CHAPTER VII
SOME EFFECTS OF TBEOSOPHY

IN the preceding articles I have tried to put
before you in a very elementary "way a rough
idea of some of the practical points in Theosophy
in reply to the numerous questions asked with
reference to it. To-day I want to sketch very
broadly some of the effects of Theosophical
-thought on the world.

The world knows no retrogression. It is ever
moving forwards through many vicissitudes,
through many phases, through storms and
struggles, through many great catastrophes,
all necessary to its evolution. The Divine Spark
inherent in all life is determined on expression,
the physical form in the early stage being totally
unaware of the reason of this push on, even
unaware of the awakening desire to move on.
Nevertheless, slowly, very slowly, almost imper-
ceptibly, evolution moves through countless ages
and millions of years and endless stages.
Through all this the Divine Spark is determined