Root races are stages in human evolution in the esoteric cosmology of theosophistHelena Petrovna Blavatsky, as described in her book The Secret Doctrine (1888). These races existed mainly on now-lost continents. Blavatsky’s model was developed by later theosophists, most notably William Scott-Elliot in The Story of Atlantis (1896) and The Lost Lemuria (1904). Annie Besant further developed the model in Man: Whence, How and Whither (1913). Both Besant and Scott-Elliot relied on information from Charles Webster Leadbeater obtained by “astral clairvoyance”. Further elaboration was provided by Rudolf Steiner in Atlantis and Lemuria (1904).[1] Rudolf Steiner, and subsequent theosophist authors, have called the time periods associated with these races Epochs (Steiner felt that the term “race” was not adequate anymore for modern humanity).
Root races, epochs and sub-races
- The first root race (Polarian) The first root race was “ethereal”, i.e. they were composed of etheric matter. …
- The second root race (Hyperborean) …
- The third root race (Lemurian) …
- The fourth root race (Atlantean) …
- The fifth root race (Aryan) …
- The sixth root race. …
- The seventh root race.