Abbas Effendi, spiritual teacher and prophet, 150 Adept, mark of, 231 standard of, at Shamballah, 294, 295 (see Masters of Wisdom, also Manu). Ākāshic records, contain original revelations, 321 Age, signs of closing, 3 in religion, 7-16 in science, 16-21 in art, 21-24 in social conditions, 27-46 transitional, 4, 5, 149, 150 signs of opening, in religion, 54-63 in science, 63-70 in art, 70-74 in social conditions, 75-102 America, social conditions in, 34, 35, 36 Ancient Wisdom, a great river, 285 truths of, Theosophy, 183 religion traced to universal, 190 Angels, and Archangels, 137, 191, 271 disappearance of the teaching, 271 Archaeology (see comparative Mythology), 113, 188, 189 Archangels (see Angels). Aristotle, 107 Art, beauty a necessity, 21, 22 in India, 21, 22 imitative, not creative, 23 new, created by new senses, 70, 77 colour and sound, coloured sounds, 70, 72, 73 reaches out by emotion, 73 colour and emotion, sound and emotion, 70, 71, 72, 73 and Theosophy in the coming civilization, 200, 201, 202 restoration of, a necessity, 201 is beauty, not common place, 202 Artist, the, priest of the beautiful, 202 Aryan Race, fifth root race, 3 ideal type of, 116 to develop mind, 118 greatest development of mind, 118 sub-races of, 137, 138, 212, 213 fourth sub-race, emotional, 184 fifth sub-race, 214, 215 characteristics, 217, 218 dominant note, 184 selection of stock for and development of, 229, 230 Astral aura (see Aura). Astral body of next race, 53, 54 organized under pressure of thought, 124 activity of its sense organs, 125 its senses and psychism, 125 and the pituitary body, 125 vibrations and emotions in, 167 organization of, 170, 172, 173, 174 and dreams, 175 unifying with physical, 176 false methods of organization, 177, 178 organized by meditation and purity of life, 178, 179 Astral colours (see Colours). Astral senses, 51, 53, 57, 58, 59 effect of development, 60-63 builders of new art, 70, 73 methods of development (see astral body), 177-179 Atlantean Race, the fourth, predominant traits, 114, 211 source of the fifth root race, 115, 210 fourth sub-race of, the Toltec, 115 fifth sub-race of, the Semitic, 115, 230, 231 new root race, 115, 211 chosen from, 115, 211 developed mind, 211 Atlantis, continent of, 113 Atom and science in the West, 17 the chemical, our power of seeing, 64 experiments in seeing (see Clairvoyance), 64, 65 vibrations of, and consciousness of the Logos, 165 physical, earlier and later observations compared, 330 Atonement, vicarious, 148