We enter a large domed gallery. Around the walls are paintings so real
that we think we must be looking through windows to vast panoramas
beyond. In the center of the room are statues that appear to be made
of marble, but they are radiant with life animation. Here is a young
mother holding an infant child in her arms. At one knee stands a small
child and upon her lap is an open book. Across the top of the pages is
embossed "The Universal Life." Her lips are parted and her eyes cast
upon the book. The young child portrays the simplicity of love and
adoration.
Now we stand before a statue of a young male child. It resembles
in features the portrayals of the Deity that we have seen; here is
innocence and purity combined with wisdom.
There is a figure made of gold, of a workman fashioning tools. Even
this form seems alive and gives the feeling of moulding the foundation
structure of the Universe.
Every phase of human expression is represented here, dancing, music,
literature and drama. This is not a gallery of statues: it is an
exposition of life's natural functioning.
Even their worshipping is superior to all worshipping by man on Earth.
The slight difference of atmospheric conditions which we have found
here would not be a barrier to any of the Earth's people, should they
be allowed to enter and stay. It might call for a little time of
adjustment, but that could be made quite easily.
As we have stated before, the form pattern seems to be universal. And
that is not only in the human form, but we speak of all forms, except
that as we view these planets finding each one ahead of the other in
advancement, so each is ahead of the other in the quality of form
structure, which seems to have a tendency towards perfection, making
towards its ultimate beauty, which is incomprehensible.
We are now returning to the airport where we are to be taken up in one
of their ships to fly over some of their territory. We have reached
the airport and are going to the ship we are to fly in. It is much
smaller than the Martonian ship we came here in. This Venetian ship
is a cruiser type and built purposely for this kind of cruising. We
are entering it now and find in here the most luxuriously comfortable
seats. This is more of an observation type ship since it is all glass,
or some material like glass, where we can see below us and to the sides
and above us.
The takeoff of this ship too was so smooth that we didn't know we were
moving except as we saw the ground moving away from beneath us, and
as with all these ships, there was absolutely no noise. We are now
cruising very slowly, viewing the city from five hundred feet above it
and let us say again that it actually appears as though it was so many
castles floating on a cloud, very neat and clean, actually spotless.
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