A theosophical classic about the origins of the world and the future of mankind in this book is described: The First and Second Chains Early Times on the Moon Chain The Sixth Round on the Moon Chain The Seventh Round on the Moon Chain Early Times on the Earth Chain Early Stages of the Fourth Round The Fourth RootRace Beginnings of the Fifth RootRace The Building of the Great City Early Aryan Civilization and Empire The Second subrace the Arabian The Third subrace the Iranian The Fourth subrace the Keltic The Fifth subrace the Teutonic The RootStock and its descent into India Black Magic in Atlantis The Civilisation of Atlantis Two Atlantean CivilizationsPeru Chaldaea The Vision of King Ashoka The Beginnings of the Sixth RootRace