You have a first ray physical body. Source for information on Alice Bailey: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained dictionary. [115] The connection does exist in the sense that there is a subset of persons interested in both esoteric writings and UFOs and who link them as shown by the fact that some books that cite Alice Bailey or Theosophy also cite UFOs. Author Ryan H. Walsh suggests that book had an influence on the Velvet's second album, White Light/White Heat. These developments have been referred to by other sources as "spin-offs" and splinter groups. "[95], According to the Encyclopedia of Women And Religion in North America, several leaders of New Age philosophy have further developed Bailey's teachings, including the well-known personalities JZ Knight (who channels the entity known by the name Ramtha), Helen Schucman (author of A Course in Miracles through the process of telepathic dictation she called "scribing"), and Elizabeth Clare Prophet (who published what she referred to as "dictations from Ascended Masters"). The mantra begins with "From the point of Light within the Mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds of men" with the rest of the passage expressing the ideas of love, the return of The Christ (Maitreya) and of men acting in accordance with the plan of God. The 3rd ray influence is seen in money, which is the concretized expression of the spiritual energy of intelligence. The forces of the 7th ray work out on the seventh or physical plane the plane whereon major changes in all forms are made. "[73][a], Bailey taught a form of universal spirituality that transcended denominational identification, believing that, "Every class of human beings is a group of brothers. Therefore, healing consists of releasing the soul, that is the establishing of a right relation between the soul and the personality where the personality is defined as the instrument of soul expression. The personality ray and the egoic ray at first seem to clash, and then later a steady warfare is set up with the disciple as the onlookerand dramatic participator. Lets consider just a couple of examples to understand the complexity of the process. [94], Author Catherine Wessinger wrote that Bailey was a liberated woman "sixty years before it became popular" and that Bailey's books expressed a similar "millennial view" to the works of Annie Besant. The teachings on initiation are also given an essentially practical presentation as "facts of life", to be understood and applied. For instance, Christopher Partridge wrote of this association as "easily transferred". called the "preparatory" phase of the teaching. The intelligence expressed through the 3rd ray is the authority the Buddha pointed his disciples to in his final sermon: "Be a lamp unto yourselves. Their major task is to harmonise the new ideas with the old, so that there can be no dangerous gap or break. These servers can select and train those who can "carry" the idea deeper into humanity. In addition, the ray of the personality in a previous life leaves definite habits of thought and activity. The Bailey teachings degrade and anthropomorphise the ancient philosophical concept of an impersonal Logos and turn the Logos into a "He," a "Him," an entity repeatedly referred to as "God" who feels "the need to contact humanity and to have relationship with men" and who has to send "divine intermediaries" and "mediators" as "Representatives of Alice Ann Bailey (16. keskuuta 1880 - 15. joulukuuta 1949, alun perin Alice LaTrobe Bateman) oli englantilainen teosofi, . Alice Bailey provides us with a map. They are seen as the basic creative forces of the universe and emanations of Divinity that underlie the evolution of all things. The 1st ray is the most powerful force in the world today. Through scientific investigation, research and discovery, they are preparing the new world. THE SEVEN RAY METHODS OF SERVICE also provide insights into understand ray differences of method and expression: Ray I servers, if trained disciples, work through what might be called the imposition of the Will of God upon human minds. Higher Expression: All forms of white magic. [31][32], The esoteric astrologers who follow the teachings of Bailey typically base their work on her five-volume Treatise on the Seven Rays, particularly volume three which focuses on astrology. ESOTERIC: ANALYZING THE ALICE BAILEY's TEACHINGS Esoteric psychology. It is the quality in you which gives you an ordered sense of colour, proportion and of harmony in your planned environment. It also evokes in you at times a violent reaction to that which seems incorrect, inharmonious and out of tune or line. He stated Bailey accepted Leadbeater's "fantasy" of the return of Christ and disparaged Bailey's Great Invocation, a prayer supposed to "induce Christ and his Masters to leave their hidden ashrams [and] enter into major cities" to lead the Aquarian Age. The Science of the Antahkarana deals with the threefold thread which connects: a. It has built into the life rhythm certain unalterable tendencies. Its activities include the Arcane School, World Goodwill, Triangles, a quarterly magazine called The Beacon, and a publishing company primarily intended to publish Bailey's many books. Background and framework to the Master Djwhal Khul's work with Alice A. Bailey, with some of his purposes, points of emphasis and directives. [45] Rosemary Keller described the Great Invocation as a call for "the Christ to return to Earth" and wrote that Bailey-related groups purchased radio and television time to broadcast the invocation as part of their mission, and that often the invocation was recited in what Keller called "light groups", to accomplish what Bailey's disciples considered to be attracting and focusing "spiritual energies to benefit the planet". Perhaps this point, this challenge, is a good place to begin our group discussion. Alice Bailey then developed the teaching considerably in a number of her