Paper 26 Overview: Ministering Spirits of the Central Universe

Paper 26 explores the nature and function of the supernaphim, the highest order of angelic hosts who minister throughout Paradise and the central universe. These beings are organized into three orders—primary, secondary, and tertiary—each with specialized functions related to serving both Paradise natives and ascending pilgrims. The paper details how these celestial ministers guide, teach, and prepare ascending mortals through the seven circuits of Havona in their journey toward Paradise perfection.

The secondary supernaphim, in particular, function as essential guides for ascending mortals, with seven specialized groups dedicated to helping pilgrims master specific spiritual lessons on each Havona circuit. From the Pilgrim Helpers on the outermost circuit to the Complements of Rest on the innermost circuit, these beings provide crucial assistance that enables mortal beings to successfully navigate the challenging transition from material existence to spiritual perfection in the presence of the Universal Father.

Supernaphim are identified as the ministering spirits of Paradise and the central universe, representing the highest order of the lowest group of the children of the Infinite Spirit. Their service extends throughout creation, from the Isle of Paradise to the worlds of time and space, leaving no major part of the organized and inhabited creation without their assistance.

These angelic hosts serve as the essential facilitators between the perfect realm of Paradise and the evolutionary worlds, functioning as ministering-spirit associates of evolutionary and ascending will creatures throughout all space. Their specialized ministrations are vital to the progress of pilgrims of time on their journey toward Paradise perfection.

Angels are the ministering-spirit associates of the evolutionary and ascending will creatures of all space, as well as colleagues of higher divine personalities. They are highly individualized beings with great capacity for appreciating the ministrations of the reversion directors. These spirits enjoy periods of rest and change, possess very social natures, and have associative abilities far beyond human comprehension.

The ministering spirits of the grand universe are classified into seven orders: supernaphim, seconaphim, tertiaphim, omniaphim, seraphim, cherubim and sanobim, and midway creatures. Some angels may advance to become Paradise Companions, Celestial Recorders, or Technical Advisers, while certain cherubim can aspire to seraphic status. These orders are grouped according to their importance to ascending creatures, with three main divisions serving the Paradise-Havona system, the superuniverses, and the local universes respectively.

Supernaphim serve as skilled ministers to all types of beings residing on Paradise and in the central universe, created in three major orders: primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary supernaphim, direct offspring of the Conjoint Creator, divide their ministry between Paradise Citizens and ascending pilgrims, helping bridge understanding between these two unique orders of universe creatures—the highest type of perfect divine will creatures and the perfected evolutionary lowest type of will creatures.

Secondary supernaphim direct the affairs of ascending beings on the seven circuits of Havona and are equally concerned with educating Paradise Citizens who temporarily reside on these worlds. There are seven types of these angels, each originating from one of the Seven Master Spirits and patterned accordingly. The Seven Spirits of the Circuits, created by the Seven Master Spirits, supervise the planetary circuits of Havona, while tertiary supernaphim, originating from these Circuit Spirits, serve as specialized angelic ministers throughout the central universe.

These servants of the Seven Master Spirits are the angelic specialists of the various Havona circuits, ministering to both ascending pilgrims of time and descending pilgrims of eternity. On Havona's billion study worlds, all superaphic associates will be fully visible to you, where you will fraternize with beings of mutual contact and sympathy. Ascending pilgrims enter Havona through the pilot world of the seventh circuit and proceed inward, while descending pilgrims from Paradise travel in the opposite direction.

The tertiary supernaphim assigned to time pilgrims are classified in seven groups with specific functions: Harmony Supervisors coordinate diverse activities and maintain smooth progression; Chief Recorders maintain records in triplicate; Broadcasters direct space communications; Messengers handle personal communications; Intelligence Coordinators keep everyone informed of universe affairs; Transport Personalities assist those who fail in Deity adventures; and the Reserve Corps provides backup for all these functions. These specialized ministers ensure efficient and effective progression of pilgrims through the central universe.

Secondary supernaphim minister to the seven planetary circuits of the central universe, with half dedicated to ascending pilgrims of time and half assigned to training the Paradise pilgrims of eternity. Paradise Citizens in their Havona pilgrimage are also attended by volunteers from the Mortal Finality Corps, an arrangement established since the completion of the first finaliter group.

These angels work in seven groups that assist ascending pilgrims: Pilgrim Helpers, Supremacy Guides, Trinity Guides, Son Finders, Father Guides, Counselors and Advisers, and Complements of Rest. Each pilgrim is tutored by secondary supernaphim originating from the Master Spirit who presides over their native superuniverse, making these angels especially qualified to understand and assist them. Pilgrims arrive in Havona with only one endowment of perfection—perfection of purpose—and must develop perfection of understanding and comprehension through the ministry of these specialized supernaphim.

The pilgrim helpers are the first group of secondary supernaphim encountered by travelers of space, welcoming ascenders to the stabilized worlds and settled economy of the central universe. These ministers simultaneously begin their work with Paradise pilgrims of eternity, who first arrived on the pilot world of the inner Havona circuit at the same time Grandfanda landed on the outer circuit, marking the historic moment when pilgrims from Paradise and pilgrims of time first met on the receiving world of circuit number four.

