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ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

oncerns itself with the fostering and strengthening of that relation between spirit and matter, life and form, the self and the not-self, which results in what we call civilisation. he manipulates the forces of nature, and is largely the emanating source of electrical energy as we know it. being the reflection of the third, or creative aspect, energy from the planetary logos flows to him from the throat centre, and he it is who in many ways makes the work of his brothers possible. their plans and desires are submitted to him, and through him pass the instructions to a large number of the deva agents. thus you have will, love, and intelligence represented in these three great lords; you have the self, the not-self, and the relation between synthesised in the unity of manifestation; you have

ical plane expression as now, will come the realisation of that true love which unites those who are one in service and in aspiration. then love between the units of the human family will take the form of the utilisation of speech for the purpose of creating on all planes, and the energy which now, in the majority, finds expression through the lower or generating centres will be translated to the throat centre. this is as yet but a distant ideal, but even now some can vision that ideal, and seek through united service, loving co-operation, and oneness in aspiration, thought, and endeavour, to give shape and form to it, even though inadequately. group relationships. the path of the disciple is a thorny one; briars beset his every step, and difficulties meet him at every turn. yet in the tre

nterim between the first three initiations some definite point in the evolution of each of the three lower vehicles has to be attained and held, before the further expansion of the channel can be safely permitted. many of us are working on all the three bodies now, as we tread the probationary path. at this initiation, should the ordinary course be followed (which again is not at all certain) the throat centre is vivified. this causes a capacity to turn to account in the master's service, and for the helping of man, the attainments of the lower mind. it imparts the ability to give forth and utter that which is helpful, possibly in the spoken word, but surely in service of some kind. a vision is accorded of the world's need, and a further portion of the plan shown. the work, then, to be don

nergy is momentarily intensified, and applied to the centres of the initiate with terrific force; were it not that the hierophant and the two sponsors of the initiate pass it primarily through their bodies, it would be more than he could stand. this increase of mind energy results in an expansion and an apprehension of the truth as it is, and is lasting in its effects. it is felt primarily in the throat centre, the great organ of creation through sound. another type of energy reaches man from the pleiades, passing through the venusian scheme to us, just as the sirian energy passes through the saturnian. it has a definite effect upon the causal body, and serves to stimulate the heart centre- 57- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust a third type of energy is applied to the

ule 11- 119- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust let the disciple transfer the fire from the lower triangle to the higher, and preserve that which is created through the fire of the midway point. this means, literally, the control by the initiate of the sex impulse, as usually understood, and the transference of the fire which now normally vitalises the generative organs to the throat centre, thus leading to creation upon the mental plane through the agency of mind. that which is to be created must then be nourished and sustained by the love energy of nature issuing from the heart centre. the lower triangle referred to is: 1. the solar plexus. 2. the base of the spine. 3. the generative organs. whilst the higher one is, as pointed out: 1. the head. 2. the throat. 3. the

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

, when left to the normal, slow development that time alone can bring. the junction of the two fires of matter is effected early in the history of man, and is the cause of the rude health that the clean-living, high-thinking man should normally enjoy. when the fires of matter have passed (united) still further along the etheric spinal channel they contact the fire of manas as it radiates from the throat centre. clarity of thought is here essential, and it will be necessary to elucidate somewhat this rather abstruse subject. 1. the three major head centres (from the physical standpoint) are the: a. alta centre, b. pineal gland, c. pituitary body. 2. they form a manasic triangle, after their juncture with the two fires of the two lower triangles, i.e, when they become synthetic. 3. but the p

it will be necessary to elucidate somewhat this rather abstruse subject. 1. the three major head centres (from the physical standpoint) are the: a. alta centre, b. pineal gland, c. pituitary body. 2. they form a manasic triangle, after their juncture with the two fires of the two lower triangles, i.e, when they become synthetic. 3. but the purely manasic triangle prior to this merging is, a. the throat centre, b. the pineal gland, c. pituitary body. this is during the period when the human unit consciously aspires and throws his will on the side of evolution, thus making his life constructive. the other fire of matter (the dual fire) is attracted upward, and merges with the fire of mind through a junction effected at the alta major centre. this centre is situated at the base of the skull

es at the moment of complete at-one-ment, the occult truth of the words "our god is a consuming fire."73(63) three of these centres are called major centres, as they embody the three aspects of the threefold monad will, love and intelligence- 95- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the head centre..the monad. will or power. 2. the heart centre..the ego. love and wisdom. 3. the throat centre..the personality. activity or intelligence. the other two centres have to do primarily with the etheric body and with the astral plane. the throat centre synthesises the entire personality life, and is definitely connected with the mental plane, the three planes, and the two higher planes, and the three centres with the two other centres, the heart and head. yet, we must not forget t

etheric matter, and basing what i say upon a similar statement by mr. c. w. leadbeater in "inner life" vol. 1, page 447-460. we will note the colours and petals: 1. the base of the spine, four petals. these petals are in the shape of a cross, and radiate with orange fire. 2. the solar plexus, ten petals rosy color with admixture of green. 3. the heart centre, twelve petals glowing golden. 4. the throat centre, sixteen petals of a silvery blue, with blue predominating. 5. the head centre in its twofold divisions: a. between the eyebrows, consisting of ninety-six petals, one-half of the lotus being rose and yellow, and the other half blue and purple. b. the very top of the head. a centre consisting of twelve major petals of white and gold, and nine hundred and sixty secondary petals arrange

tre surmounting and enveloping them all. there are also three physical centres, called a. the alta major centre, b. the pineal gland, c. the pituitary body, with four lesser centres. these four lesser centres are blended in that centre which we call the alta major centre and need not concern us. i would here also point out that there is a close connection: a. between the alta major centre and the throat centre. b. between the heart centre and the pituitary body. c. between the head centre and the pineal gland. it would repay the student to contemplate the interesting succession of triangles that are to be found and the way in which they must be linked by the progression of the fire before that fire can perfectly vivify them, and thence pass on to other transmutations. we might enumerate so

g slowly fourth-dimensional. it is not yet permissible to point out others of the great triangles, but as regards the centres, we may here give two hints: first. venus corresponds to the heart centre in the body logoic, and has an inter-relationship therefore with all the other centres in the solar system wherein the heart aspect is the one of greater prominence. second. saturn corresponds to the throat centre, or to the creative activity of the third aspect. as evolution proceeds, the other centres attain a more pronounced vibration and the fire (circulating triangularly) will bring them into greater prominence; the two above mentioned, however, are of prime importance at this time. these two, with the lesser triangle of our chain, constitute the focal point of energy viewed from our plan

we are here viewing the subject wholly from the point of view of our present discussion. finally, only the head centre is left, for it is the positive pole to all the others. this question of the electrical polarity of the centres is one of real difficulty, and little can be communicated on the matter. it may be safely pointed out, however, that the generative organs are the negative pole to the throat centre as is the solar plexus to the heart. the order of the development of the centres, the ray-type and colour, coupled to the fact that during certain stages of the evolutionary process different centres (such as the base of the spine) are positive to all the others, not even excluding the head centre, leads to the vast complexity of the subject. likewise certain of the planetary schemes

systemic lotus. for a brief period he will shine forth radiant as the sun in his glory; then the kundalinic fire will pass in higher progressive spirals, and he will gradually become centred in the corresponding logoic head centre, the higher triangle or the major three schemes. to illustrate by means of a human being, the microcosm: man attains a period of high development wherein his heart and throat centre are perfected and vitalised; they become radiant whorls of fire, fourth dimensional in action, and allied with each other and with some other centre; they become likewise the object of the attention of human kundalini. this is a period of great activity and magnetic usefulness. it is succeeded by still another, wherein the three head centres are synthesising their seven minor corresp

ence to the three persons of the trinity. these entities are divided into three groups of thirty-five each, and in themselves embody the three major centres of the planetary logos, those three groups which we know as the "three departments" for it should be emphasised that each department forms a centre: a. the head centre..the ruling department b. the heart centre..the teaching department c. the throat centre..the mahachohan's department. this centre synthesises the lesser four, just as the third ray synthesises the minor four. these kumaras (or their present substitutes) can also be divided into the seven groups which correspond to the seven rays, and are in themselves the life of the centre for which they stand. fifteen, therefore, of these entities (again the ten and the five) form a c

in the logoic centres, the planetary schemes, which also in due course of time pass into obscuration, and transmit their energy to the major three schemes. the three main centres in the microcosm are the head, the heart and the throat- 318- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the head centre..the monad..will..spirit. 2. the heart centre..the ego..l. ove. consciousness. 3. the throat centre..the personality..activity..matter. it will, therefore, be apparent that just as in man these centres are related to the threefold spiritual man in his total development, so the three types of centres microcosmic or macrocosmic come gradually more and more under the vitalising power of one of the three aspects of the logos. these centres are recognised also as focal points of active

ols next those of the astral and dominates the mental essences. having achieved this in his own nature he can then safely become a magician and contact, control and work with, the devas in connection with the plans of the heavenly man. in the realisation of the three types of force, will be found for man the key to the mystery of his centres. the secret of the note of the head, the heart, and the throat centre is found here and their blending with the lower centres so that the note of the higher sounds out, and the lower produces only harmony. upon the note of nature the logos has to superimpose a higher note. to the natural note of the centre (which is found through the development of the lower centre, which is its reflection or correspondence) must be added the dominant note of the highe

deva control the two groups of devas meeting there, and performing their function of animating the dense physical body of the logos in the same way as the kundalini in man at this stage animates his dense physical vehicle. later, as the third major scheme assimilates the life-activity of the lower four, this kundalini fire will be withdrawn, and will be transmuted into the activity of the logoic throat centre. in planetary manifestation, one of the chains performs a similar work in the evolutionary process of the planetary logos. again the same can be predicated of one of the globes in a chain. in this fourth round, therefore, it can be seen why the fire at the base of the spine (viewing it in its esoteric significance, and in connection with the logos, and the logoi, and not only in conn

ent atoms and embody the will-to-be in dense physical incarnation. their power is felt on the atomic subplane and on the second; they are the substance and the life of those planes. another group is connected definitely with the causal bodies of all egos and are of prime importance in this solar system. they come from the heart centre, and express that force. the third group, corresponding to the throat centre, show forth their power on the fourth subplane through the mental units. they are the sumtotal of the power of the ego to see, to hear and to speak (or sound) in the strictly occult sense. a hint may here be given to those who have power to see. three constellations are connected with the fifth logoic principle in its threefold manifestation: sirius, two of the pleiades, and a small

. these are the only ones which should receive consideration. his work is to transfer the force or energy out of the two lower the spinal and the solar plexus into the three higher. it is presumed that he has already transferred, or is in process of transferring, the energy of the generative organs into the centre of desire, the solar plexus, with the aim in view of guiding it still higher to the throat centre. the splenic centre, being the vehicle of prana, is specially developed under evolutionary law, and its energy is not transferred to another centre, but is consciously diffused. when its correspondence in the head centre is awakened, this becomes the organ of occult healing; through it the healer (by an act of will, absorbs prana and vitality from the ethers, and then breathes it out

ansference of the heat or energy of the lower centres into the higher may be divided into two parts: first, that in which the centres in the lower part of the body (those below the diaphragm) are transferred into the centres in the higher part of the torso. these centres in the torso are three in number, the heart, the throat, and the centre between the shoulder blades. we must here note that the throat centre is situated in the lower part of the throat, and properly belongs to the torso and not to the head. it should also be stated here that the centre between the shoulder blades is not a "sacred" centre, but is of a temporary nature, and is created by the aspirant himself during the process of transference- 511- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the second stage is tha

rom the higher triad through the agency of the electrical rod. this application of extra-egoic force is in itself of a threefold nature, as symbolised by the three protective agencies and the threefold nature of the rod itself. it emanates in a primary sense from the planetary logos of a man's ray, and proceeds from that one of the planetary centres which corresponds to either the head, heart, or throat centre in a human unit. this energy is applied to the corresponding tier of petals and to the corresponding petal in a tier according to the initiation taken, and according to the primary and secondary ray. a close connection can be traced here between the petals and the centres of the etheric level of the physical plane, and thus it can be seen how (when the necessary work is done) it is p

a essence, the connection between this influence and the devas, and their reflex effect upon man, will immediately become apparent. in the mystery of the sea and the secret of its occult "drying up" or absorption, will be revealed eventually the significance underlying: a. the sex impulse, macrocosmically and microcosmically interpreted. b. the cessation of desire. c. the direction of fire to the throat centre instead of to the generative organs. d. pralaya and obscuration. e. the meaning of the words "there shall be no more sea" found in the christian bible. when meditating upon these thoughts, students will find it well to bear in mind the fact that neptune is one of the major or synthesising planets, that it is an "absorbing" or "abstracting" planet, and that it is connected with the pr

y under the influence of saturnian energy. they are the great fusers of substance, and it is in connection with them that the transmutation of metals becomes possible. they have a relationship to the mineral kingdom- 535- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust analogous to that which the watery devas have to the vegetable and animal. they are, as will be apparent, connected with the throat centre of a planetary logos and of a solar logos, and it is through their activity that the transmission of sound through the air becomes possible. it might surprise students and inventors could they but realise that the present rapid growth of wireless communication everywhere is due to the swinging into contact with the human vibration of a group of fiery deva lives hitherto uncontacted

fire owing to its present activity, and the direction of that activity, is responsible for the reaction against physical marriage, and for the desire evinced by highly evolved men everywhere to evade the marriage relation, and confine themselves to creation upon the mental or astral planes. this is due to the present inclination of the manipulatory devas of the lower generative organs to seek the throat centre, and to function there, utilising the strength of the kundalini fire to bring this about. all this is under the law of evolution, but in the interim between cause and justified effect much harm, evasion of the law, and consequent suffering can be seen. owing, therefore, to the violent reaction at this time against the safeguarding laws of civilisation, it has been decided that the na

is great mystery, though it might be added that from another angle of vision, they form but one third of his threefold divine nature. man is dual, being spirit and matter; he is also, during evolution, a triplicity, so it is with a heavenly man, and hence the mystery. the great transmitter of the word on the physical plane, which is the one under our consideration, is the energising factor of the throat centre of brahma. an interesting tabulation of the threefold centres and the three divine aspects might here be given which may prove of use to the student, though he should carefully bear in mind that these centres are for the purpose of generating and transmitting energy. 1. the transmitter of energy on the physical plane forms the throat centre in the body of brahma, the third aspect. 2

the transmitter of energy upon the astral plane forms the heart centre of brahma. 3. the transmitter of the word on the mental plane forms the head centre of this, the third aspect. these three raja lords, devas, or transmitters, form the three centres of logoic force in the three worlds. they are the lowest energy aspect of brahma. 4. the transmitter of the word upon the buddhic plane forms the throat centre of vishnu, the second aspect. from thence the word goes forth that builds the dense physical form of a heavenly man or of a solar logos. 5. the transmitter of energy upon the monadic plane forms the heart centre of vishnu, the second aspect. 6. the transmitter of force upon the atmic plane forms the head centre of vishnu- 545- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust this

