THE PATH OF INITIATION
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When The Ascended Masters and High Initiates of The Spiritual Hierarchy walk the surface of this planet in the early days of The New Age of Peace and Harmony, They will be establishing Temples and Schools all over the planet. One of the principle things that They will be teaching is The Path of Initiation, which was given by Sanat Kumara (The Lord of The World), during mid-Atlantean times, as the most effective means for evolutionary advancement of Humankind. The Probationary Path leads to The Path of Discipleship which ultimately, after many lives of hardship, service, and effort leads to The Portal of "The Birth" and The Path of Initiation. That, in turn, will eventually lead to The Fifth Initiation, Which is The Ascension and the escape from The Wheel of Rebirth.
This very esoteric information was provided by The Ascended Master of Wisdom, Djwhal Khul (also called The Tibetan), during the early 1920's, and some of The Masters and Chohans mentioned have moved on to other Positions in The Hierarchy since that time. The terminology used can be confusing and abstract to the "uninitiated", and so I've added many parenthetical comments to pave the way to a better understanding. I offer this synthesis of the teachings as a loving service to The Tibetan Master and direct this offering to all of you who would like to get a head start on those very teachings which will be emphasized when The Great Ones of The White Brotherhood have come to light our path and, in fact, to show us The Path that They have all tread upon this Earth. J.O. Cyr, M.D. Introductory Remarks: "The constitution of Man is basically 3-fold, as follows: I. The Monad, or pure Spirit, The Father in Heaven. This Aspect reflects the 3 Aspects of The Godhead: The Monad is only contacted at The Final Initiations, when Man is nearing the end of his journey and is perfected. The Monad reflects Itself again in II. The Higher Self, or Individuality This Aspect is potentially The Higher Self begins to make its power felt in advanced men, and increasingly on The Probationary Path until by The Third Initiation the control of the lower self by The Higher is perfected. The Higher Self reflects Itself in III. The Personality, or lower self This aspect is also 3-fold: The aim of evolution is to bring Man to the realization of The Higher Self Aspect and to bring the lower nature under its control." "The ideas that are elaborated here find their corroboration in certain facts that are stated in the occult literature, now extant. These facts are 3 in number and are as follows: a. In the creation of The Sun and The Seven Sacred Planets composing our Solar System, our Logos employed matter that was already impregnated with particular qualities. This matter held latent certain faculties that were forced to demonstrate in a peculiar way, under The Law of Cause and Effect, as does all else in The Universe. b. All manifestation is of septenary (7-fold) nature, and The Central Light Which we call Diety, The One Ray of Divinity, manifests first as a Triplicity and then as a Septenary. The One God shines forth as God The Father (Divine Will), God The Son (Love/Wisdom), and God The Holy Spirit (Active Intelligence), and These Three are again reflected through The Seven Planetary Logoi (for this Solar System). Students may call These Beings The One Ray, demonstrating through The Three Major Rays (First, Second, and Third) and The Four Minor (Fourth through Seventh), making a Divine Septenary. The Synthetic Ray Which blends Them all is The Great Love/Wisdom Ray (Cosmic Second Ray), for verily and indeed 'God is Love'. This Ray is The One Which will, at the end of the greater Cycle, absorb The Others in the achievement of synthetic perfection. c. The 7 Planes of Divine Manifestation (The Seven Densities), or The 7 Major Planes of our system, are but the 7 subplanes of the lowest Cosmic Plane. The Seven Rays, of Which we hear so much, and Which hold so much of interest and of mystery, are likewise but The Seven Sub-Rays of One Cosmic Ray (Divine Love/Wisdom, The Second). They form but one chord in The Cosmic Symphony. When that 7-fold Cosmic Chord, of which we form so humble a part, reverberates in synthetic perfection, then and only then will come comprehension of the words in the Book of Job, 'The morning stars sang together'." "The developement of the human being is but the passing from one state of consciousness to another. It is a succession of expansions, a growth of that faculty of awareness that constitutes the predominant characteristic of the indwelling Thinker. It is the progressing from consciousness polarized in the personality or lower self to that polarized in The Higher Self or Soul, thence to a polarization in The Monad or Spirit (The Higher Self of The Higher Self) until The Consciousness eventually is Divine. As the human being developes, the faculty of awareness extends first of all beyond the circumscribing walls that confine it within the lower kingdoms of Nature, to the 3 worlds of the evolving personality, to The Planet whereon he plays his part, to The System wherein that Planet revolves, until it finally escapes from The Solar System Itself and becomes Universal." Initiation Defined: "The word, Initiation, comes from 2 Latin words: in - into, and ire - to go; therefore, the making of a beginning, or the entrance into something. It posits, in its widest sense, an entrance into the spiritual life or into a fresh stage in that life. It is the first step, and the succeeding steps, upon The Path of Holiness. Literally, therefore, a Man Who has taken The First Initiation is One Who has taken the first step into The Spiritual Kingdom. Having groped his way through The Hall of Ignorance during many ages, and having gone to school in The Hall of Learning, He is now entering into The University or The Hall of Wisdom. When He has passed through That School, He will graduate with his degree as a Master of Compassion." "Knowledge is the product of The Hall of Learning. It might be termed the sumtotal of human discovery and experience, that which can be recognized by the 5 senses and be correlated, diagnosed, and defined by the use of the human intellect. It concerns all that deals with the building and developing of the form side of things. Therefore, it concerns the material side of evolution." "Wisdom is the product of The Hall of Wisdom. It has to do with the developement of The Life within the form, with the progress of The Spirit through those ever-changing vehicles and with the expansions of consciousness that succeed each other from life to life. It deals with The Life Side of evolution. Since it deals with the essence of things and not with the things themselves, it is the intuitive apprehension of truth apart from the reasoning faculty and the innate perception that can distinguish between the false and the true, between the real and the unreal." "It is also the growing capacity of The Thinker to enter increasingly into The Mind of The Logos, to realize the true inwardness of the great pageant of The Universe, to envision the objective, and to harmonize more and more with the higher measure. For our present purpose, it may be described as the realization of The Kingdom of God Within and the apprehension of The Kingdom of God Without in The Solar System. Perhaps it might be expressed as the gradual blending of the paths of the mystic and the occultist, the rearing of The Temple of Wisdom upon the foundation of knowledge." "Wisdom is the science of The Spirit, just as knowledge is the science of matter. Knowledge is separative and objective, whilst wisdom is synthetic and subjective. Knowledge divides; wisdom unites. Knowledge differentiates whilst wisdom blends." "In The Hall of Ignorance the form controls, and the material side of things has the predominance. Man is there polarized in the personality or lower self. In The Hall of Learning The Higher Self strives to dominate that form until gradually a point of equilibrium is reached where the man is controlled entirely by neither. Later The Higher Self controls more and more, until in The Hall of Wisdom It dominates in the 3 lower worlds (Physical, Emotional, and Mental), and in increasing degree the inherent Divinity assumes the mastery." "Initiation, or the process of undergoing an expansion of consciousness, is part of the normal process of evolutionary developement, viewed on a large scale and not from the standpoint of the individual. When viewed from the individual standpoint, it has come to be narrowed down to the moment wherein the evolving unit definitely apprehends that (by dint of his own effort, aided by the advice and suggestions of the watching Teachers of The Race) he has reached a point wherein a certain range of knowledge of a subjective nature, from the physical plane point of view, is his. These moments of intelligent apprehension follow the evolving Monad (Higher Self of The Higher Self) throughout his long pilgrimage." "Each Initiation marks the passing of the pupil in The Hall of Wisdom into a higher class, marks the clearer shining forth of the inner fire and the transition from one point of polarization to another, entails the realization of an increasing unity with all that lives, and the essential oneness of the self with all selves. It results in a horizon that continuously enlarges until it includes The Sphere of Creation. It is a growing capacity to see and hear on all The Planes. It is an increased consciousness of God's Plans for the world and an increased ability to enter into Those Plans and to further Them." "Initiation leads to the mount whence vision can be had, a vision of The Eternal Now wherein past, present, and future exist as one; a vision of The Golden Sphere that holds in unison all the many evolutions of our System: Deva, human, animal, plant, mineral, and elemental; a vision of The Logoic Thoughtform on The Archetypal Plane; a vision that grows from Initiation to Initiation until it embraces all The Solar System." "Initiation leads to the stream that, once entered, sweeps a Man onward until it carries Him to the feet of The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara), to the feet of His Father in Heaven (The Monad), to the feet of the 3-fold Logos (The Solar Trinity of The Solar Logos). It leads to the cross and to that utter sacrifice which must transpire before perfect liberation is attained, and The Initiate stands free of all earth's fetters, held by naught in the 3 worlds (Physical, Emotional, and Mental). It leads through The Hall of Wisdom and puts into a man's hands the key to all information, Systemic and Cosmic, in graduated sequence." "Initiation reveals the hidden mystery that lies at The Heart of The Solar System. It leads from one state of consciousness to another. As each state is entered, the horizon enlarges, the vista extends, and the comprehension includes more and more, until the expansion reaches a point where the self embraces all selves, including all that is 'moving and unmoving', as phrased by an ancient Scripture." "The process of gradual expansion -- the result of the definite effort and strenuous right thinking and living of the aspirant himself and not of some occult teacher performing an occult rite -- leads to what one might term a crisis. At this crisis, which necessitates the aid of a Master, a definite act of Initiation is performed, which (acting on a particular chakra) produces a result on some one body. It keys the atoms to a certain pitch and enables a new rate of rhythm to be attained." "This Ceremony of Initiation marks a point of attainment. It does not bring about attainment, as is so often the misconception. It simply marks the recognition by the watching Teachers of The Race of a definite point in evolution reached by the pupil and gives 2 things: 1. An expansion of consciousness that admits The Personality into the wisdom attained by The Higher Self and, in The Higher Initiations, into The Consciousness of The Monad (The Oversoul or The Higher Self of The Higher Self). 2. A brief period of enlightenment wherein The Initiate sees that portion of The Path that lies ahead to be trodden and wherein He shares consciously in The Great Plan of evolution." "After Initiation, the work to be done consists largely in making that expansion of consciousness part of the equipment for the practical use of the personality and in mastering that portion of The Path that has yet to be traversed." "The Ceremony of Initiation takes place on the 3 higher sub-planes of The Mental Plane, and on The Three Higher Planes, according to the Initiation. The 5-pointed star, at The Initiations on The Mental Plane, flashes out above the head of The Initiate. This concerns The First Initiations Which are undergone in The Causal Vehicle. It has been said that The First Two Initiations take place upon The Astral Plane, but this is incorrect, and the statement has given rise to a misunderstanding. They are felt profoundly in connection with the astral and physical bodies and the lower mental and affect their control. The chief effect being felt in those bodies, The Initiate may interpret Them as having taken place on The Planes concerned, as the vividness of the effect and the stimulation of The First Two Initiations work out largely in the astral body. But it must ever be remembered that The Major Initiations are taken in The Causal Body or -- dissociated from that body -- on The Buddhic Plane or Atmic Plane." "At The Final Two Initiations (Sixth and Seventh) Which set a Man free from the 3 worlds (of the lower self) and enable Him to function in The Body of Vitality of The Logos and wield that force, The Initiate becomes the 5-pointed star and it descends upon Him, merges in Him, and He is seen at its very center. This descent is brought about by the action of The Initiator (The Hierophant), wielding The Rod of Power, and puts a Man in touch with The Chakra in The Body of The Planetary Logos of Which He is a part, and this consciously. The Two Initiations called The Sixth and Seventh take place on The Buddhic and Atmic Planes. The 5-pointed star 'blazes forth from within itself', as the esoteric phrase has it, and becomes the 7-pointed star. It descends upon The Man and He enters within The Flame." "At The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension) The Adept lets the lower vehicles go and stands in His Buddhic Sheath. He creates thence His Body of Manifestation. Each Initiation gives more control on The Rays. At The Fifth Initiation, when The Adept stands Master in the 3 worlds (of the lower self), He controls, more or less (according to his line of developement), The Five Rays that are especially manifesting at the time He takes The Initiation. At The Sixth Initiation, if He takes The Higher Degree, He gains power on another Ray, and at The Seventh Initiation He wields power on all The Rays. The Sixth Initiation marks the point of attainment of The Christ (and the other Lords of The Seven Rays)." "We need to remember that Initiation gives The Initiate power on The Rays and not power over The Rays, for this marks a very definite difference. Every Initiate has, of course, for his primary or spiritual Ray, one of The Three Major Rays (First, Second, or Third), and The Ray of his Monad is The One on which He at length gains power. The Love Ray, or The Synthetic Ray of this System, is the final One achieved (The Second Cosmic Ray of Love/Wisdom for this Solar System)." "Those Who pass away from The Earth after The Fifth Initiation, or Those Who do not become Masters in physical incarnation, take their subsequent Initiations elsewhere in The System. All are in The Logoic Consciousness. One great fact to be borne in mind is that The Initiations of The Planet (Earth) or of The Solar System are but the preparatory Initiations of admission into The Greater Lodge on Sirius (The Higher Self of The Sun or Solar Logos). The Fifth Initiation corresponds to The First Cosmic Initiation and makes a Master an 'Entered Apprentice' of The Lodge on Sirius." "Each successive Initiation brings about a more complete unification of the personality and The Higher Self, and, on Higher Levels still, with The Monad. The whole evolution of the human spirit is a progressive at-one-ment. As evolution proceeds, successive at-one-ments occur. The approach to unity is through destruction of the lower and of all that forms a barrier. In all cases at-one-ment is preceded by a burning, through the medium of the inner fire, and by the destruction, through sacrifice, of all that separates." "The whole process is therefore for the purpose of making man consciously one (The Law of One): First: With himself and those in incarnation with him. Second: With his Higher Self and thus with all Selves. Third: With his Spirit or 'Father in Heaven' (The Monad) and thus with all Monads. Fourth: With The Logos, The Three in One and The One in Three." "Man becomes a Conscious Soul, with The Consciousness of The Higher Self, at The Third Initiation (The Soul Merge), through the instrumentality of The Masters and of The Christ, and through their sacrifice in taking physical incarnation for the helping of the world. Man unites with The Monad at The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension), through the instrumentality of The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) and The Solitary Watcher, The Great Sacrifice (The Higher Self of Sanat Kumara, also called The Planetary Logos)." The Work of The Spiritual Hierarchy: "The entire Hierarchy of Spiritual Beings (for Planet Earth) represents a synthesis of forces or of energies which are consciously manipulated for the furtherance of planetary evolution. These forces, demonstrating in our Planetary Scheme through Those Great Personalities Who compose The Hierarchy, link It and all that It contains with The Greater Hierarchy Which we call Solar." "This Hierarchy of Forces has 4 pre-eminent lines of work: 1. To develope self-consciousness in all beings. The Hierarchy seeks to provide fit conditions for the developement of self-consciousness in all beings. This It produces primarily in Man through its initial work of blending the higher 3 Aspects of Spirit with the lower 4; through the example It sets of service, sacrifice, and renunciation; and through the constant streams of Light which emanate from It. The Hierarchy might be considered as the aggregate, on our Planet, of The Forces of The Fifth Kingdom in Nature. 2. To develope consciousness in the 3 lower Kingdoms. The 5 Kingdoms of Nature on the evolutionary arc might be defined as follows: Mineral, Plant, Animal, Human, and Spiritual. All These Kingdoms embody some type of consciousness, and it is the work of The Hierarchy to develope these types to perfection through the adjustment of karma, through the agency of force, and through the providing of right conditions. In The Mineral Kingdom, the work of The Hierarchy is directed toward the developement of the discriminative and selective activity. One characteristic of all matter is activity of some kind, and the moment that activity is directed toward the building of forms, even of the most elemental kind, the faculty of discrimination will demonstrate. In The Plant Kingdom, to this faculty of discrimination is added that of response to sensation. In The Animal Kingdom, this rudimentary activity and feeling is increased, and 'symptoms' are to be found of embryonic will and purpose. We may call it hereditary instinct, but it works out, in fact, as purpose in Nature. Man is the macrocosm for the 3 lower Kingdoms, for in Him these 3 lines of developement are synthesized and come to their full fruition. And He is incipient love and wisdom, even though as yet they may be but the goal of his endeavor. And He has that embryonic, dynamic, initiating will which will come to a fuller developement after he has entered into The Fifth Kingdom. In The Fifth Kingdom (The Hierarchy), the consciousness to be developed is that of the group, and this shows itself in the full flowering of The Love/Wisdom Faculty. In The Fifth Kingdom, Which is entered at The First Initiation, and Which covers all the period of time wherein a Man takes The First Five Initiations, and That wherein He works as a Master as part of The Hierarchy, The Love/Wisdom or Second Aspect (of The Creator) comes to its consummation. At The Sixth and Seventh Initiations, The First or Will Aspect shines forth, and from being a Master of Compassion and a Lord of Love, The Adept becomes something more. He enters into a still higher Consciousness than that of The Group and becomes God-conscious. The great Will or Purpose of The Logos becomes His. The fostering of the various attributes of Divinity, the tending of the seed of self-consciousness in all beings, is the work of Those Entities Who have achieved, who have entered into The Fifth Kingdom and Who have there made their great decision and that inconceivable renunciation which leads them to stay within The Planetary Scheme and thus cooperate with the plans of The Planetary Logos (The Higher Self of Sanat Kumara) on The Physical Plane. 3. To transmit The Will of The Planetary Logos. They act as The Transmitter, to Men and Devas, of The Will of The Planetary Logos and, through Him, of The Solar Logos. Each Planetary Scheme, ours among the others, is a Chakra in The Body Logoic and is expressing some form of energy or force. Each Center or Chakra expresses its particular type of force demonstrated in a triple manner (Triplicity), producing thus universally The Three Aspects (Will, Love/Wisdom, and Active Intelligence) in manifestation. 