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“ ''The axle of the Wheel tilted. The Sun and Moon shone no longer over the heads of that portion of the ''Sweat Born ; ''people knew snow'', ''ice'', ''and frost'', ''and men'', ''plants'', ''and animals were dwarfed in their growth. Those that did not perish ''{{Style S-Small capitals|remained as half-grown babes * in size and intellect}}. ''This was the third pralaya of the races.'' † | “ ''The axle of the Wheel tilted. The Sun and Moon shone no longer over the heads of that portion of the ''Sweat Born ; ''people knew snow'', ''ice'', ''and frost'', ''and men'', ''plants'', ''and animals were dwarfed in their growth. Those that did not perish ''{{Style S-Small capitals|remained as half-grown babes * in size and intellect}}. ''This was the third pralaya of the races.'' † | ||
Which means again, that our globe is subject to seven periodical ''entire ''changes which go ''pari passu ''with the races. For the Secret Doctrine teaches that, during this Round, there must be seven terrestrial ''pralayas'', three occasioned by the change in the inclination of the earth’s axis. It is a ''law ''which acts at its appointed time, and not at all blindly, as science may think, but in strict accordance and harmony with ''Karmic ''law. In Occultism this inexorable law is referred to as “ the great adjuster.” Science confesses its ignorance of the cause producing climatic vicissitudes and such changes in the axial direction, which are always followed by these vicissitudes ; nor does it seem so sure of the axial changes. And being unable to account for them, it is prepared rather to deny the axial phenomena altogether, than admit the intelligent Karmic hand and | Which means again, that our globe is subject to seven periodical ''entire ''changes which go ''pari passu ''with the races. For the Secret Doctrine teaches that, during this Round, there must be seven terrestrial ''pralayas'', three occasioned by the change in the inclination of the earth’s axis. It is a ''law ''which acts at its appointed time, and not at all blindly, as science may think, but in strict accordance and harmony with ''Karmic ''law. In Occultism this inexorable law is referred to as “ the great {{Style S-Small capitals|adjuster}}.” Science confesses its ignorance of the cause producing climatic vicissitudes and such changes in the axial direction, which are always followed by these vicissitudes ; nor does it seem so sure of the axial changes. And being unable to account for them, it is prepared rather to deny the axial phenomena altogether, than admit the intelligent Karmic hand and | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|law which alone could reasonably explain such sudden changes and their results. It has tried to account for them by various more or less fantastic speculations ; one of which would be the sudden, and as imaginary, collision of our earth with a comet (De Boucheporn’s hypothesis), as the cause of all the geological revolutions. But we prefer holding to our esoteric explanation, since Fohat is as good as any comet, having, in addition, universal intelligence to guide him.}} | {{Style P-No indent|law which alone could reasonably explain such sudden changes and their results. It has tried to account for them by various more or less fantastic speculations ; one of which would be the sudden, and as imaginary, collision of our earth with a comet (De Boucheporn’s hypothesis), as the cause of all the geological revolutions. But we prefer holding to our esoteric explanation, since {{Style S-Small capitals|Fohat}} is as good as any comet, having, in addition, universal intelligence to guide him.}} | ||
Thus, since Vaivasvata Manu’s Humanity appeared on this Earth, there have already been four such axial disturbances ; when the old continents — save the first one — were sucked in by the oceans, other lands appeared, and huge mountain chains arose where there had been none before. The face of the Globe was completely changed each time ; the ''survival of the fittest ''nations and races was secured through timely help ; and the unfit ones — the failures — were disposed of by being swept off the earth. Such sorting and shifting does not happen between sunset and sunrise, as one may think, but requires several thousands of years before the new house is set in order. | Thus, since Vaivasvata Manu’s Humanity appeared on this Earth, there have already been four such axial disturbances ; when the old continents — save the first one — were sucked in by the oceans, other lands appeared, and huge mountain chains arose where there had been none before. The face of the Globe was completely changed each time ; the ''survival of the fittest ''nations and races was secured through timely help ; and the unfit ones — the failures — were disposed of by being swept off the earth. Such sorting and shifting does not happen between sunset and sunrise, as one may think, but requires several thousands of years before the new house is set in order. | ||