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

on to the sense perceptions. method iv. sutra 36. head centre. by meditation upon light and upon radiance, knowledge of the spirit can be reached and thus peace can be achieved. method v. sutra 37. sacral centre. the chitta is stabilized and rendered free from illusion as the lower nature is purified and no longer indulged- 50- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust method vi. sutra 38. throat centre. peace (steadiness of the chitta) can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. method vii. sutra 39. heart centre. peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart. these should be carefully considered, even if no details of procedure can here be given. only the principle and the law involved can be considered by the stu

d. 6. certain of the qualities of the sun are the qualities of the centres- 51- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust a. quality of the solar plexus. warmth. b. quality of centre at base of spine. kundalini fire. c. quality of the ajna centre between the eyebrows. illuminating light. d. quality of the head centre. cold light. e. quality of the sacral centre. moisture. f. quality of the throat centre. red light. g. quality of the heart centre .r adiant or magnetic light. in this sutra meditation upon light and radiance is enjoined and we learn that through this light and the ability to use it, knowledge of the spirit can be arrived at. at the centre of the "heart chakra" dwells brahma, says the old scripture and he reveals himself in the light. the aspirant has therefore to becom

aspirant approaches the problem and that is the transmutation of the vital principle (as manifested through the physical organism) into the dynamic demonstration of it as manifested through the organ of sound, or creation, through the word, the work of the true magician. there is as all students of occultism know, a close connection between the organs of generation and the third major centre, the throat centre. this is apparent physiologically in the change of voice seen during the adolescent period. through the true conservation of energy and abstention from incontinence, the yogi becomes a creator on the mental plane through the use of the word and of sounds, and the energy which can be dissipated through the activity of the lower centre is concentrated and transmuted into the great crea

e it is planetary prana, and so concerns primarily the spleen and the health of the physical body. b. from the astral world via the astral body. this will be purely kamic or desire force and will- 122- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust affect primarily the centres below the diaphragm. c. from the universal mind or manasic force. this will be largely thought force and will go to the throat centre. d. from the ego itself, stimulating primarily the head and heart centres. most people receive force only from the physical and astral planes, but disciples receive force also from the mental and egoic levels. 50. right control of prana (or the life currents) is external, internal or motionless; it is subject to place, time and number and is also protracted or brief. this is a most d

ousness (or knowledge) of the seven worlds. 27. a knowledge of all lunar forms arises through one-pointed meditation upon the moon. 28. concentration upon the pole-star will give knowledge of the orbits of the planets and the stars. 29. by concentrated attention upon the centre called the solar plexus, comes perfected knowledge as to the condition of the body. 30. by fixing the attention upon the throat centre, the cessation of hunger and thirst will ensue. 31. by fixing the attention upon the tube or nerve below the throat centre, equilibrium is achieved. 32. those who have attained self-mastery can be seen and contacted through focussing the light in the head. this power is developed in one-pointed meditation. 33. all things can be known in the vivid light of the intuition. 34. understan

ir qualities given. in this section of the book, five of these centres are mentioned and they are the five which most closely concern the aspirant, and which are the most dominant in the fifth or aryan race, being awakened but not unfolded in the fourth race. these are: 1. the centre at the base of the spine. 4 petals, 2. the solar plexus centre. 10 petals, 3. the heart centre .1 2 petals, 4. the throat centre. 16 petals, 5. the head centre. 1000 petals. with these five, the aspirant is primarily concerned. the centre called the spleen was dominant in lemurian days but is now relegated to the domain of the fully functioning and therefore automatic centres, and has sunk below the threshold of consciousness. the centre between the eyebrows is the one through which the light in the head is ca

sounding attract and consequently produce a form. in the disciple or initiate these three centres not only sound but form words; they therefore command the building of vital forces and take the entire man under control. the glands corresponding to the three centres are: 1. the pineal gland and pituitary body. head centre- 168- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the thyroid gland. throat centre, 3. the spleen. heart centre "out of the heart are the issues of life; from it the current of the life blood circulates; from its development in the atlantean race and the consequent coordination and growth of the astral or emotional body, the heart centre has become the most important in the body. its activity and development has been paralleled by the spleen, which is the organ of

more technical point might here be given. in the process of transmutation the student should remember that: a. the energy at the base of the spine must go to the head, b. the energy of the sacral centre must go to the throat, c. the energy of the solar plexus must go to the heart. splenic energy concerns solely the physical body. it goes to all the centres. 30-31. by fixing the attention upon the throat centre, the cessation of hunger and thirst will ensue. by fixing the attention upon the tube or nerve below the throat centre, equilibrium is achieved. it should be remembered that all the sutras which deal with psychic powers are capable of a- 171- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust lower and a higher interpretation. this is nowhere more apparent than in this sutra. through a

r and thirst will ensue. by fixing the attention upon the tube or nerve below the throat centre, equilibrium is achieved. it should be remembered that all the sutras which deal with psychic powers are capable of a- 171- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust lower and a higher interpretation. this is nowhere more apparent than in this sutra. through an understanding of the nature of the throat centre and a steady meditation upon it, the yogi can arrest the pangs of hunger and of thirst and thus do without food indefinitely, whilst through directing energy to that portion of the great nerve in the throat which lies just below the throat centre (found in the well or pit of the throat) he can achieve absolute immobility and rigidity of the human form. similarly through concentration

too the danger to the physical organism when their lower or physical aspect is emphasized. the true significance of the above sutras which are here bracketed together, grows out of an understanding of the transmutative process and the transference which is effected in the solar plexus. the energy of the sacral centre which feeds the generative organs is in due course of time transferred into the throat centre. the creative process is then carried on by thought, sound and the spoken word. hunger and thirst are the two aspects of desire, the one, hunger, being positive, masculine and grasping; the other, thirst, being negative, feminine and receptive. those two words are but symbols of the two great impulses underlying the sex impulse. when these impulses are dominated and controlled, then

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

e three rays of divine manifestation may be seen. first ray. spiritual energy second ray. magnetic force third ray. radiant glory these rays likewise find their microcosmic reflections in the aura of perfected man. first ray. monadic. spiritual energy. head centre second ray. egoic. magnetic force. heart centre third ray. personality. radiant glory .s olar plexus you inquire, why do i not say the throat centre? because the centres below the diaphragm symbolize primarily the personal lower self, and in their synthesising centre, the solar plexus, express the magnetic force of the matter aspect in man. the throat centre is swept into increasing creative activity as the personality vibrates to the soul. let us now consider the words at the end of the previous rule "the lower light is thrown u

p of co-workers, and can stand in the presence of his master. heart, throat and eye later, when the knowledge here conveyed is assimilated, the aspirant will come to an understanding of the true meaning of the heart, the throat, and the eye which it is the effect of the guides of the race to stimulate into functioning activity at this time. we will therefore consider now: 1. the heart centre, the throat centre, and the centre between the eyes. 2. their awakening and co-ordination. 3. to what uses they will be put in the coming world cycle. this subject is of vital importance to the modern aspirant, for the mechanism of the heart, the throat, and the eye constituting part of the inner structure which he must learn to use has to be mastered and consciously employed by him before any true cre

, and their location. their colours are immaterial at present from the standpoint of the student, for much that has been given out is erroneous or in the nature of a blind, and in any case, the esoteric colours are widely different from the exoteric. 1. the base of the spine .4 petals. 2. the sacral centre. 6 petals. 3. the solar plexus centre. 10 petals. diaphragm. 4. heart centre. 12 petals. 5. throat centre. 16 petals- 112- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust 6. centre between the eyebrows. 2 petals. 7. head centre. 1000 petals. next, let the student remember two important facts, which may be regarded as elementary and preliminary but which nevertheless have to be worked out into conscious realisation and become part of the purposed intent of the aspirant's training. it

he two facts of importance are: 1. the three centres below the diaphragm, a. base of spine, b. sacral centre, c. solar plexus centre, which are, at present, the most potent in average humanity and the most 'alive, require to be re-organised, re-oriented, and to be brought from a state of positivity into that of negativity. equally, the four centres above the diaphragm, a. the heart centre, b. the throat centre, c. the centre between the eyebrows, d. the head centre, must be awakened and brought from a state of negativity into that of positivity. this has to be brought about in two ways. first, by the transference of the positive energy of the lower centres into that of the higher, and secondly by the awakening of the head centre by the demonstration of the activity of the will. the first e

s 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 which will bring about eventually the new heavens and the new earth. when the energies of the solar plexus expressions hitherto of the potent desire nature, feeding the emotional life of the personality are equally transmuted and re-oriente

ates forms in line with the subjective purposes of the presiding intelligence god or man, human or divine. this also proceeds from the third aspect of the monad, and the line of its contact is: monad. manas. spiritual intelligence. the higher mind. the third or outer circle of petals in the egoic lotus, the knowledge petals. the etheric body as a whole, as it pervades the dense physical body. the throat centre. the cells of the body. in the little evolved man, as in the case of the second aspect and its unfoldment, the energy simply passes through the throat centre and goes directly to the sacral centre, and thus brings into activity the generative processes and creative faculties, utilised in the reproductive work and sex life of the race. this is a broad and general outline of the three

g the early stages of his novitiate, is the heart centre. he has to learn to be group conscious, to be sensitive to group ideals, and to be inclusive in his plans and concepts; he has to learn to love collectively and purely, and not be actuated by personality attraction, and the motive of reward. until there is this awakening in the heart, he cannot be trusted to wield the creative powers of the throat centre, for they would be subordinated to self-aggrandisement and ambitions of various kinds. here it should be noted that none of these unfoldments can ever be approached from the standpoint of complete static passivity or from the angle of an entirely new undertaking. we are in process of evolution. certain aspects of our force centres are already awakened, and functioning in relation to

awakened, and functioning in relation to the form aspect, but are not yet expressing soul qualities. we have behind us a long and fruitful past. we are none of us purely selfish or separative. human society is now cohesive and inter-dependent. humanity, as a whole, has already done much in bringing the heart centre into partial activity, and in awakening some of the more important aspects of the throat centre. the problem with many aspirants today is that of the solar plexus, for it is wide open, actively functioning and almost fully awakened. the work of transmutation is however going on simultaneously, leading as one might naturally suppose to a good deal of difficulty and to chaotic conditions. the heart centre is also beginning to vibrate, but is not yet awakened; the throat centre is

ss and to which he has not the key. especially in the early stages and prior to the first initiation is this the case, for he has no knowledge of the history of the past, nor any prevision as to the future. he has simply to take his equipment and his opportunity and do the best he can, guided by the age-old rules of raja yoga, and the light of his own soul. as the heart centre is awakened and the throat centre swings into creative work, a definite relation is set up and there is an interplay of energy between the two. this activity in its turn brings about a response from that aspect of the thousand petalled lotus (a synthetic lotus) through which the energy always animating the heart and throat centres normally passes. this responsive activity and inter-action brings about two results, an

rn impresses the brain, leads then (as the result of this triple coordinated activity) to the creation of a focussing centre, or form, within the head of the magician. the energy which flows through this focal point acts through three distributing agents, and hence all three are involved in all magical work. 1. the right eye, through which the vital energy of the spirit can express itself. 2. the throat centre, through which the word, the second aspect or the soul expresses itself. 3. the hands, through which the creative energy of the third aspect works "the white magician" works "with the eyes open, the voice proclaiming and the hands conferring- 147- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust these points are or technical interest to the experienced worker in magic, but of sym

.a jna centre. pituitary body. 4. vital life. seven centres. spleen. this, as you see, governs the manifestations of the quaternary, but there are other aspects of humanity which manifest through the objective form and which complete the entire man and make the seven of his manifold objective existence. 5. self-conscious .u pper brain. head centre .p ineal gland. 6. self-expression. lower brain. throat centre. thyroid. 7. self-perpetuation .s ex organs. sacral centre. reproductive organs. 8. self-assertion .e ntire man. centre at base of spine. adrenals. you will notice that eight factors are here enumerated, and it is here that many of the schools go astray. the heading 'vital life' is a comprehensive one, but it must be remembered that it relates entirely to the physical vitalisation of

ces, to be held and used for the other and lower kingdoms in nature. the above enumeration might therefore be arranged in the following order. the table gives man as he is intended to be and not as he now is in the course of his evolutionary progress. 1. self-assertion (full development..the coordinated quaternary..centre at base of spine..adrenals. 2. self-expression (creative work..lower brain..throat centre..thyroid. 3. self-conscious life (personality..upper brain..head centre..pineal gland. 4. self-perpetuation..sex organs..sacral centre..sex glands. 5. mental life..cerebro-spinal system..ajna centre..pituitary. 6. sensory life..sympathetic nervous system..solar plexus..pancreas. 7. cell life..blood stream..heart centre..heart. the eighth point, the vital life, functioning through the

h pain, they are bringing those types of forms into line with the heart centre in nature. this is a phrase conveying a truth which cannot be more clearly expressed until man has become more inclusive in his consciousness. through colour in the vegetable kingdom those forms of divine manifestation are also brought into vibratory contact with that centre of force in nature which is analogous to the throat centre in man. in using these words i refer primarily to the life which is expressing itself through our planet, to our planetary logos, but the idea can (needless to say) be progressed to include the great life of which our planetary logos is but a reflection and an expression. man, the brain of nature; the animals, the expression of the heart; the vegetable world, the expression of the cr

n using these words i refer primarily to the life which is expressing itself through our planet, to our planetary logos, but the idea can (needless to say) be progressed to include the great life of which our planetary logos is but a reflection and an expression. man, the brain of nature; the animals, the expression of the heart; the vegetable world, the expression of the creative force or of the throat centre; these three kingdoms in nature forming, in a peculiar manner, correspondences to the three higher centres in man, as the three kingdoms on the involutionary arc correspond to the three lower centres, and the mineral kingdom abstruse as the idea may seem to those of you who have not the consciousness of the life-aspect corresponding to the solar plexus, the great clearing house betwe