4. To set an example to Humanity. This is the work of The Hierarchy of Light: to demonstrate to Men the true meaning of brotherhood and to foster in Them response to that ideal which is latent in one and all. This Hierarchy is composed of Those Who have triumphed over matter and Who have achieved the goal by the very self-same steps that individuals tread today. These Spiritual Personalities, These Adepts and Masters, have wrestled and fought for victory and mastery upon The Physical Plane and struggled with the miasms, the fogs, the dangers, the troubles, the sorrows and pains of everyday living. They have trodden every step of the path of suffering, have undergone every experience, have surmounted every difficulty, and have won out. These Elder Brothers of The Race have one and all undergone the crucifixion of the personal self and know that utter renunciation of all, which is the lot of every aspirant at this time. There is no phase of agony, no rending sacrifice, no Via Dolorosa that They have not in their time trodden, and herein lies their right to serve and the strength of the method of their appeal. These Elder Brothers of Humanity are characterized by a love which endures and which acts ever for the good of The Group; by a knowledge which has been gained through a millennia of lives in which They have worked their way from the bottom of life and of evolution well nigh to the top; by an experience which is based on time itself and a multiplicity of personality reactions and interactions; by a courage which is the result of that experience and which, having itself been produced by ages of endeavor, failure, and renewed endeavor, and having in the long run led to triumph, can now be placed at the service of The Race; by a purpose which is enlightened and intelligent and which is cooperative, adjusting itself to The Group and Hierarchical Plan and thus fitting in with the purpose of The Planetary Logos; and finally They are distinguished by a knowledge of the power of sound. Knowing The Plan so well and having clear, illuminated vision, They can bend their will unflinchingly and unswervingly to the great work of creation by the power of sound." The Founding of The Hierarchy: "In the middle of The Lemurian Epoch (The Motherland of Mu), approximately 18 million years ago, The Planetary Logos (Higher Self of Sanat Kumara) of our Earth Scheme, One of The Seven Spirits before 'The Throne', took physical incarnation and, under the form of Sanat Kumara, The Ancient of Days and The Lord of The World, came down to this dense physical planet and has remained with us ever since." "He (Sanat Kumara) was unable to take a dense physical body such as ours and has to function in his Aetheric Body. He is the greatest of all The Avatars or Coming Ones, for He is a Direct Reflection of That Great Entity (Vywamus) Who lives and breathes and functions through all the evolutions on this Planet, holding all within His Aura or Magnetic Sphere of Influence (referring to The Planetary Logos). In Him we live and move and have our being, and none of us can pass beyond the radius of His Aura. He is The Great Sacrifice and He is The Silent Watcher as far as our immediate Humanity is concerned. Perhaps it might be stated thus: that The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara), The One Initiator, holds the same place in connection with The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) as the physical manifestation of a Master holds to that Master's Monad on The Monadic Plane." "With The Ancient of Days (Sanat Kumara) came a Group of other highly evolved Entities, Who represent his own individual karmic Group and Who represent Those Beings who are the outcome of the triple nature of The Planetary Logos (The First, Second, and Third Rays or Aspects). They (The 6 Kumaras) came in with Sanat Kumara to form focal points of planetary force for the helping of The Great Plan for the self-conscious unfoldment of all life. The central esoteric Group of Six, with The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara), form the heart of hierarchical effort." "The result of their advent, millions of years ago, was stupendous, and its effects are still being felt. The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) on his own Plane was enabled to take a more direct method in producing the results He desired for working out His Plan. Sanat Kumara, with the 6 other Kumaras, are The Directing Agents and The Transmitters of the energy, force, purpose, and will of The Planetary Logos on his own Plane." "The Third Kingdom of Nature, The Animal Kingdom, had reached a relatively high state of evolution, and Animal Man was in possession of The Earth. He was a being with a powerful physical body, a coordinated astral body, or a body of sensation and feeling, and a rudimentary germ of mind which might some day form a nucleus of a mental body." "The decision of The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) to take a physical vehicle (Sanat Kumara) produced an extraordinary stimulation in the evolutionary process, and, by his incarnation and the methods of force distribution He employed, He brought about in a brief cycle of time what would otherwise have been inconceivably slow. The germ of mind in Animal Man was stimulated and became a fit receptacle for the coming in (incarnating) of the Self-conscious Entities who had for long ages been waiting for just such a fitting. The Fourth or Human Kingdom came thus into being, and the self-conscious or rational unit of Man began his career." "In The Mineral Kingdom, certain of the minerals or elements received an added stimulation and became radioactive, and a mysterious chemical change took place in The Plant Kingdom. This facilitated the bridging process between The Plant and Animal Kingdoms, just as the radioactivity of minerals is the method of bridging the gulf between The Mineral and Plant Kingdoms." "In Lemurian days, after the great descent of The Spiritual Existences (The Lords of The Flame) to The Earth, the work They planned to do was systematized. Offices were apportioned, and the processes of evolution in all the departments of nature were brought under the conscious, wise guidance of this initial Brotherhood (The White Brotherhood). They exist upon this Planet with us, controlling its destinies, guiding its affairs, and leading all its evolutions on to an ultimate perfection." "The Central Home of This Hierarchy is at Shamballa, a center in The Gobi Desert called in the ancient books, 'The White Island'. It exists in aetheric matter (at The Aetheric Level). Several of The Masters in physical bodies dwell in The Himalaya Mountains, in a secluded spot called Shigatse, far from the ways of men, but the greater number are scattered all over the world, forming, each in his own place, a focal point for The Energy of The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara)." "For ages after its immediate founding, the work of The Hierarchy was slow and discouraging. Thousands of years came and went, and Races of Men appeared and disappeared from The Earth before it was possible to delegate even the work done by Initiates of The First Degree to the evolving sons of men. (Initially, all hierarchical work was done by The Lords of The Flame Who had come with Sanat Kumara.) But in the middle of The Fourth Root Race, The Atlantean, an event occurred which necessitated a change or innovation in the hierarchical method." "Certain of its Members were called away to higher work elsewhere in The Solar System, and this brought in, through necessity, a number of highly evolved units of The Human Family. In order to enable others to take their place, the lesser Members of The Hierarchy were all moved up a step, leaving vacancies among the minor posts. Therefore, 3 things were decided upon in The Council Chamber of The Lord of The World: 1. To close the door through which Animal Men passed into The Human Kingdom, permitting, for a time, no more Monads on The Higher Plane to appropriate bodies. 2. To open another door and permit members of The Human Family, who were willing to undergo the necessary discipline and to make the required stupendous effort, to enter The Fifth or Spiritual Kingdom. In this way, the ranks of The Hierarchy could be filled by the members of earth's Humanity who qualified. This door is called The Portal of Initiation and still remains open upon the same terms as laid down by The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) in Atlantean Days. 3. It was also decided to make the line of demarcation between the two forces of matter and spirit clearly defined. The inherent duality of all manifestation was emphasized. The problem of good or evil, light or darkness, right or wrong, was enunciated solely for the benefit of Humanity and to enable Men to cast off the fetters which imprisoned spirit and to thus achieve spiritual freedom. Man has to learn through experience and pain the fact of the duality of all existence. Having thus learned, he chooses that which concerns the fully conscious Spirit Aspect of Divinity and learns to center Himself in That Aspect. Having thus achieved liberation, He finds indeed that all is one (The Law of One), that spirit and matter are a unity, naught existing save that which is to be found within The Consciousnes of The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) and, in wider circles, within The Consciousness of The Solar Logos. This decision led to that great struggle which distinguished The Atlantean Civilization and which culminated in the destruction called The Flood, referred to in all the Scriptures of the world. The Forces of Light (service to others polarity) and The Forces of Darkness (service to self polarity) were arrayed against each other, and this for the helping of Humanity." "Working as Members of The Hierarchy are a great number of Beings called Angels by the Christian and Devas by the Oriental. Many of Them have passed through the human stage long ages ago and work now in the ranks of the great Evolution parallel to The Human and which is called The Deva Evolution. This Evolution comprises, among other factors, The Builders of the objective Planet and the forces which produce, through Those Builders, every form familiar and unfamiliar. The Devas, Who cooperate with the hierarchical effort, concern Themselves, therefore, with the form aspect, whilst the other Members of The Hierarchy are occupied with the developement of consciousness within the form." The Three Departments of The Hierarchy: "At The Head of affairs, controlling each Unit and directing all evolution, stands The King, The Lord of The World, Sanat Kumara, The Youth of Endless Summers, and The Fountainhead of The Will (showing forth as Love) of The Planetary Logos (Vywamus). Cooperating with Him as his Advisers are 3 Personalities called The Pratyeka Buddhas or The Buddhas of Activity (The 3 Exoteric Kumaras). These 4 are the embodiment of active, intelligent, loving Will. They are the full flowering of the intelligence, having achieved in an earlier Solar System that which Man is now striving to perfect. The Love Aspect (The Second Ray) is as yet but in the process of developing, and The Will is only embryonic. Another Solar System will see The Will Aspect (The First Ray) come to fruition, as Love will mature in this." "Standing around The Lord of The World, but withdrawn and esoteric, are 3 more Kumaras Who make The Seven of planetary manifestation. Their work is, to us, necessarily obscure. The Three Exoteric Buddhas or Kumaras are the sumtotal of activity or planetary energy, and The Three Esoteric Kumaras embody types of energy which, as yet, are not in full demonstration upon our Planet. Each of these 6 Kumaras is a Reflection of (incarnation of), and the distributing Agent for, The Energy and Force of one of the 6 other Planetary Logoi (of the 7 Sacred Planets in this Solar System), the remaining 6 Spirits before 'The Throne'. Through each of The Six Kumaras passes The Life Force of one of The Six Rays." "One might sum up their (The 6 Kumaras or Buddhas) work and position as follows: 1. They each embody one of the 6 Types of Energy, with The Lord of The World as The Synthesizer and The Embodier of the perfect Seventh Type, our Planetary Type. 2. They are each distinguished by one of the 6 colors (of The Seven Rays), with The Lord of The World showing forth the full planetary color. 3. Their work is concerned, not only with Force distribution, but with the passing into our Scheme, from other Planetary Schemes, of Higher Selves seeking earth experience. 4. Each of Them is in direct communication with one or another of The Sacred Planets (The Kumaras being manifestations of Those Planetary Logoi). 5. The Three Buddhas of Activity change from time to time and become, in turn, exoteric or esoteric as the case may be." "Besides these main presiding Personalities in The Council Chamber at Shamballa, there is a Group of 4 Beings Who are The Representatives upon The Planet of The Four Maharajas, or The Four Lords of Karma in The Solar System, Who are specifically concerned with the evolution, at the present time, of The Human Kingdom. These Four are connected with: 1. The distribution of karma, or human destiny, as it affects individuals and, through the individuals, the groups (group karma). 2. The care and tabulation of The Akashic Records. They are concerned with The Halls of Records. 3. The participation in Solar Councils. They alone have the right during the world cycle to pass beyond the periphery of The Planetary Scheme and participate in The Councils of The Solar Logos. Thus, They are literally planetary Mediators, representing our Planetary Logos (Vywamus) and all that concerns Him in The Greater Scheme (of The Solar System) of which He is but a part." "Cooperating with These Karmic Lords are the large Group of Initiates and Devas Who occupy Themselves with the right adjustment of world, racial, national, group, and individual karma, and Who are responsible to The Planetary Logos for the correct manipulation of those forces and building agencies which bring in the right Higher Selves on the different Rays at the correct times and seasons. The remaining Personnel of The Hierarchy are divided into 3 main and 4 subsidiary Groups (3 Major and 4 Minor Departments)." "The Manu presides over Group One (The First Ray Department). He is called Vaivasvata Manu and is The Manu of The Fifth Root Race (The Aryan). He is the ideal Man or Thinker and sets the type for our Aryan Race, having presided over its destinies since its inception nearly 100,000 years ago. Other Manus have come and gone, and his place will be, in the relatively near future, taken by someone else (Master Jupiter). He will then pass on to other work of a more exalted kind. The Manu (Lord Himalaya), or The Prototype of The Fourth Root Race (The Atlantean), works in close cooperation with Him and has his center of influence in China (the Oriental being the residual of The Fourth Root Race)." "The periods of Office of all The Manus overlap, but there remains no Representative of The Third Root Race upon the globe at this time (The 'Lemurian' was The Third.). Vaivasvata Manu has his dwelling place in The Himalaya Mountains and has gathered around Him at Shigatse some of Those immediately connected with Aryan affairs in India, Europe, and America and Those Who will later be concerned with the coming Sixth Root Race. The plans are prepared for ages ahead." "The work of The Manu is largely concerned with government, with planetary politics, and with the founding, direction, and dissolution of racial types and forms. To Him is committed The Will and Purpose of The Planetary Logos (The First Ray of Divine Will). He knows what is the immediate objective for This Cycle of evolution over Which He has to preside, and his work concerns itself with making that Will an accomplished fact." "He works in close cooperation with The Building Devas, for to Him is given the work of setting the race type, of segregating the groups out of which Races will develope, of manipulating the forces which move the earth's crust (the tectonic plates), of raising and lowering continents, of directing the minds of statesmen everywhere so that racial government will proceed as desired, and conditions be brought about which will produce those needed for the fostering of any particular type." "The Energy which flows through Him emanates from The Head Center of The Planetary Logos, passing to Him through the brain of Sanat Kumara Who focalizes all The Planetary Energy (The Seven Rays) within Himself. The Manu works by means of a dynamic meditation, conducted within the head centers (chakras), and produces his results through his perfect realization of that which has to be accomplished, through a power to visualize that which must be done to bring about accomplishment, and through a capacity to transmit creative and destructive energy to Those Who are his Assistants. And all this is brought about through the power of the enunciated sound." "Group Two (The Second Ray Department) has The World Teacher for its presiding Head. He is That Great Being Whom the Christian calls The Christ. He is known in the Orient as The Boddhisattva and The Lord Maitreya and is The One looked for by the devout Mohammedan under the name of The Imam Madhi. He it is Who has presided over the destinies of life since about 600 B.C. He is The Great Lord of Love and of Compassion, just as his Predecessor, The Buddha, was The Lord of Wisdom." "Through The World Teacher flows The Energy of The Second Aspect (The Second Ray of Love/Wisdom), reaching Him directly from The Heart Chakra of The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) via The Heart Chakra of Sanat Kumara. He works by means of a meditation centered within The Fourth Chakra (The Anahata). He is The World Teacher, The Master of The Masters, and to Him is committed the guidance of the spiritual destinies of men and women." "In a physical body, He can be found by those who know the way, dwelling in The Himalayas and working in close cooperation with his 2 Great Brothers, The Manu and The Mahachohan. Daily He pours out his blessing on the world, and daily He stands under the great pine in his garden at the sunset hour with hands uplifted in blessing over all those who truly and earnestly seek to aspire." "Group Three (The Third Ray Department) has, as its Head, The Mahachohan, The Lord of Civilization. He may hold Office for the term of several Root Races. He is the sumtotal of The Intelligence Aspect (The Third Ray). The present Mahachohan is not the original One Who held The Office at the founding of The Hierarchy in 'Lemurian' Days. It was then held by one of The Kumaras, or Lords of The Flame, Who came into incarnation with Sanat Kumara. But He took hold of his Position during the second sub-race of The Atlantean Root Race." (Each Root Race has 7 sub-races.) "His work concerns 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 civilization. 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 (Active Intelligence), Energy from The Planetary Logos flows to Him from The Throat Center (Chakra), 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 3 Great Lords. The closest cooperation and unity exists between These 3 Personalities, and every move and plan and event exists in their united foreknowledge. They are in daily touch with The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) at Shamballa, and the entire guidance of affairs rests in their hands and in those of The Manu (Lord Himalaya) of The Fourth Root Race (The Atlantean)." "The Third Ray Department of The Mahachohan is divided into 5 Divisions, so as to take in the 4 lesser Aspects of hierarchical rule (Departments Four through Seven). Under The Manu work The Regents of the different world divisions, such as, for instance, The Master Jupiter, the oldest of The Masters now working in physical bodies for Humanity, Who is The Regent for India, and The Master Rakoczi (Saint Germain), Who is The Regent for Europe and America. It must be remembered here that though The Master Rakoczi (Saint Germain), for instance, belongs to The Seventh Ray (The Violet Ray) and thus comes under The Department of Energy of The Mahachohan, yet in hierarchical work He may and does hold Office temporarily under The Manu (First Ray Department)." "These Regents hold in their hands the reins of government for continents and nations, thus guiding, even if unknown, their destinies. They impress and inspire statesmen and rulers. They pour forth mental energy on governing groups, thus bringing about the desired results wherever cooperation and receptive intuition can be found amongst the thinkers." "The World Teacher (Lord Maitreya) presides over the destiny of the great religions through the medium of a group of Masters and Initiates Who direct the activities of these different schools of thought." "In The Third Ray Department of The Mahachohan, a large number of Masters, in 5-fold division (Third through Seventh Departments), work in connection with The Deva Evolution and with The Intelligence Aspect in Man. Their Divisions follow those of The Four Minor Rays of Attribute: Fourth -- The Ray of Harmony through Conflict, or Beauty Fifth -- The Ray of Concrete Science or Knowledge Sixth -- The Ray of Devotion or Abstract Idealism Seventh -- The Ray of Ceremonial Law or Magic" "And The Three Departmental Heads represent The Major Rays of: First -- Will or Power Second -- Love or Wisdom Third -- Active Intelligence or Adaptability" "The following is an outline of a portion of The Hierarchy at the present moment (1922) and gives only the outstanding Figures in connection with Human Evolution. A similar diagram from the standpoint of The Deva Evolution would be differently arranged." The Solar Logos The Solar Trinity or Logoi I The Father ...................................................................Will II The Son .................................................................... Love/Wisdom III The Holy Spirit ...................................................... Active Intelligence The Seven Rays Three Rays of Aspect Four Rays of Attribute
THE PLANETARY HIERARCHY Sanat Kumara (The Lord of The World, The Ancient of Days, The One Initiator) The Three Exoteric Kumaras
Reflections of The Three Major and Four Minor Rays The Three Major Departmental Heads
