Glossary Archive

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 of the lower orders are almost, but not quite, visible to the short-range vision of the mortal races.

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...

Gethsemane (Park) was situated on the western slope of the Mount of Olives, not far from the Kidron brook.Jesus and the apostles often pitched their tents in these environs. Knowing he was about to be betrayed and crucified, Jesus went through a great trial of faith in Gethsemane ("…and while this is a bitter cup,...

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 word adjust is more than simply changing something. It means, "To bring to a more satisfactory state, or to a more effective relative position." The Adjusters work to harmonize, coordinate, and synchronize the human mind with that of the divine will.

God-consciousness is the intellectual capacity for knowing God. It is the ever-progressing reality of personal religious experience and spiritual insight, accompanied by a growing intuitive sense of the inner presence of God.

The God of Action is one name given to the Infinite Spirit. It is often used to indicate that the Spirit is the ancestor of motion, change, and relationship, as well as the executive agency for all performances of the Father-Son partnership. See also Attributes of the Third Source and Center.

God the Absolute (Deity Absolute or Qualified Absolute) is one of the Three Absolutes, which are the potentials of infinity (all that could possibly be in all future eternity). The Deity Absolute is the activator of all that can be, and it acts for the welfare of the whole creation of things and beings. All...