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CHAPTER VIII
THE WORK OF EVOLUTION
Ariadne's ThreadAVING become acquainted with the Worlds,
the Globes and the Revolutions which
constitute the path of evolution during the seven
Periods, we are now in a position to consider the work
which is done in each Period, as well as the methods
employed to accomplish it.
The “Ariadne's thread” which will guide us through the
maze of Globes, Worlds, Revolutions and Periods will be
found when it is remembered and kept steadily in mind that
the virgin spirits which constitute the evolving life wave
become entirelyunconscious when they commenced their
evolutionary pilgrimage through the five Worlds of
substance denser than the World of Virgin Spirits. The
purpose of evolution being to make them fully conscious
and able t o master the matt er of all t he Worlds, therefore the
conditions embodied in Globes, Worlds, Revolutions and
Periods are ordered with that end in view.
During the Saturn, Sun and Moon Periods and the past
half of the present Earth Period, the virgin spirits have
unconsciously built their different vehicles under the
direction of exalted Beings who guided their progress, and
have gradually awakened until they have attained the present
state of waking consciousness. This period is called
“Involution”.