Glossary Archive

The seven psychic circles, or cosmic circles, are seven levels of human growth or mortal maturity, which have to do with personality status, mind attainment, soul growth, and Adjuster attunement. They are related to God-consciousness as well as a consciousness of the Supreme Being and universe citizenship. If not attained while on earth, they are...

Rebecca was the eldest daughter of Ezra, a wealthy merchant and trader of Nazareth. As a young woman, she had hoped to marry Jesus but was turned down. Rebecca was heartbroken and convinced her father to move to nearby Sepphoris. She was present at the foot of the cross when Jesus died.

Three Recents of Days administer the minor sectors of a superuniverse. They are primarily concerned with the physical problems of the universes. They are the fifth order of Supreme Trinity Personalities, all of whom represent the administrative policies and executive judgment of the Paradise Trinity.

Reflective Image Aids are agents of the seven Reflective Spirits and, through them, the representatives of the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise. They are actual representations of the Reflective Spirits, who require Image Aids for their personal communications with the Ancients of Days. Like the Reflective Spirits, they are stationed on the superuniverse headquarters.

Reflective Spirits serve in liaison with the seven Master Spirits. Seven are stationed on the headquarters of each superuniverse and, by means of reflectivity, they are able to represent the seven Master Spirits to the Ancients of Days. They are overseen by the Chief of Reflectivity, Majeston, who resides on Paradise. They are the creators...

Reflectivity is the power to see, hear, sense, and know all things as they transpire throughout a superuniverse, and to focus this information at any desired point. It is a characteristic of the Infinite Spirit operating through Majeston, the reflectivity chief and Paradise center of the work of the 49 Reflective Spirits. Reflectivity reaches normal...

The reserve corps of destiny consists of living men and women who have been admitted to the special service of the superhuman administration of world affairs. Their chief function is to insure against a breakdown of evolutionary progress. All reservists have destiny guardians assigned to them.

Reversion Directors promote relaxation and humor, as well as the reversion to past memories. They function primarily during the earlier phases of morontia transition and spirit experience. This group is one of seven groups in the Courtesy Colonies, which consist of mortal ascenders and their diverse associates.

The sacred spheres of Paradise consist of three circuits of worlds situated between Paradise and Havona. Each circuit has seven enormous planets. In the inner circuit (closest to Paradise) are the worlds of the Father, the next circuit consists of the worlds of the Eternal Son, and in the outer circuit (closest to Havona) are...

The Sadducees consisted of the priesthood and certain wealthy Jews. The Pharisees and Sadducees were really religious parties, rather than sects.