Four Grades of Initiates Various grades of disciples People on the probationary path Average Humanity of all degrees The Lodge of The Masters: "The ranks of The Planetary Hierarchy form literally 2 Lodges within The Greater Body: a. The ------------------- Lodge, comprised of Initiates above The Fifth Initiation, and a Group of Devas. b. The Blue Lodge, comprised of all Initiates of The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Initiations." "Below These come a large Group of Initiates of The First and Second Initiations and then the disciples of every grade. The disciples are considered as affiliated with The Lodge but not as literally members of It. Finally come those who are on probation and who hope through strenuous effort to achieve affiliation." "From another point of view, we can consider The Lodge Members as existing in 7 Groups (7 Departments), each Group representing One Type of the 7-fold Planetary Energy (The Seven Rays) emanating from The Planetary Logos. All that is herein imparted concerns the work of The Hierarchy in connection with The Human Kingdom and refers especially to Those Masters Who work in connection with Humanity. Were The Deva Evolution being dealt with, the entire tabulation and division would have to differ from this." "The work and Personnel of The Hierarchy are infinitely greater and more important than may appear upon a superficial reading of this material. In the service of The Human Kingdom, we are concerned with the manifestation of The Three Aspects of Divinity (Divine Will, Love/Wisdom/ and Active Intelligence), but the other Departments are interdependent, and the work progresses as a synthetic whole." "The Adepts concerned with the evolution of The Human Family comprise 63, if The Three Great Lords (The Manu, The Christ, and The Mahachohan) are counted in making the 9 times 7 necessary for the work. Of these, 49 work exoterically, if it might be so expressed, and 14 esoterically, being more concerned with the subjective manifestation." "Throughout the world, disciples of These Masters have come into incarnation at this time with the sole intent of participating in the activities and occupation and truth dissemination of the various churches, sciences, and philosophies, and thus producing within The Organization itself an expansion, a widening, and a disintegration where necessary, which might otherwise be impossible." "The Master reveals to a disciple the objective in view for an immediate little Cycle and suggests to him that such and such a developement would be desirable. It is the work of the disciple to ascertain the best method for bringing about the desired results and to formulate the plans whereby a certain percentage of success will be possible. Then he launches his scheme, founds his society or organization, and disseminates the necessary teaching." "The Master is not to blame should the disciple show lack of discrimination in the choice of co-workers or evidence an inability to represent the truth. If he does well and the work proceeds as desired, The Master will continue to pour his blessings upon the attempt. If he fails, or his successors turn from the original impulse, thus disseminating error of any kind, in his love and his sympathy The Master will withdraw that blessing, withhold His Energy, and thus cease from stimulating that which had better die." "Under The First Great Group (The First Ray Department) of Which The Manu is The Head can be found 2 Masters, The Master Jupiter and The Master El Morya. Both of Them have taken more than The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension), and The Master Jupiter, who is also The Regent of India, is looked up to by all The Lodge of Masters as the oldest among Them. He dwells in The Nilgherry Hills in Southern India and is not one of The Masters Who usually takes pupils, for He numbers amongst his disciples Initiates of High Degree and quite a number of Masters. In his hands are the reins of government for India, including a large part of The Northern Frontier, and to Him is committed the arduous task of eventually guiding India out of her present chaos and unrest and of welding her diverse peoples into an ultimate synthesis." "The Master El Morya, Who is one of the best known of The Eastern Adepts, and Who numbers amongst his pupils a large number of Europeans and Americans, is a Rajput Prince, and for many decades He held an authoritative position in Indian affairs. He works in close cooperation with The Manu and will Himself eventually hold Office as The Manu of The Sixth Root Race (the next Root Race). He dwells, as does His Brother, The Master Kuthumi, at Shigatse in The Himalayas." "The Master El Morya is a Man of tall and commanding presence, with dark hair and beard and dark eyes, and might be considered stern were it not for the expression that lies in his eyes. He and His Brother, The Master Kuthumi, work almost as a unit and have done so for many centuries and will on into the future, for The Master Kuthumi is in line for The Office of World Teacher when the present Holder (Lord Maitreya) of That Office vacates It for higher work, and The Sixth Root Race comes into being." "As The Master El Morya is upon The First Ray, that of Will or Power, his work largely concerns itself with the carrying out of the plans of the present Manu. He acts as The Inspirer of the statesmen of the world, and He manipulates forces, through The Mahachohan, that will bring about the conditions desired for the furthering of Racial Evolution. With Him cooperate certain of The Great Devas of The Mental Plane, and 3 Great Groups of Angels work with Him on mental levels in connection with the lesser Devas Who vitalize thoughtforms and thus keep alive the thoughtforms of The Guides of The Race for the benefit of the whole of Humanity." "The Master Kuthumi, Who is also very well known in The Occident and has many pupils everywhere, is of Kashmiri origin though the family originally came from India. He is also an Initiate of High Degree and is upon The Second or The Love/Wisdom Ray. He is a Man of noble presence and tall, though of rather slighter build than The Master El Morya. He is of fair complexion with golden brown hair and beard and eyes of a wonderful deep blue, through which seem to pour the love and wisdom of the ages. He has had a wide experience and education, having been originally educated at one of The British Universities and speaks English fluently." "The Master Kuthumi concerns Himself largely with the vitalizing of certain of the great philosophies and interests Himself in a number of philanthropic agencies. To Him is given the work, very largely, of stimulating The Love Manifestation which is latent in the hearts of all men and of awakening in The Consciousness of The Race the perception of the great fundamental fact of Brotherhood." "At this particular time (early 1920's), The Master El Morya, The Master Kuthumi, and The Master Jesus are interesting Themselves closely with the work of unifying, as far as may be, eastern and western thought, so that the great religions of The East, with the later developement of The Christian Faith in all its many branches, may mutually benefit each other." "The Master Jesus is upon The Sixth Ray of Devotion or Abstract Idealism, and his pupils are frequently distinguished by that fanaticism and devotion which manifested in earlier Christian Times amongst the martyrs. He Himself is rather a martial figure, a disciplinarian, and a Man of iron rule and will. He is tall and spare with rather a long thin face, black hair, pale complexion, and piercing blue eyes." "The Master Jesus is preparing the way in Europe and America for the eventual coming of The World Teacher (The Christ). He is well known in The Bible History (through his other incarnations), coming before us first as Joshua the Son of Nun, appearing again in the time of Ezra as Jeshua, taking The Third Initiation (The Soul Merge) as related in The Book of Zechariah as Joshua, and in The Gospel Story He is known for 2 great sacrifices: that in which He handed over his body for the use of The Christ (for the 3 years from The Baptism to The Crucifixion) and for the great renunciation which is the characteristic of The Fourth Initiation (taken during his Crucifixion). As Apollonius of Tyana (Greece), he took The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension) and became a Master of The Wisdom. From that time on He has stayed and worked with The Christian Church, fostering the germ of true spiritual life which is to be found amongst members of all sects and divisions and neutralizing, as far as possible, the mistakes and errors of the churchmen and the theologians. No one so wisely knows, as He, the problems of The West. No one is so closely in touch with the people who stand for all that is best in Christian teachings as He." "The Master Djwhal Khul is another Adept on The Second Ray of Love/Wisdom. He is the latest of The Adepts taking Initiation, having taken The Fifth Initiation in 1875, and is therefore occupying the same body in which He took The Initiation. His body is not a young one, and He is a Tibetan (referred to as The Tibetan and The Runner in Theosophical writings). He is very devoted to The Master Kuthumi. From his willingness to serve and to do anything that has to be done, He has been called 'The Messenger of The Masters'." "The Master Djwhal Khul is profoundly learned and knows more about The Rays and Planetary Hierarchies of The Solar System than anyone else in the ranks of The Masters. He works with those who heal and cooperates unknown and unseen with the seekers after truth in the world's great laboratories, with all who definitely aim at the healing and solacing of the world, and with the great philanthropic world movements such as The Red Cross. He works largely, too, with certain groups of The Devas of The Aethers Who are The Healing Devas and Who thus cooperate with Him in the work of healing some of the physical ills of Humanity. He it was Who dictated a large part of that momentous book, The Secret Doctrine, and Who showed to H.P. Blavatsky many of the pictures and gave her much of the data that is to be found in that book." (H.P. Blavatsky founded The Theosophical Society.) "The Master Who concerns Himself especially with the future developement of racial affairs in Europe, and with the mental outgrowth in America and Australia, is The Master Rakoczi. He is a Hungarian and has a home in The Carpathian Mountains (Transylvania) and was, at one time, a well known figure at The Hungarian Court. He was particularly before the public eye when He was The Comte de Saint Germain (after His Ascension) and earlier still when He was both Roger Bacon and, later, Francis Bacon (author of the Shakespearean Plays)." "The Master Rakoczi is rather a small, spare Man with pointed black beard and smooth black hair. He is upon The Seventh Ray, That of Ceremonial Magic or Order, and He works largely through esoteric ritual and ceremonial, being vitally interested in the effects, hitherto unrecognized, of the ceremonial of The Freemasons, of the various fraternities, and of the churches everywhere. He is called, in The Lodge, usually 'The Count'." "On The Fifth Ray of Concrete Knowledge or Science, we find The Master Hilarion Who, in an earlier incarnation, was Paul of Tarsus (St. Paul, The Great Apostle). He is occupying a Cretan body (His Ascension was taken during his lifetime as St. Hilarion.) but spends a large part of his time in Egypt. He it was Who gave out to the world that occult treatise, 'Light on The Path'. He works with those who are developing the intuition and controls and transmutes the great movements that tend to strip the veil from the unseen. He it was Who initiated, through various pupils of his, The Spiritualistic Movement. He has under observation all those who are psychics of the higher order and assists in developing their powers for the good of The Group, and, in connection with certain of The Devas of The Astral Plane, He works to open up to the seekers after truth that subjective world which lies behind the grossly material." "One other Master may here be briefly mentioned, The Master Serapis Bey, frequently called The Egyptian. He is The Master upon The Fourth Ray (The Ray of Harmony through Conflict), and the great art movements of the world, the evolution of music, and that of painting and drama, receive from Him an energizing impulse. At present He is giving most of his time and attention to the work of The Deva, or Angel, Evolution until their agency helps to make possible the great revolution in the world of music and painting which lies immediately ahead." "The Master Paul (not The Venetian) works under The Master Rakoczi (Saint Germain) in North America. He it is Who has had much to do, esoterically, with the various mental sciences, such as Christian Science and New Thought, both of which are efforts put forth by The Lodge (of Masters) in an endeavor to teach Men the reality of that which is not seen and the power of the mind to create. This Master occupies an Irish body and is on The Fourth Ray. Much of the work of The Master Serapis Bey was taken over by Him when the latter turned his attention to The Deva Evolution." "Certain facts concerning These Masters and their work in the present and in the future may be in place here: First, the work of training their pupils and disciples to fit them to be of use in 2 Great Events -- one, the coming of The World Teacher (The Christ or Boddhisattva) towards the close of this present century (postponed), and the other the training of them to be of use in the founding of the new Sixth Sub Race (of The Fifth Root Race, The Aryan) and in the reconstruction of the present world conditions. This being the Fifth Sub Race of The Fifth Root Race, the pressure of the work on The Five Rays, (Third through Seventh) which are controlled by The Mahachohan, is very great. Secondly, the preparation of the world on a large scale for the coming of The World Teacher and the taking of the necessary steps before They Themselves (The Masters of The Spiritual Hierarchy) come out among Men, as many of Them surely will towards the close of this century (postponed). The Master El Morya, The Master Kuthumi, and The Master Jesus will be especially concerned with The Movement towards the last quarter of this century." "Two other Masters, especially concerned with The Seventh or Ceremonial Ray, whose particular work it is to supervise the developement of certain activities within the next 15 years, work under The Master Rakoczi (Saint Germain). Very definitely may the assurance be given here that, prior to The Coming of The Christ, adjustments will be made so that at the head of all great organizations will be found either a Master or an Initiate Who has taken The Third Initiation (The Soul Merge)." The Probationary Path: "The Probationary Path precedes The Path of Initiation or Holiness and marks that period in the life of a man when he definitely sets himself on the side of the forces of evolution and works at the building of his own character. He takes himself in hand, cultivates the qualities that are lacking in his disposition, and seeks with diligence to bring his personality under control. He is building The Causal Body (called The Higher Mental Body or Christ Self) with deliberate intent, filling any gaps that may exist, and seeking to make it a fit receptacle for The Christ Principle." "A certain structure of right living, thinking, and conduct has to be built up. That form, we call character. It has then to be vivified and indwelt. The immortal destiny of each and all of us is to attain The Consciousness of The Higher Self (The I Am Presence) and, subsequently, That of The Divine Spirit (The Monad, The Father in Heaven). When the form is ready, when Solomon's Temple has been built in the quarry of the personal life, then The Christ-Life enters, and the glory of The Lord overshadows his temple." "Whilst the man is on The Probationary Path, he is taught principally to know himself, to ascertain his weaknesses, and to correct them. He is taught to work as an invisible helper at first and, for several lives, is generally kept at this kind of work. Later, as he makes progress, he may be moved to more selected work. He is taught the rudiments of The Divine Wisdom and is entered into the final grades in The Hall of Learning. He is known to a Master and is in the care of one of the disciples of That Master or, if of rare promise, of an Initiate." "Classes are held, by Initiates of The First and Second Degrees, for accepted disciples and those on probation between the hours of 10 and 5 every night in all parts of the world, so that the continuity of the teaching is complete. They gather in The Hall of Learning (in their Astral Bodies). Graduation results when Initiation (The 1st Initiation) is taken and The Initiate passes into The Hall of Wisdom. Those on The Probationary Path nearing Initiation work more frequently in, what might be termed, departmental work, forming a group of assistants to The Members of The Hierarchy." "First: Instruction is given tending to the disciplining of the life, the growth of character, the developement of the microcosm along cosmic lines. The man is taught the meaning of himself. He comes to know himself as a complex, complete unit, a replica, in miniature, of the outer world." "Secondly: Instruction is given as to the macrocosm, the amplification of his intellectual grip of the working of The Cosmos. He acquires a deep fund of general knowledge, and when he reaches his own periphery, he is met by Those who lead him on to encyclopaedic knowledge." "Thirdly: Instruction is given in, what might be termed, synthesis. The disciple learns the meaning of occult cohesion (The Law of Attraction) and of the internal unity which holds the system as a homogeneous unit. The major part of this instruction is usually given after The Third Initiation, but a beginning is made early in the training." "Disciples, and those who are advanced on The Probationary Path, receive instruction at this particular time (The 20th Century) for 2 special purposes: 1. To test out their fitness for special work lying in the future, the type of that work being known only to The Guides of The Race. They are tested for aptitude in community living with a view to drafting the suitable ones into the colony of The Sixth Sub Race (of the current Fifth Root Race). 2. Instruction is being given at this time to a special group of people who have come into incarnation at this critical period of the world's history. They have come in, all at the same time throughout the world, to do the work of linking up the two Planes, The Physical and Astral via The Aetheric (The Transition from Third to Fourth Density on this planet)." "In The Hierarchy, nothing is lost through failure to recognize The Law of Economy. Every expenditure of force on the part of a Master or Teacher is subjected to wise foresight and discrimination. Just as we do not put university professors to teach the beginners, so The Masters Themselves work not individually with men until they have attained a certain stage of evolution and are ready to profit by their instruction." "And remember that each of us is recognized by the brilliance of his light. Light is vibration, and through the mearurement of vibration is fixed the grading of the scholars. Hence nothing can prevent a man's progress forward if he but attends to the purification of his vehicles. We are all graded, therefore, if it may be so expressed, according to the purity of the tone, according to the magnitude of the light, according to the rate of vibration and the clarity of the colour. Who our Teacher is depends, therefore, upon our grading. Similarity of vibration holds the secret. We are frequently told that when the demand is forceful enough, The Teacher will appear." "All are graded and charted. The Masters have their Halls of Records (The Akashic Records), with a system of tabulation incomprehensible to us owing to its magnitude and its necessary intricacies, wherein these charts are kept. They are under the care of a Chohan (or Lord) of a Ray, each Ray (or Division in The Hierarchy) having its own collection of charts. These charts, being in many sections, are again all under the care of subordinate Guardians. The Lords of Karma, with their vast band of Helpers, are the most frequent Users of these charts. These Halls of Records are mostly on the lowest Levels of The Mental Plane and the highest of The Astral, as They can be there most fully utilized and most easily accessible." "Initiates receive instruction directly from The Masters or from some of The Great Devas or Angels. These teachings are usually imparted at night in small classes or individually in The Master's private study." "Disciples are taught in groups in The Master's ashram or classroom at night if in incarnation. The major part of a disciple's tuition is left in the hands of some Initiate or more advanced disciple who watches over his younger brother and is responsible to The Master for his progress, handing in regular reports. Karma is largely the arbiter of this relation." The Path of Discipleship: "A disciple is one who, above all else, is pledged to do 3 things: a. To serve Humanity. b. To cooperate with The Plan of The Great Ones. c. To follow the guidance of The Higher Self and not the dictates of his 3-fold lower manifestation (the personality)." "A disciple is one who is beginning to comprehend group work and beginning to change his center of activity from himself to the group center. A disciple is one who realizes simultaneously the relative insignificance of each unit of consciousness and also its vast importance. A disciple realizes the force side of nature and to him the form makes no appeal. He recognizes himself as a force center within a greater Force Center, and his is the responsibility of directing the energy which may pour through him into channels through which the group can be benefited." "A disciple is one who is transferring his consciousness out of the personal into the impersonal, and during the transition stage difficulties arise from: a. The disciple's lower self, which rebels at being transmuted. b. A person's immediate group, friends, or family who rebel at the growing impersonality." "The disciple is one who realizes his responsibility to all units who come under his influence, a responsibility to expand their consciousness. This he does most easily by a demonstration in his own life as to his goal, his object, and his center of consciousness." "The disciple has several things at which to aim: -- A sensitive response to The Master's Vibration. -- A practical purity of life. -- A freedom from care. Bear in mind that care is based on the personal and is the result of lack of dispassion. -- Accomplishment of duty. This point involves the dispassionate discharge of all obligations and due attention to karmic debts. Special emphasis should be laid, for all disciples, on the value of dispassion, where balance is seen, and neither pleasure nor pain dominates, for they are superseded by joy and bliss. -- He has also to work scientifically, if it may be so expressed, at the building of the physical body. He must so strive that he will produce, in each incarnation, a body which will serve better as a vehicle