Who wrote the Urantia book?

Answer 1

The various super-human authors of the Urantia Book (the English text is now in the public domain) are named in "The Titles of the 196 Papers" in the front of the Book which may be freely perused, searched and downloaded online.

Some of the details on when and how this "fifth epochal revelation" to our planet, Urantia, was indited into the English language are contained in the text of the Urantia Book.

These Urantia Papers, a "composite presentation by many beings" (92:4.9), were received and compiled into the Urantia Book in the early 20th century by a small contact group of humans, led by Dr. William Sadler and his wife, Dr. Lena Sadler. No one in this group ever revealed any significant details about this process and they were never able to observe how the early handwritten material was made to appear on paper.

Several books (authored by humans) were published in later decades, attempting to elaborate on the missing details but verification of any "evidence" is difficult for this reason: the celestial overseers of the project did not permit the contact group to share any significant information. And the group was required to eliminate physical evidence of this revelatory birth (extending for several decades) before the Book was first published.

However, this fifth epochal "Urantia Blessing" itself identifies at least 18 universe titles and 5 personal names of non-human beings (celestial personalities) who either authored or sponsored the 196 Papers and the introductory Foreword:

Archangel, Brilliant Evening Star, Chief of Archangels, Chief of Evening Stars, Chief of Midwayers, Chief of Seraphim, Divine Counselor, Life Carrier, Machiventa Melchizedek, Malavatia Melchizedek, Manovandet Melchizedek, Mantutia Melchizedek, Melchizedek, Midwayer Commission, Mighty Messenger, One High in Authority, One Without Name and Number, Perfector of Wisdom, Secondary Lanonandek, Solitary Messenger, Solonia, Universal Censor, Vorondadek Son.

Who compiled the Urantia Papers into book format and which organization first published it in 1955 is known - who actually authored the Papers is unknown (according to human standards of such evidence).

These revelatory Papers acknowledge that the celestial contributors were required by higher universe authorities to "give preference to the highest existing human concepts"(0:12:11). Recently, one dedicated researcher has assembled convincing evidence of the sources of many of these edited and/or paraphrased human concepts that were included in the Papers.

For many truth seekers, after reading certain Sections of this revelation, the answer to the question becomes obvious: no human could have authored that text! Also, the Papers were analyzed years later and discovered to contain noticeably different writing styles. Whether human or celestial, the "composite presentation by many beings" is confirmed. The revelatory quality of this presentation can be determined only by the reader.

See also on wiki.answers:

"Who are the celestial authors of the Urantia Papers?"

"What is the difference between the Urantia Book and the Urantia Papers?"