Our physical world that we know will extend over a time span of perhaps six billion years. During that period there will be seven consecutive periods termed “rounds”, also called “world periods”. In a perfect world each of these rounds would represent a shorter time period than the previous one by a factor of Phi (0.62) thus reflecting the spiral-cyclic nature of the evolutionary process. Further, each round is separated from the next by a period of rest. This period is called an “intermediate pralaya”, and represents about 10% of the duration of a round. This period of pralaya represents a more or less complete break in the life process with species extinctions, and a drying up of large bodies of water.

The idea of seas drying up is not really a strange unknown concept. The paleontological record here on Earth shows a number of times that ancient marine species disappeared - only to return later. There are also several places in the Bible where the statement is made …”I will dry up the seas…”. Sometimes the context fits while other times it does not.

In evolutionary terms each of these world periods represents a new starting point for the life process which is why it is termed a world period. In this fresh start the life forms build upon what had been previously established, they repeat that earlier growth rapidly and move forward into new areas of development.

The subject of the Martian scheme development is involved with the evolutionary development of our entire solar system. Fundamentally there are seven manifesting schemes that are principally involved in the solar evolutionary process. Each of these seven schemes is referred to as a “chain”. The reason for using the term chain rather than planet is that a planet is only one part of a chain. The other parts represent matter states other than the physical that we know.

As the solar evolutionary process unfolds, each of the developing planetary schemes will successively become the special focus of attention on the part of the solar Logos, the being that started the entire process. This “special interval” is the period when the 4th kingdom, the human, is first established and then proceeds through its initial evolutionary development.

The developing chains in this process are:

First chain: No known name and no remaining trace.

Second chain: The Venus scheme is a very highly developed world.

Third chain: The Moon chain is a failed chain, the only remnant we see in our sky.

Fourth chain: The Earth chain is at present the center of Logoic interest.

Fifth chain: The Mars scheme is next to undergo development of the 4th kingdom.

Sixth &Seventh chains: This will be Jupiter and another unknown planet.

We are the 4th chain in this solar system to undergo the part of the evolutionary process that involves the development of the human kingdom. In our system the Venus scheme is the most advanced while Mercury is not far behind. There is also the planet Vulcan inside the orbit of Mercury that is similarly ahead of the development here on Earth. Even so, because Vulcan is only an etheric world, it is apparently undergoing a somewhat different evolutionary process.

The center of Logoic interest:

This is the phrase used to denote an activity through which the Earth scheme is presently being subjected to an unusual influx of energy to stimulate the development of the 4th kingdom, the human. This stimulation began at the mid point of our present Fourth round, and will continue until the midpoint of the Fifth round, more than 100 million years in the future. During previous world periods the evolutionary process involved only the lower kingdoms, the mineral, plant, and animal.

Further, at the present time the Earth scheme constitutes the midpoint of a systemic triangle with Venus and another unnamed planet being the other two points. This “forcing configuration” will remain in place until we complete this evolutionary phase at the midpoint of our next world period. There will then be a new configuration formed in which Mercury and Earth will constitute two points of a new systemic triangle and Mars will be at the midpoint. This will result in the development of a humanity in the Martian scheme.

From the images of the present surface of Mars returned by the Mars Rovers, it should be possible to see that an evolutionary process previously existed on Mars. That probably would have made it look like some Earth landscapes at the time. Evidence of earlier erosion by water is visible in the images, but the surface otherwise looks like it has been in the present state of pralaya for some millions of years. We can also see that Mars is presently in a state where all the large bodies of water have dried up between the world periods. While no life is in evidence, most likely that will change at some point before we enter our next intermediate pralaya in perhaps ten million years.

Even in our Earth scheme, after emerging we must still complete our present evolutionary phase during our fifth round. Only then can we undertake our role in the next systemic triangle to be formed. Similarly, Mars must also reestablish and progress the life process so as to be ready. While the world periods of both schemes are comparable, they are also staggered and timing is an important factor.