for force." "He who guards his words and who only speaks with altruistic purpose, in order to carry the energy of love through the medium of the tongue, is one who is mastering rapidly the initial steps to be taken in preparation for Initiation." "The disciple must learn to be silent in the face of that which is evil. He must learn to be silent before the sufferings of the world, wasting no time in idle plaints and sorrowful demonstration, but lifting up the burden of the world, working and wasting no energy in talk. Yet he should speak where encouragement is needed, using the tongue for constructive ends; expressing The Love Force of the world as It may flow through him, where It will serve best to ease a load or lift a burden, remembering that, as The Race progresses, the love element between the sexes and its expression will be translated to a Higher Plane." "The path of the disciple is a thorny one. Briars beset his every step, and difficulties meet him at every turn. Yet in the treading of the path, in the overcoming of the difficulties, and in a single-hearted adherence to the good of the group, with a proportionate attention to the individuals and their evolutionary developement, comes at length fruition and the attainment of the goal. A server of The Race stands forth. He is a server because he has no ends of his own to serve, and from his lower sheaths goes out no vibration which can beguile him from his chosen path." "Some practical advice might be of value here: Stand ready and watch the heart. In the transferring of the fire from The Solar Plexus (The Manipura Chakra) to The Heart Chakra (The Anahata Chakra) comes much pain. It is not easy to love, as do The Great Ones, with a pure love which requires nothing back. Be prepared for loneliness. It is the law. As a man dissociates himself from all that concerns his physical, Astral, and Mental Bodies and centers himself in The Higher Self, it produces a temporary separation. Cultivate happiness. Happiness is based on confidence in The God Within (The I Am Presence), a just appreciation of time, and a forgetfulness of self. Suffering comes as the lower self rebels. Control that lower self, eliminate desire, and all is Joy. Have patience. Endurance is one of the characteristics of The Higher Self. The Higher Self persists, knowing Itself immortal. The personality becomes discouraged, knowing that 'time' is short." "To the disciple naught occurs but what is in The Plan, and where the motive and sole aspiration of the heart are towards the carrying out of The Master's Will and the serving of The Race, that which eventuates has in it the seeds of the next enterprise and embodies the environment of the next step forward." "It is possible to reach a point where naught that occurs can ruffle the inner calm, where the peace that passeth understanding is known and experienced, because the consciousness is centered in The Higher Self Who is peace Itself." "As the aspirant progresses, he not only balances the pairs of opposites (duality) but is having the secret of his brother's heart revealed to him. He becomes an acknowledged force in the world and is recognized as one who can be depended upon to serve. He reaches the hearts of Men in some way or another and becomes a helper and server of his Race." "The aspirant has an appreciation of the occult value of money, in service. He seeks nothing for himself, save that which may equip him for the work to be done, and he looks upon money and that which money can purchase as something which is to be used for others and as a means to bring about the fruition of The Master's Plans, as he senses those plans. One of the greatest tests as to the position of a man upon The Probationary Path is that which concerns his attitude to and his handling of that which all men seek in order to gratify desire (money). Only he who desires naught for himself can be a recipient of financial bounty and a dispenser of the riches of The Universe." "It would be well to remember that disciples on The First Ray (Divine Will) understand discipleship largely in terms of energy or force or activity, whilst disciples on The Second Ray (Love/Wisdom) understand it more in terms of consciousness or Initiation. Hence the divergence of expressions in ordinary use and the lack of comprehension among thinkers. It might prove useful to express the idea of discipleship in terms of the different Rays -- meaning by this, discipleship as it manifests in service on The Physical Plane: First Ray ........................... Force ...................... Energy ................................. Action ..................... The Occultist Second Ray ............ Consciousness ............ Expansion ............................ Initiation ............... The True Psychic Third Ray ..................... Adaptation ............ Developement ........................ Evolution ................. The Magician Fourth Ray .................... Vibration .................. Response .......................... Expression ................... The Artist Fifth Ray ....................... Mentation ................ Knowledge ............................ Science ................... The Scientist Sixth Ray ....................... Devotion ................. Abstraction ............................ Idealism .................. The Devotee Seventh Ray ................ Incantation ................... Magic .................................... Ritual ..................... The Ritualist." "Remember that we are here dealing with disciples. Later on, as they progress, the various lines approximate and merge. As time elapses and they are brought into closer relationship with the 2 Masters with Whom they are concerned (The 2 Sponsors of the disciple), the inability to cooperate and to merge their interests in the good of the group will pass away, and community of endeavor, similarity of object, and mutual cooperation will take the place of what is now so much seen,divergence." The Path of Initiation: "After a longer or shorter period of time, the disciple stands at The Portal of Initiation. He who treads The Probationary Path and The Path of Holiness (Discipleship) is he who has counted the cost, whose sense of values has been readjusted, and who, therefore, judges not as judges the man of the world. In the struggle for the mastery of the lower self by The Higher, he is willing to sacrifice even unto death." "At The First Initiation (The Birth), the control of The Higher Self (The I Am Presence) over the physical body must have reached a high degree of attainment. A general attitude of obedience to The Higher Self must have been achieved, and the willingness to obey must be very strong. The channel between The Higher and the lower is widened and the obedience of the flesh practically automatic." "The very fact that a Man is an Initiate and, therefore, the medium for force of a greatly increased kind, makes his lapses from The Straight Path (of Initiation) to have more powerful effects than is the case with a less advanced man. His retribution and 'punishment' (karma) will be equally greater. Inevitably, He must pay the price before He is allowed to proceed further upon The Way." "All people do not develope exactly along the same or parallel lines, and, therefore, no hard or fast rules can be laid down as to the exact procedure at each Initiation or as to just what centers (chakras) are to be vivified or what vision is to be accorded." "At The First Initiation, That of The Birth of The Christ, The Heart Chakra (The Anahata Chakra) is the one usually vivified, with the aim in view of the more effective controlling of The Astral Vehicle (The Emotional Body) and the rendering of greater service to Humanity. After This Initiation, The Initiate is taught, principally, the facts of The Astral Plane. He has to stabilize his Emotional Vehicle and learn to work on The Astral Plane with the same facility and ease as He does on The Physical Plane." "He passes, at This Initiation, out of The Hall of Learning into The Hall of Wisdom. At this time, emphasis is consistently laid on his astral (emotional) developement, although his mental equipment grows steadily." "Many lives may intervene between The First Initiation and The Second. A long period of many incarnations may elapse before the control of The Astral Body (The Emotional Body) is perfected, and The Initiate is ready for the next step." "The Second Initiation (The Baptism) forms the crisis in the control of The Astral Body. Just as, at The First Initiation, the control of the dense physical has been demonstrated, so here the control of The Astral is similarly demonstrated. The sacrifice and death of desire has been the goal of endeavor. The aspiration and longing to serve, love, and progress become so strong that rapid developement is usually to be seen. This accounts for the fact that This Initiation (The Second) and The Third frequently follow each other in one single life." "At This Second Initiation, should the ordinary course be followed (which again is not at all certain), The Throat Chakra (The Visshuddha Chakra) is vivified. 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 (of Sanat Kumara) shown. The work, then, to be done prior to the taking of The Third Initiation is the complete submerging of the personal point of view in the need of the whole. It entails the complete domination of the concrete mind by The Higher Self." "After The Second Initiation, the teaching shifts up a Plane. The Initiate learns to control his Mental Vehicle (The Mental Body). He developes the capacity to manipulate thought matter and learns the laws of creative thought building. His knowledge of the microcosm becomes profound, and He has mastered, theoretically and practically in great measure, the laws of his own nature." "At The Third Initiation, termed sometimes The Transfiguration, the entire personality is flooded with Light from above. It is only after This Initiation (also called The Soul Merge) that The Monad (The Higher Self of The Higher Self) is guiding The Higher Self, pouring his Divine Life ever more into the prepared and cleansed Channel." "Again, a vision is accorded of what lies ahead. The Initiate is in a position, at all times, to recognize the other Members of The Great White Lodge (The Great White Brotherhood), and his psychic faculties are stimulated by the vivification of The Head Chakras (The Ajna and Sahasrara Chakras). When the physical body is pure, The Astral Body stable and steady, and The Mental Body controlled, then The Initiate can safely wield and wisely use the psychic faculties for the helping of The Race. The Personality has now reached a point where its vibrations are of a very high order." "It is only at The Third Initiation that The Great Hierophant (Initiator), The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) Himself officiates. It is the first at which He contacts The Initiate. Earlier, it would not be possible. For the First Two Initiations, The Hierophant is The Christ, the World Teacher, The Firstborn among many brethren, One of the earliest of our Humanity to take Initiation. But The Lord of The World, The Ancient of Days, The Ineffable Ruler Himself administers The Third Initiation." "The heart is now sufficiently pure and loving and the intellect sufficiently stable to stand the strain of knowing." "Before The Fourth Initiation can be taken, the work of training is intensified, and the hastening and accumulation of knowledge has to be unbelievably rapid. After The Third Initiation, The Initiate can contact and assist (in measure) The Chohans of The Rays, The Boddhisattva (The Christ), and The Manu." "He studies The Cosmic Plans and has to master the charts. He learns to direct the activities of The Building Devas, and, at the same time, He works continually at the developement of his spiritual nature." "The life of The Man Who takes The Fourth Initiation, or The Crucifixion (also called The Renunciation), is usually one of great sacrifice and suffering. It is the life of The Man Who makes The Great Renunciation, and even exoterically it is seen to be strenuous, hard, and painful. He has laid all, even his perfected Personality, upon the altar of sacrifice and stands bereft of all. All is renounced: friends, money, reputation, character, standing in the world, family, and even life itself." "After The Fourth Initiation, The Initiate is admitted into closer fellowship in The Lodge, and his contact with The Devas is more complete. He is rapidly exhausting the resources in The Hall of Wisdom and is mastering the most intricate plans and charts. He becomes adept in the significance of colour and sound and can contact His Monad with more freedom than the majority of The Human Race can contact their Higher Selves. He is in charge, also, of large work, teaching many pupils, aiding in many schemes, and is gathering under Him Those Who are to assist Him in future times. This refers only to Those Who stay to help Humanity on this globe." (as Initiates in The Spiritual Hierarchy) "After The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension), The Man is perfected as far as This Scheme (The Earth) goes, though He may, if He will, take 2 further Initiations (in This Planetary Scheme)." "To achieve The Sixth Initiation (The Level of The Seven Chohans), The Adept has to take a very intensive course in planetary occultism. A Chohan of The Sixth Initiation wields The Law in The Chain on all planetary levels. A Chohan (or Buddha) of The Seventh Initiation wields The Law in The Solar System." "The stages of developement of the aspirant might be expressed as follows: 1. He has to become aware, through discrimination, of the energy or force of his own lower self. 2. He has to impose upon that energetic rhythm one that is higher, until that lower rhythm is superseded by the higher, and the old method of expressing energy dies out entirely. 3. He then is permitted, by gradually expanding realizations, to contact and -- under guidance -- to employ certain forms of group energy until the time comes when He is in a position, scientifically, to wield planetary force. The length of time taken over his final stage is entirely dependent upon the progress He makes in the service of his Race and in the developement of those powers of The Soul (The Higher Self) which are the natural sequence of spiritual unfoldment." "The application of The Rod of Initiation at the first 2 Initiations by The Boddhisattva (The Christ) enables The Initiate to control and utilize the force of the lower self, the true sanctified energy of the personality, in service. At The Third Initiation, the application of The Rod by The One Initiator (Sanat Kumara) makes available, in a vastly more extensive manner, the force of The Higher Self and brings into play on The Physical Plane the entire energy stored up, during numerous incarnations, in The Causal Vehicle (The Higher Mental Body of The Christ Self). At The Fourth Initiation, the energy of His Higher Self Grouping becomes his to use for the good of planetary evolution, and at The Fifth Initiation the force or energy of the planet is at his disposal." "During The First 5 Initiations, these 2 Great Beings -- The Boddhisattva (The World Teacher) for the first 2 and then The One Initiator, The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) for the next 3 -- are The Administrators or Hierophants. After These Ceremonies, should The Initiate choose to take the 2 Final Initiations (Sixth and Seventh) Which it is possible to take in This System (of Earth), a still higher type of Energy in expression of The One Self comes into play and can only be hinted at." "At The Seventh Initiation, That One of Whom Sanat Kumara is The Manifestation, The Logos (Vywamus) of our Planetary Scheme on his own Plane becomes The Hierophant. At The Sixth Initiation, The Expression of This Existence (Vywamus) on an intermediate Plane, a Being Who must at present remain nameless, wields The Rod (of Initiation) and administers the oath and secret. Through The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) at The Final Great Initiation (The Seventh) flows the power of The Solar Logos." "Students must get rid of the idea that if they are 'very good and altruistic' suddenly some day they will stand before The Great Lord. Goodness and altruism grow out of realization and service, and holiness of character is the outcome of those expansions of consciousness which a man brings about within himself through strenuous effort and endeavor. Therefore, it is here and now that man can prepare himself for Initiation by working systematically and enduringly at the steady developement of The Mental Body, by the strenuous and arduous process of controlling The Astral Body (the emotions), so that It becomes responsive to 3 vibrations: a. That from The Higher Self (The I Am Presence). b. That from The Master (one's personal Master). c. Those from his brothers everywhere around him." "He becomes sensitive to the voice of his Higher Self, thus working off karma under the intelligent guidance of his own God-Self. He becomes conscious, via The Higher Self, of the vibration emanating from his Master. He learns to feel it ever more and more and to respond to it ever more fully. Finally, he becomes increasingly sensitive to the joys and pains and sorrows of those he daily contacts. He feels them to be his joys and pains and sorrows, and yet he is not incapacitated thereby." The 7 planetary Initiations of Earth: The Universality of Initiation: "This particular mode of developing the consciousness (The Path of Initiation) of The Human Family was initiated by The Hierarchy during The Atlantean Root Race (The Fourth Root Race) at the latter end of The Fourth Sub Race and will persist until the middle of the next Round. At that time, the needed stimulus will have been imparted and, as three-fifths of The Human Family will then have esoterically set their feet upon The Path and a large percentage of them will then be in process of becoming The Path Itself, the more normal routine will again be resumed." "The process of stimulation of humans by means of graded instructions and the application of the dynamic Force of The Rod is employed on 3 of The Planets of our Solar System at this time. The other Planetary Schemes, though fundamentally the same as ours, have their profound differences in manifestation due to the varying characteristics and the individual karma of the incarnating Planetary Logos or Ray." "The 3 Planetary Schemes wherein the great experiment of Initiation is being tried are The Earth, Venus, and one other. Venus was the first Sphere of experiment (in this Solar System), and the success of the endeavor and the force generated was the cause of a similar effort being made on our Planet." "A similar process has but lately been instituted on another Planetary Scheme, and when, in the next Round, our Earth attains a point in evolution analogous to that of The Venusian Scheme at the time its influence was felt by us, then we shall aid in the stimulation of still another Group of Planetary Higher Selves." "In the 3 great Planetary Schemes of Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn, the method of Initiation will not be employed. They will be The Recipients of those who are esoterically 'saved' from amongst the other Schemes. That is to say that all those who, in any Planetary Scheme, achieve the needed expansion of consciousness will be considered 'saved' whilst the remainder will be held to be 'failures' and will be held over for further developement (further incarnations) during later periods or will be transferred to Those Planetary Schemes which, from the point of view of time, are not so far advanced as our Earth Scheme. These 3 Major Schemes are the absorbers and synthesizers of the energy of the others." "Initiation has to do with the conscious developement of the self and concerns The Wisdom Aspect of The One Self (The Monad). The Devas, with the exception of Those Greater Devas Who have in earlier Cycles passed through The Human Kingdom and are now cooperating in the evolution of Man, are not as yet self-conscious. They grow and develope through feeling and not through the power of conscious thought. Man, however, grows through expansions of self-conscious realization, self-initiated and self-imposed." "The Devas follow the line of least resistance and seek to appropriate and experience, in fullest tide of feeling and sentiency, the vibration of things as they are. Therefore, the method for Them is an ever-increasing intensity of appreciation for the feeling of the moment. The Devas seek to feel, whilst Man seeks to know. For the former, then, those expansions of consciousness which we call Initiation exist not." "Sirius (The Higher Self of The Sun) acts as The Transmitter, or The Focalizing Center, whence emanate those influences which produce self-consciousness in Man. During Initiation, by means of The Rod of Initiation, this energy is momentarily intensified and applied to the chakras of The Initiate with terrific force. Were it not that The Hierophant (The Initiator) and the 2 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 Center (The Visshuddhi Chakra), 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 (The Higher Mental Body, That which is intermediate between The I Am Presence and the lower self) and serves to stimulate The Heart Center (The Anahata Chakra)." "A third type of energy is applied to The Initiate and affects his Head Center (The Crown Chakra, The Sahasrara). It emanates from That One of the 7 stars of The Great Bear (Ursa Major) whose ensouling Life holds the same relationship to our Planetary Logos (Vywamus) as The Higher Self does to a human being. This energy, therefore, is 7-fold (The Seven Rays) and differs according to a man's Ray or type." "Other types of force from certain of The Planetary Schemes, as well as from Cosmic Centers (or Chakras), are brought into play by The Initiator and transmitted, through the medium of The Rod, to the various chakras in The Initiate's 3 Vehicles, The Mental, The Astral, and The Aetheric." "At The Fourth Initiation (The Crucifixion), a specialized type of force from a Center, Which must remain nameless, is applied to a man's Causal Body (Higher Mental Body) and is one of the causes of its final disintegration (It no longer separating The I Am Presence from the lower self personality)." "The 7 'Heavenly Men' (The 7 Planetary Logoi of The 7 Sacred Planets of This