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   Creation of the local universe. When the Eternal Son imparts to Michael the powers of a Creator, the Master Spirit governing this superuniverse to which this new Creator Son is destined in the presence of the Infinite Spirit, creates a "prayer for the bestowal of individuality," and the being of the future Creator Spirit first arises apart from the Infinite Spirit.

  The physical aspects of individual worlds are largely determined by origin, astronomical position, and physical environment. Age, size, rotation speed and speed of movement in space are also determining factors. Both the worlds formed by gas compression and those formed by solid accretion are characterized by mountains, and at a young age - if their size is not too small - the presence of water and air. The worlds formed by the division of the molten mass and also the collision worlds are sometimes devoid of large mountain ranges.

   2,500,000,000 years ago the planets greatly increased in size. Urantia was a well-developed sphere, the mass of which was approximately one-tenth of today's mass and continued to increase rapidly due to meteorite accretion.

   2,000,000,000 years ago, the earth began to noticeably surpass the moon in its height. At that time, Urantia was about five times smaller than it is today, but it grew large enough to hold the primordial atmosphere that began to emerge as a result of the internal elemental conflict between the molten core and the cooling crust.

   By this time, volcanic activity had reached its peak. The whole earth was a veritable fiery hell, and its surface resembled that molten state which existed before the heavier metals descended to the center. The age of volcanoes has arrived.

   The primary planetary atmosphere gradually evolved, already including in its composition a certain amount of water vapor, carbon oxides, carbon dioxide and hydrogen chloride, but it contained practically no free nitrogen or free oxygen. The atmosphere of a world in a volcanic stage of development is an unusual sight. In addition to the mentioned gases, it is saturated with numerous volcanic gases, and with the further formation of the atmospheric belt, the products of combustion of meteorites in an endless stream are poured onto the surface of the planet. In the conditions of the extremely powerful meteorite bombardment, the atmospheric oxygen is almost completely used up to burn the meteorites.