CHAPTER VII.

THE UUMAN TIDE-WAVE.
Progress of the Main Wave — Obscurations — Twilight antl Dawn of Evolution — Our Neighbouiing Planets — Gradations of Spirituality — Prematurely De- veloped Egos — Intervals of Re-Iucaruation . . . 108
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CHAPTEE YIII.
THE PROGRESS OF HUMAIflTT.
FA.QB
The Choice of Good or Evil— The Second Half of Evo- lution — The Decisive Turning-point — Spirituality and Entellect— The Sni-vival of the Fittest— The Sixth Sense — Development of the Principles in their Order — The Subsidence of the Unfit — Provision for All — The Exceptional Cases — Their Scientific Expla- nation — Justice Satisfied — The Destiny of Failures — ^Human Evolution Reviewed 122
CHAPTEE IX.
BtTDDHA.
The Esoteric Buddha — Ee-Tncamations of Adepts — Buddha's Incarnation — The Seven Buddhas of the Great Eaces — Avalokiteshwara — Addi Buddha — Adeptship in Buddha's Time — Sankaracharya — ^Ve- dantin Doctrines — Tsong-ka-pa — Occult Reforms in Tibet 14«