that in the vivification of a centre there is always a corresponding vitalisation of the analogous head centre, till eventually the seven centres in the body and the seven centres in the head rotate in unison. remember also that just as the four minor rays pass into the three major rays, so the four minor centres carry on the correspondence and pass into pralaya, finding their focal point in the throat centre. thus you will have the three centres head, heart and throat carrying the inner fire, with the three major head centres vibrating in unison also. i realise that this is all intricate and technical. it has its place and value however, and much that here is communicated will find its usefulness when you are all passed over to the other side and a fresh band of aspirants will follow in

ord and in the coming years much that may now seem peculiar or mayhap even contradictory will be elucidated, slowly unravelled, and more easily comprehended. a little knowledge leads to much confusion unless laid aside for future use when the years of instruction have increased the store. to return to our theme: the heart centre in man opens the door into what is called "the heart of the sun" the throat centre opens the way into full understanding of the path of the physical sun and all true astrologers must eventually have that centre functioning. the head centre opens the way to the central spiritual sun, each passing, via the planetary correspondence, to one of the cosmic planes- 210- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust thus we have a summation of technicalities, and of

solar energies have also a dual effect. first, there is what we might call the pranic effect, which is the result of the impact of solar force, emanating from the physical sun. this produces definite results upon the objective forms, and these are termed physical or vital. these enter the human body via the spleen and also via a centre found between the shoulder blades; this centre is between the throat centre and the heart centre in the spinal column, but nearer the heart than the throat. secondly, there are energies which emanate from what is esoterically called "the heart of the sun; these sweep through one or other of the planets in seven great streams and power into the soul of man and produce that sensitivity which we call awareness. these seven types of energy produce the seven type

ncern primarily the man who lives below the diaphragm, and who utilises the lower four centres: the centre at the base of the spine, the sacral centre, the solar plexus and the spleen. the inner group of seven major or systemic energies produce their effect upon the man who is living above the diaphragm, and work through the seven representative centres in the head. four of them focus through the throat centre, the heart centre, the ajna and head centres. three are held latent in the region of the head centres (the thousand petalled lotus) and only enter into functioning activity after the third initiation. it will be evident therefore how complicated from the standpoint of the horoscope (as well as of the individual problem) is this meeting of the energies of two types of constellations i

the energy employed in this case comes from the base of the spine, and the throat, and must be accompanied by appropriate words. 3. in the work of linking a man up with his ego. the force used here must be received from three etheric centres, the solar plexus, the heart, and the centre between the eyebrows. 4. in group work. here energy is utilised emanating from the ego, via the head centre, the throat centre and the base of the spine. it will be apparent therefore that the science of the hands is a very real one and the disciple has to learn the nature of the forces in the different centres, how to transmit and unify them and then by an act of the will how to pass them outward through the chakras in the hands. the hands do their work either directly, or through the projection of a steady

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divine organisms does the world of form live and move and have its being. there are certain parallels in the human organism and certain correspondences which are of interest, and they may be presented in the following manner: the human kingdom. brain. the two head centres. vocal organs the animal kingdom. stomach. the solar plexus. liver. the vegetable kingdom. heart. the heart centre. lungs. the throat centre. the mineral kingdom. generative organs..the sacral centre. the base of spine. the relation of the seven centres to the various kingdoms in nature can be here seen, and the symbolism of the human form can be noted. the seven kingdoms as a whole can also be seen as having the following relations: 1. mineral kingdom .b ase of spine. adrenals. 2. vegetable kingdom. heart centre. thymus

of the human form can be noted. the seven kingdoms as a whole can also be seen as having the following relations: 1. mineral kingdom .b ase of spine. adrenals. 2. vegetable kingdom. heart centre. thymus- 138- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. animal kingdom. solar plexus. pancreas. 4. human kingdom. sacral centre. gonads. 5. egoic kingdom. throat centre. thyroid. 6. planetary kingdom. ajna centre. pituitary. 7. solar kingdom .h ead centre. pineal. a study of these correspondences will be of value if the student will remember that these are the correspondences studied at the first initiation. they differ at the later expansions of consciousness. the influence of the organising seventh ray is best seen in the amazing and geometrically

(occultly speaking) goes out upon the path. he discovers likewise the group of forms and of lives with which he is linked, to which he must render service, and by which he can be served. the relation of the rays to the centres in the average aspirant might be classified as follows: 1. head centre. ray of will or power. first ray. 2. the ajna centre .r ay of concrete knowledge .f ifth ray. 3. the throat centre. ray of active intelligence. third ray. 4. the heart centre. ray of love-wisdom. second ray. 5. the solar plexus. ray of devotion. sixth ray. 6. the sacral centre .r ay of ceremonial magic .s eventh ray. 7. base of spine. ray of harmony. fourth ray. these rays and their corresponding centres warrant most careful study. they are comprehensive and revealing. note, for instance, that at

certain force centres in the etheric body. these, for our immediate purposes, can be divided into three centres below the diaphragm and four above. these are- 181- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust i. below the diaphragm: 1. the base of the spine. 2. the sacral centre. 3. the solar plexus. ii. above the diaphragm: 1. the heart centre. 2. the throat centre. 3. the centre between the eyebrows. 4. the head centre. we know that two fusions have to take place and, in these two we have two enactments of the symbolic sex process, and two symbolic events that externalise a spiritual happening and picture forth to man his spiritual goal and god's great objective in the evolutionary process. first, the energies below the diaphragm have to be li

ex process, and two symbolic events that externalise a spiritual happening and picture forth to man his spiritual goal and god's great objective in the evolutionary process. first, the energies below the diaphragm have to be lifted up and blended with those above the diaphragm. with the process and rules for so doing we cannot here deal, except in one case, the raising of the sacral energy to the throat centre, or the transmutation of the process of physical reproduction and of physical creation into that of the creativeness of the artist in some field of creative expression. through the union of the energies of these two centres we shall come to that stage in our development wherein we shall produce the children of our skill and minds. where, in other words, there is a true union of the h

of the seven will be coordinated and energised, at the end of the age. we might here make the following suggestions (note this word) as to the relation between the races and the centres in the body of humanity: races centre expression 7th and final rootrace. the head centre. will. plan. 6th rootrace. the next. the centre between the eyebrows. intuitive integration. 5th rootrace. the present .t he throat centre .c reative power. occult 4th and past rootrace. the solar plexus centre. psychic sensitivity. mystic. 3rd and first human race. the sacral centre. physical appearance. generation. 2nd and etheric race .t he heart or vital centre. life forces coordinated. 1st race. the base of spine. the will to be, to exist it is with only the last four evolving races that we shall concern ourselves

nads. sacral centre. base of spine. vegetable. heart. heart. lungs .t hroat. animal. stomach. solar plexus- 256- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust. liver human .b rain. the two head centres. vocal organs ii mineral. base of spine. adrenals. vegetable. heart centre. thymus. animal. solar plexus. pancreas. human .s acral centre .g onads. egoic. throat centre. thyroid. planetary. ajna centre. pituitary. solar. head centre. pineal. iii. process secret purpose mineral. condensation. transmutation. radiation. vegetable. conformation. transformation. magnetisation. animal. concretisation. transfusion. experimentation. human .a daptation .t ranslation. transfiguration. egoic. externalisation. manifestation. realisation. some notes on the four

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way from the standpoint of esotericism, certain great triangles of energy will be found in the individual and consequently- 122- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust increasingly in humanity. then too the "forces of creative life" will circulate from the "point within the head (the head centre) along the "line to the heart" and then, with the throat centre, form a "triangle of fiery light. such is the way of group progress, and when this is being consummated, then the law of group progress begins definitely to function and to control. it might be of interest, if we here listed the recognised effects of the five laws with which we have been dealing: general physical law effect effect reaction quality 1. sacrifice world deliberate love f

ght 1998 lucis trust appear, his seven centres are related to the seven aspects or qualities which embody a man's essential divinity. the following is therefore of interest: 1. the head centre .m onad. life. first aspect. 2. the heart centre. soul. consciousness. second aspect. 3. the ajna centre. personality. substance. third aspect. these are the three major centres for the advanced man. 4. the throat centre .m ind. the mental aspect and energy. 5. the solar plexus centre .e motion. the astral aspect and energy centre. 6. the sacral centre .p hysical. 7. the centre at base of the spine. life itself. monadic centre. the latter centre is only awakened in its true and final sense at the third initiation. at that time the circle is completed. as was earlier stated, the etheric body is relate

lity. this i did with deliberation, as i was anxious to have clearly established the difference which will be found existing between the rays governing the elementals of the three lower bodies and that of the personality. the life of these three elementals is founded primarily in the three lowest centres in the etheric body: 1. the sacral centre. the mental elemental life transferred later to the throat centre. 2. the solar plexus centre. the astral elemental life. transferred later to the heart centre. 3. the centre at the base of the spine. the physical elemental life. transferred later to the head centre. the life of the indwelling soul is focussed in the three higher centres. 1. the head centre. the mental consciousness. 2. the throat centre. the creative consciousness. 3. the heart ce

m, therefore, is correspondingly mediocre and irregular. 2. another group of difficulties concerns those human beings whose vehicles of expression, as centres of experience, are over-developed and over-stimulated without adequate conscious control by the soul. this development is, at this time, primarily focussed in the astral body, leading to over-sensitivity of the solar plexus centre or of the throat centre, and occasioning consequent difficulty. much of the thyroid instability of the present time is based upon this. there is a third class of difficulties which concern those who are on the path of discipleship, but these we will not consider here. in these latter cases there is an abnormal over-sensitivity in the vehicles, the rush of force through from the soul, via the centres, presen

urian times. the sacral centre was the controlling factor. 2. the centres below the diaphragm become fully active, with the major emphasis in the solar plexus centre. this centre eventually becomes the great clearing house for all the lower forces and marks the period of the shift into a higher body, the astral body. this was characteristic of atlantean racial development. 3. the awakening of the throat centre and the shift of much of the lower energy into the throat activity. the ajna centre also begins to become active, producing integrated and creative personalities. this stage is characteristic of the present aryan race. 4 the awakening of the heart centre and the shift of the solar plexus energy into that centre, thus producing groups and the entrance of a new and fuller sense of spir

clusive love will increasingly be expressed, and therefore that the heart centre will be forcefully affected and awakened into full activity. it infers also that the spiritual plane life of the disciple, as it expresses itself in his environment will become inspired and creative through the full and conscious use of the intelligence. this, in its turn, brings about the rounded out activity of the throat centre, and thus the three major centres, which are aroused into activity upon the path of discipleship, are brought to full and measured and controlled activity. upon the path of initiation, the awakening and full-conditioned functioning of the two head centres is completed. this is the result of the use of the technique of duality by the initiate. one head centre, the thousand-petalled lo

man consciousness. 5. the channel of approach or of downflow is as follows: a. from the will aspect of the monadic life to that level of consciousness and of energy which we call that of the higher mind. b. from the higher mind to the knowledge petals of the egoic lotus. c. from these vortexes of force to the lower or concrete mind that in which the average intelligent man familiarly works to the throat centre and from thence immediately to the sacral centre (the centre of physical plane creation or reproduction. from there it is raised again to the throat centre where the creative physical urge is transmuted into artistic or literary creation in some form or another, and later still into the power to create groups or organisations which will express some idea or some thought which emanate

se proximity to, or in relation to, the seven sets of major glands: 1. the pineal gland. 2. the pituitary body. 3. the thyroid and para-thyroid glands- 251- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. the thymus gland. 5. the pancreas. 6. the adrenals. 7. the gonads. these centres are: 1. the head centre. 2. the centre between the eyebrows. 3. the throat centre. 4. the heart centre. 5. the solar plexus centre. 6. the centre at the base of the spine. 7. the sacral centre. these centres are closely concerned with the endocrine system, which they determine and condition according to the quality and source of the energy which flows through them. with this i have dealt at length in my other books, and so shall not here enlarge upon it beyond cal

the centres which are found near to the particular organ in the body which seems outwardly to be responsible for the trouble. this is noticeably true in connection with certain forms of heart trouble and brain tensions and, of course, all cases of hypertension. it is true likewise in relation to the metabolism of the body which can be seriously thrown out of balance by the over-stimulation of the throat centre, with consequent evil effects upon the thyroid gland that master gland which is related to the transference of the various forces (found in the body) to the head. there are two major centres- 311- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust definitely connected with the fact of transference: 1. the solar plexus centre which is the transf

to the transference of the various forces (found in the body) to the head. there are two major centres- 311- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust definitely connected with the fact of transference: 1. the solar plexus centre which is the transferring centre for all the forces found below the diaphragm to the centres above the diaphragm. 2. the throat centre, which is the transferring centre for all the forces found above the diaphragm into the two head centres. there are three aspects connected with this whole subject of the diseases and difficulties of the mystical life which it would be well to bear in mind. those people who are concerned with the education and training of children or with the esoteric training of the world disciples

315- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust clarify their knowledge anent the various centres. one thing i would like here to point out and will later elucidate and that is the relation of the various centres to the rays. this is as follows: ray one .p ower or wil .h ead centre. ray two. love-wisdom. heart centre. ray three. active intelligence. throat centre. ray four .h armony through conflict. ajna centre. ray five .c oncrete knowledge .s acral centre. ray six. devotion. solar plexus. ray seven. ceremonial order. base of spine. much could be learned if one would gather all the data given on this subject into one book, thus relating what is known about the specific energy points to be found in the human frame. all that i can do here is

res below the diaphragm. 2. that average man is beginning to function primarily through the solar plexus centre and to use it as a transferring centre of force for energies which must be carried from below the diaphragm to above the diaphragm. 3. that the world aspirants are slowly being energised and controlled by the forces which are being transferred from the centres below the diaphragm to the throat centre and from the soul to the throat centre. this leads to creative activity of some kind. 4. that the world disciples are beginning to be governed and controlled by the throat and heart centres and are also beginning to transfer the forces which have been raised to the heart and throat, to the ajna centre between the eyebrows, in the middle of the forehead. when this has been done, the m

egrees. 2. that, within this major field of activity, the following transferences will have to be made: a. the energy of the centre at the base of the spine (the organ of the personal will) must be raised and carried up the spinal column to the head centre, via the ajna centre. b. the energy of the sacral centre (governing the sexual life and the organs of physical creation) must be raised to the throat centre, which becomes the organ of creative activity of a non-physical nature. c. the energy of the solar plexus (the organ of self-conscious personal desire) must be raised to the heart and there transmuted into group service. 3. that all these centres are developed and brought into activity in three stages, and thus progressively condition the outer aspects of a mans life: a. there is a p

