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ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

gly on the probationary path until by the third initiation the control of the lower self by the higher is perfected, and the highest aspect begins to make its energy felt. the ego reflects itself in iii. the personality, or lower self, physical plane man. this aspect is also threefold: 1. a mental body..lower manas. 2. an emotional body..astral body. 3. a physical body..the dense physical and the etheric body. the aim of evolution is therefore to bring man to the realisation of the egoic aspect and to bring the lower nature under its control. chapter i introductory remarks before entering upon the subject matter of the following articles of initiation, on the paths that- 3- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust open before the perfected man, and on the occult hierarchy, ce

-ment on all levels emotional, intuitional, spiritual and divine consists in conscious, continuous functioning. in all cases it is preceded by a burning, through the medium of the inner fire, and by the destruction, through sacrifice, of all that separates. the approach to unity is through destruction of the lower, and of all that forms a barrier. take, in illustration, the web that separates the etheric body and the emotional. when that web has been burned away by the inner fire the communication between the bodies of the personality becomes continuous and complete, and the three lower vehicles function as one. you have a somewhat analogous situation on the higher levels, though the parallel cannot be pushed to detail. the intuition corresponds to the emotional, and the four higher levels

ar copyright 1998 lucis trust the lord of the world, came down to this dense physical planet and has remained with us ever since. owing to the extreme purity of his nature, and the fact that he is (from the human standpoint) relatively sinless, and hence incapable of response to aught on the dense physical plane, he was unable to take a dense physical body such as ours, and has to function in his etheric body. he is the greatest of all the avatars, or coming ones, for he is a direct reflection of that great entity who lives, and breathes, and functions through all the evolutions on this planet, holding all within his aura or magnetic sphere of influence. in him we live and move and have our being, and none of us can pass beyond the radius of his aura. he is the great sacrifice, who left th

ns to his own place, having performed his function, and the solar lives seek their point of emanation. the life within the form mounts up then in triumph to the bosom of its "father in heaven" just as the life within the physical body at the moment of death seeks its source, the ego, and this likewise in four stages: 1. by the withdrawal from the dense physical body. 2. by the withdrawal from the etheric body. 3. by a later vacating of the astral body. 4. a final leaving of the mental body. another way of emphasising the same truth is to regard the egoic body as a centre of force, a wheel of energy, or a lotus, and to picture it as a lotus with nine petals, hiding within these petals a central unit of three petals; these in their turn secrete the central life, or the "jewel in the lotus" a

or lack of a better term, call "the secret of electricity" it- 99- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust concerns the phenomena of the dense objective manifestation of the logos. it would be wise here for the student to remember that the three planes of the three worlds, physical, astral, and mental, form the dense physical body of the solar logos, whilst the four higher form his etheric body. students are apt to forget that our seven planes are the seven sub-planes of the cosmic physical. this has a very definite bearing on the secret of electricity. this is why the secret is not revealed till the third initiation, and is prepared for by the impartation of two lesser secrets which concern the physical and astral planes, and which are imparted at the first two initiations

ression of the ego, or of the individualised self-consciousness, are gathered together into groups according to the ray or quality of the particular ego involved. elementals. the spirits of the elements; the creatures involved in the four kingdoms, or elements, earth, air,fire, and water. except a few of the higher kinds and their rulers they are forces of nature more than ethereal men and women. etheric body (etheric double) the physical body of a human being is, according to occult teaching, formed of two parts, the dense physical body, and the etheric body. the dense physical body is formed of matter of the lowest three subplanes of the physical plane. the etheric body is formed of the four highest or etheric subplanes of the physical plane. fifth principle. the principle of mind; that

that is, in the body. it is derived from the sanskrit "pura" which means city or body, and "usha" a derivative of the verb "vas" to dwell. quaternary. the fourfold lower self, or man, in the three worlds. there are various divisions of this, but perhaps for our purpose the best is to enumerate the four as follows: 1. lower mind. 2. emotional or kamic body. 3. prana, or the life principle. 4. the etheric body, or the highest division of the twofold physical body. raja lord. the word "raja" simply means king or prince; the word has been applied to those great angels or entities who ensoul the seven planes. these are great devas who are the sumtotal and the controlling intelligence of a plane- 130- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust raja yoga. the true system of developin

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

g in the dark midnight sky "i sense one flame, o gurudeva; i see countless undetached sparks shining in it" secret doctrine i. 145- 7- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust contents section one. the internal fires fire by friction introductory remarks division a. of the sheaths macrocosmic and micro cosmic division b. the personality ray and the first fire division c. prana and the etheric body division d. kundalini and the spine division e. motion on the physical and astral planes 1. in the sheaths 2. in the centres division f. the law of economy section two. the fire of mind solar fire introductory questions division a. the nature of manas or mind division b. manas as a cosmic, systemic and human factor division c. the egoic ray and solar fire division b. thought elemental

base of the spine. they are situated at a spot which stands in relation to the physical body as the physical sun to the solar system. this central point of heat radiates in all directions, using the spinal column as its main artery, but working in close connection with certain central ganglia, wherever located, and having a special association with the spleen [chart i evolution of matter] in the etheric body, which is an exact replica of its denser counterpart, we have the organ of active or radiatory fire, and, as is well known, the vehicle of prana. its function is to store up the rays of radiatory light and heat which are secured from the sun, and to transmit them, via the spleen, to all parts of the physical body. hence in the future it will come to be recognised that the spine and th

from some other point in universal, though not solar, space. it is, therefore, obvious that this matter of fire is as complex as that of the rays. the internal fires of the solar system become external and radiatory when considered from the standpoint of a planet, while the internal fires of the planet will affect a human being as radiation in exactly the same way as the pranic emanations of his etheric body affect another physical body as radiatory. the point to be grasped in all these aspects is that one and all have to do with matter or substance, and not with mind or spirit. b. the planet. deep in the heart of the planet such a planet as the earth, for instance are the internal fires that occupy the central sphere, or the caverns which filled with incandescent burning make life upon t

entific endeavor at this time. 3. that emanation of the planet which we might term planetary prana. it is that which is referred to when one speaks of the health-giving qualities of mother nature, and which is back of the cry of the modern physician, when he wisely says "back to the earth" it is the fluidic emanation of this prana which acts upon the physical body, though in this case not via the etheric body. it is absorbed through the skin purely and the pores are its line of least resistance. c. the man. at the base of the spine lie hid the fires of the human system, or the internal fires of the microcosm. the centre is located there, and from it the radiations go forth along the three channels, recognisable in the spine. 1. bodily warmth, the channel along which the heat radiates and w

a, and in planetary productive substance. 2. nervous response. this is the vitalising tenuous fluid which applies itself to the stimulation of the nervous centres, and which creates electrical response to contact between the nerves and the brain. it should now be more closely studied. it corresponds to systemic electricity, and to planetary electricity. 3. pranic emanation. the emanation, via the etheric body, which corresponds in man to solar prana and to planetary prana. this demonstrates principally in the health aura and has naught to do with magnetic qualities, as generally interpreted when considering a personality, or man as a unit. i make this repetition as it is very necessary that no mental confusion exists between that magnetism which is a spiritual emanation and that which is p

effect which one individual will have upon another in worldly contact, in moulding and influencing, in stimulating or retarding. we have to remember that all fundamental influence and effects are felt on the astral plane and work thence through the etheric to the dense physical thereby bringing matter under its sphere of influence, yet not itself originating on the physical plane. division c- the etheric body and prana the etheric body and prana34(31) i. the nature of the etheric body. 1. its purpose and description. 2. eight statements. ii. the nature of prana. 1. solar prana. 2. planetary prana. 3. the prana of forms. iii. the function of the etheric body. 1. it is the receiver of prana. 2. it is the assimilator of prana. 3. it is the transmitter of prana. 4. disorders of the etheric bod

ents. ii. the nature of prana. 1. solar prana. 2. planetary prana. 3. the prana of forms. iii. the function of the etheric body. 1. it is the receiver of prana. 2. it is the assimilator of prana. 3. it is the transmitter of prana. 4. disorders of the etheric body. iv. macrocosmic and microcosmic ethers. 1. the planetary logos and the ethers. 2. cosmic and systemic ethers. 3. protective purpose of etheric body. v. death and the etheric body. 1. microcosmic death. 2. macrocosmic pralaya. i. the nature of the etheric body- 43- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust in our consideration of the internal fires of the system we shall find much of very real interest to the coming generation of thinkers for three main reasons, which might be enumerated as follows: 1. its purpose and d

body. 1. microcosmic death. 2. macrocosmic pralaya. i. the nature of the etheric body- 43- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust in our consideration of the internal fires of the system we shall find much of very real interest to the coming generation of thinkers for three main reasons, which might be enumerated as follows: 1. its purpose and description first. in the study of the etheric body lies hid (for scientists and those of the medical profession) a fuller comprehension of the laws of matter and the laws of health. the word health has become too localised in the past, and its meaning confined to the sanity of the body corporeal, to the co-operative action of the atoms of the physical body of man, and to the full expression of the powers of the physical elemental. in

expression of the powers of the physical elemental. in days to come it will be realised that the health of man is dependent upon the health of all allied evolutions, and upon the co-operative action and full expression of the matter of the planet and of the planetary elemental who is himself a composite manifestation of the physical elementals of all manifested nature. second. in the study of the etheric body and prana lies the revelation of the effects of those rays of the sun which (for lack of better expression, we will call "solar pranic emanations" these solar pranic emanations are the produced effect of the central heat of the sun approaching other bodies within the solar system by one of the three main channels of contact, and producing on the bodies then contacted certain effects d

, that matter which (though physical) is not as yet objectively visible to the eye of man. they are the basis of all physical plane life considered solely in connection with the life of the physical plane atoms of matter, their inherent heat and their rotary motion. these emanations are the basis of that "fire by friction" which demonstrates in the activity of matter. finally, in the study of the etheric body and prana comes comprehension of the method of logoic manifestation, and therefore much of interest to the metaphysician, and all abstract thinkers. the etheric body of man holds hid the secret of his objectivity. it has its correspondence on the archetypal plane, the plane we call that of the divine manifestation, the first plane of our solar system, the plane adi. the matter of that

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

initiation. at that time the attainment of the third initiation, resulting in the transfiguration of the personality, was the highest initiation that man was capable of achieving. in atlantean days, the progress of the sons of men was procured through the imposition of two yogas. first, the yoga which is called by the name of laya yoga, the yoga of the centres which produced a stabilizing of the etheric body and of the centres in man and the development of the astral and psychic nature. later on, bhakti yoga, growing out of the development of the emotional or astral body, was incorporated with laya yoga and the foundation of that mysticism and devotion, which has been the underlying incentive during our particular aryan root race, was laid. the fourth initiation was at that time the objec

h his environment, through the medium of the senses and the mind; 3. the sleep of the soul, which, occultly speaking, covers that part of human experience which dates from a man's first human incarnation until he "awakens" to a knowledge of the plan, and endeavors to bring the lower man into line with the nature and will of the inner spiritual man; 4. the sleep of the ordinary medium, wherein the etheric body is partially extruded from the physical body, and is likewise separated from the astral body, bringing in a condition of very real danger; 5. samadhi, or the sleep of the yogi, the result of the conscious scientific withdrawal of the real man from his lower threefold sheath in order to work on high levels, preparatory to some active service upon the lower; 6. the sleep of the nirmanak

ll into four groups: 1. the rendering of the body immune to the attacks of disease or indisposition. this is in itself a triple process involving: a. the eradication of present disease, b. the refining and the purifying of the body so as to rebuild it eventually, c. the protection of the body from future attack and its utilization as a vehicle of the soul. 2. the strengthening and refining of the etheric body in order that it may be finally tuned up so that the work of force direction may be safely undertaken. the disciple has to pass the forces used in his work through his body. 3. the unfoldment and awakening of the centres in the etheric body, the centralization of the fires of the body and their just progression up the spine, in order to make union with the fire of the soul. 4. the coo

rocesses (as they speed up the mental body) have been largely contributory factors. the great contribution of education (in schools, colleges, universities and other allied activities) has been to stimulate the mental bodies of men. it is all part of the great plan, working ever towards the one objective soul unfoldment. 4. wrong directions of the life currents. this is the effect produced in the etheric body by the inner turmoil. these life currents (for the student of occultism) are two in number: a. the life breath or prana, b. the life force or the fires of the body. it is the misuse of the life breath or wrong utilisation of prana that is the cause of eighty per cent of the present physical diseases. the other twenty per cent is produced through ill directed life force through the cen

n he will know how to direct his will with exactitude so as to bring about the desired conditions. the sheaths and vehicles are simply his bodies of manifestation on the various planes of the system, and those sheaths must express the principle which is the characteristic or quality underlying each plane. for instance, the seven principles with which man is concerned are: 1. prana .v ital energy. etheric body .p hysical plane. 2. kama. desire, feeling. astral body. astral plane. 3. lower manas .c oncrete mind. mental body .m ental plane. 4. higher manas. abstract mind .e goic body .m ental plane. 5. buddhi .i ntuition .b uddhic body .b uddhic plane. 6. atma. spiritual will. atmic body .a tmic plane. and that which corresponds to the "boundless immutable principle" in the macrocosm, the mon

as the yoga of the third or lemurian root race and its two best known expressions are: a. hatha yoga, b. laya yoga. the former has specifically to do with the physical body, its conscious (not subconscious and automatic) functioning and all the various practices which give man control over the different organs and the entire mechanical apparatus of the physical body. the latter has to do with the etheric body, with the force centers or chakras found in that body and with the distribution of force currents and the awakening of the serpent fire. it might be pointed out that if we divide the human torso into three departments it might be stated that: 1. karma yoga resulted in the awakening of the four centres below the diaphragm, 2. bhakti yoga resulted in their transmutation and transference

estations of his life, or begin to deal with the samkaras or seeds of his future activities. these seeds are kama-manasic (or partially emotional and partially mental) in nature, for desire is potent in its effects and produces the physical vehicle in its two aspects- 82- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust a. lower manas, or concrete mind is the basic factor in the production of the etheric body. b. kama, or desire is the prime factor in calling the dense physical vehicle into being. the two together are responsible for manifested existence. it is well known that the tree of life is depicted with the roots above and the flowering leaves downwards. in the tiny tree of life of the ego the same symbolic presentation holds true. the roots are found on the mental plane. the flower

three sheaths can form a perfect channel for the expression or manifestation of the life of the spirit. means iv. right control of the life-force. pranayama. suppression of the breath. regulation of the breath. this refers to the control, regulation and suppression of the vital airs, the breath and the forces or shaktis of the body. it leads in reality to the organization of the vital body or the etheric body so that the life current or forces, emanating from the ego or spiritual man on his own plane, can be correctly transmitted to the physical man in objective manifestation. means v. abstraction. pratyahara. right withdrawal. restraint. withdrawal of the senses. here we get back of the physical and the etheric bodies, to the emotional body, the seat of the desires, of sensory perception

nt. withdrawal of the senses. here we get back of the physical and the etheric bodies, to the emotional body, the seat of the desires, of sensory perception and of feeling. here can be noted the orderly method which is followed in the pursuit of yoga or union. the physical plane life, external and internal is attended to; the correct attitude to life in its triple manifestation is cultivated. the etheric body is organized and controlled and the astral body is re-oriented, for the desire nature is subdued and the real man withdraws himself gradually from all sense contacts. the next two means relate to the mental body and the final one to the real man or thinker. means vi. attention. dharana. concentration. fixation of the mind. here the instrument of the thinker, the real man, is brought u

the use of the imagination comes next in order to bring the thought into manifestation. this brings in the realm of desire and consequently the astral or emotional body is affected. c. then follows definite visualization of the effect of that which has been thought and imagined, as it will manifest in the physical plane life. this will be found to generate energy. this means consequently that the etheric body becomes vitalized or energized by the new thought current and certain transformations and re-organizations take place which eventually cause a complete change in the activities of the physical plane man. the constant cultivation of this effects an entire transformation in the threefold lower man, and eventually the truth of the christian phraseology becomes apparent "only christ is se

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

even points of contact with the physical organism are covered in my book, the soul and its mechanism, and will not be enlarged upon here, beyond quoting one paragraph "behind the objective body lies a subjective form constituted of etheric matter, and acting as a conductor of the life principle of energy, or prana. this life principle is the force aspect of the soul, and through the medium of the etheric body the soul animates the form, gives it its peculiar qualities and attributes, impresses upon it its desires and, eventually, directs it through the activity of the mind. through the medium of the brain the soul galvanizes the body into conscious (directed) activity and through the medium of the heart all parts of the body are pervaded by life".9(34) there is also another "body" which is

