> Pusillanimity in the matter doesn't endow us with any glory. Much of this knowledge about the Manvantaras, Prajapatis, etc comes direct from the ancient scriptures. Even wikipedia has it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manvantara Sri Aurobindo references the Puranas in various places so he had read it. Blavatsky also references the Vishnu Purana, Matsya Purana in the Secret Doctrine which is online, except for Vol 3. http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm It may be worth checking how much of this is derived from their occult vision vs reading of scripture.