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The Evolution of Life and Form

By Annie Besant

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First published in 1900, The Evolution of Life and Form presents in book form a series lectures given in India in 1898 by Brother Annie Besant: a prodigious thinker, prolific public speaker, and prominent Co-Mason. This book explains in detail the Theosophical perspective on human Evolution and the structure of life. Through the combination of Eastern Mysticism and Western Science, Besant set out a new cosmology of the world, specifically in regard to the spiritual hierarchy and the evolutionary mechanisms contained within.

Title Page
Lecture I. Ancient and Modern Science
Lecture II. Functions of the Gods
Lecture III. Evolution of Life
Lecture IV. Evolution of Form