Recent Ideas: Unknown Angels

I am not sure how many have reached this conclusion, but it is an interesting one worth mentioning. The Urantia Book only names one class of angel for us, the seraphim, while there are seven types in total. The other six of these are not mentioned as they do not regularly become involved in the human ascension career. Some may have picked up on this right away, but I did not. I included cherubim, sanobim, supernaphim, seconaphim, tertiaphim and omniaphim to that list, mainly due to the similarity in names. These other spirit types (including the seraphim and midwayers) are classified Ministering Spirits, and thus grouped together.

(420.1) 38:3.1 Numerous orders of spirit beings function throughout the domains of the local universe that are unrevealed to mortals because they are in no manner connected with the evolutionary plan of Paradise ascension. In this paper the word “angel” is purposely limited to the designation of those seraphic and associated offspring of the Universe Mother Spirit who are so largely concerned with the operation of the plans of mortal survival. There serve in the local universe six other orders of related beings, the unrevealed angels, who are not in any specific manner connected with those universe activities pertaining to the Paradise ascent of evolutionary mortals. These six groups of angelic associates are never called seraphim, neither are they referred to as ministering spirits. These personalities are wholly occupied with the administrative and other affairs of Nebadon, engagements which are in no way related to man’s progressive career of spiritual ascent and perfection attainment.

 I should also mention that there are seven groups of seraphim:

1. Supreme Seraphim.
2. Superior Seraphim.
3. Supervisor Seraphim.
4. Administrator Seraphim.
5. Planetary Helpers.
6. Transition Ministers.
7. Seraphim of the Future.

 However, these seraphim are not fundamentally different beings. They differ in their function and competencies. I should also mention that the archangels are not real angels, nor are they Ministering Spirits, as strange as that may sound. We traditionally think of Archangels as a type of angel since "angel" is in the name, but these are actually dual-origin beings coming from both the Creator Son and Mother Spirit, and beings are only known as angels (as far as I can tell) when they are from the Infinite Spirit (or local Mother Spirit) only. Archangels are listed as Descending Sons.

In contrast, the following is a list of those mentioned in the Urantia Book which only come from the Infinit Spirit:

1. Solitary Messengers.
2. Universe Circuit Supervisors.
3. Census Directors.
4. Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit.
5. Associate Inspectors.
6. Assigned Sentinels.
7. Graduate Guides.
8. Havona Servitals.
9. Universal Conciliators.
10. Morontia Companions.
11. Supernaphim.
12. Seconaphim.
13. Tertiaphim.
14. Omniaphim.
15. Seraphim.
16. Cherubim and Sanobim.
17. Unrevealed Spirit-origin Beings.
18. The Seven Supreme Power Directors.
19. The Supreme Power Centers.
20. The Master Physical Controllers.
21. The Morontia Power Supervisors.