998 lucis trust will all be active and functioning, but the centres below the diaphragm will be subordinated to and controlled by those found above. they are subject then to the conditioning will of the man who is governed at this time by ambition, intellectual expediency and that form of group work which tends to the expression of his personality potency. the ajna centre is vivid and potent; the throat centre is intensely active and the heart centre is rapidly awakening. g. a period wherein the highest head centre is brought into radiant activity. this occurs as the result of the uprising (in a fresh and more potent manner) of the mystical instinct, plus, this time, an intelligent approach to reality. the result is twofold: 1. the soul begins to pour its energy into all the etheric or vit

d from this time on the man is controlled only from above, by the soul. there are, consequently, two points to be borne in mind as we study the mystic and his difficulties; first of all, the period of awakening and subsequent utilisation of the centres and, secondly, the period of the transference of energy from the solar plexus to the heart, and then from all the four centres up the spine to the throat centre, prior to the focussing of the energy of all the centres in the ajna centre (between the eyebrows. this centre is the controlling one in the personality life and from it goes all personality direction and guidance to the five lower centres which it synthesises. each of these stages brings with it its own difficulties and problems. we shall, however, concern ourselves with these probl

of transference wherein the physical pull of sex and the urge to physical creation is not so dominant and the forces begin to be gathered up into the solar plexus. there they will be controlled largely by the astral imaginative life far more than by the unconscious animal or the conscious desire life. they blend there with the forces of the solar plexus itself and gradually are carried up to the throat centre, but always via the heart centre. here we find a major point of difficulty for the mystic who is rapidly coming into being and functioning activity. he becomes painfully conscious of duality, of the pull of the world and of the mystical vision, of divine possibilities- 321- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust and personality pote

embracing life. these and many more unpleasant examples of a sex psychology are to be found, blended with a true and pronounced mystical aspiration and yearning, and a genuine longing for union with the divine. the cause of all this lies in the stage of transference. the lower energies are subject, as you can see, to two stages of transference: first, into the solar plexus and from thence to the throat centre. the throat centre is not, at this period, active enough or sufficiently awakened to absorb and utilise the sacral energies. they are arrested in some cases in their upward passage and retained temporarily in the heart centre, producing the phenomena of sex urges (accompanied at times with definitely physical sexual reactions, of religious eroticism and a generally unwholesome attitu

owers which emerge, making the- 323- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust man able to enter more easily the wider fields of service which he is discovering. it might be stated here in a broad and general sense that 1. stimulation produces the awakening of the lower psychic powers if the incoming energy is directed to the solar plexus or to the throat centre. it produces the intense activities of the centres and this can, in the early stages, cause definite psychic trouble. in illustration of this i would like to indicate the general nature of the difficulties to which the mystic can be physically prone: a. the awakening of the head centre can produce serious trouble if brought about prematurely and even lead at times to insanity. inflam

t as the pineal gland in the coming human races will no longer be an atrophied organism with its true functions not understood and comprehended, but it will be an active and important part of man's equipment. this will take place normally and naturally as man learns to function as a soul and not just as a personality. d. again, much trouble among people is due at this time to the awakening of the throat centre. this centre governs and conditions the thyroid gland and the parathyroids. it can produce, when unduly developed or prematurely awakened, hyper-thyroidism with its attendant difficulties and- 324- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust its often dangerous effects upon the heart and upon the metabolism of the body. the psychological

tre unduly stimulated and rendered a danger instead of an aid to expression by the enforced celibacy of many people, owing to the present unfortunate economic conditions. these conditions are such that people refrain from marriage and there is consequently the lack of opportunity to use (or to misuse) the energy flowing through the sacral centre. mystics are likewise prone to this difficulty. the throat centre is not used creatively nor is the sacral centre turned to its proper uses. the sacral energy is carried prematurely to the throat where it produces an intense stimulation. the equipment of the man concerned has not yet reached the point where it can be turned to creative work in any field. there is no creative expression of any kind as the development of the man does not permit him t

a period of sexual difficulty if the mystic has not previously learnt sexual control and unless it has assumed balanced proportions to his other life activities and natural instincts in his consciousness. else, as he touches the heights of spiritual contact and brings in the energy of his soul to the personality, that energy will pass straight down to the sacral centre and not be arrested at the throat centre, as it rightly should be. when this occurs, then perversions of the sex life may take place, or an undue importance may be attached to the sex activity, or the sexual imagination can be dangerously stimulated, leading to lack of control and to many of the difficulties known to physicians and psychologists. the result is ever an overactivity of the sex- 325- a treatise on the seven ra

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ad. the ajna centre is, in your case, very little awakened. it is quiescent and revolving slowly. the pituitary body is, therefore, somewhat subnormal. the solar plexus centre is awakened but you have paid little attention to it as a means of contact and only during the past two years have you begun to bring it into submission to the head centre and this through the cultivation of compassion. the throat centre is lethargic in its movement but could be easily aroused into activity and the heart centre is rapidly awakening. therefore, brother of old, we have the following situation to consider; this i will try to picture to you in a tabulation: the head centre. 40% awakened the ajna centre. 15% awakened the throat centre. 60% awakened the heart centre. 50% awakened the solar plexus centre. 7

u will have to do is to close the solar plexus centre to the entrance of forces from the astral plane, and open it to the entrance of forces from soul levels, via the head centre. you must learn to function also more powerfully from the centre between the eyebrows, the ajna centre. the heart centre and the solar plexus centre are the two centres which are the most developed in you; next comes the throat centre. how shall we bring about the change from the solar plexus centre to the ajna centre? through right meditation, my brother, and right breathing. i will ask you, therefore, for the next few months to follow the suggested routine below for a few minutes fifteen at least each day. this need not interfere with any meditation which you may choose to do, provided that you see to it that yo

owness of response to the things which are inwardly sensed. you have poise, courage and knowledge and the "way of the disciple, which the disciple has to tread, is known to you, but the cells of the physical body need more rapid sensitising and this through the bringing in of energy and not through diets or other physical plane means. for the next six months send the energy you may contact to the throat centre not to the physical throat, but to the centre which lies back of the physical organ up the spine and yet outside the physical body altogether. this fact should be remembered by all disciples. the seven energy centres are to be found about three inches behind their locations as usually denoted. if this is borne in mind, much physiological danger will be avoided. rapidity of spiritual

nd the two requirements for right meditation (where you are concerned) are the formulation of such seed thoughts and definite visualisation work. the reason for the meditation which i am giving you is to foster a close intuitive recognition of the reality which lies behind the group of disciples with which you are now associated through your relationship with me. another is the stimulation of the throat centre through which you must learn to work during the third stage of the meditation work assigned. watch the meditation work with care and communicate with a.a.b. should you feel the need of advice. your contribution to my work you know. you have to present a stable focal point; you must be a wise guide and friend and you must hold steadily the reins of government with self-effacement- 201

gy which makes things to be (which you can do) produces increasing detachment from physical plane realities; it can produce also the severing of lower contacts unless the energy is carried through on to the plane of earth happenings and works out in paralleling action. this faculty "to bring through" you began to demonstrate last spring. it should continue. carry your thought in meditation to the throat centre at the back of the neck and each day vitalise that centre so that the creative work is carried forward by you and you continue to cause things to be. the lesson of being is not your lesson at present; it must be the lesson of selfless acting upon the physical plane. go forward with the ordinary routine work as i have outlined it for these members of my ashram, and let your spiritual

on an inner inherent ability to touch soul levels and thus to be open to the inflow of soul force. this feeds the various centres with life and energy, and these in their turn galvanise the glandular system into activity. when, however, there is not adequate use of spiritual energy, it gets "banked up" in the centres (if i may use such an inadequate expression) and this produces bad results. your throat centre receives the bulk of this energy and the solar plexus, and hence your excessive physical plane activity and nervous energy, and hence also your tendency, via the throat centre, to much speech and vivacious talk. the heart centre and the centre between the eyebrows should receive more of this energy and this would lead to a balancing of the endocrine system and greater freedom in spon

lso the following exercise, to be performed at some time convenient to you, though not at the morning meditation. 1. take seven long deep breaths, though hold not the nostril. 2. at each breath, as you inhale, say the following words "power and strength is mine" during the interlude, gather in as much of the golden-orange prana as you can; then, as you exhale, send it by an act of the will to the throat centre at the back of the neck. 3. in the interlude, between exhalation and the next inhalation (whilst the throat centre is subjected to golden-orange prana) say "let the word sound forth through me" 4. then sound the o.m, very softly. be attached to souls, my brother, but detached from personalities. souls heal and aid each other's personalities. personality relationships drain and devita

off the sixth ray on to the second; thus, in this egoic shift, there is a transference of energy. you are passing through an interim period. one or two of my other disciples are also occupied with the same task but they have nearly completed that task. the effect upon some of them is largely physical and also upon the heart centre. with you, the effect has been felt in the mental body and in the throat centre. the physical condition which troubles you has not originated in connection with this shift. one interesting fact emerges and i would like to call your attention to it. your affiliation with this group of disciples and, therefore, with myself has been due to the urge of your soul for contact with a powerful second ray vibration, so as to enable you to make the needed change with grea

en the antahkarana is being built and is the first kind of contact to which the neophyte responds in the later stages of the probationary path. a direct line of influential approach is made between the master and the awakening disciple as follows: a. the manasic permanent atom of the disciple. b. the knowledge petals of the egoic lotus. c. the lower concrete mind "held steady in the light" d. the throat centre. e. the brain of the disciple upon the physical plane. this is all of it necessarily relative but the moment that the disciple has established this line of approach to the spiritual triad (even in a small measure) he makes his first response to the aura of the master. the distinction between the aura of the master and the aura of the ashram is that the master's aura is dynamic and th

als immediately around the "jewel in the lotus; from thence to the sacrifice petal in the three love petals and in the three knowledge petals. you, therefore, have five transmitting points of will-energy. b. the love petals similarly transmit love-energy to the heart centre, via the love petals, again five in all. c. the knowledge petals transmit energy, the energy of intelligent activity, to the throat centre, again in the same manner, via the five knowledge petals. this process going on in the egoic vehicle and registered by the disciple upon the physical plane, produces eventually what could be called a "potent centre of invocation" this invoking centre evokes response from the spiritual triad so that eventually you have: i. the spiritual triad, the custodian of monadic energy- 586- dis

atmic permanent atom. the sacrifice petals. the antahkarana. the physical permanent atom within the egoic lotus. the head centre. ii. the spiritual triad. the buddhic permanent atom. the love petals. the antahkarana. the astral permanent atom within the egoic lotus. the heart centre. iii. the spiritual triad. the manasic permanent atom. the knowledge petals. the antahkarana. the mental unit. the throat centre. these details, brother of mine, are of technical interest, are purely academic and constitute simply word symbols of an inevitable evolutionary process. they describe the divine inspiration to which all human beings are subjected as an integral part of the life of god himself and one which is consciously registered when a man reaches the stages of discipleship and initiation. they d

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d 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 embodying three great stages in the unfoldment of god's plan and as constituting the three major centres in the body of the "one in whom we li

s are apt to forget that the first initiation can be described, in reality as: a. the grounding or externalisation of the christ principle in humanity as a whole and upon the physical plane. b. the flowering of the intelligence so that the initiate can work powerfully upon the mental plane and humanity itself be lifted up and aided throughout every part thereby. c. the coming into activity of the throat centre and (because the third ray is closely connected with the first ray) the first faint orientation of spiritual man towards shamballa can take place, becoming more and more intensified and pronounced at the time of the third initiation. i would like here to point out the numerical correspondences: 1. the third great world centre humanity. 2. the activity of the third ray active intellec

fied and pronounced at the time of the third initiation. i would like here to point out the numerical correspondences: 1. the third great world centre humanity. 2. the activity of the third ray active intellect. 3. the third initiation which marks the consummation of the 1st, just as the 4th initiation marks the consummation of the second, and the fifth of the third. 4. the third major centre the throat centre. 5. the third race the aryan, as it expresses the first strictly human race, the lemurian. 6. the third plane the physical, the reflection of the third highest plane, the atmic. 7. the third periodical vehicle the personality. 8. the third divine aspect intelligence. 9. the third grade of divine messenger hercules. 10. the sustaining life, the third or outer sun the physical sun. the

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

then glamour and illusion developed very rapidly. the first indications of glamour arose when the disciples and the aspirants of the lemurian world (whose problem was the right comprehension, correct functioning and control of the physical body) began to differentiate between themselves, as self-conscious beings, and physical and vital forces. that immediately set up a tremendous activity in the throat centre which is the higher aspect of the sacral centre (the sex centre) and thus led to the initial glamour and to the first definite recognition and consideration of the sex impulse, of sex attraction, and for the initiate of that period of the necessary sex transmutation. this went hand in hand with the earliest yoga, or the cult of the physical body with the objective of its control by t

