The Urantia Book. Urantia Foundation

8. Redemption and Covenants 982 9. Sacrifices and Sacraments 983 10. Forgiveness of Sin 984 90. Shamanism—Medicine Men and Priests 986 1. The First Shamans—The Medicine Men 986 2. Shamanistic Practices 987 3. The Shamanic Theory of Disease and Death 989 4. Medicine Under the Shamans 990 5. Priests and Rituals 992 91. The Evolution of Prayer 994 1. Primitive Prayer 994 2. Evolving Prayer 995 3. Prayer and the Alter Ego 996 4. Ethical Praying 997 5. Social Repercussions of Prayer 998 6. The Province of Prayer 999 7. Mysticism, Ecstasy, and Inspiration 1000 8. Praying as a Personal Experience 1001 9. Conditions of Effective Prayer 1002 92. The Later Evolution of Religion 1003 1. The Evolutionary Nature of Religion 1003 2. Religion and the Mores 1004 3. The Nature of Evolutionary Religion 1005 4. The Gift of Revelation 1007 5. The Great Religious Leaders 1008 6. The Composite Religions 1010 7. The Further Evolution of Religion 1012 93. Machiventa Melchizedek 1014 1. The Machiventa Incarnation 1014 2. The Sage of Salem 1015 3. Melchizedek’s Teachings 1016 4. The Salem Religion 1017 5. The Selection of Abraham 1018 6. Melchizedek’s Covenant with Abraham 1020 7. The Melchizedek Missionaries 1021 8. Departure of Melchizedek 1022 9. After Melchizedek’s Departure 1022 10. Present Status of Machiventa Melchizedek 1024