RootRaceChronology [1]

1.Duringeachplanetaryround,everykingdomorlifewavegoesthroughsevenstagesofdevelopmentoneachglobe.Inthehuman
kingdom,thesestagesarecalledrootracesorhumanities.Therootracesoverlap:anewracebeginsinthemiddleofthepreviousone. [2]
Eachrootracecontainsthesameegosthatwereevolvingintheprecedingrootrace. [3]
2.Thecurrentplanetarymanvantaraoftheearthchainbeganapproximately2billionyearsago. [4] Sedimentationonthisglobeinthe
fourthroundbeganapproximately320millionyearsago,thoughthisdoesnotfullyincludetheevolutionofthethreeelementalkingdoms.
Thefirstrootracedidnotbeginuntilaftertheawakeningfromtheirobscurationofthemineral,vegetable,andanimalkingdoms(except
thehighermammalswhichinthefourthroundfollowedman). [5]
3.Amahyugalasts4,320,000years(onethousandthofadayofBrahm),andconsistsoffoursmalleryugas:thesatyaorkritayuga
lasts1,728,000years,thetretyuga1,296,000years,thedvparayuga864,000years,andthekaliyuga432,000years. [6]
4.Asageneralrule,arootracelastsfortwomahyugas(8.64millionyears).Duringthefirstmahyuga,theracereachesitszenith.A
racialcataclysmthenensues,andduringthesecondmahyugatheoldraceslowlydiesoutwhileanewoneemergesandpursuesits
evolutiontowardsmaturity.Thefifthraceinparticularwilllastfortwomahyugas.Thefourthracelastedsomewhatlonger,thesixthand
seventhraceswillbeslightlyshorter,andthefirstthreeraceswereconsiderablylonger. [7]
[1]Generalreferences:TheSecretDoctrine[SD],2:70915StudiesinOccultPhilosophy[SOP],1646DialoguesofG.dePurucker[Dia],2:1989,3:1812H.P.
Blavatsky:TheMystery[HPBM],1656TheEsotericTradition[ET],3237.
[2]OccultGlossary[OG](2nded.),1423FundamentalsoftheEsotericPhilosophy[FEP](2nded.),2934.Notethattherearereally10or12rootraces(Dia
3:203EsotericTeachings,4:84).
[3]FountainSourceofOccultism[FSO],166SD2:146fn.
[4]SD2:68IsisUnveiled,1:32.
[5]SD2:68,314,395,710,715fnET3235SOP360FSO161Dia3:1812.
ThefollowingisaroughguidetothegeologicalperiodsasusedbyHPB(SD2:710,314fn,395):thePrimordialAge(comprisingtheLaurentian,Cambrian,&
Silurian)began320millionyearsagothePrimaryAge(comprisingtheDevonian,Carboniferous,&Permian)beganabout148millionyearsagotheSecondary
Age(comprisingtheTriassic,Jurassic,&Cretaceous)beganabout44millionyearsagotheTertiary(comprisingtheEocene,Miocene,&Pliocene)beganabout8
millionyearsagoandtheQuaternarybeganabout870,000yearsago.
Thesefiguresdifferfromthe'scientific'figuresderivedfromradiometricdatingamethodthatfailstotakeaccountoftheprocessofcondensationand
materializationwhichpredominatedduringthearcofdescent,uptothemiddleofthefourthround,whentheascendingarcofetherealizationbegan(seeET324 7,
4534,760).Forfurtherdetails,see'Geochronology:theosophyandscience'.
[6]OG18990.
[7]SOP423,1656FSO1656.

5.Thefirstrootraceprobablyoriginated130to150millionyearsagointheSilurianorDevonianperiod,orpossiblyintheCarboniferous
period,ofthePaleozoicera,andendedinthePermianperiod. [8]
6.ThesecondrootraceoriginatedinthelateCarboniferousorinthePermian,andendedinthelateTriassicorearlyJurassicofthe
Mesozoic(Secondary)era(some25to30millionyearsago). [9]
7.Thethird(Lemurian)rootracelivedduringtheTriassic,Jurassic,andCretaceousoftheMesozoic(theAgeofReptiles).Themiddleof
thethirdrootraceoccurredabout18.5millionyearsago(neartheJurassic/Cretaceousboundary),whentheseparationofthesexesand
theawakeningofmindtookplace. [10]
8.Thefourth(Atlantean)rootraceoriginatedinthelaterCretaceous(10to12millionyearsago).ItattaineditspeakintheEoceneofthe
Tertiary,andwaslargelydestroyedintheMiocene. [11] Themidpointofthefourthroundwasreachedinthemiddleofthefourthsubraceof
thefourthrootrace,some4.5millionyearsago. [12]

