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per-m-hru. this celebrated and most ancient work is a collection of mystical hymns and addresses in the form of a species of ceremonial ritual for the use of the soul after death, to enable him to unite himself to the body of osiris the redeemer, thenceforth in the ritual is he no longer called the soul but he is called the 'osiris' of whom he is a member "i am the vine, ye are the branches' said the christ of the new testament 'i am a member of the body of osiris' said the purified and justified son of god. such is the subject of the great egyptian ritual, purified by suffering, strengthened by opposition. nor is the 'ritual of the dead' a work of comparatively recent times, for the great egyptologists birch and bunsen assert that its origin is anterior to menes, and belongs probably to t

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a worthy day to wrest hate s diadem from jesus crest! ascends he? tis the very test 195 by which we men may fairly judge, from the rough roads we mortals trudge or god s paths paved with heliotrope, the morals of the crucified (both standpoints joined in one, i hope, 200 in metaphysic s stereoscope) but for the moment be denied a metaphysical inspection bring out the antiseptic soap! we ll judge the christ by simple section, 205 and strictly on the moral side. but first; i must insist on taking the ordinary substantial creed your clergy preach from desk and pulpit each sunday; all the bible, shaking 210 its boards with laughter as you read each sunday. ibsen43 to a full pit may play in the moon. if (lunars they) they thought themselves to be the play, it s little the applause he d get. 21

man might find a fulcrum (ex utero matris ad sepulcrum, 295* vide infra science and buddhism, and the writings of immanuel kant and his successors. ascension day 13 christian premisses accepted. severe mental strain involved in reading poem. the ascension at last! this is a common feat. pranayama. difference between david douglas [sic] home, sri swami sabapati vamadeva bhaskarananda saraswati and the christ. latter compared to madame humbert. et pr ter such as huxley tells) i ll pierce your rotten harness-joints, dissolve your diabolic spells, with the quick truth and nothing else. so not one word derogatory 300 to your own version of the story! i take your christ, your god s creation, just at their own sweet valuation, for by this culminating scene, close of that wondrous life of woe 305

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. dost thou think to control me? for who can move my course" and there falleth a thunderbolt therein: a catastrophe of explosion: and all is shattered. and i saw above me a vast arm reach down, dark and terrible, and a voice cried: i am eternity. and a great mingled cry arose "no! no! no! all is changed; all is confounded; naught is ordered: the white is stained with blood: the black is kissed of the christ! return! return! it is a new chaos that thou findest here: chaos for thee: for us it is the skeleton of a new truth" i said: tell me this truth: for i have conjured ye by the mighty names of god, the which ye cannot but obey. the voice said: light is consumed as a child in the womb of its mother to develop itself anew. but pain and sorrow infinite, and darkness are invoked. for this chi

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lite atmosphere, the same aesthetic revelling in catholic mysticism, the same rich imagery and gorgeous word- colouring that prevade the poetic works of that nineteenth-century artist. a valuable addition to the poetic literature on the mother of our lord" the "guardian" says "the devotional fervour of 'amphora' will make them acceptable to those who address their worship to the blessed mother of the christ. the meaning of the title of the book is not very obvious. it cannot surely have anything to do with the lines in horace 'amphora coepit &c "to be obtained of the" walter scott publishing co. ltd. paternoster row, e.c "and through all booksellers "crown 8vo, scarlet buckram, pp. 64" this edition strictly limited to 500 copies. price 10s a. a. publication in class b- book 777 this book c

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and much i marvelled, and won a song, and so the day passed by. vii i was a shepherd in other days, ere ever the earth was old; i wandered far into the northern ways to bring back my sheep to the fold. heyday! but the time was drear and long, for i lost my pipe and my mountain-song, and all the others of my sweet lays lost all their wonted gold. viii greece and rome and the pagan lands i knew ere the christ was born; i whistled songs between my hands, and blew through an old ram's horn. i was wise indeed! for i lost my way over the hills one summer's day, and near where venus' stature stands i lingered all forlorn. 133 ix laughing eyes and clear brown skin, and dark locks ripping wide, where the sunbeams play and the eddies spin i saw my face in the tide. but i knew the trick narcissus had

the descending arc, for we find that the "red" powder cast upon the water of the metals produceth the golden sol. but it is important not to confuse. the christians have terribly muddled their trinity by making the son the second instead of the third principle; whilst with them the holy spirit at one time symbolizes the mother and at another the son. thus at the annunciation and at the baptism of the christ the s.s. appeareth as a dove, emblem of venus and the mother: whilst the s.s. that descended upon the apostles at 175 pentecost was in reality the spirit of the christ, and therefore symbolised by the hb:shin("see" lecture on microcosmos in mss. of r.r. et a.c. in theosophical nomenclature this latter was the m anas or jeheshuah: the third principle\ a--u for the same reason i have draw

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out of the world's attraction, becomes as an universe to itself. this cleaving of the veil of the vault of the adepts is in truth the precipitation of the jechidah from the elemental flux that goes to make man. the virgin mother of malkuth, the earth fecundated by air, water and fire, is delivered of her son the spirit, who is the adept reborn in the vault as christian rosencreutz; not yet adonai the christ, the son of god, but adonai, jehesuah, the son of man, jesus the carpenter who one day will fashion the tree of life into the image of the supernal christ. no longer is the vision of adonai a mere glimpse as of a flickering light without, lost in the distance of a great forest, but a light which burns as a lamp within a lantern, and which sheds its beams equally in all directions. it is

ce of god "that he may give his angels charge over me, to keep me in all my ways. so mote it be" thus far the events which carry us down to the commencement of the operation, which begins with""the oath of the beginning" i, p, frater ordinis rosae rubeae et aureae crucis, a lord of the paths in the portal of the vault of the adepts, a 5= 6 of the order of the golden dawn; and an humble servant of the christ of god; do this day spiritually bind myself anew" by the sword of vengeance: by the powers of the elements: by the cross of suffering: 247 that i will devote myself to the great work: the obtaining of communion with my own higher and divine genius (called the guardian angel) by means of the prescribed course: and that i will use any power so obtained unto the redemption of the universe

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to plough the two acres of ground which had never before been tilled by the hand of man, and sow the white dragons' teeth, and slay the armed multitude, that black army of unbalanced forces which obscures the light of the sun. and then, finally, was he destined to slay with the sword of flaming light that ever watchful serpent which writhes in silent wisdom about the trunk of that tree upon which the christ hangs crucified. all these great deeds did he do, as we shall see. he tamed the bulls with ease- the white and the black. he ploughed the double field- the east and the west. he sowed the dragons' teeth- the armies of doubt; and among them did he cast he stone of zoroaster given to him by medea, queen of enchantments, so that immediately they turned their weapons one against the other

sets up within itself a counter motion, a kind of back-water current which moves in the opposite direction, from left to right, and little by little destroys the m y circle, marked "b; and then becoming its m y, in its turn sets up a counter circle which in time will likewise be destroyed. the outer circle is "b" is the world m y or the sams ra chakkra, the inner "a" the bodhi stava, the buddha, the christ. this is fulfilled again and again the great prophecy: whenever the dhamma decays, and a-dhamma prevails, then i manifest myself. for the protection of the good, for the destruction of the evil, for the firm 272 this is a mere thought-form induced by misunderstanding the instruction of m itr nanda swami as to observing the phenomenon. establishment of the national righteousness i am bor

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ted opponent of evolution. roosevelt, in calling thomas paine a dirty little atheist, when he was demonstrably a clean tall deist, established only the record for falsehood. mr 160 (or mrs or miss) evelyn underhill does the same thing when he abuses the magi by attributing to them the doctrines and practices of sorcerers. and we think that his sense of awe misleads him in one respect. the buddha, the christ, and he whom some of us know as frater perdurabo, were all men before they became lost in the infinity of what some call the one, others the all, others the naught; and their documents are accessible. these documents are of immeasurably greater value than the lesser writings of the mediaeval saints. in fact, this word mediaeval is of use to us in describing evelyn underhill's state of m

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

omic energy; and the second is its interaction with other atoms repelling some and attracting others. perhaps, then, we may deduce from these facts, that the method of evolution for every atom is due to two causes: the internal life of the atom itself, and its interaction or intercourse with other atoms. these two stages are apparent in the evolution of the human atom. the first was emphasised by the christ when he said "the kingdom of god is within you" thus pointing all human atoms to the centre of life or energy within themselves, and teaching them that from and through that centre they must expand and grow. each one of us is conscious of being centred within himself; he considers everything from his own standpoint, and the outer happenings, are mostly interesting just in so far as they

ough which that spirit seeks to express itself has somewhat served its purpose, and is proving a limitation. those same great truths, and those same basic ideas, require a more adequate vehicle through which to function. christian thinkers at this time need to distinguish very carefully between the vital truths of christianity and the crystallised form of theology. the living impulse was given by the christ. he enunciated these great and eternal truths, and sent them forth to take form and meet the need of a suffering world. they were limited by the form, and there came a long period wherein that form (religious dogmas and doctrines) gradually grew and took shape. centuries ensued wherein the form and the life seemed adapted to each other, and the christian ideals expressed themselves thro

cts of the central divine life you have the third person of the logoic trinity co-operating with the second; you have the intelligent activity of divinity, or the holy spirit aspect, working in connection with the second aspect, or the son, who is the builder of forms. this is brought out in an interesting manner in proverbs viii. where wisdom cries aloud (wisdom in the old testament representing the christ aspect, and after pointing out that he was with god before ever there was creation, goes on to say that when "he appointed the foundations of the earth, then i was by him as the master worker or builder" students would do well to study this chapter in connection with the ideas that we are here formulating, being careful to ascertain the exact translation. we now come to the consideratio

ou have the various stages which are pictured in the christian bible where man makes the discovery that he is not the form, but that he is the one who utilises it. he is intelligence, and therefore he is made in the image of the third person of the trinity; he is love, and through him the love aspect of the deity will some day perfectly manifest, and he will be able to say with his elder brother, the christ, in reply to the demand "lord, show us the father" that "he that hath seen me, hath seen the father" for god is love; and finally, through him the highest aspect, the will of god will become manifest, and he will be perfect, even as his father in heaven is perfect. just as in the evolution of substance three stages could be seen that of atomic energy, of group coherence, and of eventual

vestigation of those matters which concern the group, for instance. but both stages are equally right. we can look at this matter from another angle: it is quite possible for us to meet great people, wonderful men and women, and fail to be impressed by them; we might pass them by without recognising them, and thus miss that which they have to give us. this happened in palestine in connection with the christ, two thousand years ago. why? because, we ourselves are not yet great enough to respond to them. there is something still lacking in us, so that we are unable to realise or feel their particular vibration. i have heard it said, and i think it is very true, that if the christ were to come down upon earth again, and walk among men as he did before, he might live his life amongst us day af

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

hree aspects of the godhead: 1. will or power..the father. 2. love-wisdom..the son. 3. active intelligence..the holy spirit. and is only contacted at the final initiations, when man is nearing the end of his journey and is perfected. the monad reflects itself again in ii. the ego, higher self, or individuality. this aspect is potentially 1. spiritual will..atma. 2. intuition..buddhi, love-wisdom, the christ principle. 3. higher or abstract mind..higher manas. the ego begins to make its power felt in advanced men, and increasingly 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

when the adept stands master in the three worlds, he controls more or less (according to his line of development) the five rays that are specially manifesting at the time he takes the initiation. at the sixth initiation, if he takes the higher degree, he gains power on another ray, and at the seventh initiation he wields power on all the rays. the sixth initiation marks the point of attainment of the christ, and brings the synthetic ray of the system under his control. we need to remember that initiation gives the initiate power on the rays, and not power over the rays, for this marks a very definite difference. every initiate has, of course, for his primary or spiritual ray one of the three major rays, and the ray of his monad is the one on which he at length gains power. the love ray, or

with his spirit, or "father in heaven" and thus with all monads. fourth: with the logos, the three in one and the one in three. man becomes a conscious human being through the instrumentality of the lords of the flame, through their enduring sacrifice. man becomes a conscious ego, with the consciousness of the higher self, at the third initiation, through the instrumentality of the masters and of the christ, and through their sacrifice in taking physical incarnation for the helping of the world. man unites with the monad at the fifth initiation, through the instrumentality of the lord of the world, the solitary watcher, the great sacrifice. man becomes one with the logos through the instrumentality of one about whom naught may be said. chapter iii the work of the hierarchy though the subje

itics, and with the founding, direction, and dissolution of racial types and forms. to him is committed the will and purpose of the planetary logos. he knows what is the immediate objective for this cycle of evolution over which he has to preside, and his work concerns itself with making that will an accomplished fact. he works in closer co-operation with the building devas than does his brother, the christ, for to him is given the work of setting the race type, of segregating the groups out of which races will develop, of manipulating the forces which move the earth's crust, of raising and lowering continents, of directing the minds of statesmen everywhere so that racial government will proceed as desired, and conditions be brought about which will produce those needed for the fostering o

the head centre, and produces his results through his perfect realisation of that which has to be accomplished, through a power to visualise that which must be done to bring about accomplishment, and through a capacity to transmit creative and destructive energy to those who are his assistants. and all this is brought about through the power of the enunciated sound. the work of the world teacher, the christ. group two has the world teacher for its presiding head. he is that great being whom the christian calls the christ; he is known also in the orient as the bodhisattva, and as the lord maitreya, and is the one looked for by the devout mohammedan, under the name of the iman madhi. he it is who has presided over the destinies of life since about 600 b.c. and he it is who has come out among

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ry spirits work as one, on the atmic plane. i. another synthesis takes place on the synthetic second ray on the second subplane of the buddhic plane and the monadic plane, while the comparatively few monads of will or power are synthesised on the atomic subplane of the atmic. all three groups of monads work in triple form on the mental plane under the mahachohan, the manu, and the bodhisattva, or the christ; on the second or monadic plane they work as a unit, only demonstrating their dual work on the atmic plane, and their essential triplicity on the buddhic plane.55(50) the fourth etheric plane holds the key to the dominance of matter, and it might be noted that: on the fourth physical ether man begins to co-ordinate his astral, or emotional body, and to escape at ever more frequent inter

terally destroy him. he should not cast his eyes backwards, but should lift them to the plane where dwells his- 78- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust immortal spirit, and then by self-discipline, mind-control and a definite refining of his material bodies, whether subtle or physical, fit himself to be a vehicle for the divine birth, and participate in the first initiation. when the christ-child (as the christian so beautifully expresses it) has been born in the cave of the heart, then that divine guest can consciously control the lower material bodies by means of consecrated mind. only when buddhi has assumed an ever-increasing control of the personality, via the mental plane (hence the need of building the antaskarana, will the personality respond to that which is above

planetary kundalini, progressing in the desired triangles. two hints can here be given for thoughtful consideration. in connection with one of the heavenly men (which one cannot at this juncture be pointed out) we have one triangle of force to be seen in the following three centres: a. the force centre of which the manu, and his group, are the expression. b. the centre of which the bodhisattva or the christ and his adherents are the focal point. c. the centre of which the mahachohan and his followers are the exponents. these three groups form the three centres in one great triangle a triangle which is not yet in complete vivification at this stage of evolutionary development. another triangle in connection with our own planetary logos is that formed by the seven kumaras the four exoteric k

s (the sixth and seventh) transmits force, via the logos, from outside the system altogether. we need to remember that this major rod is the one used on this planet, but that within the system there are several such rods of power, and that they are to be found in three grades, if it may be so expressed. first. the rod of initiation used for the first two initiations and wielded by the great lord, the christ, the world teacher. it is magnetised by application of the "flaming diamond" the magnetisation being repeated when each new world teacher takes office. there is a wonderful ceremony performed at the time that a new world teacher takes up his work. during the ceremony he receives his rod of power the same rod as used since the foundation of our planetary hierarchy and holds it forth to t

ce of brahma, impelled by the will of mahadeva. therefore, in a peculiar sense man is very important, as he is the place of at-one-ment for all the three aspects; nevertheless, he is very unimportant for he is not the apex of the triangle, but simply the middle point, if we view the triangle thus: spirit-father. the son or man. matter-mother. the evolution of the son, or the cosmic incarnation of the christ, is of immense importance in the plans of the being greater than the solar logos, he about whom naught may be said. the animating principles of allied constellations and systems watch the progress of the evolution of the son with keenest attention. just as the planet called the earth is regarded as the turning point or the battle-ground between spirit and matter, and is therefore, from

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

f that becoming, and the rules, methods, and means which when followed make a man "perfect even as your father in heaven is- 3- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust perfect" step by step there is unfolded for us a graded system of development, leading a man from the stage of average good man, through those of aspirant, initiate and master on to that exalted point in evolution at which the christ now stands. john, the beloved disciple, has said that "we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" and the revelation of the soul to man in physical plane incarnation works ever the great transformation. christ himself has said that "greater works than i do shall ye do" holding out to us the promise of the "kingdom, the power and the glory" provided our aspiration and endurance

ion of the misused mental nature and the distorted perceptions of the mind, are overcome and he stands liberated from the three worlds. the nature of the soul, the qualities and activities inherent in the love nature of the son of god, and the wisdom which demonstrates when love and activity (the second and third aspects) are brought together, characterise his life on earth, and he can say as did the christ "it is finished" the date of the birth of patanjali is unknown and there is a good deal of controversy upon this matter. most of the occidental authorities ascribe a date between the years 820 b. c. to 300 b. c, though one or two place him after christ. the hindu authorities themselves, however, who may be supposed to know something about the matter, ascribe a very much earlier date, ev

reased intensity of glory. the great initiate, paul, had a vision of this when he said that "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain. waiting for the manifestation of the sons of god (rom. viii) raja yoga, or the science of union, gives the rules and the means whereby- 9- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. conscious contact can be made with the soul, the second aspect, the christ within, 2. knowledge of the self can be achieved and its control over the not-self maintained, 3. the power of the ego or soul can be felt in the daily life and soul powers manifested, 4. the lower psychic nature can be subdued, and the higher psychic faculties demonstrated, 5. the brain can be brought en rapport with the soul and its messages received, 6. the "light in the head" can be

the transfiguration. a later synthesis is then effected between the united third and second aspects and the first: 1st aspect 2nd aspect 3 rd aspect spirit soul body father son (christ) h oly ghost monad ego personality divine self h igher self l ower self life consciousness f orm energy force matter the presence the angel of the human being the presence a clear distinction should be made between the christ principle as indicated above, which is a high spiritual aspect to which each member of humanity must attain, and the same term applied to a personage of exalted rank representing that principle, whether in the historical reference to the man of nazareth or otherwise. 2. this union (or yoga) is achieved through the subjugation of the psychic nature and the restraint of the chitta (or min

e student (at the beginning of his instruction) to the practical work to be done in liberating this light so that it may "shine forth in a dark place" i. e, on the physical plane. it should be borne in mind that, occultly speaking, when the lower nature is controlled it can manifest the higher. when the second aspect of the lower personal self, the emotional body, is subjugated or transmuted then the christ light (the second aspect egoic) can be seen. later, in its light, the monad, the father, the one, will stand revealed. equally, when the first aspect of the lower personal self, the mental body, is restrained, then the will aspect of the ego can be known, and through its activities, the purpose of the logos himself will be cognized. there are certain lines of least resistance in the spi

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e, other groups of thinkers will decide. but out of the welter of opinion emerges the basic fact of the wide range of the human states of- 15- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust awareness, and the wonder of the realization that humanity has produced such marvels of comprehensive understanding, of purity of expression and of perfected world-wide influence as we see evidenced by the christ, the buddha, plato and many others, whose thoughts and words have set their mark upon the minds of men for thousands of years. what has made them what they are? are they miracles, emerging from the heart of the infinite, and, hence, can never find their equal? are they products of the evolutionary process, and so have become potent through vast experience and unfoldment? or are they the

nsive and individual training has been spectacular in the extreme. the eastern method is the only one which has produced the founders of all the world religions, for all are asiatic in origin. it is responsible for the appearance of those inspired scriptures of the world which have moulded the thoughts of men, and for the coming forth of all the world saviours the buddha, zoroaster, shri krishna, the christ, and others. thus the east has manifested forth, as the result of its particular technique, all the great individuals, who have sounded the note for their particular age, given the needed teaching for the unfoldment in the minds of men of the god-idea, and so led humanity forward along the path of spiritual perception. the exoteric result of their lives is to be seen in the great organi

nify them, in consciousness, with the indwelliug soul. later comes control by the soul, and a steadily increasing expression of the nature of the soul. this is sometimes symbolically expressed as a light in a lamp. at first the lamp gives forth no radiance, but gradually the light- 22- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust makes its presence felt, till the meaning of the words of the christ becomes clear. he said "i am the light of the world" and enjoined upon his disciples to "let your light shine that man may see" thirdly: when the life of the soul, acting under the law of rebirth, has brought the personality to such a condition that it is an integrated and coordinated unit, then there is set up between the two a more intensive interaction. this interaction is brought ab

riumphant, god the creator, god the saviour of man. it is, in the words of st. paul "christ in us, the hope of glory" this becomes a fact in our consciousness and not simply a much hoped for theory. meditation causes our beliefs to change into ascertained facts, and our theories into proven experience. the statement of st. paul's remains only a concept and a possibility until, through meditation, the christ life is evoked and becomes the dominating factor in daily life. we speak of ourselves as divine and as sons of god. we know of those who have demonstrated their divinity to the world, and who stand in the forefront of human achievement, testifying to faculties beyond our scope of accomplishment. we are conscious, within ourselves, of strivings which drive us on towards knowledge, and of

ruly meditates. he will comprehend the hidden things of nature, and the secrets of the life of the spirit. he will also know how he knows. thus, meditation brings about union, or at-one-ment. the occidental mystic may speak of the at-one-ment, whilst his brother in the orient may speak of raja yoga, or of union and of liberation, but they mean the same thing. they mean that the mind and the soul (the christ within us or the higher self) function as a unit, as a co-ordinated whole, thus expressing perfectly the will of the indwelling god. ren gu non, in his book man and his becoming, makes the following interesting comments on the word "union" which have a place here "the realization of this identity is effected by yoga, that is, the intimate and essential union of being with the divine pri

