Basing her work on the research of Rudolf Steiner and occult writers such as William Scott-Elliot and Helena Blavatsky, Angela Lord conjures up powerful images of the lost landmass of Lemuria, interspersing her text with colour paintings, maps and drawings. She demonstrates how, by delving into our distant primeval past, we can discover events that brought about remarkable changes in the course of world evolution and human consciousness. Beginning with a survey of Earth evolution and its early geological phases, she relates Lemuria to the mystery of the Fall from Paradise, the loss of clairvoyance and the advent of human reproduction. 'With the descent of the spirit-self, earthly desire and egotistic love entered humanity, and in the figure of Adam we recognize humanity of the Lemurian epoch in its progress towards human existence in earthly corporeality.' Lord describes how, through the help and influence of diverse spiritual entities, the human being became balanced and upright and was able to develop physical senses. She discusses the origins of religion, the question of time, and the relevance of the legend of Isis and Osiris in this striking overview. The book also contains diagrammatic evolutionary charts by John Waterman and W. Scott-Elliot.
ANGELA LORD is a painter, interior colour designer, muralist and art educator. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, she studied with Gerard Wagner at the Goetheanum Painting School in Dornach, Switzerland. She teaches painting and offers a diploma recognized by the Art Section at the Goetheanum. Her publications include The Archetypal Human-Animal, Rudolf Steiner's Watercolour Painting; The Archetypal Plant, Rudolf Steiner's Watercolour Painting; New Life - Mother and Child, The Mystery of the Goddess and the Divine Mother; Art, Aesthetics and Colour, Aristotle - Thomas Aquinas - Rudolf Steiner; Colour Dynamics; Easter, Rudolf Steiner's Watercolour Painting and two books on Creative Form Drawing.
Foreword
PART ONE
Chapter 1 Earth's Evolution - An Overview of Early Geological Phases
Chapter 2 Early Lemuria - Mud and Giant Oysters
Chapter 3 Fish-Lizards and Fire-Birds
PART TWO
Chapter 4 Warmth, Light and the Music of the Spheres
Chapter 5 Our Planetary Sojourn
PART THREE
Chapter 6 Self Impregnation and Clairvoyance
Chapter 7 Reproduction - Adam and Eve
Chapter 8 Th e Mystery of the Fall and the Development of Love
PART FOUR
Chapter 9 The Human Kingdom
Chapter 10 Be coming Upright - Balancing, Moving, Walking
Chapter 11 Th e Influence of Angels and Luciferic Beings in Human Speech
Chapter 12 Saving our Senses - Protection against Lucifer and Ahriman
PART FIVE
Chapter 13 Training Magicians - The Magical Male Will
Chapter 14 Wo men and the Nature Mysteries - The Origin of Religion
Chapter 15 Hearing the Gods
PART SIX
Chapter 16 Isis and Osiris - The Sun and the Moon
Chapter 17 Isis and Osiris
Chapter 18 The Question of Time
PART SEVEN
Chapter 19 The Nineteenth-Century Enthusiasts
Chapter 20 The Maps
Appendix Excerpts from The Foundations of Esotericism by Rudolf Steiner
Time Chart & Epochs of Evolution by John Waterman
Time Chart by W. Scott-Elliot
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