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

munication is therefore of two kinds, with the solar plexus always involved: a. it will be from solar plexus to solar plexus between two people who are ordinary, emotional, governed by desire, and primarily centred in the astral and animal bodies. b. it will be between such a "solar plexus" person, if i may so call him, and a higher type whose solar plexus centre is functioning actively but whose throat centre is also alive. this type of person registers in two places provided that the thought sensed and sent out by the solar plexus person has in it something of mental substance or energy. pure feeling and entirely emotional emanations between people necessitate only solar plexus contact. later, when group work in telepathy is undertaken, the centres of transmission wherein high and consec

most difficult in this transition period to define, or differentiate, the peculiar areas involved, because the solar plexus is still exceedingly active. what we have today is a mixture of instinctual telepathy and the beginning of mental telepathy. this manifests, however, very seldom, and then only in the educated classes. with the masses, instinctual telepathy is still the mode of contact. the throat centre is primarily involved where mental telepathy is concerned; there is also sometimes a little heart activity and always a measure of solar plexus reaction. hence our problem. frequently the communicator will send a message via the throat centre, and the recipient will still use the solar plexus. this is the most frequent method, and i would ask you to remember this. the sending out of

e is also sometimes a little heart activity and always a measure of solar plexus reaction. hence our problem. frequently the communicator will send a message via the throat centre, and the recipient will still use the solar plexus. this is the most frequent method, and i would ask you to remember this. the sending out of a message may involve, and frequently does in connection with disciples, the throat centre, but the recipient will probably use the solar plexus centre. the throat centre is the centre, par excellence, or the medium, of all creative work. the heart and the throat, however, must eventually be used in synthesis. i stated the reason for this earlier in the words "only from the heart centre can stream, in reality, those lines of energy which link and bind together. it was for

t is one of the fruits of true meditation. the area involved is the head and throat, and the three centres which will be rendered active in the process are the head centre, which is receptive to impression from higher sources, and the ajna centre which is the recipient of the idealistic intuitional impressions; this ajna centre can then "broadcast" that which is received and recognised, using the throat centre as the creative formulator of thought, and the factor which embodies the sensed or intuited idea. it will be apparent to you, therefore, how necessary it is to have a better recognition of the activity of the centres, as they are detailed in the hindu philosophy; and until there is some real understanding of the part the vital body plays as the broadcaster and as the recipient of fee

rselves steady in the light" mentally. the difference is that this time you do it for the purpose of the planned work, and attempt to hold the mind steady in the light of the group, or in each other's light, and not so specifically in the light of your own soul. 3. by the conscious organised use of the energy of the etheric ajna centre, and sometimes of the head centre, when receiving, and of the throat centre, when transmitting. this swings etheric force into activity when engaged in telepathic work, but entails its conscious subordination to the power of the other two energies. practically, you will observe that this involves on the part of the disciple the power to do three things at once. you need to ponder more deeply upon the fact and necessity of active outgoing energy when you are

succeeding process of evocation) in another triad that of the- 29- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust lower mind, the soul and the vital body. when the relation between the lower and the higher mind is correctly and stably established, you have the swinging into activity of the lowest triad connected with the science of impression the head centre, the ajna centre and the throat centre. in the above i have given you an interesting and brief elucidation of the technique to be applied to the energising of the centres in the human body. i would remind you that what is true of the individual disciple must be and is true of that great disciple humanity, the entire human family. it is also true, as an outgrowth of this idea, of all the three planetary centres: shamballa

n is the bedrock or the foundation for the practice of telepathy. if a major world test were to be made, those receptive to impression would be found to fall into two groups: 1. those possessing unconscious receptivity to telepathic impression. they at present constitute a majority wherein the impression is received via the solar plexus, and the thoughtforms thus generated are dispatched from the throat centre of the one who is the impressing agent. 2. those who are developing or have developed a conscious receptivity wherein the impression is, first of all, received by the mind and then imparted to and registered by the brain. the one who is the impressing agent in this case works via the centre between the eyebrows, the ajna centre- 50- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lu

rder to reach such neophytes and thus to impress them with the knowledge and the subtle information needed for their progress. no master works in this manner, and the masters have therefore to use certain of their disciples in this service. such disciples direct the desired impression to the solar plexus area of the magnetic aura. this magnetic aura has another point of entry in the region of the throat centre, utilising it as the recipient of higher impressions. this centre or area of energy is largely used and vitally activated by those who are the creative workers of the world; they have necessarily made a direct contact with the soul and are therefore wide open to those intuitive ideas which are the source of their creative work. according to the success they have in such creative prod

cording to the success they have in such creative production, and according to the beauty of their work, will be the impression they thereby convey to other men. curiously enough, the new and peculiar forms of art which delight some people and which outrage the sense of beauty in others are largely solar plexus creations and are therefore not of a truly high order. in a few of them a very few the throat centre is involved- 66- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust the magnetic aura around the head is that which is truly sensitive to the highest impressions and is the point of entry to the head centre. upon this i need not enlarge; all that i have taught you is related to the awakening of this highest centre, prior to the aspirant's becoming a member of the kingdom of

nt of the extra-planetary purpose, the expression of the divine planetary will as focussed in shamballa. this is the energy of synthesis, the source of all planetary life; it connotes essential being. 2. the heart centre, the agent of the plan of evolution. this is the expression of divine love or pure reason, the hierarchy. it is essentially the energy of attraction, the kingdom of souls. 3. the throat centre, the agent of all the three aspects in relation to the three subhuman kingdoms in nature, the expression also of the divine intelligence, humanity. this is the energy of active mind and makes humanity the macrocosm of the microcosm, the three subhuman kingdoms. humanity is to these kingdoms what the hierarchy is to the fourth kingdom in nature, the human kingdom. these are the elemen

o "progress along the upward way and create the line which links the lesser with the higher, permitting thus an interplay" men are rapidly moving out of the human centre into the hierarchical centre; the mass of men are responding to spiritual impression. statement six. at the same time, the heart centre of the planetary logos, the hierarchy, whilst it is being responsive to the invocation of the throat centre, humanity, is becoming increasingly evocative and is itself attaining a much higher contact and alignment with the head centre of the planetary logos; it is, therefore, capable of receiving a constantly developing dynamic impression from shamballa. statement seven. thus a great alignment is being achieved through the relationship and the interplay going on between these three major p

have depicted a pattern of the present planetary work or the present logoic thesis. an involutionary alignment (the guarantee of future successful alignments) constitutes most ancient history; an evolutionary alignment in which all three centres are involved is constantly producing an interplay of energies as well as a constantly successful impression of one centre upon another. humanity, as the throat centre of the planetary logos and the prime planetary creative agency (which modern science demonstrates, invokes the heart centre, the hierarchy, and then receives the needed impression which will result in the developing civilisations and cultures as well as the eventual appearance on earth of the fifth or spiritual kingdom.the hierarchy or the planetary heart centre invokes shamballa, th

s. it is known to esotericists that each of the seven centres comes under the influence or is the recipient of some ray energy, and there is a general acceptance of the fact that the head centre is the agent of the first ray of will or power, the heart centre is the custodian of second ray energy of love-wisdom, whilst the third ray of active creative intelligence passes through and energises the throat centre. these rays of aspect do find expression through the three centres above the diaphragm, and on the larger scale through shamballa, the hierarchy and humanity. it is, however, equally true that shamballa is primarily second ray as it is expressed, because that is the ray of the present solar system of which shamballa is a part; and that the first ray, or its dynamic life aspect, is fo

y true that shamballa is primarily second ray as it is expressed, because that is the ray of the present solar system of which shamballa is a part; and that the first ray, or its dynamic life aspect, is focused in the heart, for the heart is the centre of life. the great centre which we call humanity is predominantly governed by the third ray of active intelligence. this ray energy arrives at the throat centre via the head and the heart centres. i am pointing this out for two reasons which must form part of your thinking as you study this science: 1. all the centres come under the influence of all the rays, and this must surely be obvious in relation to average and undeveloped human beings. were this not so, such human beings would he unable to respond to first ray, second ray and third ra

d and the evolutionary process has brought about the changes and adjustments needed for the full expression of the will of sanat kumara, then the situation will be different and men will know (as the members of the hierarchy know) which centres express the seven ray energies. it must be remembered also that the rays of attribute shift and change constantly; for instance, humanity as the planetary throat centre is under the constant influence of the seventh ray, as is the solar plexus centre of the planet. to that sub-diaphragmatic centre i give no name. though the human throat centre is primarily expressing the third ray, there is an interesting situation to be noted in this connection: two ray energies- 77- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust control this centre a

under the constant influence of the seventh ray, as is the solar plexus centre of the planet. to that sub-diaphragmatic centre i give no name. though the human throat centre is primarily expressing the third ray, there is an interesting situation to be noted in this connection: two ray energies- 77- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust control this centre at this time. the throat centre of the average integrated personality is governed by the third ray and is strongly energised by third ray energies (again seven in number, whilst the throat centre of the spiritual aspirant, of disciples and initiates below the third initiation is responding primarily to seventh ray influence, and this is peculiarly the case now as the seventh ray is in incarnation. the rays which ar

n. the rays which are manifesting at any particular time affect powerfully all the other centres as well as the one through which they are normally expressing. this is a point oft forgotten. it is needless for me to point out that as man progresses upon the path of return he consistently comes under the impression of the centre of which he is an integral part: that is, first of all, the planetary throat centre, the human family; then, as a soul, he comes under the impression of the hierarchy, the planetary heart centre, and at that point he begins to express the combined energies of the intelligence and of love; finally, on the path of initiation, he comes under the impression of shamballa, the planetary head centre, and becomes a participant in the divine purpose and an agent of the divin

ere is no need for him to be in conscious touch. it is, however, possible, should he so desire it, but it would profit him not, any more than it would profit you to be in conscious touch with some atom in some organ of your physical body. he works, however, through his three major centres: shamballa, the planetary head centre; the hierarchy, the planetary heart centre; and humanity, the planetary throat centre. the play of the energies elsewhere (controlled from these three centres) is automatic. the objective of the circulating energies as it appears to us when we seek to penetrate divine purpose is to vivify all parts of his body, with the view of promoting the unfoldment of consciousness therein. this is basically true from the angle of shamballa "where the will of god is known; it is p

however, serve somewhat to clarify the subject; it is a statement which has seldom found expression elsewhere. let me phrase it as simply as possible: the centres below the diaphragm, i.e, the solar plexus centre, the sacral centre and the centre at the base of the spine, are controlled by the four ethers of the planetary physical plane; the centres above the diaphragm, i.e, the heart centre, the throat centre, the ajna centre and the head centre, are controlled by the four cosmic ethers, to which we give the names of the energies of the buddhic plane, the energies of the atmic plane, the energies of the monadic plane and the energies of the logoic plane. this statement involves a somewhat new concept; it creates a basic relation, making possible the fact that "as above so below" think thi

ierarchy, utilises the heart centre. this centre is the agent of divine love (expressing basically the will-to-good) working through the soul of the individual aspirant or disciple; this becomes possible when contact with the soul has been attained in some measure and the aspirant is on the way to become a soul-infused personality. 3. energy from the third planetary centre, humanity, utilises the throat centre, working through the integrated personality, and therefore only when a relatively high degree of evolutionary unfoldment has been attained. the throat centre only becomes creatively and spiritually active when the lower nature has been to some degree subordinated to idealistic aspiration: this aspiration need not be one that is usually regarded as spiritual and religious by the ortho

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an who lives below the diaphragm. this is the ordinary average man. these signs thus condition four of the centres: a.the base of the spine. b. the sacral centre. c. the solar plexus centre. d. the spleen. 2. the inner group of solar systems, working in conjunction with the zodiacal signs, affect primarily those who live above the diaphragm. they, therefore, condition: a. the heart centre. b. the throat centre. c. the ajna centre. d. the head centre. 3. three of the energies work through the head centre but only after the third initiation. there are one or two other points which might be noted here also. i note them for your enlightenment. out of all the many energies which impinge upon, pass through and produce effects upon our planet, esoteric astrology emphasises the following four type

t necessarily inadequate, generalisation: 1. average and undeveloped man, living below the diaphragm and with the emphasis of the incoming energies and forces focussed either in the solar plexus or in the sacral centre. 2. a large number of people who are in an interim stage, with the energies and forces focussed mainly in the lower centre but at the same time playing quite frequently through the throat centre and evoking a faint response from the heart and the ajna centres. 3. people upon one or other of the final stages of the path, with the emphasis passing rapidly away from the lower centres into the higher triad and with the highest head centre in process of awakening. these people also fall into two major groups: a. those who are using the solar plexus centre as a vast clearing house

es underlies all astrological deduction as well as the centres in the human body. this you know, but the four triplicities of orthodox astrology are only the rudiments of this true science, which lies behind the orthodox interpretations. 1. base of the spine. i. 2. sacral centre- 46- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. solar plexus centre. 1. throat centre. ii. 2. heart centre. 3. ajna centre. 1. ajna centre. iii. 2. head centre. 3. centre in the medulla oblongata. unfortunately the organising principle is not as simple as the above tabulation would make it appear, for the emphasis, the focus and the mode of arranging and of vitalisation, and the appearance of these esoteric triangles vary with the ray type. this science of triangles o

ng alive in the higher sense, his lower nature passes into the smoke and darkness of pluto, who governs the lesser burning ground, in order that the man may live in truth in the higher land of light" 3. the sun (standing here for vulcan, which is a sacred planet) governs a centre in the front of the throat which is related to the para-thyroids and not to the thyroid gland, which is related to the throat centre. this centre in the front of the throat falls into disuse as the creative period of throat activity begins. it acts as a "mediator" between the higher and the lower creative organs (between the sacral and the throat centres) and leads eventually to that creative activity which is consciously that of the functioning soul. vulcan was one of the first creative workers among men. he was

man and, therefore, cannot he ignored. they are: the great bear the pleiades sirius transmit energy via leo capricorn pisces these transmit energy via saturn mercury uranus r eaching the following centres planetary head centre p lanetary ajna centre planetary heart from thence to disciple's head centre disciple's ajna centre disciple's heart centre and eventually control the base of the spine the throat centre the solar plexus i will also take up with you some of the points and indications which are hinted at in tabulation ix, relating to the twelve signs of the zodiac, to be found on page 423. certain major streams of conditioning energies will be seen related to each other and to our earth and these fall into two groups: 1. the ray energies which we are told emanate from the great bear i

is regarded as "a necessary evocation between that which is high and that which is low, and between that which is sounded forth from the centre in the throat and that which replies to a deeply sounded note" in this connection there is an interesting triangle of energy formed by- 253- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the egoic lotus. 2. the throat centre. 3. the sacral centre. this triangle when functioning produces a subsidiary triangle of force which is formed by: 1. the throat centre. 2. the sacral centre. 3. the physical body symbolised by the organs of reproduction. let me pause a moment here to point out that in this study of the triangles it is not possible for us to do more than study certain of the major groups of triangles

s does the lord of mercury repeat himself. the son descends again into the place of earth and iron. again he knows his mother. and thus the little one upon the littlest sphere becomes the greatest god. from the directing centre of his life on earth he toils and works and carries out the plan (the ajna centre is the directing centre. a.a.b) he too awakens to the need and from the chosen place (the throat centre. a.a.b) he utters forth the sound which in time becomes the word. and then the three are twain and these are one" again and repeatedly, students must remind themselves that we are considering the impact of energy upon energy units (all qualified and producing appearance) and with the response of those energy units to the streams of force which reach them from "the furthest centre" it