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

98 lucis trust c. within the lower body are: 1. the spleen. 2. the stomach. 3. the sex organs. 11. the sum total of the body is also triple: a. the skin and bony structure. b. the vascular or blood system. c. the three-fold nervous system. 12. each of these triplicities corresponds to the three parts of man's nature: a. physical nature: the skin and bony structure are the analogy to the dense and etheric body of man. b. soul nature: the blood vessels and circulatory system are the analogy to that all pervading soul which penetrates to all parts of the solar system, as the blood goes to all parts of the body. c. spirit nature: the nervous system, as it energises and acts throughout the physical man is the correspondence to the energy of spirit. 13. in the head we have the analogy to the spi

them (and at the same time reveals the nature of the higher) is on the verge of discovery. the structure, the mechanism, is now ready and developed to its point of usefulness; the vital life that can guide and motivate the machine is likewise present, and man now can intelligently use and control, not only the machine, but the active principle. the great symbol of the soul in man is his vital or etheric body and for the following reasons: 1. it is the physical correspondence to the inner light body we call the soul body, the spiritual body. it is called the "golden bowl" in the bible and is distinguished by: a. its light quality. b. its rate of vibration, which synchronises always with the development of the soul. c. its coherent force, linking and connecting every part of the body struct

e no separated organisms in it, but it is simply a body of freely flowing force, that force being a blend or unification of two types of energy in varying quantities, dynamic energy, and attractive or magnetic energy. these two types characterise the universal soul likewise the force of will, and of love, or of atma and buddhi, and it is the play of these two forces on matter that attracts to the etheric body of all forms the needed physical atoms and that having so attracted them by the will force drives them into certain activities. 4. this coherent unified body of light and energy is the symbol of the soul in that it has within it seven focal points, wherein the condensation, if it must be so called, of the two blended energies is intensified. these correspond to the seven focal points

his energies. this will be later elaborated. the point to be noted here is simply the symbolic nature of the etheric or vital body, for it is by understanding the nature of the energies displayed and the unified nature of the form and work that some idea as to the work of the soul, the middle principle in nature, can be grasped. 5. the symbolism is also carried forward when one remembers that the etheric body links the purely physical, or dense body with the purely subtle, the astral or emotional body. in this is seen the reflection of the soul in man which links the three worlds (corresponding to the solid, liquid and gaseous aspects of the strictly physical body of man) to the higher planes in the solar system, linking thus the mental to the buddhic and the mind to the intuitional states

he relation between the soul and the personality. this will be handled particularly with reference to meditation in the daily life, more than from the theoretical and the academical. the significance of the words "the lower light is thrown upward" these deal with the centers and the kundalini fire. i would like here to point out the advisability of each student arriving at an understanding of his etheric body, and this for certain reasons. first, the etheric body is the next aspect of the world substance to be studied by scientists and investigators. this time will be hastened if thinking men and women can formulate intelligent ideas anent this interesting subject. we can aid in the revelation of the truth by our clear thinking and from the standpoint of the present pronouncements about th

ance to be studied by scientists and investigators. this time will be hastened if thinking men and women can formulate intelligent ideas anent this interesting subject. we can aid in the revelation of the truth by our clear thinking and from the standpoint of the present pronouncements about the ether, scientists will eventually arrive at an understanding of etheric forms or bodies. secondly, the etheric body is composed of force currents, and in it are vital centers linked by lines of force with each other and with the nervous system of the physical man. through these lines of force, it is connected also with the etheric body of the environing system. note that in this lies the basis for a belief in immortality, for the law of brotherhood or unity and for astrological truth. thirdly, the

force currents, and in it are vital centers linked by lines of force with each other and with the nervous system of the physical man. through these lines of force, it is connected also with the etheric body of the environing system. note that in this lies the basis for a belief in immortality, for the law of brotherhood or unity and for astrological truth. thirdly, the need of realizing that the etheric body is vitalized and controlled by thought and can (through thought) be brought into full functioning activity. this is done by right thinking and not by breathing exercises and holding the nose. when this is grasped, much dangerous practice will be avoided and people will come into a normal and safe control of that most potent instrument, the vital body. that this end may rapidly be cons

us rule "the lower light is thrown upward and the greater light illuminates the three; the work of the four proceedeth" what of this lower light? the student should remember that for the present purposes he has three bodies of light to consider: there is the radiant body of the soul itself, found on its own plane, and called, frequently, the karana sarira or the causal body. there is the vital or etheric body, the vehicle of prana which is the body of golden light, or rather the flame coloured vehicle. there is the body of "dark light, which is the occult way of referring to the hidden light of the physical body, and to the light latent in the atom itself. these three types of energy are referred to in the old commentary under the following symbolic terms "when the radiant light of the sol

to the hidden light of the physical body, and to the light latent in the atom itself. these three types of energy are referred to in the old commentary under the following symbolic terms "when the radiant light of the solar angel is fused with the golden light of the cosmic intermediary, it awakens from darkness the rush light of anu, the speck" the "cosmic intermediary" is the term given to the etheric body, which is part and parcel of the universal ether. it is through the etheric body that all the energies flow, whether emanating from- 63- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the soul, or from the sun, or from a planet. along those living lines of fiery essence pass all the contacts that do not emanate specifically from the tangible world. the dark light of the tiny ato

orked for, but is simply an indication to be registered in the consciousness and then dismissed) the consequent stimulation produces a reaction of the physical body. the magnetic power of the light in the head, and the radiant force of the soul produce stimulation. the centres begin to vibrate, and their vibration awakens the atoms of the material body until eventually the powers of the vibrating etheric body have swung even the lowest centre into line with the highest. thus the fires of the body (the sum total of the energy of the atoms) are swept into increased activity until such time as there is a rising up the spine of that fiery energy. this is brought about by the magnetic control of the soul, seated "on the throne between the eyebrows. here enters in the work of one of the means of

ALICE A BAILEY09 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME I ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY I

of contact which is its objective in any particular form. the soul therefore, viewed from one angle, is an aspect of the body, for there is a soul in every atom comprising all bodies in all kingdoms in nature. the subtle coherent soul which is the result of the bringing together of spirit and matter exists as an entity apart from the body nature, and constitutes (when separated from the body) the etheric body, the double, as it is sometimes called, or the counterpart of the physical body. this is the sum total of the soul of the atoms constituting the physical body. it is the true form; it is the principle of coherence in every form. the soul, in relation to the human being, is the mind principle in two capacities, or the mind expressing itself in two ways. these two ways are registered an

psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust hundred years. first, in about ten years time the first ether, with all that is composed of that matter, will be recognised scientific fact, and the scientists who work intuitionally will come to recognise the devas of that plane. people coming into incarnation on this seventh ray will have the eyes that see, and the purple devas and the lesser devas of the etheric body will be visioned by them. secondly, when he whom both angels and men await, will approach near unto this physical plane, he will bring with him not only some of the great ones and the masters, but some of the devas who stand to the deva evolution as the masters to the human. forget not that the human evolution is but one of many, and that this is a period of crisis among the devas lik

e found universally. the four groups of devas are a band of servers to the lord, and their special work is to contact men and to give them definite and experimental teaching. they will instruct in the effect of colour in the healing of disease, especially the effect of the violet light in the lessening of human ills and in the cure of those physical plane sicknesses which have their origin in the etheric body or double. they will teach men to see etherically, by heightening human vibration by action of their own. they will demonstrate to the materialistic thinkers of the world the fact that the superconscious states exist not the superhuman only and will also make clear the hitherto unrecognised fact that other beings, besides the human, have their habitat on earth. they will also teach th

ess tiring. in the human control of the etheric levels lie the lessening of fatigue, rapidity of transit, and the ability to transcend time. until this prophecy is a fact in consciousness, its meaning is obscure. they will also teach men how rightly to nourish the body and to draw from the surrounding ethers the requisite food. man will in the future concentrate more on the sound condition of the etheric body, and the functioning of the dense physical body will become practically automatic. they will enable human beings, as a race, and not as individuals, to expand their consciousness so that it will embrace the superphysical. forget not the important fact that in the accomplishment of this the web that divides the physical plane from the astral plane will be discovered by the scientists

tself through all the four kingdoms in nature, is that which gives to our planet its light in the heavens. the planetary light is the sum total of the light, dim and uncertain, to be found in all atoms of radiatory and vibratory matter or substance, which compose all forms in all kingdoms. added to this, there is, within the planet and also within each kingdom in nature, the correspondence to the etheric body with its centres of radiant energy, found underlying or "substanding" the outer physical form. man's etheric body is a corporate part of the planetary etheric body, and constitutes its most refined and most highly developed aspect. as the aeons pass away there is a growing intensity of light radiating forth from our planet. this does not necessarily mean that a dweller on neptune woul

o are: 1. the life which expresses itself through seven solar systems. the one about whom naught may be said. 2. the life which expresses itself through seven planets. the solar deity..god. 3. the life which expresses itself through seven planetary centres, or continents. the planetary logos..the ancient of days. what the adept has done has been to bring his seven centres of force, located in the etheric body, into a responsive condition to the higher spiritual forces; as he progresses he will find that he will gradually and sequentially become equally responsive to the above three types of synthetic force. on the path of discipleship, and until the third initiation, he learns to respond to the energy and to the spiritual purpose of the life of his own planet. at the first and second initi

copyright 1998 lucis trust these are their main fields of influence in the three worlds, and upon this we shall later enlarge. in relation to mankind, these four rays of attribute find a wide expression in connection with the four aspects of the personality, or with the quaternary. the relationship is as follows: ray iv. harmony through conflict. the physical body. ray v. concrete knowledge. the etheric body. ray vi. devotion. the astral body. ray vii. organisation. the mental body. but again remember that the interrelation and interplay is synthetic on all planes, on the formless levels and also on the planes of form, and in this connection, with all states of consciousness and throughout the created universe. the seven rays we are told that seven great rays exist in the cosmos. in our s

y will leave a man still a conscious living entity. he will be known to be perpetuating his existence in a realm lying behind the physical. he will be known to be still alive, awake and aware. this fact will be demonstrated in several ways. the development of a power within the physical eye of a human being (a power which has always been there, but which has been very little used) will reveal the etheric body, the "double" as it is sometimes called; and men will be seen occupying that body in some definite spatial area whilst their dead or disintegrating physical body has been left behind. then again, the growth in the number of those people who have the power to use the "single eye" sometimes called the "reawakened third eye" will also add to the demonstration of the truth of immortality

ill be seen occupying that body in some definite spatial area whilst their dead or disintegrating physical body has been left behind. then again, the growth in the number of those people who have the power to use the "single eye" sometimes called the "reawakened third eye" will also add to the demonstration of the truth of immortality, for they will with facility see the man who has discarded his etheric body as well as his physical body. by the very weight of their numbers, and by the reputability of their position, they will carry their point. through a- 116- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust discovery also in the field of photography, now being investigated, will the fact of survival be proven. through the use of the radio by those

itality to the next kingdom which emerges under the divine plan. the vegetable kingdom, for instance, draws its vital strength from three sources, the sun, the water and the earth. in the building process it is the mineral content from the two latter sources that is of prime importance. the true structure of all forms is produced by the fabric of mineral products which is gradually built upon the etheric body, and which takes shape and form under a vital etheric urge, desire or impulse. it is the magnetic quality of the etheric body which attracts to itself the minerals needed for this skeleton form- 137- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the animal kingdom, in turn, draws its sustenance primarily from the sun, the water and the vegeta

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

nto three stages: 1. individualisation..personality. 2. initiation..ego. 3. identification. monad. 1. the three stages of egoic growth we must hold the following statements firmly in our minds. the personality is a triple combination of forces, impressing and absolutely controlling the fourth aspect of the personality which is the dense physical body. the three personality types of energy are the etheric body, which is the vehicle of vital energy, the astral body which is the vehicle of the feeling energy or sentient force, and the mental body which is the vehicle of the intelligent energy of will that is destined to be the dominant creative aspect. it is upon this truth that christian science has laid the emphasis. these forces constitute the lower man. the solar angel is a dual combinati

s concerns the passing down to a lower plane, or from a lower plane onto a higher. indications of the importance and the crucial nature of such transition can be seen in certain formulas which are used when passing from one degree in masonry to another, as in raising a lodge from a lower to a higher degree. b. another such point of crisis occurs when the mental body is swept into activity and the etheric body is similarly vitalised. 2. relationship between the ego or soul and the dense physical body is established when a. matter of the three lowest subplanes of the physical plane is built into the etheric body, prior to physical incarnation, and the potential channels of communication and of exit are established. these are the main channel or line of communication found between the centre

or a spiritual entity, and shows that both groups are dealing with facts, and that both must play their united parts in training the aspirant in the new age. 4. as the introspective method is pursued, and as we study the human subject, we discover that underlying the human body in all its parts, and constituting a definite part of the human apparatus, there is a vehicle which has been called the "etheric body, composed entirely of threads of force which, in their turn, form the channels along which still more subtle and varying types of energy flow. these are, in their turn "conditioned" during manifestations by the status of the soul. these threads underlie and interpenetrate the entire body and the nervous system and are in reality the actuating power of the nervous system. their respons

types of energy flow. these are, in their turn "conditioned" during manifestations by the status of the soul. these threads underlie and interpenetrate the entire body and the nervous system and are in reality the actuating power of the nervous system. their responsiveness to impacts, outer and inner, is unbelievably great. the nervous reactions of the disciple and highly developed person, whose etheric body is in close rapport with his nervous system, is beyond the average comprehension. 5. the sum-total of the nerves, with the millions of nadis or "thread counterparts" in the etheric body, form a unit, and this unit, according to the teaching of the ageless wisdom, has in it points of focus for different types of energy. these are called "force centres, and upon these depend the life ex

en rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust tract with its five centres then awakens into activity, and finally all the forces are gathered together into one fused and blended stream of energy. three things then happen: a. the kundalini fire is raised and immediately burns away all the etheric webs which are the protective barriers, separating the various centres. b. the etheric body intensifies its vitality, and the physical body is consequently powerfully vitalised, galvanised, and energised. c. the entire aura is coordinated and illumined, and the soul can then, at will, withdraw from its physical vehicle in full waking consciousness, or stay in it as an incarnated son of god, whose consciousness is complete on the physical plane, the astral plane, and on the m

itual triad and the lower material reflection. the three worlds of the soul and the three worlds of the personality become one world wherein the initiate works and functions, seeing no distinction, viewing one world as the world of inspiration and the other world as constituting the field of service, yet regarding both together as forming one world of activity. of these two worlds, the subjective etheric body (or the body of vital inspiration) and the dense physical body are symbols on the external plane. how is this bridging antaskarana to be built? what are the steps which the disciple must follow? we are not here considering the path of probation whereon the major faults should be eliminated and whereon the major virtues should be developed. much of the spiritual instruction given in th

be stated and is, today, coming to be recognised. but when that has been said, the mystery remains, and will not be revealed, even in partial measure, until the middle of the next century. then revelation may be possible, as there will be more initiates in the world, and inner vision and inner hearing will be more generally recognised and present. when man arrives at a better understanding of the etheric body and its seven force centres (which are all related to the seven rays, and in their expression show the seven characteristics and techniques which are here tabulated anent the rays) then some further light can intelligibly be thrown upon the nature of the seven types of electrical phenomena which we call the seven rays. on the path of return and in connection with the process of detach

y in which i can handle a theme so new and yet so hackneyed is by formulating certain questions and then answering them as fully and as concisely as possible. 1. how do we define the word "service? 2. what is the field of this science and why do we call it a science? 3. what are the characteristics of the true server? 4. what effect does service have? a. on the mind? b. on the emotions? c. on the etheric body? 5. does this science prove that the seven key or ray types employ distinctive methods in their service? the consideration of these questions will enable me to do three things: 1. show in my answers to each question that service is not a sentiment or an ideal, but that it is an effect and a scientific procedure at the same time. 2. indicate the need today for the right understanding o

(that dire creator of misery) and is the silence that sounds. it would be well to ponder on these last words, for their true meaning cannot be conveyed in words, but only through a life dedicated to the newer rhythms and to the service of the whole. then that "sounding joy" and that "joyful sounding" can make its true meaning felt. what effect does service have upon the mind, the emotions and the etheric body? it must be remembered that it is through its effects that the scientist of the future will begin to deduce the effectual existence of an inner cause, of an inner reality, or of a self or soul. we have- 82- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust seen that service is not simply an activity of some person or group doing something with

the need and the driving necessity to take the next immediate step to meet that need as it demonstrates before the server's eyes. with the heart and mind then functioning together (either in selfish coalition for the presentation of an active personality, or in dedicated selflessness and the attitude which is oriented towards soul guidance) the force, flowing through the server will galvanise his etheric body into activity. then, automatically, the physical body will respond. there is, consequently, a great need for the server to pause upon the astral plane, and there, in a holy and controlled silence, wait, before permitting the force to pour through into the centres in the etheric body. this point of silence is one of the mysteries of spiritual unfoldment. once the force or energy of the

