Crest-Wave of Evolution
A Course of Lectures in History, Given in the Raja-Yoga College, 1918-1919
Published on 1. May 2009
625 pages
978-1-77556-843-8 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating series of lectures looks at human history not through the typical lens of conflict and struggles for political power, but as a gradual process of collective spiritual growth and development that is unfolding over the course of thousands of years. An enlightening read for anyone interested in New Thought and theosophy.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- I Introductory
- II Homer
- III Greeks and Persians
- IV Aeschylus and His Athens
- V Some Periclean Figures
- VI Socrates and Plato
- VII The Mauryas of India
- VIII The Black-Haired People
- IX The Dragon and the Blue Pearl
- X "Such a One
- XI Confucius the Hero
- XII Tales from a Taoist Teacher
- XIII Mang the Philosopher, and Butterfly Chwang
- XIV The Manvantara Opens
- XV Some Possible Epochs in Sanskrit Literature
- XVI The Beginnings of Rome
- XVII Rome Parvenue
- XVIII Augustus
- XIX An Imperial Sacrifice
- XX China and Rome: The SeeSaw
- XXI China and Rome: The See-Saw (Continued)
- XXII Eastward Ho!
- XXIII "The Dragon, the Apostate, the Great Mind
- XXIV From Julian to Bodhidharma
- XXV Towards the Islands of the Sunset
- XXVI "Sacred Ierne of the Hibernians
- XXVII The Irish Illumination
- Endnotes