through the development of the disciple can and should be permitted to take place, provided there is no conscious intent and that there is also a close and careful scrutiny and control of the personality life- 266- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 7. the awakening of the ajna centre with the consequent and subsequent conscious control of the throat centre must inevitably take place provided the disciple fulfils two conditions. he can then become consciously, safely and correctly creative. these two conditions are: a. a conscious orientation towards the soul and towards the hierarchy. b. a deep love for humanity, present and based on mental perception and intuitive understanding and not on emotional reaction. 8. where the above conditi

little about these centres save to refer to the major three centres which we call shamballa, hierarchy and humanity. we recognise them as: i. shamballa. power. purpose. planetary head centre. directing will ii. hierarchy. love. wisdom. planetary heart centre. directed love iii. humanity. intelligence .p lanetary ajna centre .d irected mind four other centres remain to be considered: the planetary throat centre, solar plexus, sacral centre and the centre at the base of the spine. in the planetary logoic life as is the case also with individual man, the microcosm of the macrocosm certain centres are more awakened than others and vibrate in unison with systemic impulse more fully than others. in the case of the planetary logos of our little sphere, the head centre, the ajna centre, the heart

al centre and the centre at the base of the spine. in the planetary logoic life as is the case also with individual man, the microcosm of the macrocosm certain centres are more awakened than others and vibrate in unison with systemic impulse more fully than others. in the case of the planetary logos of our little sphere, the head centre, the ajna centre, the heart and solar plexus centres and the throat centre are the five focal- 267- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust points of energy which are the most alive and vibrant. the sacral centre is slowly dropping below the threshold of the logoic consciousness whilst the centre at the base of the spine is practically entirely quiescent, except in connection with its pranic effects upon the f

ied; they will assume a true consistency and the contradictions will disappear. the planetary centre which corresponds to the one at the base of the spine in the human being will not be awakened until the seventh root-race and that only when right relationship is established between the planetary sacral centre (which is related to the third kingdom in nature, the animal kingdom) and the planetary throat centre, functioning properly and in unison. in the first volume of this treatise, certain hints were given anent the planetary centres and the rays of energy pouring through them. to these i would like here to refer because they are related to the science of the triangles. you should note that the three lower kingdoms in nature constitute in themselves a triangle of force and are essentiall

ification. achievement of fusion. six centres functioning. the focal point of the egoic consciousness of divinity. the fifth kingdom. the kingdom of god. iii. ajna centre. humanity. 5th ray. 5th root-race. intuition; the goal. the energy of initiation. development of inclusiveness. five centres rapidly awakening. the focal point of personality. the human kingdom, the fourth kingdom in nature. iv. throat centre. animal. 3rd ray. 3rd root-race. intellect; the goal. the energy of illumination. creating in the light. four centres functioning. focal point of the instinctual consciousness. the third kingdom in nature. v. solar plexus. vegetable. 6th ray. 4th root-race. instinct; the goal. the energy of aspiration. unfoldment of sensitivity. three centres functioning. focal point of psychic respo

leading necessarily to a different rising sign and therefore to a complete new set of planetary influences. thus the centres in the vital body come under varying pressures and stimulation. in one life, the stimulation applied may tend to vivify the solar plexus or to drive its energies upward into its higher point of transference, the heart centre. in another, it may be seen to be focussed in the throat centre, and by indirect activity affecting the sacral centre and under the major law of attraction producing a raising of the force to the higher creative focus. as you well know theoretically, the science of occultism is the science of energies and of the forces upon which they make their impact; this, when concerning man, the individual, and the centres within the human vehicle (major and

t proverb is right. these sciences are mutually interpreting. during the life cycle of humanity through which we are now passing, in the relation between the centres and the rays and, therefore, between the centres and the planets, it will be found that the centres are governed by the following rays: average man exoteric planets 1. head centre. first ray. pluto 2. ajna centre. fifth ray. venus 3. throat centre. third ray .e arth 4. heart centre. second ray. sun 5. solar plexus centre .s ixth ray .m ars 6. sacral centre .s eventh ray. uranus 7. base of spine. first ray. pluto disciples. initiates esoteric planets 1. head centre. first ray. vulcan 2. ajna centre. fifth ray. venus 3. throat centre. third ray .s aturn 4. heart centre. second ray. jupiter 5. solar plexus centre .s ixth ray .n e

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

ing subsequently to those attacks of biliousness to which so many are prone. i offer these above illustrations to demonstrate the effect of the prevalent wrong attitudes to life and people which today distinguish mankind and produce the above mentioned conditions. the ills which are based on criticism, upon hatred, and upon the capacity to judge each other (usually unkindly) work through from the throat centre to the solar plexus. this inter-relation existing between the centres is one that has never been properly considered. the centres in the etheric body pass varying kinds of energies amongst themselves, and a great deal of the energy transmitted from one centre to another is undesirable, flowing from the centres below the diaphragm to those above. the physical body (etheric and dense)

the etheric body. these are essentially the seven major focal points of force, and each of them is expressive of one of the seven ray energies. let me first of all make clear which centres express these seven ray types: centre r ay quality origin 1. head centre 1st the divine will. monadic 2. ajna centre 7th o rganisation. a tmic direction. 3. heart centre 2nd love-wisdom. buddhic group love. 4. throat centre 5th creativity. mental 5. solar plexus 6th emotion. desire. astral 6. sacral centre 3rd reproduction. etheric. 7. base of spine 4 th h armony. p hysical union through conflict. note: in the fourth kingdom, the human, it is the energy of the fourth ray which, cooperating with the first ray, eventually brings synthesis. there is a close relation between the highest centre- 31- a treati

es alone can prove the truth of my suggestions. let us here tabulate our conclusions- 37- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust disease..race..b. ody..kingdom..organ syphilitic..lemurian..physical..mineral..sex organs. sacral centre. cancer..a. tlantean..a. stral..v. egetable..solar plexus tuberculosis..aryan..m. ental..a. nimal..breathing apparatus. throat centre. in referring above to the centres i am referring to the centre for the distribution of the life force, wherein the emphasis for the mass will be found. from the above it will be apparent where the emphasis of the possible cure will have to lie. already, and because it is the latest, and therefore the least deep-seated of the three major diseases inherited by modern man, we have lear

on, served to stimulate the lowest centres. hence, forbidden methods were practised. those who thus practised them are today, in great numbers, in incarnation, and the ancient habits are too strong for them. they are now far enough advanced upon the evolutionary path so that the cure lies ready at this time if they choose to employ it. they can, with relative ease, transfer the sex impulse to the throat centre, and thus become creative in the higher sense, employing the energy sensed and circulating in right and constructive ways. many of them are beginning automatically to do this. however, it is well known that, among the so-called artistic types, homosexuality is very prevalent. i say "so-called" for the truly creative artist is not the victim of these ancient evil predisposing habits

and the various other groupings of five with which you meet in the esoteric philosophy. incidentally it might be of value and of interest to point out that the five-pointed star is not only the sign and symbol of initiation and finally perfected man, but it is also the basic symbol of the etheric body and of the five centres which control perfected man the two head centres, the heart centre, the throat centre and the centre at the base of the spine. when these centres are fully awakened and functioning in right rhythm with each other, the various quintuplets to which i have referred above form an integral part of the consciousness of the perfected man. though this particular piece of information is not definitely related to the science of healing, yet the entire subject is related to ener

difficulties are caused by one or more of three things or conditions: 1. a developed soul contact, thus producing the vitalisation of all the centres in ordered rhythm, according to the soul ray. this necessarily produces stress and strain in the physical vehicle. 2. personality life and focus, which attempts to negate this soul control, and which is largely expressed through the activity of the throat centre (predisposing an activity of the thyroid gland) and of the centres below the diaphragm. 3. a cycle in the life of the aspirant wherein personality control begins to weaken and in which the emphasis and consequent activity shifts into the centres above the diaphragm again causing trouble and readjustment. b. certain objectives present themselves to the aspirant at various stages, and

e found in the same region where the seven major glands are located, and each centre of force provides, according to the esoteric teaching, the power and the life of the corresponding gland which is, in fact, its externalisation- 86- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust centres glands head centre..pineal gland centre between eyebrows..pituitary body throat centre..thyroid gland heart centre..thymus gland solar plexus centre..pancreas sacral centre..the gonads centre at base of spine..adrenal glands these three systems are very closely related to each other and constitute an interlocking directorate of energies and forces which are essentially vital, galvanic, dynamic and creative. they are basically interdependent, and upon them the entire in

the time the third initiation is taken. i would remind you that this initiation is regarded by the hierarchy as the first major initiation, a fact which i have already communicated. it is the organ for the distribution of the energy of the third aspect the energy of active intelligence. e. it is related to the personality by the creative thread of life, and is therefore closely connected with the throat centre (the centre of creative activity, just as the head centre is related to the centre at the base of the spine. an active interplay, once established between the ajna centre and the throat centre, produces a creative life and a manifested expression of the divine idea on the part of the initiate. in the same way, the active interplay between the head centre and the centre at the base of

centre..will. atma. the eye of the father, the monad. shamballa. the first aspect of will or power and purpose. related to the pineal gland. the right eye..the ajna centre..love. buddhi. the eye of the son, the soul. hierarchy. the second aspect of love-wisdom. related to the pituitary body- 90- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust the left eye..the throat centre..a. ctive intelligence. the eye of the mother, the personality. h umanity. the third aspect of intelligence. related to the carotid gland. when these three eyes are functioning and all of them "seeing" simultaneously, you will then have insight into divine purpose (the initiate, intuitive vision of the plan (the disciple, and a spiritual direction of the resulting creative activity (

carotid gland. when these three eyes are functioning and all of them "seeing" simultaneously, you will then have insight into divine purpose (the initiate, intuitive vision of the plan (the disciple, and a spiritual direction of the resulting creative activity (the master. e. the ajna centre registers or focusses the intention to create. it is not the organ of creation in the same sense that the throat centre is, but it embodies the idea lying behind active creativity, the subsequent act of creation producing eventually the ideal form for the idea. f. its dense physical externalisation is the pituitary body: the two lobes of this gland correspond to the two multiple petals of the ajna centre. it expresses imagination and desire in their two highest forms, and these are the dynamic factors

uality. when that student is a disciple or an initiate, he will be able also to study the life aspect. our study will, however, be somewhat different, for we shall attempt to discover the diseases and difficulties incident to the energy stimulation or the lack of stimulation of the centres, and so arrive at some of the effects which this energy inflow and conflict with forces will produce. 3. the throat centre. this centre is to be found at the back of the neck, reaching up into the medulla oblongata, thus involving the carotid gland, and down towards the shoulder blades. it is an exceedingly powerful and well developed centre where average humanity is concerned. it is interesting to note in this connection that a. the throat centre is ruled by saturn just as the two head centres are ruled

ly where the disciple is concerned; the rulership changes after the third initiation or before the first. these three planets constitute a most interesting triangle of forces and in the following triplicities and their inevitable inter-relations you have again only in the case of disciples a most amazing picture story or symbol of the ninefold of initiation: 1. the head centre the ajna centre the throat centre 2. the third eye the right eye the left eye 3. the pineal gland the pituitary body the carotid gland thus presenting the mechanism through which the spiritual triad, the soul and the personality work. the key to a right understanding of process lies in the relation of the three planets: uranus, mercury and saturn, as they pour their energies through these nine "points of spiritual co

plete physical control. it is the organ for the distribution of creative energy, of the energy of the third aspect by souls at the above point of evolution. there are three centres in the human being which are related to and the major expression of the third ray or aspect at certain differing stages of development upon the path: 1. the sacral centre for the undeveloped and the average man. 2. the throat centre for the aspirant and probationary disciple. 3. the ajna centre for disciples and initiates. here again you have a great triplicity of energies, containing great potencies today, owing to the fact that the expression of the third aspect of active intelligence has reached such heights through human development and consciousness. c. it is related to the personality by the creative threa

re. then direct consciousness is established between the monad and the personality, and a great duality comes into being. life, consciousness and form are then all focussed creatively and actively in the head, and their activity is directed from the head via the two head centres. the ajna centre only comes into creative activity when the antahkarana has been built. in the earlier stages it is the throat centre which is the creative agent, and in the earliest period of all the sacral centre is active. you have, however, one interesting thing to remember. the building of the antahkarana only becomes genuinely possible when the creative life of the aspirant shifts from the sacral centre into the throat and is becoming factual and expressive. of this connecting "bridge" the neck itself is the

planetary centres are shamballa, hierarchy and humanity- 93- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust when perfection has been achieved, the shamballa energy of will, power and purpose will pour freely through the head centre, the love-wisdom energies of the hierarchy will flow through the heart centre, and the energy of humanity will focus through the throat centre, with the ajna centre acting as the agent of all three. then will take place a new activity on the part of mankind. it is the task of relating the three superhuman kingdoms to the three subhuman kingdoms, and thus establishing the new heavens and the new earth. then humanity will have reached the summit of its evolutionary goal on this earth. e. the throat centre is the organ specifi

ing holy ghost. it will eventually be determined that there is a close physiological relation existing between the thyroid gland and the pineal gland, and between the parathyroids and the two lobes of the pituitary body, thus bringing into one related system the entire area of the throat and of the head. g. just as the head symbolises the essentially dualistic nature of the manifested god, so the throat centre symbolises the triple nature of the divine expression. the dualistic nature appears fused and blended in the head in the relation between the two centres and their two dense physical reflections. the three great energies which are brought into play during the divine creative activity are unified in activity by the full expression of the energy flowing through the throat centre, throu

the head in the relation between the two centres and their two dense physical reflections. the three great energies which are brought into play during the divine creative activity are unified in activity by the full expression of the energy flowing through the throat centre, through the apparatus of speech and the two lungs. you have in this relation: life or breath, the word or the soul, and the throat centre of substance in activity. h. this lotus of the throat is inverted in the early stages of evolution, and its petals reach out towards the shoulders and include the two lungs or parts of them. during the life cycle of the soul, it slowly reverses itself, and its petals then reach out towards the two ears and include the medulla oblongata and the carotid gland. this gland is more closel

spiritual triad will each find a point of contact within the etheric mechanism of the initiate who is functioning upon the physical plane. the initiate is now a fusion of soul and personality through which the full life of the monad can be poured. 1. the head centre becomes the point of contact for the spiritual will, atma. 2. the heart centre becomes the agent for spiritual love, buddhi. 3. the throat centre becomes the expression of the universal mind, manas. in the work of the initiate, as he works out the divine purpose according to the plan, the ajna centre becomes the directing agent or the distributor of the blended energies of the divine man. the heart centre corresponds to "solar fire" within the solar system, and is magnetic in quality and radiatory in activity. it is the organ

centre; the most active generally speaking in humanity as a whole, is still the sacral centre; the most quiescent centre in the body (from the angle of the spiritual man) is the basic centre. 5. the solar plexus centre. this is located well below the shoulder blades in the spine and is exceedingly active. in atlantean days, it was brought to a high stage of development, just as in aryan days, the throat centre is being rapidly awakened. this centre is peculiarly related to two other centres: the heart and the ajna centre, and they form at this time an interesting triangle of energies in the human body and one which is receiving much attention from the hierarchy. there is a downflow of energy from the ajna centre to the heart from the soul, just in so far as the aspirant is in touch with hi

e process of integration) is a centre for collection, for a gathering-in of all the lower energies, and is finally a focal point for the direction and distribution of these collected energies remitting them to their receptive higher centres: 1. the energies of the solar plexus centre itself have to be directed to the heart centre. 2. the energies of the sacral centre have to be transmitted to the throat centre. 3. the energies of the centre at the base of the spine have to be transferred to the head centre. after the third initiation, these basic energies are raised, controlled or distributed by an act of the will of the spiritual triad. then "the light generated in lemuria (the sacral light) and "the light generated in atlantis (solar plexus light) will die out, and those two centres will

es, and the whole problem of dualism must be resolved. this solution and interpretation of the symbol must come from the realm of the mind, thereby controlling the physical reaction and occupying itself with purposes and not with desire. ponder on this. when it is thus understood, then we shall be reaching the point where a great transference can take place into the higher centre of creation, the throat centre. c. the sacral centre is therefore closely related to matter, and there is a flow of energy between- 107- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust three points in the lower part of the human body: 1. the spleen, the organ of prana or of physical vitality coming from the sun. 2. the sacral centre, the predisposing agent towards physical gene