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

e east, it becomes apparent that through the interplay of the poles, and through the friction of the pairs of opposites light flashes forth. the goal of evolution is found to be a gradual series of light demonstrations. veiled and hidden by every form lies light. as evolution proceeds, matter becomes increasingly a better conductor of the light, thus demonstrating the accuracy of the statement of the christ "i am the light of the world. iv. the fourth postulate consists of the statement that all lives manifest cyclically. this is the theory of rebirth or of re-incarnation, the demonstration of the law of periodicity. such are the great underlying truths which form the foundation of the ageless wisdom the existence of life, and the development of consciousness through the cyclic taking of f

cosmic and microcosmic, universal and human, is that entity which is brought into being when the spirit aspect and the matter aspect are related to each other. a. the soul therefore is neither spirit nor matter but is the relation between them. b. the soul is the mediator between this duality; it is the middle principle, the link between god and his form. c. therefore the soul is another name for the christ principle, whether in nature or in man. 2. the soul is the attractive force of the created universe and (when functioning) holds all forms together so that the life of god may manifest or express itself through them. a. therefore the soul is the form-building aspect, and is that attractive factor in every form in the universe, in the planet, in the kingdoms of nature and in man (who sum

kingdoms of nature. dominion over all forms, and the power to act as transmitters of that spiritual energy we call love is the promised reward of the triumphant solar angels, and the prized goal of their meditation work. the sons of god will triumph on earth in full incarnated expression, and will bring light (therefore life) to all the manifested forms. this is the "life more abundant" of which the christ speaks. this is the achievement of the true nirvanee who, living in unbroken meditation in the spiritual realm yet can work on earth. the work of initiation is to enable a man to live ever at the centre, but to act as a distributor of divine energy in any direction and after the later initiations in all directions. we will now, in our consideration of the next rule, take up the work of

base of the spine, are carried to the head and are brought (via the solar plexus, that clearing house of energy, and the medulla oblongata) to the centre between the eyebrows, then the personality, the matter aspect, reaches its apotheosis and the virgin mary in the individual sense, which is a finite parallel of an infinite reality is "carried up into heaven" there to sit by the side of her son, the christ, the soul. when the energies of the sacral centre, focussed hitherto on the work of physical creation and generation and therefore the source of physical sex life and interest, are sublimated, re-oriented and carried up to the throat centre, then the aspirant becomes a conscious creative force in the higher worlds; he enters within the veil, and begins to create the pattern of things wh

nd of the exoteric form. water is the symbol of the emotional nature. it is from the great centre of the personality life, the solar plexus, that the life is usually ruled and government administered. when the centre of direction lies below the diaphragm there is no magic possible. the animal soul controls and the spiritual soul is perforce quiescent. air is the symbol of the higher life in which the christ principle dominates, in which freedom is experienced and the soul comes to full expression. it is the symbol of the buddhic plane, as water is of the emotional. when the life of the personality is carried up into heaven, and the life of the soul comes down on to earth, there is the place of meeting, and there the work of transcendental magic becomes possible. this meeting place is the p

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

telligent substance. this is fire by friction a friction brought about by life and matter and their interplay, and producing change and constant mutation. i shall use the word quality as expressive of the second aspect, the son of god, the cosmic christ incarnate in form a form brought into being by the relation of spirit and matter. this interplay produces that psychological entity which we call the christ. this cosmic christ demonstrated to us his perfection, as far as the human family is concerned, through the medium of the historical christ. this psyphological entity can bring into functioning activity a quality within all human forms which esoterically can "obliterate the forms" and so engross the attention as to be regarded eventually as the main factor and as constituting all that i

ncerned, through the medium of the historical christ. this psyphological entity can bring into functioning activity a quality within all human forms which esoterically can "obliterate the forms" and so engross the attention as to be regarded eventually as the main factor and as constituting all that is. this truth as to life and quality and form is made most clearly apparent to us in the story of the christ of galilee. he was constantly reminding the people that he was not what he appeared to be, neither was he the father in heaven, and he is ever referred to by those who know and love him in terms of quality. he demonstrated to us the quality of the love of god, and in himself he embodied not only that which he had evolved of the seven ray qualities, but also as do few of the sons of god

d of power or will. this life wills to love, and uses power as an expression of divine beneficence. for his body of manifestation he uses that planet for which the sun is regarded as the esoteric substitute. 2. the lord of love-wisdom, who is the embodiment of pure love, is regarded by esotericists as being as close to the heart of the solar logos as was the beloved disciple close to the heart of the christ of galilee. this life instils into all forms the quality of love, with its more material manifestation of desire, and is the attractive principle in nature and the custodian of the law of attraction, which is the life-demonstration of pure being. this lord of love is the most potent of the seven rays, because he is on the same cosmic ray as the solar deity. he expresses himself primaril

ife, results in an abstraction from the appearance, and therefore the end of phenomenal existence. ponder on the simple arrangement of these signs, for they portray your life and progress: unevolved man .o o o. appearance, quality, life. disciple .o o .o.appearance quality .life. initiate .o..o o.appearance. quality life. finally. within the circle of infinity. this is true of the human being, of the christ in incarnation; it is equally true of the cosmic christ, of god incarnate in the solar system. in the system a similar fusion and blending is going on, and the separated aspects are entering into an evolutionary relationship, resulting in an eventual synthesis of appearance and quality, and then of quality and purpose. it might be noted here that the hierarchy as a whole is distinguishe

e. let the disciple live in love, and love in life" in those olden days no thought of purpose entered into the minds of men, for the race was not mental nor was it intended so to be. the emphasis was laid upon the quality of the appearance in all preparation for initiation, and the highest initiate of that time endeavoured to express only the quality of god's love. the plan was the great mystery. the christ, cosmic and individual, was sensed and known, but purpose was as yet veiled and unrevealed. the "noble eightfold path" was not known, and only seven steps into the temple were seen. with the coming in of the aryan race, the purpose and the plan began to be revealed. only when the appearance is beginning to be dominated by quality, and consciousness is expressing itself in directed aware

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many years of work as an evangelist and as a teacher in the field of christian principles, and a difficult cycle in which i faced the problem of my own relation to christ and to christianity, have brought me to two definitely clear and clean-cut recognitions: first, a recognition of the reality of the individuality of christ and of his mission; and secondly, a recognition that the development of the christ consciousness and the christ nature in individual man, and in the race as a whole, carries with it the solution of our world problem. most heartily do i endorse the words of arthur weigall when he says "yet the jesus of history as distinct from the jesus of theology, remains `the way, the truth, and the life; and i am convinced that concentration upon the historic figure of our lord and

transition period between the old age and the new, and the true mission of christ, so deeply and frequently obscured by theological implications and disputations, embodies in itself the coming revelation. the development of humanity guarantees the recognition of christ and his work and its participation, consciously, in the kingdom of god- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust the conscious evocation of the christ life in the human heart and our rapid integration into the kingdom of god are the immediate tasks ahead, embodying our responsibility, opportunity and destiny. in closing, i would like to offer my grateful thanks to mr. william cummings and mr. alan murray for the willing and intelligent help they have given me. they have made the writing of this book possible. from bethlehem to calvary

red, whilst that which he expressed in his life, and the relationships which he emphasised and regarded as implicit in his revelation have been totally ignored. we have fought over the historical christ, and thus fighting, have lost sight of his message of love to all beings. fanatics quarrel over his words, and fail to remember that he was "the word made flesh" we argue about the virgin birth of the christ, and forget the truth which the incarnation is intended to teach. evelyn underhill points out in her most valuable book, mysticism, that "the incarnation, which is for popular christianity synonymous with the historical birth and earthly life of christ, is for the mystic not only this but also a perpetual cosmic and personal process" scholars spend their lives in proving that the whole

add the clear vision of the future to the wonder of the past. it will express what is divine but has been hitherto unrevealed. it is therefore possible that an understanding of some of the deeper significances of the gospel story may enable the modern seeker to grasp the wider synthesis. some of these deeper implications were touched upon in a book published many years ago, entitled the crises of the christ, by that veteran christian, dr. campbell morgan. taking the five major episodes in the life of the saviour, around which the entire gospel narrative is built, he gave them a wide and general application, leaving one with the realisation that christ had not only passed through these dramatic experiences, in deed and in truth, but had left us with the definite command that we should "foll

essential divinity. both the hindu teaching and the buddhist faith have emphasised them as evolutionary crises which we may not ultimately escape; and a right- 9- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust understanding of the interrelation of these great world religions may eventually bring about a truer understanding of all of them. the religion of the buddha, though preceding that of the christ, expresses the same basic truths, but phrases them in a different manner, which can help us nevertheless to a larger interpretation of christianity "buddhism and christianity find their origins respectively in two inspired moments of history: the life of the buddha, and the life of christ. the buddha gave his doctrine to enlighten the world: christ gave his life. it is for christians to

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

tance, time and space are controlling factors, and imprison the soul within their types of consciousness. this connotes identification with form life. the other connotes identification with all that lies outside of form expression and is released from it. what that may be lies beyond the grasp of our present advanced humanity, and is only known in its true significance by such great existences as the christ, the buddha and those of analogous rank in the hierarchy of lives. the qualities generated and developed through the first of these identifications persist and colour the conscious realisation, and it must be remembered that the final identification is the result of the experience gained through the medium of the first. these qualities will vary according to the dominance of- 17- a trea

utstandingly the major characteristic of divinity. it expresses itself through colour and beauty, through reason and love, through idealism and wisdom, and through those many qualities and that purpose which, for instance, animate the aspirant. this is briefly and inadequately expressed divinity. it is, however, a relative expression of divinity. when each of us stands where stand the masters and the christ, we will regard this whole question from another point of view. the developing of virtues, the cultivation of understanding, the demonstration of good character and high aims, and the expression of an ethical and moral point of view are all necessary fundamentals, preceding certain definite experiences which usher the soul into worlds of realisation which are so far removed from our pre

mbolic drama which we call the sacrifice of a world saviour. this is the theme of the historical romance of all those great sons of god who down the ages, have arrived at an understanding of the significance of the divine purpose of god, of the word incarnated through a planet, of those solar angels who are themselves, the word incarnate through a human form. whether they enact this drama, as did the christ, so as to present to man the symbolism of death and sacrifice, or whether they enact this drama, as did the buddha, so as to demonstrate to man the sacrifice and death of personal desire (to mention only two of the manifested sons of god, the christ and the buddha, the theme remains the same, the death of that which is lower in order to release that which is higher, or on a larger scale

hy, established a contact and are "in touch" with the world of spiritual realities. just as the individual disciple stabilises this contact and learns to make a rapid alignment and then, and only then, can come into touch with the master of his group and intelligently respond to the plan, so does this group of aligned souls come into contact with certain greater lives and forces of light, such as the christ and the buddha. the aggregated aspiration, consecration and intelligent devotion of the group carries the individuals of which it is composed to greater heights than would be possible alone. the group stimulation and the united effort sweep the entire group to an intensity of realisation that would otherwise be impossible. just as the law of attraction, working on the physical plane, br

ach other and the hierarchy, and thus keeping the channel open through which the needed wisdom, strength and love can flow. there are, therefore, to be found in this great task the following relations and groupings. these must be considered, and are as follows: 1. the forces of light and the spirit of peace, embodied lives of tremendous group potency. 2. the planetary hierarchy. 3. the buddha. 4. the christ. 5. the new group of world servers. 6. humanity. you will note that the buddha focusses in himself the downpouring forces, whilst the christ focusses in himself the outgoing demand and the spiritual aspirations of the entire planet. this makes a planetary alignment of great potency. should the needed work be accomplished, the needed adjustments in the world can be made. the success or f

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

ervice and to the alleviation of human sufferings. this is the determined goal of all whose instructions are found in this book a goal which they have not yet attained and a mode of life which they have not yet perfected. they are, nevertheless, unalterably upon their way and that way is the way. christ said "i am the way, the truth and the life; these aspirants, working under a great disciple of the christ, are beginning to grasp some of the significances and implications of that statement which holds true for all time and for all disciples, because "as he is, so are we in this world" the work with this particular group began twelve years ago. each person's instructions are given in their ordered sequence, year by year, so that a real picture of the person concerned, of his problems and h

ching can also be traced in the holy bible. upon one or other of these seven rays, the souls of all forms of life are to be found as well as the forms themselves. these seven rays produce the seven major psychological types. these seven rays or emanations are: 1. the first ray of will or power. many great world rulers are found on this ray, such as julius caesar. 2. the second ray of love-wisdom. the christ and the buddha are to be found on this ray. it is the great teaching ray. 3. the third ray of active intelligence. the mass of intelligent humanity are found on this ray. 4. the fourth ray of harmony through conflict. aspirants. struggling, well-meaning people. workers for unity emerge along this line. 5. the fifth ray of concrete knowledge or science. scientists and people who are pure

dentified with certain group expansions of consciousness. it will also be because they have arrived at love of their fellowmen, just as they have loved themselves in the past. think on this with clarity, my brothers, and grasp, if you can, the full significance of this last sentence. their work will largely be to summarise and make effective the work of those two great sons of god, the buddha and the christ. as you know, one of them brought illumination to the world and embodied the principle of wisdom, and the other brought love to the world and embodied in himself a great cosmic principle the principle of love. how can the effectiveness of their work- 7- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust be brought about? the process will follow three lines: 1. individual e

rk- 7- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust be brought about? the process will follow three lines: 1. individual effort, made by the individual disciple, using the technique of detachment, of dispassion and of discrimination which the buddha taught. 2. group initiation, made possible by the self-initiated effort of individual disciples, following out the injunctions of the christ and leading to a complete subordination of the personality and of the unit to group interest and group good. 3. group endeavour, carried forward as a group, to love all beings and to apprehend and understand the true significance of the aquarian technique of group love and work. i have felt that a linking up of your minds in connection with the work of the buddha and of the christ might

past history of the race, a great event occurred which brought into manifestation the fourth kingdom in nature, the human kingdom. we stand now on the verge of a similar but still more momentous event the appearance of the fifth kingdom, as a result of the planned activity of the new group of world servers, working in collaboration with the hierarchy of perfected souls, and under the guidance of the christ himself. this will usher in the new age wherein five kingdoms in nature will be recognised as existing side by side upon earth. you have, therefore, been permitted to share in and watch the work of the hierarchy to the extent of your individual spiritual contact and have seen the following spiritual events taking place: 1. the sending forth of the teaching for the new age. this deals wi

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

ed humanity in a position of positive guilt. war is the dire penalty which mankind has had to pay for this great sin of separateness. impressions from the hierarchy have been received, distorted, misapplied and misinterpreted and the task of the new group of world servers is to offset this evil. humanity has never really lived up to the teaching given it. spiritual impression, whether conveyed by the christ, by krishna or by buddha (and passed on to the masses by their disciples) has not yet been expressed as it was hoped. men do not live up to what they already know; they fail to make practical their information; they short circuit the light; they do not discipline themselves; greedy desire and unlawful ambition control and not the inner knowledge. to put it scientifically and from the es

progressively along three main lines, starting in the east and culminating today in the west. in asia we have had the intensive training, down the centuries, of certain carefully chosen individuals and a complete neglect of the masses. asia and asia alone has produced those outstanding figures who are, even today, the object of universal veneration lao tze, confucius, the buddha, shri krishna and the christ. they have set their mark upon millions and still do. then in europe, we have had educational attention concentrated upon a few privileged groups, giving them a carefully planned cultural training but teaching only the necessary rudiments of learning to the masses. this produced periodically such important epochs of cultural expression as the elizabethan period, the renaissance, the poe

an interim nature; it will simply help humanity to make a great transition out of the materialistic system now dominating into one in which right human relations will be the basic characteristic. this new and better way of life will be developed for two main reasons: a. the purely spiritual reasons of human brotherhood, of peaceful cooperative enterprise and the constantly unfolding principle of the christ consciousness in the hearts of men. this may be deemed a mystical and visionary reason; it is already more controlling in its effects than is believed. b. the frankly selfish motive of self-preservation. the release of atomic energy has not only put into human hands a potent force which will inevitably bring in a new and better way of life, but also a terrible weapon, capable of wiping

. the miracle may happen and the beautiful and the unexpected appear but only when men have themselves created the right setting and by the wonder of their own achievement made it possible for a still more wonderful expression of rightness to manifest. we can have no further expression of divinity until men act more divinely than at present; we shall have no "return of christ" or a downpouring of the christ consciousness until the christ in every man is more awake and alert than is at present the case; the prince of peace or the spirit of peace will not make the presence of peace felt on earth until the peaceful intentions of men everywhere are changing the aspect of world affairs. unity will not be the distinctive characteristic of mankind until men have themselves pulled down the separat

g upon some line of action and forcing it on public attention by propaganda and by campaigning. it will come by advocating and developing a spirit of goodwill (with its results: a right atmosphere and a sound attitude) and an understanding heart. the christian era was ushered in by a mere handful of men, the twelve apostles, the seventy disciples and the five hundred who recognized the message of the christ. the new era in which christ will "see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied, is being ushered in by the hundreds of thousands of the men of goodwill now active in the world and who can become still more active if recognized, reached and organized- 70- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust chapter v the problem of the churches the title of this chapter is not called the

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

ion an- 105- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust opinion which will be based on goodwill, on an intelligent understanding of the needs of humanity, on a determination to bring about right human relations and on the recognition that the problems with which humanity is today confronted can be solved through goodwill- 106- problems of human tcopyright 1998 lucis trust the reappearance of the christ by alice a. bailey copyright 1948 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1976 by lucis trust keynote whenever there is a withering of the law and an uprising of lawlessness on all sides, then i manifest myself. for the salvation of the righteous and the destruction of such as do evil, for the firm establishing of the law, i come to birth age after age. the bhagavad gita book iv, sutra 7, 8. c

the period who have fostered and proclaimed this expectancy and the time has always been one of chaos and difficulty, of a climaxing point at the close of a civilisation or culture and when the resources of the old religions have seemed inadequate to meet men's difficulties or to solve their problems. the coming of the avatar, the advent of a coming one and, in terms of today, the reappearance of the christ are the keynotes of the prevalent expectancy. when the times are ripe, the invocation of the masses is strident enough and the faith of those who know is keen enough, then always he has come and today will be no exception to this ancient rule or to this universal law. for decades, the reappearance of the christ, the avatar, has been anticipated by the faithful in both hemispheres not on

nd has always been based) on this doctrine of interdependence, of a planned and arranged conscious linking and of the transmission of energy from one aspect of divine manifestation to another from god in the "secret place of the most high" to the humblest human being, living and struggling and sorrowing on earth. everywhere this transmission is to be found "i am come that they may have life" says the christ, and the scriptures of the world are full of the intervention of some being, originating from some source higher than the strictly human. always the appropriate mechanism is found through which divinity can reach and communicate with humanity, and it is with this communication and these instruments of divine energy that the doctrine of avatars or of divine "coming ones" has to do. an av

anity, and it is with this communication and these instruments of divine energy that the doctrine of avatars or of divine "coming ones" has to do. an avatar is one who has a peculiar capacity (besides a self-initiated task and a pre-ordained destiny) to transmit energy or divine power. this is necessarily a deep mystery and was demonstrated in a peculiar manner and in relation to cosmic energy by the christ who for the first time in planetary history, as far as we know transmitted the divine energy of love directly to our planet and in a most definite sense to humanity. always too these avatars or divine messengers are linked with the concept of some subjective spiritual order or hierarchy of spiritual lives, who are concerned with the developing welfare of humanity. all we really know is

ne messengers are linked with the concept of some subjective spiritual order or hierarchy of spiritual lives, who are concerned with the developing welfare of humanity. all we really know is that, down the ages, great and divine representatives of god embody divine purpose, and affect the entire world in such a manner that their names and their influence are known and felt- 2- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust thousands of years after they no longer walk among men. again and again, they have come and have left a changed world and some new world religion behind them; we know also that prophecy and faith have ever held out to mankind the promise of their coming again amongst us in an hour of need. these statements are statements of fact, historically proven. beyond th

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

res and their relationships in tabular form we can get the general idea more clearly in mind: i. shamballa. will or power. planetary head centre, the holy city. purpose. plan spiritual pineal gland. life aspect. ruler- sanat kumara, the lord of the world. the ancient of days. melchizedek. ii. the hierarchy. love-wisdom. planetary heart centre. the new jerusalem. consciousness. group unity. ruler- the christ. the world saviour- 12- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. humanity .a ctive intelligence. planetary throat centre. the city, standing foursquare. self-consciousness. creativity. ruler- lucifer. son of the morning. the prodigal son. these three centres are closely interrelated and must be thought of in their entirety as expressions of divine livingness, as embody

he two rays which are our immediate consideration. both of them as is ever the law express themselves through a higher and lower form or forms. one of the higher expressions of the out-going sixth ray is to be found in christianity, the spirit and principles of which were embodied for us in the life of the master jesus, who was, in his turn, inspired and over-shadowed and used by his great ideal, the christ. in the word "idealism" you have the keynote of this ray idealism taking form, providing a living example and indicating to the race of men their own divine potentialities. in the appearance of the christ, the divine ideal for the race, as a whole, was presented for the first time. other and earlier sons of god presented diverse divine qualities and attributes, but in three of them a ce

rfection of presentation was achieved which (as far as this present world period is concerned) can never be surpassed. these three are: hercules, the perfect disciple but not yet the perfected son of god; the buddha- 20- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust the perfect initiate, having reached illumination but not yet having developed to perfection all the attributes of divinity; the christ, the absolutely perfect expression of divinity for this cycle and, therefore, the teacher alike of angels and of men. that ahead of the race may lie a still higher perfection than that attained by any of these exponents of divinity is inexpressibly true, for we know not yet what divinity really means; in these three, however, we have three instances of a perfection which lies far ahead

power. it might be of interest to you to know just what rays controlled these sons of god: hercules, the sun-god, had a first ray soul, a second ray personality and a sixth ray astral body. these potencies and energies sufficed to carry him through all the trials and the labours of the disciple. the buddha had a second ray soul, a first ray personality and a sixth ray mind a very rare phenomenon. the christ had a second ray soul, a sixth ray personality (which accounted for his close relationship with the master jesus, plus a first ray mind. these three all embodied the essences of the spiritual life and all of them were enabled to set their seal upon history and upon the hearts of men, largely through the potency of their sixth ray expression. all of them embodied also the new spiritual i

them embodied also the new spiritual impulse which their day and age required and all of them for centuries by the strength of their living love and power brought the vision and the aspiration of humanity back to those spiritual essentials whereby men must live. all of them were part of the directing group of lives who are working out the plans of god, founded upon the love of god. the buddha and the christ are still closely connected with, and working in cooperation with, the hierarchy. hercules has gone over into the shamballa centre, but still works in a basic association with the buddha who is one of the forces linking shamballa and the hierarchy. pure religion, undefiled and spiritually focussed, is the higher expression of the sixth ray (working as is ever the case under the influenc

