The Soul which is approaching its' liberation, as it looks back over past lives... down the vistas of the centuries along which it has slowly been climbing,... is able to see there the way in which the bonds were made, the causes which set it in motion. It is able to see how many of those causes have worked themselves out and... how many... are still working themselves out.

The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant (ed. Jazzybee Verlag, 2012) - ISBN: 9783849604387