Millions of years after our “Adam” appeared on the universal stage, Man is still sorting through conflicting accounts of creation and evolution, toiling to arrive at a logical explanation for our existence.

Though there are many, one of the most perplexing questions facing the human race is: Why would a miracle like the making of Man have occurred on a small planet, in a far off corner of a rather insignificant universe, suspended in a seemingly infinite cosmic space? Why Man? Why Earth? How can we be certain that ours is the only miraculous event of its kind? What are the chances that we are alone?

Although scholars have attempted to understand how our species originated, not one has been able to tell us – with any degree of certainty – how, why or when such a miracle occurred. We only know that it occurred, and that by whatever means human beings came to inhabit this planet, the chance that it was an accident is unlikely.

If the creation of Man is consistent with the rest of creation, a series of physical and metaphysical events have been involved. And, the making of Man does not seem to have ended when the first human walked upright. The same phenomena that made us in the first place, is surely involved in the undeniable, ongoing evolution of our species, and that of other God-like races throughout the universe.

We don’t know how the first Man looked or what he thought. The Scriptures tell us that he was made in the “image” of God and His Angels by a creative team – the “us” and “our” team (Genesis 1:26). Why has the participation of beings other than God been ignored? Once I discovered this previously unrecognized, revelation, I wanted to know more, like who “us” and “our” were. I want to know what God looks like? I want to know if, today, we look like Him? Do we look like God’s Angels? Is the image that we see in our mirrors that of a newly-created class of (lesser) angels? Are there others – like “us” – on other planets … in other universes? Do we even resemble the firsts of our kind – our Adam, our Eve? Is the making of Man finished? Will some future evolved version of humankind more closely resemble our Creator(s) – “us” and “our”? The fact is: we know very little about the origin of our species, why we inhabit Earth, and even less about our role in the universe and the hierarchal Life-Force that sustains it.

Clearly, there has to be more to the creation and evolution of the human race than the world’s scientists and theologians have told us. The answers seem to lie both within and beyond the disciplines of science and theology as we know them. Perhaps, they lie in dimensions that are yet to be discovered. Or perhaps, they have been here all the time, coded in the scriptures or hidden within the equations of advanced mathematics, waiting to be solved by the curious, highly evolved minds of men and women who recognized – and then multiplied – the God-given talents awarded to our race at the time of our creation.

In keeping with what I will call: The Laws of Universal Codependency, all beings seek proof of existence. They seek meaningful relationships with something they believe to be like themselves and with something they perceive to be greater than themselves. And, according to the Law of Attraction, the being (by exercising “free will”) becomes the incarnation of the thoughts and ideals it chooses to adopt as its own. This observation holds whether the ideals chosen by the being are perceived as “good” or “bad”. And, it seems that mankind has experienced both ends of the spectrum. From Genesis, it appears that the firsts of our species were hybrid angels, metaphysical beings of a terrestrial and an extra-terrestrial origin; then (as depicted in the art on the front cover of this book) the race lost its wings.

In a Creative-Evolution sense, we are who we are because of who we chose to be, when we chose to become, who we are. This phenomenon is part of a more far-reaching stream of thought that is being introduced for the first time in this book. I elected to call it: The McCollough Theory Of Divinely Engineered Creative-Evolution. The following is a synopsis of the research and revelations that led me to conclude:

• The human being is a reflection of the cosmos, intelligently designed and created as the Earthly extension of a universal Life-Force.

• Like other life forms, Homo sapiens display an ability to react and adapt to our surroundings, instinctively and systematically modifying ourselves in an attempt to become that which is required to sustain us, a process of needs-driven or secondary evolution.

• However, within the ascending Ladder of Life, humankind demonstrates an additional trait not displayed by other Earthly species. Beyond its capacity for secondary (needs-driven) evolution, the human being personifies God-like attributes, namely that of primary or choice-driven evolution – the kind that allows us to create a world of our own choosing.

• The species, of which each of us is a part, remains genealogically linked to its origin – Adam and Eve – hybrid angels, physically and spiritually endowed in the “image” and “likeness” of God. Through purposeful reasoning, and by exercising free will, humans (both in an individual and group sense) may choose to become willfully-modified versions of our previous selves. In this regard, Man possesses the ability – and duty – to participate in both creation and evolution.

• Therefore, it can be concluded that Man is both a product of – and participant in – a multi-dimensional, celestial undertaking that was conceived and designed by an omnipotent God and created with the assistance of an ascending hierarchy of Angels, to which past, present, and future renditions of Homo sapiens remain connected.

• An endeavor of such magnitude – one of making Man from both physical and metaphysical elements of the cosmos – may be described as Divinely Engineered Creative-Evolution.

While at first glance the preceding may seem to conflict with current doctrines, it is an all-encompassing theory–one firmly rooted in theology and science. And, it is offered to the peoples of the world as a new – and practical – paradigm, under which people from all walks of life can unite.

My theory is not intended to replace current belief systems, but to complement them. Hopefully, it will encourage the launching of an initiative designed to build better lives and a better world – a world of our own choosing, yet one consistent with that intended by our Creators, when the decision was made to make man.

Unlike other theories of creation and evolution, mine places emphasis on the premise that the Extended Hand of God is ever present, urging us on toward the enhancement of our spirit selves and toward His original plan – creating Heaven on Earth. By all accounts an ascending Hierarchy of Angels is equally committed to this undertaking.

Angels are an integral part of our existence. They are within us and around us. They have been with us from the beginning. They are a connection to the Universal God-Force.

So, where does creation end and evolution begin? Is there a dividing line? Might creation and evolution be artificial labels that Man has attached to an ongoing metaphysical phenomenon, originating in the heavens?

Even if our origins are of an extra-terrestrial nature, the destiny of Man seems to rest with Man. In a purely theosophical sense, we have been created to reap what we sow. If faulty decisions led the firsts of our species away from Paradise, could better ones help Man re-create the “Garden” that Adam inherited – the world as it was intended to be?

If all this seems far-fetched, join me in looking more closely at The Creation Story depicted in The Scriptures. Come along as I reflect on the messages of the great prophets and The Messianic messengers. Allow me to present the ancient – and new – evidence of Divinely Engineered Creative-Evolution.

As you read Let Us Make Man, imagine, if you will, a garden-like world in which God resides in concert with His new – and old – Angels, a Shangri La of peace and harmony, a world void of chaos and discord, a world in which jealousy, greed, pain, and suffering are non-existent. In fact, consider the possibility that there are many worlds similar to our own, and – like us – seeking the connection that binds us to them. Do not discount the possibility. If Man possesses the capacity to envision Heaven, through Choice-driven Evolution, Man must possess the ability to help create it. Why else would God have dispatched a team of angels to colonize Earth with our kind? Why have you and I been summoned to join the odyssey?

Surely, some enlightened generation of humankind will rise to the challenge and initiate the process of re-establishing the God-Man Relationship, as it was in the beginning, when – at least for a short while, in a place called Eden, there was Heaven on Earth.
 

Who will accept the challenge? If not us … who? If not now … when?