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

pointed task. when the buddha was on earth and achieved illumination, he "let in" a flood of light upon the world problem through his enunciation of the four noble truths. his body of disciples and his nine hundred arhats formulated those four great truths into a structure of dogma and doctrine that by the power of collective thought has greatly helped in the attack upon the world illusion. today the christ is carrying forward the same great task and in the spiritual significance of his imminent coming (and in the language of symbolism) he and his nine thousand arhats will strike a second blow at the world glamour. it is for this that we prepare. only the intuition can dispel illusion and hence the need of training intuitives. hence the service you can render to this general cause by offer

yan race. 4. the dweller on the threshold arrives at full potency at the end of this race, the aryan, and in the lives of all initiates prior to taking the third initiation. 5. the subhuman kingdoms in nature are free from glamour and illusion, but are immersed in the world maya. 6. the buddha and his 900 arhats struck the first blow at the world glamour when he promulgated his four noble truths. the christ struck the second blow with his teaching of the nature of individual responsibility and of brotherhood. the next blow will be struck by the new group of world servers, acting under the direction of christ and his disciples, symbolically described as "christ and his 9000 initiates" 7. the four keynotes to the solution of the problem of glamour are: intuition. illumination. inspiration. t

irection. animal kingdom. illusion. 4. personality alignment. human kingdom. the dweller on the threshold. these processes have, therefore, their equivalents in all the kingdoms and lead up to: 1. the unfoldment of the divine consciousness. this starts in the mineral kingdom. 2. the expression of the soul. this is typified in the vegetable kingdom with its uses and beauty. 3. the manifestation of the christ. this is the recognised goal of the animal kingdom which works towards individualisation- 54- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. the revelation of the glory of god. this is the objective before humanity. 4. glamour upon the higher mental planes. the dweller on the threshold. we will now touch very briefly upon the problem of the dweller on the threshold. this dweller

of illusion and a condition of impotency. against the disciple are fighting all the forces of his own nature, and also those of humanity as a whole and of the planetary state. he feels helpless, inert, feeble and hopeless. he cannot even see the way out. only one clear fact remains and that is the fact of the soul, of the immortal identity, the warrior behind the scenes, the charioteer, krishna, the christ within. the bhagavad gita can be read entirely from the standpoint of the disciple's combat with glamour and students would be well-advised so to study it. the individual glamours of which the disciple becomes aware are consequently of five types of force. these, when brought into activity simultaneously, produce those glamours which are strictly initiated and produced by the man himsel

eas of evolution, of racial attributes, and of national and religious characteristics, then the basic idea receives only limited application. hence the enforced ideological systems of our modern times and of the present day, and the rapid growth of ideological illusions, which are nevertheless based on a true idea each and all without any exception. it is again no illusion that the development of the christ consciousness is the goal of the human family, but when it is interpreted in terms of authoritative religion and by those in whom the christ consciousness is as yet undeveloped, it becomes simply a nice concept and often a sadistic incentive and thus enters immediately into the realm of illusion. i cite these two illustrations, out of many possible ones, so that you may realise how illu

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

espond to that inner group of thinkers who, working in mental matter, control from the subjective side of life the emergence of the great plan and the manifestation of divine purpose- 2- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust this group of thinkers falls into seven main divisions and is presided over by three great lives or super-conscious entities. these three are the manu, the christ, and the mahachohan. these three work primarily through the method of influencing the minds of the adepts and the initiates. these latter in their turn influence the disciples of the world, and these disciples, each in his own place and on his own responsibility, work out their concept of the plan and seek to give expression to it as far as possible. it is, therefore, as you can surmise

trust time and increases the mental problem of thousands. 3. telepathic work from heart to heart. this type of impression is the sublimation of the "feeling" response registered earlier upon the ladder of evolution in the solar plexus. it concerns only group impressions, and is the basis of the condition spoken of in the bible in connection with the greatest sensitive humanity has ever produced, the christ. there he is referred to as "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" but in this condition no personal sorrow or grief is involved. it is simply the consciousness of the sorrow of the world and the weight of grief under which humanity struggles "the fellowship of christ's suffering" is the reaction of the disciple to the same world condition. this is the true "broken heart" and is a

ideas. these demonstrate through a steadily growing and enlightened public opinion. b. the influence of the ashrams of the masters as they affect the aspirants of the world, the humanitarians and the idealists. these impressing agencies, being seven in number, constitute seven different streams of impressing energy which affect the seven ray types. the united ashrams, forming the great ashram of the christ, affect humanity as a whole; this great united ashram works solely through the new group of world servers whose members are on all rays, of all grades of development, and who work in all the various departments of human living and enterprise- 27- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust c. the activity of the new group of world servers about which i have already writ

s which form the active arena for hierarchical work the three levels of consciousness of the spiritual triad. this "focussed area" has been precipitated by the agents of the divine will; they know the ultimate purpose of sanat kumara and hold it steadfastly in view, making it available to those masters of the wisdom who can act as the "impressing agents of sanat kumara's will" these are the manu, the christ, and the mahachohan, the lord of civilisation. it might be said here that the three buddhas of activity are the prime impressing agents and that the three great lords are the "impressed recipients" at an exceedingly high level; this is the atmic level of awareness, which is the area energised by the divine will. when dealing with the fifth point of revelation*(11) i said that it concern

tendencies and potential assets in the three subhuman groups. this teaching has always been implicit in the esoteric doctrines but has not been sufficiently emphasised, owing to the point in evolution of mankind. today, mankind has made such progress that these points can be made effectively. i would call to your attention that this was the keynote of the gospel story: the human-divine nature of the christ, relating him to the father through his essential divinity, and also to man through his essential humanity. the christian church gave a wrong slant to the teaching by making christ appear as unique, though the higher criticism (deemed so shocking fifty years ago) has done much to correct this false impression. the outstanding characteristic of humanity is intelligent sensitivity to impr

ALICE A BAILEY18 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME III ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY

ve intelligence. it was the product of the first solar system. the development of illumination through an awakened intelligence is the first goal of humanity. 9. the fifth creative hierarchy (also numbered 8) is on the verge of liberation. it is peculiarly connected with the tenth creative hierarchy, with the constellation capricorn and with the human personality which veils and temporarily hides the christ principle behind both form and mind. eight is, under some numerical systems, regarded as the number of the christ. 10. the greater builders and the lesser builders, working on the second and third planes of our solar system, have their activities reflected in the work of the lunar lords and the elemental- 22- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lu

f brahma are the lowest manifestation of their fiery nature. each group also may be regarded as "fallen" in the cosmic sense, because involved in the building process, or the occupiers of forms of some degree of density or another. hierarchy i. the first great hierarchy is emanated from the heart of the central spiritual sun. it is the son of god himself, the first born in a cosmic sense, even as the christ was the "eldest in a vast family of brothers" and the "first flower on the human plant" the symbol of this hierarchy is the golden lotus with its twelve petals folded. the secret doctrine i. 233-250. iii. 565. it should be remembered that this hierarchy is literally the sixth, for five hierarchies have passed on, being the product of the earlier system, that wherein intelligence or mana

y and the sun are one, we are frequently told in the occult literature. the sun is the symbol of the son of god, who is the mediator between father-spirit and mother-matter. mercury, therefore, leads aries to virgo (again speaking symbolically) where the idea or word of god begins to take form, and consequently the latent life in aries comes to the "crisis of the birth hour" prior to the birth of the christ, cosmically considered, though the birth of the individual christ takes place in capricorn, at the close of the needed gestation period- 61- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust uranus embodies the energy of the seventh ray and its work is analogous to that of mercury, for the seventh ray is the ray which relates spirit and matter and b

e soul, in objective manifestation, passes through peculiar and definite crises: 1. the crises of the battle field, leading to the culminating battle in scorpio and the liberation into life in capricorn, the place of the higher initiations, after the reversal of the wheel. 2. the crisis of the birth place in virgo, brought about through the activity of mercury, leading through leo to the birth of the christ in capricorn. the self-conscious individual in leo becomes the christ-conscious initiate in capricorn. 3. the crisis of the burning ground, which is brought about through the activity of uranus. this is entered through the free choice of the initiate who makes his choice in libra, the point of balance where usually the moment for the reversal of the wheel takes place. there the man has

(as the old commentary expresses it) and mass instinctual consciousness comes into being. note that phrase. 3. leo, the "birthplace of the individual" the coming into form of individual self-conscious man who emerges out of the mass and herd in cancer, substituting, for instinctual consciousness, self-awareness and a sense of responsibility of an individual kind. 4. capricorn, the "birthplace of the christ" the place of the "second birth" and the scene for the emergence of the fifth kingdom in nature when the right time comes. in this sign, the initiate comes into a spiritual awareness which demonstrates later in aquarius and in pisces as man, the world worker, and man, the world saviour both of them with a universal mission. it is from hints such as these that the astrologer of the futur

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

t always gone on, with her and because of her, yet a little higher and a- 2- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust little better than would otherwise have been the case. we are all very human and she was very human too. why did she suffer? because her chosen path is on the line of the world saviours. she has gone back to her own master k. h. for yet more daring work with him for the christ. she asks us to keep the arcane school bright and shining as it is now, to keep it filled with the saving power of a world-wide gathering of loving hearts, which it is, and to see to it that we truly serve. sincerely yours (signed) foster bailey new york december 16, 1949 introduction what finally decided me to write about my life was a letter i had in 1941 from a friend in scotland who

tion of world affairs and to familiarise more people with the paralleling fact of the existence of those who are- 3- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust responsible (behind the scenes) for the spiritual guidance of humanity, and for the task of leading mankind out of darkness into light, from the unreal to the real and from death to immortality. i want to make the disciples of the christ who are the masters of the wisdom, real to people, as real as they are to me and many thousands in the world. i do not mean a hypothetical reality (if we may use such a phrase) or as a subject of faith and belief. i want to show them as they are disciples of the christ, living men, and ever present factors in human affairs. those are the things which are of moment and not the earthly ex

e stood by me? i cannot list them but they are the people who are essentially responsible for the success of the work we as a group have done. the reason for this autobiography is therefore a threefold one, for there are three things upon which i want to lay the emphasis, and which i hope will emerge into clarity. first of all, the fact of the masters of the wisdom, who work under the guidance of the christ, i want to make clearer the nature of their work. i want to present them to the world as i personally know them, because, in the years that are coming, more and more people will testify to their existence, and i would like to make the way easier for them. this i will enlarge upon later and show how i personally came to know of their existence. in everyone's life there are certain convin

tual and the narrowness of dogma. missionary work was dinned into my consciousness by both groups. the world was divided into those who were christians and worked hard to save souls and those who were heathen and bowed down to images of stone and worshipped them. the buddha was a stone image; and it never dawned on me then that the images of the buddha were on a par with the statues and images of the christ in the christian churches with which i was so familiar on the continent of europe. i was in a complete fog. and then at the height of my unhappiness and in the very middle of my dilemma and questioning one of the masters of the wisdom came to me. at the time of that happening and for many years after, i had not the remotest idea who he was. i was scared stiff at the occurrence. young as

l today i- 23- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust can, at will, contact him. this willingness to be contacted on the part of a master is only possible when a disciple is also willing never to avail himself of the opportunity except in moments of real emergency in world service. i found that this visitor was the master k. h, the master koot hoomi, a master who is very close to the christ, who is on the teaching line and who is an outstanding exponent of the love-wisdom of which the christ is the full expression. the real value of this experience is not to be found in the fact that i, a young girl called alice la trobe-bateman, had an interview with a master but in the fact that knowing nothing whatsoever of their existence, i met one of them and that he talked with me

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

al with the diseases to which mystics fall heir, except that i would like to point out one interesting fact: the mystic is ever conscious of duality. he is the seeker in search of light, of the soul, of the beloved, of that higher something which he senses as existing and as that which can be found. he strives after recognition of and by the divine: he is the follower of the vision, a disciple of the christ, and this conditions his thinking and his aspiration. he is a devotee and one who loves the apparently unattainable the other than himself. only when he becomes the occultist does the mystic learn that all the time the magnet which attracted him, and the dualism which coloured his life and thoughts and which gave motive to all he sought to do, was his true self, that one reality. he rec

e seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust regarded as the result of lack of soul contact and of soul control. the patient (if i might so call him) is taught to take his eyes, and consequently his attention, away from himself, his feelings, his complexes and his fixed ideas and undesirable thoughts, and to focus them upon the soul, the divine reality within the form, and the christ consciousness. this could well be called the process of scientific substitution of a fresh dynamic interest for that which has hitherto held the stage; it brings into functioning activity a cooperative factor whose energy sweeps through the lower life of the personality and carries away wrong psychological tendencies, undesirable complexes, leading to erroneous approaches to life. this

an unimpeded and satisfactory channel for the circulation of that which the energised glands discharge. this is the esoteric significance of the biblical words "the blood is the life" and also of the words "saved by the blood of christ" it is not by the blood of a christ dying two thousand years ago upon the cross in palestine that man is saved, but by the livingness of the blood of those in whom the christ life and consciousness, and the quality of the christ, is perfectly demonstrating and expressed. then, when the nature of the indwelling christ is fully, spontaneously and automatically expressing itself in and through the personality, the three fires of the creative process the fire of matter, the fire of the soul, and the electric fire of spirit are blended, and there is then a perfec

ar plexus centre will have its energy lifted to the heart, and the trend of human selfishness will then die out. 3. complete cures, implemented by science, will bring about a gradual fading out of contagion. another reason which will bring about the cessation of those practises and modes of living and desiring which account for these diseases is one little recognised as yet; it was referred to by the christ when he spoke of the time when nothing secret would remain hidden and when all secrets would be shouted aloud from the housetops. the growth of telepathic registration and of the psychic powers such as clairvoyance and clairaudience will eventually tend to strip humanity of the privacy in which to sin. the powers whereby the masters and the higher initiates can ascertain the psychic sta

of humanity (the remnants of the first two races, the lemurian and the atlantean) to the liberation of millions of human beings, enslaved by the forces of evil, by millions of their fellow men. the ideal has worked through into a practical worldwide effort upon the physical plane and has demanded worldwide sacrifice. it has involved the entire three worlds of human evolution, and for this reason the christ can now lead his forces and aid human beings to liberate mankind. what has really been happening, therefore, in the lives of individuals, in the lives of nations and in the life of humanity? a tremendous move to put right most ancient evil, to offset consciously the law of cause and effect by a recognition of the causes in the personal, national and international worlds which have produ

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

a man. these three aspects constitute the most important part of his nature: 1. his lower concrete mind, the reasoning principle. it is with this aspect of the man that our educational processes profess to deal. 2. that son of mind, which we call the ego or soul. this is the intelligence principle, and is called by many names in the esoteric literature, such as the solar angel, the agnishvattas, the christ principle, etc. with this, religion in the past has professed to deal- 9- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the higher abstract mind, the custodian of ideas, and that which is the conveyor of illumination to the lower mind, once that lower mind is en rapport with the soul. with this world of ideas philosophy has professed to deal. we might call these three aspects:

the present urge forward, which can be noted so distinctly in the race, is to enable the race to acquire knowledge, to transmute it into wisdom by the aid of the understanding, and thus to become "fully enlightened" enlightenment is the major goal of education. it is precisely in this region of thought and of recognition that the distinction is found between the work of the buddha and the work of the christ. the buddha achieved "enlightenment" and was the first of our humanity to do so. lesser grades of enlightenment have been frequently achieved by many previously incarnating sons of god. christ, because of the attainment of the buddha and because of his own point in evolution, was enabled to inaugurate a new era and institute a new goal, wherein another divine principle was enabled to co

point in evolution, was enabled to inaugurate a new era and institute a new goal, wherein another divine principle was enabled to come into manifestation and to achieve general recognition. he inaugurated the "age of love" and gave to the people an expression of a new divine aspect, that of love. the buddha culminated the "age of knowledge- 39- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust the christ began the "age of love" both ages embody and express two major divine principles. thus the new education has been made possible by the work of the buddha. this will indicate to you how slowly evolution moves. the new religion has been made possible by the work and the life of the christ. speaking esoterically, the knowledge petals of the human egoic lotus have unfolded, and the buddha a

is were all that it is, then every scientist and every mystic would represent the approach of the mental type and of the developed emotional type to the world of esotericism and of the hidden realities. this would not, however, be accurate. the mystic is never a true esotericist, for he is not dealing in his consciousness with energies and forces, but with that vague "something other (called god, the christ, the beloved) and therefore, in reality, with that which satisfies the hunger of his soul. the scientist who is now so rapidly dealing with and entering into the world of forces and energies, is in reality a true esotericist even if, in his effort to control the sought-for energies, he denies their source. that is of relatively small moment; later he will recognise their emanating sourc

will be of a higher order than that of the present one, and consequently more responsive to the will aspect of the logos. viewed from this angle, esotericism is the science of redemption, and of this all world saviours are the everlasting symbol and exponents. it was to redeem substance and its forms that the planetary logos came into manifestation, and the entire hierarchy with its great leader, the christ (the present world symbol, might be regarded as a hierarchy of redeemers, skilled in the science of redemption. once they have mastered this science, they can then pass on to the science of life and deal with the energies which will eventually hold and use the qualified- 47- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust redeemed and then principled substance and forms. it is the r

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

a result of the war, a much closer rapport and spiritual confidence apparent between those pledged disciples who have been faithful to their assignments and those of us who are seeking to use them in the service of world betterment; there is a more definite recognition of emerging spiritual values among aspirants everywhere and a greater readiness to relinquish hindrances to service; the plans of the christ for humanity's release are more matured for these had to wait until such time that the trend of human aspiration became more clearly emphatic; the new era, with its latent possibilities, can be seen upon the horizon, stripped of the veils of glamour and wishful thinking which obscured it ten years ago. the significant spiritual effects of the war can now be clearly seen, and i can begin

ite goal to be achieved. it necessitates the ability to think in terms of the whole, an appreciation of the next step which humanity must take in the imminent great approach (for this must be a reciprocal approach, an understanding of the lessons of the past and a vision, based not on love or on soul-sight but on a conviction as to the immediate purpose of sanat kumara, as he works it out through the christ and the planetary hierarchy. this conviction is based, as far as the hierarchy is concerned, on pure reason; it is based, as far as humanity is concerned, through its disciples, on intuitive perception, implemented by love and expressed intelligently. upon this i would ask you to ponder, and as you ponder, make the needed changes in your personal approach to the problem. the third point

nerations. it is essential that disciples in all ashrams consider these days what humanity's problems are, what they mean and what their solution entails; they must know what the masters of the wisdom want done and then they must talk and write, act and live so that others too may understand. humanity has never really lived up to the teaching given to it. spiritual impression, whether conveyed by the christ, by krishna or by buddha (and passed on to the masses by their disciples) has not yet been expressed as it was hoped. men do not live up to what they already know; they fail to make practical their information; they short-circuit the light; they do not discipline themselves; greedy desire and unlawful ambition control and not the inner knowledge. to put it scientifically and from the es

carnage and the slaughter are over, except in a few sporadic instances. the struggle now being waged is to reach a point of stabilisation in human thinking and understanding from which a true and reliable peace can emerge. on the emotional plane, there is as yet no peace. on the mental plane, a great and deep-seated cleavage is going on and the occult significance of certain words, enunciated by the christ when in palestine, is being worked out. he gave them as the keynote for the particular subjective happening which is taking place at this time. he said "he that is not with me is against me" this refers to the after-effects of the conflict between the forces of light and the forces of evil. great decisions have to be made all over the world, as to whether humanity moves forward into a n

rk consciously and openly in the outer world of men, thus duplicating in their numbers what christ experienced when he "descended into hell" many things have to be considered; the objectives in view of the masters concerned, the rays in manifestation, and many astrological relationships. in this deciding judgment sanat kumara is being aided by certain members of the great council at shamballa, by the christ and by the seven masters who are responsible for the seven groups of ashrams. he is also reaching certain conclusions as to the groups of disciples who have hitherto been under training during the final stages of the path of discipleship. this decision has to take under advisement the rapidity with which the entrance of men and women into the ashrams can take place; it is also dependent

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

olled and ignorant, and warrant the sounding of a note of warning and of caution. 3. a third factor is as follows. it has been known for a long time by the mystics of all the world religions and by esoteric students everywhere, that certain members of the planetary hierarchy are approaching closer to the earth at this time. by this i want you to infer that the thought, or the mental attention, of the christ and of certain of his great disciples, the masters of the wisdom, is directed or focussed at this time on human affairs, and that some of them are also preparing to break their long silence and may appear later among men. this necessarily has a potent effect, first of all upon their disciples and on those who are attuned to and synchronized with their- 3- the externalisation of the hier

ow how to carry on this work in such a way that never for a moment are they unaware of what they themselves are doing and the purpose of their activity. definitely and with purpose they lend their body temporarily to another soul for service, preserving their own integrity all the time. the highest expression of this type of activity was the giving of his body by the disciple jesus for the use of the christ. it is in the word service that the whole story lies, and the safeguard. when this true mediumship is better understood, we shall have the medium passing out of his body in full waking consciousness through the orifice at the top of his head, and not, as is now the case in the majority of instances, through the solar plexus, with no preservation of awareness of the transaction, nor any

t the possibility of producing a nearer approach to divinity or a more rapid understanding of the "deeper being" evokes an immediate response and reaction. there is consequently much need for caution and considered action- 37- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust i have already indicated to you the form that the religion of the new age will take (see the reappearance of the christ. it will be built around the periods of the full moon, wherein certain great approaches will be made to the world of reality, also around two periods of massed approaches to be made at the time of the major eclipse of the moon and of the sun during the year. the two major full moon approaches will be those of the wesak full moon and the full moon of june one hitherto consecrated to the

es will be made to the world of reality, also around two periods of massed approaches to be made at the time of the major eclipse of the moon and of the sun during the year. the two major full moon approaches will be those of the wesak full moon and the full moon of june one hitherto consecrated to the buddha who embodied the wisdom of god, and the other to the bodhisattva (known to christians as the christ) who embodied the love of god. the platform of the new world religion will have in it three major presentations of truth, or three major doctrines, if such an undesirable word can be permitted. it is with the elaboration of these three points of view, or evocations of truth, that the work of the sixth group of disciples will be concerned. they are: 1. the fact of the spirit of god, both

deflected from its present channels into truly- 41- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust spiritual foundations much good will be done, the philanthropic ends and the educational objectives will not suffer, and a step forward will be made. this time is not yet, but the spiritualising of money and its massing in quantities for the work of the great ones, the disciples of the christ, is part of a much needed world service and can now make a satisfactory beginning; but it must be carried forward with spiritual insight, right technique and true understanding. purity of motive and selflessness are taken for granted. the immediate task september 28, 1938 the hierarchy is deeply concerned over world events. i am asked to request you to continue with the goodwill work at

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

the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust ii. an emergence into manifestation of the subjective aspect in man. one of the objects of evolution is that the subjective reality should eventually be brought forward into recognition. this can be expressed in several symbolic ways, all of them dealing with the same one fact in nature: the bringing to the birth of the christ within. the shining forth of the inner radiance or glory. the demonstration of the 2nd or the love aspect. the manifestation of the solar angel. the appearing of the son of god, the ego or the soul within. the full expression of buddhi, as it utilises manas. this emergence into manifestation is brought about through what is understood by the following terms: the refining of the bodies w

ups: 1. the emanating avatar and his relationship to the lord of the world, our planetary logos. 2. the lords of liberation, focussed in their high place, as they become conscious of the invocation of humanity and become more closely related to the three buddhas of activity. 3. the great council at shamballa and the planetary hierarchy. 4. the buddha and his arhats as they unitedly cooperate with the christ and his disciples, the masters of the wisdom. 5. the hierarchy, the embodiment of the fifth kingdom in nature, and its magnetic attractive rapport with the human kingdom, the fourth. 6. the effect of all these great groups of lives upon humanity, and the inherent consequences as they work out in the subhuman kingdoms. a study of the above in terms of forces and energy will give some ide

ard by the heights of a growing sense of divinity. the clear cold light reveals two things: a. the omnipresence of god throughout nature, and therefore throughout the entire personality life of the initiate or of the initiate group. the scales fall from the eyes, bringing about paradoxically the "dark night of the soul" and the sense of being alone and bereft of all help. this led (in the case of the christ, for instance) to that appalling moment in the garden of gethsemane, and which was consummated on the cross, when the will of personality-soul clashed with the divine will of the monad. the revelation to the initiate of the ages of severance from the central reality, and of all its attendant implications, descends upon the one who is attempting to stand "in isolated unity" as patanjali

nt onward he knows that divinity is all there is, and this he learns through the revelation of the inherent separativeness of the form life, through the processes of "the dark night of the soul" and its culminating lesson of the significance of isolation and the freeing process which brings about the merging into unity through the emission of the sound, the cry, the invocation, such as the cry of the christ upon the cross symbolised. his exact words have not been transmitted to us. they vary for each ray, but all bring about the recognition of divine merging, in which all separating veils are "rent from the top to the bottom (as the new testament expresses it- 26- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust b. the omniscience of the divin

initiation to which reference is being made. the rules are not placed in their right order, having sequential reference to the seven initiations. the intuition of the aspirant must be invoked if he is to arrive at right knowledge. i shall sometimes indicate the initiation involved, but not always, as it would profit not. the clue to the seventh initiation which lies ahead for such high beings as the christ would be of no service to you at all. the clue to the initiation of the transfiguration can be of importance, as it involves the personality, and many of you in the not so distant future (from the angle of the aeonial life cycle of the soul) will face that. the secret of the third initiation is the demonstration of complete freedom from the claims and demands of the personality. it does