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

m of a master. a master's group of disciples, upon the inner side of life, forms an integrated organism, characterised by mutual life, love and interplay. the relationships in such a group are entirely on mental and astral levels and hence the limitations of the etheric force body and of the physical brain are not felt. needless to say the fundamental relation is on soul levels. the fact that the etheric body and the physical brain lie outside these basic relations where the ashram is concerned leads to greater facility in understanding and to reciprocal interplay. it is wise to remember, however, that the astral potency is far more strongly felt on the physical plane than elsewhere and hence the major emphasis laid upon emotional-desire control in all treatises on discipleship or on prepa

the requirements to his life. flexibility within certain limits is always needed but that flexibility must not be set in motion by any personality inertia or mental questioning. a change in this relationship between disciples is now being made. an attempt is being set on foot to see if a group activity and interplay can now be set up upon the physical plane, involving consequently the use of the etheric body and the brain. the difficulties confronting you are, therefore, great and i am anxious that you should realise this. will you realise, for instance, that any differences of opinion which may occur in the relations of this group of disciples will be caused by astral-brain reactions and, therefore, must not be considered of any importance whatsoever? they must be immediately eliminated

he existing glamours and illusions, and so dissipate the ancient deceptive thoughtforms. they will release the light and peace which will illumine the astral plane and dispel the illusory nature of its life. 3. the third group is that of the magnetic healers. these healers have no relation to the work of the so-called magnetic healers of today. they work intelligently with the vital forces of the etheric body. much of their work is dealt with in the fourth volume of a treatise on the seven rays. this group of healers must bring about the right healing of the personalities of individuals in all aspects of their nature. the work to be done is that of the intelligent transmission of energy to various parts of the nature mental, emotional and physical through the right organisation and circula

and the setting up of that inter-communication between the group members which will result in the needed interplay and- 58- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust telepathic communication; this will finally establish that golden network of light which will serve to create a powerful focal point; this focal point will be the agent for the revitalisation spiritually of the etheric body of humanity as a whole. this is an essential and important statement. this focal point will, in its turn, aid in the revitalising of the etheric body of the planet with new power and with fresh impulse. i have for several years attempted to be your teacher, your master and, i think i may say, your friend. there has been established between us a very strong link of love and understandi

y possible, but in the meantime a hint will have to suffice. it is foundational in nature and will have to be accepted and somewhat understood prior to successful work in all these pioneering groups. think outwardly towards each other in love. just simply that, my brothers simply and humbly that and no more than that at present. can you accept such a simple rule apparently simple? in this way the etheric body of this group of disciples will be animated by the golden energy and the light of love and thus a network of light will be- 62- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust established which will form a focal point of energy in the etheric body of humanity itself and eventually in the planetary etheric body also. 3. the general group objective. this is the shifting

cess" goes on in a more focussed manner and in the area directly around the pineal gland. the pineal gland then becomes the centre of a magnetic field which is set in motion in the first place by the power of visualisation. at that point, energy is gathered by the disciple and then directed with intention to one or other of the centres. this focussed thought produces inevitable effects within the etheric body and thus two aspects of the creative imagination are- 69- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust brought into play. 2. the power to visualise is the form-building aspect of the creative imagination. this process falls into three parts, corresponding somewhat to the creative process followed by deity itself: a. the gathering of qualified energy within a ring-p

y people these days. as i have earlier told you, you are relatively free from glamour but the forces today are so strong that all disciples must definitely protect themselves. for you, this protection lies in some form of creative work. this is made easier for you by the fact that your personality ray and the ray of your mind are identical and also because your soul, anchored and focussed in your etheric body, can if you so choose galvanise your physical body into almost any kind of needed creative activity. one of the things which all disciples have to learn to do is to avail themselves of the forces and energies which are theirs by right of inherent possession; these are, however, but seldom employed with understanding by the average man or woman. they are usually the victims and not the

by right of inherent possession; these are, however, but seldom employed with understanding by the average man or woman. they are usually the victims and not the users of these powers. few realise how stupendous are the energies upon which they can draw at will. your problem is predominantly the establishing of a dynamic relation between all the inner and subtler forces which are focussed in your etheric body so that you can occultly "bring through" into outer expression, via the physical brain, the riches of realisation, of understanding and of wisdom which are your possession. this bringing through is not accomplished by you as adequately as it might be, though you do succeed at times in so doing. you should aim at the outer expression of the inner nature with greater frequency and shoul

h interest was evidenced in the papers, the work undertaken did not go beyond studying them. to f. c. d. january 1933 to my fellow disciple, f.c.d, who works in that loneliness which is so difficult for the second ray type, i would say the following: your problem is twofold and when it yields to solution then your field of service already large will increase. you have the problem of a devitalised etheric body and also of a heart attached to many and hence unduly strained and taxed by others. there are many demands upon your sympathies. by the time you have reached the age of fifty years you should have achieved the difficult undertaking of becoming the sannyasin in the western world. this b.s.w. has already achieved and could help you if you, with frankness, cared to correspond with him. y

hence unduly strained and taxed by others. there are many demands upon your sympathies. by the time you have reached the age of fifty years you should have achieved the difficult undertaking of becoming the sannyasin in the western world. this b.s.w. has already achieved and could help you if you, with frankness, cared to correspond with him. you have somewhat to give him too. the problems of the etheric body will yield to treatment if the suggestions made to c.d.p. are noted and if the diet (in your case) is carefully controlled and regulated. it is not my intention to indicate to those who work in my group the methods they should follow as regards diet. such things differ for each individual. you have necessarily at this stage the vices of your second ray virtues. you suffer from attachm

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the human personality, the higher integration between soul and personality is today more possible and more easily accomplished than ever before. the new forms, through which that much desired consummation can be affected, must be consequently gradually and scientifically developed. this, as you may well conceive, will be achieved through the intensification of the forces, functioning through the etheric body, through the coordination of the seven major centres, and the establishing of their rhythmic relationship. the seventh ray governs predominantly upon the etheric levels of the physical plane. it does not govern the dense physical form which is under the control of the third ray. it is the vital or the etheric body which is responsive to and developed by the incoming seventh ray influe

s trust the keynote of the seventh ray disciple is "radiatory activity" hence the emergence in world thought of certain new ideas mental radiation or telepathy, the radiatory use of heat, the discovery of radium. all this connotes seventh ray activity. the divine principle with which the seventh ray humanity will be mainly concerned is that of life as it expresses itself through the medium of the etheric body. it is for this reason that we find a growing interest in the nature of vitality; the function of the glands is being studied and before long their major function as vitality generators will be noted. esoterically, they are regarded as externalisations upon the physical plane of force centres in the etheric body and their aliveness or their lack of activity are indicative of the condi

ly, they are regarded as externalisations upon the physical plane of force centres in the etheric body and their aliveness or their lack of activity are indicative of the condition of those centres. the shift of the world interest is also into the realm of economics which is definitely the realm of life sustenance. much is, therefore, bound to happen in all these spheres of interest, and once the etheric body becomes an established scientific fact and the centres major and minor are recognised as the foci of all energy as it expresses itself through the human body upon the physical plane, we shall see a great revolution take place in medicine, in diet and in the handling of daily life activity. this will produce great changes in the mode of work and labour and above everything else in the

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

y stages of evolution. upon the path, one begins to watch for and to discover the effects of force; one finds oneself consciously the victim of force currents; one is swept into activity of some kind by uncontrolled forces, and the world of force becomes a consciously sensed reality to the struggling aspirant. it is for this reason that i have stated that maya is predominantly a difficulty of the etheric body, for in relation to maya we are dealing with the forces pouring through the seven centres of the body (in all or in some, producing reactions and effects that are desirable or disastrous. it is naturally necessary to realise that all manifestation on all levels is an expression of force, but the forces to which i refer here under the term maya are those uncontrolled energies, those un

pulses of the personality life, when divorced from and not under soul control, are blended with the pranic fluids within the periphery of the personality sphere of influence, and then become potent directed streams of force, seeking emergence into physical manifestation through the medium of the seven centres in the physical body. these forces or impulses, plus the prana available, constitute the etheric body of the undeveloped and frequently of the average man. it will be apparent, therefore, how much the undeveloped man is the victim of mass energy of a low kind, for his etheric body is responsive to, and draws its energy from a type of general environing prana, until such time as there is a definite direction and a higher control either through oriented aspiration and mental discipline

n is the victim of mass energy of a low kind, for his etheric body is responsive to, and draws its energy from a type of general environing prana, until such time as there is a definite direction and a higher control either through oriented aspiration and mental discipline, or later as the result of soul conditioning, to use the psychological phrase. this etheric energy, focussed in an individual etheric body, passes through two stages prior to the period of discipleship: 1. the stage wherein it assimilates the second force to which i referred the force, latent in the dense physical form, the energy of the atomic substance, thus producing a definite fusing and blending. this causes the animal nature to conform entirely to the inner impulses, emanating from the world of prana, where the ent

ich drive men hither and thither. he becomes aware also of forces and energies within himself over which he likewise has no control and which force him to act in various ways, making him frequently the victim of his own revolts, his own acts and selfishly directed energies. here the man discovers (unconsciously at first and later consciously, the initial duality the physical body and the vital or etheric body. one is the mechanism of contact upon the physical plane, the other is the mechanism of contact with the inner forces, energies and worlds of being. this vital body controls and galvanises the physical body into an almost automatic activity. i referred to this duality in an earlier instruction. this stage is one of great difficulty for the man, as an individual, and for humanity as a

s which is aware and capable of functioning upon a plane higher than that on which humanity as a whole is, at any given time, living. hence, in lemurian times, the physically centred man who was on the verge of admission to the path was aware of: 1. the physical duality wherein his consciousness was accustomed to function normally and of the conflict between the physical body per se and the vital etheric body. 2. a dimly sensed higher consciousness which was distinguished by quality and sentiency. this was all that he could at that time contact upon the most familiar plane today, the astral plane. 3. a growing sense of self-identity which was the awakening soul or self, the master who was to lead him out of the purely physical consciousness into the next divine stage, the astral consciousn

there were vast numbers of people with the lemurian consciousness flourishing at the same time, just as today in this modern aryan race, there are many, many millions of people who express the atlantean consciousness and are polarised in their astral bodies, the victims of emotion and of consequent glamour. in the atlantean race, the physical duality was then solved, and the physical body and the etheric body constituted a unity, and in the healthy person still do so. the sense of duality shifted then into a growing recognition of the conflict in the realm of quality and into the field of what we- 65- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust today call the "pairs of opposites" good and evil, pain and pleasure, right and wrong, sense and nonsense, and the multiplicity of opposite

ation; it produces ability to tread the path of discipleship, and enables the man to "live a life, enlightened by divinity" illumination is the applied power of transformation. 3. the technique of indifference. by means of this technique, maya is ended; for the control of the purified astral vehicle is consciously and technically brought into activity, producing the freeing of the energies of the etheric body from the control of matter or force-substance, and bringing men in large numbers on to the probationary path. where there is "divine indifference" to the call or pull of matter, then inspiration becomes possible. this technique is related to karma yoga in its most practical form and the use of matter with complete impersonality. the goal of this technique is the first initiation, whic

ractical occultism. this is not the field of aspiration or the sphere of a planned moving forward towards that which is higher and desirable. it is, in some ways, a reverse activity. from the point reached upon the ladder of evolution, the disciple "stands in spiritual being (as far as in him lies, and consciously, deliberately works with the energies in the three worlds. he directs them into the etheric body from whatever level he chooses to work mental, emotional, or from the vital plane itself. he does this in conformity with some visioned idea, some cherished ideal, some sensed divine pattern, some spiritual hope, some consecrated ambition or some dedicated desire. the etheric body of the individual is, as you know, a part of the etheric body of humanity and this, in its turn, is an as

from whatever level he chooses to work mental, emotional, or from the vital plane itself. he does this in conformity with some visioned idea, some cherished ideal, some sensed divine pattern, some spiritual hope, some consecrated ambition or some dedicated desire. the etheric body of the individual is, as you know, a part of the etheric body of humanity and this, in its turn, is an aspect of the etheric body of the planet, which is likewise an intrinsic part of the etheric body of the solar system. incidentally, in this far-reaching factual relationship, you have the basis of all astrological influences. man moves, therefore, in a whirlpool of forces of all types and qualities. he is composed of energies in every part of his manifested and unmanifested expression; he is, therefore, relate

he is aware of a basic disagreement between his vision of goodness and his expression of that goodness. he has learnt that he is a triple reflection of a higher trinity and that this trinity is for him the reality. he understands that mind, emotions and physical being are intended eventually to manifest that reality. in the last analysis, he knows that if that intermediate aspect of himself, the etheric body, can be controlled and rightly directed, then vision and expression will and must finally coincide. he is also aware that the dense physical body (the outer tangible appearance) is only an automaton, obedient to whatever forces and energies are the controlling factors in the subjective, conditioning the man. is that physical body to be controlled by emotional force, pouring through th

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

ther meaningless word: omnipresence. omnipresence has its basis in the substance of the universe, and in what the scientists call the ether; this word "ether" is a generic term covering the ocean of energies which are all inter-related and which constitute that one synthetic energy body of our planet. in approaching, therefore, the subject of telepathy, it must be carefully borne in mind that the etheric body of every form in nature is an integral part of the substantial form of god himself not the dense physical form, but what the esotericists regard as the form-making substance. we use the word god to signify the expression of the one life which animates every form on the outer objective plane. the etheric or energy body, therefore, of every human being is an integral part of the etheric

to signify the expression of the one life which animates every form on the outer objective plane. the etheric or energy body, therefore, of every human being is an integral part of the etheric body of the planet itself and consequently of the solar system. through this medium, every human being is basically related to every other expression of the divine life, minute or great. the function of the etheric body is to receive energy impulses and to be swept into activity by these impulses, or streams of force, emanating from some originating source or other. the etheric body is in reality naught but energy. it is composed of myriads of threads of force or tiny streams of energy, held in relation to the emotional and mental bodies and to the soul by their coordinating effect. these streams of

aught but energy. it is composed of myriads of threads of force or tiny streams of energy, held in relation to the emotional and mental bodies and to the soul by their coordinating effect. these streams of energy, in their turn, have an effect on the physical body and swing it into activity of some kind or another, according to the nature and power of whatever type of energy may be dominating the etheric body at any particular time. through the etheric body, therefore, circulates energy emanating from some mind. with humanity in the mass, response is made unconsciously to the rulings of the universal mind; this is complicated in our time and age by a growing responsiveness to the mass ideas called sometimes public opinion of the rapidly evolving human mentality. within the human family are

. the thought-directing energy has for its source a thinker who can enter into the divine mind, owing to his having transcended human limitation; the thought-directed receiver is the man, in exoteric expression, who has aligned his brain, his mind, and his soul. it is a fact that omnipresence, which is a law in nature and based on the fact that the etheric bodies of all forms constitute the world etheric body, makes omniscience possible. the etheric body of the planetary logos is swept into activity by his directed will; energy is the result of his thoughtform playing in and through his energy body. this thoughtform embodies and expresses his world purpose. all the subhuman forms of life and the human forms up to the stage of advanced man are governed by divine thought through the medium o

have given you a hint. iii. three types of telepathy let us now discuss in some detail the three types of telepathy enumerated above: instinctual telepathy, mental telepathy, and intuitional telepathy. these three produce differing modes of activity and tap (to use a familiar word) differing areas of communication. 1. instinctual telepathy is based upon those impacts of energy which come from one etheric body and make an impression upon another. the medium of communication employed is, as we have seen, the etheric substance of all bodies, which is necessarily one with the etheric substance of the planet. the area around the solar plexus (though not in direct relation to that centre as it exists as an instrument differentiated from all other instruments or centres) is sensitive to the impac

nother. the medium of communication employed is, as we have seen, the etheric substance of all bodies, which is necessarily one with the etheric substance of the planet. the area around the solar plexus (though not in direct relation to that centre as it exists as an instrument differentiated from all other instruments or centres) is sensitive to the impact of etheric energy, for this area in the etheric body is in direct "touch" with the astral body, the feeling body. also, close to the solar plexus is found that centre near the spleen which is the direct instrument for the entrance of prana into the human mechanism. this instinctual response to etheric contact was the mode of communication in lemurian times, and largely took the place of thought and of speech. it concerned itself primari

tive thought and a steadfast love for each other. i would remind you that when i use these terms i am referring to the two major types of energy in the world today. essentially, energy is active substance. these two types of force are of a vitality, potency and substance so subtle and fine that they can work through and "force into activity" the pranic fluids which constitute the substance of the etheric body and to which i referred in a much earlier instruction*(3) the telepathic work, therefore, is concerned with three types of energy which demonstrate as forces with the power to motivate: 1. the force of love with its negative quality which a. attracts the needed material with which to clothe the idea, the thought or concept to be transmitted; it is also the attractive agency utilised b

d form, seeing it letter for letter or as a whole. but one must be sure to end with the picture form or the word form with which he began; and that he sends out, at the close, what he formulated at the beginning. to summarise: a group of disciples working in an ashram has to learn that 1. groups are held together by an inner structure of thought. 2. the focus of the externalised group life is the etheric body. the etheric body is: a. a receiving agency. b. a circulating medium for energy coming from the mind, from the soul, from the master, or from the group mind. 3. the mind is the first exoteric expression of the soul consciousness, as far as the true aspirant is concerned. 4. the following telepathic relationships are possible and must be borne in mind: a. solar plexus to solar plexus

ces and in tabulation form: 1.the advanced man in the three worlds is conscious of two inherent triplicities: a. the lower man..p.hysical body. astral nature. mind. b. the three periodical vehicles..monad. soul. personality. 2. soul and personality have made contact. he is now technically soul-infused. two periodical vehicles have been at-oned. three lower vehicles and the soul are united. 3. the etheric body is at the point of assuming great power. it can now be consciously used as a transmitter of: a. energy and forces, consciously directed. b. impacts from the highest of the periodical vehicles, working through its instrument, the spiritual triad. 4. the etheric body is, therefore, the agent consciously directed, of the rapidly integrating spiritual unity. it can convey into the brain t

f anything, superseding- 37- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust them in the consciousness of thinking humanity relationship and ideas. still others will be rapidly added as the consciousness of man is more effectively employed. the science of contact will not only reveal quality, but is revealing the lines of relationship which underlie all manifestation and of which the etheric body is the symbol. it is also rendering man sensitive to ideas as the unfolding intellect of man permits it. the reaction of humanity to these two revelations (which come, if you could but realise it, as the result, the reward, of contact and of the impact of life-reason upon that manifestation which has always been present though unrealised) will bring about vast changes and more far-rea

