I have now finished the task which I have set to myself in this article. My purpose is not to explain the ancient theory of evolution itself, but to show the connection between that theory and the Zodiacal divisions. I have herein brought to light but a very small portion of the philosophy imbedded in these signs. The veil that was dexterously thrown over certain portions of the mystery connected with these signs by the ancient philosophers will never be lifted up for the amusement or edification of the uninitiated public. Now to summarize the facts stated in this article, the contents of the first chapter of the history of this universe are as follows: 1. The self-existent, eternal Brahmam. 2. Pranava (Aum). 3. The androgyne Brahma, or the bisexual Sephira-Adam Kadmon. 4. The Sacred Tetragram--the four matras of Pranava--the four avasthas--the four states of Brahma--the Sacred Dharaka. 5. The five Brahmas--the five Buddhas representing in their totality the Jivatma. 6. The Astral Light--the holy Virgin--the six forces in Nature. 7. The thirty-six Tatwams born of Avidya. 8. The universe in thought--the Swapna Avastha--the microcosm looked at from a subjective point of view. 9. The nine Prajapatis--the assistants of the Demiurgus.* 10. The shape of the material universe in the mind of the Demiurgus-- the DODECAHEDRON. 11. The fourteen lokas. 12. The five elements. -------- * The nine Kabalistic Sephiroths emanated from Sephira the 10th and the head Sephiroth are identical. Three trinities or triads with their emanative principle form the Pythagorean mystic Decad, the sum of all which represents the whole Kosmos.--Ed. Theos. -------- The history of creation and of this world from its beginning up to the present time is composed of seven chapters. The seventh chapter is not yet completed. --T. Subba Row Triplicane, Madras, September 14, 1881 The Sishal and Bhukailas Yogis We are indebted to the kindness of the learned President of the Adi Brahmo Samaji for the following accounts of two Yogis, of whom one performed the extraordinary feats of raising his body by will power, and keeping it suspended in the air without visible support. The Yoga posture for meditation or concentration of the mind upon spiritual things is called Asana. There are various of these modes of sitting, such as Padmasan, &c. &c. Babu Rajnarain Bose translated this narrative from a very old number of the Tatwabodhini Patrika, the Calcutta organ of the Brahmo Samaj. The writer was Babu Akkhaya Kumar Dalta, then editor of the Patrika, of whom Babu Rajnarain speaks in the following high terms--"A very truth-loving and painstaking man; very fond of observing strict accuracy in the details of a description." Sishal Yogi