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

the mountain preparation for the descent into hades the symbol of cerberus epilogue labor xi cleansing the augean stables the myth the energies of aquarius hallmarks of the initiate decanates, rulers and constellations the lawgivers interpretation of the test labor xii the capture of the red cattle of geryon the myth interpretation of the story significant aspect of the sign the second coming of the christ the new group of world servers interpretation of the test the purpose of the study of the hercules myth summary of lessons learned in each zodiacal sign the path of the soul through the zodiac testimony as to the effectiveness of zodiacal energies on earth life the crosses journey through the signs- 4- the labours of hercules the zodiac the presiding one looked forth upon the sons of me

lligently aware of the work to be accomplished, a world savior is formed. two great and dramatic stories have been held constantly before the eyes of men down the ages. in the twelve labors of hercules, that path of discipleship is depicted, and his experiences preparatory to the great concluding cycle of initiation meet with a ready response from every aspiring man. in the life and work of jesus the christ, that radiant and perfected son of god, who "has entered for us within the veil, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps, we have portrayed the five stages of the path of initiation, which are the climaxing episodes for which the twelve labors have prepared the disciple. the oracle has spoken, and down the ages the word has sounded forth: man, know thyself. this knowledge

ential divinity. through the overcoming of form and the subjugation of matter, a picture is given us of an unfolding divine self-realization. in the study therefore of hercules the disciple, and of christ, the world savior, we have an entire pictorial presentation of the final stages of unfoldment which lie ahead of all of us. the five great initiations as portrayed for us in the history of jesus the christ are not dealt with here, but form the subject of another book (from bethlehem to calvary) as we study the story of hercules and go with him through his twelve labors, passing around the great zodiac of the heavens, we will approach it from two angles: that of the individual aspirant and that of humanity as a whole. it is now possible to regard the human family as having reached, practic

ization of the plan, the focusing of the energies and the growth of the tendency towards divinity. now, at last, in the twentieth century, objective and subjective have become so closely blended and merged that it is almost impossible to say where one begins and another ends. the veil that hides the concealed deity is wearing thin, and the work of those who have achieved knowledge, the program of the christ and of his church, the plans of the hidden band of world workers, the rishis and the occult hierarchy of our planet, is now focused upon leading humanity on to the path of discipleship, and training many of the more advanced so that they can become the knowers and initiates of the new age. thus men will pass out of the hall of learning into the hall of wisdom, from the realm of the unre

ge of eighteen years, we are told, he slew a lion which was devastating the countryside and that he began to perform other public services, so that, little by little, his name came before the people. eighteen is always a significant number. in it we have the number ten, which is the number of personality perfection, plus the number eight, which, we are told by some numerologists, is the number of the christ force. it is the christ force, in the new cycle of discipleship, seeking to express itself, which produces the condition of turmoil and the difficulties which characterize that stage. it is of value perhaps to note the following "number eight is the circle which we have already found to be the container of all the potencies out of which the light shall bring perfection, but now twisted

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

literature and history of the kabalah" by arthur e. waite, have been published, yet i think that this little treatise will be found of interest to those who have not sufficient leisure to master the more complete works on the kabalah. the old testament has been of necessity referred to, but i have by intention made no references to the new testament, or to the faith and doctrines taught by jesus the christ, as the saviour of the world: if any desire to refer to the alleged reference in the kabalah to the trinity, it will be found in the zohar ii, 43, b: and an english version of the same in "the kabbalah" by c. d. ginsburg. wm. wynn westcott, m.b, etc. the kabalah it must be confessed that the origin of the kabalah is lost in the mists of antiquity; no one can demonstrate who was its auth

day were largely the champions of suffering and oppressed races, and for centuries the wisest of men, the greatest scientists have maintained, and ever won, struggle after struggle with the assumed infallibility of old hebraic testament literal instructions, assertions and narratives. the old testament may indeed be, to some extent, the link which binds together thousands of christians, for jesus the christ founded his doctrine upon a jewish people, but the interminable list of christian sects of to-day have almost all taken their rise from the assertion of a right of personal interpretation of the bible, which might have remained debarred to the generality by the confession that the keys of interpretation were lost, or at least missing, and that without their assistance error of a vital c

mutual illumination that is available. by tolerance and mutual esteem much good may arise, but by the internecine struggles of religionists, every faith is injured, and religion becomes a by-word meaning intolerance, strife and vainglory, and the mark and profession of an earnest sectarian is now that he is ever ready to condemn the efforts of others, in direct opposition to the precept of jesus the christ, who said-"judge not, that ye be not judged" one sect of the jews, the caraites, successors of the sadducees, throughout history rejected the kabalah, and it is necessary to say here that the hebrew rabbis of this country of the present day do not follow the practical kabalah, nor accept all the doctrines of the dogmatic kabalah. on the other hand, many famous christian authors have exp

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

of the word, christ the divine autogenes created everything. and the eternal life his will and the mind and the foreknowledge attended and glorified the invisible spirit and barbelo, for whose sake they had come into being "and the holy spirit completed the divine autogenes, his son, together with barbelo, that he may attend the mighty and invisible, virginal spirit as the divine autogenes, the christ whom he had honored with a mighty voice. he came forth through the forethought. and the invisible, virginal spirit placed the divine autogenes of truth over everything. and he subjected to him every authority, and the truth which is in him, that he may know the all which had been called with a name exalted above every name. for that name will be mentioned to those who are worthy of it "

d with a mighty voice. he came forth through the forethought. and the invisible, virginal spirit placed the divine autogenes of truth over everything. and he subjected to him every authority, and the truth which is in him, that he may know the all which had been called with a name exalted above every name. for that name will be mentioned to those who are worthy of it "for from the light, which is the christ, and the indestructibility, through the gift of the spirit the four lights (appeared) from the divine autogenes. he expected that they might attend him. and the three (are) will, thought, and life. and the four powers (are) understanding, grace, perception, and prudence. and grace belongs to the light-aeon armozel, which is the first angel. and there are three other aeons with this aeon

ve, and idea. and the fourth aeon was placed over the fourth light eleleth. and there are three other aeons with him: perfection, peace, and wisdom. these are the four lights which attend the divine autogenes (and) these are the twelve aeons which attend the son the apocryphon of john http//www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_nt/apocjn.html 4 of 12 8/16/2006 5:17 pm of the mighty one, the autogenes, the christ, through the will and the gift of the invisible spirit. and the twelve aeons belong to the son of the autogenes. and all things were established by the will of the holy spirit through the autogenes "and from the foreknowledge of the perfect mind, through the revelation of the will of the invisible spirit and the will of the autogenes perfect man (appeared, the first revelation, an

established by the will of the holy spirit through the autogenes "and from the foreknowledge of the perfect mind, through the revelation of the will of the invisible spirit and the will of the autogenes perfect man (appeared, the first revelation, and the truth. it is he whom the virginal spirit called pigera-adamas, and he placed him over the first aeon with the mighty one, the autogenes, the christ, by the first light armozel; and with him are his powers. and the invisible one gave him a spiritual, invincible power. and he spoke and glorified and praised the invisible spirit, saying 'it is for thy sake that everything has come into being and everything will return to thee. i shall praise and glorify thee and the autogenes and the aeons, the three: the father, the mother, and the s

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of the socalled "fiery dragons of wisdom" the dhyan chohans, answering to the agnishwatta pitris, the maruts and rudras generally, as the issue of rudra their father, identified with the god of fire. more is said in the text. now clement, an initiated neo-platonist, knew, of course, the origin of the word "dragon" and why the initiated adepts were so-called, as he knew the secret of agathodaemon, the christ, the seven-vowelled serpent of the gnostics. he knew that the dogma of his new faith required the transformation of all the rivals of jehovah, the angels supposed to have rebelled against that elohim as the titan-prometheus rebelled against zeus, the usurper of his father's kingdom; and that "dragon" was the mystic appellation of the "sons of wisdom; from this knowledge came his definit

e seraphim, michael" according to them, the conqueror of the dragon is "the archisatrap of the sacred militia, the guardian of the planets, the king of the stars, the slayer of satan and the most powerful rector" in the mystic astronomy of these gentlemen, he is "the conqueror of ahriman, who having upset the sidereal throne of the usurper, bathes in his stead in the solar fires; and, defender of the christ-sun, he approaches so near his master "that he seems to become one with him. owing to this fusion with the word (verbum) the protestants, and among them calvin, ended by losing sight entirely of the duality, and saw no michael but only his master" writes the abbe caron. the roman catholics, and especially their kabalists, know better; and it is they who explain to the world this duality

nt from christian art! the earliest known form of the human figure on the cross is the crucifix presented by pope gregory the great to queen theodolinde of lombardy, now in the church of st. john at monza, whilst no image of the crucified is found in the catacombs at rome earlier than that of san giulio, belonging to the seventh or eighth century. there is no christ and no crucified; the cross is the christ even as the stauros cross was a type and a name of horus, the gnostic christ. the cross, not the crucified, is the essential object of representation in its art, and of adoration in its religion. the germ of the whole growth and development can be traced to the cross. and that cross is pre-christian, is pagan and heathen, in half a dozen different shapes. the cult began with the cross

the whole growth and development can be traced to the cross. and that cross is pre-christian, is pagan and heathen, in half a dozen different shapes. the cult began with the cross, and julian was right in saying he waged a 'warfare with the x; which he obviously considered had been adopted by the a-gnostics and mytholators to convey an impossible significance* during centuries the cross stood for the christ, and was addressed as if it were a living being. it was made divine at first, and humanized at last" few world-symbols are more pregnant with real occult meaning than the swastica. it is symbolized by the figure 6; for, like that figure, it points in its concrete imagery, as the ideograph of the number does, to the zenith and the nadir, to north, south, west, and east; one finds the uni

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is only natural that, as an unconscious prophecy, ammon-ra should be his mother's husband, since the magna mater of the christians is precisely the spouse of that son she conceives. we (christians) can understand now why neithis throws radiance on the sun, while remaining the moon, since the virgin, who is the queen of heaven, as neith was, clothes herself in her radiance, and clothes in his turn the christ-sun "tu vestis solem et te sol vestit. is sung by the roman catholics during their service, and he adds "we (christians) understand also how it is that the famous inscription at sais should have stated that 'none has ever lifted my peplum (veil' considering that this sentence, literally translated, is the summary of what is sung in the church on the day of the immaculate conception (arc

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ent (though judaism is a theocentric faith; the supreme power there has a name which may not be uttered and may not be written. yahweh is the vocalized form often used, but it is derived from the four letters yhwh (the "divine tetra-grammaton, signifying "that name too sacred to be pronounced. in christianity there was developed the use of a human male, jesus, to play the part of the "son of god, the christ, thus giving a recognizable form to deity; a form to which the followers could relate. with the addition of mary, the mother figure, the duality was complete. bo it was much more comfortable to pray to jesus, as the extension of god/supreme being, yet all the time knowing that there was the indefinable, the incomprehensible, beyond him. jesus and mary were the intermediaries. so in witc

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en isaac botarel provencal kabbalist 1400-1464 nicholas of cusa 1402-1442 bernard of treviso 1403-1472 cardinal johannes bessarion encouraged the spread of greek studies in italy 1403 king henry iv of england issues a prohibition of alchemy and to stop counterfeit money 1405 moses botarel sefer yezirah commentary 1412-1480 lacinius 1415 early german ms buch der heiligen dreifaltigkeit paralleling the christ and the philosophers' stone 1419 cristoforo de' buondelmonti's purchase, on the island of andros of a manuscript of the hieroglyphica, attributed to horapollo. 1420-1477+ bonifacio bembo 1420 splendor solis manuscript 1423 cards are condemned in a speech made a bologna by st. bernardin of siena. he does not refer to the tarot major arcana 1423-77 townbooks of nuremberg name several wome

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we address the quarter of how negative energy is removed from the vault of the adepti. the link and lvx bring forth the light and seal the link, but negative energy still remains since no banishing may be performed in the vault. 6 the chief adept absorbs this negative energy in the vault. here, the chief adept must aspire to his highest level of spiritual consciousness. in brief, he is taking on the christ archetype of taking on the "sins of the world" in this case, he is taking on the negative energy trapped in the vault. the chief must now divest himself of his/her high office, including every insignia of the office of chief adept. the chief now calls forth the avenging angel hua. this can be a very unpleasant experience in that the chief and all second order members must resolve their

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naturalised venetian. it is suggested that he was involved with a secret christian brotherhood sect known as the johannites, which was greatly influenced by the esoteric doctrines of the templars. legends say he visited the so called 'wise men of the near east- just as colombus had done. columbus had his own brotherhood connections. his father was a member of the brotherhood branch, the order of the christ. columbus himself was involved with a group which followed the beliefs of the poet dante, who was a member of the cathar church and an initiate of the knights templar. columbus was often seen wearing the garb of what was believed to be the franciscan order. columbus's son said his father had died in such attire. the priests at the ancient egyptian brotherhood temple at el-amarna wore a

but make up your own mind. workshops, meetings, and such like are great if they are designed to set free, to allow people to remember who they are and what they can do. but if they are structured as the 'enlightened one' teaching the less enlightened, it is another means of giving the mind away. i see people promoted as "britain's leading healer" or "britain's leading psychic" or even "maitreya, the christ and world teacher, a hero, a titan in men's midst. what is going on here? we are all healers and all psychic. who on earth can say that one is better than the rest and why do we feel the need to claim that anyway? we are all each other, all part of the same whole, all with the potential of tapping into the healing force and passing it on to others. i believe we should be working togethe

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called hurakan and the tibetans had the deity, heruka, which later evolved into the herakles and hercules of the greeks, a society that was founded on the sumerian (atlantean) knowledge and beliefs. hercules fought a shape-shifting "river god" called achelous. the word hurricane can be traced to the same "storm god" symbolism, as the writer and researcher, acharya, points out in her superb work, the christ conspiracy (adventures unlimited, kempton, illinois, 1999. i know all this gets a bit complicated, but what i am summarising here is just some of the fantastic wealth of evidence that can be found in great detail in waddell's work, and elsewhere, that sumer was the centre of a vast empire that created, controlled, and instilled its belief systems into other great civilisations which, th

rch dedicates the winter solstice, the day the sun "dies, to st thomas. the hebrews still have a month they call tammuz. thomas the "twin" is also symbolism. thomas means "twin" in the aramaic and syriac languages and the name didymus, also associated with thomas, comes from the greek "didymos, which was their name for the roman "gemini, the twins of the zodiac. acharya writes in her superb work, the christ conspiracy "it is said that thomas preached to the parthians and persians, but what is being conveyed is that these groups were followers of tammuz or dumuzi, as was his sumerian name. although it was alleged that thomas's tomb was in edessa, tradition also claims that he died near madras, india, where two of his tombs are still shown. this tale comes from the fact that when portuguese

and westward to mainland greece."36 this is an excellent example of my theme here. the initiated priesthood took the symbolic stories from their mystery schools and presented them as historical fact to create prison religions for the people. the rituals, rites, and themes of the orpheus cults were the same as the later christian ones. there is so much more to tell about this story and i recommend the christ conspiracy, bible myths, and other books listed in the bibliography if you want more detail and sources. the bible has controlled the minds and lives of billions and has held much of the world in mental and emotional servitude for thousands of years. christians laugh at the idea of reptilian bloodlines, and yet believe that their god would send his only son and make him suffer vicious t

eligion 217 "greet herodion my kinsman, a code of the family connection to herod, reuchlin says. it is a notable "coincidence" that the pisos had extensive estates in provence in the south of france, the very region where, the myths claim, the jesus story continued after the crucifixion thanks to joseph of aramathea, mary magdalene, and the saviour's "offspring. other researchers, like acharya in the christ conspiracy, suggest that the gospel stories more likely came from the writings of a guy called marcion of pontus. he was not a believer in the literal existence of a jesus-in-the-flesh and wrote the jesus story symbolically. marcion was a gnostic (a word meaning "knowledge) and they wrote widely in symbolism and allegory. gnostic texts referring to the jesus story which were found in 19

hs and secrets, pp 963 and 964, for this background to the sun goddess legends and accounts 3 the return of the serpents of wisdom, p 100 4 the woman's encylopedia of myths and secrets, p 905 5 the return of the serpents of wisdom, p 221 6 ibid, p 224 7 ibid, pp 224 and 225 8 the woman's encylopedia of myths and secrets, p 575 9 ibid, p 580 10 the phoenician origin of britons, p 147 11 acharya s, the christ conspiracy, the greatest story ever sold (adventures unlimited, kempton, illinois, 1999. p 241. this book is available through the david icke website 12 manly p. hall, the secret teachings of all ages (the philosophical research society, los angeles, california, the golden jubilee edition, 1988, p l 13 edouard dujardin, ancient history of the god, jesus (watts and co, 1938) 14 the chris

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. indeed, weknow his name wasnt jesus because thats a greek translation of a hebrew name. theterm son of god would seem to originate at least as far back as the aryan gothic kingsof cilicia who took the title son of the sun god, a tradition adopted by the pharaohsof egypt.1 to many in the new age, jesus is sananda, a high initiate of some spiritualhierarchy who incarnated to infuse the earth with the christ energy. or, depending onwho you talk to, he was an extraterrestrial on a similar mission. to others he wasclaiming to be the king of the jews by right of his king david bloodline. but didjesus actually exist? did moses, solomon and king david exist? i would saycategorically no. there is no credible evidence for the existence of any of them outsidethe biblical texts and they are certainl

baptised at 30. horus was baptised at 30. jesus was the child of a virgin, mary.horus was the child of a virgin, isis. the birth of jesus was marked by a star. the91birth of horus was marked by a star. jesus was the child teacher in the temple. horuswas the child teacher in the temple. jesus had 12 disciples. horus had 12 followers.jesus was the morning star. horus was the morning star. jesus was the christ. horuswas the krst. jesus was tempted on a mountain by satan. horus was tempted on amountain by set.23jesus is said to be the judge of the dead. he has some competition there. this wasalso said of the earlier nimrod, khrishna, buddha, ormuzd, osiris, aeacus and others.jesus is the alpha and omega, the first and the last. so was khrishna, buddha, lao-kiun, bacchus, zeus and others. jesus

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demolish the pact, to demolish time -from the zatsparam, from the dawn and twilight of zoroastrianism r.c. zaehner ahriman is within the ancient persian lands and lore the devil incarnate. known also as arimanius and angra mainyu, this sorcerous daemon was suggested by texts associated with zurvan to be the first born of the god zurvan, who is infinite time and space. his brother, ahura mazda is the christ like figure or opposite god who fought against ahriman for control of the world; it is this very balance which is kept in continual motion by the daeva lord of darkness. the word daeva is actually demon, announcing a path and spiritual aversion to the principles the zoroastrians held in honor. some myths mention that ahriman first saw the light across the void and so lusted for it, thus

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so necessary to prevent a similar destructive dissonance in the thought and feeling of others. sixty-nine (69) current: what the followers of the teachings of the order of the astral star (q.v) call their path or tradition. the sixty-nine comes from the numerological reduction via gematria (q.v) of the words "manger or stable" in hebrew indicating that the order of the astral star is founded upon the christ event that led the wise men to a stable where the lord jesus christ was born in bethlehem. sky-clad: literally, implying naked, to "wear only the sky" a term used by wiccans (q.v) to indicate ritual nudity. gardnerian (q.v) witches are supposed to work their rituals in this state. most however, do in fact wear robes. sol (the sun: the only star in the terran solar system. in astrology (

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, not a historical curiosity. few people, even among those interested in occultism, realise that there is an active esoteric tradition in our midst, handed down in private manuscripts and by "mouth to ear" still fewer know that it is the holy qabalah, the mystic system of israel, which forms its basis. but where may we look more aptly for our occult inspiration than to the tradition which gave us the christ? 2. the interpretation of the qabalah is not to be found, however, among the rabbis of the outer israel, who are hebrews after the flesh, but among those who are the chosen people after the spirit-in other words, the initiates. neither is the qabalah, as i have learnt it, a purely hebraic system, for it has been supplemented during medieval times by much alchemical lore and by the intim

s a chasm in consciousness. the mode of mentation on one side of the chasm differs in kind from the mode of mentation prevailing upon the other. tiphareth is the highest sphere to which normal human consciousness can rise when philip said to our lord "show us the father" jesus replied "he that bath seen me hath seen the father" all the human mind can know of kether is its reflection in tiphareth, the christ-centre, the sphere of the son. paroketh is the veil of the temple which was rent asunder at the crucifixion. 25. we now come in our brief preliminary survey to the third triangle composed of the sephiroth netzach, hod, and yesod. netzach is the basal sephirah of the pillar of mercy, hod is the basal sephirah of the pillar of severity, and yesod is upon the middle pillar of mildness or e

he rabbis, and conscious awareness or apprehension according to the terminology of the psychologist. at the head of this pillar is kether, the crown, the root of all being. consciousness, theri, reaches from the spiritual essence of kether, through the realisation of daath, which carries it across the abyss, into the translated consciousness of tiphareth, whither it is brought by the sacrifice of the christ which rends the veil paroketh; then on into the psychic consciousness of yesod, the sphere of the moon, and thence to the sensory brain consciousness of malkuth. 14. thus does consciousness descend in the course of involution, which is the term applied to that phase of evolution which leads down from the first manifest through the subtle planes of existence to dense matter; the esoteric

th this passive destroyer goes also the active destroyer, and we find marsgeburah immediately below it on the pillar of severity; thus is the force locked up in form set free by the destructive influence of mars, the siva aspect of the godhead. chokmah, the zodiac, represents kinetic force; and chesed, jupiter, the benign king, represents organised force; and the two are synthesised in tiphareth, the christ-centre, the redeemer and equilibrator. 24. the next trinity, of netzach, hod, and yesod, represents the magical and astral side of things. netzach (venus [page 84] represents the higher aspects of the elemental forces, the green ray; and hod (mercury) represents the mind side of magic. the one is the mystic and the other the occult, and they synthesise in the elemental yesod. this pair

which nothing is known to orthodox psychology, but concerning which we shall have a good deal to say under the heading of the appropriate sephirah. hod and netzach are on the astral plane, and in hod we find that the sex-force is expressed in mystical qabala page 93 visual images, and in netzach in another and altogether subtler type of magnetism popularly referred to as"(salt) it" in tiphareth, the christ-centre, the force becomes spiritual inspiration, illumination, the influx from the higher consciousness. if it is positive in type, it becomes the dionysiac inspiration, a divine [page 138] inebriation; and if it is negative, it becomes the impersonal, all-harmonising christ-love. 45. when the transmutation is worked upon the pillars we are impressed by the truth of the ironical french