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activity and the manifestation of energy of certain lives whose cycle of expression and whose infinite purposes lie outside the comprehension of the most advanced and illumined minds on our planet. the next point for each of you to grasp is the fact that the ether of space is the field in and through which the energies from the many originating sources play. we are, therefore, concerned with the etheric body of the planet, of the solar system, and of the seven solar systems of which our system is one, as well as with the general and vaster etheric body of the universe in which we are located. i employ the word "located" here with deliberation and because of the inferences to which it leads. this vaster field, as well as the smaller and more localised fields, provides the medium of transmi

nderstand, it will be useful to study individual man; in this way we can arrive at a faint comprehension of the basic and underlying truth. students should never forget the law of analogy as an interpretive agency. esotericism teaches (and modern science is rapidly arriving at the same conclusion) that underlying the physical body and its comprehensive and intricate system of nerves is a vital or etheric body which is the counterpart and the true form of the outer and tangible phenomenal aspect. it is likewise the medium for the transmission of force to all parts of the human frame and the agent of the indwelling life and consciousness. it determines and conditions the physical body, for it is itself the repository and the transmitter of energy from the various subjective aspects of man an

ion of force to all parts of the human frame and the agent of the indwelling life and consciousness. it determines and conditions the physical body, for it is itself the repository and the transmitter of energy from the various subjective aspects of man and also from the environment in which man (both inner and outer man) finds himself. two other points should here be added. first: the individual etheric body is not an isolated and separated human vehicle but is, in a peculiar sense, an integral part of the etheric body of that entity which we have called the human family; this kingdom in nature, through its etheric body, is an integral part of the planetary etheric body; the planetary etheric body is not separated off from the etheric bodies of other planets but all of them in their total

an isolated and separated human vehicle but is, in a peculiar sense, an integral part of the etheric body of that entity which we have called the human family; this kingdom in nature, through its etheric body, is an integral part of the planetary etheric body; the planetary etheric body is not separated off from the etheric bodies of other planets but all of them in their totality, along with the etheric body of the sun constitute the etheric body of the solar system. this is related to the etheric bodies of the six solar systems which, with ours, form a cosmic unity and into these pour energies and forces from certain great constellations. the field of space is etheric in nature and its vital body is composed of the totality of etheric bodies of all constellations, solar systems and plane

composed of the totality of etheric bodies of all constellations, solar systems and planets which are found therein. throughout this cosmic golden web there is a constant circulation of energies and forces and this constitutes the scientific basis of the astrological theories. just as the forces of the planet and of the inner spiritual man (to mention only one factor among many) pour through the etheric body of the individual man upon the physical plane, and- 7- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust condition his outer expression, activities, and qualities, so do the varying forces of the universe pour through every part of the etheric body of that entity we call space and condition and determine the outer expression, the activities and qu

oteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust condition his outer expression, activities, and qualities, so do the varying forces of the universe pour through every part of the etheric body of that entity we call space and condition and determine the outer expression, the activities and qualities of every form found within the cosmic periphery. the second point i would make is that within the human etheric body there are to be found seven major force centres which are in the nature of distributing agencies and electrical batteries, providing dynamic force and qualitative energy to the man; they produce definite effects upon his outer physical manifestation. through their constant activity his quality appears, his ray tendencies begin to emerge and his point in evolution is clearly indicated

nts" he must perforce share because his small modicum of energy is an integral part of theirs. there is one aspect of energy for which the modern astrologer makes very little allowance, and yet it is of paramount importance. this is the energy which emanates from or radiates from the earth itself. living as all human beings do upon the surface of the earth and being, therefore, projected into the etheric body of the planet (for the reason that "man stands erect) man's body is at all times bathed in the emanations and the radiations of our earth and in the integral quality of our planetary logos as he sends forth and transmits energy within his planetary environment. astrologers have always emphasised the incoming influences and energies as they beat upon and play through our little planet

s of our earth and in the integral quality of our planetary logos as he sends forth and transmits energy within his planetary environment. astrologers have always emphasised the incoming influences and energies as they beat upon and play through our little planet, but they have omitted to take into adequate consideration the emanating qualities and forces which are the contribution of our earth's etheric body to the larger whole. this we will consider later, but i felt the necessity of calling your attention to it at this time. another point which should here be noted is that the influence of the moon is purely symbolic in- 8- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust nature and in effect and is simply the result of ancient thought and teaching

ar. i. 2. the seven sisters of the pleiades. 3. sirius, the dog star- 9- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the seven solar systems of which ours is one. ii. 2. the seven sacred planets of which ours is not one. 3. the five non-sacred planets or "hidden" planets. 1. the seven planetary centres. iii. 2. the seven centres of force in the human etheric body. iv. 1. the twelve zodiacal constellations. we thus have a ninefold energy impact. this is a major chart but it should be remembered that there are other impacts of relative insignificance. to these would be added other streams of energy which definitely play upon and affect our planetary life, such as those coming from that great star, betelgeuse, or from antares and other stupendous

ich are related to the constellations of the zodiac and whose force reaches us through these constellations and not directly. besides these, it should be remembered that technically we should also add the radiatory influence which comes direct to us from the planet, the earth, upon which we live. then, and only then, can you have a fairly complete analysis and picture of the energies to which the etheric body of man (conditioning the physical body which is pre-eminently automatic and negative in its reactions) must and does ever respond. an understanding of that response and the conscious intelligent control of individual reactions are supremely necessary to man but only become possible at a fairly advanced stage of development and as he nears the path (technically understood. man learns f

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

he exoteric fundamental truths of the present. during the past one hundred years, the esoteric doctrines and the secret teaching of the ageless wisdom given to the public often under the pledge of secrecy have become public property. the nature of man as taught in the mystery schools of the past has under other names become recognisable as modern psychology. the mystery of the astral body, of the etheric body and the mental body are now dealt with in our universities, in our psychological courses, dealing with the vitality of the human being, his emotional nature and the mind. the belief in the masters was a closely guarded secret; now they are discussed from public platforms in all our great cities. the way of meditation and its techniques were closely guarded subjects and the public was

ALICE A BAILEY20 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME IV ESOTERIC HEALING

ust possess the varying functions which enable the soul to express itself on the physical or objective plane as part of a greater and more inclusive organism. the physical body is the response apparatus of the indwelling spiritual man and serves to put that spiritual entity en rapport with the response apparatus of the planetary logos, the life in which we live and move and have our being. 2. the etheric body, which has one main objective. this is to vitalise and energise the physical body and thus integrate it into the energy body of the earth and of the solar system. it is a web of energy streams, of lines of force and of light. it constitutes part of the vast network of energies which underlies all forms whether great or small (microcosmic or macrocosmic. along these lines of energy the

nd the vital causes of such diseases, and to indicate the general laws with which the healer must work and the six rules which he must impose upon himself and to which he gives obedience, through discipline and understanding. you will have noted that i listed the psychological causes under four headings: 1. those arising out of the emotional-feeling nature. 2. those which have their origin in the etheric body. 3. those which are based on wrong thought. 4. the peculiar complaints and psychological troubles of disciples. it may have interested you to see that i place the ills of the etheric body in the second place and not the first. the reason for this is that the group ills and diseases which have fastened upon the race, work primarily through the etheric body and find their way out into m

the most numerous, owing to the fact that humanity cannot as yet deal with these en masse. the approach has to be through individuals, and men must clear their astral or emotional bodies of those conditions which pre-dispose them to disease, as individuals. at present, the race is astrally polarised. the emotional sentient nature is all-powerful in the masses. this leads to a relatively negative etheric body which is tuned in on the entire etheric substance of the planet. this substance, which underlies all forms, is simply a transferring and transmitting agency for vital energy to the outer dense physical body. energy sweeps through this etheric substance, free from all control by the individual human being, and quite unrealised by him because his focus of attention is astral. from the a

t present in the emotional body, and that that vehicle of expression is the one predominant predisposing agent in the ill health of the individual, just as group ills and the sweep of epidemics of any kind through the masses are founded in some condition in the etheric substance of the planet. those diseases which are general, national, racial and planetary find their way to an individual via his etheric body, but are not so personal in their implications. upon this i will later enlarge. today i but lay down the general proposition. i would also like to point out that the diseases for the masses, for the average citizen, for the- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust intelligentsia, and for the disciples of the world may, and do, differ wi

; it is not easy or possible for him to grasp these distinctions and to gauge the point in evolution which a man may have reached. some diseases must be dealt with from the mental plane, and will call in the mind of the healer; others require a concentration of emotional energy by the healing agent; and again, in other cases, the healer should seek to be only a transmitter of pranic energy to the etheric body of the patient, via his own etheric body. how many healers are really consciously aware of the focus of the consciousness or the life force in the patient with whom they may be concerned? how many realise anything of the type of healing which it is possible and necessary to apply to a disciple? how few realise that no disciple, for instance, can place himself in the hands of the avera

rld today is almost entirely of group origin, is inherited, is the result of infection, or the result of undernourishment. the last named cause is primarily an evil of civilisation; it is the result of economic maladjustment or the corruption of food. as i earlier pointed out, these latter causes of disease are not primarily the result of inner subtle forces, but are the pouring upwards, into the etheric body, of energies from the physical plane itself and from the outer world of forces. little attention has been paid by occult teachers to these forces which come from without, which originate upon the physical plane, and which affect the inner bodies. there are physical energy and streams of force entering into the etheric bodies of all forms, just as the world illusion and the miasmas of

re and the control of the astral body. this book is practically the first one ever given out to the public on this theme. much has been given in the past on the subject of the physical body and its care, both by exoteric and esoteric science. much of it is true, and some of it is illusion. it is illusion because it is based on false premises. modern esotericists have dealt with the subject of the etheric body, and this too has been partially true and partially false, but it is more generally true- 20- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust from the occult point of view than it is exoterically. i may surprise you here if i tell you that a treatise on white magic is also true as far as it goes, but it is necessarily limited, and because of these

ng points of evolution. according to others, they are states of consciousness and some regard them as made in the likeness of a man. what is your definition, brother of mine? the astral body is, for the majority of mankind, the major determining factor to be considered. it is an outstanding cause of ill health. the reason for this is that it has a potent and predisposing effect upon the vital and etheric body. the physical body is an automaton of whichever inner body is the strongest. when you remember that the vital body is the recipient of the streams of energy, and is in fact composed and formed of such streams, and that the physical body is driven into activity by these streams, it is apparent that that stream which is the most potent is the one which will control the action of the phy

nt wrong attitudes to life and people which today distinguish mankind and produce the above mentioned conditions. the ills which are based on criticism, upon hatred, and upon the capacity to judge each other (usually unkindly) work through from the throat centre to the solar plexus. this inter-relation existing between the centres is one that has never been properly considered. the centres in the etheric body pass varying kinds of energies amongst themselves, and a great deal of the energy transmitted from one centre to another is undesirable, flowing from the centres below the diaphragm to those above. the physical body (etheric and dense) can be pictured as a house with two telephonic installations one bringing in energies from without the house and the other being in the nature of a hou

have also a sound knowledge of symptoms and of anatomy and of curative measures which are usually lacking in the average metaphysical healer. but they are entirely ignorant of one great field of knowledge that concerning the energies which meet and war within the human frame and of the potencies which can be set in motion if certain esoteric truths are admitted in place. until they work with the etheric body and study the science of the centres, they can make little further progress. the esoteric healer knows much about the inner forces and energies and has some understanding of the basic causes of the exoteric diseases, but his ignorance of man's mechanism is deplorable, and he fails to realise two things: first, that disease is sometimes the working out into manifestation of undesirable

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

truth of this bridging necessity. the antahkarana is the bridge the man builds through meditation, understanding and the magical creative work of the soul between the three aspects of his mind nature. therefore the primary objectives of the coming education will be: 1. to produce alignment between mind and brain through a correct understanding of the inner constitution of man, particularly of the etheric body and the force centres. 2. to build or construct a bridge between the brain-mind-soul, thus producing an integrated personality which is a steady developing expression of the in-dwelling soul. 3. to build the bridge between the lower mind, soul, higher mind, so that the illumination of the personality becomes possible- 10- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust viii. the t

age copyright 1998 lucis trust the technique to be later applied will then be built upon this important initial decision hence again, the growing responsibility of the educator. a child's note and quality will be early determined, and his whole planned training will grow out of this basic recognition. this is not yet possible, but will shortly be so, when the quality and nature of any individual etheric body can be scientifically discovered. this development is not as distant as might be supposed or anticipated. it is not my intention to deal with the details of this process, nor to elaborate the methods whereby the children of the race can be trained. our objective is to deal with the more universal and immediate necessity of bridging the gap between the different aspects of the lower se

one. humanity has as a whole already bridged the gap between the emotional astral nature and the physical man. as i said elsewhere: we might generalise in the following manner as to the stages of growth and consequent ability to become the agent of ever increasing powers, tapping the resources of dynamic energy in the three worlds: lower types of humanity use the sutratma as it passes through the etheric body. average men utilise almost entirely that part of the sutratma which passes through the astral plane. their reactions are largely based on desire, and are emotional. intellectual men utilise the sutratma as it passes through the lower levels of the mental plane, down through the astral to the physical in its two sections. their activities are energised by mind and not by desire, as in

ef and inadequate statement as to the science of the antahkarana. i have endeavoured to express this in terms, symbolic if you will, which will convey some general idea of the process to your minds. we can learn much through the use of the pictorial and visual imagination. many aspirants have already established the following links of the bridging antahkarana: 1. from the physical to the vital or etheric body. this is really an extension of the life thread between the heart and the spleen. 2. from the physical and the vital, regarding them as a unity, to the astral or emotional vehicle. this thread emanates from, or is anchored in, the solar plexus, and is carried upward by means of the aspiration till it anchors itself in the love petals of the egoic lotus. 3. from the physical and astral

his soul is essentially intelligence, vitally used on each plane. it functions as the discriminating mind on the mental plane, as the sensitive consciousness on the emotional plane, and as the active participator in physical life. this intelligent activity is always used from the wisdom angle. 11. the new education will take into consideration: a. the mind and its relation to the energy body, the etheric body, which underlies the nervous system and which galvanises the physical body into activity. b. the mind and its relation to the brain. c. the mind and its relation to the seven centres of force in the etheric body, and their externalisation and utilisation through the medium of the major nerve plexi to be found in the human body, and their relation (which will become increasingly obviou

f the forces which constitute his personality equipment and which he himself magnetically brought into expression in the three worlds. they form a combination of active forces; he must learn to differentiate between strictly physical energy, which is automatic in its response to other and inner energies, and those which come from emotional and mental levels of consciousness, focussing through the etheric body which, in turn, motivates and galvanises his physical vehicle into certain activities. 2. to become sensitive to the impelling energies of the soul, emanating from the higher mental levels. these seek to control the forces of the threefold man when a certain definite point in evolution is reached. 3. to recognise the conditioning energies in his environment, seeing them not as events

ich will be indicative of future developments and point the way to where the changed attitude may be anticipated. let me list them as follows: 1. the emphasis in the future will shift from the urge to produce large families to that of producing quality and intelligence in the offspring. this will include that science of which eugenics is the distorted and exoteric indication. when the fact of the etheric body with its force centres is scientifically established, the above prophecy will assume significance and meaning. 2. the need of an increasing birthrate will be eventually regarded as erroneous, and this for three reasons which it would profit you to study: a. many souls are rapidly achieving perfection and passing away altogether from our planetary life. this process will be intensified

pose, is especially the science of light manifestation with its results of revelation and consequent changes. it should be remembered that- 94- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust a. light is substantial, and from the angle of the spirit is a sublimation or higher form of material matter. b. light is also the quality or major characteristic of the soul in its own realm, and of the etheric body (a reflection of the soul eventually) in the three worlds of human evolution. c. the object of the science with which we are dealing is to fuse the lower and the upper lights, so that one light shines forth in physical manifestation and a synthesis of light is consequently brought about. d. technically speaking, two light bodies exist the vital or etheric body and the soul vehicle. on

ight shines forth in physical manifestation and a synthesis of light is consequently brought about. d. technically speaking, two light bodies exist the vital or etheric body and the soul vehicle. one is the result of aeons of incarnating life and becomes in time a powerful repository of energies gathered out of a wide range of contacts, though conditioned by the ray type in its three aspects. the etheric body exists and is today functioning powerfully. the soul body is in process of being slowly constructed, and is that "house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" to which the new testament refers (ii cor. 5: l. it is interesting to note that the old testament refers to the etheric body (ecc. 12:6-7) and its construction, and the new testament deals with the building of the spiritua

ed, and is that "house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" to which the new testament refers (ii cor. 5: l. it is interesting to note that the old testament refers to the etheric body (ecc. 12:6-7) and its construction, and the new testament deals with the building of the spiritual body. 3. the science of the antahkarana must be studied in three ways: a. concretely and in relation to the etheric body, which is a substantial, tangible form, and is being so considered (though not as yet universally admitted) by modern science. b. egoically and in relation to the soul and to the "light body" through which the spiritual man must function in the world of souls, and which when blended and fused with the etheric body produces the manifestation of divinity upon earth to a greater or lesse

