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CHAPTER I
In the first volume, our task was to provide the reader, athirst for knowledge, with a
method which would enable him to undertake the search for the Way, which leads to
the Truth, and, by that, to Life. The elements of the know-how which are to be found in
it comprise the tools with which man can work on himself.
Our study will be continued in the same framework: Man, Universe, Way, and with
the same goal: to aid the persevering seeker to continue his evolution until he reaches,
finally, the point where he can conquer Death. But, whereas in the first volume, our
study was concentrated on man as a separate entity, we will now consider him in the
larger context of organic life on Earth, whose evolution guarantees the development of
our Ray of Creation.
This method enables us to place our studies in the framework of a natural scientific
system, where the curriculum corresponds to the structure of the object studied.
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Now, let us study and try to understand the general meaning of the evolution of
organic life, considering it in its entirety as an organ of our planet. At the same time, let
us try to determine man’s place and the mission with which he has been invested, in the
framework of this organ.
Organic life on Earth was conceived and was born in certain cosmic conditions.
Modern science furnishes us