after military defeat 97:9.22(1074;4)

ambassadors

human ambassadors

on neighboring planet 72:12.2(819;6)

primitive peace a. sucked each other's blood 70:3.10(788;1)

sending a. dates from Adam; great step forward 74:5.8(834;2)

universe ambassadors

judicially appointed; represent local universes 33:6.4(371;6)

Melchizedeks serve as a. to other universes 35:1.4(385;3)

none between superuniverses 15:10.9(179;3)

Solitary Messengers serve as temporary 23:2.15-16(260;2)

Trinity Teacher Sons represent local universes 20:8.1(231;1)

Vorondadeks serve as 35:5.5(390;2)

amber

Nordics traded in 80:9.4(897;7)

ambitions. See also goals

Abraham's surrender of personal a. 93:6.7(1021;3)

belief in charms destroyed a. 88:6.6(972;6)

bowing down before idols of selfish 4:3.1(57;6)

Buddhists taught all human striving distasteful 94:8.13(1037;1)

dangerous

until fully socialized 48:7.19(557;3)

when motivated by self-seeking or vengeance 177:4.10(1926;3)

enslave men to debt 69:8.10(780;1)

few mortals dare to draw available personality credits 48:7.6(556;6)

forceful a. essential to material success 156:5.7(1739;2)

futile without an audience to parade before 68:2.10(765;7)

Jesus repeatedly dashed his apostles' a. 139:0.1(1548;1)

many will not persist in morontia; true a. satisfied 44:8.4-5(508;2)

may thwart maternal instinct 84:1.7(932;4)

opposed by animal indolence 111:7.5(1223;7)

spirit-born are calm while fondest a. perish 100:2.8(1096;5)

virtually destroyed by Vedic doctrines 94:2.4(1029;2)

will be finished in eternity if worth finishing 111:3.7(1219;6)

Amdon

Chaldean herder who first saw Melchizedek 93:2.1-3(1015;1)

amends. See also confession

be quick to make 131:9.3(1453;1)

make for past sins 131:3.3(1446;5)

restore fraudulently obtained wealth 132:5.8,12(1464;2)

Amenemope

great Egyptian prophet 92:5.8(1009;5), 95:3.5(1046;1)

influenced El Shaddai concept 96:1.5(1053;3)

influenced Hebrews and Greeks 95:4.4(1046;5)

known as son of man 95:4.1(1046;2)

Mesopotamian religion entered Hebrew literature through 95:1.11(1043;6)

teachings 95:4sec(1046;2)

Amenhotep III

depiction of birth at Luxor 111:0.5(1215;5)

American Federal Union. See United States of North America

Amerinds. See red race

Amida Buddha. See Buddhism: types

Amidist

believer in Amida Buddha 94:12.3(1041;1)

Ammonites

King David laid heavy tribute on 97:9.14(1073;4)

Saul defeated 97:9.3-5(1072;1)

ammonites 60:1.12-13(686;8), 60:2.8(687;9), 60:4.5(692;3)

amoeba

initial animal life 59:1.1(673;1)

little changed since ancient times 65:2.4(732;2)

Amorites

backward clans who were committing suicide 93:6.2(1020;5)

Chemosh was god of 96:1.14(1054;4)

Amos (brother of Jesus). See also Jesus: family

born Jan. 9, A.D. 7; died Dec. 3, A.D. 12 124:5.2(1373;2), 127:3.13(1400;5)

Jesus got along well with 124:4.3(1371;6)

Amos (John Mark's friend)

overprotected by parents; not dependable 177:2.2-4(1921;6)

Amos (Kheresa lunatic) 151:6sec(1695;4)

led Aden to believe in Jesus 159:2.4(1765;2)

story of swine aided in permanency of cure 151:6.6(1696;4)

Amos (Prophet)

denounced drunkenness, immorality of northern tribes 97:4.1-4(1065;4)

Father spoke through 155:6.2(1730;6)

John the Baptist came from herdsmen like 135:6.3(1502;1)

proclaimed Yahweh God of all nations; attacked chosen people concept 97:4.2,4(1065;5)

secret writing began Old Testament 97:9.20(1074;2)

stoned to death 97:4.4(1066;1)

threatened God would abandon Israel unless righteousness re-established 97:8.3(1071;1)

Amosad

regenerated Sethite priesthood ca. 15,000 B.C. 78:5.1(872;5), 92:5.6(1009;3)

amphibians 59:5.5(680;7)

amphitheater

at Lake Urmia 134:3.1(1485;3)

in Caesarea sat 20,000 130:2.1(1429;3)

in the Decapolis, Scythopolis 123:5.12(1363;5), 124:3.7(1370;5)

on Edentia 43:1.7(486;6)

on Jerusem seats 5 billion 46:3.1-3(522;1), 46:5.23(526;5), 53:5.6(606;2)

young Jesus suggested building a. in Nazareth 124:3.8-9(1371;1)

amulets

futile 150:3.11(1681;6)

amusement. See pleasures; recreation; self-gratification

analysis

technical a. cannot reveal what a person can do 12:9.4(141;5)

anarchy

augments misery 70:0.3(783;3)

leadership unfailingly provided for 181:2.16(1958;3)

Anaxagoras

Greek mechanist who recognized First Cause 98:2.6(1079;3)

Anaxand

appointed steward of Cornelius 130:2.5(1430;3)

converted to Christianity by Philip 130:2.5(1430;3)

Greek with whom Jesus spoke in Caesarea 130:2.4-5(1430;2)

perished in slaughter of 20,000 Jews 130:2.5(1430;3)

ancestor worship 87:3sec(960;5),. See also religion

advancing ghost cult made inevitable 87:3.1(960;5)

always fostered monogamy 83:6.3(927;4)

backward-looking 79:8.8(888;1)

based on belief the dead punished the disobedient 68:4.3(767;3)

Buddhism amalgamated with 94:11.1(1038;8)

failure to have sons viewed as supreme calamity 84:7.19(940;15)

great strength is value placed upon the family 79:8.9-10(888;2)

in China 79:8.3(887;3), 94:5.7(1033;2)

caused stagnation in China 79:6.9(885;6), 79:8.4,7-10)

Confucius established respect for ancestral conduct 94:6.9(1034;4)

in Europe after fall of Rome 79:8.3(887;3)

Jews tended to overhonor ancestors 140:8.14(1581;1)

regrettably persists in China, Japan, and India 92:6.9(1012;1)

ritual developed into pseudo seance; ghosts appeared 70:7.11(791;8)

solar veneration became species of 95:2.7(1044;6)

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