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

the spiritual result of the esoteric manifestation of the potency of life to be found in the seed group. the work to be done by us in joint cooperation (as regards your training) was organised by me into seven teaching units: i. definite planned meditation. ii. teaching upon the subject of initiation. iii. training in telepathy. iv. consideration of the problems of humanity. v. teaching anent the etheric body. vi. added to the above, i seek to give each of you a measure of individual help and instruction. vii. as time goes on, i will convey information anent the work of the masters' ashrams and their planned externalisation. i am going to ask you to give two relatively brief periods of time each day to definite and defined meditation. one period (the most important) must be given to the ge

it is the new world which we shall start to study, the new opportunities and the new complexities, as well as the new and coming simplifications in life and being. they concern primarily the service of the initiate; hitherto we have only considered the service which disciples, aspirants and men of goodwill can render. v. i shall give you some clear and definite instructions anent the uses of the etheric body. this vehicle of vitality or energy is the ultimate conditioning factor in the activity of the physical body. it is an initiator, for there is no physical activity as we understand it unless impulsed by some energy emanating from the etheric body. an understanding of some of the processes of initiation will come from an understanding of the body of vitality. the etheric body is the or

ey also have a third function: they ground or focus energy, thus producing a point of tension, of crisis and an interlude, prior to a process of transmission. ponder on these words. the physical body can be evoked into manifestation and subsequent activity, but it has no power of invocation. hence it is not a principle (as h.p.b. tells us in the secret doctrine) but is basically an automaton. the etheric body invokes and evokes; but it also, in relation to the physical plane, precipitates energy through a process of appropriation. a study of these things- 15- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust will bring to our attention the entire subject of the centres and this we will approach from the angle of invocation and evocation. the teaching upon the etheric body n

eric truth, necessary in preparation for initiation, will continue; it is essential that the second volume of discipleship in the new age should reach the public. this new teaching (or rather this new sequence of teaching) in its timed presentation consists, as you already know, of six themes or subjects: instruction on meditation. teaching on initiation. training in telepathy. teaching anent the etheric body. the problems of humanity. the externalisation of the ashrams. you will continue to receive these papers, not as an affiliated member of my ashram, but only as an intelligent, trained aspirant who is privileged to be used in building up the needed thoughtforms anent the correct aspects of the teaching so that the seed or germ may be truly implanted in the human consciousness and thus

involved, and it is one which you will have some day to face. do you, again, like to share your emotional reactions with a co-disciple? are you interested in his? if so, why? some day this responding interest must prove itself effective, and this must necessarily connote self-sacrifice in both directions. do you want or deem it appropriate to have a fellow-worker come under the influence of your etheric body and, therefore, of the energies which flow through it? and do you want his energies to flow through you? these are some of the implications of group work, and for these you must be prepared. the realisation of the inevitability of these necessities will lead you eventually to a careful scrutiny of your thinking, of your emotional reactions and of the energies to which you give entranc

se who were or are in the reorganised group. the names will be sent to you without comment and without addresses. i would ask you on one day each month the day of the full moon to sit down and mention each of these names of your co-disciples in the light, sending out light and love to one and all. this will strengthen the relation of you all to each other and it will also create an energy body an etheric body for the entire subjective group and will integrate them closely as time goes on, restoring those who broke away and strengthening those who unfortunately proved themselves to be weak. this entire problem of group integrity and personnel-synthesis (if i may coin such a phrase) is at this time presenting a major problem to the hierarchy. it is based, as you see, on the point in evolutio

t 1998 lucis trust 2. carry the thought or consciousness upward through the astral body and the mind to the soul. 3. identify the personality consciousness with the soul consciousness, and realise that they are one. ii. from that point, definitely and consciously, assume the attitude of the observer. this also involves three stages: 1. observe the personality and consider it from the angle of the etheric body. 2. consciously throw soul energy down into the centre at the base of the spine. then raise it slowly, via the five centres and the two head centres (ajna and highest head centre, up into the soul body. this produces, when correctly done, a vivifying of the sutratma and links the personality and soul into one blended unit. it is what might be called the acme of alignment. 3. then ende

in his service, and therefore in his effect within the ashram. let me now, brother of mine, outline for you the line of thinking which should be pursued by you as you seek to penetrate into the true significance of this symbol which is the theme of your meditation. it constitutes a normal development from the work already done. in the first two meditations given, you dealt with the centres of the etheric body, and were therefore dealing with the personality, the "city which stands foursquare" you were next enjoined to practise alignment, thereby arriving at the recognition, and in some cases the contact, with the spiritual triplicity, which is that which "hovers over the square and radiates the energy of light into this waiting field of active thought" you will note that the entire process

e of the meditation work is concerned with the square which for the purposes of our work we will simply regard as the field of service and of experience experience in work and not individual life experience. you will note that this description of the meditation work, which i am asking you to carry forward for a year at least, is based upon the three previous meditations; these sought to bring the etheric body with its various force centres into such a condition that it could become receptive to impression, and cooperate thereafter actively; through the alignment exercise you endeavoured to bring that organised instrument of service into contact with the source of inspiration and the source of impression, i.e, the ashram and the soul. now we are in a position (theoretically at least and dep

the alignment of soul and personality, resulting in a conscious relation to the kingdom of god. 2. the alignment of soul and personality with the ashram, resulting in a conscious relation with the master of the ashram. 3. the alignment of the initiate of higher degree with the spiritual triad and the consequent result of a recognition of monadic energy. 4. the alignment of all the centres in the etheric body of the disciple. this results in the ability of- 107- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust these centres to register and transfer energies which enter into the lower mechanism as a consequence of the three higher alignments listed above. i would ask you to study the above tabulation with care. the fourth meditation was definitely directed towards bringing

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ouls go forth to incarnation and all souls return from the place of experience and of experiment. it might be asked what ground this training should cover. i would suggest that teaching should be given as to the nature of man and the purpose and objectives of the soul; training can be offered as to the technique of expression, and careful instruction also given as to the use of the centres in the etheric body and in the development of the ability to preserve inviolate the attitude of the positive onlooker, who is always the directing, controlling factor. there will have to be careful analysis of the type and character of the psychic, and then the application of differentiated and suitable methods so that he may progress with the least hindrance. training schools and classes which seek to d

cent cells into activity and awakens the brain consciousness to the light of the soul. this process of ordered meditation, when carried forward over a period of years and supplemented by meditative living and one-pointed service, will successfully arouse the entire system, and bring the lower man under the influence and control of the spiritual man; it will awaken also the centres of force in the etheric body and stimulate into activity that mysterious stream of energy which sleeps at the base of the spinal column. when this process is carried forward with care and due safeguards, and under direction, and when the process is spread over a long period of time there is little risk of danger, and the awakening will take place normally and under the law of being itself. if, however, the tuning

s: 1. the bringing through of healing divine energy. 2. the exclusion of the astral world, and therefore illusion. 3. the utilisation of the healing energy in full waking consciousness upon the physical plane. most of the healers in the world are working as follows: 1. as purely physical healers, dealing with the vital forces of the physical body, and with their own consciousness polarised in the etheric body. 2. as emotional astral psychics, with the consciousness polarised upon the astral plane, and utilising the astral body and working in and with glamour and illusion. the effect of their work, if successful (and i would have you note that "if" for i deal with the idea of relative permanency) may be one of two things: a. they may cure the physical ills in the patient which are of such a

n of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust a. they will teach humanity to see etherically, and this they will do by heightening human vibration by interaction with their own. b. they will give instruction in the effect of colour in the healing of disease, and particularly the efficiency of violet light in lessening human ills and in curing those physical plane sicknesses which originate in the etheric body. c. they will also demonstrate to the materialistic thinkers of the world the fact that the superconscious world exists and that angels and men who are out of incarnation and possess no physical bodies can be contacted and known. d. they will train human beings in the knowledge of superhuman physics so that weight shall be for them transmuted. motion will become more rapid, speed will

atigue will be eliminated. in the human control of etheric levels lies the overcoming of fatigue and the power to transcend time. until this prophecy is a fact and recognised as such, the meaning of the above words will remain obscure. e. they will teach humanity how rightly to nourish the body and to draw from the surrounding ethers the requisite food. man will concentrate his attention upon the etheric body and the work and health of the physical body will become increasingly automatic. f. they will also teach human beings as individuals and as a race to expand their consciousness to include the superphysical. in the accomplishment of this, the separating web (the veil of the temple) which divides the physical plane from the unseen world will be recognised as a fact in nature by the scie

urpose and is impulsed and impelled by shamballa energy, distributed throughout the planet, via the hierarchy in the majority of cases. both the hierarchy and humanity are brought under the influence of extra-planetary forces which make their impact upon the planet, via shamballa. therefore, a great interdependence emerges, of which the head, heart and solar plexus centres in the individual man's etheric body are symbols; their unified relation keeps the man functioning and demonstrating as a coherent whole at a particular level of consciousness. it is essential that students endeavour to grasp this, and so develop within themselves at least the rudiments of this synthetic unified grasp of living conditions and of a vital situation. these instructions can aid all earnest aspirants and disc

xpressions of directed energies, mean little to us, except in so far as they may affect adversely our personalities. they connote simply a way of life in any specific time. these energies were started on their activities in the very night of time; they established each of them their needed cyclic rhythm; they are responsible for the activity of substance on matter or of the action of the vital or etheric body upon matter; they are the lowest formulated expression of the creative intelligence, embodying the principle of life or livingness because they essentially are life itself and life in action. forget not that dense matter is not a principle; it is only that which is responsive to the creative principle. when, however, the externalisation of the hierarchy begins to take place (and it wi

t that dense matter is not a principle; it is only that which is responsive to the creative principle. when, however, the externalisation of the hierarchy begins to take place (and it will be spread over quite a long period of time, the impact of these substantial energies on matter will be radically altered because they will be for the first time in history directed from etheric levels, from the etheric body of the planet in the three worlds; hitherto, these energies have been directed from the buddhic plane which is the lowest of the cosmic etheric levels. fundamentally, direction will still be from the buddhic plane, but the detailed and focussed direction will be given from within the three worlds and upon the physical plane; this will be the task of the externalised ashrams, organised

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y tend to become powerful, and thereby fully express that which is in them. c. a dominant controlling lunar lord who is that which we understand by the term the 'lower personality; he (if the personal pronoun can be used) is the sumtotal of the physical, astral and mental elementals, and it is this power which at present forces the 'fiery energies' of the body to feed the lower three centres. the etheric body has a unique and curious position, being simply the vehicle for prana or life and the centre which it uses exists in a category by itself. 3. all subhuman forms in their aggregate prove a powerful deterrent factor in the progress towards emancipation of the real man. they form the opposite to what we understand by the world of the master and the two are in direct opposition to each ot

ut through the evocation of the will. the lesser wheels must not for aye revolve in time and space. only the greater wheel must onward move and turn. this is a rule peculiarly related to the fourth creative hierarchy, embodying its goal as the aryan rootrace can sense and approximate it. it is peculiarly related also to the quaternary to which we give the name "personality" composed of a vital or etheric body, a sumtotal of emotional states and a mind, plus that integrated something which we call the whole man. rightly understood and followed, this rule reveals the nature of the fourth plane or fourth state of consciousness, that of buddhi or the plane of pure reason, the intuition. from the angle of the higher initiate, this rule is related to the activity of monad, soul and body within t

. this law of the supplementary seven is concerned with the inflow of energy from the seven planetary centres to the seven groups or types of men, via the seven groups within the hierarchy. in this work of transmission the seven centres of the initiate are used as agencies; their work, therefore, is not the interrelated work of right transmission of energy within the septenary constitution of the etheric body of the individual initiate, implementing his life expression, but is the task of being responsive to the seven types of planetary energy which are received in a pure state. it is then channeled through the seven centres in the initiate's etheric vehicle and out into the world of men as regenerative and constructive forces. these living spiritual energies transmitted by the individual

ot altogether. thus the law of the supplementary seven is ever in force. it functions in the processes going on in the seven centres of the individual man, gathering energy from one centre into another until all are centred, controlled and directed in the head. in the stage of what the hindus call "samadhi" the vital energies from all the centres are concentrated in the highest head centre in the etheric body, in the area just above the physical head. thus the analogy is complete. the processes of abstraction are (as you may thus see) connected with the life aspect, are set in motion by an act of the spiritual will, and constitute the "resurrection principle which lies hidden in the work of the destroyer" as an old esoteric saying expresses it. the lowest manifestation of this principle is

ne. there they are implicit or latent but not active. they are the great "impulsive factors" in manifestation, organising substance, directing the multiplicity of lives and beings who constitute the forms through which god expresses divinity. in a peculiar sense, they are the embodiment of the divine purpose upon the planes of the monad and of the triad, just as the aggregate of energies in man's etheric body is the result of his inner direction and the cause of his outer manifestation. to understand more fully the function of the deva forces, a man must arrive at some understanding of the forces in his etheric body which, in their turn, are the consequence of his point of attainment an attainment- 116- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 luc

people regard as goodwill work or a phase of the goodwill work. the forming of triangles of light and of goodwill concerns the reservoir of energy upon the inner and etheric side of life which will automatically and with full circulatory effect enable the exoteric work of the men and women of goodwill to make progress. it is not goodwill per se, but the creation of triangles of energy within the etheric body of the planet which are deliberately qualified by goodwill. the two phases of the work are necessarily complementary to each other but must not be regarded as one. the triangles of light must be qualified by or become the agents of goodwill, and the two groups are closely interrelated. the men and women of goodwill need know nothing of these triangles unless it is deemed wise and they

ons, their governing constellations and their planetary rulers. this will facilitate research into the relation of the planetary centres to the systemic centres, the sacred planets and the energies pouring through them from the constellations which they "rule" in the esoteric sense. this is one of the paradoxes of occultism but it can be understood if the student remembers that the centres in his etheric body rule in so far as they are receptive or non-receptive to the influences emanating from the planet, via the planetary centres. it would not be advisable for me to give out the relation of the planetary centres to the centres of the human being; there is not enough love present as yet to balance such knowledge and to offset any possible misuse with its dire consequences. the reason i in

the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust against publishing a clear correlated thesis on the subject as a result of their researches in my books. nevertheless, the true aspirant must be given the needed information. the mysteries are revealed not primarily by the reception of information anent them and their processes, but by the action of certain processes, carried out within the etheric body of the disciple; these enable him to know that which is hidden; they put him in possession of a mechanism of revelation and make him aware of certain radiatory and magnetic powers or energies within himself which constitute channels of activity and modes whereby he may acquire that which it is the privilege of the initiate to own and to use. the disciple upon the probationary path sta

diacal revolution; at the same time, the disciple is receiving energy currents from the reversed wheel whereon he, as a soul, finds himself. he is consequently the recipient of two currents of energy, going in reverse directions; hence the increased conflict in his life and circumstances; these constitute the reason for the tests of initiation. this, on a tiny scale, is true of the centres in the etheric body of the disciple; they too evidence the same dual activity, once the path of discipleship is trodden and the path of initiation is entered. the zodiacal wheel is itself essentially a cosmic centre; it is a twelve-petalled lotus, but it is a twelve-petalled lotus within the thousand-petalled lotus of an unknown cosmic entity, the one referred to in my earlier books as the one about whom

ire, of which it is essentially created. these are as follows- 227- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. electrical energy, composed of two forces of electricity: the innate, inert and latent force of the physical plane atoms of the dense physical vehicle, and the force which we call prana which is an aspect of the energy composing the etheric body. these two blend, combine and form the "door" through which the spiritual man must pass then he undergoes the first initiation. this provocative energy tests out every part of his physical equipment and as he passes the test the door opens, the opposing energies symbolically "die out" and he can pass on to the path of initiation, free from that type of obstruction. the physical body n

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soul. in taurus the desire world was contacted and a similar procedure pursued. the means of sentiently contacting the world of feeling and emotion were developed and man became a sentient soul. in gemini, a new and vital energy body was constructed [101] by the bringing together of the energies of soul and matter, and man became a living soul, for the two poles were en rapport, and the vital or etheric body came into being. in cancer, which is the sign of physical birth and of the identification of the unit with the mass, the work of incarnation was completed and the fourfold nature was manifested. man became a living actor on the physical plane. but it is in leo that man becomes what is occultly called the five-pointed star, for that star stands as the symbol of individualization, of hu

imilar lines [the soul and its mechanism by alice a. bailey. lucis publishing company, new york, n.y, and the lucis press limited, london] it is in this cave that the lion of the developed personality or individuality has its lair, and it is here that the sun god, hercules, must conquer [111] for centuries the egyptians, and especially the hindus, have known of the chakras or force-centers in the etheric body. the discovery of the endocrine system shows corresponding physical glands in the same locations. one of these, the pituitary body, with its two lobes, symbolizes the cave with two openings, one of which hercules had to close before he could control the personality by the higher mind. for it was only when he had blocked the opening of the personal emotions (postpituitary, thrown away