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t hypnotic suggestion proved effective, and her career was at an end until the spell was broken. the following letter contains a very illuminating experi ence, and is of value, not only for its account of a psychic attack, but also for its description of the manner in which the attack was combated "in the winter of 1921-2 i was told (from the inner planes 'we see your initiation into the order of the christ' i did not understand very clearly and i waited "in june, 1922, an oriental, the head of a great religious order, came to see me (i was living in switzerland) we will call him z. i expected great things from him and looked on him as a sort of master. knowing that he had met abdul baha, i thought to please him by putting a. b.'s photo on my walls, but when z. entered my room i saw at onc

ht to please him by putting a. b.'s photo on my walls, but when z. entered my room i saw at once that he 63 of 103 did not quite like it. we conversed for a while and he asked me several questions. suddenly he offered me initiation into his order. i was taken aback and did not feel the inner consent. i said i must reflect. later on an inspiration) came to me and i said 'is your order the order of the christ' he answered 'it is' i told him of my experience (related above) and accepted initiation; but i had the inner conviction that all was not right "i felt no inner response to several incidents during the initiation, and i began to call mentally and earnestly upon the christ, and kept on doing so until the end of the ceremony (i learned afterwards that he had told one of his disciples that

relate other less important details so i go on to our second interview during which he asked me several times to leave the town where i was and to join him in active work. this time i heard the inner voice clearly; it said 'no' suddenly he said 'sit in front of me; i will heal you (i was in very bad health at the time) he fixed his eyes on mine with a strong commanding gaze. mentally i called on the christ and i felt form all round me a sort of shell 'there' he said 'i have healed you' the inner voice said 'no "well, he went away and i had a 'bad time' for i had the feeling that all was not right, though i had no suspicion of evil (nor have i now "i wrote an account of this interview to a friend, and a letter from her crossed mine. she told me that about the time of my interview with z, o

tirely veiled in black, but she made a startlingly clear figure for all that. on the right was z. he said' now i will give her the second, the higher initiation' and he seized my right arm with force. but i disengaged myself, and standing straight and calm i said (i can hear myself now 'before this ceremony proceeds i wish to make a statement. i can allow nothing and no one to come between me and the christ' there was a howl, a tossing of hands and every thing disappeared "soon after i tore up my initiation card, put z. out of my mind and have had no conscious personal experience of him since "but i had introduced him to a young french musician of high social standing, whom he found much to his taste (we will call him f) there is a close friendship between f. and me, and at that time he ne

i was not big enough to deal with the situation, so i said nothing to f. but prayed that he might be protected from all evil. shortly afterwards f. told me in his letters of various astral experiences. in his dreams he was going through all sorts of disagreeable things and voices kept saying to him 'ask z. to help you. he will help you' then he became conscious of my presence and began calling on the christ (all this in his dream) and everything vanished. this happened more than once. only when i met him again did i tell him of my own experience "i must add that a friend with psychic power came to see me at this time and said 'this last week, at night, i have seen you three times. you asked me to help you save a young man who was in danger. what did it mean" the above case indicates clearl

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university books, 1961. wickwar, j. w. the ghost world. london, n.d. wright, dudley. vampires& vampirism. london, 1914. reprinted as the book of vampires. new york: causeway, 1973. apparitions of the virgin mary within the larger consideration of apparition, a special place has been given to apparitions of one figure, the virgin mary, believed to be the mother of jesus whom christians worship as the christ. apparitions of the virgin play an important role in doctrinal development and devotional life of the roman catholic church, the largest religious organization in the world, and to a lesser extent are also acknowledged in the eastern orthodox and coptic churches. the apparitions of mary are also important in terms of the diligent effort made by roman catholic authorities to investigate

rogram to bring together groups of three people to work together in spiritual service. the primary task of a triangle is to channel spiritual energy from the hierarchy to the world. to assist the triangles, she released what is possibly her most famous piece of writing, a prayer called the great invocation. bailey also began to announce the coming of the new age and the accompanying appearance of the christ. this coming arariel encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 84 of the new age savior was also encouraged by the repeating of the great invocation. bailey taught that certain moments of the year are especially fruitful times for spiritual work because an abundance of spiritual energy is available. such a time is the monthly period of the full moon, when members of the school

the monthly period of the full moon, when members of the school gather on the evening of the full moon to meditate and transmit energy. on three full moon dates the great festivals easter, wesak, and goodwill take place. the festival of easter does not follow either of the christian calendars, but is celebrated on the full moon in april as the time of the most active forces for the restoration of the christ. in may, wesak is the time when the buddha s forces are available. in june, at the full moon, the forces of reconstruction are active. foster succeeded his wife as head of the school following her death in 1949. their daughter mary bailey succeeded to the leadership after foster s death in 1977. the school publishes several periodicals, including the beacon and the world goodwill newsle

o greatly expanding the number of ascended masters believed to be currently interacting with humanity. sources: ballard, guy w [as godfre ray king. unveiled mysteries. chicago: saint germain press, 1934. besant, annie. the masters. adyar, india: the theosophist office, 1912. the white lodge and its messengers. adyar, india: theosophical publishing house, 1931. creme, benjamin. the reappearance of the christ and the masters of wisdom. london: tara press, 1980. garver, will i. brother of the third degree. halcyon, calif: halcyon temple press, 1894, 1929. leadbeater, charles w. the masters and the path. adyar, india: theosophical publishing house, 1925. prophet, elizabeth clare. the great white brotherhood in the history and religion of america. los angeles: summit university press, 1976. sin

volved as a spiritual service through groups of three individuals uniting with others. the books of the tibetan promoted the ideal of a forthcoming world religion uniting east and west, and the arcane school developed special prayers and meditations, such as the full moon meditation and the great invocation, toward this goal. another theme arising from the tibetan writings was the reappearance of the christ. after the death of alice bailey in 1949, the arcane school split into several groups. foster bailey headed the arcane school and the lucis trust until his death in 1977. the work is currently headed by the baileys daughter, mary bailey. bahir encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 144 sources: bailey, alice a. the unfinished autobiography of alice a. bailey. new york: lucis

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mmortality of the soul; individual free will; wisdom as the latent power of god within; the reality of communication with spirit; soul unfoldment and service as one s purpose in life; and god as a just, accepting, and impersonal force, drawing all to perfection. last known address: 409 butternut st, ste. 1, washington, dc 20012. sources: moum, margaret r. guidebook to the aquarian gospel of jesus the christ. washington, dc: espress, 1974. nagorka, diane s. spirit as life force. washington, dc: espress, 1983. natsaw burmese wizards (see also myanmar) natural health one of the early periodicals of the new age movement. east west journal was published monthly and featured articles on personal transformation, spiritual life, holistic health, and diet. it gave special focus to macrobiotics. it

d in the available rosicrucian and theosophical literature and conscious of his own psychic powers, and by the 1960s he worked as a psychic with a national following. in 1967 a pentecostal experience (which included speaking in tongues) converted him to christianity, though holloway cast his faith in a metaphysical thought world. he then changed his organization s name to new age church of truth, the christ light community. from the headquarters of his church in deming, new mexico, he traveled widely as a lecturer, healer, and psychic reader into the 1980s. current address unavailable. sources: holloway, gilbert n. let the heart speak. los angeles: de- vorss, 1951. new ways of unfoldment. deming, n.mex: new age truth publications, n.d. the way up. deming, n.mex: new age church of truth, 19

his two most important books, the master: his life and teachings (1913) and the logia, or sayings of the master. he moved to london, where he established the order s headquarters. important in ferrier s development was participation in the animal rights movement. he became a vegetarian, which he described as a bloodless diet, and campaigned against vivisection. it led him to adopt what he termed the christ-life, a path of self-denial, self-sacrifice, and self-abandonment to the divine will. ferrier believed that jesus had come into the world to prevent its further disintegration. over the centuries, the earth had gradually experienced an increasing disorder in both nature and society caused by the fading of the divine light in human beings. jesus work was beginning to show signs of succes

il. he died march 8, 1931. messages purported to emanate from the surviving ego of owen were supposedly published in a voice from heaven by frederick h. haines. the clairvoyant haines claimed the book contained messages he had received automatically from the deceased owen. sources: owen, george vale. facts and the future life. london: hutchinson& co, 1922. how spirits communicate. n.p, n.d. jesus the christ. n.p, 1929. the life beyond the veil. 5 vols. london: greater world association, 1926. what happens after death. london: hutchinson& co, 1924. owen, george vale, and h. a. dallas. the nurseries of heaven (1920. owen, iris m. nurse and psychical researcher. as a registered nurse and volunteer in social work, owen became a member of the governing board of schools and chairperson of govern

research in subtle energy therapeutics. this includes such subject areas as radiesthesia, radionics, homeopathy, bach flower remedies, negative ionization, and healing with crystals and gemstones. last known address: p.o. box 644, 13151 pine st, boulder creek, ca 95006. resurrection the central claim of christianity, that the pre-existent son of god was incarnated in the man jesus, that jesus was the christ (or anointed one, and that jesus died an agonizing death and three days later came back to life in the flesh. underlying christianity is a belief in the goodness of material creation and the necessity of a body for a human individual to be a complete person. future existence will be in a spiritual body, though there is some disagreement as to what the apostle paul means by that term (i

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concluded that the left print s symbols depicted the sinking of the lost continents atlantis and lemuria, the right their reemergence from the ocean floor following geological cataclysms that soon would befall the planet. through an automatic-writing message given him by an acquaintance, dr. laughead heard from the elder brother, who later, according to laughead, identified himself as being jesus the christ and also sananda. laughead was to continue his work with saucers, and soon venusians would contact him. at this stage, the laugheads had not heard of dorothy martin. they did not know that she also was in psychic contact with the elder brother as well as with a group of beings she called the guardians. in april 1954, one of the latter introduced himself as sananda from the planet clario

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is page is a dictate by chrnzn to distribute this book on a larger scale, to poke fun. an enigmatic reference to isobel. i know not what this is, possibly a face of our lady. the last comment is my ego talking to itself, on being questioned by various individuals as per my techniques and ways. the picture is a representation of the flaming lotus, in a tim burtonesque mockery. i/7b: a reference to the christ. a fish (pisces) nailed on a cross. the eyebrow of the fish resembles a 1. and it s mouth is distinctively reminiscent of the symbolic glyph for aquarius. there are 8 rays emanating from the cross. i/8a: excursion 2. nocturne is a border realm of interaction of dreamscape and void. there are nightmarish images which manifest and come into (and go out of) being. the automatic drawing is

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uism which is even being brought out by the suffering entailed by the great war we are now fighting (1918) for all agree that the nations are seeking to obtain a lasting peace where the swords may be made into plowshares, and the spears into pruning hooks. in the past, humanity has been claiming universal brotherhood as a great ideal, but we must come closer than that to being in full accord with the christ. he said to his disciples "ye are my friends" among brothers and sisters, hate and enmity may exist, but friendship is the expression of love and cannot exist apart from that. universal friendship is therefore the magic word which will eventually level all distinctions, bring peace upon earth and good will among men. this is the great ideal which points the shortest way to the new heave

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uperlative skill of the sons of cain was focused in hiram abiff at the time of his baptism of fire, so the sublime spirituality of the sons of seth was centered in jesus at the time of his baptism in the waters of jordan. when he arose from this water he was in the same position as hiram emerging from the fire; each had left his father respectively, jehovah and samael, and each was ready to serve the christ. therefore the christ spirit was seen at the baptism to descend upon jesus' body, which was inhabited and used by christ during his ministry. jesus himself, the spirit, left that body and was given a mission to serve the churches while his body was being used for direct teaching by the christ, and his blood was being prepared as an open sesame to the kingdom of god, a panacea to be used

world, with the memory of nature, has waned since the practice of marrying in the tribe was broken up. the highland scot who marries in the clan and the gypsies alone retain this second sight in a measure. thus we see that the blood is now differently constituted from what it was in the earlier ages of human evolution. the body of jesus was a pioneer vehicle of superlative purity at the time when the christ spirit entered it, as a means of ingress to the center of the earth by the identical path which he jumped into the molten sea and was conducted along the path of initiation to the center of the earth where cain, his ancestor, dwelt. this journey of christ is recorded in i peter 3:18-19 after christ had been freed from the flesh by the violent death on golgotha. when anyone is killed, th

from passion and desire. and being etherealized by the great christ spirit, the cleansed blood of jesus overflowed the world, purified the etheric region of selfishness to a great extent, and gave man a better chance to draw to himself materials which will allow him to form altruistic purposes and desires. thus the age of altruism was there inaugurated. by faith in this blood, and by imitation of the christ life the sons of seth are therefore provided with a means of purging from themselves the curse of selfishness; while the sons of cain were given the emblem of the rose and the cross to teach them to work faithfully to make the molten sea, the philosopher's stone, and to find the new word which shall admit them to the kingdom, for they believe more in works than in faith. the accompanyin

any lives of great effort to change the product of its combustion to the golden color which designates the saint. when that has been achieved, the greatest feat of alchemy has been performed; the base metal has been changed to gold, the wonderful alloy of the molten sea has been made from the dross of the earth. all that then remains is to "pull the plugs" and pour it. the natural golden color is the christ ray finding its chemical expression in the oxygen, a solar element, and as we advance upon the path of evolution towards universal brotherhood even those who are not professedly religious acquire a tinge of gold in their auras due to the higher altruistic impulses common to the west. paul speaks of this as "christ being formed in you" for when we have learned to mix the alloy by spiritu

foreshadowed in the daring leap of hiram abiff, the grand master-workman of solomon's temple, into the seething sea of molten metal and his passage through the nine arch-like strata of the earth which form the path of initiation; also in the baptism of jesus and the subsequent descent from golgotha into the subterranean region where his vital body is still kept awaiting the day of final egress of the christ spirit at the second advent. in our next chapter we shall follow hiram abiff along this path of initiation to the embodiment he wore at the time of christ's appearance upon the earth, showing where and how he received the new initiation* click here to continue* table of contents* click here to return to the rosicrucian fellowship home page* rosicrucian fellowship philosophy study course

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is far more important that men should strive to become christ's than that they should believe that jesus was christ" again we see freemasonry is revealed not to be christian. the unique deity of jesus christ is denied with the above statement. and because of this, the teachings of freemasonry qualifies as being the work of antichrist. 1 john 2:22 "who is such a liar as he who denies that jesus is the christ? he is the antichrist who habitually denies and refuses to acknowledge the father and the son. no one who habitually denies or disowns the son even has the father [parallel bible, kjv/amplified bible commentary] 1 john 4:3 "and every spirit that confesseth not that jesus christ is come in the flesh is not of god: and this is that spirit of antichrist" 2 john 1:7 "for many deceivers are

ven has the father [parallel bible, kjv/amplified bible commentary] 1 john 4:3 "and every spirit that confesseth not that jesus christ is come in the flesh is not of god: and this is that spirit of antichrist" 2 john 1:7 "for many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that jesus christ is come in the flesh. this is a deceiver and an antichrist" in addition to denying that jesus is the christ come in flesh, this statement also teaches that man can save himself. obviously, freemasonry cannot be considered christian in any way, shape, or form when it teaches this heresy straight out of the pit of satan's hell. going back to the triangle pointing upward which represents the perfect or divine man; masonic writer albert churchward states standard occult belief when he further ide

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oncealed or absorbed within the male. it is no longer woman who is to bruise the serpent's head, but the seed of the woman, or the son. he is bacchus in greece, adonis in syria, christna in india. he is indeed the new sun which is born on the 25th of december, or at the time when the solar orb has reached its lowest position and begins to ascend. it is not perhaps necessary to add that he is also the christ of bethlehem, the son of the virgin. nowhere, perhaps, is the growing importance of the male in the god-idea more clearly traced than in the history of the arabians. among this people are still to be found certain remnants of the matriarchal age--an age in which women were the recognized heads of families and the eponymous leaders of the gentes or clans. concerning the worship of a man

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ected first publication. waite was quite content for the theosophists to have it, for he had been told by the countess wachtmeister(whomanaged the t.p.s, that'mythings seemed to sell among her people,thoughnothingto dowiththeosophy. in this instance she was provedwrong' for it failed to selland was soon remaindered. waite thought that the theosophists disliked its western emphasis that 'looked to the christ in all',buttheonly fault the reviewer in lucifer foundwiththebookwas waite's 'far too great stress onwhathe imagines will be, in the future, the increased beauty of outward man, and especially of woman, in that new earthly paradisewhichpresents itself to his delighted vision as the outcomeofthis greater, knowledge (issue of may1893).lightwas perplexed by the book and concluded that 'to

rcle of esoteric literature it is believed there may be elaborated the true methods for the(a)interior regeneration of humanity.(b)themanifestationofthe soul in man.(c)theunificationofthe soul and spirit, which arepneumaandpsyche.(d)thetransfigurationofthe body of man by the splendour of spirit and soul( e)thephysical glorification of humanity) theevolution of the perfect man.(g)theelaboration of the christ in man.(h)theattainment of the crown of evolution. all aspirationsof religion,alldreams of idealismadmit of realizationby the application of the arcane instruments which were known to the mystics, and the gulf between actuality and poetry can be bridged by their means. xiasociety, brotherhood, or club, is in course of formation for the diffusion of the scientific andphilosophicaldoctrin

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cloister, and was the associate in early life of monks: we must bear in mind that out of europe, in the east, christianity was gnostic,22themagical masonand that the gnostics and neo-platonists, although to a roman catholic or protestant decidedly heretical, were yet inspired by christian ideals- although they could not realize the accepted admixture of the god and man in christ, yet insisted on the christ teaching of the man jesus; similarly so we today, having mostly entered upon the eastern theosophy from a christian education, still are largely tinctured by our basic theology and still use christian language and types and symbolsinour new ideals of the higher principles of man and humanity.forexample, read the theosophic works of brothers kingsland and brodie innes. for this reason,it

uld not make themselves conspicuous by any special garment or insignia, to the world. 3. that they should yearly meet in assembly and mutually instruct each other in the knowledge gained since last they met. 4. that every member should select a worthy person to succeed him as pupil. 5.thatthe letters c.r. should be their mark, seal and character, ever keeping them in mind of their founder, and of the christ spirit, and of the rose of silence. 6. to keep the society secret at least 100 years. this point was certainly well kept; but after that time many members did write themselves, no doubt by permission, as frater r.c. other references to their ideas and habits and unusual powers abound in thefama.forinstance, it is said, although they could not live longer than the time appointed by god

each year in the holy of holies. john yarker, in hisarcane schools,says that the members when speaking in their assemblies placed their right hands across below the chin and the left hand down at the side- as if a recognised ritual performance: i find no authority whatever for this statement. mr a. e. waite, the poet, tells us, inthe secret tradition,that 'the essenes remaind the depositories of the christ255 mystery in the eastern world, and are actually that hidden sodality from which masonry derives through the knights templar, not by the identification of the chivalry with the operative builders,butthrough the descent of a vital principle from onetothe other' this is but a poetic phantasy. christian ginsburg, a thoroughly competent modern hebrew scholar, in his published workthe essen

ng 'in the king's dale' in his time. absalom was buriedina pit and a heap of stones was255 raised over his grave; this is perhaps the earliest mention of a funeral cairn. there are well known references to symbolic stones bothinthe old and new testaments. in the 118th psalm we read:'thestone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner' this is considered as prophetic of jesus as the christ who was rejected by the jewsbutbecame the head stone of the church. jesus quoted these words in matthew, xxii, and adds:'hethat falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces,buton whomsoever it shall fall it will scatter him as dust' st peter calls jesus, in his first epistleii,4, a precious stone and a living stone; while peter was calledcephas-a stone -byjesus himself, matthew xvi

angels, devas or gods; some of these appear to have taught forms of religion, some ethics and morality, and others important truths of nature. may we so think of zoroaster, of gautama the288themagicalmasonbuddha, of hermes trismegistus of egypt, of lao tze and confucius, of pythagoras, of socrates and plato, of st paul and of st john the divine: may we above all speak of the divine incarnation of the christ godinthe humanity of jesus of nazareth, who taught us to love the supreme being, and do unto each other as we wish others to do to ourselves, or of st paul, who said 'know ye not that ye are the temple of god, or as the rosicrucians used to phrase it,'thetemple of god is within you' the divine christ in the human form of jesus appeared among the hebrews, a race notable for the constant

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the sorcerer and his apprenticemost ancient work is a collection of mystical hymns and addresses in the form of a species of ceremonial ritual for the use of the soul after death, to enable him to unite himself to the body of osiris the redeemer, thenceforth in the ritual is he no longer called the soul but he is called the 'osiris' of whom he is a member 'i am the vine, ye are the branches' said the christ of the new testament 'i am a member of the body of osiris' said the purified and justified soul. the soul luminous and washed from sin in the uncreated and immortal light, united to osiris and justified son of god, such is the subject of the great egyptian ritual, purified by suffering, strengthened by opposition, nor is the 'ritual of the dead' a work of comparatively recent times, for

re prayer is an absurdity. the buddhist says that heinvokes-hishigher self, and he is quite right; that is the highest heknows,andhe is quite right to invoke the highest he can reach. buddhi, the vehicle of the ineffable supreme, is undeveloped and unknown; therefore the intellectual abstraction which the buddhist calls his higher self istheonly thing which he can recognise above himself. buddhi, the christ soul, is undeveloped. now the hermetist, the western, on the other hand, has developed that principle, and by means of the vehicle he can comprehend.'iam the way, the path, and the light' thisidearuns through the whole of the bible, and referstothechristsoul,there, in a nut-shell, is the difference between the two. it is only a difference of one step, and the buddhist does not require t

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of god are acknowledge, however jesus was believed to be the first created entity, michael. jesus existed in the first estate (before coming into a physical body) as michael, that immortal who plays such an important role in mystical christian traditions. when michael is born into the essene community, he becomes jesus. at his baptism, after years of training (the so-called lost years) he became the christ. his special essene training had involved processes that cleansed the human state by the power of sophia and transformed his bodily vehicle into a form that was made pure enough for the communion with the logos. jesus as an individual, discrete being (michael) still existed but communed with the logos within him. jesus was not and is not god or the logos or christ, he became christed an

lved processes that cleansed the human state by the power of sophia and transformed his bodily vehicle into a form that was made pure enough for the communion with the logos. jesus as an individual, discrete being (michael) still existed but communed with the logos within him. jesus was not and is not god or the logos or christ, he became christed and hence in that understanding is known as jesus the christ. the term christ means "anointed" and refers to the state of sonship to the lord of wisdom. jesus at his baptism communed with the mind of god (logos, his actions came to embody the spirit of god (sophia) and he became a full son of god (christ. we speak of god, of the son, his word, and of the holy spirit and we say that the father, the son and the spirit are united in power. for the s

leroma. the logos and sophia are energy fields emanating into the lower worlds and if permitted will transform us into immortal beings. this teaching is the solar tradition and is central to our understanding of the gnosis. the gnostic handbook page 29 that which is not divine will sophia the logos awakened by the mind of god (logos) purified by the wisdom of god (sophia) empowered by divine will the christ-state the gnostic handbook page 30 what is sophia? the general understanding of the holy spirit as found in the christian tradition is a desexing of the great feminine power. sophia is the goddess or feminine principle and as such exists from the earliest pagan traditions right through to the greek mysteries and gnosticism. in gnostic literature she is described by many names the all mo