books, especially A Treatise on the Seven Rays. Each can in time learn to transmit the quality of his soul ray to the group, stimulating his brothers to greater courage, clearer vision, finer purity of motive, and deeper love, and yet avoid the danger of vitalising his personality characteristics. This contrasts with the Theosophy of Blavatsky, he says, which emphasizes reliance on "the Christos principle within each person". (Notice here relation to Ray II.). It is well known by some followers of the New Age movement, where it is widely used as part of meditation, particularly in groups. Thank you for your attention. It is the underlying principle of religion as well as all serious endeavour in art and science. Alice Bailey very enthusiastically recommends her followers to practice yoga and meditation, while the Trans-Himalayan Masters and their true disciples are much more cautious because they know that people usually do it in an incorrect way and that ends up hurting them. The scientist David Bohm also touched upon the 7th ray in his theory of the Implicate Order, a new form of insight which he defined as Undivided Wholeness in Flowing Movement. Man can therefore eventually see, expressing itself through all forms in all kingdoms, a universal septenate, and when this happens, he is entering into world of subjective unity, and can proceed on his way consciously towards the One. Bailey 1951 p.1. Alice Bailey is known as one of the prophetesses of the New Age Movement. Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 - December 15, 1949) was a writer on spiritual, occult, esoteric and religious themes who was among the first to popularize the terms New Age and Age of Aquarius. That ray determines its appearance, purpose, life trend and occupation, while the soul ray has direct action upon the astral body; hence the battlefield of life is ever on the plane of glamour, were told. [91], Several writers have mentioned the affinity of some of Bailey's concepts with modern expressions of paganism.[92][93]. It will awaken psychologists to a true understanding of man. You have, however, nearly completed the task and the worst part of the process is over. Alice Ann Bailey. [122], In 1975, Todd Rundgren released an album titled Initiation which has a song called "Initiation" on side one. From this description of the seven rays, we should be starting to realise that its not all about us the seven rays arent relevant only to human individuals but to whole societies and other kingdoms. Your astral body is upon the sixth ray so that it will be obvious to you that through that vehicle your personality will find the least resistance; there also lies the need for watchful supervision. The Fire of Spirit, or Electric Fire; The Fire of Mind, or Solar Fire." [119]), Professor Robert S. Ellwood of the University of Southern California investigated a wide range of religious and spiritual groups in the United States during the 1970s, including a nationwide group of UFO believers called Understanding, Inc., which had been founded by a contactee named Daniel Fry. Masters, Avatars and Disciples: An Index of Spiritual Teachers "[86] Twelves is a modern continuation of Triangles and many members of Lucis Trust and other respected orgs are members today. They focus on creating a group of workers to carry the Plan forward. Gradually and increasingly, the soul ray, the ray of persistent and magnetic grasp, as it is occultly called, begins to become more active. [6], Alice and Foster Bailey founded the Lucis Trust in 1922. "[51] The conflict is understandable since her works contain some criticisms of Theosophy, and at the time of the break she voiced her criticism of what she saw as dogmatic structures within the society, while questioning the pledges of loyalty to Theosophical leaders that were required. This ray has fostered the growth of the great world religions because the 6th ray endows the "capacity for abstraction". "[67] For Bailey, the evolution of humanity was intimately bound up with its relationship to this Spiritual Hierarchy. [original research? They participate in the bridging process, for they are the true intuitives. [118] Partridge also quoted Gordon Melton, who suggested that the first UFO religion was Guy Ballard's "I Am" Activity,[117] (which Bailey described as a "cheap comedy". 3. Alice Bailey. In contrast to this, Daren Kemp in Handbook to the New Age sees critical differences between neopaganism and New Age movements and indicates that it is a mistake to conflate them. many refer to her as the mother of the modern form of the new age movement. Essentially, it is the refiner, the producer of perfection within the form so that the objective world becomes a true house of Light. Ponder on this. And that includes the nations of the world. 7th ray The energy of Ceremonial Order. In 1923, with the help of Foster Bailey, Alice Bailey founded the Arcane School, which is part of Lucis Trust. In the theosophical teachings of Alice Bailey, there is a powerful being living inside the Sun serving the Solar Logos called the Avatar of Synthesis. She stated that this newer type is forming in every land but primarily in lands where Caucasian peoples are found and indicates a culture where thought or intellect is dominant. The second parts of these three phrases are taken directly from Alice A. Bailey's book A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. 3. 