The Urantia Book is a revelation of truth for our world from higher beings in the universe. Its teachings blend science, philosophy, history, cosmology and religion seamlessly into a big picture revealing our origin, our purpose, and our divine and eternal destiny, “the agelong process from animal to angel, from angel to spirit, from spirit to God.” The Urantia Book, UB 48:8.4
The teachings include information on the composition, organization, administration, and personalities of the cosmos; the history of our planet; our continuing spiritual evolution; a new view of reality by clarifying the concepts of personality, mind, and soul; the evolutionary experience of our progression towards God in partnership with God’s spirit in our minds; and lastly, an enlarged account of the life and teachings of Jesus. (Source: Theoquest & Education Committee)
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The Urantia Book was written “to expand cosmic consciousness and enhance spiritual perception” UB 0:0.2 of the peoples of Urantia, our planet. It provides a panoramic view of the illimitable size of space and time, demonstrating the order of the cosmos and illustrating the unimaginable dimensions of the universe of universes. From beginning to end, The Urantia Book also provides an appreciation of how each human being may enhance their own experience of God, of truth, beauty and goodness and of the unconditional love of God for each of us. The book describes “the whole scheme of living existences on the worlds of space as centered in the divine purpose of elevating all will creatures to the high destiny of the experience of sharing the Father’s Paradise perfection.” UB 2:2.5
Urantia Foundation was established in 1950 to be the publisher and custodian of the inviolate text of The Urantia Book. The Foundation is also responsible for ensuring that the teachings are disseminated throughout the world, and it seeks to achieve this with the help of readers and social organizations.
From an organizational perspective, Urantia Foundation is a non-profit educational foundation that operates under a Declaration of Trust. It has been publishing the original English edition of The Urantia Book since 1955.
Urantia Foundation’s main activities are publishing, distributing, and translating _The Urantia Boo_k. The Foundation endeavors to make The Urantia Book available in libraries and bookstores and from major distributors, including Amazon. Regarding translations, the Foundation’s Trustees and staff seek to provide editions that are accurate, attractive, and moving, wording that is as beautiful and appealing to native speakers as if the original text were written in their language.
Over 700,000 copies of The Urantia Book are now in print. The book is available in Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. The Romanian translation is available on CD. Many more translations are in the works including Chinese, Japanese and Farsi.
In addition, Urantia Foundation publishes a range of study aids, including an exhaustive concordance, an audio version of the original text in English (MP-3 format), and a computer edition on CD-ROM that contains the original text and several translations, along with the FolioViews search program.
The Foundation promotes the study of The Urantia Book and its teachings by encouraging readers to form or participate in study groups, social organizations, and other networks that enable them to pursue spiritual, philosophic, or social ideals that the authors proclaim. The Foundation also promotes study of the teachings by sponsoring the Urantia Book Internet School.