, only when we grasp the clear indication that these bodies are operated by alien entities, entities without souls controlled and manipulated by destructive archons do we really understand the full nature of the world around us. i am not so interested in identifying and describing these individuals as i am in calling your attention that they do exist. john the baptist as he preached the coming of the christ, foretold the end of this race of mechanical men when he said" o generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come. again referring to the barrenness of this counterfeit creation he said" every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. he prophesied the coming of one who would baptise with the sacred fire" whose fan i

e only approved method whereby the wicked shall be removed from the face of the earth. in the bible these soulless beings are referred to throughout as the wicked for they have seen to it that all more specific descriptions of their race have been removed- lest mankind discover them and rise in righteous indignation against their overlords. and thus the death of john the baptist and that of jesus the christ were brought about by the counterfeit race who for thousands of years have set brother against brother, race against race and have caused the children of god to blame one another for the murder of the saints. today, as always, they occupy positions of authority and financial power. they have gained control of the destiny of empires and they seek ever to thwart the purposes of god. the i

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dy and awaken the hga. this stage is probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of the mystical tradition. christians talk about giving their life to jesus, making christ the centre of their existence and yet do not have any idea of what this really means. the christian concept of conversion is a corruption of the mystical transformation that happens when we enter the path of transfiguration. the christ who is the hga and the son of god, the light that becomes the centre of our lives is our own true self. conversion is the process of putting the animal and adept in their places, destroying links with the demiurgic kingdom and invoking the true self. this is the first stage. the second stage: knowledge and conversation the second stage is where the gnostic begins to make contact with hi

t is known as the y factor, and also has twin poles, the x and y factors create a solar cross of four energy forces (fig 33) the solar sphere is, hence, the focus of the mystery tradition, whether it be apollo, mithra, christ, horus or ra, we can see the secret teachings in application. the solar sphere itself became a symbol of the hidden mysteries. at rising it is the logos, at the height it is the christ, at setting it is sophia. this represents the doorway through which fallen mankind can awaken. i am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. john 10:9 the imagery of the solar sphere is central to our understanding of the technology of the gnosis. these forces control mankind and influence our religion, philosophy and way of life

esus. then peter and john placed their hands on them, and they received the holy spirit. acts 8:15-17. many may argue against separate baptisms of water and fire and yet clearly in the book of acts we have a discussion of the difference between the baptism in the name of jesus, and the baptism of the holy spirit. this also leads us to an understanding of the esoteric meaning of the name jesus and the christ. jesus as a symbol represents the human principle. in gnostic literature the name jesus was symbolic of the spiritually disciplined life, hence, baptism in the name of jesus is the first baptism, that of water, discipline and repentance. the second baptism (or anointing) is that of fire, it is the christ baptism. at this baptism sophia breaks down the barriers between the new awakened s

, bringing the divergent threads of the mystery tradition to a common climax, while at the same time achieving a mastery of himself and the world around him. the baptism of jesus clearly shows his high state of initiation, his energy field has been cleansed of dialectic elements by sophia, and in recognition of his achievement, the father of wisdom acknowledged his new state. michael is now jesus the christ, the christ state being the achievement of communication with the logos. as soon as jesus was baptised, he went up out of the water. at that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the spirit of god descending like a dove and lighting on him. and a voice from heaven said "this is my son, whom i love; with him i am well pleased" matthew 3:16,17 jesus was now in a position to transform the h

returned, but in a spiritual sense. while they look forward to jesus being physically present at the future final judgement they believe that the return of jesus as prophesied in the bible has already occurred. this too is a meaningful perception of the equinox of the gods, the energies of pisces are returning in the form of aquarius, jesus has re-appeared in the heraldic cycle in the sense that the christ or solar logos is undergoing transformation. these are intriguing religious interpretations of a very occult event. occult perceptions of the change aliester crowley is not an easy man to write about. he is worshipped by some and reviled by others, he is seen as either a master magician or an evil genius, a con man or a god. for the gnostic he is none of these things, he is just a man

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and whole orders of reality, the gods of outer space for whom men were but pawns on the spiral arm of a minor galaxy were no match for the new man. i have seen him, their pawn of pawns hider once said, he was intrepid and cruel. i was afraid of him. unable to control a buddha or a christ with their powers, the aliens resorted to poisons and executions. the buddha laughed at them as he lay dying, the christ would not stay dead at all. you are so far outstripped in terms of physical weaponry that you must find a source of strength that transcends the physical, khyla of procyon tells us, such as techniques of centering conscious- ness on powerfully motivating energy, which would be different from one individual to another. khyla of procyon= 150= medicine but it is also death and mystic rose

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ng the church fathers. this passage, in which josephus, who was an ardent jew and died in judaism, is nevertheless made to acknowledge the messiahship and divine origin of jesus, is now declared spurious both by most of the christian bishops (lardner among others) and even by paley (see his evidence of christianity. it was for centuries one of the weightiest proofs of the real existence of jesus, the christ. kamaloka (sans) the semi-material plane, to us subjective and invisible, where the disembodied "personalities" the astral forms called kamarupa, remain until they fade out from it by the complete exhaustion of the effects of the mental impulses that created these eidolons of the lower animal passions and desires (see kamarupa) it is the hades of the ancient greeks and the amenti of the

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the heavens opened and god himself, in the shape of a dove, descended in a glory upon his 'beloved son! how then, if this tale be true, can we account for the strange infidehty which we find among these sm^ving naza- raeans? so far from believing jesus the only-begotten son of god, they actually told the persian missionaries, who in the seventeenth century first discovered them to europeans, that the christ of the new teaiameni was "a false teacher" and that the jewish system, as well as that of jesus, came from the realm of darkness! who knows better than they? where can more competent living witnesses be found? christian not have been ossocikted, in the character of a redeemer, with that universally known and archaic emblem. id noticing this admission of dr. lundy, mr. charlea sotleran r

s. digitizecoy google jesus totally unknown to his century- 335 the good shepherd of the catacombs in rome is a copy from the aris- t us, or from the apollo nomius, which figures in the same posture on the pagan sarcophagi, and still carries the fiute of pan, in the midst of the four half-naked seasons. on the christian tombs of the cemeteiy of st. calixtus, orpheus charms the animals. elsewhere, the christ as jupiter* pluto, and mary as proserpina, receive the souls that mercury wear- ing the broad-brimmed bat, and carrying in his hand the rod of the soul- guide (psyckopompot) brings to them in presence of the three fates. pegasus, the symbol of the apotheosis; psyche, the symbol of the immor- tal soul; heaven personified by an old man, the river jordan; and victory figure on a host of ch

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different yet each time is so nourishing that all i can feel is blessed. due to our basic telepathic and empathetic natures, which are strengthened by such experiences, long term or proficient meditators can have an amazing range of experiences in these zones. here the meeting of beings of great light is common as we learn how to match and hold frequency fields with those on the buddhic wave, or the christ wave, or the madonna frequency. all is possible in these realms for all doors are open and as we think things, they often manifest automatically before us, delivered by a universe that sees us as gods in form. there is one other element that determines how and when we have this experience and that is grace. frederick buechner wrote something that touched me re grace, he said: the grace

know that this type of communication and field sensitivity is common in the theta field where we know and experience that all is one. talking to all of nature with gentleness and love as if it is part of us just as we are part of god, opens the doorways to this field of possibility* a deva is a member of an order of angelic beings who serve the elemental forces of nature. they hold the matrix for the christ consciousness on earth among the nature and human kingdoms. step 16. personally i feel that also connecting our bio-shield to the cosmic nirvana network. c.n.n. is imperative, as like our dow, it truly provides us with an incorruptible network and focus on the common goal which is paradise for all. this is as simple as imaging this inner plane network and asking our dow to connect us in

a. alpha people, then our signals can be too easily absorbed by the hunger of the greater field. hence to have any sustainable long term influence and be effective, we need to be as pure and powerful as we can be and even then, our field of influence, although sustainable, is restricted in its range. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 183 even a being such as the christ or the buddha, if in the flesh today, would find their field of influence restricted by the 6 billion plus predominantly beta. alpha beings in this world. however, when working with theta. delta frequencies, one plus one equals so much more than just two, so the more who choose to tune to the theta. delta field and radiate the violet light spectrum, the sooner the beta. alpha field of m

ly understood by all. in order to refine a world. we first need to refine an individual. inaction is still an action as we all imprint the fields. question 2: so you are suggesting that through using the various tools in this book, one individual can access enough power to redirect the course of history and transform the world? answer q2: as naive as it may sound. yes. i keep hearing the words of the christ saying that everything i have done you can do and more, that i and my father are one and i believe them. i believe them because i have researched enough of quantum science and experienced enough of dimensional biofield science and meditated enough to know this to be true. i choose to believe that we are gods in form, here to flex our creative muscles and that we are now being given the

he madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 187 yet the experience of ascension is not the greatest gift of being fed by the light of the food of the gods, for ascension is a never ending experience, it is a journey not a destination for our experiences within the ascended delta field are only limited by our capacity to receive and handle the frequencies of our own dow s radiation. even the christ and buddha and mohammed continue to become more illumined as they journey through the fields, loving and being fed in turn by the love we give in gratitude to their presence. other gifts of being fed by the food of the gods are the revelations and insights that we gain from the theta. delta field of consciousness where many have received explicit information on how to bring our planet b

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

rnaturally gifted, jesus began to work miracles. before that, he had been completely ignorant of his mission. when on the cross, christos and sophia left his body, and returned to their own sphere. upon his death, the two took the man jesus, and abandoned his material body to the earth; for the gnostics held* at the moment of his baptism in the jordan mark. up to that point he was natural but not the christ. this will recall his exclamation of world s disclaimer to the virgin woman, what have i to do with thee? traditionary facts at the crucifixion. 153 that the true jesus did not (and could not) physically suffer on the cross and die, but that simon of cyrene, who bore his cross, did in reality suffer in his room: and they compel one simon a cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the coun

lifetime from the hither side (or world) to the thither side (or the world invisiblefollowing into the light the divine beckon to paradise of the angels of light, are the brothers of the rosy cross, or the rosicrucians, as they have been called; who know everything, can do anything, and have even arrogated to themselves, when in them should be set-up the same angelical-magical spirit which was in the christ-jesus, to be of the council of god. though, in the world, they were the humblest of the servants of the almighty. in the sixth place. creation is not the making of things out of nothing, which we understand commonly (or vulgarly) of god s work in the beginning of the universe or of creation. matter, which the rosicrucians frequently refer to as darkness, is that only which is properly t

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FIVE

osophus meditate upon the symbol of the fire triangle in all its aspects. let him contemplate the symbol of the planet venus until he realises the universal love which would express itself in perfect service to all mankind and which embraces nature both visible and invisible. let him identify himself with the powers of fire, consecrating himself wholly until the burnt sacrifice is consummated and the christ is conceived by the spirit. let him meditate upon the triplicity of fire- its attributes and correspondences. meditation number six let the aspirant meditate upon the cross in its various forms and aspects as shown in the admission badges throughout the grades. let him consider the necessity and prevalence of sacrifice throughout nature and religion. let him realise the saying of the ma

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE ONE

scholar having the qualifications of mystic as well as egyptologist. the ritual of the dead, generally speaking, is a collection of hymns and prayers in the form of a series of ceremonial rituals to enable the man to unite himself with osiris the redeemer. after this union he is no longer called the man, but osiris with whom he is now symbolically identified "that they also may be one of us" said the christ of the new testament "i am osiris" said the purified and justified man, his soul luminous and washed from sin in the immortal and uncreated light, united to osiris, and thereby justified, and the son of god; purified by suffering, strengthened by opposition, regenerate through selfsacrifice. such is the subject of the great egyptian ritual. the 17th chapter of the theban recension consi

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

three was very similar to that of the three persons of the blessed trinity in christianity and the trimurti among the hindus; in fact, practically all philosophical religions have recognized the triple manifestation of the deity. in the book of dzyan the same emblem, but without the two lines, was used to denote the same reality, the first logos or word; while in christian mysticism it signifies the christ within the bosom of the father. it was also considered to be a reflection of the blazing star which should be in the centre of the lodge ceiling, it being in this respect the same as the ever-burning ruby lamp. it symbolized his light that gburns ever in our midst h and gshineth even in our darkness h. some students of masonry see the same symbol once more in many of the temples of the

gions as the holy trinity. in the earliest times in egypt, as we have already explained, there were three kinds of grand lodges, with somewhat different methods of working, according as the r.w.m. represented wisdom, strength or beauty. in our modern days we have only one of these types, in which the master fs pedestal signifies wisdom, and the working is that of the second person of the trinity, the christ. in the now practically defunct rite of swedenborg the chair of the master represented strength. 119. in the process of the development of our universe, the third member of the trinity first exercised his portion of the divine power in preparing the world of matter; then the second person put forth his energy, and that was the beginning of the evolution of conscious life. this is symbol

stitute the lodge, the building, in which life plays its part; and the three pillars, ionic, doric and corinthian, symbolize these three divisions of the world- the field of consciousness, as it has been called in the bhagavad gita. 140. all the living beings which people this world display the light of the divine life and consciousness in their varying degrees. they are all parts of god the son, the christ, the great sacrifice, the divine life crucified on the cross of matter. he also is a trinity, and this is seen in the three powers of consciousness appearing in man as the spiritual will, the intuitional love and the higher intelligence, which are the root of all human will, love and thought. since the officers are the life in the lodge, they represent these qualities in consciousness

nd this is seen in the three powers of consciousness appearing in man as the spiritual will, the intuitional love and the higher intelligence, which are the root of all human will, love and thought. since the officers are the life in the lodge, they represent these qualities in consciousness, which are called in sanskrit philosophy ichchha, jnana and kriya. the r.w.m. expresses the divine will of the christ, directing the work to the perfecting of man; the w.s.w. represents the divine love of the christ; and the w.j.w. the divine thought. these officers are to be known by their jewels, which represent will, love and thought respectively, not by the columns at which they preside. 141. just as material energy is the strength in things, so is love the strength in consciousness; it is what has

squares will now be clearly seen. the quadrilateral is intended when we speak of the compasses as dominating the square, but this right angle is signified when we refer to the tool wherewith the master measures and decides. although the r.w.m. has this symbol of the square, he is in fact the son governing and judging on behalf of the father, who remains in the background, since our lodges are of the christ or sun-god type. 259. in egypt they had a symbol of very great significance, called the arrow of ra, which includes both the square of the r.w.m. and his gavel of office (plate viii) 260. in our plate the different parts are separate, but sometimes they are joined together, and then one gets the effect of an arrow, whence it is named the arrow of ra, the sun-god, who was also called hor

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

the cretan race. recent discoveries in crete. worship in crete. the throne room. the three columns. models of shrines. the altar objects. various symbols. the statuettes. chapter iv the jewish mysteries the jewish line of descent. the jewish migrations. the prophets. the builders of k.s.t. the recasting of the rituals. the mingling of traditions. the transmission of the new rites. the essenes and the christ. kabbalism. the spiritualization of the temple. the loss of the divine name. chapter v the greek mysteries the eleusinian mysteries. the origin of the greek mysteries. the gods of greece. the officials. the lesser mysteries. the greater mysteries. the myths of the greater mysteries. the magic of the greater mysteries. the hidden mysteries. the school of pythagoras. the three degrees. ot

g of the three persons. at what time knowledge of these three aspects of god was introduced into the land we do not know, but at the date of our experience they had their places in the symbology of the mysteries. 64. isis and osiris 65. isis, to whom the lesser mysteries were ascribed, was not only the universal feminine principle expressed in nature, but also a real and very lofty being, just as the christ is the universal life, the second logos, and also a high official of the occult hierarchy. she by virtue of her high development and office was able to represent the feminine aspect of the deity to man. isis was the mother of all that lives, and wisdom and truth and power; upon her temple at sais the inscription was written: i am that which is, which hath been, and which shall be; and n

so known in ancient egypt, and these were linked with the sovereign princes in their higher principles, so that their seraphic love also was at hand to be outpoured in blessing. to their guardianship the candidate was entrusted, and he had to realize his unity with the angels as well as with his brn. 172. at this stage the intuition or buddhi in the candidate, that hidden wisdom which is horus or the christ dwelling in man, was enormously quickened and aroused, so that the candidate became to some extent a manifestation of that eternal love who in later ages was called the christ, and he was thereby enabled to work upon the emotional nature, which is a partial reflection of it in the matter of the astral world, so as to raise his power to love to greater heights than he could reach before

service. still, it sometimes happened that one might be chosen for initiation who had not passed through the outer steps of the mysteries, but in previous lives had prepared himself for it- for it is the ego who is initiated, not the mere personality of the lower planes. 188. there have always been five great initiations, which in christian teaching have been illustrated by stages in the life of the christ as related in the gospels, which contain elements derived from the teachings of the egyptian mysteries. the disciple jesus was an initiate of the egyptian lodge, and therefore much of the egyptian symbolism was adopted by his followers, and was later woven into the gospel story. in the masters and the path i have given an account of certain of the ceremonies of initiation used in the gr

s by earth, water, air and fire, learning with absolute certainty that none of these elements could in any way harm him in the astral body. all this was preparatory to the taking up of service on the astral plane, for the initiate had to fit himself to become a trained and useful servant of humanity both in this and in the other world. 192. the second great initiation corresponds to that stage of the christ-life which is typified by the baptism, in which an expansion of the intellectual faculties takes place, just as a wonderful opening out of the emotional nature is the result of the first initiation. it is at this stage that the inner trial typified by the temptation in the wilderness takes place in the life of the candidate. then comes the splendour of the transfiguration, when the mona

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

h .tis a worthy day to wrest hate.s diadem from jesus. crest! ascends he .tis the very test by which we men may fairly judge, from the rough roads we mortals trudge or god.s paths paved with heliotrope, the morals of the crucified (both standpoints joined in one, i hope, in metaphysic.s stereoscope) but for the moment be denied a metaphysical inspection. bring out the antiseptic soap. we.ll judge the christ by simple section, and strictly on the moral side. but first; i must insist on taking the ordinary substantial creed your clergy preach from desk and pulpit each sunday; all the bible, shaking its boards with laughter as you read each sunday. ibsen43 to a full pit may play in the moon. if (lunars they) they thought themselves to be the play, it.s little the applause he.d get. i met a ch

or sit (paul)50 at the hand of the most high!.and that alone that question of the great white throne, is the sole point that we debate. i answer, here in india wait christian premisses accepted. severe mental strain involved in reading poem. the ascension at last! this is a common feat. pranayama. difference between david douglas [sic] home, sri swami sabapati vamadeva bhaskarananda saraswati and the christ. latter compared to madame humbert. 300 305 310 315 320 325 330 335 ascension day 11 samadhi-dak,51 convenient to travel to maha meru,52 or gaurisankar.s53 keen white wedge spearing the mighty dome of blue, or chogo.s54 mighty flying edge shearing across the firmament. but, first, to that exact event you christians celebrate to-day. we stand where the disciples stood and see the master

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

their trinity by making the son the second instead of the third principle* remember that the enumeration of the name \yhla jwr is 300= c [lat .fire of god [lat .o lamb of god! who takest away.who takest away the sins of the world.give us peace] liber mmcmxi 10 whilst with them the holy spirit at one time symbolizes the mother and at another the son. thus at the annunciation and at the baptism of the christ the s.s. appeareth as a dove, emblem of$ and the mother: whilst the s.s. that descended upon the apostles at pentecost was in reality the spirit of the christ, and therefore symbolised by the c (see lecture on microcosmos in mss. of r.r. et a.c* in theosophical nomeclature this latter was the ad m u anas or jeheshua: the third principle. for the same reason i have drawn the triangle wit

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

rucianism, which viewed jehovah as the lord of the material universe rather than as the supreme deity. mythology abounds with the stories of gods who partook of both celestial and terrestrial natures. odin, of scandinavia, is a good example of a deity subject to mortality, bowing before the laws of nature and yet being, in certain senses at least, a supreme deity. the gnostic viewpoint concerning the christ is well worthy of consideration. this order claimed to be the only sect to have actual pictures of the divine syrian. while these were, in all probability, idealistic conceptions of the savior based upon existing sculpturings and paintings of the pagan sun gods, they were all christianity had. to the gnostics, the christ was the personification of nous, the divine mind, and emanated fro

n all probability, idealistic conceptions of the savior based upon existing sculpturings and paintings of the pagan sun gods, they were all christianity had. to the gnostics, the christ was the personification of nous, the divine mind, and emanated from the higher spiritual ons. he descended into the body of jesus at the baptism and left it again before the crucifixion. the gnostics declared that the christ was not crucified, as this divine nous could not suffer death, but that simon, the cyrenian, offered his life instead and that the nous, by means of its power, caused simon to resemble jesus. iren us makes the following statement concerning the cosmic sacrifice of the christ "when the uncreated, unnamed father saw the corruption of mankind, he sent his firstborn, nous, into the world, i

orld of illusion, and meditating upon its unreality, is rewarded by the achievement of self-realization. from a consideration of all these ancient and secret rituals it becomes evident that the mystery of the dying god was universal among the illumined and venerated colleges of the sacred teaching. this mystery has been perpetuated in christianity in the crucifixion and death of the god-man-jesus the christ. the secret import of this world tragedy and the universal martyr must be rediscovered if christianity is to reach the heights attained by the pagans in the days of their philosophic supremacy. the myth of the dying god is the key to both universal and individual redemption and regeneration, and those who do not comprehend the true nature of this supreme allegory are not privileged to c

was dethroned in 1647 and died on the block in 1649, leaving the royalist party leaderless. an attempt has been made to relate the term "the sons of the widow (an appellation frequently applied to members of the masonic order) to this incident in english history, for by the murder of her king england became a widow and all englishmen widow's sons. to the mystic christian mason, chiram. represents the christ who in three days (degrees) raised the temple of his body from its earthly sepulcher. his three murderers were c sar's agent (the state, the sanhedrin (the church, and the incited populace (the mob. thus considered, chiram becomes the higher nature of man and the murderers are ignorance, superstition, and fear. the indwelling christ can give expression to himself in this world only thro

s agent (the state, the sanhedrin (the church, and the incited populace (the mob. thus considered, chiram becomes the higher nature of man and the murderers are ignorance, superstition, and fear. the indwelling christ can give expression to himself in this world only through man's thoughts, feelings, and actions. right thinking, right feeling, and right action--these are three gates through which the christ power passes into the material world, there to labor in the erection of the temple of universal brotherhood. ignorance, superstition, and fear are three ruffians through whose agencies the spirit of good is murdered and a false kingdom, controlled by wrong thinking, wrong feeling, and wrong action, established in its stead. in the material universe evil appears ever victorious "in this

