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Edentia, headquarters of the constellation of Norlatiadek

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Edentia, headquarters of the constellation of Norlatiadek
Edentia: the gardens of God, green and violet, running down toward the sea of glass and its amphitheater (43:1, 43:6).

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43:0.243:1.143:1.243:1.343:1.443:1.743:1.1043:6.143:6.243:6.343:6.543:6.643:6.743:8.141:1.3

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  • Edentia is the centre of a cluster of 771 architectural spheres, about 100 times as large as Urantia; the seventy major spheres around it are about ten times Urantia's size (43:0.2)
  • Magnificent highlands but no rugged mountain ranges; tens of thousands of sparkling lakes and thousands of interconnecting streams; no great oceans or torrential rivers; the highlands have no surface streams (43:1.1)
  • True atmosphere; no storms or hurricanes, no summer or winter (43:1.3); chief transport is through the air (43:1.2)
  • Highlands carry almost no work of creature hands; ornamentation is limited to dwelling areas (43:1.4)
  • The sea of glass, the receiving field, is near the administrative center and encircled by the headquarters amphitheater; around it the governing centers of seventy divisions; one half of the sphere is divided into seventy triangular sections converging on their sector headquarters; the other half is one vast natural park, the gardens of God (43:1.7)
  • The sea of glass is one enormous circular crystal about 100 miles in circumference and about 30 miles deep, the landing field for transport seraphim (43:1.10)
  • Constellation capitals are the acme of living embellishment, botanic artistry (43:6.1); worship shrine of the Most Highs centrally located in the garden, on 'the hill of the Most Highs' (43:6.3)
  • Material plants are green; morontia vegetation has a violet or orchid tinge (43:6.6)
  • Animals are gentle and companionable; no carnivores; nothing to make any being afraid (43:6.5)
  • Energized directly by the universal space currents (43:8.1); architectural spheres are lit and heated independently of the suns (41:1.3)

Interpreted

  • View from a garden highland down across the boundary between the park half and the administrative half, so both the gardens and the sea of glass appear
  • The seventy triangular sectors read as faint radiating avenues converging in the far distance
  • Some of the seventy major spheres visible in the sky as large pale moons
  • Even, sourceless light as on Jerusem

Invented for the picture

  • Forms of the gentle animals and of the 'intervening four' life groups, architecture of the amphitheater and sector buildings, the shrine's design

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