Solar System), in whose bodies each Human Monad and each Deva finds his place, form The 7 Chakras in The Body of The Solar Logos. He, in his turn, forms The Heart Center (or Chakra) of a still greater Entity. The consummation of all for This Solar System will be when The Solar Logos takes His Fifth Initiation (Fifth Solar Initiation). When all the sons of men attain The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension), He achieves. This is a great mystery and incomprehensible to us." The Participants in The Mysteries: "We are considering facts which are substantial and real on The Mental Plane, The Plane on Which all The Major Initiations take place, but which are not materialized on The Physical Plane and are not physical plane phenomena. Corroboration of the occurrences upon The Subjective Planes of reality and proof of the accuracy of the transmitted knowledge will demonstrate as follows: In and through the aetheric chakras. These centers (in The Aetheric Body) will be greatly stimulated and will, through their increased inherent energy, enable The Initiate to accomplish more in the path of service than He ever before dreamed possible. The physical centers, such as the Pineal Gland and the Pituitary Body, will begin to develope rapidly, and He will become conscious of the awakening of the 'siddhis' (metaphysical abilities), or powers of The Soul, in the higher connotation of the words. The brain will become ever more rapidly an acute transmitter of the inner impulses. The Initiate finally becomes aware, increasingly, of the growth of that inner recollection or 'occult memory' which concerns the work of The Hierarchy and, primarily, his share in The General Plan." "Initiation is strictly a personal matter with a universal application. The Initiate will know for Himself when the event occurs and needs no one to tell Him of It. The expansion of consciousness called Initiation must include the physical brain or It is of no value." "At the same time, it is quite possible for Men to be functioning on The Physical Plane and to be actively employed in world service Who have no recollection of having undergone The Initiatory Process, yet Who, nevertheless, may have taken The First or Second Initiation in a previous or earlier life. However, if Initiation is taken for the first time in any life, the recollection of It extends to the physical brain." "Curiosity or even ordinary good living never brought a man to The Portal of Initiation. Curiosity, by arousing a strong vibration in a man's lower nature, only serves to swing him away from, instead of towards, the goal he is interested in; whilst ordinary good living, when not furthered by a life of utter sacrifice for others and by a reticence, humility, and disinterestedness of a very unusual kind, may serve to build good vehicles which will be of use in another incarnation but will serve to break down those barriers, outer and inner, and overcome those opposing forces and energies which stand between a 'good' man and The Ceremony of Initiation." "The Path of Discipleship is a difficult One to tread, and The Path of Initiation harder still. An Initiate is but a battle-scarred warrior. He makes no reference to Himself or to all that He has accomplished, save to deprecate the littleness of what has been done. Nevertheless, to the world He is ever a Man of large influence, the wielder of spiritual power, the embodier of ideals, the worker for Humanity Who unfailingly brings results which succeeding generations will recognize. He lays his all upon the altar of altruistic service and frequently offers his life as a final gift, only to find that those whom He has served throw his gift back to Him, scorn his renunciation, and label Him with unsavory names. But The Initiate knows that his name and effort are noted in The Archives of The Lodge and that The Silent Watcher (Vywamus) over the affairs of Men has taken notice." "The Silent Watcher is That Great Entity Who is the informing Life of The Planet and Who holds the same position to The Lord of The World, Sanat Kumara, as The Higher Self does to the lower self of Man. From the standpoint of our Planetary Scheme, this great life has no greater, and He is, as far as we are concerned, a correspondence to The Personal God of the Christian. He works through His Representative on the physical, Sanat Kumara, Who is the focal point for His Life and Energy. He holds the world within His Aura. This Great Existence is only contacted directly by The Adept Who has taken The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension) and is proceeding to take the other Two, The Sixth and Seventh." "Once a year, at The Wesak Festival (the full moon of May), The Lord Buddha, sanctioned by The Lord of The World, carries to the assembled Humanity a dual stream of force -- that emanating from The Silent Watcher, supplemented by the more focalized energy of The Lord of The World. The dual energy He pours out in blessing over the people gathered at the ceremony in The Himalayas, and from them, in turn, it flows out to all peoples and tongues and Races." "The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) is only concerned with the 2 Final Initiations (The Sixth and Seventh), Which are not compulsory as are the earlier Five (for Planet Earth). These Initiations are taken upon The Buddhic and Atmic Planes, whereas The First Five are taken upon The Mental." "The Lord of The World, The One Initiator, He who is called in The Bible 'The Ancient of Days' and in The Hindu Scriptures 'The First Kumara'; He, Sanat Kumara it is, Who from his throne at Shamballa in The Gobi Desert (at a Higher Level of Being) presides over The Lodge of Masters (The Great White Brotherhood) and holds in his hands the reins of Government in all The Three Major Departments (First, Second, and Third). He has chosen to watch over the evolution of Men and Devas until all have been occultly 'saved'. He it is Who decides upon the 'advancements' in the different Departments and Who settles Who shall fill the vacant posts." "At stated periods in the year The Lodge meets and at The Wesak Festival gathers under his jurisdiction for 3 purposes: 1. To contact planetary force through the medium of The Buddha. 2. To hold the principal of the quarterly conferences (once each season). 3. To admit to The Ceremony of Initiation Those Who are ready in all grades." "Three other Initiation Ceremonies take place during the year (at quarterly intervals): 1. For The Minor Initiations administered by The Boddhisattva (The World Teacher), all of Which are in The Department of The Mahachohan (The Third Ray Department) and on one or another of The Four Lesser Rays, The Rays of Attribute (Fourth through Seventh). 2. For The Major Initiations on one or another of The Three Major Rays, The Rays of Aspect (First, Second, and Third), Which are administered by The Boddhisattva and are, therefore, The First Two Initiations. 3. For The Higher Three Initiations at Which Sanat Kumara wields The Rod." "At all Initiations The Lord of The World is present, but at The First Two He holds a position similar to that held by The Silent Watcher when Sanat Kumara administers the oath at The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Initiations. His power streams forth, and the flashing forth of the star before The Initiate is the signal of his approval, but The Initiate does not see Him face to face until The Third Initiation (The Transfiguration or Soul Merge)." "The function of The Three Kumaras (Exoteric) or The Three Buddhas of Activity at Initiation is interesting. They are Three Aspects of The One Aspect and The Pupils of Sanat Kumara. They each embody the force or energy of one of The 3 Higher Subplanes of The Mental Plane." "During The Final Two Initiations (Sixth and Seventh), Sanat Kumara is still The Hierophant, yet in a very esoteric manner it is The Planetary Logos (Higher Self of Sanat Kumara) Himself Who officiates. They are merged at that time into One Identity, manifesting different aspects." "It has been said that The 3 Major Departmental Heads represent the triplicity of all manifestation, which might be expressed under the following form:
All human beings belong to one of These Three Departments, Which are all of equal importance." "The Three Great Lords closely cooperate in the work and are closely connected with The Initiations of a human unit. However, They are too occupied with greater affairs and with group activities to have any relationship with a man until he stands upon The Probationary Path. When he has, through his own effort, brought himself onto The Path of Discipleship, the particular Master Who has him under supervision reports to The Head of one of The 3 Major Departments (this being dependent upon a man's Ray) that he is nearing The Portal of Initiation and should be ready for The Great Step during such and such a life. During the final year upon The Path of Discipleship, the applicant's name is submitted to The Lodge, and after his own Master has reported upon him and his record has been briefly summarized, his name is balloted and Sponsors are arranged." "During The Initiation Ceremony, the important factors are: 1. The Initiator (The Hierophant). 2. The Triangle of Force formed by 3 Adepts or 3 Kumaras. 3. The Sponsors." "In the case of The First 2 Initiations, 2 Masters stand, One on each side of The Applicant within the triangle. At The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Initiations, The Mahachohan and The Boddhisattva perform the function of Sponsor. At The Sixth and Seventh Initiations, 2 Great Beings, Who must remain nameless, stand within the esoteric triangle. The work of The Sponsors is to pass through their bodies the force or electrical energy emanating from The Rod of Initiation. This force, through radiation, circles around the triangle and is supplemented by the force of The 3 Guardians. It next passes through the chakras of The Sponsors, being transmitted by an act of will to The Initiate." The Two Revelations: "The stages of The Initiation Ceremony are 5 in number, as follows: 1. The Presence revealed. 2. The Vision seen. 3. The application of The Rod, affecting: 4. The administration of The Oath. 5. The giving of The Secret and The Word. These points are given in due order, and each of these 5 stages is in itself a complete ceremony." "On The Path of inner or subjective developement, the sequence of developement of the senses is: Hearing -- response to the voice of conscience (The God or Higher Self within). This covers the period of strictly normal evolution. Touch -- response to control or vibration and the recognition of that which lies outside of the separated human unit on The Physical Plane. This covers the period of gradual spiritual unfoldment, The Paths of Probation and of Discipleship, right up to The Door of Initiation. The man touches, at intervals, that which is higher than himself. He becomes aware of the 'touch' of The Master. He reaches out after that which concerns The Higher Self, and, through touching unseen things, habituates himself to them. Finally, Sight -- that inner vision which is produced through The Initiation Process. The medium of the inner sight has ever existed, and that which can be seen is always present, but the recognition by the majority as yet exists not." "This 'recognition' by The Initiate is the first great step in The Initiation Ceremony, and until it has transpired all the other stages must wait. That which is recognized differs at the different Initiations and might be roughly summarized as follows: The Higher Self, The Reflection of The Monad, is in Itself a triplicity as is all else in Nature and reflects The 3 Aspects of Divinity, just as The Monad reflects, on a Higher Plane, The 3 Aspects -- Will, Love/Wisdom, and Active Intelligence -- of The Diety." "Therefore, at The First Initiation, The Initiate becomes aware of The Third or lowest Aspect of The Higher Self, That of Active Intelligence. He is brought face to face with that manifestation of The Great Solar Angel (Pitri) Who is Himself, The Real Self." "At The Second Initiation, This Great Presence is seen as a duality, and another Aspect shines forth before Him. He becomes aware that This Radiant Life, Who is identifying with Himself, is not only Intelligence in Action (Third Ray) but also is Love/Wisdom (Second Ray) in origin. He (The Initiate) merges his consciousness with This Life and becomes one with It so that on The Physical Plane, through the medium of that personal life, That Life is seen as intelligent love expressing Itself." "At The Third Initiation, The Higher Self stands before The Initiate as a perfected triplicity. Not only is The Self known to be Intelligent, Active Love, but It is revealed also as a fundamental Will or Purpose (First Ray) with Which The Man immediately identifies Himself and knows that the 3 worlds (Physical, Astral, Mental) hold naught for Him in the future but only serve as a sphere for active service." "These profound revelations shine forth before The Initiate in a triple manner: 1. As a Radiant Angelic Existence. The Great Solar Angel, Who embodies the real Man (Initiate) and is his Expression on The Plane of Higher Mind (Mental Plane), is literally his Divine Ancestor, The 'Watcher' Who, through long cycles of incarnation, has poured Himself out in sacrifice in order that man might BE. 2. As a Sphere of Radiant Fire, linked with The Initiate standing before It by that magnetic thread of fire which passes through all his bodies and terminates within the centers of the physical brain (the Pituitary and Pineal Glands). This 'Silver Thread' emanates from The Heart Chakra of The Solar Angel, linking thus heart and brain, that great duality manifesting in This Solar System, Love and Intelligence. One Life pulsates and circulates through all via the fiery strands. This is part of the revelation which comes to a Man Who stands in 'The Presence' with his eyes occultly opened. 3. As a many tinted Lotus of 9 Petals. These petals are arranged in 3 circles around a central set of 3 closely-folded petals which shield what is called, in the eastern books, The Jewel in the Lotus. This Lotus is a thing of rare beauty, pulsating with life and radiant with all the colours of the rainbow, and at The First 3 Initiations the 3 circles are revealed in order, until at The Fourth Initiation The Initiate stands before a still greater revelation and learns the secret of that which lies within the central bud." "In all these words, 'Solar Angel', 'Sphere of Fire', and 'Lotus', lies hidden some aspect of the central mystery of human life, but it will only be apparent to those who have eyes to see." "At The Fourth Initiation (The Renunciation), The Initiate is brought into The Presence of that Aspect of Himself Which is called his 'Father in Heaven'. He is brought face to face with his own Monad, That Pure Spiritual Essence on The Highest Plane but one, That Which is to his Higher Self what That Higher Self is to the personality or lower self." "The Solar Angel hitherto contacted has withdrawn Himself, and the form through which He functioned (The Causal Body) has gone, and naught is left but Love/Wisdom and that dynamic Will which is the prime characteristic of Spirit. The lower self has served the purposes of The Higher Self and has been discarded. The Higher Self likewise has served the purposes of The Monad and is no longer required, and The Initiate stands free of both, fully liberated and able to contact The Monad, as earlier He learned to contact The Higher Self. For the remainder of his appearances in the 3 worlds (Physical, Astral, Mental) He is governed only by will and purpose, self-initiated, and creates his body of manifestation and thus controls (within karmic limits) his own times and seasons. The karma here referred to is planetary karma and not personal." "At This Fourth Initiation he contacts The Love Aspect of The Monad, and at The Fifth The Will Aspect and thus completes his contacts, responds to all necessary vibrations, and is Master on The 5 Planes of human evolution (Physical, Astral, Mental, Buddhic, and Atmic)." "Further, it is at The Third, The Fourth, and The Fifth Initiations that He becomes aware also of That 'Presence' Which enfolds even That Spiritual Entity, his own Monad. He sees his Monad as one with The Planetary Logos (Vywamus). Through the channel of his own Monad, He sees the self-same Aspects (Which That Monad embodies) on a wider scale, and The Planetary Logos, Who ensouls all The Monads on his Ray, is thus revealed." "At The Sixth Initiation, The Initiate, functioning consciously as The Love Aspect (The Second Ray) of The Monad, is brought (via His 'Father') into a still vaster recognition and becomes aware of That Star Which encloses His Planetary Star (The Planetary Logos), just as That Star has earlier been seen as enclosing his own tiny 'Spark' (Soul or Higher Self). He thus makes his conscious contact with The Solar Logos and realizes within Himself the oneness of all life and manifestation." "This recognition is extended at The Seventh Initiation, so that 2 Aspects of The One Life become realities to The Emancipated Buddha. Thus by a graded series of steps is The Initiate brought face to face with Truth and Existence. It will be apparent to thoughtful students why this revealing of The Presence has to precede all other revelations." "His oneness with his brothers is proven, and He realizes the indissoluble link which binds Him to his fellow-men everywhere. Brotherhood is no longer a theory but a proven scientific fact, no more to be disputed than the separateness of men on The Physical Plane is to be disputed." "The immortality of The Soul and the reality of the unseen worlds is, for Him, proven and ascertained. He realizes the meaning and source of energy and can begin to wield power with scientific accuracy and direction. He knows now whence He draws it and has had a glimpse of the resources of energy which are available." "Thus, in many ways, does the revelation of The Presence produce definite results in The Initiate, and thus it is judged by The Hierarchy to be the necessary preamble to all later revelations." "Having brought The Initiate face to face with The One with Whom, for countless ages, He has had to do, and having awakened in Him an unshakable realization of the oneness of the fundamental life as it manifests through all lesser lives, the next momentous revelation is that of The Vision." "The first revelation (of The Presence) has concerned that which is undefinable, illimitable, and (to the finite mind) infinite in its abstractness and absoluteness. The second revelation (of The Vision) concerns time and space and involves the recognition by The Initiate -- through the newly aroused sense of occult sight -- of the part He has played and has to play in The Plan and later of The Plan Itself, in so far as it concerns: a. His Higher Self. b. His Higher Self Group. c. His Ray Group. d. His Planetary Logos." "At The First Initiation (The Birth) He becomes aware, definitely, of the part, relatively inconspicuous, that He has to play in his personal life during the period ensuing between the moment of revelation (The Vision) and the taking of The Second Initiation. This may involve one more life or several. He knows the trend they should take. He realizes, somewhat, his share in the service of The Race. He sees The Plan as a whole where He Himself is concerned and becomes conscious of what must be accomplished by Him before He can again stand in The Presence and receive an extended revelation." "At The Second Initiation (The Baptism) the part His Higher Self Group plays in the general scheme is shown to Him (in The Vision). He becomes more aware of the different Group Units with Whom He is intrinsically associated. He realizes who they are in their personalities, if in incarnation, and He sees, somewhat, what are the karmic relations between groups, units, and Himself. He is given an insight into the specific group purpose and its relation to other Groups." "Group relations are consolidated, and the plans and purposes can be furthered more intelligently. As this consolidation of group relations proceeds, it produces on The Physical Plane that concerted action and that wise unity in purpose which results in the materialization of the higher ideals and the adaptation of force in the wise furthering of the ends of evolution." "At The Third Initiation (The Transfiguration) there is revealed to The Initiate the purpose of The Subray of The Ray to Which He belongs, That upon Which His Higher Self finds Itself. All Higher Self Units are upon some Subray of The Monadic Ray (One of The Seven Rays). This knowledge is conferred upon The Initiate so as to enable Him, eventually, to find for Himself (along the line of least resistance) The Ray of His Monad." "The Initiate now learns the secret of group subordination to the good of the aggregate of groups. This will demonstrate on The Physical Plane as an ability to work wisely, intelligently, and harmoniously with many diverse types and to cooperate in large plans and wield wide influence." "A part of the plans of The Planetary Logos becomes revealed to Him, and The Vision includes the revelation of The Plan and Purpose as it concerns The Planet. This brings The Initiate, through a series of graded realizations, to the portals of The Fourth Initiation (The Crucifixion). The Vision this time is greatly extended, and, it might be said that, for the first time He becomes aware of the extent of planetary purpose and karma within The Scheme. His own personal unimportant karma being now adjusted, He can give his attention to the working off of planetary karma and the far-reaching plans of That Great Life (The Planetary Logos) Who includes all the lesser lives." "He bends all his energies towards planetary cooperation as it is furthered by work with and through the 2 great evolutions, Human and Deva, upon our Planet. Through the blending of all of nature's forces, the interplay of energy between the 2 Schemes may be quickened. He is admitted not only into The Council Chambers of his own Hierarchy but is permitted entrance also when Agents from other Planetary Schemes are in conference with The Lord of The World and The 2 Great Departmental Heads." "At The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension) The Vision brings to Him a still more extended outlook, and a third Planetary Scheme is seen, forming, with the other 2 Schemes, one of those triangles of force which are necessitated in the working out of Solar Evolution. Just as all manifestation proceeds through duality and triplicity back to eventual synthesis, so these Schemes, Which are but Centers of Force (Chakras) in The Body of The Solar Logos, work first as separated units (Planets) living their own integral life, then as dualities through the interplay of force through any 2 Schemes, thus aiding, stimulating, and complementing each other, and finally as a Solar Triangle, circulating force from point to point and Chakra to Chakra until the energy is merged and synthesized and the 3 work together in unity." "When The Adept of The Fifth Initiation can work in line with The Plans of The 3 Planetary Logoi involved, cooperating with Them with ever greater ability, as time elapses He becomes ready for The Sixth Initiation, Which admits Him to still Higher Conclaves. He becomes a Participant in solar and not merely planetary purposes." "At The Seventh Initiation His Vision penetrates beyond the solar ring-pass-not (periphery of The Sun's Aura), and He sees that which He has long realized as a basic theoretical fact, that our Solar Logos is involved in The Plans and Purposes of a still Greater Existence and that The Solar System is but one of many Centers of Force (Chakras) through which a Cosmic Entity, vastly greater than our own Solar Logos, is expressing Himself." "During The Initiation Ceremony, the opening of the eyes of The Initiate to see and realize divides itself into 3 parts, which are nevertheless parts of one process: 1. The past sweeps before Him, and He sees Himself playing many parts (in many incarnations), all of which are realized to be but the gradual bringing of his forces and capacities to the point where He can be of service to and with His Group. He sees and identifies Himself, according to the particular Initiation , with ................ a. Himself in many earlier lives. b. His Group in earlier groups of lives. c. His Ray as It pours down through many cycles of time. d. His Planetary Logos as He functions in the past through many Evolutions and Kingdoms in the entire Scheme, and so on until He has identified Himself with the past of The One Life flowing through all Planetary Schemes and Evolutions in The Solar System. This produces in Him the resolve to work off karma and the knowledge (from the seeing of past causes) of how it must be accomplished. 2. The present. It is revealed to Him what is the specific work to be done during the lesser cycle in which He is immediately involved. This means that He sees not only that which concerns Him in any one life, but He knows what is to be the immediate bit of The Plan -- involving maybe several of his tiny cycles called lives -- which The Planetary Logos seeks to see consummated. 3. The future. Then, for his encouragement, there is granted to Him a picture of a final consummation of a glory, past all description, with a few outstanding points indicative of the major steps thereto. He sees, for one brief second, the glory as it shall be and that path of radiant beauty which shineth ever more and more unto the perfect day. In the earlier Stages (earlier Initiations), He sees the glory of his perfected Higher Group; later, the radiance which pours forth from The Ray (One of The 7 Rays) Which carries on its bosom the perfected Sons of Men of one particular colour and type (of one particular Ray and Root Race); later again, He gets a glimpse of the perfection of That Great Being Who is his own Planetary Logos (Vywamus); until finally the perfection of all beauty and the radiance which includes all other Rays of Light is revealed -- The Sun shining in His Strength, The Solar Logos at the moment of consummated purpose." Rods of Initiation: "The Rods of Initiation are of 4 kinds: 1. Cosmic, used by a Cosmic Logos in the Initiations of a Solar Logos and of The 3 Major Planetary Logoi (of a Solar System). 2. Systemic, used by a Solar Logos in The Initiations of a Planetary Logos. Systemic Initiations are on so vast a scale that the average human mind cannot as yet envisage Them. 3. Planetary, used by a Planetary Logos for initiatory purposes and for The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Major Initiations and with the 2 Higher Ones. At The Planetary Initiation, The Rod of Power wielded by The Solar Logos is charged with pure electrical force from Sirius (The Higher Self of The Solar Logos) and was received by our Logos during the secondary period of creation from the hands of That Great Entity Who is the presiding Lord of The Lords of Karma. He is The Repository of The Law during manifestation, and He it is Who is The Representative in The Solar System of That Greater Brotherhood on Sirius, Whose Lodges are found functioning as The Spiritual Hierarchies in the different Planets. 4. Hierarchical, used by a Spiritual Hierarchy for minor Initiations and for The First Two Initiations by The Boddhisattva (The Christ)." "When Man individualized in 'Lemurian' days, it was through the application of The Rod of Initiation to The Planetary Logos (Vywamus) of our Earth Chain (the evolutionary Chain of 7 Earths) which touched into activity certain Chakras in His Body with their corresponding Groups. This application produced, literally, the awakening of the life to intelligent work on The Mental Plane. Animal Man was conscious on The Physical and on The Astral Planes. By the stimulation effected by The Electrical Rod (upon The Planetary Logos), this Animal Man awoke to consciousness on The Mental. Thus the 3 bodies (the physical, The Emotional, and The Mental) were coordinated and The Thinker enabled to function in them." "Every Initiate presented to The Initiator (The Hierophant) is accompanied by 2 of The Masters (Sponsors) Who stand One on either side of The Initiate. The 3 of Them together form a triangle which makes the work possible. The force of The Rod is 2-fold and its power terrific. Apart and alone The Initiate could not receive the voltage from The Rod without serious hurt, but in triangular transmission comes safety." "When The Rods are held in the hands of The Initiator in his position of power and at the stated seasons (quarterly), They act as transmitters of electric force from very High Levels, so high indeed that The Flaming Diamond at certain of The Final Initiations, The Sixth and Seventh, transmits force via The Logos from outside The System (Solar) altogether." "One Rod of Initiation is used for The First Two Initiations and is wielded by The Great Lord (The Christ). It is magnetized by the application of The Flaming Diamond, the magnetization being repeated for each new World Teacher. There is a wonderful ceremony performed at the time that a new World Teacher takes Office, in which He receives His Rod of Power -- the same Rod as used since the foundation of our Planetary Hierarchy -- and holds It forth to The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) Who touches It with his own mighty Rod, causing a fresh recharging of its electric capacity. This ceremony takes place at Shamballa." "The Rod of Initiation known as The Flaming Diamond is used by Sanat Kumara, The One Initiator. This Rod lies hidden in The East and holds the fire hidden that irradiates The Wisdom Religion. This Rod was brought by The Lord of The World from Venus (whence He came 18 million years ago), and once in every World Period It is subjected to a similar process to that of the lesser Rod (of The Christ), only this time It is recharged by the direct action of The Logos Himself, The Logos of The Solar System. The Buddhas of Activity (The 3 Exoteric Kumaras) are responsible for its custody. The Chohan of The Second Ray (The World Teacher) is, under The Lord of The World, its prime Guardian, aided by The Deva Lord of The Second Plane. It has its place and function in certain ceremonies connected with 'The Inner Round' and the triangle formed by The Earth, Mars, and Mercury." "The esoteric location of the various Rods is as follows: 1. The Rod of The Boddhisattva (The Christ) lies hidden in The Heart of The Wisdom, that is, at Shamballa. 2. The Rod of The One Initiator (Sanat Kumara) is hidden in The East, a definite planetary location. 3. The Rod of The Solar Logos is hidden in The Heart of The Sun, that mysterious subjective Sphere which lies back of our physical Sun, and of Which our physical Sun is but the environing shield and envelope. 4. The Rod of The Cosmic Logos associated with our Solar Logos is secreted in that central spot in the 'heavens' around which our Solar System revolves and Which is termed 'The Central Spiritual Sun' (of our portion of The Galaxy)." "One Rod is charged anew at Shamballa for each new World Teacher. The Rod of Sanat Kumara (The Flaming Diamond) is charged afresh at each recurring World Period and, therefore, 7 times in the history of a Planetary Scheme. These 2 Ceremonies take place at Shamballa, the sacred point of planetary manifestation, that central location in our physical Planet which corresponds to the heart of a human being (The Anahata Chakra). The Logoic Rod of Power (of The Solar Logos) is electrified at the recurrence of each new Period of Creation or for each Solar System through Which The Logos manifests." "Magnetic places on the earth's surface, which are famed for their healing properties, are magnetized in 3 ways: 1. By Sanat Kumara working through The Manu (First Ray Department). This occurs when it is desirable to form a central magnetic point which, by its attractive power, will draw into a coherent whole some Race, nation, or large organization. Every nation has its 'magnetic point', formed in aetheric matter by the application of The Flaming Diamond to The Aethers (The Aetheric Level). It is the national heart and the basis of the national character. 2. By Sanat Kumara working through The Boddhisattva (Second Ray Department). In this case, the electric force in The Rod is wielded in order to draw closer together those influences which demonstrate in the great religions of the world. 3. By Sanat Kumara working through The Mahachohan (Third Ray Department). By the wielding of The Rod of Power, the magnetic focal points of those great organizations which affect the civilization and the culture of a people are brought into coherent activity." "The Freemasons is a case in point. It has 2 magnetic centers, one of which is in Central Europe. The Lord of The World was the officiating Agent, as is ever the case in the founding of great and important movements. In all lesser movements for the helping of The Race, initiated by The Masters working through their disciples, the aid of The Boddhisattva is invoked and the lesser Rod of Power employed. When disciples initiate a movement on a relatively tiny scale, The Master with Whom they work can similarly assist them though He wields no Rod of Power." "At the time of The Initiation Ceremony, after The 2 Great Revelations (The Presence and The Vision), there comes a moment of utter silence and, in the interim, The Initiate realizes within Himself the meaning of Peace. He stands, as it were, in a void or in a vacuum wherein naught seemingly can reach Him. He is conscious of no anxiety, fear, or doubt. He has contacted The Divine Presence and has seen The Vision. He knows what He has to do and how He must do it, and peace and joy unutterable fill his heart. This is an interlude of stillness before a period of renewed activity which begins at the moment that The Rod is applied." "The Hierophant has hitherto been present, but the work has been handled by The Lodge and The Sponsors. He now ascends to The Place of Power, and The Rod is brought to Him by its legitimate Custodians. Through the utterance of certain words and phrases, which are one of the secrets of Initiation and which vary with each Initiation, the electrical force to be employed descends upon The Rod, passing through the heart (Anahata Chakra) and the hand of The Initiator to The 3 Who stand in triangular relation to The Throne of Office. They receive it, in turn, and circulate it by act of will through their hearts (Anahata Chakras), thus passing it to The Sponsors. They again, by act of will, prepare to transmit it to that chakra in the body of The Initiate which is (according to The Initiation) to receive stimulation." "Then succeeds an interesting interlude wherein the united wills of The Hierarchy are blended in order to transmit that force which The Rod has put into circulation. The Hierophant utters The Word, and the force is literally thrown into The Initiate's bodies and chakras, passing down through the chakras on The Mental Plane, via the astral chakras, to the chakras on Aetheric Levels (The Aetheric Body) which finally absorb it. This is the stupendous moment for The Initiate and brings to Him a realization of the literal, absolute truth of the phrase that 'God is a consuming Fire'. He is literally bathed in the fires of purification. He sees fire on all sides, pouring out through The Rod, circulating around The Triangle, and passing through the bodies of the 2 Sponsoring Adepts." "The Initiate sees no one, save The Hierophant, and is aware of nothing but a fiery blaze of pure, blue-white flame which burns but destroys not, which intensifies the activity of every atom in his body without disintegrating, and which purifies his entire nature. The fire tries his work, of what sort it is, and He passes through The Flame." "By the application of The Rod, The Initiate finds: a. That the activity of each individual atom in the various bodies is increased, resulting in a greater degree of nervous energy and an elasticity and resistance which will serve Him in good stead in the strenuous life of service ahead. b. That matter of an undesirable type in his bodies is shaken loose. c. The fires of the body are stimulated, and the total energy of the 3-fold lower man (physical, astral, and mental) is coordinated. d. The aligning of the various bodies in connection with The Causal Body (The Christ Self) is aided." "The Initiate will find that his powers for service are enormously increased and his nervous energy intensified, so that He can draw upon reserves of force in service hitherto unsuspected. He will find, also, that the response of the physical brain to the voice of The Higher Self and its receptivity to the higher and subtler impressions is greatly furthered. He will become aware that all his energies can be consciously and constructively controlled, that He knows the real meaning of continuity of consciousness (from lifetime to lifetime)." "The Higher Self (The I Am Presence) is a Great Solar Angel Who is the medium of expression for The Monad or Pure Spirit, just as is the personality for The Higher Self on the lower level. From the point of view of man in the 3 worlds (Physical, Astral, Mental), This Higher Self or Solar Lord is eternal. He persists throughout the entire cycle of incarnations. Nevertheless, the day dawns when The Life (The Monad) Which expresses Itself through the medium of The Higher Self, The Thinker, The Solar Lord or Manasadeva, seeks to loose Itself from even this limitation and to return to The Source from Which It originally emanated." "The Life, then, Which manifested as a Solar Angel (The I Am Presence) and Which, through inherent energy, held together through long ages The Causal Form (or Christ Self) withdraws Itself (The Monad) gradually, and The Form slowly dissipates. Through the application of The Rod of Initiation, the work of separating The Spiritual Self from The Higher Self is furthered, and the imprisoned Life gradually escapes, whilst The Causal Body (The Higher Mental Body) is slowly absorbed or dissipated (within The Monad)." "This has led to the expression of 'the cracking of The Causal Body' at each Initiation and to the idea of the inner Central Fire gradually breaking through and destroying the confining walls and also of the destruction of The Temple of Solomon through the withdrawal of The Shekinah. All these phrases are symbolic wordings and are attempts to convey to the mind of Man fundamental truth from different angles." "By the time The Fourth Initiation (The Crucifixion) has been reached, the work of destruction (of The Causal Body) is accomplished. The Solar Angel (The Higher Self) returns to his own place (The Monad) having performed his function, and The Solar Lives seek their point of emanation. The Life within The Form mounts up then in triumph to the bosom of Its 'Father in Heaven' , just as the life within the physical body, at the moment of death, seeks its Source, The Higher Self, and this likewise in 4 stages: 1. By the withdrawal from the dense physical body. 2. By the withdrawal from The Aetheric Body. 3. By a later vacating of The Astral Body. 4. A final leaving of The Mental Body." "Another way of emphasizing the same truth is to regard The Causal Body of The Higher Self as a Center of Force, a Wheel of Energy or a Lotus, and to picture It as a Lotus with 9 Petals, hiding within these Petals a central unit of 3 Petals (The 3 Aspects of Divinity). These, in turn, secrete the central life of 'The Jewel in The Lotus' (Realization of Oneness with all). As evolution proceeds, these 3 Circles of 3 Petals each gradually unfold, having a simultaneous effect on The Central 3. These 3 outer circles are called, respectively, The Petals of Sacrifice, Love, and Knowledge (in evolutionary order). At Initiation, The Rod is applied to The Petals (of The Causal Body) in a scientific manner and regulated according to Ray and tendency. This brings about the opening of The Central Bud, the revelation of The Jewel (Oneness of all Creation, The Law of One), the withdrawal of That Jewel from the casket which has so long shielded it, and its tranference to 'The Crown', as it is occultly called, meaning its return to The Monad whence it came." (Return of The Causal Body and Soul to The Monad) "At the time that Initiation is taken, the chakras are all active, and the lower 4 (which correspond to the personality, the lower self) are beginning the process of translating The Fire into the 3 higher." "By the application of The Rod of Initiation at the time of The Initiation Ceremony, The Fire at the base of the spine (The Kundalini) is definitely directed to whichever chakra is the object of special attention (depending upon The Initiation). This varies according to Ray or the specialized work of The Initiate. The chakra has its activity intensified, its rate of revolution increased, and certain of the central spokes of the wheel brought into more active radiance." "By the application of The Rod of Initiation, the down-flow of force (through The Silver Cord or Sutratma) from The Higher Self to the personality is tripled, the direction of that force being dependent upon whether the chakras receiving attention are the aetheric or the astral at The First and Second Initiations, or whether The Initiate is standing before The Lord of The World (beginning with The Third Initiation). In the latter case, his mental body chakras or their corresponding force vortices on Higher Levels will receive stimulation." "When The World Teacher initiates at The First and Second Initiations, the direction of the triadal force is turned to the vivification of The Heart and Throat Chakras in their position of synthesizing the lower ones. When The One Initiator (Sanat Kumara) applies The Rod of His Power (The Flaming Diamond), the down-flow is from The Monad, and though The Throat and Heart intensify vibration as a response, the main direction of the force is to the 7 Head Centers (or Chakras), and finally (at liberation) to The Radiant Head Chakra above (The Eighth Chakra), synthesizing the lesser 7 Head Chakras." "The chakras, at Initiation, receive a fresh access of vibratory capacity and of power, and this results, in the exoteric life, as: 1. A sensitiveness and refinement of the vehicles which may result, at first, in much suffering to The Initiate. 2. A developement of psychic faculty that again may lead to temporary distress, but which eventually causes a recognition of the one self in all selves, which is the goal of endeavor (Unity, Oneness). 3. A burning away of the 'aetheric web' (disc-like barrier between the chakras) through the gradual arousing of Kundalini. 4. A gradual grasp of The Law of Vibration as an aspect of the basic Law of Building. The Law of Attraction is brought about, and The Initiate learns consciously to build, to manipulate thought-matter for the perfecting of The Plans of The Logos, to work in mental essence, and to apply The Law on mental levels and thereby affect The Physical Plane. At Initiation, at the moment of the application of The Rod, The Initiate consciously realizes the meaning of The Law of Attraction in form building and in the synthesis of The 3 Fires. 5. The Hierophant transmits higher manasic (mental) energy to The Initiate, so that He is enabled consciously to know and recognize The Plan for His Group Center through the immensely increased stimulation. 