Spiritual Evolution in the Racial Complex

All human development as such occurs under the aegis of the quaternary in terms of planetary manifestation—everything that transcends this condition occurs on unmanifested planes, or represents a special manifestation aimed at helping incarnate humanity evolve. Naturally, we are not refuting the reality of the septenary, merely warning that, from humanity's perspective, and pragmatically speaking, what it should truly work with is the quaternary.

Furthermore, it is known that humanity lives under several quaternaries, and we can demonstrate that there are even more of them than has been formulated so far in theosophical literature. However, this incredible alignment is not due solely to some kind of coincidence! In fact, this situation occurs because we are in an evolutionary context in which humanity is able to acquire a greater awareness of itself and its nature, in addition to facing special challenges. At other times, this entire body of information probably could not be gathered, nor would it be so important if it were, because only now can we truly contemplate the Great Abyss with which humanity must deal at the end of its entire earthly or material evolution.

For all this, we should also expect there to be four stages of racial evolution, or four major evolutionary scales, with four subdivisions each, as well as their respective forms of spirituality. Namely:

a. Paleo-races (Solar System): elemental magic

b. Anthropo-races (Planetary Scheme): cultural magic

c. Geo-races (Globe of Evolution): natural magic

c. Ethno-races (Planetary Chain): spiritual magic

Two of these categories are found in the larger "material" cycles, and the other two are in the smaller "spiritual" cycles. The last three are exclusively Homo sapiens, although the first is classified as primitive or non-modern by current Human Sciences. Furthermore, there are natural affinities between cycles "1" and "3," on the one hand, and between cycles "2" and "4," on the other. The former are more focused on energies and the organization of physical forms, while the latter are more focused on the evolution of consciousness and the organization of cultural content. At the same time, the framework is also cumulative and increasingly complex. In other words:

ENERGY CYCLES

1. The Fourth Solar System

3. The Fourth Globe of Evolution

CONSCIOUSNESS CYCLES

2. The Fourth Planetary Scheme

4. The Fourth Planetary Chain

The racial "complexity" in question actually derives from the very dynamics of the cycles of evolution, represented primarily in the form of fractals, through which transpositions to smaller and more advanced analogous evolutions are carried out, as demonstrated below.

Should we be surprised, after all, that a cosmology offering so many levels could also contemplate various layers of human evolution, as Science itself maintains in our times?! Therefore, nothing better than bringing together both worldviews, not to adulterate either, but rather to perfect them. Naturally, the main focus of the human sciences will be material matters, and the focus of esotericism will be spiritual matters. However, no one can deny that both are intrinsically related.

Much of this is found in Blavatsky's magnum opus, "The Secret Doctrine," if not literally, at least in its peculiar format of a primordial "cosmic soup" of information to be unraveled and organized in due course. Nevertheless, our formulations are more solid than Blavatsky's because, at worst, many of HPB's ideas can be proven inconsistent, while ours cannot be positively refuted, since, as a matter of principle, we do not challenge the natural sciences.

These would then be the four evolutionary categories of humanities, with their respective forms of spirituality.

                The Four Racial Evolutionary Scales

a. Paleo-races (Solar System): elemental magic

i. Homo heidelbergensis: Earth Element

ii. Homo denisovans: Water Element

iii. Homo neanderthalis: Fire Element

iv. Homo sapiens: Air Element

b. Anthropo-races (Planetary Scheme): cultural magic

i. Homo sapiens oeconomicus: Economy

ii. Homo sapiens domesticus: Family

iii. Homo sapiens socialis: Society

iv. Homo sapiens sapiens: Religion

c. Geo-races (Globe of Evolution): natural magic

i. Black Race: Mineral Kingdom

ii. Yellow Race: Plant Kingdom

iii. White Race: Animal Kingdom

iv. Golden Race: Human Kingdom

c. Ethno-Races (Planetary Chain): spiritual Magic

i. Lemurian Civilization: Body

ii. Atlantean Civilization: Personality

iii. Aryan Civilization: Soul

iv. American Civilization: Spirit

It may be important to emphasize that the succession of these evolutionary cycles does not occur merely by replacement, but also by addition and transformation. Just as races and cultures often coexist for a long time. In other words, new practices emerge alongside old ones, with reformulations also occurring in different directions, generating increasingly complex situations.

In each of these evolutions and their meanderings, all kinds of spiritual results occurred, from the darkest to the brightest, and from the most mistaken to the most correct. All this resulted not only in spiritualized human evolutions, but also in Angelic Hierarchies of Light and Darkness, which we will not discuss here.