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information is merely stating that, as conditions exist at the moment, this is the probable result. if the individual desires a different outcome, it is within her or his power to bring it about. we create our own reality. the aura the "body" of wo/man is actually composed of seven distinct elements. the first three (solid, liquid and gas) form the physical body. the fourth element is called the etheric body and interpenetrates the physical. generally the etheric body extends beyond the confines of the physical body by about an inch. next is the astral body. it extends several inches beyond the etheric body. then, beyond the astral body, are the mental and spiritual bodies. due to their elasticity, and the speed at which they function, it is impossible to define physical limits for these

mental and spiritual bodies. due to their elasticity, and the speed at which they function, it is impossible to define physical limits for these last two. although the vibrations of the non-physical bodies are too high a rate to be detected by the physical eye, the energy patterns that emanate can be seen by the adept. these energy patterns are what is known as the aura. usually the energy of the etheric body is detected, or "seen, first because of its denseness. as your perceptions improve you can begin to detect the energy that radiates beyond the etheric body. often it can be seen flowing, ebbing and spiralling much like the northern lights. the colors detected are usually indicative of the person's state of being. thus, a person with a deeply spiritual state may exhibit blue and lavend

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se you don't want it to explode (damn! she was ugleeeee, your body seems like a pretty solid piece of work. in fact for some of us it is just a bit too, too solid (i write as i regard my tummy. you would never dream that this oh so solid mass of flesh is more nothing than matter and that the matter is hung on an energy field like a skyscraper is hung on steel girders. this framework is called the etheric body and it is made up of the stuff we call psychic energy. and it does not stop there, because in one form or another, this is true of all physical matter. atoms are nothing more than solidified, slow energy and the energy particles that constitute atoms, one way or another, go back to the energy of the psychic. it gets a little complicated at that point and there is no point in boring yo

ysical matter. atoms are nothing more than solidified, slow energy and the energy particles that constitute atoms, one way or another, go back to the energy of the psychic. it gets a little complicated at that point and there is no point in boring you with the theory, just accept it as true for the moment and we can deal with questions later if we have time. but we can make an assertion about the etheric body because we have some real unpleasant evidence for it in the phenomena of the phantom pain. if something terrible happens to a person and they lose a body part, like an arm or a leg, it seems that the etheric body of that part does not leave. it sticks around and causes all manner of trouble for the poor person. the individual may very well feel intense pain where the missing part shou

s not leave. it sticks around and causes all manner of trouble for the poor person. the individual may very well feel intense pain where the missing part should be, but there is no reason why such a pain should occur. after all, all the nerve endings went with the part. however, if a person suffers from a birth defect and a part is missing, no such pain will occur. why should this be? because the etheric body never formed that part and thus does not react to a loss. phantom pain, however, is useful to study because it gives us some idea of the interface between the etheric body and the physical one, in this case, the nervous system. remember that there are no nerve endings present. they are gone to wherever amputated parts go (and i don't know that and i don't want to know. after all, you

een the etheric body and the physical one, in this case, the nervous system. remember that there are no nerve endings present. they are gone to wherever amputated parts go (and i don't know that and i don't want to know. after all, you cannot cut a finger that is not there. in spite of this, there is significant pain where there should be none. why? clearly there exists a relationship between the etheric body and the physical brain. the nervous system is carrying signals to the part of the brain that says "pain" and that part is responding. so let's go back to the bit about psychic energy being carried by electrical conductors. there are still etheric nerves (or their equivalent) present. they are being activated by something, we have no idea what. they carry information to the interface w

very smart, the brain is not, at least at that level, and does not know that there is nothing there and thus sends out the message automatically. here we get to the real important part of this stuff, the ability of psychic energy to act as a carrier of information. and at this point we have to make just a bit of a leap, so bear with me. we will operate under the assumption that the energy of the etheric body is in some way all-pervasive. this means that the etheric body of one person is connected at some level, by some instrumentality, with the etheric body of everyone else in the world, if not in the universe and this connection is the means by which psychic powers operate. will this cure our water addiction? how the hell should i know, but that is not what this book is about, thank badn

instrumentality, with the etheric body of everyone else in the world, if not in the universe and this connection is the means by which psychic powers operate. will this cure our water addiction? how the hell should i know, but that is not what this book is about, thank badness. but it will gives up a working framework for our system. let us posit that once a piece of information is placed in the etheric body of the person sending it, it can be directed to the etheric body of the receiver and from there to the nervous system and thence to the physical brain. in some way it will operated the same way as the phantom pain. thus it is not only possible to send specific thought messages to other people, such as "send the royalty check" but also to send emotions, like love and even physical resp

y body may take place. in fact it is probably wisest to expect just that, for energy can be transformed, but we are not here concerned with that. what we are concerned with is the fact that the energy bodies of those who have gone on before still exist out there somewhere and that means the minds of those individuals continue to function. this should lead you to the obvious conclusion that if the etheric body of an individual can be used to impart some information to a rock or a hunk of metal or even a piece of paper (it used to be called writing, then it can be used to contact the dead. and indeed it most certainly can. in fact in the psychic world that is still the most common intentional use of it. people are always wanting to talk to their dead relatives, even when they had no use for

am taking the time to teach you this technique is not to improve your mental health. that is a side benefit (no extra charge. meditation has the added advantage of putting your mind into condition to be better able to manipulate psychic energy. why should this be? understand that your mind is constantly putting out this energy. every second some part of your consciousness is transmitting into the etheric body and thence to the psychic world. most of these transmissions come to nothing because there is not enough energy behind them to hold them together. the thought message goes out and immediately dissipates into the ether. it is like a clump of dirt. when the clump is moist, it has a cohesion which will hold it together in a breeze. but, let it dry, and the wind pushes at it, pulling away

easantness. you have made your first thought-form, and if you have done it correctly, you should notice some tangible results. let us now consider how you may use this new-found ability for your benefit. one of the most important things you have learned with this practice is not merely the creation of lumps of psychic matter. you have also learned a technique which can be used to program your own etheric body to make it attract to you those things you desire. if, even after all this, you still have doubts about the existence of your etheric body, here is a simple experiment that you can do to prove to yourself that it does, in fact, exist. all that you have to do is to take your right hand and move it very slowly about an inch over the back of your left hand. did you notice a slight feelin

this, you still have doubts about the existence of your etheric body, here is a simple experiment that you can do to prove to yourself that it does, in fact, exist. all that you have to do is to take your right hand and move it very slowly about an inch over the back of your left hand. did you notice a slight feeling as if there were an air current in between your two hands? that feeling was your etheric body. now walk over to a plant, any plant will do. hold your hand out over a leaf but do not touch it. now, very slowly, move your hand across the leaf. the leaf will move, following your hand. that was your etheric body again, this time moving against the etheric body of the plant. but you are going to do more than that. you are going to learn how to control your own etheric body so that

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rnative methods, too, but on nowhere near the scale of those in the drug cartels and medical authorities. when the cause is removed, its physical consequences disappear and this is reported as a "miracle cure, but, like i say, it is nothing of the kind. i have experienced some of these "miracles" myself. the physical body has an energy blueprint known to healers as 354 children of the matrix the "etheric body" and when this is damaged or imbalanced it manifests as physical dis-ease. you might imagine the etheric body standing by a pool and its reflection in the water as the physical body. when the etheric changes its state or form in any way, the same happens to the physical. so if you keep the etheric level in good shape, the physical will do the same. while i was writing this book, i bas

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t. coue' just missed the turning when he sought in prolonged attention a substitute for spontaneous emotion. diagrams mystical qabala page 209 mystical qabala page 210 mystical qabala page olpsychic self-defense dion fortune contents preface part i types of psychic attack i. signs of psychic attack ii. analysis of the nature of psychic attack iii. a case of modern witchcraft iv. projection of the etheric body v. vampirism vi. hauntings 1 of 103 vii. the pathology of non-human contacts viii. the risks incidental to ceremonial magic part ii differential diagnosis ix. distinction between objective psychic attack and subjective psychic disturbance x. non-occult dangers of the black lodge xi. the psychic element in mental disturbance part iii the diagnosis of a psychic attack xii. methods emplo

cred symbols. she would not occupy a room where there was a picture of a religious subject. nothing would induce her to wear any piece of jewelry in the form of a cross, and it was impossible for her to enter a church. this case has many points of interest, especially in the fact that what was apparently a case of well-marked insanity was cleared up by occult methods. chapter iv projection of the etheric body before we can leave the subject of attack by incarnate human beings, we must consider the subject of etheric projection. in this case not only is the mind at work, but also something which is pretty nearly physical; sufficiently physical, at any rate, to leave bruises on the flesh of the victim, throw the furniture about, or at least make a considerable amount of noise. where such man

the average share of brains. anyone who has any knowledge of the esoteric aspect of sex knows that union is as much etheric as physical. it is this fact which constitutes the real difference between normal union and self-abuse, and explains why the former is vitalising and harmonising, and the latter is exhausting and nerve-wrecking. may we not conceive it possible for anyone who can project the etheric body, or a being whose densest vehicle is etheric, to play a part in unions under certain conditions? and if we accept the theory of medium- ship, or of obsession, which is a pathological form of mediumship, what shall we say concerning the possibility of a union while one or other of the partners is under control? what maimer of soul might come through into incarnation under such conditio

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gical problems. sources: bendit, laurence j. the mirror of life and death. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1965. the mysteries today, and other essays. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1973. self knowledge: a yoga for the west. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1967. bendit, laurence j, and phoebe d. bendit. man incarnate. 1957. reprinted as the etheric body of man. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1977. this transforming mind. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1970. mills, joy. one hundred years of theosophy: a history of the theosophical society in america. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1987. bendit, phoebe daphne (payne (1891) psychotherapist, author, and collaborator with her husband, dr. l. j. be

don. she was sole author of several books and co-author of other books with her husband. in 1961 she moved with her husband to wheaton, illinois, and the following year to ojai, california, where they revived the work of the krotona institute of theosophy. sources: bendit, l. j, and phoebe bendit. living together again. london, gramol publications, 1946. man incarnate. n.p, 1957. reprinted as the etheric body of man. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1977. this transforming mind. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1970. bendit, phoebe. man s latent powers. london, faber and faber, 1938. the psychic child or over-sensitive child. n.p, 1955. bendit, phoebe, and laurence j. bendit. the psychic sense. london: faber and faber, 1943. this world and that. london: faber and fa

that the intelligence operating at a seance is a thought-projection of ourselves.that each one of us has his simulacrum in the unseen. that with the growth of our life and character here, a ghostly image of ourselves is growing up in the invisible world; nor is this inconceivable. there are opinions in essential agreement with part of the spiritist view, according to which the sense organs of the etheric body come into play or the information is impressed on the seer s mind by the spirits. it is also suggested that in traveling clairvoyance the double travels to the scene. the objection to this suggestion is that the double is temporarily separated the body is usually left behind unconscious and the memory of the journey is seldom brought back, whereas in traveling clairvoyance the subject

esearchers to characterize the feeling people sometimes have that some scene or experience in the present also occurred in the past. deja vu (already seen) is often coupled with deja entendu (already heard. through the years, many have related the feelings of deja vu to the phenomenon of astral projection or out-of-the-body travel, when individuals apparently visit a distant place in an astral or etheric body during sleep. deja vu is also associated with fulfillment of a prior premonition of a forthcoming event. more recently, deja vu has been connected to experiences of reincarnation, when a feeling of prior knowledge is so strong that people feel sure it must have come from a former incarnation. in a celebrated case in india, a little girl named shanti devi, born in delhi in 1926, claime

accused of fraud because it was the photograph of someone dead that was expected to appear on his plate. the double of stainton moses was photographed in 1875 in paris by another spirit photographer, edouard buguet, while the medium lay in trance in london. this picture, however, was discredited by subsequent disclosures about buguet. the experiments of julien ochorowicz on the radiography of the etheric body stand in a class of their own. on september 11, 1911, he obtained the photograph of a spirit hand on a sensitive film rolled up and enclosed in a bottle. the film, as it lay rolled in the bottle, measured about three-quarters of an inch in diameter. the bottle had an orifice of about two-thirds of an inch. it was closed with the palm of ochorowicz s right hand. with his left he laid i

nother contribution to the subject is in the projection of the astral body (1929) by sylvan j. muldoon and hereward carrington. according to this book special exercises are necessary to retain consciousness during projection. reportedly projection nearly always occurs in the dream state. muldoon claims that what is thought to be an aura, resting above sleepers and seen by seers, is in reality the etheric body, out of coincidence a few inches. as a rule, in normal persons, consciousness is lost before this phenomenon begins. the astral and physical bodies are joined by a cord that may be the silver cord in ecclesiastes (12:16. according to muldoon and others who claim to have seen it, this cord or cable, which is similar to a newborn s umbilical cord, is attached at various parts of the hea

d out by parapsychologists in modern times to attempt to establish whether there is a measurable objective reality to the astral body, but without decisive evidence. various techniques have been used, including magnetometers, ultraviolet and infrared detectors, strain gauges, thermistors, and other electronic devices; animals have also been used as detectors. use of the terms astral body, double, etheric body, and dream body as more or less synonymous is somewhat confusing. for general purposes, the term astral body is more widespread, although astral projection is now being superseded by out-ofthe- body travel because parapsychologists have begun taking increased interest in the phenomenon (see also lucid dreaming) sources: morris, r. l, s. b. harry, j. janis, j. hartwell, and william g

four subdivisions of physical matter alluded to earlier. with the decay of the physical body, the double reportedly also decays. those who have claimed experience of astral projection or out-of-the-body travel state that the etheric or astral body is connected to the physical body by a subtle, infinitely extensible cord. aside from their specialized use in theosophy, the terms etheric double and etheric body are often used synonymously with astral body. sources: mead, g. r. s. the doctrine of the subtle body. london: john m. watkins, 1919. reprint, wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1967. powell, a. e. the etheric double. 1926. reprint, wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1969. etheric vision according to theosophical teaching, the power of sight peculiar to the etheric

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the greek and implies mapping-out of the soul. jones massages the auras of his patients, using a diagnostic device taken over from radionics and designed by an american named mark gallot. this therapy of healing through the human aura recalls an earlier technique of hyppolite baraduc, who used to clip a short distance around the face and body of his patient with large copper scissors to free the etheric body from the physical part of the aura. jones operates a center for healing known as the company of somatographers, located in nottingham pl, london, w.1, england. sommer, robert (1929) research psychologist with special interest in imagery and its relationship to paranormal experience. he was born april 26, 1929, in new york city. he studied at hobart college, geneva, new york (b.a, 1950

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h the static kingdom. this transformation involves both the creation of the antakarana and the reformation of the psyche. in the east this process is known as the creation of the diamond body and is best illustrated in the tantric forms of buddhism where there is a secret tradition known as vajrayana or the diamond vehicle. in this esoteric practise, esoteric methods are used to return the astral-etheric body from its fallen to higher nature and to combine this redeemed light body with the trained psyche. when this is done correctly, they merge together to form a diamond body, an unbreakable jewel, a light that cannot be extinguished. this diamond body is the vehicle in which the true self manifests and is able to travel through the world of the archons, battling against the seven planets

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liberlibrae the enochian magical system views man as a microcosm of the macrocosmic world. as the physical earth is the lowest of a series of expressions, so your physical body is but the lowest of a graduated series. this view accords well with both eastern and western occultism. you have a body or vehicle to correspond with each cosmic plane. immediately aboye or behind the physical body is the etheric body. next, is the astral body followed by the mental and spiritual bodies. the physical body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the physical cosmic plane. the astral body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the astral cosmic plane whose symbolic cosmic element is water. the physical body is limited by a ring-pass-not to the physical cosmic plane. t

eric body. next, is the astral body followed by the mental and spiritual bodies. the physical body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the physical cosmic plane. the astral body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the astral cosmic plane whose symbolic cosmic element is water. the physical body is limited by a ring-pass-not to the physical cosmic plane. the etheric body is limited to the etheric cosmic plane. the astral body cannot enter the mental cosmic plane, and so on. man below the first aethyr lil is dualistic. however, aboye lil, man is monadic. this monadic nature, often called "monadic essence" in occult terminology, is symbolized by a circle with a point in the center as shown in the figure on the following page. the cirde's center is a geo

it works through a magical process of transmutation. it is not just a physical process but mental as well. the 'base metal' is the human body and mind, and the 'pure gold' is the body immunized against sickness and age with mind enl ightened to the true nature of things. within and around the human body is an aura, a subtle body of light with several gradations. the lowest of these is called the etheric body. the etheric body consists of an electromagnetic field. like any magnet, there is a north pole and a south pole. in the male body the north pole is in the region of the loins while the south pole is in the chest. in the female body the poles are reversed; the north pole is in the chest while the south pole is in the loins. the north pole is a region of egress. the south pole is a regi

ng the breathing exercises, let the hot t (or z) warm and melt the white a. see it dripping downward onto the watchtowers and quickening them. 4. each drop of the melting a will cause magical fire to flare up throughout the watchtowers and the tablet of union. let it be so. a beginner's meditation. 1. stand up straight, hands at your sides and feet together. 2. visualize the lines of force of the etheric body. see it as going from the top of your head downward along the outside 286 of your body and then flowing back into your body from your feet and upward through the center of your body to return to your head. i t should be egg-shaped on the outside and column-shaped on the inside of your body. 3. maintain this visualization until you can feel the current flowing through your body. it sho

