Glossary Archive

Finaliters are glorified beings of Paradise who belong to one of the Seven Corps of Finality. They are diverse in origin, but the term finaliter is most often used in reference to glorified mortals—the Father-fused mortals of time and space who have attained perfection in all that pertains to the will of God. They are...

The finaliter world of the local system of Satania is the first of seven transition worlds circling Jerusem. It is the home of the probationary nursery for mortal children who die before acquiring individual status. Surrounding the finaliter world are the seven mansion worlds. There are also finaliter worlds around Edentia and Salvington. See diagrams...

Finite reality is time-space reality. It is ever-perfecting and unifying in all phases and values in an attempt to reach absonite levels. There are three functioning levels of finite reality: 1. Matter (energy), 2. Mind (consciousness), and Spirit (the highest personal reality and the goal of existence of all personalities). The two prime manifestations of...

God, as the First Source and Center, is primal in all domains. No thing or being, no relativity or finality, exists except in direct or indirect relation to, and dependence on, the primacy of the First Source and Center. God is the First Cause, the one and only uncaused reality. Except for God, there would...

Bethany ford (presently Al-Maghtas in Jordan), or "Bethany beyond the Jordan," was a crossing point on the Jordan River just east of Jericho. It is the place where John the Baptist began his preaching tour. He preached here for four months before traveling up the Jordan. Do not confuse with Bethany village.

Think of the Foreword as a dictionary or glossary. It not only introduces and defines new terms, but also redefines some old ones. And because it defines many terms used in the book, there are few glossary links here. But as you read the papers, you will be directed back to these definitions.

Fourth creatures are semi-physical or quasi-physical creatures, being material in the Havona, spiritual, or angelic sense of reality. See Havona Servitals, Universal Conciliators, Cherubim and Sanobim. Some are almost, but not quite, visible to the short-range vision of the mortal races.

The Thought Adjusters (or Mystery Monitors) are spirit fragments of God the Father that indwell the minds of mortals as spiritual guides. The immediate mission and ministry of these divine spirits is to spiritualize the human mind so as to evolve a morontia soul and, by doing so, ensure mortal survival after death. God adjusts...

Frandalanks are Master Physical Controllers who function exclusively as living and automatic presence, pressure, and velocity gauges.

Gabriel of Salvington is the chief executive and administrator of the local universe of Nebadon. He is a Bright and Morning Star—the first child and the highest spirit personality of the Creator Son and the Mother Spirit. He is like the Creator Son in divinity of nature but limited in the attributes of Deity. There...