birth_date: 1950-01-01 00:00:00
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name: Urantia Foundation
about: The Authorship of the Urantia Book was left Anonymous. It came about between 1925 and its publication on October 12, 1955. Those involved in its eventual publication were Dr. William S. Sadler (William Samuel Sadler) his wife Dr. Lena K. Sadler (Lena Kellogg), and their son William Samuel ("Bill") Sadler Jr. The Sadlers formed a group known as the Forum in 1925. The papers were said to have been received from Celestial Beings as a result of asking questions, gathered in the Forum. An anonymous person known as the "contact personality" or "sleeping subject" allegedly would speak and later write while in some kind of extraordinary trance or unconscious state. The Sadler's along with two members of Lena's family Anna Kellogg and Wilfred Kellog The Authorship of the Urantia Book was left Anonymous. It came about between 1925 and its publication on October 12, 1955. Those involved in its eventual publication were Dr. William S. Sadler (William Samuel Sadler) his wife Dr. Lena K. Sadler (Lena Kellogg), and their son William Samuel ("Bill") Sadler Jr. The Sadlers formed a group known as the Forum in 1925. The papers were said to have been received from Celestial Beings as a result of asking questions, gathered in the Forum. An anonymous person known as the "contact personality" or "sleeping subject" allegedly would speak and later write while in some kind of extraordinary trance or unconscious state. The Sadler's along with two members of Lena's family Anna Kellogg and Wilfred Kellogg, and Emma Louis ("Christy") Christensen were known as the Contact Commission. Perhaps they witnessed the papers being written or knew the identity of the one through whom they were written. The exact method for how they were written was never disclosed. They said they would take the hand written answers, and do proofreading and typing.Urantia Foundation was established in 1950 to be the custodian of the inviolate text of The Urantia Book and to ensure that the book's teachings are spread, with the help of readers and fraternal organizations, to all people. Urantia Foundation is a non-profit, educational foundation that operates under a Declaration of Trust. It has been printing the book in English since 1955, and in recent years has been translating the book into many other languages of the world. ...more