The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19

A sequence of lectures reinterprets historical epochs as expressions of a cyclic Human Spirit, arguing that behind political events lie recurring spiritual currents and noumenal laws. The author surveys literary, philosophical, and religious figures — from early Greek epic and tragedy through Socratic and Platonic thought, Indian dynasties and Sanskrit literature, Chinese sages and Taoist tales, to Roman development and later exchanges with Asia — reading texts and traditions for their symbolic and evolutionary significance. Emphasis is placed on correcting conventional, war-centered histories, tracing cultural influences, and considering periods of spiritual illumination and decline within a Theosophical framework.