Written by the author to use as a textbook in his class in cosmic history at Oglethorpe University. Contents: heaven of heavens; inhabitants of the heavens; what is happening in the heavens; material of heaven; hearth in the heavens; our home in the heavens; unity of life; bonds of life; continuity of life; unity and continuity of awareness; origin of life; ascending pathway; infancy of man; homo sapiens arrive; dawn of civilization; birth of the gods; great analogy; message of the mother; eternal struggle; universal life; unity and continuity of being; new knowledge and the old faith; end of the world, and after.