6. The Initiator stabilizes the force and regulates its flow as it circulates through The Causal Body, so that when the work of unfoldment is accomplished, the seventh principle at The Heart of The Lotus can stand revealed." The Administration of The Oath: "We come now to the most solemn part of The Initiation Ceremony. The Ceremony, from one point of view, divides Itself into 3 parts: First. That in which The Initiate is concerned and in which He realizes his own August Self, The Presence, and sees The Vision and The Plan. Second. That in which The Initiator is concerned, in which He wields The Rod of Fire and affects certain specific results in the body of The Applicant. Third. That in which certain words and formulas are committed to The Initiate by The Hierophant, and which He carries away within his consciousness in order to better carry out that portion of The Plan which concerns Himself." "The Sun (The Solar Logos) is The Source of all energy and power (in this Solar System), and the work of The Initiator is facilitated when advantage is taken of favorable solar conditions (astrologically). The horoscope of The Initiate is invariably cast so as to check the time for an individual Initiation, and only when the individual Signs (of The Zodiac) blend and coincide with the ceremonial chart, by which The Initiator is guided, is it possible to perform The Ceremony. This is the reason why sometimes Initiation has to be postponed to a later life, even when The Initiate has done the necessary work." "During The Ceremony, the chanting of certain mantras by The Lodge sets loose energy from a particular Planetary Chakra. According to the energy desired at a particular Initiation, so it is transferred, via The Sun, from That Planetary Chakra to The Initiate." "The procedure is as follows: a. The energy is set in motion from The Planetary Chakra through the power of The Planetary Logos (Vywamus), aided by the scientific knowledge of The Lodge and the utilization of certain words of power. b. It passes thence to The Sun where it mingles with pure Solar Energy. c. It is transmitted from The Sun to that particular Chain in our Earth Scheme which corresponds numerically to the particular originating Planetary Scheme. d. From there it is transferred to the corresponding Globe and thence to the dense physical Planet. By the use of a particular mantra, The Initiator then focuses the energy in his own body, using it both as a receiving and a transmitting station. Eventually, it reaches The Initiate via The Triangle (The 3 Masters or 3 Kumaras) and The Sponsors." "The concentration undertaken by The Lodge assists The Initiate to realize within Himself the various processes undergone. This is accomplished by working definitely on His Mental Body, and thus stimulating all the atoms through the united thought power of The Masters." "The thought power of The Masters succeeds in shutting out the vibration of the 3 worlds (Physical, Astral, and Mental) and enables The Applicant, literally, to 'leave behind Him' all the past and to have that far-seeing vision which sees the end from the beginning and the things of time as though they were not." "Just as during The Wesak Festival (full moon in May), results in force demonstration are brought about by the use of chanted mantras and the sacred ceremonial pacing and interweaving of the assembled crowd in the formation of geometrical figures, so in The Initiation Ceremony a similar procedure is followed." "All these aspects of the work of The Masters and Initiates, in The Lodge assembled, occupy Them until the moment when The Rod has been applied. Through its application, The Initiate has become a Member of The Lodge (The Great White Brotherhood), and the entire Ceremonial then changes, prior to the taking of The Oath and the revelation of The Word and Secret." "The Sponsors drop back from either side of The Initiate and take their places in the ranks, whilst The 3 Buddhas of Activity (or their Representatives at The First 2 Initiations) take their stand behind The Seat of Office of The Hierophant. The Lodge Members are grouped differently, and Initiates of the same degree as the newly admitted Applicant place Themselves around Him and assist in the final part of The Ceremony. The remainder of The Initiates and Adepts stand in their various Grades." "The earlier 3 Stages of The Initiation Ceremony are the same for all Initiations. In the final 2 Stages, Those Who are not of equal rank with the newly made Initiate (such as First Degree Initiates at The Initiation of a Third Degree Member) drop back to the rear of The Hall of Initiation at Shamballa, and a 'Wall of Silence' is built up through mantric energy between the 2 Groups. Nothing can then be transmitted from The Inner Group to The Outer. The latter confine Themselves to deep meditation and the chanting of certain formulas, and in The Inner Group around The Hierophant a duel performance is taking place: a. The newly made Initiate is taking The Oath. b. Certain Words and Secrets are being handed over to Him." "All Oaths connected with The Spiritual Hierarchy may be divided into 2 groups: 1. The Oath of Initiation, in which The Initiate binds Himself, by the most solemn pledges, never to reveal, on pain of 'summary punishment', any occult secret or to express in words outside The Initiation Hall that which has been committed to his keeping. 2. The Oath of Office, administered when any Member of The Lodge takes a specific Post in hierarchical work. This Oath deals with his functions and with his relations to a. The Lord of The World, b. His immediate Superior, c. His Fellow Workers in The Lodge, d. The world of Men whom He is to serve." "The Oath of Initiation is divided into 3 sections and is administered by The Hierophant to The Initiate, being repeated after The Initiator phrase by phrase. It is punctuated at various points by the chanting, by Initiates of the same Degree, of words in Sensa (the secret language of The Initiates) equivalent to 'So let it be'." "The 3 divisions of The Oath may be roughly described as: 1. A solemn phrase embodying the purpose actuating The Initiate, a protestation as to his unchangeable will/attitude, and a solemn declaration as to his realization, coupled with a promise to reveal no part of the realized purpose, except in so far as his daily life in the world of Men and his service for The Race will proclaim it. This involves an Oath as to secrecy concerning the revealed part of The Logoic Plan seen in the revelation of The Vision. 2. An undertaking of a profoundly solemn nature concerning his relation to his Otherselves, The Lodge of Which He is a Member, and the selves of men everywhere. This involves his attitude to His Brothers of all Degrees and includes also a serious undertaking never to reveal the true nature of The Self Aspect (The Presence) as It has been shown to Him in Initiation. This includes an Oath of secrecy as to the realized relationship of The Solar Logos to The Planetary Logos and of The Planetary Logos of our Scheme to The Scheme Itself. 3. The enunciation of a solemn undertaking never to reveal to anyone the knowledge that has come to Him as to The Source of energy and of force with which He has been brought into contact. This is a triple Oath to retain complete silence as to the true nature of energy, as to its Laws of manipulation, and a pledge to use the force placed at his disposal, through Initiation, only for the service of The Race and the furthering of The Plans of The Planetary Logos." "This great Oath is couched in different terms, according to The Initiation undergone and, as mentioned, is taken in 3 sections with an interlude between each part occupied by certain ceremonial work of The Initiated Group around the newly admitted Brother." "It might here be noted that each section of The Oath really concerns One of The 3 Aspects of Divine Manifestation (Divine Will, Love/Wisdom, and Active Intelligence), and as The Initiate takes his pledge, One of The 3 Heads of The Major Departments (The Manu, The Christ, or The Mahachohan) collaborates with The Initiator in the work of administration. In this way, energy of a triple nature becomes available according to the different sections of The Oath taken." "This energy flows down from The 3 Major Rays (First, Second, and Third), through The Hierophant and the corresponding Departmental Head at The First 2 Initiations, to The Initiate via The Group of Initiates of the same Degree, so that each Initiation is a means of stimulation and expansion to all. At The Final 5 Initiations, the force flows via The 3 Buddhas of Activity (The 3 Exoteric Kumaras) instead of The Major Departmental Heads." "During this part of The Ceremony, The Group is bathed in colour, corresponding to the type of energy (which one of The 3 Major Rays) and its originating Planetary Scheme, and it is the work of The Initiator to put The Initiate in touch with this energy using certain words and elevating His Rod of Power. The 3 Buddhas of Activity, Who are The Great Energy Centers upon our Planet, then touch the tip of The Rod with their Staffs of Office; a certain mystic Word is jointly uttered by Them; and the downpour begins, continuing to the end of The Ceremony." The Giving of The Word: "The basis of all manifested phenomena is the enunciated sound or The Word spoken with power, that is, with the full purpose of the will behind it. When it is said that The Logos (Solar) produced the worlds through meditation, it means that within his own Center of Consciousness there was a period wherein He brooded over and meditated upon the purposes and plans He had in view; wherein He visualized to Himself the entire world process as a perfected whole, seeing the end from the beginning and being aware of the detail of the consummated Sphere." "Then, when his meditation was concluded and the whole completed as a picture before his inner vision, He brought into use a certain Word of Power Which had been committed to Him by The One about Whom naught may be said, The Logos of The Cosmic Scheme of Which our System (Solar) is but a part. Just as at each Initiation some Word of Power is committed to The Initiate, so similarly to The Solar Logos was committed The Great Word of Power which produced our Solar System, That Word Which is called The Sacred Word or AUM. It must be here remembered that this sound AUM is man's endeavor to reproduce, on an infinitesimally small scale, the cosmic triple sound whereby creation was made possible. The Words of Power of all degrees have a triple sequence." "First. They are sounded by some fully self-conscious entity, and this invariably takes place after a period of deliberation or meditation wherein the purpose, in toto, is visualized." "Second. They affect The Deva Kingdom and produce the creation of forms. This effect is dual in character: a. The Devas on the evolutionary path, The Great Builders of The Solar System and Those under Them Who have passed The Human Stage, respond to the sound of The Word and, with conscious realization, collaborate with The One Who has breathed It forth, and thus the work is carried out. b. The Devas on the involutionary arc, The Lesser Builders Who have not passed through The Human Stage, also respond to the sound but unconsciously, or perforce and through the power of the initiated vibrations, build the required forms out of their own substance." "Third. They act as a stabilizing factor, and as long as the force of the sound persists, the forms cohere." "A multiplicity of sounds exists within each greater sound and affects different groups. Generally and broadly speaking, the sounds within The Solar System fall into 2 groups: 1. The initiatory sounds or those which produce manifestation or phenomena of any kind on all Planes. 2. Eventuating sounds or those which are produced from within the forms themselves during the evolutionary process and which are the aggregate of the tones of every form in any particular Kingdom of Nature. For instance, The Human Kingdom (in The Universe) was produced by a Triple AUM sounded in a particular key by The 3 Persons of The Trinity (The 3 Aspects of Divinity) in unison -- 'God The Father', 'God The Son', and 'God The Holy Spirit', or Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. This sound is still going forth. The interplay and interblending of the many tiny notes of each human being produces a great united sound." "It is neither possible nor desirable to enumerate The Words of Power, but certain general indications may be given which will help the student to realize somewhat the magnitude of the subject and its intricacy: 1. The Great Word as sounded by The Logos of The Solar System and communicated to Him by His Superior. 2. Three Words committed by The Solar Logos to each of The 3 Logoic Aspects as follows: a. The Sacred Sound A to Shiva, He Who embodies The Spirit or Will Aspect (First Ray). It is The Word through which 'God The Father' works. b. The Sound U to Vishnu, 'God The Son' (Second Ray). He is The Form Builder and provides The Body which The Spirit must occupy, thereby making Divine Incarnation possible. A is The Life Sound; U is The Form Sound. c. The Sound M to Brahma Who, in his work of Energy Provider, links in Active Intelligence (Third Ray), Spirit, and Form or the self and not-self. 3. Seven Great Words, again based on The Sacred 3 Sounds, A U M. These produced Creation (in this particular Solar System) or the manifestation of The 7 Planes of our Solar System. They are committed not to human entities but to The 7 Great Devas or Raja Lords Who are The Ensouling Lives of a Plane. 4. Forty Nine Words related to The 49 Subplanes or Fires. These, again, are committed to The 49 Builders of The Sacred Fires. The above 2 groups of Words (numbers 3 and 4) are in the jurisdiction of The Third Aspect and are given out by Brahma. 5. There are, again, 5 Great Words with signs which come under The Department of Vishnu or 'God The Son' (Second Ray) and are breathed out by Him. By their means The 5 Kingdoms of Nature on the evolutionary arc came into being: a. The Mineral Kingdom b. The Plant Kingdom c. The Animal Kingdom d. The Human Kingdom e. The Spiritual Kingdom. 6. There are certain Words also committed to each of The Planetary Logoi, and They are the basis of planetary manifestation. As is well known, The Sound of The Brahma Aspect or The Third Aspect of our particular Planetary Logos (Vywamus) is FA. 7. Within our own Hierarchy, there are numbers of Words built up upon The Great Word of our Planetary Logos, and These are committed to The 3 Major Departmental Heads (The Manu, The Christ, and The Mahachohan) Who, in turn, pass Them on in permutated order to the graded Initiates." "We might now sum up certain of the inferred postulates. The postulates here made are 9 in number and, if duly pondered upon by the aspirant, will reveal to him much anent the creative process and the power of speech." "1. All The Words of Power are rooted in The Great Word committed to The Solar Logos at the dawn of manifestation." "2. All The Words of Power are permutations or expansions of The 3 Basic Sounds (A U M)." "3. Therefore, on the path of return (to The Godhead), speech becomes ever more brief. Words are more sparingly used to carry out specific purposes along 2 lines: a. Definite creative processes. b. Specific direction of energy." "4. The aspirant, therefore, has mainly 3 things to do when preparing for Initiation: a. To control every activity of his 3-fold lower nature. This involves the application of intelligent energy to every atom of his 3 sheaths -- physical, Astral, and Mental. b. To control his speech every minute of every day. This refers to the controlled use of words to effect certain ends and the retention of speech energy when not needed. It involves an apprehension of the building forces of Nature and their due manipulation and is based on an ability to wield mental matter and to set it in motion in order to produce results in physical matter consonant with the clearly defined purpose of The Inner God (The I Am Presence). c. To meditate and thus arrive at the purpose of The Higher Self." "The 3 activities of the aspirant must parallel each other. Only when the aspirant has made real progress in these 3 lines of endeavor will the first of The Great Words be committed to him." "5. Every Great Word includes within Itself its differentiations, its expansions and permutations, and by its utterance The Initiate sets in motion the lesser through the vibrations of the greater. Hence the terrific responsibility and the magnitude of the results achieved. Each word is committed to The Initiate orally and visually. It is spoken to Him first in the form of 7 syllables, each of which He has to memorize as a separate Word. Then He is shown how to blend these 7 so as to make a 3-fold sound and thus produce more united and far-reaching results. Finally, the 3 are blended into one Word Which is committed to Him." "The 7 Words which form The Great Word at any Initiation are communicated to The Initiate by The Initiates of equal rank with his own. This Group divides Itself into 7 Groups, according to Subray or Ray Formation, and each Group then chants one Word in rapid rotation. Simultaneously, the colours and symbols of the various sounds pass in front of Him, so that He hears and sees that which is committed to Him." "The more advanced Group around The Throne of Office (The 3 Major Departmental Heads at The First 2 Initiations and The Pratyeka Buddhas of Activity at The Higher Ones) chant then for Him The Triple Word Which blends the 7, and again He sees It before his inner eye (The Third Eye)." "Finally, The Initiator (The Hierophant) sounds It forth, and The Initiate becomes aware within Himself, in practical experience, of The One Great Sound and knows in one particular chakra what its vibration is." "6. The Masters and Initiates, in their work of aiding the evolution of The 3 Worlds (Physical, Astral, Mental), concern Themselves principally with the 7 syllables of The Word of their Degree or Initiated Grade. The 3 Words Which blend the 7 are seldom used except under the direct sanction of one of The Major Departmental Heads. According to the syllable involved, each Word is directly connected with The Triple AUM and, therefore, with The Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva Aspect, of Which The 3 Major Heads are the planetary Representatives." "When any Initiate desires to use, for evolutionary purposes, the entire Word as a Unit, the sanction of The Assembled Lodge (The Great White Brotherhood) has to be gained, for such a Word affects the matter of an entire Plane within a Planetary Scheme and, consequently, the matter of Those Planes which are subsidiary to the one involved." "7. Every Word, differentiated or synthesized, affects The Deva Kingdoms and hence the form-building aspects of manifestation. No Sound is ever made without producing a corresponding response in deva substance and driving multitudes of tiny lives (elementals) to take specific forms. These forms persist and carry out their functions just as long as The Sound which caused them is prolonged and the specific Will-energy of The One Who initiated The Sound is directed towards the living form. This is equally true of a Solar Logos enunciating The AUM and thus producing The Solar System; of a Planetary Logos sounding his planetary Word and producing a Planetary Scheme; of an Adept producing results for the helping of Humanity on The Physical Plane." "The majority of human beings as yet build unconsciously, and the form constructed is either of a beneficent or maleficent agency, according to the underlying motive or purpose of the man, and will carry out his will as long as its term of being persists." "8. Every Word sounded is distinguished by: a. A specific colour. b. A particular tone. c. A special form. d. A degree of energy or activity. e. The nature of the ensouling life, self-conscious, conscious, or unconscious, God, Man, or Deva." "The Solar Logos sounded forth a Word. The form of our Solar System came into being, its Colour (Aspect or Ray) being blue (The Second Cosmic Ray of Love/Wisdom) and its note a particular cosmic musical tone. The nature of its Great Ensouling Life, That of The Triple Logos (The 3 Aspects of Divinity), is active, intelligent love." "9. The Great Word of our Solar System keys in, if it might be so expressed, with other Words and is but one Word of The 7-fold Word known to That Great Existence Who stands in the same relation to The Solar Logos as The Latter does to The Planetary Logos." "In these 9 statements are very cursorily summed up the major truths anent the creative processes in The Solar System. The 7 Words of The Solar System Which form The Logoic Word, Which we only know in its triple form as AUM, are revealed at The 7 Initiations: At The First Initiation (The Birth) is given The Word for The Physical Plane. At The Second Initiation (The Baptism) is given The Word for The Astral Plane. At The Third Initiation (The Transfiguration) is given The Word for The Lower Mental Plane. At The Fourth Initiation (The Crucifixion) The Word for The Higher Mental Plane is imparted. At The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension) The Word for The Buddhic Plane is given. At The Sixth Initiation (Level of The Christ), The Word for The Atmic Plane. At The Seventh Initiation (Level of The Buddha) The Word for The Monadic Plane is given." "At The Seventh Initiation The Triple AUM, in its true character, is revealed to The Illuminated Buddha, and He can then manipulate energy in The 6 Worlds or Planes (Physical, Astral, Mental, Causal, Buddhic, and Atmic)." "Two more Initiations can be taken (within The Solar System Scheme), but little is ever said about Them for the reason that few, if any, of our Humanity achieve The Eighth and Ninth Initiations. To do so, They must first pass to another Scheme for a lengthy period of service and instruction. All that can be hinted at is that at The Eighth Initiation the duality of The Triple AUM is brought out, and at The Ninth The One Sound of The Absolute stands revealed, and its significance is heard and seen. This brings into The Consciousness of The Initiate somewhat of The Energy and Power of 'The One about Whom naught may be said' or The Logos of our Solar Logos. The Unit of Consciousness is then perfect, as The Logos is perfect, and passes on to work paralleling that of The Solar Logos." The Imparting of The Secrets: "After the administration of The Oath Which pledges The Initiate to inviolable secrecy, the newly made Initiate advances closer to The Hierophant. He then places his hand upon the lower end of The Rod of Initiation Which is held in the center by The Hierophant. The 3 Who stand around The Throne of Office then place their hands upon The Glowing Diamond which surmounts The Rod, and when These 5 Personalities are thus linked by the circulating energy emanating from The Rod, The Initiator confides to The Initiate The Secret." "The Initiator reveals to Him knowledge concerning the various types of force or energy by which The Solar System is animated and which reach Him via a particular aetheric center (chakra)." "It might be pointed out that: 1. Each Secret concerns one or other of The 7 Great Planes of The Solar System. 2. Each Secret deals with and is the enunciation of one of The 7 Laws of Nature. They, therefore, concern one or other of the basic Evolutions of each Planetary Scheme. 3. Each Secret conveys a key to the nature of some particular Planetary Logos and consequently gives the clue to the characteristics of Those Monads Who are on that particular Planetary Ray (One of 7). 