Some may question whether the ancient forms of spirituality still truly exist. Perhaps they become increasingly rare as things evolve, just as races and civilizations disappear. And yet, on subtle planes, their marks and even their vivid expression will often be present, whether constituting primitive egregores or maintaining orders of powerful Spirits active—for good or ill. After all, and as we suggested at the outset, evolution can also advance and continue on more subtle planes.

Our Theory of the Racial Complex does not yet provide all the answers to the Theosophist racial enigmas; it is also necessary to activate chronological conversion Keys such as the Solar-360 Key.

1. The Evolution of Ancient Magic

Blavatsky said that the different angelic hierarchies "were, are, or will be human beings at some point in their evolution." However, this premise may go far beyond what one might commonly imagine. Primitive Nature was teeming with Spirits, and these spirits often had their origins in human activities themselves, at a time when primitive humanity was learning the ways of magic, and its intimate relationship with Nature was considered fundamental not only to its physical but also spiritual survival. For a long, long time, natural magic was humanity's only religion—for good or ill—presented as the path to liberation or preservation of the soul. In the early stages of their evolution, humans surrendered their consciousness to the Natural Kingdoms, believing that they would benefit from this, while also benefiting these Kingdoms through a greater degree of perception of the world. Ultimately, this is what makes magic with the Elementals so effective, because these entities seek to interact with humans to free themselves and continue evolving within the human scale.

Ancestry soon took the form of a culture of incorporating the dead into the daily lives of the living in one way or another. Initially, everything was done discreetly and unsuspectingly within Nature, perhaps because many humans were still more concerned with receiving than giving. In Atlantean or Neolithic times, the dead were buried beneath their houses, and their skulls, in particular, were preserved and "vivified." Subsequently, tombs of saints and heroes became places of worship or gave way to grand funerary monuments. People also learned to select the energies they wished to coexist with, opting to cremate the common person to aid their liberation.

Linking both evolutions—human and devic—would be a way to explain the reality of "magical" Elemental forces. Considering the perspective of the Sixth Race and its links with the Angelic Worlds, it is important to expand reflections on this plane. Initially, the "human" lineages involved in this primitive magic would be proto-human, not yet Homo sapiens, although Homo sapiens also practiced it and later adjusted. The sequence will make this clearer. Sometimes this kind of nuance makes all the difference in theosophical classifications. According to Alice A. Bailey, all devas (or angels) below the level of a Solar Pitris have not yet passed through the human realm and that their goal "is individualization, becoming men in some future cycle." ("Treatise on Cosmic Fire").

There is therefore the nuance that technically "human" indicates a certain type of conscious race or species, including in paleoanthropology. Neanderthals, for example, do not fall into the category of Homo sapiens but are also considered a type of humanity, belonging to the same large family, although overall they are at an earlier stage in the cycles of evolution.

We provide here a brief history of ancient methods of perpetuating consciousness within Nature. This is a work of Applied Scientific Theosophy, organized through a refined synthesis of scientific information and the initiatory structuralism of Theosophy.

In the following sections, we will continue to detail these ancient magical procedures, without intending to generalize them. Spirituality always begins with a select esotericism and, after becoming socialized, becomes a religion with many beliefs and superstitions. In any case, after the cycle of evolution, there is always a significant harvest of liberated souls, as can be said of certain more radical magical paths. As a rule, intermediate approaches are the most successful.

A Magia Elementar 

a. Elemental Magic: The Paleo-Races

The great struggles for survival in the early days of evolution created resilient humanities capable of facing the Elements of Nature, within the evolutions of our Solar System a million years ago. This cycle is part of the Lower Paleolithic, extending back to 4 million years ago, encompassing the entire current Manvantara.

These paleo-races were like hard or "mineral" humanities, very pragmatic and often with a broad streak of cruelty. However, human ingenuity was not limited to the physical plane, leading these original proto-humanities to specialize in natural magic, beginning with the mastery of the Spirit of Minerals, with which they first identified, considering this the most long-lived, stable, and powerful kingdom of Nature. With this, they began to wield the magic of water, travel on the winds, and begin to live in sacred stones. Mineral magic was considered the most powerful, involving natural mirrors as portals to capture souls and magical stones as lethal weapons. The victims of these spells rarely managed to free themselves or survive. However, considering that many of these trainings required great concentration and immobility, species also began to develop contemplation and sensitivity, that is, an inner life. For primitive sorcerers, communing with the Elements was a way to expand their powers in life and also after death, when they would seek to merge forever with the Elementals of their choice—or at least until such time as this consortium could remain united.

b. Cultural Magic: The Anthropo-races

This is a cycle that encompasses the entire Middle Paleolithic, which records the evolution of our human species, or Homo sapiens, in its modern anatomical state. This second major evolutionary structure of humanity, which develops through the evolutionary Globes of the Fourth Planetary Scheme that affected the human species, is in a way governed by the energy of the psyche and primarily aimed at organizing the cultural universe of family units, in terms of economy, family, society, and religion. At this stage, what we might call "the magic of culture" was forged.

