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The term '''involution''' refers to different things depending on the writer. In some instances it refers to a [[process]] that occurs prior to evolution and gives rise to the [[cosmos]], in others an aspect of [[evolution]], and still others a process that follows the completion of evolution in the human form.
The term '''involution''' refers to different things depending on the writer. In some instances it refers to a [[process]] that occurs prior to evolution and gives rise to the [[cosmos]], in others an aspect of [[evolution]], and still others a process that follows the completion of evolution in the human form.
<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Evolution]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Evolution '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Involution according to Esoteric cosmology==
==Involution according to Esoteric cosmology==
In [[Theosophy]], [[Anthroposophy]] and [[Rosicrucianism]], involution and evolution are part of a complex sequence of [[cosmic cycles, called ''Round''. When the [[universe]] attains a stage of sufficient density, the [[individual]] [[spirit]] is able to descend and participate in the evolution. Involution thus refers to the incarnation of [[spirit]] in an already established [[matter]], the necessary prerequiste of evolution:
In [[Theosophy]], [[Anthroposophy]] and [[Rosicrucianism]], involution and evolution are part of a complex sequence of [[cosmic cycles, called ''Round''. When the [[universe]] attains a stage of sufficient density, the [[individual]] [[spirit]] is able to descend and participate in the evolution. Involution thus refers to the incarnation of [[spirit]] in an already established [[matter]], the necessary prerequiste of evolution: