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information may be given out. We may say, however, that
the life on Mars is of a very backward nature and t hat the so-
called “canals” are not excavations in the surface of the
planet. They are currents such as, during the Atlantean
Epoch, spread over our planet, and the r ema ins of which can
still be observed in the Aurora Borealis and the Aurora
Australis. The shifting of the Martian “canals” noted by
astronomers, is thus accounted for. If they were really
canals, they could not possibly shift, but currents emanating
from the Poles of Mars may do so.
The Earth, including the Moon, was next set out from
the Sun, and later Venus and Mercury. These and Mars will
be referred to later, in connection with the evolution of man
on the earth, and need not be further considered at this time.
When a planet has Moons it indicates that there are
some beings in the life wave evolving on that planet who are
too backward to share in the evolution of the main life wave,
and they have therefore been sent out from the planet to
prevent them from hindering the progress of the pioneers.
Such is the case with the beings inhabiting our Moon. In the
case of Jupiter it is thought probable that the inhabitants of
three of its four moons will eventually be able to rejoin the
life on the parent planet, but it is regarded as certain that the
fourth moon is an eighth sphere, like our own Moon, where
retrogression and disintegration of the already acquired
vehicle will result from too close adherence to material
existence upon the part of the evolving beings who have
brought themselves to that deplorable end.
Neptune and its satellites do not properly belong to our
Solar System. The other planets—or rather their Spirits—
exercise an influence over the whole of humanity, but the
influence of Neptune is largely restricted to one particular
class—the astrologers. The writer, for instance, has several