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

those of summer. the midwinter festival of yule, christmastide, celebrates the sun's rebirth with all the customary decorations and festivity later borrowed by the church fathers, the indoor balefire or yule log, evergreen decorations, holly and ivy tied with scarlet ribbon, and of course the christmas tree. father christmas and mother holly are but two christianized images of the lord and lady; the christ child legend is built upon that of the rebirth of the sun, the light of the world. candlemas (february 2) is the feast of st. bride or brigid, a celtic name for the goddess, and corresponds to the roman yearly inauguration of the vestal fire. it is a celebration of the waxing light, and the high priestess, or indeed, all the coven, may each don a candle-crown for the ritual dances. the

MEANING OF MASONRY

intended to hold liquid. solomon and hiram of tyre therefore contribute their respective properties of life-essence and durable form and" building material" as the groundwork of the soul, which then is made functionally effective by the addition of the third principle described as hiram abiff, the widow's son, and personifying the active intellectual principle or logos. in a word, hiram abiff is the christ principle immanent in every soul; crucif ied, dead and buried in all who are not alive to its presence, but resident in all as a saving force" christ in you, the hope of glory" consistently with christlike humility, hiram abiff (literally "the teacher from the father) is not described as a" king" as are solomon and hiram of tyre, but as one" of no reputation" a" widow's son; a beautiful

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

of the new testament have been taken from the life of apollonius. this is felt because ofthe undisputed and clear similarities of construction of that particular narrative. naga is one of a handful of rare words surviving the loss of the first universal language. in buddhism,wisdom has always been tied, symbolically, to the figure of the serpent. in the western tradition it canbe found as used by the christ in the gospel of saint matthew (10:16, be ye therefore wise as ser-pents, and harmless as doves.in all mythological language the snake is also an emblem of immortality. its endless representationwith its tail in its mouth (ouroboros, and the constant renewal of its skin and vigor, enliven the sym-bols of continued youth and eternity. the serpent's reputation for positive medicinal and/o

MORALS AND DOGMA

ant a part throughout, everywhere the first instruments of the divine will and vengeance, are the seven amshaspands of parsism; as the twenty-four ancients, offering to the supreme being the first supplications and the first homage, remind us of the mysterious chiefs of judaism, foreshadow the eons of gnosticism, and reproduce the twenty-four good spirits created by ormuzd and inclosed in an egg. the christ of the apocalypse, first-born of creation and of the resurrection, is invested with the characteristics of the ormuzd and sosiosch of the zend-avesta, the ainsoph of the kabalah and the carpistes [greek ?a?p?st] of the gnostics. the idea that the true initiates and faithful become kings and priests, is at once persian, jewish, christian, and gnostic. and the definition of the supreme be

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

s of the interaction of our own illusions. in the following verses we shall find the practical application of this theorem. one technical aspect of this and the following verse should be mentioned. aspirants must beware of personifying the idea of because. for instance, the late rudolf steiner fabricated an "evil being" which he called "lucifer" the false lucifer, since he correctly insisted that the christ 666 is the true lucifer. his description of the powers and influence of "lucifer" is the description of the idea, or set of conditions, that aiwass calls "because. but steiner failed to realize that his idea of the "christ" also fell into the category of because! steiner was a member of high grade of the order of illuminates. but thelemites are not illuminates. the word "illuminate" imp

they are of course totally ignorant of magical phenomena, and could hardly explain even such terms as "augoeides; and they are seriously to blame for not stating more openly that this true will is not to be daunted or suppressed; but within their limits they have done excellent work. some technical aspects of this verse must be mentioned. first, the ordeal x consists in the perception that 666 is the christ, or messiah, of this aeon. this perception must be intuitional; it cannot be a matter of dogma or of faith. whosoever does not have it is not qualified to officiate at thelemic rites. as to public rites, the extant religions will remain untouched by us. strange as it may seem, there shall be no 'holy wars' or persecutions. any cult is allowable, provided it does not try to frighten peop

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

d s religions. the new age welcomes these goals and looks to the light of masonry as its esoteric basis for occult initiation into the new world order. benjamin creme writes: the new religion will manifest, for instance,through organizations like masonry. in freemasonry is embedded the core or the secret heart of the occult mysteries, wrapped up on number, metaphor and symbol (the reappearance of the christ and the masters of wisdom p.87) freemason and co-founder of lucifer publishing company (now called lucis trust, foster bailey, concurs, is it not possible from a contemplation of this side of masonic teaching that it may provide all that is necessary for the formulation of a universal religion (the spirit of masonry p.113) foster bailey states that masonry is the descendant of, or is fo

and sectarianism. today we are working again towards a world universal religion (ibid p.31) to biblical students these are shocking admissions and it adds fuel to the charge of a masonic antichrist in our midst. it is these mysteries which christ will restore upon his reapearance, alice bailey reveals, thus reviving the churches in a new form, and restoring the hidden mystery (the reappearance of the christ, p. 122) bailey is giving these revelations by her channeled master djwhal khul a disembodied ascended master. her christ is indeed the antichrist in the strictest sense of the word. antichrist means substitute for or in place of christ. she goes on to say that these ancient mysteries were originally given to humanity by the hierarchy [of which djwhal khul is a part of] and contain the

which he must tread, back into the light (ibid, p.121-22) so what do we have here: the new age tells its disciples that they are working for the hierarchy. the teachings of the new age are giving by the hierarchy. the movement for the installement of the antichrist is giving the go-ahead by the hierarchy djwhal khul s number one message for new age disciples is prepare men for the reappearance of the christ. this is your first duty (the externalization of the hierarchy, p.614) the ancient mysteries, being practiced by both freemasonry and the new age, were giving to humanity by the hierarchy. the real purpose of masonry taught to man, from the hierarchy is the expediting of the spiritual evolution, to transform their nature into a god-like superman. the serpent caused the fall in the garde

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

his food. altars to baron samedi, such as this one, always show a cross, at least one skull, a hat, sunglasses, and rum. child the child in erzulie freda s arms almost certainly represents the twin children of voodoo mythology, the marassa. they are of great importance to voodoo belief and ritual and their feast, once held at harvest time, has been assimilated with christmas, in association with the christ child. jar of spirits the jar probably contains fierce alcohol perhaps ghede s special drink of crude rum steeped in hot spices, which only he can bear to swallow. cockerel the black cockerel is a bird of sacrifice, waiting to be slaughtered to ghede. snake the snake twined around legba s walking stick, the symbol of his old age, represents damballah and ayida wedo (aido- hwedo, see p

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

cholar having the qualifications of mystic as well as egyptologist. the ritual of the dead, generally speaking, is a collection of hymns and prayers in the form of a series of ceremonial rituals to enable the man to unite himself with osiris the redeemer. after this union he is no longer called the man, but osiris, with whom he is now symbolically identified "that they also may be one of us" said the christ of the new testament "i am osiris" said the purified and justified man, his soul luminous and washed from sin in the immortal and uncreated light, united to osiris, and thereby justified, and the son of god; purified by suffering, strengthened by opposition, regenerate through self-sacrifice. such is the subject of the great egyptian ritual. the 17th chapter of the theban recension cons

osophus meditate upon the symbol of the fire triangle in all its aspects. let him contemplate the symbol of the planet venus until he realises the universal love which would express itself in perfect service to allm mankind and which embraces nature both visible and invisible. let him identify himself with the owers of fire, consecrating himself wholly until the burnt sacri ice is consummated and the christ is conce vedb y the spirit. p fifth knowledge lecture 81. let him meditate upon the triplicity of fire-its attributes and correspondences <161> the diagrams as confusion is found to exist with regard to the right and left pillars of the sephiroth on the tree of life in relation to the right and left sides of a man, and as to the phases of the moon-you must note: that in every diagram an

. saeculorum malkuth (from the crown, out of wisdom-thou, 0 understanding art mercy, queen of severity. now the perfect beauty, in the victory, of all splendour, for the foundation, of the ages of the universe) 10. probably alludes to the three principles. 11. this was, i believe, but am not certain, the motto of our frater count adrian a meynsicht, otherwise known as henricus madathanus <50> 12. the christ from the christ. the mercury from the mercury, through the path of the cross, through the life of the light, god shall be thy help (note: an illustration accompanying this manuscript depicted a conventional nude figure of mercury, winged helmet and sandals, diving into the sea. in the right hand was the caduceus, and the left bore a scroll showing the words described in the text.-1.r) t

es of other mixed colours can easily be found from this scale. coming now to the nature and method of formation of the talisman, the first thing to be remembered is that it is not always a just and right thing to form a talisman with the idea of completely changing the current of another person's karma. in any case you could only do this in a certain sense. it will be remembered that the words of the christ which preceded his cures were "thy sins be forgiven thee" which meant that the karmic action was exhausted. only an adept who is of the nature of a god can have the power, even if he have the right, to take upon himself the karma of another. that is to say, that if you endeavour to change completely (i am not now speaking of adapting and making the best of a person's karma, the life cur

RITUEL ET DOGME DE LA HAUTE MAGIE BY ELIPHAS LEVI PART II

g. when the blind partisans of sterilized religions cast themselves in the dust of old temples, the spirit of christ is erect and praying. when the strong become weak, when virtues are corrupted, when all things bend and sink down in search of a shameful pasture, the spirit of christ is erect, gazing up to heaven and awaiting the hour of his father. christ signifies priest and king by excellence. the christ-initiator of modern times came to form new priests and new kings by science and, above all, by charity. the ancient magi were priests and kings, and the saviour's advent was proclaimed to them by a star. this star was the magical pentagram, having a sacred letter at each point. it is the symbol of intelligence which rules by unity of force over the four elementary potencies; it is the p

ne conducts to the sanctuary of the great work. above the stone there is a triangle placed upon a winged dragon, and on the stone is graven the name of christ, qualified as the symbolical image of all nature. git is by him alone, h he adds, gthat thou canst obtain the universal medicine for men, animals, vegetables and minerals. h the winged dragon, dominated by the triangle, represents therefore the christ of khunrath. that is, the sovereign intelligence of light and life. it is the secret of the pentagram; it is the highest dogmatic and practical mystery of traditional magic. thence unto the grand and ever-incommunicable maxim there is only one step. the kabalistic figures of abraham the jew, which imparted to flamel the first desire for knowledge, are no other than the twenty-two keys o

e horns. but the adorers of this sign do not consider, as do we, that it is a representation of the devil: on the contrary, for them it is that of the god pan, the god of our modern schools of philosophy, the god of the alexandrian theurgic school and of our own mystical neo-platonists, the god of lamartine and victor cousin, the god of spinoza and plato, the god of the primitive gnostic schools; the christ also of the dissident priesthood. this last qualification, ascribed to the goat of black magic, will not astonish students of religious antiquities who are acquainted with the phases of symbolism and doctrine in their various transformations, whether in india, egypt or judea. the bull, the dog and the goat are the three symbolical animals of hermetic magic, resuming all the traditions o

and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. and he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. f such is ormuz, osiris, chourien, the lamb, the christ, the ancient of days, the man of the time and the river celebrated by daniel. he is the first and the last, who was, who must be, alpha and omega, beginning and end. he holds the key of mysteries in his hands; he opens the great abyss of central fire, where death sleeps beneath the canopy of darkness, where sleeps the great serpent awaiting the wakening of the ages. h the author connect

and having eagle's wings: the heart of a man was given it. the second beast, emblem of the northern conquerors, who reigned by iron during the second age, was like unto a bear; it had three rows of sharp teeth, images of three great conquering families, and they said unto it: arise, devour much flesh. after the apparition of the fourth beast, there were thrones raised up, and the ancient of days, the christ of seers, the lamb of the first age, was manifested. his garment was of dazzling whiteness, his head radiant; his throne, whence came forth living flames, was borne upon burning wheels; a flame of swift fire shone in his countenance; legions of angels or stars sparkled round him. the tribunal was held, the allegorical books were opened. the new christ came with the clouds of heaven and

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and therefore maybe the soul of this man did come back for more of that adulation he craved and was without in the end. it is more likely yet that the stress his followers underwent produced some rather comforting hallucinations as a result of emotional/ social pressure and expectations. whichever, the end result was that any number of sugary little tales were spread about to cover the absence of the christ, and the new religion was left to survive as best it could. with such strong advocates= power seekers) as paul, peter, james, and others, the teachings of jesus flourished. as was convenient to the place and time. the rest you know. one wonders after reflection if jesus is as bad as we sometimes see him. certainly he is no personal friend of mine, but i think john fowles to have been on

he church [written and spoken by setian bell] behold! we are the furies of vengeance for the millions crushed by the weight of the christian church. we cast down the symbol of the church of the god of slaves, for it is an abomination to the self [adept parkin cast down a crucifix on the floor. setian bell continued] we raise the hammer of justice to shatter the repulsive, blood-drenched symbol of the christ eaters as our combined wills shatter the crumbling foundations of that monolithic organ of ignorance and oppression whose vile tentacles permeate every part of our society, restricting freedom, suppressing knowledge, stifling the black flame which distinguishes man from the beasts of the field [setian bell smashed the crucifix to smithereens with a ritual hammer, and spoke] and as the t

gateway [magister austen- light the black flame, and invoke set using the invocation published in black magic in the crystal tablet of set [all: drink from the grail] the working [priest clark] at this time of year, as much of our natural world dies and lays dormant, those of the right hand path celebrate the symbolic death and rebirth of their gods. each year we are also reminded of the birth of the christ and the stagnant, stasis of the heaven he offers when physical life ceases. this is also a time when gifts are bestowed on one another. today, we celebrate the unending existence of set and ourselves as we continue to become. set is the prince of darkness, a creation unto himself, separate from the laws of nature and through his black flame we too are immortal. we who are setians deny t

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sahib! i can't tell you how delighted. a star is reborn" billy battuta was a surprise: no longer the hair-gel-and--fingerrings society column shark, he was unshowily dressed in brass- buttoned blazer and blue jeans, and instead of the cocksure swagger allie had expected there was an attractive, almost deferential reticence. he had grown a neat goatee beard which gave him a striking resemblance to the christ--image on the turin shroud. welcoming the three of them (sisodia had picked them up in his limo, and the driver, nigel, a sharp dresser from st lucia, spent the journey telling gibreel how many other pedestrians his lightning reflexes had saved from serious injury or death, punctuating these reminiscences with car--phone conversations in which mysterious deals involving amazing sums of

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no more curse; but the throne of god and of the lamb shall be in it. this is exemplified in the drawing taken from the 3-8 altar diagram. the twelvemanner of fruits yielded every month answer to the signs of the zodiac and the twelve tribes of the sons of jacob. also to the twelve apostles. the healing leaves are those of schem ha-mephoresch or the divided name of zauir anpin, the microprosopus, the christ, the lamb of elohim, whose throne is in the tree, from which throne issues the river of the waters of life. 3 the seventy two leaves of the tree of life are zauir anpin or microprosopus. now the twelve sons of jacob go down into egypt, that is the kingdom, malkuth, which has been destroyed in the fall, and cut from the sephirotic tree by the intersecting folds of the great dragon who th

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, jr. jesus. in encyclopedia of religion. edited by lindsay jones. vol. 3. 2nd ed. detroit, mi: macmillan reference usa, 2005, 4843 52. johnson, paul. a history of christianity. new york, ny: atheneum, 1976. pentecost, j. dwight. the words and works of jesus christ: a study of the life of christ. grand rapids, mi: zondervan publishing house, 1981. porter, j. r. jesus christ: the jesus of history, the christ of faith. new york, ny: oxford university press, 1999. reumann, john. mary: an overview. in encyclopedia of religion. edited by lindsay jones. vol. 3. 2nd ed. detroit, mi: macmillan reference usa, 2005, 5751 5. wilson, a. n. jesus: a life. new york, ny: w. w. norton& co, 1992. periodicals george, timothy. the blessed evangelical mary. christianity today (december 2003: 34 9. johnson, el

m, and arrived at jesus s birthplace bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh (frankincense and myrrh are oils used to make perfume or incense) the three magi have become a fixed aspect of modern christmas celebrations in the west (the countries of europe and the americas, and most displays of the nativity scene, or the birth of jesus, include depictions of the magi paying their respects to the christ child. the source of the story is one of the gospels, the first four books of the new testament. according to the gospel of matthew, the magi had been sent by herod, the roman governor of judea, as spies to discover the birthplace of the prophesied messiah, or saviour. the roman empire, which occupied the region of palestine, saw the arrival of a jewish messiah as a threat to the establ

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seth (above, n. 3) 30, 31, 33 "seth (above, n. 1) 76-79. 90 jarl fossum and brian glazer indicated by the phrase "seth seth the living christ, in our coptic magical text. the later phrase,"iao iao seth seth, would appear to suggest an identification of iao and seth-christ.19 that iao and christ were identified in the coptic magical papyri is shown clearly by another spell, where we read "iao iao the christ pantokrator (xliii.83).20 the egyptian god seth, however, cannot be recognized in the coptic magical papyri (see kropp, zaubertexte 3.9-10. pearson was not aware of other occurrences of the name of seth in the coptic texts, but the name does occur. already w.h. worrell published a transcription and translation of one of the texts in the coptic "wizard's hoard, now found at the universit

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e my name, i bind not myself alone, but also the legions of demons under me [1. dektikos seems here to bear this sense, as also in the fragment of a very old commentary on the shepherd of hermas in the oxyrhynchus papyri. part i, by grenfell and hunt, 1898, p. 9. the dwellingplaces are the persons of whom the spirit, good or evil, takes possession. so in the docetic acta iohannis (ed. m.r. james) the christ says "i have no dwelling, and i have dwellings; i have no place, and i have places; i have no temple, and i have temples. behold thyself in me who address thee" 2. radinos "slender tapering" is suggested by bornemann as the true reading, because a "staff" might be such] 52. so i said to him "i adjure thee in the name of the god sabaoth, to tell me by what name thou art frustrated along

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eded to be matched by understanding for the real working of the christian spirit in individuals the christimpulse, which has helped to make us what we are, and which can redeem and transform us if we consciously open ourselves to it. awareness of christ s presence in the world, the parousia, or so-called second coming, would be realized according to steiner in the awakening of individuals through the christ within them. it would be the new consciousness he saw about to dawn, and not the literal return expected by many, even in the theosophical society, of a messiah in the flesh. steiner unfolded his vision in kaleidoscopic richness through lectures and books in the decades that followed christianity as mystical fact. i have attempted at least to hint at the place held by certain discussion

n of the most high. the brahmans (indian priests) understand the meaning of the birth of a buddha. they interpret maya s dream according to a totally schematic concept of what a buddha is: the individual s life must correspond to this concept exactly. similarly we find in the gospel of matthew that herod: called together all the people s chief priests and teachers of the law, and asked them where the christ was to be born. the egyptian and other eastern mysteries 93 one of the brahmans, asita, says of the buddha: this child is the one who will become a buddha, the savior, the leader to immortality, freedom, and the light. compare with this what happens in the gospel of luke: now there was a man in jerusalem called simeon, who was righteous and devout. he was waiting for the consolation of

s further: he does not physically die at the moment when the light of the world shines through him. at that moment he is a buddha; but at that moment he enters upon a higher stage of initiation, that of suffering and death. and when his earthly part is lost to view, the spiritual light, the light of the world, does not go out but leads on to his resurrection. to his followers he is revealed to be the christ. as soon as he achieves his transfiguration, the buddha is lost in the all-pervading blissful life of the spirit. christ jesus, however, rekindles the all-pervading spirit once more to life in the form of present human existence. something like this had been achieved by the initiates in the higher stages of the mysteries. but there it had a mythical image-character. the initiates of osi

m bears the stamp of an eternal reality. hence when the birth of jesus is mentioned in the christmas antiphon, it is said to happen every christmas: 100 christianity as mystical fact hodie christus natus est, hodie salvator apparuit, hodie in terra canunt angeli, laetantur archangeli, etc (today christ is born, today the savior has appeared, today the angels sing on earth, the archangels rejoice) the christ-experience, then, was a specific stage of initiation. in pre-christian times the mystai attained to this stage of christ-initiation, but they were then in a state of spiritual vision in the higher worlds, to which there was nothing equivalent among the facts of the sense-world. the inner meaning of the mystery of golgotha was experienced spiritually. when the christian initiates achieve

es. from now on there could be witnesses to the secrets of a higher reality among those who have not seen, and yet have believed. chapter 8 the apocalypse of john the seven letters at the end of the new testament stands an extraordinary document. it is the apocalypse the secret revelation of saint john. the esoteric character of the work is apparent from the opening words: the revelation of jesus the christ, which god granted him in order to show to his servants how the necessary events will shortly run their course. this is communicated in signs sent by god s angel to his servant john.123 the revelation is imparted in signs; we must not therefore interpret the text literally, but look for a deeper meaning that is signified by the external sense. nor is this all that points us to a hidden

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associates "would you like to see my t4tx" now, webster's dictionary informs us that the root word for "tyrannosaurus" is rvranr, or tyranny, defined as "a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler" a ruler unfettered by a constitution! what's more, the short version of the dinosaur's name, t-rex, would have a very special meaning for occult illuminati "t" stands for tammuz, the christ figure to come, whose symbol is the t, or tau cross. the word "rex" meanwhile, stands for man as king. in weishaupt's illuminati system, the highest degree initiate earned the "rex" degree. thus, the symbols on newt gingrich's necktie, displayed for all the world to see, but for only newt and his illuminati henchmen to understand, trumpet this message, that: our llluminati goal is a tyr

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in the second coming forced the church to adjust its theology to acknowledge that the time of judgment for each individual would arrive at the time of that person s death. for the traditional christian, heaven is the everlasting dwelling place of god and the angelic beings who have served him faithfully since the beginning. there, those christians who have been redeemed through faith in jesus as the christ will be with him forever in glory. liberal christians acknowledge that, as jesus promised, there are many mansions in his father s kingdom where those of other faiths may also dwell. for more fundamental and conservative christians, the terrifying graphic images depicted over the centuries of the last judgment have been too powerful to be eliminated from doctrinal teachings, so they env

t is great. to me, the light of the sun whether you spell it son or sun is a symbol of moving in the law of grace. the law of grace does not take away the karmic pattern, it just makes it so i don t have to hurt myself as i move through the karma that i have created. in a psychological and poetic approach to the study of christ in the fourth gospel (1923, eva gore-booth explains the role of jesus the christ from the perspective of a reincarnationist and states that he is the way-shower in god s great plan, the intercessor who offers humankind release from the cycle of rebirth, the circle of wanderings. in this view, jesus became the anointed one who achieved christ consciousness and thereby was allowed to offer eternal life to all people, a deliverance from reincarnation, from the life and

er gaynor, frank, ed. dictionary of mysticism. new york: philosophical library, 1953. steiger, brad. returning from the light. new york: signet inspiration, 1996. anthroposophy when he was in his late 30s, rudolf steiner (1861 1925, the founder of anthroposophy, received a revelation of what he believed was the turning point in human spiritual history, the incarnation of the divine being known as the christ. in the twentieth century, steiner said, humankind began to enter the fullness of time when the christ principle, cosmic consciousness, might once again become manifest. steiner defined christ consciousness as a transformative energy that greatly transcended orthodox christianity. in steiner s view, the master jesus became christed and thereby was able to present humankind with a dramat