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The ray of the astral bodysixth Ray of Devotion. "God is love" is a great truth, for love is the basic law of this solar system. [6][7] This turned out to be the creation and publication of 19 books together with educational and meditation work that reached into "practically all the countries of the world". Leadbeater. Interestingly, when a ray cycle passes out, the lower manifestation of that ray lingers on longer than the higher expression. Unity in multiplicity is the Eternal Plan unity in consciousness, multiplicity in form. The inclusiveness of the 2nd ray is encapsulated in some words of Krishna: "Whatever path men travel is my path; No matter where they walk it leads to Me.". From the Preface by Foster Bailey. If you continue to use this site we assume that you will be happy. "During the annual convention of 1920 in Chicago, there was a power struggle between forces loyal to Besant and the Esoteric Section and others who believed that the latter had become too powerful. This is not an easy thing to do without an interlude of intense difficulty and of energy disruption, accompanied oft with loss of personality balance. Each ray embodies an idea which can be sensed as an ideal. Alice and Foster Bailey founded "Lucifer Publishing Company". [85] John Michael Greer's New Encyclopedia of the Occult states that the school "seeks to develop a New Group of World Servers to accomplish the work of the Hierarchy of Masters, under the guidance of its head, the Christ. [18] According to Theosophist Josephine Maria Davies Ransom, she became part of a progressive "Back to Blavatsky movement, led mainly by Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bailey". Jon Klimo, in Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources, writes, "As with Blavatsky/Theosophical material, and more recent contemporary channeled material from other sources, we find in the Bailey work the same occult cosmological hierarchy: physical, etheric, astral, mental, causal, and higher inhabited levels of existence. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. "[63], Some Theosophical critics have contended that there are major differences between Bailey's ideas and the Theosophy of Blavatsky, such as Bailey's embrace of some mystical Christian terms and concepts and her acceptance of Charles Webster Leadbeater. Perhaps the words of Julian of Norwich, the fourteenth-century mystic whose puzzlement over the existence of sin was appeased in the revelation that "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well". The task of new age workers is to bring these two apparent opposites together, to demonstrate that spirit and matter are not antagonistic to each other, and that throughout the world there is only spiritual substance, working on and producing the outer tangible forms. This I think you know and there is no need for me to elaborate this theme. 5th ray The energy of Concrete Knowledge or Science. "[120], George D. Chryssides of the University of Wolverhampton, cited Bailey's influence on the ideas of the Order of the Solar Temple and related UFO organisations. That "action" included support of the United Nations. Bailey inherited from Blavatsky and Leadbeater a predilection for profuse details and complex classificatory schemes. They were never identified by their actual names, only by initials. In the 1940s Alice A. Bailey, founder of the Arcane School (an organization that disseminated spiritual teachings), suggested that a new messiah, the Master Maitreya, would appear in the last quarter of the 20th century. 4. Alice Bailey: Twentieth-Century Sirian Channel | Kinsett (Alice A. Bailey) and asked her to do some writing for me and also to undertake the publishing of certain books which -- under the sequential giving out of truth -- were due to appear. According to Newman, "the Plan" named in the invocation refers to the plan authored by "the Hierarchy", that Newman states places "high priority on removing all Jewish presence and influence from human consciousness, a goal to be achieved by eliminating Judaism. The ray of the personalitysixth Ray of Devotion. Advanced souls, disciples, occasionally will choose a different ray for a particular body than the ones Ive just cited, but its always a good idea to begin with the premise that one is fairly ordinary, dont you think? 6th ray people are often the reactionaries, the conservatives, diehards and fanatics, who hold on to the past and hinder progress. Thus, the 6th ray is expressing now through the reactionary forces, clashing with the progressive forces of the incoming 7th ray which are seeking to govern and which would take world civilisation in drastically different directions. We use cookies to make sure you can have the best experience on our website. As you know, your soul ray is the second ray, for your basic nature is essentially love-wisdom. Born Alice A. This soul ray must be evoked into increased activity by the new group of world servers, the subjective worldwide network of all servers, working in all fields of activity, not just the overtly spiritual. "In the last analysis, all history is the record of energies & forces (rays) as they play upon humanity, expressing through successive civilisations and cultures, producing changes, and fashioning the many races & nations", Alice Bailey said. This is the coordinating capacity which unifies inner quality and outer tangible form or appearance. Healing becomes automatic where the practitioner no longer is directed by energies, currents, centers, that include the nadis as one area of focus, the abstract is related back to the practices where appropriate but healing is directed without effort. It is this powerful first ray combination of forces in your equipment which has produced the emotional instability of which you have ever been conscious. ("'Lucifer' and 'Lucis' come from the same word root, lucis being the Latin genitive case meaning of light. "Writers of the 1920s and 1930s presented themselves as advocates of a New Age of occult enlightenment, and Alice Bailey did much to popularize the dual terms 'New Age' and 'Aquarian'", Initiation, Human and Solar. Remember now, from Steiner, Lucifer was associated with Shamballa (Shambhala). This D.K. The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher during the thirty years 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom - a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form suitable to each era. She became editor of its magazine, The