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eads created by man are anchored in the solar plexus, the head and the heart. when the astral body and the mind- 26- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust nature are beginning to function as a unit, and the soul also is consciously connected (do not forget that it is always unconsciously linked, an extension of this fivefold thread the basic two and the human three is carried to the throat centre; when that occurs man can become a conscious creator on the physical plane. from these major lines of energy lesser lines can radiate at will. it is upon this knowledge that all future intelligent psychic unfoldment must be based. in the above paragraph and its implications you have a brief and inadequate statement as to the science of the antahkarana. i have endeavoured to express t

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s presence felt, linking heart and head and solar plexus. there is an intermediate stage in which the heart and the ajna centre become aligned and related. this stage is omitted from the enumeration given above owing to the fact that it is of a sevenfold nature and the method of transition and of transference is dependent upon the ray quality. one new item of information comes naturally here. the throat centre is not included in these relationships between centres above the diaphragm as it is to them what the sacral centre is to the solar plexus a point of pure creative activity, set in motion by the interplay of the other centres but particularly is the throat centre energised and actuated eventually by the sacral centre itself. it is an effect or result of relation more than anything els

above the diaphragm as it is to them what the sacral centre is to the solar plexus a point of pure creative activity, set in motion by the interplay of the other centres but particularly is the throat centre energised and actuated eventually by the sacral centre itself. it is an effect or result of relation more than anything else. three other items of interest might here be mentioned. first, the throat centre is brought into real activity by the direct action of the soul, via the head centre, in conjunction with the raising of the energy of the sacral centre simultaneously. this is analogous to the fact that the solar plexus is brought into real constructive usefulness by the direct action of the soul, via the heart centre. that- 84- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 l

onjunction with the raising of the energy of the sacral centre simultaneously. this is analogous to the fact that the solar plexus is brought into real constructive usefulness by the direct action of the soul, via the heart centre. that- 84- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust is why people who work creatively usually have first ray personalities at the time that the throat centre becomes dynamically active for the first time. secondly, the solar plexus centre is awakened by the inflow of energy of a dual nature the energies of the heart and the head, working synchronously. this is a correspondence to the dual energy which constitutes the essential nature of the soul atma-buddhi, or spiritual will and spiritual love. the third soul energy, manas or mental ener

ctive for the first time. secondly, the solar plexus centre is awakened by the inflow of energy of a dual nature the energies of the heart and the head, working synchronously. this is a correspondence to the dual energy which constitutes the essential nature of the soul atma-buddhi, or spiritual will and spiritual love. the third soul energy, manas or mental energy is related more directly to the throat centre. thirdly, it might be stated that the awakening of the centre at the base of the spine is the result of an act of the will directed from the head and resulting in the elevation of all the energies to the head, just as the solar plexus was awakened and energy was carried to the heart also by an act of the will. the energy of the solar plexus, that great clearing house for personality

point of light" 3. the monad is to the planetary logos what the third eye is to man. involves the mental plane. relates to the third initiation. concerns the head centre, the light of purpose. 4. purpose itself is only an energy, released within the confines of the council chamber. there it must take shape. involves the buddhic or intuitional plane. relates to the fourth initiation. concerns the throat centre. light upon the path. there follows next the fifth revelation, which is as follows: 5. when the light of the seven rays is blended with that of the seventh ray, then light supernal can be known. involves the atmic plane. relates to the fifth and sixth initiations. concerns the alta major centre. extra-planetary light. you will see therefore, brother of mine, how very abstruse these a

great, of the part to the whole, and of the five points of spiritual contact upon the physical plane (outlets for the energy generated in the planetary centres) with the sum total of the means of expression. these centres are brought into expression as far as the points of revelation are concerned at their respective initiations: 1. the ajna centre. 2. the heart centre. 3. the head centre. 4. the throat centre. 5. the alta major centre. i say not that these five exits for planetary energy are the planetary centres, for they are not; i say that they are the points through which the energy of a planetary centre is directed in the service of humanity at this particular time. the centres of the planetary logos are necessarily directed in their inflow and outflow from shamballa; they are expres

, tonic and orchestral sounding forth, carries information and illumination even to the planetary logos when it is uttered during any cosmic initiation that the planetary logos may be taking and which he is now doing. this hint is working out today in the consciousness of humanity as a whole; the reason for this is that the perfected personality of sanat kumara focussed at present in his creative throat centre, humanity is reverberating to the orchestral effect of the formula which embodies this hint from the cosmic angle. to this i need not further refer, for you could not understand. nor do i to any great extent, brother of mine, being but an initiate of the fifth degree. the reason lying behind all this is that the planetary logos in this particular world cycle is undergoing an initiati

ation and exhalation dedicate the energy thus withdrawn by the soul, believing in its consequent and subsequent transmutation (i would remind you that transmutation is the changing of one vibration and one vibratory activity into another and higher one) 5. during exhalation in which the breath is carried on the om sounded inaudibly breathe the solar plexus energy, now focussed in the head, to the throat centre. this should produce increased creative output for humanity. 6. in the following interlude, after exhalation, go over in your mind (pictorially) as a sort of recapitulation, what you have done. om. om. om. repeat this exercise three times and do this transference exercise three times a day. do not look for results. a year's steady work with a detached attitude as to these results wil

ythm- 356- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. then take one long breath and gather up by the power of imagination the energy of the solar plexus. then carry it along the spine and upward to the head, not to the heart as is usually the case. 4. focus the dedicated aspiration and emotional energy in "the secret place" and then sound the om. breathe it down into the throat centre. this can be regarded as an act of breathing in and breathing out and constitutes an activity carried forward on one breath with an interlude of conscious focussing. you will notice that, in combination with the group meditation, you will be working actively upon the solar plexus, the head, the heart and the throat. it will require careful watching of process, results in the centres

also undertook to prepare certain disciples who had never been in the ashram of either the master k.h. or the master m. so that they could transfer out of my ashram into theirs; among these you will find yourself. in your case you have here the chief reason for your present circumstances. another reason has been that you also brought about a great transfer of energy from the sacral centre to the throat centre, and here you have one of the causes of your present physical condition, but only one of them, my brother. a transfer and centralisation of the lower fires into a higher centre is oft the cause of trouble in the physical body; you can be thankful that it has worked out this way with you, for a centralisation in one of the subtler bodies is far more difficult to handle- 391- disciples

piration of the personality on mental levels. hold the consciousness steady at that point. 5. visualise then a golden band of light, extending from the soul via the mind to the physical brain. attempt simultaneously to see a thin thread of light ascending upwards from the soul towards the hierarchy, passing through the members of the group. 6. then breathe out the om again and see it going to the throat centre at the back of the neck. 7. focus your consciousness there and at the same time hold it in the head. this activity corresponds to the dual life of the disciple to which i referred above. 8. sound the om six times as the soul, sending the energy a. to the mind, and there focus. b. to the brain or the highest head centre. c. to the throat centre and there focus. d. from that centre, im

ul, sending the energy a. to the mind, and there focus. b. to the brain or the highest head centre. c. to the throat centre and there focus. d. from that centre, imaginatively breathe out the om throughout the personality. e. then breathe it out over the group of your brothers. f. from thence to humanity. if you will do this simply as an exercise in the direction and right flow of energy, via the throat centre, you will find much instructive value emerging and increased usefulness and effectiveness in every aspect of your life, in the world and on spiritual levels as a disciple. you have learnt much, my brother, and i do not regret adding you to my group of accepted disciples. note: this was the final instruction given to the disciple whose personal instructions are included in vol. i. the

sciousness to the ajna centre. 2. sound the om, visualising the integration of the personality with the soul. in doing this, link the pituitary centre with the head centre, above the pineal gland. 3. then pause and after a mental grasp of what is to be done proceed as follows- 421- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust a. take a long breath and draw the energy from the throat centre in so doing. b. repeat the breathing and draw the energy from the heart centre, holding these two withdrawn energies imaginatively in the ajna centre. c. repeat the process in connection with the solar plexus. d. repeat also in connection with the sacral centre. e. recognising then that four types of energy have been centred in the ajna centre, take another long breath and draw the e

y. the work must be done by you yourself, and basically involves the transmutation of the sacral centre (not the solar plexus, as you might naturally think) to the throat. in the sacral centre lie the ancient racial fears and deep-seated personal desires. ponder not upon the sacral centre, for that would bring these ancient inheritances to the surface, but let your work be related to the creative throat centre. then perform the following exercise: 1. sound the om within the throat centre, as the soul focussed in the ajna centre. 2. see (with the creative imagination) the throat centre as a radiant, vibrant, brilliant reservoir and know it to be so- 524- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. then send forth from that centre a broad and vital stream of energy

en see the sacral centre (in the spine) as a radiant reservoir of energy, but as energy deflected from physical creative activity to the destruction of ancient racial fears in the world. then project that energy out into the world of men, to aid in the destruction of fear. 5. next, reaffirming your consciousness positively in the ajna centre, withdraw your attention from the sacral centre and the throat centre and sound the om as the directing disciple seven times, slowly and inaudibly. use this exercise as often as needed, but just now and for six months use it every day. you will be surprised what it will do for you. the meditation i last gave you will serve you for the rest of your life, so i give you no meditation now. to you, as to others in the group, i say: go forward with confidenc

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nces, which manifest when the soul becomes consciously active and controls its mechanism through the mind and the brain. when astral clairvoyance and clairaudience are not below the threshold of consciousness, but are actively used and functioning, it means that the solar plexus centre is open and active. when the corresponding mental faculties are present in consciousness, then it means that the throat centre and the centre between the eyebrows are becoming "awake" and active. but the higher psychic powers, such as spiritual perception with its infallible knowledge, the intuition with its unerring judgment, and psychometry of the higher kind with its power to reveal the past and the future, are the prerogatives of the divine soul. these higher powers come into play when the head and heart

tre between the eyebrows are becoming "awake" and active. but the higher psychic powers, such as spiritual perception with its infallible knowledge, the intuition with its unerring judgment, and psychometry of the higher kind with its power to reveal the past and the future, are the prerogatives of the divine soul. these higher powers come into play when the head and heart centres, as well as the throat centre, are brought into activity as the result of meditation and- 6- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust service. let the student, however, remember two things: that the greater can always include the lesser, but the purely animal psychic does not include the higher. that between the lowest type of negative mediumship and the highest type of inspired teacher and

a manner that, in your own lives, a working idealism may be seen; only so can a working idealism of a national, racial and human nature also be seen. the head as well as the heart must be used, and this many earnest people are apt to forget. can you possibly work at high tension in this endeavour a tension produced by the interrelation of the head and the heart, working out creatively through the throat centre, esoterically understood? in- 48- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust this last sentence i have expressed for disciples the nature of the effort they need to make. it is in the recognition of what is happening to mankind as a whole and behind the scenes, that the thinkers of the world and the new group of world servers can best serve; it is the unfoldment

re different. and it is the same for groups, organisations and nations. nations, for instance, have seven centres, as have all forms of existence from the human and animal upwards, and it is an interesting study to discover these centres and note the type of energy which flows through them. in connection with the united states of america, chicago is the solar plexus centre, whilst new york is the throat centre and washington the head centre. the heart centre is los angeles. the heart centre of germany is munich, and its head centre is nuremberg, whilst berlin is the throat centre. london is, of course, the heart centre for great britain (and temporarily it is also the head centre, though this will not always be the case, whilst ottawa is the throat centre and sydney is the solar plexus cen

ve force is focussed through the two great spiritual lords of the hierarchy, the buddha and the christ, who are both embodiments of the heart centre of the planetary logos, for the buddha represents the twelve-petalled lotus in the head, of which the christ represents the counterpart, the twelve-petalled lotus of the heart centre. this is a fact seldom grasped or even mentioned. the petals of the throat centre are represented at this time by certain of the leading world rulers, whose activity is responsible for the rapid creation of the new world with its rapidly altering civilisations and culture. these thoughts will provide much that you would do well to consider. the fourth type of force, which is responsible for the state of world affairs at this time, is that of the jews; they, as a w

