The Urantia Book 1955 [ First Edition , First Printing ]
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True First Edition of The Urantia Book, Infamous UFO Cult Channeled Text, In Dust Jacket
The Urantia Foundation. The Urantia Book. The Urantia Foundation. Chicago, Ill. 1955. First Edition, First Printing.
True first edition of The Urantia Book, the infamous UFO cult text purportedly channeled over the course of 30 years. First mentioned by Dr. William Sadler, public Spiritualist debunker and eugenic proponent, in 1928, these pages were supposedly received by a sleeping channeler (believed by many to be W.H. Kellogg, Sadler’s brother-in-law and nephew of J.H. Kellogg of the Battle Creek Sanitarium) in contact with alien beings, before being edited and prepared for publication by Sadler and others between 1942 and 1955. Heavily Christian influenced, the text claims that alien beings plant the seeds of life on planets and that Earth (known as Urantia) is out of alignment due to the meddling of Lucifer and Satan, resulting in our planet’s present state of religious and racial diversity. The text also includes “The Jesus Papers”, purporting to tell the true life story of Jesus Christ (one of 700,000 sons of God) including stories left out of the Old Testament.
Mailed to and ignored by contemporary luminaries like Aldous Huxley and Eleanor Roosevelt upon its publication, The Urantia Book found its audience among members of the New Age movement of the 1960s and 1970s (including the founders of tea company Celestial Seasonings) and has gone on to many subsequent editions.
2097pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Minor wear to corners and spine ends. Text block and endpapers toned. Cresing some corners pg. 329-401. Last endpaper creased. Some soiling back board. Original dust jacket, soiled, with large losses to spine. Detached at front fold and back spine with tape repairs. Very good in poor.
If you liked this book, you might also enjoy this signed first edition of Inside The Space Ships by UFO contactee George Adamski. You may also enjoy this scarce first edition of Dr. Wilhelm Reich’s Listen Little Man! illustrated by Shrek creator William Steig.