Messenger, and member of the committee responsible for Krotona. British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949), For the American writer of children's books and articles for periodicals, see, Groups founded by Bailey or her followers, A commentary on the Great Invocation on Lucis Trust's website says "Christ emphasised ever the Fatherhood of God and substituted it in place of the cruel, jealous tribal Jehovah.". Alice Bailey - Citizendium Gershom also wrote that "This stereotyped portrayal of Jews is followed by a hackneyed diatribe against the Biblical Hebrews, based upon the "angry Jehovah" theology of nineteenth-century Protestantism. The first in the series of three interpretations of the Ageless Wisdom teachings planned by the Hierarchy and entrusted to the Tibetan Master, was given to the world through H.P. They work by manipulating ideas to make them easier to grasp by those intelligent people whose intuition isnt yet developed. During the 1960s and 1970s, the neopagan author and ceremonial magic ritualist Caroll Poke Runyon published a magazine called The Seventh Ray, its name taken from the writings of Alice Bailey. [9] This took her to India where, in 1907, she met her future husband Walter Evans. [28][64], Nicholas Weeks, writing for the Theosophical magazine Fohat in 1997, felt Bailey's assertion that "her teachings are grounded in and do not oppose in any fundamental way Theosophy as lived and taught by HPB and her Gurus" was false. Jews do not, and never have, worshipped an angry vengeful god, and we Jews never, ever call God 'Jehovah'. The qualities which you should cultivate are persistence, expansion, and strength, applied with love. Though Bailey's writings differ in some respects to the Theosophy of Madame Blavatsky, they have much in common with it. In 1919, during the month of November, I made a contact with A.A.B. This ray produces beauty and works towards the harmonising of effects. Love in Action was the concept promoted by Bailey's and Foster Bailey's "World Goodwill" organization. The song Ancient of Days from the 1984 Sense of Wonder album appears to be a reference to a Bailey concept found in such books as The Externalization of the Hierarchy. these teachings reveal a path to soul consciousness and the . Your physical body is also on the first ray, so you can see how powerful a combination you have for service, if you can truly comprehend your problem and work with a sense of synthesis. Perhaps at this point it would make the psychology of the seven rays more meaningful if we consider them in terms of individuals. ", Alice Bailey sums up process of integration as follows: "As the three rays which govern the lower triplicity blend and synthesise and produce the vital personality, and as they in their turn dominate the ray of the dense physical body, the lower man enters into a prolonged condition of conflict. The outstanding quality of human experience over the past 2000 years has been the growing expression of idealism. The books ofAlice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period. [33], Bailey's teaching on healing primarily concerns the relationship of soul to personality, of the spiritual to the material nature. ), Roberto Assagioli, founder of Psychosynthesis, was a lecturer at School of Spiritual Research. Her esoteric astrology deals with the evolution of soul consciousness and the obstacles to that evolution. They investigate the form in order to find its hidden idea, its motivating power, by proving the idea either true or false. Ray V servers are coming rapidly into prominence. If the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed true under the test of the Law of . This summarises the essential harmony that in time prevails when conflict has exhausted itself. Something I learned from researching Alice Bailey: That all of the teachings Alice Bailey wrote in telepathic rapport with the Tibetan, Djwhal Khul or DK, are fully edited and crafted re-writes of collated material derived from 'stream of consciousness' writing in which Alice Bailey was attuned to a higher source. [6][11], Bailey discovered the Theosophical Society and the work of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Alice A. Bailey. Her teachings and writings are viewed as foundational and authoritative within the New Age Movement. [109], Roger J. Woolger said, in a paper presented to the "Beyond the Brain" Conference held at Cambridge University in 1999, "In Tansley as in Brennan you will find descriptions of a hierarchy of subtle bodies called the etheric, emotional, mental and spiritual that surround the physical body. The Lucis Trust Publishing Company and the Lucis Press Limited are the official publishers of Alice Bailey's books. The incoming 7th ray expresses the power to organise, integrate and synthesise the great pairs of opposites, producing new forms of spiritual manifestation, but also new forms of material evil. This they do through the powerful impact of ideas on human minds first, by initiating period of destruction and the breaking up of the old and hindering, later by the clear shining forth of the new idea and its grasping by the minds of intelligent humanity. To this the labour movement today bears testimony, AAB pointed out. The Pseudo-Occultism of Alice Baily, "The Great Invocation: Its Use and Significance", Brown University Press Releases, April 19, 2007, "Mahatmas versus Ascended Masters - Theosophical Society in America", "THERAPEUTIC TOUCH: Healing Science or Psychic Midwife? CHAPTER V - The Science of the Antahkarana - Online Books Lucis Trust Then there are the seven sisters of the Pleiades, the seven Rishis of the Great Bear, and the seven Spirits before the Throne of God. Midway between the two forces he stands, a conscious tiny point of awareness and light. The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom--a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period.

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