These pilgrim helpers conduct instruction for ascending mortals in three major divisions: understanding the Paradise Trinity, comprehending the Father-Son partnership, and recognizing the Infinite Spirit. Each division contains seven branches of twelve minor divisions with seventy subsidiary groups. Before reaching Havona, these pilgrims have learned to embrace uncertainty, overcome disappointment, and show courage when facing challenges. Their battle cry has become: "In liaison with God, nothing—absolutely nothing—is impossible."

Ascenders of space are designated "spiritual graduates" when they move from the seventh to the sixth circle and come under the guidance of the supremacy guides. These guides should not be confused with the Graduate Guides—belonging to the Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit—who minister on all Havona circuits to both ascending and descending pilgrims. Supremacy guides function exclusively on the sixth circle of the central universe.

On this circuit, ascenders achieve a new realization of Supreme Divinity after experiencing the growing reality of an almighty overcontrol during their long careers in the evolutionary universes. Although no personalized presence of Supremacy is perceptible, pilgrims undergo a transforming growth, a new integration of consciousness, and a new sensitivity for divinity that appears to involve the unrevealed activity of the Supreme Being. After satisfying a commission concerning their comprehension of the Supreme Being and the Trinity of Supremacy, pilgrims are certified for translation to the fifth circuit.

Trinity guides serve as tireless ministers of the fifth circle of Havona, where spiritual graduates are designated "candidates for the Deity adventure." Here, under the direction of these guides, pilgrims receive advanced instruction concerning the divine Trinity in preparation for attempting to achieve personality recognition of the Infinite Spirit. The ascending pilgrims discover what true study and genuine mental effort mean as they begin to discern the nature of the far more demanding spiritual exertion required on this circuit.

These faithful guides provide undivided attention and complete affection to each pilgrim of time. Without their assistance and that of numerous other spiritual beings, no pilgrim would ever find the first approachable person of the Paradise Trinity. After completing their training on this circuit, Trinity guides present their pupils to a triune commission that examines and certifies candidates for the Deity adventure, consisting of a finaliter, a director of conduct from the primary supernaphim order, and either a Solitary Messenger or a Trinitized Son of Paradise.

The fourth Havona circuit is sometimes called the "circuit of the Sons," where ascending pilgrims seek understanding contact with the Eternal Son while descending pilgrims learn about the Creator Sons of time and space. On seven special worlds in this circuit, the reserve corps of Paradise Michaels maintains service schools for mutual ministry between ascending and descending pilgrims, providing the first opportunity for meaningful understanding between these two groups of universe travelers.

Son finders, as superaphic ministers to ascending mortals on the fourth circuit, must thoroughly instruct their subjects to ensure they achieve three essential goals: adequate spiritual comprehension of the Son, satisfactory personality recognition of the Son, and proper differentiation of the Son from the Infinite Spirit. After finding the Infinite Spirit, pilgrims undergo no more formal examinations, as tests on inner circles evaluate only the spirituality of the candidate. Those who fail in the Deity adventure are never criticized, as on Paradise, disappointment is never considered defeat but rather a significant delay of eternity.

When pilgrim souls attain the third circle of Havona, they come under the tutelage of the Father guides, who maintain schools of wisdom and colleges of technique where all beings of the central universe serve as teachers. Nothing that could help a time creature in this transcendent adventure toward eternity is overlooked, as these highly skilled supernaphic ministers dedicate themselves to preparing ascenders for the Universal Father encounter.

The attainment of the Universal Father represents the passport to eternity, even though more circuits remain to be traversed. At this moment on the pilot world of the third circle, the transit trio announces that the last venture of time is about to begin—the creature of time and material personality has ascended the evolutionary spheres, proving the feasibility of the ascension plan and demonstrating the justice of the Father's command: "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect." The ascendant career has been mastered step by step, life by life, world by world, and survival is complete in the perfection of divinity.

The superaphic counselors and advisers of the second circle instruct the children of time about the career of eternity, helping them understand the new responsibilities that come with Paradise attainment. The sojourn on the second circle provides ample opportunity to receive the helpful counsel of these devoted supernaphim, who prepare pilgrims for the next phase of their eternal journey.

These beings also serve as counselors and comforters for pilgrims who were unsuccessful in their first attempt at Deity attainment, who are advanced from the circle of failure directly to the second circle before returning to superuniverse service. These disappointed pilgrims are examined by councils of perfection on the pilot world and certified as having passed the Havona test regarding nonspiritual status, indicating that their spirit was acceptable but they failed in some aspect of their approach technique or experiential background. After a period on the second circle, they will return to the realms of space and reattempt the Deity adventure with joy and gladness.

On the last circuit, ascending pilgrims devote considerable time to studying the challenges of Paradise residence. The inner ring of Havona worlds hosts a diverse array of beings, both permanent and transient residents, providing the superaphic complements of rest with a rich environment to educate the ascending pilgrims about adjusting to the many groups they will encounter on Paradise.

Among the residents of this inner circuit are the creature-trinitized sons, including offspring of mortal finaliters. Near the completion of the first-circle journey, ascending pilgrims meet the instigators of rest from Paradise, who prepare them for the transition slumber of the final resurrection. Perfected pilgrims begin this rest on the first circle of Havona but awaken on the shores of Paradise. Unlike previous sleep experiences, this final metamorphosis transforms time pilgrims into eternal residents, as only those who have traversed the inner circle and experienced the resurrection of eternity truly become children of Paradise.