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ginatively into the region of the air, wishing for the air spirits to contact him. he ought not to lose patience if he does not succeed for a while, but he has to keep his mind constantly on his desire to see the air spirits at any price. he will notice at first that the beings avoid meeting him, a fact that ought not to discourage him. finally he will se the most beautiful beings with a gorgeous etheric body, soft and supple. the magician must mentally imitate the air spirits by moving about as if floating in the air. not long from now, the air spirits will address him. here likewise the magician is cautioned against addressing any of the beings first, lest the same ill fate should befall him as previously described. if after repeated experiments the contact with the air sprites has been

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ody. if we imagine ourselves to be looking straight down into the bell of a flower of the convolvulus type, we shall get some idea of the general appearance of a chakra. the stalk of the flower in each case springs from a point in the spine, so another view might show the spine as a central stem, from which flowers shoot forth at intervals, showing the opening of their bells at the surface of the etheric body. 381. the seven centres with which we are at present concerned are indicated in the accompanying illustration (plate ix) it will be seen that they are situated at (1) the base of the spine (2) the spleen (3) the navel or solar plexus (4) the heart (5) the throat (6) the space between the eyebrows; and (7) the top of the head. i have described them fully in the inner life; and i have a

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g-root, so they followed this bird to its nest, and then stopped up the hole in the tree where its young were. the red-crested woodpecker went at once in quest of the spring-root, and, discovering it, brought it to the tree. it immediately drew forth the stopper from the entrance to the nest. the magician then secured the root from the bird. it was also asserted that because of its structure, the etheric body of the spring-root was utilized as a vehicle of expression by certain elemental spirits which manifested through the proclivity of drawing out or opening things "aciebel: a mighty ruler of the sea, controlling things both upon and under the water. he furnishes things lost or sunk in rivers, lakes, and oceans, such as sunken ships and treasures. the more sharply you invoke him, the swi

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rse and thus may be absorbed and used magickally. 12 qi was written about by the chinese philosopher mo di and noxious vapors that would arise from a corpse were it not buried deep enough. later qi was understood as being a part of everything in the material and even spiritual world. qi was best understood as the energy surrounding the human body, slightly larger than the physical body. qi is the etheric body, the astral essence which maintains the human body. it can be directly controlled by the mind. psychic energy or the energy surrounding the human body is transferred from what we eat to energy through resting or sleeping. when a vampyre feeds in astral form at night, they are gaining a replenished system of energy which is very pure. the luciferian must have a clear point of focus on

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called a chakra. although there is some disagreement regarding how many chakra points the human body has, since in truth it has many, 5-7 of them are widely accepted and considered major chakras. the major chakra points form a linear, vertical path from the soles of the feet, up the spine to a region just above the head. these chakra points are essentially junctions between someone s material and etheric body; life-force from that etheric body pours in to replenish the material body. at night, the vampiric spirits induce feelings of fear and lust in dreams and feed from the extra life-force created. it s also worth noting that activities such as: nervous twitches, chewing gum, excessive talking, and pretty much any unnecessary activity further spills the cup of life. the beings in the astr

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oar with the wind. he believes himself to be dead and realizes that there is an existence beyond physical death. then instead of going on, i felt myself slide back. i breathed and i was back. dr. robert crookall, a british biologist and botanist, was one of the great pioneers in the clinical study of near-death experiences. crookall theorized that what metaphysicians had labeled the astral or the etheric body the soul is normally enmeshed in the physical body so that most people are never aware of its existence. during out-of-body or near-death experiences, however, the soul body separates or projects from the physical body and is used temporarily as an instrument of consciousness. according to crookall, this soul body consists of matter but it is extremely subtle and may be described as s

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f the himalayas, kushog vogi of northern tibet, who believed that the astral body surrounds the physical body like an eggshell surrounds the egg within it and is linked up with the physical body by invisible vibrations on the ether in the air being carried to the mind centers on the plexuses of the involuntary nervous system. in cannon s view, the astral body is the scriptural golden bowl and the etheric body is the linking silver cord. the astral body, he wrote, is mainly the emotional body and has to do with emotions, moods, and feelings. the astral body is not only linked up with the physical body through the solar plexus, but also linked up with the etheric body through vibrations passing from it through the physical body between the eyes to the top of the etheric body. cannon compared

ic body is the linking silver cord. the astral body, he wrote, is mainly the emotional body and has to do with emotions, moods, and feelings. the astral body is not only linked up with the physical body through the solar plexus, but also linked up with the etheric body through vibrations passing from it through the physical body between the eyes to the top of the etheric body. cannon compared the etheric body to a streak of light running down the front of the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mysteries of the mind 171 spinal cord of the physical body but independent of either the astral or physical body, whereas the physical body is dependent, through the involuntary sympathetic nervous system, on the astral body, and in turn the astr

light running down the front of the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mysteries of the mind 171 spinal cord of the physical body but independent of either the astral or physical body, whereas the physical body is dependent, through the involuntary sympathetic nervous system, on the astral body, and in turn the astral body is dependent on the etheric body. according to cannon, the east has long believed that when the physical body dies, the astral body containing the etheric body separates from the physical body after three days, and that after years, perhaps centuries, the astral body dies and leaves only the etheric body to become a spirit. the eastern schools of initiation, cannon informed, teach the chela (student) how to withdraw

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spiritual vision of intuition or the imagination. here it may be interpolated that it has always been an axiom of the magical system that the being which is active physically is passive the tree of life 31 spiritually and vice versa. in many an occult work do we find some such statement as this: man is termed the positive member of the two sexes. in reality only his physical body is positive. his etheric body is purely negative. on the other hand, while the female is commonly supposed to be the negative of the two sexes, it is really her physical body that is negative, for her e t h i c body is positive, and the real creative pole of the sexes. it will readily be conceded that every person is psychologically bisexual.11 he is a combination of both masculine and feminine elements, and withi

, the nephesh is a low level of awareness that answers to the primal instincts, fundamental drives, and animal vitality from our prehistoric past. the nephesh embraces the lowest components of the collective unconscious, those basic aspects whch relate to survival, sex, and the reptilian brain. it is also the seat of our personal unconscious. the nephesh is sometimes equated with the aura and the etheric body, a kind of energy sheath which fonns the matrix for physical body. proper use of the vital raw nephesh energy is important in many aspects of magic, but it must always remain under the firm control of the ruach, the conscious mind. psychology and magic 135 the nephesh is the most misunderstood part of the soul. due to its placement and relationship to the ruach above it and the g'uph

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concept of the astral world differed from that of the spiritualists who came before them, and from that of the ritual magicians of the golden dawn who followed. the astral body theosophy divided the human body into seven degrees or levels. we need only concern ourselves with the lowest three. the lowest body is the material or physical body of flesh and blood. next above it is what is called the etheric body, which resembles the material body closely but is formed of a more subtle substance. slightly more refined than the etheric body is the astral body, with which human beings are enabled to travel the astral planes. just as, after death, the human body decays and eventually falls to nothingness, so theosophists believe that the etheric and astral bodies also break down and fall to nothi

es. just as, after death, the human body decays and eventually falls to nothingness, so theosophists believe that the etheric and astral bodies also break down and fall to nothing with the passage of sufficient time. the body of flesh is the first to disappear, followed by the body of the etheric, and then by the body of the astral, and so on up to the higher bodies. theosophists believe that the etheric body is able to separate from the physical body during life no more than a couple of feet. it is connected with the physical body by its own cord that has very little elasticity. it cannot travel far from the physical body.lo4 during the seance, it is the etheric body that becomes visible near the trance medium. it is always seen hovering near her. it can take various forms, and is dense e

. 90 soul flight composed of in the dim past when the processes of evolution had not yet arrived at the point of producing the material body for man.lo5 theosophy understands the astral body to be the template upon which the physical body is formed. it exists before the existence of the physical body, and when the physical body dies, it continues to survive for some time on the astral planes. the etheric body remains closely linked to the corpse, and is said to be responsible for ghosts seen in graveyards and near the bodies of the dead. it decays more quickly than the astral body. surrounding the human body is the aura, which theosophy divides into seven layers that distinguish themselves by different colors and varying densities. those projecting on the astral planes carry their aura wit

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de los elementos, de la simiente de todo g nero (estudio sobre los misterios menores, las nueve arcadas por las cuales tiene que subir el estudiante. 8 arcanum 19 the resplendent light. the tenth hour of apollonius "the doors of the sky are opened and the man leaves the lethargy" this is the number 10 of the second great iniciation of the major mysteries that permits the iniciate to travel in the etheric body. this is the wisdom of john the baptist. arcanum 20 "the awakening of the dead" the eleventh hour of apollonius. the angels, the cherubims, and the seraphims fly with rumors of wings. there is rejoicing in the sky, awakening on the earth, and the sun that raises adam. this process belongs to the great iniciations of major mysteries where only the terror of the law reigns. arcanum 21 t

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und frequencies in physical regeneration of certain organs of the body. at the turn of this century, the great christian qabalist dr. paul foster case said that in the future, humankind would re-discover the ancient pythagorean principles of healing through sound and color, and advised meditation on the planetary chakras in the body (which each have a different color) for maintenance of a healthy etheric body. the wonder-working pythagoreans also applied their understanding of number to astronomy, devising a system of nine concentric circles or spheres to represent the heavenly bodies. soon it came to be understood that the relationships existing in these heavenly planets had direct counterparts within the human dimension. this was not just a simple belief in astrology, which was a much mo

can be seen not only many shimmering colors, but actual bacteria, which seems to breed in the lower auric field before invading the body. corine heline has said that the correct use of color will be the preventive against epidemics in the coming new age and "will replace the present barbaric custom of vaccination (1987, p. 35. it has been thought by nearly everyone working in this field that the etheric body needs to be cleansed and healed in order for the physical body to reflect optimum health. we do not know for sure, but we can only presume that this same concept was understood by the ancient healers as well. although the relationships between the planets, colors, and tones may have been known and used before pythagorus, it was the pythagoreans who perfected the art and left it as par

on of the twelve zodiacal signs and the eight planets we have covered thus far in our explorations. the student can photocopy these for use in making talismanic mandalas. we are also employing an alternative version of coloring the tattwas based on blavatsky's interpretation. with these we will have a full range of color that, when used together, create a proper balance for the harmonizing of the etheric body. this whole technique is simple, yet quite powerful, figure 14-a and can be done in about twenty minutes once all of the talismanic tattwas and other preparations have been made. first, color the tattwa cards in the correct colors. make sure the colors are vibrant, pure, and uniform. you can use paints or magic markers, but crayons or colored pencils are not advised. when the tattwa f

chart in figure 14-b. it is not a random arrangement of colors. keep in mind the principles discussed earlier about complementary colors, and the hermetic principle "as above, so below" what happens when they are done in this order? they also stimulate these corresponding colors. the silver-white at the end is not really a chakra; it is the absent daath. it corresponds to the shell or aura of the etheric body, and is visualized as surrounding all of the chakras, which are flashing in the shining colors attributed to them. as alice bailey said: think of the etheric body as a shimmering body of light, a reflector of the conditions of all the other subtle bodies, and the network that connects to the physical body. it is here that we find the key. figure 14-d the occult uses of color in this s

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occurs in the astral or emotional body. this body exists within the human body but in a different dimension. it can travel to certain areas and see certain events that exist on our physical, visual level as well. to understand what the astral/emotional body is and what its functions are, one will have to look at subtle body anatomy. the first and main body is the physical body. the second is the etheric body, which resembles a series of road maps; its function is to supply energy to the physical body. this is done through the chakras, the acupuncture meridians, and the nadis, which are finer channels yet again. professor motoyama and kim bong han have published numerous papers on these systems and their functions which have been attributed to the etheric body. the astral/emotional body is

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

work they planned to do was systematised. offices were apportioned, and the processes of evolution in all the departments of nature were brought under the conscious wise guidance of this initial brotherhood. this hierarchy of brothers of light still exists, and the work goes steadily on. they are all in physical existence, either in dense physical bodies, such as many of the masters employ, or in etheric bodies, such as the more exalted helpers and the lord of the world occupy. it is of value for men to remember that they are in physical existence, and to bear in mind that they exist upon this planet with us, controlling its destinies, guiding its affairs, and leading all its evolutions on to an ultimate perfection. the central home of this hierarchy is at shamballa, a centre in the gobi d

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nding of two divine aspects through the influence of a third, and produces the manifestation which we call a form, starting it upon its evolutionary cycle in time and space. thus is form brought to the point where it is an adequate medium for the demonstration of the nature of that which we call god. fourthly, to give practical information anent those focal points of energy which are found in the etheric bodies of the solar logos, the macrocosm, and of man, the microcosm. as the etheric substratum which is the true substance underlying every tangible form is understood, certain great revolutions will be brought about in the domains of science, of medicine and of chemistry. the study of medicine, for instance, will eventually be taken up from a new angle, and its practice will be built upon

lready apprehended facts which relate to the four solar physical ethers. for instance, the fourth ether (which is even now being what we might call "discovered, is at this stage characterised by certain things. i might enumerate a few of these facts with exceeding brevity, as follows: a. it is the ether which the violet ray uses as a medium. b. the fourth ether is that whereof the majority of the etheric bodies of men are made. c. the fourth ether is largely the principal sphere of influence of the "devas of the shadows" or those violet devas which are closely concerned with the physical evolution of man. d. it is the etheric sphere within which, at a little later date, the human and the deva evolutions will touch. e. from this fourth etheric sphere the dense physical bodies are created. f

ust be borne in mind that each planetary logos works primarily on one of the seven planes; from this we can infer that his influence finds its line of least resistance on some one plane, even though it be exerted on all planes. again, extend the second statement anent the etheric composition of the bodies of men to those of the heavenly men, and it will be found that just as the majority of human etheric bodies are built of matter of the fourth ether, so it may also be said that four of the heavenly men have their etheric vehicles composed of this fourth cosmic ether (buddhic matter. further, the two great evolutions (human and deva) find their group unity on the buddhic plane, and portions of both hierarchies blend and merge so as to form the body of the divine hermaphrodite.24,(110)25 ea

h the heavenly man of whose body he forms a part) of the purpose of the logos, and the devas in all their higher grades being the cohesive attractive factor which manipulates matter, and which moulds it into shape. the two are partners, indispensable to each other, and without the two working in close co-operation this objective solar system would immediately disintegrate, just as man's dense and etheric bodies disintegrate when the spirit withdraws, and the builders cease their work. three hierarchies in particular are concerned with objective manifestation in etheric matter, the fourth, or strictly human hierarchy, and the fifth and sixth or the deva hierarchies. the other hierarchies fulfill other purposes connected with the life of the spirit in the higher forms in the cosmic ethers, b

ond to the vibration of this planetary logos, and will not be until the sixth round when his influence will bring about great events. nevertheless, certain effects might here be noticed. owing to the increased activity of the deva evolution, and specially of the devas of the ethers, the lesser builders will be stimulated to build, with greater facility, bodies of a more responsive nature, and the etheric bodies of both men and animals and also their responsiveness to force or prana will be more adequate. during the sixth subrace, disease as we know it in both kingdoms will be materially lessened owing to the pranic response of the etheric bodies. this will likewise bring about changes in the dense physical body and the bodies of both men and animals will be smaller, more refined, more fine

physical body upon the etheric body will be recognised. this will change the attitude of the medical profession, and magnetic healing and vibratory stimulation will supersede the present methods of surgery and drug assimilation. man's vision being then normally etheric, will have the effect of forcing him to recognise that which is now called the "unseen world" or the superphysical. men in their etheric bodies will be noted, and communicated with, and the devas and elementals of the ethers will be studied and recognised. when this is so, then the true use of ceremonial ritual as a protection and safeguard to man will assume its right place. the work of the devas in connection with the animal and the vegetable kingdoms will be likewise recognised, and much that is now possible through igno

d group of agnichaitans group b we are dealing with that important group of devas who are designated in some works as the "devas of the shadows" their function is primarily a fourfold one, and they are the basis of motion or of activity on all planes, which activity is produced by the interplay of the negative and positive aspects of brahma, the manifested god. first, they are the builders of the etheric bodies of all sentient existences, and primarily of all the etheric bodies of men. second, they are the transmitters of prana. third, they perform a very definite function in the evolutionary process of linking up the four kingdoms of nature, being essentially the transmuters and transmitters of the lower into the higher. they build between each kingdom mineral, vegetable, animal and human

the seventh plane. as the goal of evolution for the devas is the inner hearing, it will be apparent why mantric sounds and balanced modulations are the method of contacting them, and of producing varying phenomena. this seventh order of devas is the one with which the workers on the left hand path are concerned, working through vampirism and the devitalisation of their victims. they deal with the etheric bodies of their enemies, and by means of sounds affect deva substance, thus producing the desired results. the white magician does not work on the physical plane with physical substance. he transfers his activities to a higher level, and hence deals with desires and motives. he works through the devas of the sixth order. the devas of the sixth order are those of the astral plane, and are t

bove and below the plane of activity. 2. it stimulates the efforts of the highest specimens of the third kingdom, and a dual effect is produced through this, for the fourth kingdom in nature makes its appearance on the physical plane and the triads are reflected on the mental plane in the causal bodies to be found thereon. 3. as earlier said, the dense physical is linked and co-ordinated with the etheric bodies of the solar logos and of the planetary logos. therefore, the lower three planes are synthesised with the higher four, and the devas of an earlier mahamanvantara or solar cycle are brought into conjunction with those of a newer order who were awaiting just conditions. the physical incarnation of the logos is completed. the lower three kingdoms, being negative to the higher force, th

e on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust by means of the force which they embody, and to energise the sheaths of the threefold lower man, so that they may in due course of time intelligently express the will and purpose of the indwelling thinker. through the carrying out of this function in the case of the human family, certain planetary and systemic conditions are brought about. the dense and etheric bodies of the logos and of the planetary logoi are merged, and one coherent vehicle of expression is provided for these cosmic entities. in the producing of self-consciousness in the human family, the full conscious occupation by the logos involved is consummated. it is the moment of fruition, and (from a certain esoteric standpoint) marks the attainment of one perfected septenary. the thr

