| (iv) “… Only, as nature no more proceeds by sudden jumps and starts, than man changes suddenly from a child into a mature man, the final cataclysm will be preceded by many smaller submersions and destructions both by wave and volcanic fires. (v) “The exultant pulse will beat high in the heart of the race now in the American zone, but there will be no more Americans when the Sixth Race commences; no more, in fact, than Europeans; for they will have now become a New Race, and many new nations‡. [ ‡ Only original, benevolent & beautiful cultures will be preserve. Among existing nations, only those that accomplish their Soul Mission (or Purpose) will remain and be rebuild. ] (vi) “Yet the Fifth will not die, but survive for a while…” * |
| 10.) “This process of preparation for the Sixth great Race must last throughout the whole sixth and seventh sub-races. (i) “But the last remnants of the Fifth Continent will not disappear until some time after the birth of the new Race; [ Notes: beginning at arrival of Some New Higher Race forerunners; in other words, the Old Race must totally depart before Entire New Race arrives.] (ii) “when another and new dwelling, the Sixth Continent, will have appeared above the new waters on the face of the globe, so as to receive the new stranger. (iii) “To it also will emigrate and settle all those who shall be fortunate enough to escape the general disaster. |
| * Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine Vol. II |