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only as we realise this aspect of unifying energy in 

 the Self will the secrets of organised forms in nature 

 unravel themselves before our eyes. This work is 

 that of the Sixth Root-race, and those who would 

 ante-date their evolution must develop Sixth-race 

 powers in themselves by Yoga. Remains one 

 mightier problem, subtlest and most difficult of all, 

 that of the life of the human spirit, of man evolving 

 into God. The mysteries of that life may only be 

 understood when the human Self, which comes forth 

 from the Father of all from the mighty One who 

 is sometimes the Destroyer, sometimes the Creator, 

 but always the Regenerator, the name that includes 

 them both, Mahadeva, the mighty God who is Sat, 

 Existence has developed the aspect of Sat, of pure 

 Existence, thus becoming the triple Unity, a I<ogos, 

 an Ishvara. That is the work of the Seventh Root- 

 race, and when that is accomplished, then only will 

 the final problems of the human spirit lie open 

 before our gaze. 



The scientific man of antiquity, then, began by 

 that self-attention, unfolding in himself one by one 

 all those potentialities under a suitable Guru, passing 

 from step to step till he reached the highest, and 

 ever worshipping the Mahaguru, the Guru of the 

 universe. Having unfolded his highest powers, he 

 began to study life, life in its outpouring, not life in 



