Whispers With Sivartha
on the The Book of Life

Conversations with
my Great-Great-Grandfather,
a Grandfather of
the "New Age" Movement

by Dr. Alesha Sivartha & Don Ross

Photo of Dr. Alesha Sivartha as an old man, near the front of the 7th edition Book of Life

The Book of Life: Chapter One

Drawings by Dr. Alesha Sivartha based on his Discoveries: click for LARGER .jpg image

The March of Nations

The Human Race has been marching upwards from the first ages of history. Under what law has that might procession of the ages taken place? Science and history both answer that man has advanced step by step, from the ignorant and selfish rul of his lower brain organs up toward the beneficent dominion of his higher faculties.

The laws which have controlled that vast upward movement are still in force. They are fixed in the very constitution of man. And they are of supreme importance at the present time, for they determine what new institutions and what social changes are now required to meet that higher growth of nations.

EVOLUTION REQUIRES CONDITIONS (page 6)

Family History

Table of Contents

1876 | 1887 | 1898 | 1903 | 1912 | 2004

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The Book of Life: The Spiritual and Physical Constitution of Man
by Dr. Alesha Sivartha (1834-1915).
This seventh edition is the culmination of his life work, Sivartha's discoveries begining 1859, and was published by his son Holmes W. Merton in New York City in 1912. This rare book and artwork found below was wonderfully reprinted by Kessinger Publishing in 2004.
Copyright by Dr. Alesha Sivartha in 1884 and 1912.
Commentary copyright by Don Ross, 2005.








						Dr. Alesha Sivartha's artwork is in the public domain and may be used without permission provided you give proper attribution to Dr. Sivartha and add a link to this website.

Dedicated to Dr. Alesha Sivartha's Grand-Daughter
who ignited my imagination with stories of the Rajah and Sivartha
and my love for family history in general in 1975
my Grandma Zaida Marie Worden Ross (1904-1994)
and her son, my father Russell Lee Ross (1939-2003).

Dr. Sivartha's
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Don's great-great-grandfather, Arthur Merton, MD, a.k.a.,
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