This knowledge had already been organized by other humanities, and more primitively by other species as well. However, it now needed to be adjusted to the specific interests of the evolving homo sapiens, according to their values and the demands of their world.

Mother Africa was the environment for the evolution of the human Planetary Scheme, especially up to its Third Globe, because in the Fourth, the dispersion that would generate the Geo-Races already began. However, because there were reciprocal movements of immigration back to Africa, the Fourth Globe acquired a certain ecumenical character.

"Anthropo-races" are humanities focused on the growing organization of human cultural structures, also resulting in associated forms of spirituality, such as the cult of earth fertility, the cult of human fertility, the cult of patriarchs and leaders, and the cult of saints and sages.

The idea of "cultural magic" may surprise modern eyes, yet we must seek to understand that the deeper we delve into the past of species, the more their daily lives will be imbued with magic. Roughly speaking, we can think of the condition of the child's mind, for the less a child knows, the more surprised they are by things. Thus, activities that may seem banal to modern humans, such as planting, caring for a family, social life, and even religion, could represent a novelty and a considerable achievement for the most primitive human being.

Organizing a productive economy, having a healthy family, maintaining a united society, and implementing a religion—all of this is much more complex than it might appear at first glance. Planting is much more than merely placing a seed in the ground; There is a complex science that can accompany this process. Similarly, creating a family is much more than a man impregnating a woman; kinship rules must also be organized for genetics to thrive. Leading a tribe similarly requires a great deal of science; a leader cannot be reckless in peace or war. Finally, a shaman or priest also needs to know how to disseminate their knowledge throughout the tribe or village appropriately, without weaknesses but without pressure.

All this knowledge was not acquired overnight; it took a long time and drew on the experience of other species and even Nature itself. Occasionally, the meditation and intuition of wise men were also required to solve some more abstruse problems.

If we're honest, even for modern humans, all of this can still pose its challenges, in one way or another.

As Magias dos Quatro Reinos

c. Natural Magic: The Geo-races

"Geo-races" are the anthropological divisions that encompass the nuances of skin color and other human morphological variations that occurred through human migrations around the world in contact with different environments and more primitive human species, which were developed through the Four Rounds of the current Fourth Globe of evolution. This cycle encompasses the entire Upper Paleolithic, recording the evolution of our human species, or Homo sapiens, into its modern behavioral state.

It is not possible to determine a specific age for the formation of these "human races" because the concept of race, from a genetic perspective, is not valid for the human species according to modern science. Human diversity is explained by genetic variations and adaptations to different environments, but not by distinct races.

From the moment Homo sapiens began to make contact with more primitive species, they became acquainted with the heritage of mineral magic, which they nevertheless adapted to a magical culture more specifically related to the Kingdoms of Nature, thus adjusting their consciousness to those of these Kingdoms. Let us briefly analyze these interesting cultural stages.

d. Spiritual Magic: The Ethno-races

"Ethno-races" are those anthropological divisions that result in the expression of the same previous geo-races directed through civilizational models during the current Planetary Chain, which is Plato's Great Year. This cycle interestingly encompasses many historical periods: the late Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Metalitic, and Crystalitic, characterizing each of the modern ethno-races. These cultural races initially occupy five-thousand-year cycles related to the evolution of the culture of Homo sapiens sapiens, with their respective collective initiations, in terms of novitiate, discipleship, transfiguration, and enlightenment.

This is a topic we have already extensively developed in our writings, as it deals with the current evolution of humanity, including all the necessary specifications for divisions between Pralaya and Manvantara, with appropriate numbering of races according to their initiations. This explains our selection of ethno-races from Lemuria onward, as we aim to select only the current Fourth Evolutionary Round.

2. Conclusion

Investigating the past spirituality of races and species represents a delve into the formation of the planet's energies. When we understand that all evolutions migrate at some point to the immaterial planes, whether individually gradually or collectively at the end, we understand that these societies established spiritual estates on the planet, configuring planes of energy and consciousness.

More than some form of abstract spectacle for the imagination, we are working with legacies and cooperation to create a better future for the planet, through active participation in the amazing universe of magic inherited from our ancestors over eons of powerful spiritual creation...

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About the Author

Luís A. W. Salvi (LAWS) has been studying the Ancient Mysteries for over 50 years. A specialist in the Philosophies of Time and Practical Esotericism, he also develops works in the areas of Perennialism, Deep Psychology, Esoteric Anthropology, Holistic Sociology and others. He has already published dozens of works through Editorial Agartha, in addition to maintaining the Agartha wTV Channel.