[8]SD2:150,312,715fnHPBM1656SOP165Dia2:1989,3:1812.Thefirstrace,inthemannerinwhichHPBspeaksofit,wassolongbecauseitincluded
theslowawakeningofthehumanshishtas(seeOG1601),beforethefirstracebeganasadistinctrace(SOP1623).
[9]SOP165Dia2:199HPBM1656ET325SD2:684.
[10]SD2:69,1489,2501,679,737HPBM166SOP1645Dia3:181.Butseealso:SD2:204,713ET324ManinEvolution[MiE],240Dia2:199.HPBsays
thattheactualdurationofthefirsttwoandahalfracesiswithheldfromallbutthehigherinitiates(SD2:312).
[11]SOP1645SD2:717HPBM166ET1044,1046Dia2:162.
[12]SOP201,63840ET1046,Dia1:88SD1:439fn,2:147fn.Themiddleofthefourthraceissometimessaidtohaveoccured8to9millionyearsago(ET326fn
SOP201,97,161,422MiE152)becausethisishalftheperiodofabout18millionyearsthathaselapsedsincethemiddleofthethirdrootrace.

[13]

9.Theseedsofthefifth(AryanorIndoEuropean)rootracebegantoemerge7or8millionyearsago. Thesatyayugaofthefifthrace
beganabout4.5millionyearsago,whenthefourthracewasfinishingitskaliyuga.Thefifthracebecameadistinctracialstockaboutone
millionyearsagoinCentralAsia. [14] Thekaliyugaofthefifthracebeganin3102BC. [15]

10.Thesubdivisionsofarootraceandtheirapproximatedurationsareasfollows: [16]
Rootrace
8,640,000years(2mahyugas)
Subrace
11/4mill.years
Familyrace
180,000years
Nationalrace
25,920years(oneprecessionalcycle)
Tribalrace
3600years
Tribalgeneration 500years
Individual
72years
Startingfromthe'ideal'lifetimeofahumanindividual72yearseachsuccessivefigureisabout7timestheprecedingone.
11.TheEuropeannationsarethefourthnationalraceoftheCaucasianfamilyrace[17] ofthefourthsubraceofthefifthrootrace.Thefourth
nationalraceoriginatedabout9000yearsagoandhasaboutanother16,000yearstolive,beforeaseriesofcataclysmscausethe
submergenceofmanypartsofEuropeandusherinthenextcycleofcivilization. [18]
12.TheseedsofthesixthrootracewillappearlargelyintheAmericas,andwillbecomefairlynumeroustowardstheendofourkaliyuga.
Thesixthracewilllastforaboutamahyugaandahalf,orsomethingover6millionyears,andtheseventhrootracewillbeshorter. [19]
NB:Foradescriptionoftherootracessee:'Evolutioninthefourthround','LostPagesofEvolutionaryHistory'(MiE23146),and
'EsotericTeachingsontheEvolutionofHumanandAnimalBeings'(ET30439).
[13]SOP63840.
[14]SOP1625,63840SD2:147fn,435.
[15]SD1:6615,2:435.
[16]SOP359FEP2945SD2:4345.A'nationalrace'issometimescalleda'familyrace'.'Subrace'canrefertoanyofthevarioussubdivisionsofaroot race.For
anexplanationofHPB'sstatementthatweareinthe'fifthsubrace',seeFEP2802,293SOP359,4846.Anotherinterpretationisthatitreferstothefifth
'subrace'of210,000years(SD2:435)sinceourfifthhumanitybecameadistinctrootraceaboutonemillionyearsago.
[17]WhichofthesevenfamilyracesthisiscanbeworkedoutfromtheinformationgivenatSD1:439fnandSOP359,bearinginmindthattherootracesoverlap.
[18]SD2:3301SOP359,41,4856,7023FSO1634FEP280/2OG143.
[19]SOP39,1656,63940Dia2:2157FSO1656SD2:4446.

byDavidPratt.November1997.Lastrevised:December2007.

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