U.B. 39.5 Planetary Helpers

“…The mechanical controllers, two of them, next take their positions.

By this time the transport seraphim has become

an almost transparent, vibrating, torpedo-shaped outline of glistening luminosity

 

Now the transport dispatcher of the realm summons the auxiliary batteries of the

living energy transmitters,

usually one thousand in number; as he announces the destination of the transport,

 

he reaches out and touches the near point of the seraphic carriage,

which shoots forward with lightninglike speed, leaving a trail of celestial luminosity

as far as the planetary atmospheric investment extends…” 

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 The erroneous idea that angels possess wings

is not wholly due to olden notions that they must have wings to fly through the air. Human beings have sometimes been permitted to observe seraphim that were being prepared for transport service, and the traditions of these experiences have largely determined the Urantian concept of angels. In observing a transport seraphim being made ready to receive a passenger for interplanetary transit, there may be seen what are apparently double sets of wings extending from the head to the foot of the angel. In reality these wings are energy insulators—friction shields. –

When celestial beings are

to be enseraphimed for transfer from one world to another,

they are brought to the headquarters of the sphere and, after due registry, are inducted into the transit sleep. Meantime, the transport seraphim moves into a horizontal position immediately above the universe energy pole of the planet. While the energy shields are wide open, the sleeping personality is skillfully deposited, by the officiating seraphic assistants, directly on top of the transport angel. Then both the upper and lower pairs of shields are carefully closed and adjusted.