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s which offer not that resistance which occidental bodies so oft afford. the environment has been long permeated with the strong vibrations of the great ones who reside within its borders and who, in their passage to and fro, and through their proximity, continuously magnetise the environing ether. this in itself affords another line of least resistance, for this etheric magnetisation affects the etheric bodies of the contacted population. these two facts, of time and of high vibration, result in that stability of rhythm which facilitates occult work, and offer a quiet field for mantric and ceremonial enterprise. these conditions are not to be found in the west, where constant change in every branch of life is found, where frequent rapid shifting of the scene of action causes wide areas of

utes part of the etheric body of the solar system, and is therefore the medium for the transmission of solar energies, of planetary forces, and of extra-solar or cosmic impulses, esoterically called 'breaths. these forces and energies of the cosmic rays are constantly circulating and following definite paths through the ether of space in all parts, and are therefore constantly passing through the etheric bodies of every exoteric form. this is a basic truth and must be carefully borne in mind, for its implications are many and varied; but all lead back to the idea of unity, and of the oneness of all manifestation, only to be known and realised on the subjective side. the second basic idea is that the response of the etheric vehicle of all forms and its capacity to- 166- a treatise on white

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human. forget not that the human evolution is but one of many, and that this is a period of crisis among the devas likewise. the call has gone forth for them to approach humanity, and with their heightened vibration and superior knowledge unite their forces with those of humanity, for the progression of the two evolutions. they have much to impart anent colour and sound, and their effect upon the etheric bodies of men and animals. when that which they have to give is apprehended by the race, physical ills will be nullified and attention will be centred upon the infirmities of the astral or emotional body. these violet devas of the four ethers form, as you may imagine, four great groups with seven subsidiary divisions. these four groups work with the four types of men now in incarnation, fo

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to do this with facility. be the sannyasin for the remainder of your life and in detachment seek to serve the plan. ponder on this last sentence, because for you it holds the secret of release. june 1933 my brother: i have for you today a word of cheer. part of your life trouble has been that not only have the- 390- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust physical and the etheric bodies been too loosely combined, tending, therefore, to a devitalised condition; the integration between your mental body and your emotional or astral body has also been very poor. lately, you have changed that condition and your mind and your astral body are now integrated. reflect on what this means, my brother. it means that no longer will your astral body (which walks in the veil of i

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o psychism, either higher or lower; the seeing of a vision, the hearing of the voice of the silence, a pleased reaction to teaching of any kind does not infer the functioning of the intuition. it is not only the seeing of symbols, for that is a special sort of perception and the capacity to tune in on the universal mind upon that layer of its activity which produces the pattern-forms on which all etheric bodies are based. it is not intelligent psychology, and a loving desire to help. that emanates from the interplay of a personality, governed by a strong soul orientation, and the group-conscious soul. intuition is the synthetic understanding which is the prerogative of the soul and it only becomes possible when the soul, on its own level, is reaching in two directions: towards the monad, a

erited from the past, or mental reactions of a purely personal nature. d. between any of these groups of forces which we call bodies: between the etheric and astral bodies. between the astral and the mental bodies. there is, for instance, a definite correspondence between the condition of negativity to physical plane living which is the result of a lack of integration between the physical and the etheric bodies, and that lack of interest and that failure to handle physical plane living which the thinker on abstract and scientific levels so frequently evidences. both groups fail to make a definite and decisive manifestation upon the physical plane, both groups fail to deal with the problems of physical plane living in a clear and satisfactory manner, both are non-positive physically, but th

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y composed of the substance of the cosmic etheric levels buddhic, atmic, monadic and logoic levels and these levels are the four cosmic ethers, the higher correspondence of our etheric planes; these higher levels are the four levels of the cosmic physical plane. until they choose, at the sixth initiation of decision, one of the seven paths of ultimate destiny, the masters function in their cosmic etheric bodies. these three major energy centres are closely related to each other, and through his own individual major centres (the head, the heart and the throat) the disciple is in relation with the three planetary centres. i would have you ponder on this statement for it has practical value. 3. the monad, as you know, is to be found on the cosmic second etheric level, called the monadic plane

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f that matter (liquid, gaseous and dense) which the vibration of the logoic permanent atom (on the plane adi) attracts to itself in the building of the divine form. for purposes of clarification and of generalisation, it might be noted that the seventh hierarchy is the life or energy found at the heart of every atom, its positive aspect, and the sixth hierarchy is the life of the forms of all the etheric bodies of every tangible object. the function of this hierarchy is well described in the words of the old commentary "the devas hear the word go forth. they sacrifice themselves and out of their own substance they build the form desired. they draw life and the material from themselves, and yield themselves to the divine impulse" a treatise on cosmic fire, pages 1196-1207 tabulation iii i

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lar system. it is a web of energy streams, of lines of force and of light. it constitutes part of the vast network of energies which underlies all forms whether great or small (microcosmic or macrocosmic. along these lines of energy the cosmic forces flow, as the blood flows through the veins and arteries. this constant, individual human, planetary and solar circulation of life-forces through the etheric bodies of all forms is the basis of all manifested life, and the expression of the essential non-separateness of all life. 3. the astral or desire body (sometimes called the emotional body) is the effect of the interplay of desire and of sentient response upon the self at the centre, and the resultant effect in that body is experienced as emotion and as pain and pleasure and the other pair

e which are based on wrong thought. 4. the peculiar complaints and psychological troubles of disciples. it may have interested you to see that i place the ills of the etheric body in the second place and not the first. the reason for this is that the group ills and diseases which have fastened upon the race, work primarily through the etheric body and find their way out into manifestation via the etheric bodies of all forms. but i have placed them second, even though they are in the last analysis the most numerous, owing to the fact that humanity cannot as yet deal with these en masse. the approach has to be through individuals, and men must clear their astral or emotional bodies of those conditions which pre-dispose them to disease, as individuals. at present, the race is astrally polaris

seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust stimulated also and increased, instead of dissipated or healed. a. uncontrolled and ill-regulated emotion. given these basic facts, it can be seen how wrong emotional attitudes and a general unhealthy condition of the astral body must be potent factors in producing discomfort and disease. this is due to the fact that the vital or etheric bodies of the masses of humanity are governed primarily and swept into activity through the action of the astral body. agitation in that body, any violent activity under stress of temper, intense worry or prolonged irritation will pour a stream of astral energy into and through the solar plexus centre, and will galvanise that centre into a condition of intense disturbance. this next affect

ajor centres and, through a developed sense of touch in the hands and fingers, to ascertain the rate of vibration in the various centres. when these two means of knowledge are available, the entire subject of the etheric body will take on a new importance and be correctly understood. 3. causes arising in the mental body i started this section of our study with the causes arising in the astral and etheric bodies because they are the major sources of trouble, owing to the fact that the bulk of humanity is astrally focussed, just as the bulk of the forms in the animal kingdom are etherically focussed. the forces pouring into the animal kingdom come predominantly from etheric levels and from the dense physical levels of life. the higher animals, however, owing to the development brought about

ments, cremation should follow death within thirty-six hours; where no reason for delay exists, cremation can be rightly permitted in twelve hours. it is wise, however, to wait twelve hours in order to ensure true death. chapter vi- the art of elimination to take up again the thread of our instruction, we will now consider the activity of the inner spiritual man who has discarded his physical and etheric bodies and now stands within the shell of the subtle body a body composed of astral or sentient substance and of mental substance. owing to the strongly emotional and sentient polarisation of the average man, the idea has taken- 286- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust hold that man withdraws, after true death, first of all into his astral b

a kind of digestive process, in preparation for the undertaking of renewed birth. this somewhat erroneous idea has arisen because the concept of time still governs theosophical presentations of truth. if, however, it is realised that time is not known apart from physical plane experience, the entire concept of devachan clarifies. from the moment of complete separation from the dense physical and etheric bodies, and as the eliminative process is undertaken, the man is aware of past and- 292- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust present; when elimination is complete and the hour of soul contact eventuates and the manasic vehicle is in process of destruction, he becomes immediately aware of the future, for prediction is an asset of the soul con

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

n the work of the future, each day to use the very brief meditation which i outline below. it is dynamic- 205- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust affirmative and if rightly used should link head and heart, leading thus to intelligent loving service, and it should also serve to bind you all together in the closest spiritual unity. this will aid in the vitalising of the etheric bodies of all workers, and therefore in a group vitality which will be irresistible. suggested meditation each morning, prior to starting the day's activities, achieve an inner quiet, see the self as the soul, place your self at the disposition of the soul, of humanity and of your group. 1. then say silently and with full dynamic intent: at the centre of all love i stand; from that centre

r into the lives of human beings with more power than has lately been the case. the call has gone out for them again to approach humanity, and with their heightened vibration and superior knowledge unite their forces with those of the christ and his disciples for the helping of the race. they have, for instance, much to communicate anent colour and sound, and the effect of these two forces on the etheric bodies of men and animals and flowers. when what they have to impart is apprehended by the race, physical ills and sickness will be offset. the group of violet angels or devas who work on the four etheric levels will be especially active and they will work in the four main groups of men who are in incarnation at any given time. four rays dominate at any period, with one of the four more po

ALICE A BAILEY24 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME V THE RAYS AND THE INITIATIONS

ane and are not, consequently, regarded as embodying principles. h.p.b. says, in connection with our physical plane (the lowest subplane of the cosmic physical plane, that it is not a principle, and this holds good also for the greater whole. the dense physical plane is matter conditioned by a previous solar system, and is almost automatic in its response to etheric energies; these constitute the etheric bodies of all forms created out of this "unprincipled substance" as it is occultly called. the three lower planes of our seven planes are, from the angle of the esotericist, the equally unprincipled dense cosmic substance; the mark or indication of the true initiate is the transfer of his life and his point of identification from unprincipled substance and substantial forms to "principled"

t contact with those who are initiates of high degree and members of an ashram has the following three effects upon humanity: a. on evolved men, aspirants, probationers and disciples, the effect is stimulating and magnetic. b. on average human beings, capable of little response yet susceptible to impact and sensitive to impression, the effect is not helpful and is often destructive, because their etheric bodies are not competent to entertain and employ such high vibrations. c. on undeveloped humanity, the effect has been called "condensation or concretisation; all their natural qualities (the qualified substance of their three bodies) are solidified; thus they create an automatic barrier to the entry of the too high impulses and vibrations. 2. the second function is to enable those who are

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

ng no corner uncovered. charge this lamp-form as often as possible, always adding to the charge the command to make everyone who comes into contact with it like you. so what will happen with this? on the day of the lecture, the audience will come in and sit down, not realizing that each individual mind is being manipulated by psychic energy to look favorably upon you. as the beams play over their etheric bodies, they will find themselves instinctively liking you and what you have to say without even questioning why. there are myriads of other uses for these excellent tools, the number and type of them being bounded only by the imaginations from whence they spring. there are a few basic rules for their use and they are quite easy to remember. 1. you must be certain that you really want the

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

he physical body and related electro-magnetic fields. it has no innate immortality and returns to the earth at death (in pre-fall man the guph was simply an electro-magnetic extension of the higher bodies with no related physical form. the nephesh the nephesh is roughly defined as the instinctual bodies. it can be divided into upper and lower forms and these could be related to the astral and the etheric bodies. these levels are the energy fields which invigorate and control the physical and psychic organism and relay commands from the mental complex (ruach. gnostic theurgy page 45 the ruach the ruach is the mental complex or mind. in the understanding of modern psychology it represents all facets of psyche, from the unconscious right through to the rational or conscious mind. it includes

a meaning action. the antakarana is literally the body formed by spiritual action. it is the stage where the instincts and electro-magnetic forces are forged into a spiritual vehicle capable of entering the gnostic theurgy page 74 treasury of light. this light vehicle can then be used by the gnostic to explore the higher worlds where lower vibrations, such as those of the untransfigured astral or etheric bodies, cannot enter. this is an important consideration for when the untransfigured man tries to explore the higher worlds he can only go as far as his untransformed astral body is capable of taking him. accordingly, he ends in the lower astral kingdoms, where he will confuse the astral light of the archons with the real light of the higher worlds. the process of forming the antakarana is

egrees of prana to and from various systems. within each system there are major receiving and distribution points, these are the seven chakras. these seven centres are interface stations whereby energy from the solar sphere can be received and where, via spiritual practise, the energies of the mind and astral-etheric organism can be transformed. the seven chakras are located within the astral and etheric bodies (with links to the various related levels of con- sciousness) and are seen as a sequence of energy receptors an distributors, the term chakra literally means wheel of energy. the size of the chakra tends to be from two to six inches varying according to the degree of spiritual development. each of these centres is related to a state of consciousness and a colour. the states of consc

tes x and y factors which influence and control the development of humanity. by using solar meditations it is possible to increase our receipt of x factors, and hasten our spiritual development. as the energy is received from the sun the physical rays of light enter the eyes and pass their energy into the physical system, while at the same time the x and y factors are absorbed into the astral and etheric bodies and circulated through the meridians, chakras and marmas. a simple solar meditation solar meditations do not have to be complex. there are many beautiful prayers to the sun in many traditions. the prayer to aten written by akhenaton is one prime example. in the hermetic order of the golden dawn, supplications were offered to the sun at four times daily; sunrise, midday, sunset and m

LEWIS JAMES SATANISM TODAY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURE

eceased appears in a dream to a member of the family into which he will be born. numerous theories have tried to explain all edward kelly summons a corpse from the grave,walton-de-dale, lancashire (fortean picture library) apsaras 11 types of apparitions, from the assertion that they are mental hallucinations to the notion of telepathy from the dead to the living.other theories refer to astral or etheric bodies, an amalgam of personality patterns, recording or imprints of vibrations, projections of the human unconscious or will and concentration, true spirits of the dead, and localized phenomena with their own physicality, directed by an intelligence or personality. one of the most elaborate theories is that of ideapatterns contained in g. n. m. tyrell s apparitions (1973, in which apparit

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

the inhabitants of the spirit world can fall into general categories. i will use this blanket-label spirits too, although it doesn t do justice to the variety of beings in the other realms. as for the categories themselves, the first is elementals, the second is (astral) spirits, the third is demons, the fourth is larvae, and the last is angels. elementals are those who, unlike many spirits, have etheric bodies; these etheric bodies allow them to interact with the material world by their own volition. the occult recognizes 5 elements; fire, water, air, earth, and spirit. occultists recognize 4 types of elementals, and each--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 32 is assigned an element: undines, salamanders, sylphs, and gnomes. undines are elementals of the element water. they are graceful

rce. the bite of the vampire is also symbolic for the rite of transformation. vampires feed in the manner that all vampiric spirits feed, by coming into close proximity to a human, reaching out, and drawing life-energy out of their target s aura. the vampire extends from himself what are often described as thin, silvery threads which act as tubes or channels in which to siphon life-force from the etheric bodies of humans. so even though physical blood does indeed contain the lifeforce, vampires usually feed on humans that have gathered in large groups. in the midst of a human crowd, the vampire can siphon life-force from people as they walk by; this is a common method of feeding among vampires. the astral body of a vampire feeding from a sleeping human is another common method for feeding

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ne whether he was worthy of admission. it shook his nerves to such a degree that doyle decided not to become a member.125 two members of the golden dawn later visited doyle in an attempt to change his mind. they told him of an astral journey they had made together to central africa. doyle wrote "from what i learnt i should judge that the powers of this society included that of loosening their own etheric bodies, in summoning the etheric bodies of others (mine, for example) and in making thought images."126 this might be dismissed as merely an odd fixation in the mind of doyle, who was a confirmed believer in spiritualism, were it not that others reported the same sort of astral experience. ithell colquhoun (1906-1988, who attempted many years later to gain initiation into both a descendant

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