"There are many sections in the book that can bring consternation when considered outside the context of the full revelation, race being one of them. … Regarding race, regarding humanity in general and regarding the composition of the book—most of the first 119 out of the 196 Papers are written by highly intelligent beings who have never been human, beings of higher origin than humans, "angels". As the lowest order of free will creature in existence we humans now find ourselves reading about our origin, nature, and destiny as perceived from a higher and non-human perspective, sources not so sentimental about our shortcomings as we obviously are."