, men and women who are animated by higher ideals and who regard themselves as children of a universal power. steiner perceived these individuals as members of the emerging sixth post- atlantean race, who, imbued with divine universal power, would be able to initiate the more advanced members of the larger mass of humankind. the catalyst for this acceleration of humanity, in steiner s vision, was the christ energy, which the rest of the species must begin to imitate. at the turn of the twentieth century, steiner found that his lectures were wellreceived by those in the audience who were members of the theosophical society, so he began to make himself more familiar with their philosophy. in 1902, he became the general secretary of the german section of the society, but he began to feel unco

ousness as a transformative energy that transcended orthodox christianity. duce the whole human being, there was also something in each human that did not arise from the blending of two physical seeds. something ineffable and indescribable somehow flowed into the process of germination of the seed of the spirit beings within, something that could be accessed by human consciousness and directed by the christ principle. steiner emphasized that the path to such contact might best be attained by a proper application of meditation. when human consciousness had been raised to the spiritual level, where it can experience the eternal element that is limited by neither birth nor death, then it can comprehend its own eternality and its ability to be born again in subsequent life existences. steiner

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to love life more than one fears the menaces of death is to merit life. the elect are those who dare; woe to the timid! thus the slaves of law, who make themselves the tyrants of conscience and the servants of fear, and those who begrudge that man should hope, and the pharisees of all the synagogues and of all the churches, are those who receive the reproofs and the curses of the father. was not the christ excommunicated and crucified by the synagogue? was not savonarola burned by the order of the sovereign pontiff of the christian religion? are not the pharisees to-day just what they were in the time of caiaphas? if any one speaks to them in the name of intelligence and love, will they listen? in rescuing the children of liberty from the tyranny of the pharaohs, moses inaugurated the rei

pated intelligence triumphs by cunning. the whole of the genius of the jews is in the character of jacob, the patient and laborious supplanter who yields to the wrath of esau, becomes rich, and buys his brother's forgiveness. one must never forget that, when the ancients want to philosophize, they tell a story. the history or legend of joseph contains, in germ, the whole genius of the gospel; and the christ, misunderstood by his people, must often have wept in reading over again that scene, where the governor of egypt throws himself on the neck of benjamin, with the great cry of "i am joseph" israel becomes the people of god, that is to say, the conservator of the idea, and the depositaries of the word. this idea is that of human independence, and of royalty, by means of work; but one hide

d, the fraternal bread, the bread of the communion, is god? retailers of the crucified one! all you who are not ready to give your blood, your flesh and your life to humanity, you are not worthy of the communion of the son of god! do not let his blood flow upon you, for it would brand your forehead! do not approach your lips to the heart of god, he would feel your sting! do not drink the blood of the christ, it will burn your entrails; it is quite sufficient that it should have flowed uselessly for you! viii the number eight the ogdoad is the number of reaction and of equilibrating justice. 37 every action produces a reaction. this is the universal law of the world. christianity must needs produce anti-christianity. antichrist is the shadow, the foil, the proof of christ. antichrist alread

rth still bled from the murder of "abel" and on that place there ran a brook of tears. under the guidance of the centuries, myriads of men moved on, letting fall their tears into the brook. and eternity, crouching mournful, gazed upon the tears which fell; she counted them one by one, and there were never enough to them to wash away one stain of blood. but between two multitudes and two ages came the christ, a pale and radiant figure. and in the earth of blood and tears, he planted the vine of fraternity; and the tears and the blood, sucked up by the roots of the divine tree, became the delicious sap of the grape, which is destined to intoxicate with love the children of the future. xiv the number fourteen fourteen is the number of fusion, of association, and of universal unity, and it is

, the vigour of youth in its reason, and the wisdom of ripe age in its works. all those forms, which the divine thought has successively clothed, will be born again, immortal and perfect. all those features which the art of successive nations has sketched will unite themselves, and form the complete image of god. jerusalem will rebuild the temple of jehovah on the model prophesied by ezekiel; and the christ, new and eternal solomon, will chant, beneath roofs of cedar and of cypress, the epithalamium of his marriage with holy liberty, the holy bride of the song of songs. but jehovah will have laid aside his thunderbolts, to bless 61 with both hands the bridegroom and the bride; he will appear smiling between them, and take pleasure in being called father. however, the poetry of the east, in

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amous work "amphitheatre of eternal wisdom (hanau, 1609, placed the divine name of five letters- ieshouah- in the centre of the fifth plate representing christ on the cross3, and on the twelfth and the last plate called the pentacle of khunrath (see page 6 of this issue for its drawing)4. louis-claude de saint--martin expresses very precisely his thoughts on this name in one of his letters5. when the christ came, he made the pronunciation of this word still more central and interior, since the great name expressed by those four letters was the quaternary explosion, or the crucial sign of all life; whereas jesus christ, by exalting the hebrew shin, or the letter 's, united the holy ternary itself to the great quaternary name of which three is the principle. now, if, in the ancient ordinatio

n, o lord, to look down with favour upon the souls misled by the ruse of satan, our adversary. may these souls repent their errors and after having abandoned all malice, return one day into the unity of thy holy and eternal truth. hear, o lord of mercy, the prayer which i address to thee. may the blindness of men who have forgotten thy holy name be removed; having seen light of thy truth which is the christ our redeemer, may these men be redeemed from the darkness. o lord, thou who dost not look for the death of men but for the life even of sinners, deign, o lord, to receive favourably my prayers for these men. deliver strayed nations from the worship of idols and reunite them into thy holy, eternal and universal church, far from this world of sorrow, and for the greatest glory of thy holy

r the heads and leaders of the non-christian nations: o almighty and eternal god, thou who holdest in thy hands all power and authority over all countries of the earth, we humbly implore thy holy name. deign, o lord of mercy, to inspire the heads and leaders of the non-christian nations, still in want of the actual grace of conversion to thy holy law and to the worship of thy divine son, our lord the christ, with the favour of a peaceful behaviour, dignified, wise and enlightened, charitable and tolerant, and may the angel unto whom thou hast entrusted the guidance of each of these nations, or countries, maintain them always on the path of peace, harmony and tolerance, and in respect of thy faithful elect. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates for a moment and then prays for the

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by others, yet she too drinks of both ecstasies. we are undying and eternal, we may sleep in the flesh of the dragon yet emerge in the heights of both the sun and the moon. the shadows merely remind us of our reflections and self divinities. you too are like us, no bending knee as the mindless, yet an ascended mind beyond that fallen and crumbling crowd-control method called god. you are the only the christ you need, separate and divine. dragon and angel in the flesh, devour and thirst eternally for knowledge and matter. place yourself above the church and its sheep. they cast stones at the wolf in the wild, yet it survives while they kneel and decay in houses of death and sickness. we vomit upon them to clean our stomachs of that sickness of spirit. let those who seek the angels know, tha

THE STAR IN THE WEST BY CAPTAIN FULLER A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

alina, incestuous prophetess of lust. away! away! to the west, to the east, till they meet in some flaming region of equatorial fury, and flashing interfuse and interblend. once again must a prophet of the lord arise and wed a wife of whoredoms, who hath committed great whoredom, departing from the lord. once again must hosea expire on the crimson lips of gomer, and from the womb of a harlot must the christ be reborn a woman, wise, beautiful, and young; who is both circe and diana, isis and aphrodite, in whose veins course all the fury of medea, all the abominations of canidia, who revels in the infernal rites of sagana and locusta, and yet is vestal and virgin; white as the driven snow, pure as a mountain rill. one with the pale mother of bethlehem and the scarlet harlot of the city of ab

of each other; the hours hang.*2 *1. in hoc signo vinces *2. the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 202. and the pen of crowley like that of saladin, swinburne, and shelley, is but another douche of cold water to wake the frowsy sleepers of the night, and wash from their gluey eyes the nightmare of christian supremacy. in the earlier poems of crowley, we find not only a reverential handling of the christ idea, but an almost orthodox adoration for the christ himself. in the last two verses of gaceldama h this is strongly brought out. gthy love will stand while ocean winds endure h; and again, ghere i abandon all myself to thee. h*1. in gsongs of the spirit h we find this veneration acutely portrayed, and the christ as depicted in gthe goad h closely resembles the one as described in gthe

the crown of thorns pierces that palest brow; the nails drip blood; there is the wound; no mary by him mourns, there is no john beside the cruel wood; i am alone to kiss the silver lips; i rend my clothing for the temple veil; my heart fs black night must act the sun fs eclipse; my groans must play the earthquake c*2. still as i journey through the waste, i see a silver figure more divine arise; the christ usurps the horizon for me, and he requickens the forgotten skies; his golden locks are burning on my eyes, and he with rosy finger points the way, the blood-wrought mystic path of paradise, that leads at last through yonder icy spray of death to the blue vault of the undying day.*3 *1. aceldama, vol. i, p. 6 *2. songs of the spirit, vol. i, p. 30 *3. ibid. vol. i, p. 40. in the last ver

s meanest thought: a monster, vengeful, cruel, traitor, slave, lord of disease and father of the grave, a treacherous bully, feeble as malign, intolerable, inhuman, undivine, with spite close girded and with hatred shod, a snarling cur, the christian fs christless god. out! misbegotten monster! with thy brood, the obscene offspring of thy pigritude, incestuous wedlock with the pharisees that hail the christ a son of thee! our knees bend not before thee, and our earth-bowed brows shake off their worship, and reject thy spouse, the harlot of the world! for, proud and free, we stand beyond thy hatred, even we: we broken in spirit beneath bitter years, branded with the burnt-offering of tears, spit out upon the lie, and in thy face cast back the slimy falsehood; to your place, ye gadarean swin

n and kingdom of desire, earth fs virgin chaplet, molten in the fire, sealed in the sea, betokened by the wind: gthere is one god, the spirit of mankind! h *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, pp. 105, 107. the sacred pledge of the rosicrucians was: gman is god and son of god, and there is no other god but man. h such is aleister crowley fs magnificent contempt for the god ideals of man, and the christ ideals of a demented mob. that christianity has been for the greater part of fifteen hundred years an immense power, few can deny; that it has been a power of good, few will deny, though not a few would like to; that it has been a dragonading power of harm few will assert, and still fewer are aware of; for it has ever been the craft of the christian church to pass off on her paramours h

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of the pharisees and of the sadducees. 16:13 when jesus came into the coasts of caesarea philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, whom do men say that i the son of man am? 16:14 and they said, some [say that thou art] john the baptist: some, elias; and others, jeremias, or one of the prophets. 16:15 he saith unto them, but whom say ye that i am? 16:16 and simon peter answered and said, thou art the christ, the son of the living god. 16:17 and jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, simon barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my father which is in heaven. 16:18 and i say also unto thee, that thou art peter, and upon this rock i will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 16:19 and i will give unto thee the keys of the

that thou art peter, and upon this rock i will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 16:19 and i will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 16:20 then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was jesus the christ. 16:21 from that time forth began jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 16:22 then peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, be it far from thee, lord: this shall not be unto thee. 16:23 but he turned, and said unto peter, get thee

e two false witnesses, 26:61 and said, this [fellow] said, i am able to destroy the temple of god, and to build it in three days. 26:62 and the high priest arose, and said unto him, answerest thou nothing? what [is it which] these witness against thee? 26:63 but jesus held his peace. and the high priest answered and said unto him, i adjure thee by the living god, that thou tell us whether thou be the christ, the son of god. 26:64 jesus saith unto him, thou hast said: nevertheless i say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 26:65 then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, he hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. 26:66 what think ye? they ans

or tell [it] to any in the town. 8:27 and jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of caesarea philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, whom do men say that i am? 8:28 and they answered, john the baptist: but some [say] elias; and others, one of the prophets. 8:29 and he saith unto them, but whom say ye that i am? and peter answereth and saith unto him, thou art the christ. 8:30 and he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 8:31 and he began to teach them, that the son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 8:32 and he spake that saying openly. and peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 8:33 but when he had turned about and looked

that is made with hands, and within three days i will build another made without hands. 14:59 but neither so did their witness agree together. 14:60 and the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked jesus, saying, answerest thou nothing? what [is it which] these witness against thee? 14:61 but he held his peace, and answered nothing. again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, art thou the christ, the son of the blessed? 14:62 and jesus said, i am: and ye shall see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 14:63 then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, what need we any further witnesses? 14:64 ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? and they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 14:65 and some began to spit on him, and

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

tions by the name yeheshuah coupled with the banishing vortex. even the name ihshvh alone, strongly vibrated upon the air without the visualization of the banishing vortex, is potent in cleansing spaces. of all names of power, the name of yeheshuah is the most potent, when properly vibrated, for curing sickness or banishing malicious spirits. it is the esoteric name of the messiah of the jews and the christ of the christians. the magical power that has always been most closely associated with jesus is the ability to drive out sickness from the mind and body. thus the name ihshvh is not only a banishing formula, but a healing formula as well. to free a person from nightmares, possession, depression, or obsession (persistent destructive thoughts, place your right hand upon the forehead of th

xorcising looked at them through the eyes of the possessed and said "jesus i know, and paul i know; but who are ye (acts 19:15. we can only imagine the expression on the faces of the exorcists as they stared at one another, an instant before the demon tore their clothes off and beat them to within an inch of their lives, but it surely ranks as one of the most amusing scenes of the bible. assuming the christ-form 1 49 these exorcists made the mistake of trying to use the name of jesus without having assumed the god-form of jesus. this is a lesson to later magicians. to effectively use the name of a god, we must at the same time take on the identity of that god by assuming its god-form. if we fail to do this, the name of the god will lack authority. it will remain merely a word. the spirits

is why the messiah, who commands all beings around his throne, is seated, and why the seated twenty-four elders may be assumed to have authority over the active wings. this is also why solomon, who commanded the jinn, is usually represented in arabian folklore as seated upon his glorious throne, which is an earthly version of the heavenly throne of god. those who feel uncomfortable about assuming the christ-form should realize that it is much more than a matter of pretending to be jesus. earthly jesus, the living prophet, and heavenly christ, the anointed one, or messiah, are really two separate beings. the messiah figure is the more ancient and more powerful of the two. he appears in the old testament under various guises-in the prophecies of jeremiah, ezekiel, and isaiah, in the figure o

essiah figure is the more ancient and more powerful of the two. he appears in the old testament under various guises-in the prophecies of jeremiah, ezekiel, and isaiah, in the figure of moses after his face is made to shine, and as the heavenly adam who is created before the earthly adam (see gen. 1:27 and 2:7. early christians identified their prophet jesus with this messiah myth. when we assume the christ-form, we must put on the identity of this heavenly being, who is the seated authority of metatron, the supreme active power. fortunately, we have an excellent description of the heavenly christ: and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. his head and his hairs were white

pon the middle pillar of the kabbalistic tree in ephareth, his seated form may be likened to chesed and the right side of the tree of the sephiroth. there is also a parallel description of heavenly christ, the mounted knight, another version of metatron, who is the active power and may be likened to geburah and the left side of the tree. it is interesting to compare the two descriptions: assuming the christ-form and i saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. and he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the word of god. and the a

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

ed humanity, into another wedge of the guardian wall raised with the blood of the martyrs. samyak sambuddho, master of perfection renounced nirvana because of his love for humanity. the perfect buddhas dress with the glory of dharmasaya, they are not able to help man nor humankind anymore, because nirvana is to forget the world and men forever. the bodhisattvas: kuan-shiyin, tashisni, buddha, and the christ irradiate their light over the bereaved humanity. samael aun weor arcano xix (19) la luz resplandeciente. d cima hora de apolonio "las puertas del cielo se abren y el hombre sale de su letargo. este es el n mero diez de la segunda gran iniciaci n de misterios mayores que le permite al iniciado viajar en cuerpo et rico. esta es la sabidur a de juan bautista. arcano xx (20 "el despertar d

que tiran su carro simbolizan las fuerzas masculinas y femeninas. la coraza es la ciencia divina que nos hace poderosos. el guerrero debe aprender a usar el b culo y la espada. as lograr la gran victoria. nuestra divisa es thelema (voluntad) 50 let us remember that there are seven vices that we must transmute into wisdom and love: pride is transmuted into the solar faith and into the humility of the christ. lunar avarice is transformed into hope, altruism [and generosity. the fatal venusian lust is transmuted into the chastity of venus and into charity of the spirit. martian anger is transmuted into the marvelous force of love [and meekness. laziness is transmuted into prudent mercurian diligence. gluttony is transmuted into saturnian temperance. envy is transmuted into jupiterian philant

l tri ngulo. esa es la gran obra. la carta doce del tarot es alkimia sexual. la cruz hombre debe ligarse con el tri ngulo esp ritu, mediante el fuego sexual. 84 according to the chinese, the god fu ji (the adam- christ) is born at midnight, on the fourth day of the tenth moon after precisely twelve years, the virgin hoa se, while walking along the shore of the river (the seminal liquor, conceived the christ in her womb while placing her foot on the footprint of the great man. you must study these numbers 4-10- 12 under the light of the lectures 4, 10 and 12 of this present course. white and black tantrism there exist two kinds of tantrism in the orient. in the positive tantrism, the ejaculation of the ens seminis is not taught, whereas in the negative tantrism the ejaculation of the ens se

fail. immortality the human being should reach immortality, but does not have it yet. only those who have incarnated their soul are immortal. the mind it is stated that humans have one mind; yet we state that each human has many minds. each phantom from the pluralized i has its own mind and even has self-independence. the man is a dormant machine operated by the legion of i s. we need to generate the christ-mind. arcano xiii el estudio de hoy ser el arcano trece del tarot. este es el arcano de la muerte. realmente la muerte es el regreso a la matriz. la vida y la muerte son dos fen menos de una misma cosa. la muerte es una resta de n meros enteros. terminada la operaci n s lo quedan los valores de la conciencia. estos, vistos con la clarividencia, parecen legi n de fantasmas que contin an

e do not have a true identity, because through them only the phantoms of the pluralized i are expressed. thus, after death the human being is a legion. the soul he who incarnates the soul, acquires true identity. he already is. the human being is still a non-achieved being [a being not yet achieved. the willpower the human being confuses the force of desire with the willpower. we need to generate the christ-will. the laboratorium oratorium the adept and his/her spouse must work together in the laboratorium oratorium. in the nuptial chamber, the king and the queen perform their alchemical combinations. out of the royal chamber, the ravens of putrefaction devour the sun and the moon (the blackening and putrefying of the internal chrysalides or bodies of sin. the tomb of glass is the alchemis

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

three centers of the brain, the heart, and the sexual chakra, or seat of kundalini. as the "world is magnetized by the light of the sun [so] we are magnetized by the astral light (levi, 1972, p. 72. the function of mediation expressed in tiphareth is reflected through gematria by the association, agab (agb "by means of, or through" which has a value of six. this is the great harmonizing sphere of the christ principle through which we are made aware of our own divine nature. the word light appears six times in john's prologue to describe this perfected nature of christ. tiphareth is considered to be the pivot of the entire tree, like the sun in our solar system. many ancient peoples identified the sun with the deity, yet the evolution of western religion advises us to express this identity

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

ble beast with a hundred heads the battle was contested at the root of its tongue, at the back of its skull. the hundred-clawed black toad, the crested, speckled snake are the soul s punishment, a torment to the flesh. i was at caer nefenhir, where grass and trees came swiftly wayfarers perceived them, warriors stood astonished, at the might of the britons, shown forth by gwydion. men called upon the christ, on the saints as well, to deliver them swiftly from terrible rage. answer they got in elemental language: rush, ye chiefs of the wood with the princes in your thousands, to hinder the hosts of the enemy. the trees were enchanted for work of destruction, the battle was joined with the music of harps. in the tumult many fell, but brought forth new heroes [four lines omitted. the alders

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

six, too, we must not omit to mention the symbol of the double triangle, hexapla, or hexalpha, the shield of david, it is used at present as a sign in the degree of the royal arch in england. it must not be confused with the pentalpha, which is the true solomon s seal. in christian churches, we find the hexalpha used to express the union of the divine and human natures, deemed to exist in jesus, the christ of the new testament. the blending of the two triangles has also numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott been used to typify the union of fire and water; for the early symbol of fire was the triangle apex upward, and that of water the same apex downward. the symbols of air and earth were two similar triangles, each with a cross bar. 70. the talmud says

WOLFSON ELLIOT ALEF MEM TAU KABBALISTIC MUSINGS ON TIME TRUTH AND DEATH

ion of john s statement concerning jesus, they sought therefore to seize him, and no one laid hands on him because his hour had not yet come (jn 7:30: he was waiting for the time when he would die, because he also waited for the time when he was to be born. the apostle, speaking about this time, said, but when the fullness of time came, god sent his son (gal 4:4. that is why many ask: why did not the christ come before? to them it must be answered that the fullness of time had not yet come, inasmuch as he, through whom times were made, regulates [them; for he knew when he ought to come. finally, when the fullness of time came, he who was to free us from time also came. for, freed from time, we shall come to that eternity where time is not. and there it is not asked, when will the hour come

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he most powerful and within order concepts. whatever one has to say about christ, all will agree that his name evokes a powerful current or force that fills us with the receptive principle, something akin to the yin of chinese metaphysics. this principle of receptivity is one that is needed, for when we invoke it, we pave the way for other forces, fused together, to enter our sphere of sensation. the christ-like energy will then pacify and control it, so that it conforms to our will and can be directed for many different uses. it must also be stressed here that we invoke the energy of this cosmic christ, which is doubly reinforced with the energy of resurrection and immortality. something necessary for us to equate with the osirian concept of the 5=6 energy. the first real fusion of energi

d, the sephiroth of mercy. all the associations to chesed are now evoked from, and linked to, our personalized sphere of chesed within our bodies. the phrase "scorpio, apophis, destroyer" relates to the sephirah of geburah, and the strength and security that is associated with it through the second adept. so far, we have called on two extremes. to call down either would be asking for trouble, but the christ energy of i.n.r.i. synthesizes it safely into a powerful force of even balance and polarity. the phrase "sol, osiris, slayen and risen" uttered by the third adept, now equates us with transferring that energy into the dired- sphere of man, guph, the physical body; but with new vitality. sol is the energy of the sun, while osiris is the renewed form of life. the dwb, as it is called down

the cross: they are dispossessed only by the sacrifice of the lower self. recall to your mind that passage in one of the eddas "i hung on the tree three days and three nights, wounded with spear, myself, a sacrifice offered to my (highest) self: odin unto odin" it will furthermore be noticed that this way of looking at the matter at once makes a reconciliation between the account in the gospel of the christ as a calm, peaceful, and pitiful man, and the representation in the apocalypse of a tremendous and flaming god. a glance at the top half of the pastos shows the descent of a flaming sword which casts out evil, the whole surrounding being with brilliance "and he had in his right hand seven stars. and the seven stars represent the (arch)angels of the seven churches" or abodes in assiah, a

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