How did the human race come into existence?
A. According to the esoteric teachings, the human race began eighteen and a half million years ago. At that time, early animal-man had reached a relatively high state of development: he had a powerful, coordinated physical body; a sentient feeling or astral body, and the germ of mind which could later form the nucleus of a mental body. The energy of mind – the fifth principle – was brought to this planet from Venus by the Lords of the Flame, and an enormous stimulus to evolution resulted. The human egos (souls) on the soul plane then took incarnation in animal-man, and humanity began. The Biblical story of Adam and Eve is a symbolic presentation of this historical event.
