Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00426)

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> From: Martin Giuffrida <marting@mail.netshop.net>
> 
> Titus Roth wrote:
> 
> >It still seems like a big leap to say animals evolve.
> 
> The general *Theosophical* view I once heard and found acceptable is that
> animals evolve from the animal kingdom into the human kingdom, as human
> evolve into the spiritual kingdom.  There are angelic associations with
> animals, and the totality will not be simple.  But from one perspective,
> animals set out upon group souls.  When most animals die, their essence
is
> re-absorbed into a group soul, but not as an individuality.
> 
> Certain animals, probably along seven main streams, associate closely
with
> human beings.  These are the domesticated dog, cat, horse, elephant, etc.
> Some animals are recognized for their uncanny manifestation of a
remarkable
> 'personality'.  At a certain point an animal, through tutilage and
influence
> of human beings is brought to the portal of 'individuation' in which the
> life passes into the beginning stage of a human soul.
> 
> Just a small window on one person's gleanings.
> 
It's the same window I'm looking out of.  

And well said!

-AEB