The third root race, the Lemurian, was
blackand lived in
Lemuria. The esoteric name of Lemuria is
Shalmali.
[8] Lemuria, according to Theosophists, existed in a large part of what is now the Indian Ocean including Australia and extending into the South Pacific Ocean; its last remnants are the Australian continent, the island of
New Guinea, and the island of
Madagascar. Lemuria sank gradually and was eventually destroyed by incessantly erupting volcanoes.
[10] In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was thought by geologists that the
age of the earth was only about 200 million years (because
radioactive dating had not yet come into use), so the
geological epochs were believed to have occurred at a much later time than is thought to be the case today. According to traditional Theosophy, the Lemurian root race began 34½ million years ago, in the middle of what was then believed to be the
Jurassic; thus, the people of Lemuria coexisted with the
dinosaurs. The Lemurian race was much taller and bigger than our current race.
[6] The first three subraces of the Lemurians reproduced by laying eggs, but the fourth subrace, beginning 16½ million years ago, began to reproduce like modern humans.
[10] As Lemuria was slowly submerged due to volcanic eruptions, the Lemurians colonized the areas surrounding Lemuria, i.e. Africa, Southern India and the East Indies. The descendants of the Lemurian root race according to traditional Theosophy include the
Capoid race, the
Congoid race, the
Dravidians, and the
Australoid race.
The fourth root race (Atlantean)Edit
This race inhabited Atlantis.
Subraces of the Atlantean root raceEdit
The fourth root race, the Atlantean, according to Theosophy arose approximately 4,500,000 years ago in Africa from the fourth subrace of the Lemurians in a part of Africa that had been colonized by that subrace in the area now inhabited by the
Ashanti.
[11] Theosophists believe the Atlantean root race was physically progenerated by the
Chankshusha Manu. After they arose in Africa, they left Africa and colonized the continent of
Atlantis. The esoteric name of Atlantis is
Kusha.
[8] The Atlantean root race had
Mongolian features; they began with bronze skin and gradually evolved into the
redAmerican Indian,
brown Malayan, and
yellowMongolian races, because some Atlanteans eventually migrated to the Americas and Asia.