THE SEVEN ROOT RACES

According to H P Blavatsky, there are seven “Root Races” of beings destined to occupy the earth,and that we present-day humans are the Fifth such Race. After us, there are still two more yet to

come. The Sixth will evolve out of us and go back to occupy Lemuria, then the Seventh and finalRoot Race will leave this planet altogether and start over again upon the planet Mercury. To

complicate matters even further, each Root Race is said to be composed of seven Sub-Races - thedescendants of a Sub-Race of the Fourth Race (who were fully human Atlanteans) are alleged to be

the Australian Aborigines and the Papuans.

THE ROOT RACES SO FAR.

1st - THE POLARIAN RACEThis race, which originated at the North Pole when the Earth was less material, did not have

physical bodies. They had huge translucent or transparent bodies, ovoid though somewhat fluid inform, with no bones or organs, and no hair or skin. They slowly grew more solid but never became

physical as we understand it. They were sexless and to reproduce, a large portion of the bodyseparated itself and grew into a duplicate of its parent. They had no self-conscious minds. Their

consciousness was like that of someone in a daze or deep daydream. They were guided by spiritualinstinct.

2nd - THE HYPERBOREAN RACEThis race was semi-astral, but grew denser and more opaque. Although still more or less ovoid in

form, it developed the rudimentary beginnings of bones and organs, hair and skin. The second racewas asexual and reproduced by gemmation or budding. A swelling would appear on the body, and

as it grew it became constricted near the point of junction with the parent body. Eventually, theremaining filament would break, thus freeing the bud, which then grew into another individualsimilar to its parent. Like the first Root Race, the Hyperboreans had no self-conscious minds.

3rd - THE LEMURIAN RACEThis race had very basic physical bodies which eventually developed flesh, blood and organs. Inthe early stages reproduction was by budding and later by egg laying. This race was originally

androgynous with hermaphrodite forms eventually giving way to a separation of the sexes and themodern method of reproduction. At the same time the awakening of self-conscious minds began and

that human bodies became fully developed and physical. The Lemurians had a third eye at the topof the head. It was in fact the first eye, the two front eyes developing later. (The Manasaputras

Intervene - Humanity's self-conscious mind began to awaken once our physical forms had becomesufficiently developed to express our latent mental powers. This important event is referred to as the

'incarnation of the mânasaputras' (or 'sons of mind'). These spiritual entities are our own higherselves (our higher human or mânasaputric monad), and passed through the human stage in a

previous cycle of evolution. With self-conscious intelligence came the power of choice and freewill, and as humans gradually sank further into matter, a struggle emerged between the spiritual and

the animal in man.)

4th - THE ATLANTEAN RACEThe Atlantean root-race developed bodies far coarser than our own, because it was in the middle ofthat race, some 4.5 million years ago, that the bottom of the arc of descent in to matter (Involution)

was reached and matter reached its fullest development. Since this point the matter of both theglobe and its inhabitants has begun to slowly become more refined and spiritual, and this processwill continue as we progress along the ascending arc. The Atlanteans produced some of the most

advanced civilizations of a purely material character that this Globe has seen. On the whole,however, they were unspiritual, with strong material instincts.

5th - THE MODERN RACEWe are less physical and will become more spiritual that the previous (Atlantean) Root Race. Our

main characteristic has been intellectual development.

ROOT RACES TO COMEThe 6th & 7th Root Races will become progressively less physical and will be more advanced in

intellect and spirituality.