592 ROSICRUCIANCOSMO-CONCEPTION
WORLD PERIODS; THE SEVEN (topical)Practical value of knowing cosmogony thoroughly .................202
The World Periods are way stations on the evolutionary
journey of the spirit through matter ...................................190
Why this pilgrimage was undertaken and its fruits ............ 87, 429
SATURN PERIOD
Activity in any Period starts in the preceding Cosmic Night ....207
Location of the seven globes; they were dark and hot as
incipient fire-mist .............................................................205
The Bible also mentions this dark stage .......................... 321, 322
There was only one element: heat or incipient fire ..................234
Man went through a mineral like existence and had a
trance-like consciousness ......................................... 206, 212
The path of evolution described .............................................195
Lords of Flame radiate germ of dense body and awaken
divine spirit in man ..........................................................206
There were some stragglers left behind ...................................224
The Lords of Mind were human then and worked with us
as we work with present minerals ............................. 222, 427
SUN PERIOD
Location of the seven globes, they were light balls ..................210
There were two elements; fire and air .....................................234
Bible description of the Sun Period and how it is
scientifically possible to have light prior to the creation
of sun and moon ..............................................................328
Man went through a period of plant-like existence and
had a consciousness like deep sleep ..................................213
The path of evolution described .............................................198
Lords of Wisdom aid in reconstruction of dense body,
glands and alimentary canal begin germinally and vital
body has its inception as a thought-form ............................211
The Cherubim waken life spirit ..............................................211
Saturn stragglers awakened and become plant-like ..................224
The present animals started evolution in Sun Period
and were minerals then .....................................................224
The Archangels were human in the Sun Period; they work
with both animal and man ........................................ 222, 349