means of which, and of the great inflow of spiritual power which will be made available, the achievement of individual illumination will be possible. The second part of their work is the shielding and preservation of the rising generation from current popular ideas, from religious misconceptions and delusions, and from the psychic horrors that will be rampant in the outer world.

The children who by their karma will be drawn to parents who are linked up with this present Work belong to a group of highly evolved egos who are now beginning to come into incarnation. They must be kept free from karmic ties or links connecting them with the old and dying order. They will be the Thinkers and the Leaders in that new order which shall arise from the ashes of the old.

At the time of their birth they will be free from karmic links with existing nations. They are of two classes: (1) those who have had a very long Devachan (2000 years or more) and are therefore unconnected with the Christian era, and (2) those whose bodies perished during the recent European war, and who have therefore balanced the account of their respective national karmas. This is one reason why so many “advanced” people lost their lives during the recent war.

There will be a constant influx of these egos from the present time until approximately 1975. Those who are now children, or who are born within the next few years, will be the parents of that army who will be in their very early prime in 1975. It is these, the grandchildren of our present day, who will have the chief part in the great Work that ushers in the year Two Thousand. The Work we have to accomplish is spiritual and hidden; that of 1975 will be manifest and largely concerned with the affairs of the outer world. Our present task is to prepare