ions. d etermining. the plan. expression: sanat kumara. p olitics. esotericism. n ew. destroys- 58- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust ii. hierarchical energy..planetary heart centre..second ray..love-wisdom divine love-wisdom. c onditioning the soul. i nspiring. expressions: buddha and christ. religious. spiritual. permanent. builds. iii. humanity's energy..planetary throat centre..third ray..intellect divine intelligence. conditioning the mind. creative. expression: many people today. e ducational. iv. the jewish force..planetary solar plexus..seventh ray aspect..magic temporary c onditioning world emotion o f third ray. m oney producing separation. sensitivity. v. t he materialistic forces..planetary sacral centre f ifth ray aspect..mind the matter aspect. c

temporary though apparently permanent focal point of reactionary energy. in connection with the petals of the lotus, you will find a close connection with the forces of the five kingdoms in nature; therefore, to the tabulation which was earlier given i would add the following for your consideration: 1. 5th kingdom..i.ntuition..s.piritual soul..head centre 2. 4th kingdom..intelligence..human soul..throat centre 3. 3rd kingdom..i.nstinct..a.nimal soul..solar plexus 4. 2nd kingdom..sentiency..f.eeling consciousness..heart centre 5. 1st kingdom..response..sub-consciousness..base of spine to this you may add the following- 60- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. shamballa..head lotus..kingdom of god. 1st ray..will quality of will 2. hierarchy..h. eart centre..king

oly city..purpose..plan..spiritual pineal gland- 70- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust life aspect ruler: sanat kumara, the lord of the world the ancient of days melchizedek 2. the hierarchy..love-wisdom..planetary heart centre the new jerusalem..u. nity..at-one-ment group consciousness ruler: the christ the world saviour 3. humanity..a. ctive intelligence..planetary throat centre the city, standing foursquare..creativity self-consciousness ruler: lucifer son of the morning the prodigal son this shamballa energy now for the first time is making its impact upon humanity directly and is not stepped down, as has hitherto been the case, through transmission via the hierarchy of masters. this change of direction constituted a somewhat dangerous experiment as it nec

e focal point..the heart centre planetary centre..s. hamballa may men of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation intermediary..humanity itself. self-consciousness agent..t. he lord of civilisation expression..i.ntelligent love, dedicated to the plan creativity the will-to-good planes of emphasis..the atmic or plane of spiritual will the mental plane the physical plane focal point..the throat centre planetary centre..h. umanity thus all the great centres are linked and all the planes are interrelated; the past has contributed its finished work; the present is evoking its just and right development; the future of wonder and of divine possibility appears its results contingent upon a spirit of right understanding and invocation. three statements in the new testament begin now to d

ally attained, but in the future, it will be consciously sought, achieved and recognised by man upon the physical plane as a result of the present period of "giving-for" the whole, of the best which the individual can give. i would point out that just as the energies released by use of the first three phrases of the invocation relate to the head, shamballa; to the heart, the hierarchy; and to the throat centre, humanity; so the right use of this fourth phrase will bring into conscious, functioning activity the centre between the eyebrows, the ajna centre in individual man and in humanity as whole. this centre begins to become active and to function dynamically, governing and directing the individual energies, once any real measure of personality integration has been achieved. it is, as you

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rma. these two interlaced triangles are the cause of the six-pointed star, so familiar among the many occult symbols. from the law of analogy, another exceedingly important triangle is found in the human body and (esoterically considered) is related to the subject under consideration: 1. the ajna centre, embodying the directing energy of that body of activity which we call the personality. 2. the throat centre, which is peculiarly active today in all human beings; this testifies to the success of the creative work of the buddhas of activity. this, in its turn, has a small symbolic triangle of its own, to which i would call attention: the thyroid gland and the para-thyroids. 3. the centre at the base of the spine. this is galvanised into activity at a certain stage of the evolutionary proce

tionship sex magic initiation 2. baptism solar plexus centre 6th ray astral plane dedication glamour devotion initiation 3. transfiguration ajna centre 5th ray mental plane integration direction science initiation 4. renunciation heart centre 4th ray buddhic plane crucifixion sacrifice harmony initiation 5. revelation base of spine 1st ray atmic plane emergence will purpose initiation 6. decision throat centre 3rd ray monadic plane fixation intelligent cooperation creativity initiation 7. resurrection head centre 2nd ray logoic plane the eternal pilgrim love-wisdom attraction initiation 8. transition hierarchy four minor rays planetary choice consciousness sensitivity initiation 9. refusal shamballa three major rays systemic seven paths being existence it will not be possible for you to co

d purpose, and controls the quality of your life and directs the energy which you express. his vehicle of manifestation is the planet with its seven centres, of which only three are yet recognised by the occult student: shamballa, his head centre, the hierarchy, his heart centre- 237- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust and humanity, his throat centre. the other four centres are concerned with evolutions which are reached, controlled and related from one or other of these three major centres. the solar plexus is dominated by the hierarchy, the heart centre of sanat kumara, and has a close relation to the deva evolution, hinted at by me in a treatise on cosmic fire. the vastness of this subject will be understood by my use of the w

en ashrams express each the quality of their ray, one of the seven ray types. if you will have these points in mind, the whole hierarchical theme will be recognised and correctly interpreted by you. there was a time when (in the early history of the planet) there was no hierarchy; there were only two major centres in the expression of the life of the lord of the world: shamballa and his embryonic throat centre, humanity. shamballa was the head centre. there was no humanity, such as we now know it, but only something so primitive that it is well-nigh impossible for you to grasp its significance or factual expression. but the life of god was there, plus an inherent "urge" and a dynamic "pull" these two factors rendered the mass of men (if one may call them so) inchoately invocative, thus dra

h to the hierarchy. in the meantime the hierarchy is orienting itself to a much closer rapport with humanity, and to an interior reorganisation which will make it possible to admit disciples in large numbers into the great ashram. this will lead to the implementation of the lesser ashrams and also to a preparation for the transmission of more of the will energy, through the great ashram, into the throat centre of sanat kumara, humanity. the seven major ashrams are each responsive to one of seven types of ray energy and are focal points in the hierarchy of the seven rays. the central, senior and major ashram is (at this time) the repository of second ray energy, as this ray governs this second solar system. it is the ashram of love-wisdom the ashram in which the buddha and the christ receiv

y which make man a conscious human being. the triple threads created by man are anchored in the solar plexus, the head and the heart. when the astral body and the mind nature are beginning to function as a unit, and the soul also is consciously connected (do not forget that it is always unconsciously linked, an extension of this five-fold thread the basic two and the human three is carried to the throat centre, and when that occurs man can become a conscious creator on the physical plane. from these major lines of energy lesser lines can radiate at will. it is upon this knowledge that all future intelligent psychic unfoldment must be based. in the above paragraph and its implications you have a brief and inadequate statement as to the science of the antahkarana. i have endeavoured to expre

in love. i have enumerated these three responses to the totality of the divine aspects because they are related to the antahkarana and must become defined and conditioned upon the mental plane. they are there to be found expressing themselves in substance: 1. the lower concrete mind. the receptive common sense. the highest aspect of the form nature. the reflection of atma, the spiritual will. the throat centre. knowledge. 2. the individualised mind. the soul or spiritual ego. the middle principle. buddhi-manas. the reflection in mental substance of the monad. spiritual love-wisdom- 304- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the heart centre. love. 3. the higher abstract mind. the transmitter of buddhi. the reflection of the divine n

i will give you, based on the life of the christ. the life history and the experiences of the great initiates are rarely given, but much has been communicated to us anent the life of the christ, both in the gospels and in connection with his earlier incarnations. as you know, he took one of the greatest of the initiations (the sixth initiation, that of decision. this initiation is related to the throat centre and also to its higher correspondence, the throat centre of the planetary logos; this is the centre which we call humanity. thus "the word came forth" he had a dual mission to fulfill in order to prove his fitness (if one may use such a word in connection with an initiate of his exalted standing. he had, first of all, to give a great impetus to human evolution by proclaiming two thin

hers. direction also enters in; certain planetary centres become the recipients (in a new and vital manner) of the redirected ray potencies. among these, at this time, the human family (or the third vital centre) becomes a prime objective. the three major centres in the body of the planetary logos are: the head centre shamballa 1st ray of will the heart centre hierarchy 2nd ray of love-wisdom the throat centre humanity 3rd ray of active intelligence the impact of the new incoming energies upon humanity will result from a planned redirection. this will bring in an era of greatly enhanced creative activity; it will be an activity such as has never been seen before, and which will express itself in every department of human living. in this connection i would remind you of the relation existin

the new incoming energies upon humanity will result from a planned redirection. this will bring in an era of greatly enhanced creative activity; it will be an activity such as has never been seen before, and which will express itself in every department of human living. in this connection i would remind you of the relation existing between the sacral centre (the physical creative centre) and the throat centre, and of the teaching anent the raising of the energies from this lower centre to the throat centre. this can be seen happening in the human being as he progresses along the path of evolution, and is equally present in the life and experience of the planetary logos. this progressive "creative raising" necessarily produces a cycle of tremendous difficulty in the life of the aspirant to

f the centres conditions the personality, working through the endocrine system; the energies which the centres channel and the forces which they generate can be controlled and directed by the soul, by the spiritual man. you have likewise been told that the energy of the sacral centre (the centre most implicated and active at the time of the first initiation) has to be transmuted and raised to the throat centre, thereby transforming the physical creative act into the creative process of producing the good, the beautiful and the true. this is the a b c of your fundamental knowledge: the transmutation of sex. in that transmutative process men have greatly erred and have approached the subject from two angles: 1. they have sought to stamp out natural desire and have endeavoured to emphasise an

ncarnations ahead. true transmutation is in reality the achieving of a correct sense of proportion in relation to any phase of human life, and for the race of men today has particular reference to the sacral centre and the energies which bring it into activity. when a proper recognition of the place the sex life should play in the daily life is paralleled by the concentration of thought anent the throat centre, that centre becomes automatically magnetic and attracts the forces of the sacral centre upward through the spine into "the place of creative building; the normal sex life is then regulated and not atrophied, and is relegated to its rightful place as one of the usual faculties or appetites with which man is endowed; it is brought under control through the lack of directed interest an

ied gland, the pineal gland, into action. all this is again only the a b c of occultism. what is oft omitted from normal consideration is the fact that the increasing activity of these two "points of light within the head" is basically related to what is occurring in the sacral and throat centres, as the transmutative process proceeds and the energies of the sacral centre are gathered up into the throat centre without, however, withdrawing all the energy from the lower centre; thus its normal activity is properly preserved. the two centres in the head then become correspondingly active; the negative and the positive elements affect each other, and the light in the head shines forth; a line of light, permitting free interplay, is established between the ajna centre and the head centre, and

ciple. thus the work of magical reformation starts, and it is here that the influence of the seventh ray (which governs the first initiation) enters in; one of the functions of this ray is to bring together soul and body, the higher and the lower, life and form, spirit and matter. this is the creative task confronting the disciple who is engaged in lifting the energies of the sacral centre to the throat centre and of establishing a right relation between the personality and the soul. just as the antahkarana has to be constructed and established as a bridge of light between the spiritual triad and the soul-infused personality, so a similar bridge or correspondence is established between the soul and the personality, and, in connection with the mechanism of the disciple, between the two head

ge of light between the spiritual triad and the soul-infused personality, so a similar bridge or correspondence is established between the soul and the personality, and, in connection with the mechanism of the disciple, between the two head centres and the two glands within the head. when that line of light has related the higher spiritual aspects and the lower, and when the sacral centre and the throat centre are in true related alignment, the initiate-disciple becomes a creative worker under the divine plan and a "magical exponent" of the divine building work; he is then a constructive force, wielding energy consciously on the physical plane. he creates forms as- 441- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust expressions of reality. t

n himself. what has happened, technically speaking? the energies of the solar plexus centre are being transferred from the major clearing house below the diaphragm to the heart centre one of the three major centres into which all the lower energies must transfer. at the first initiation he was granted a vision of a higher creativity and the energy of the sacral centre began its slow ascent to the throat centre. at the second initiation, he is granted a vision of a higher focus, and his place in the larger whole begins slowly to reveal itself. a new creativity and a new focus become his immediate goals, and for him life can never again be the same. the old physical attitudes and desires may still at times assume control; selfishness may continue to play a potent part in his life expression

reception of the higher will which using the spinal channel as the pathway or the symbol of the antahkarana will pour into it from the highest head centre. the sacral centre which has received and distributed the energy which has fed the physical appetites to a far greater extent than is at present realised, is also under control a control which is related to normal and proper direction from the throat centre and to the preservation of life on the physical plane, if the initiate chooses to incarnate for service ends. the solar plexus centre, which has received and distributed the energy of the astral plane, the energy of desire and of emotion, is likewise cleansed and purified; its energy is transmuted to such an extent that it can pass under the complete control of the heart centre, whic

t reservoir of potency and is directed by these two groups which embody the will and the quality of the will of deity, called by us the will-to-good. they are the directing agents and are a correspondence to the ajna centre of mankind, only here it is the ajna centre of the planetary logos, in the same sense as shamballa is his head centre, the hierarchy his heart centre and humanity his creative throat centre. motion, planned activity and the seven great creative ray energies are directed into action by them under the influence of the seven ray lords; the ray lords are embodied livingness qualified by the seven aspects of love, but who are themselves of so high an order that they cannot function as directing creative agents but work through their trained and developed representatives. jus

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n be understood as messages relating to historical churches of the period, messages gnostic theurgy page 75 characteristics of the seven churches and chakras church. location. meaning of name church of ephesus. base centre. desirable. church of smyrna. sacral centre. sweet-smelling. church of pergamus. solar plexus. elevation& height. church of thyatira. heart centre. sacrifice. church of sardis. throat centre. that which remains. church of philadelphia. ajna centre. agape (love. church of laodicea. sahasrara centre. judgement. church colour consciousness ephesus. red. action, sensation. smyrna. orange. social consciousness. pergamus. yellow. intellect. thyatira. green. security and devotion. sardis. blue. idealism. philadelphia. indigo. intuition. laodicea. violet. imagination. figs 20/21

esire to return to the treasury of light can this force be correctly awakened and experienced. the characteristic of the city is its ability to grow and spread. this is symbolic of the great power of this centre, and its ability to transfigure the whole organism at its awakening. the commendation of the church is for its keeping of the word. the word here is the logos, the power manifested in the throat centre, but originating in the ajna. only by communion with the logos can the ajna be awakened. the counsel and warning is that there will be a temptation to make others worship at your feet. no semblance of fallen self can be allowed to remain when awakening this force, any dialectic field will cause destruction. the promise offered to those who overcome this centre is that they be made a

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