4. Each Secret concerns some one Ray or Colour and gives the number, note, and the vibration which corresponds." "These 7 Secrets (of 7 Initiations) are simply short formulas, not of mantric value such as in the case of The Sacred Word, but of a mathematical nature, precisely worded so as to convey the exact intent of The Speaker. To the uninitiated, They would look and sound like algebraical formulas, except that each is composed (when seen clairvoyantly) of an oval of a specific hue, according to The Secret imparted, containing 5 peculiar hieroglyphics or symbols." "One symbol contains the formula of The Law concerned. Another gives the planetary key and tone; a third deals with vibration; whilst the fourth shows the number and Department under Which The Ray concerned falls. The last hieroglyph gives one of the 7 hierarchical keys by means of which The Members of our Planetary Hierarchy can link up with The Solar Hierarchy. The Secret is both heard and appears symbolically to the inner eye." "It will now be apparent why so much stress is laid upon the study of symbols and why students are urged to ponder and meditate upon The Cosmic and Systemic Signs. It prepares them for the grasp and inner retention of the symbols and formulas which embody the knowledge whereby they can eventually work. These formulas are based upon 9 symbols which are now recognized: 1. The cross in its varying forms. 2. The lotus. 3. The triangle. 4. The cube. 5. The sphere and the point. 6. 8 animal forms -- the goat, the bull, the elephant, the man, the dragon, the bear, the lion, and the dog 7. The line. 8. Certain Signs of The Zodiac, hence the need for the study of Astrology. 9. The cup or The Holy Grail." "All these symbols allied, interwoven, or taken in part, are combined to express one or other of The 7 Secrets. The Initiate has to recognize them by sight as well as to hear them and, by an effort of the will, to imprint them irrevocably upon his memory. This He is aided to do in 3 ways: First, by a long prior training in observation. Secondly, by having cultivated within Themselves the power to visualize again that which has once been seen. It will be apparent here why the emphasis has been laid by all wise teachers of meditation upon the faculty of the careful building of mental pictures. The aim has been 2-fold: a. To teach The Student to visualize his thought-forms accurately, so that when He begins to create consciously, He may lose no time in inaccurate transformation. b. To enable Him to picture again accurately the imparted Secret so that It may instantly be of use to Him whenever needed. Finally, by the strongly applied will of the other 4 Personalities Who are holding The Rod at the same time as The Initiate. Their trained, intense mental concentration greatly facilitates his apprehension." "In The Hall of Ignorance the force or energy of Brahma (The Third Ray or the activity and intelligence of substance) is that mostly dealt with, and the man has to learn the meaning of activity based on: a. Inherent energy. b. Absorbed energy. c. Group energy. d. Material energy or that which is hidden in physical plane matter." "In The Hall of Learning he becomes aware of and uses the energy of The Second Aspect (The Second Ray, Love/Wisdom) in form building, in social relations, and in family affiliations." "In The Hall of Wisdom He comes to the knowledge of The First Aspect of energy (The First Ray, Divine Will), the dynamic use of will in sacrifice, and to Him is then committed the key to the 3-fold mystery of energy. The key to the mystery sensed in the first Hall (of Ignorance), the mystery of Brahma, is handed to Him, and He can then unlock the hidden energies of atomic substance. The key to the mystery of sex, or of the pairs of opposites, is thrust into his hand, and He can then unlock the hidden forces of The Will Aspect." "The 3 mysteries of The Solar System are: 1. The mystery of Electricity, the mystery of Brahma, The Secret of The Third Aspect. It is latent in the physical sun. 2. The mystery of Polarity or of the universal sex impulse, The Secret of The Second Aspect. It is latent in The Heart of The Sun or The Subjective Sun. 3. The mystery of Fire Itself or the dynamic central Systemic Force, The Secret of The First Aspect. It is latent in The Central Spiritual Sun." "The Secrets, as imparted sequentially to The Initiate, are roughly 3 in number, though within Them may be found lesser mysteries which are earlier revealed. At The Third Initiation, the first of the 3 fundamental Secrets of The Solar System is imparted to The Initiate immediately after He has taken The Oath. This we might, for lack of a better term, call 'The Secret of Electricity'. It concerns the phenomena of the dense objective manifestation of The Logos. The 3 Planes of the 3 Worlds, Physical, Astral, and Mental, form the dense physical body of The Solar Logos, whilst the 4 Higher Planes form His Aetheric Body." "Electrical phenomena are scientifically recognized as dual in nature, but the inherent triplicity of electricity is as yet but a matter for speculation for modern science. The fact that it is triple is demonstrated to The Initiate at The First Initiation, and The Secret of how to balance forces on The Physical Plane and thereby produce equilibrium is revealed to Him at The First Initiation. This Secret likewise puts Him in touch with certain of The Builders (Devas) on The Physical Plane -- that is, on The Aetheric Levels -- and He can then produce physical plane phenomena should He deem it wise. This He seldom does, as the results gained thereby are practically unimportant and He wastes not energy in this manner." "The Secret of the coherence of the atom is revealed to The Initiate, and He then is in a position to study the microcosm under The Law of Correspondences in a new and illuminating manner. This Secret is also called 'The Mystery of Matter'." "At The Second Initiation, 'The Secret of The Sea' is unfolded to Him, and through this revelation 2 subjects of profound interest become clarified to his inner vision. They are: a. The Mystery of The Astral Light. b. The Law of Karma." "He is, after this, in a position to read The Akashic Records and ascertain the past, thereby enabling Himself to work intelligently in the present, and He can begin to balance his karma, to work off his obligations, and to understand how karma in the 3 Worlds can be negated. The relation of That Hierarchy of Spiritual Beings Who are connected with The Law of Karma as It affects Man is demonstrated to Him, and He knows with first-hand knowledge that The Lords of Karma are no myth or symbolical Units but are Highly Intelligent Entities Who wield The Law for the benefit of Humanity." "At The Third Initiation, 'The Secret of Fohat' is given to Him, and then the mystery of the 3-fold Body of The Triple Logos (The Trinity, The 3 Aspects of The Planetary Logos) is His. The Initiate is now in a position to profit by this greater revelation and to understand somewhat the following facts: 1. The creative process of thought-form building. 2. The transmission of energy from The Higher Self to the physical body via the force centers (chakras) on the various Planes (Aetheric, Astral, Mental). 3. The uprising of Kundalini, its geometrical progression, and its vivification of all the chakras." "By the knowledge thus imparted and the progress which The Initiate has made in the study of The Law of Analogy, He can comprehend the manipulation of the same forces on a vastly larger scale in The Planetary Scheme and in The Solar System. The key to the 3 lower Kingdoms of Nature is in his hands, and certain ideas anent the subject of polarity, of at-one-ment, and essential union are beginning to come within his range of consciousness, only waiting for The Fourth Initiation to complete the revelation." "The Secret of Electricity, which is essentially triple in its nature, deals with The Brahma or Third Aspect and is called sometimes by the following names: 1. The Secret of Brahma. 2. The Revelation of The Mother. 3. The Secret of Fohatic Force. 4. The Mystery of The Creator. 5. The Secret of The Three Who issued from The First (The Solar Logos), and also by 4 mystic phrases conveying much Light to the intuition. 6. The Boat of Mystery Which Ploughs the Ocean. 7. The Key to The Divine Storehouse. 8. The Light that Guides through The Triple Caves of Darkness. 9. The Clue to The Energy uniting Fire and Water." "The student must relate this present Solar System to the preceding One, in which The Brahma Aspect (The Third Ray, Active Intelligence) dominated, as The Vishnu (The Second Ray, Love/Wisdom) or Consciousness Aspect dominates in This." "The Initiate, through the knowledge imparted, is now in a position to understand his own triple lower nature (physical, emotional, and mental) and, therefore, to balance it in relation to The Higher, to read The Records (Akashic) and understand his place within The Group, to manipulate the forces in The 3 Worlds and thereby effect liberation for Himself, thus helping the ends of evolution, and to cooperate intelligently with The Plans of The Planetary Logos as They may be revealed to Him stage by stage. The moment a man becomes consciously powerful on The Mental Plane, his power for good is a 100-fold increased." "At The Fourth Initiation, another of The Great Secrets is revealed to Him. It is called 'The Mystery of Polarity', and the clue to the significance of sex in every department of Nature on all The Planes is given to Him. This Secret is the most vital. Our Planetary Logos is at the stage wherein He is consciously seeking the at-one-ment with his polar opposite, another Planetary Logos." "The subjects on which This Secret throws a flood of light are: a. Sex on The Physical Plane. It gives us a key to the mystery of the Separation of The Sexes in 'Lemurian' Days. b. The balancing of forces in all departments of Nature. c. The clue as to which Scheme (Planetary) forms with ours a duality. d. The true name of our Planetary Logos (Vywamus) and his relation to The Solar Logos. e. 'The Marriage of The Lamb' and the problem of The Heavenly Bride. A clue to this lies in The Solar System of Sirius (Higher Self of The Solar Logos) which must be read astrologically. f. The mystery of The Gemini and the connection of our particular Planetary Logos with That Constellation." "On a lesser scale and in relation to the microcosm, the following subjects are illuminated when The Initiate receives The Second Great Secret or The Fourth Which includes the earlier, lesser Ones: g. The processes of at-one-ment in the different Kingdoms of Nature. The bridging between The Kingdoms is shown Him, and He sees the unity of The Scheme. h. The method of Higher Self at-one-ment is seen clearly revealed, and The Antahkarana (The Bridge between Higher and lower mind) is shown in its real nature, and having been thus revealed is dispensed with. i. The essential unity existing between The Higher Self and the personality is seen. j. The relation of the 2 Evolutions, Human and Deva, is no longer a mystery." "The Mystery of Polarity Secret concerns primarily The Vishnu or Second Aspect (Love/Wisdom). It sums up in one short phrase the totality of knowledge gained in The Hall of Wisdom, as the earlier Secrets summed up the totality achieved in The Hall of Learning. It concerns, literally, the unification of the self and the not-self until they are verily and indeed one." "At The Fifth Initiation, The Great Secret Which concerns The Fire or Spirit Aspect (The First Ray, Divine Will) is revealed to the wondering and amazed Master, and He realizes, in a sense incomprehensible to Man, the fact that all is Fire and Fire is all. This Secret may be said to reveal to The Initiate that which makes clear to Him: a. The secret name of The Planetary Logos, thus revealing one syllable of the name of The Solar Logos. b. the work and method of The Destroyer Aspect of Divinity (Shiva, The First Ray). c. The process whereby obscuration and pralaya are induced. d. The mathematical formula which sums up all The Cycles of Manifestation. e. The triple nature of Fire and the effect of The Great Fire upon the lesser." "The following tabulation may make the whole matter clearer to the mind of the student:
"As the student will observe, The Source of the particular energy concerned is one Aspect of The Sun." "At The Sixth and Seventh Initiations, 2 more Secrets are revealed, one -- a lesser Secret -- preparing the way for the revelation of The Fourth (Secret). Only 4 Secrets of a major order are revealed to Initiates on This Planet, and herein lies the clue to our position in The Scheme of Solar Evolution. There are only 5 Secrets altogether, of a major kind, revealed in This Solar System, owing to the fact that this is a System wherein, preeminently, The Fifth Principle of mind forms the basis of unfoldment. This Fifth Revelation is only imparted to Those Who pass to The Schemes of Synthesis (beyond planetary)." Diversities of Initiations: "The great moment in which a man passed out of The Animal Kingdom into The Human, which is called in many occult textbooks 'The Moment of Individualization', was in itself one of the greatest of all Initiations. Individualization is the conscious apprehension by the self of its relation to all that constitutes the not-self, and in this great Initiatory Process, as in all the later Ones, the awakening of consciousness is preceded by a period of gradual developement." "The awakening is instantaneous at the moment of self-realization for the first time and is always succeeded by another period of gradual evolution. This period of gradual evolution, in its turn, leads up to a later crisis which is called Initiation. In the one case, we have Initiation into self-conscious existence; in the other, Initiation into spiritual existence." "These realizations or apprehended expansions of consciousness are under natural law and come in due course of time to every soul without exception. In a lesser degree, they are undergone daily by every human being as his mental grip of life and experience gradually grows, but they only become Initiations into the wisdom (as differentiated from expansions of knowledge) when the knowledge gained is: a. Consciously sought for. b. Self-sacrificingly applied to life. c. Willingly used in service for others. d. Intelligently utilized on the side of evolution." "The ordinary, average man transmutes ignorance into knowledge and experience into faculty. It would be helpful if all of us pondered upon the difference between inherent quality and innate faculty. One is the very nature of buddhi or wisdom and the other of manas or mind. The union of these 2, through a man's conscious effort, results in a Major Initiation." "These results are brought about in 2 ways: First, by a man's own unaided effort which leads him, in due course of time, to find his own center of consciousness, to be guided and led by The Inner Ruler or Higher Self entirely, and to unravel, through strenuous effort and painful endeavor, the mystery of The Universe. Secondly, by a man's efforts, supplemented by the intelligent, loving cooperation of The Knowers of The Race, The Masters of The Wisdom. In this case the process is quicker, for a man comes under instruction -- should he so desire -- and subsequently, when he has on his part provided the right conditions, there is placed at his disposal the knowledge and the help of Those Who have achieved." "He has to equip, also, his Mental Body so that It may be an explainer and transmitter. He must likewise develope group activity and learn to work in a coordinated manner with other units. These are the main things (as above) that a man must accomplish along The Path of Initiation, but when he has worked at them, he will find The Way. It will be made clear to him, and he will then join The Ranks of The Knowers." "This effort to make people cooperate intelligently with The Hierarchy and to train them to join The Ranks of The Lodge (The Great White Brotherhood) is, as earlier pointed out, a special effort (inaugurated in Atlantean Days and continued to this time) made by The Hierarchy of The Planet and is very largely in the nature of an experiment which differs in different Planetary Schemes." "The Heavenly Man (The Planetary Logos) Who uses our Planetary Scheme as His Body of Manifestation chooses to work in this particular way during this particular period for his own specific purposes. It is part of the process of vitalizing one of His Chakras and of linking up His Heart Chakra (The Anahata) with its connection in The Head. As other of His Chakras are vitalized and come into full activity, other methods of stimulating the cells in His Body (The Deva and Human Monads) may be followed. But, for the present, The Cosmic Rod of Initiation is being utilized in such a way that It produces that specific stimulation (to evolutionary developement) which demonstrates in the activity of Man on The Path of Probation and The Path of Initiation." "The point must here be emphasized that The Major Initiations, or The Initiations of Manas (Mind), are Those taken on The Mental Plane and in The Causal Body (The Higher Mental Body or Christ Self). They mark the point in evolution where The Unit recognizes in fact and not only in theory his identity with The Divine Manasaputra (The Planetary Logos) in Whose Body He has place. Initiations (Minor) can be taken on The Physical Plane, on The Astral, and on The Lower Mental, but They are not considered Major Initiations and are not a conscious, coordinated, unified stimulation that involves The Whole Man." "A Man, therefore, may take Initiation on each Plane, but only Those Initiations Which mark his transference from a lower 4 (Subplanes) into a higher 3 (Subplanes) are considered Major in the real sense of the word. We have, therefore, 3 Grades of Initiations: First, Initiations in which a Man transfers his consciousness from the lower 4 Subplanes of The Physical, Astral, and Mental Planes respectively into the higher 3 Subplanes. When this is done upon The Mental Plane, a Man is then known technically as a disciple, an Initiate, and an Adept. He uses, then, each of the 3 higher Subplanes of The Mental Plane as a point from which to work his way completely out of the 3 Worlds (Physical, Emotional, Mental) of human manifestation into The Triad. Therefore, it is apparent that what one might consider as lesser Initiations can be taken on The Physical and Astral Planes in the conscious control of their 3 higher Subplanes (each Plane has 7 Subplanes). These are true Initiations but do not make a Man what is technically understood as a Master of the Wisdom. He is simply an Adept of a lesser degree. Secondly, Initiations in which a Man transfers his consciousness from Plane to Plane instead of from Subplane to Subplane. A true Master of the Wisdom has not only taken the lesser Initiations referred to above but has also taken the 5 steps involved in the conscious control of The 5 Planes of Human Evolution (Physical, Astral, Mental, Buddhic, and Atmic). It remains for Him then to take The 2 Final Initiations Which make Him a Chohan of The Sixth Degree (Level of The Christ) and a Buddha (The Seventh Degree) before that control is extended to the remaining 2 Planes of The Solar System (Monadic and Logoic). Thirdly, Initiations in which a Heavenly Man (Planetary Logos) may take either a minor or a Major Initiation, thereby involving his entire nature. For instance, when individualization took place during the 'Lemurian' or Third Root Race and The Human Family, in this Cycle, definitely came into manifestation, it signified a Major Initiation for our Heavenly Man. The present stimulation in hierarchical effort is leading up to a lesser Initiation (for The Planetary Logos)." "Initiations taken on The 4 Minor Rays (Fourth through Seventh) rank not in equality with Initiations taken upon The Major 3 (First, Second, Third). This is complicated somewhat by the fact that within The Planetary Scheme, during cyclic evolution, a Minor Ray may be temporarily regarded as a Major Ray. For instance, at this particular time in our Planetary Scheme, The Seventh Ray of Ceremonial Law and Order is regarded as a Major Ray, being a Ray of Synthesis and One on Which The Mahachohan is blending his work (in The Third Ray Department)." "The First 3 Initiations are taken upon The Ray of The Higher Self and link a Man up with The Great White Lodge (of Planet Earth). The Last 2 are taken upon The Ray of The Monad and have a definite effect upon The Path for Service that will be chosen later by The Adept. This statement must be linked up with that earlier made, which stated that The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension) made a Man a Member of The Greater Lodge or Brotherhood on Sirius, being literally The First of The Sirian Initiations. The Fourth Initiation (The Crucifixion) is the synthesis of The Initiations of The Threshold in The Sirian Lodge. According to The Ray on Which Initiation is taken, so very largely depends the subsequent Path of Service." "A large number of The Initiates and Those Who have obtained Adeptship in the last Cycle have been orientals and Those in Hindu bodies. This Cycle (The Piscean Age) has been dominated by The Sixth Ray (The Ray of Devotion and Abstract Idealism) Which is just passing out. In the preservation of equilibrium, the time now comes when a period of attainment by occidentals will be seen, and this upon a Ray suited to their type of mind (The Seventh Ray)." "By availing themselves of the present-day opportunity and by conformity to the rules for treading The Path, will come to many in The West the chance to take further steps. That opportunity will be found in attention to duty, in the surmounting of tests and trials, and in that inner adherence to the voice of The God Within (The I Am Presence), which is the mark of every applicant for Initiation." "Initiation involves the very thing that is done from day to day by any who are consciously endeavoring to train themselves, the next point to be reached. And the next bit of work to be accomplished is pointed out by The Master (either The God Within or a man's Master if he is consciously aware of Him) and the reason is given. Then The Teacher stands aside and watches the aspirant achieve." "In The Great Initiations, the ability of the disciple to pass the greater tests and stages is dependent upon his ability to meet and surmount the daily lesser ones. No Initiate has ever passed The Great Test of Initiation Who has not accustomed Himself to pass lesser tests every day of his life. Tests then come to be regarded as normal and are considered, when encountered, as part of the usual fabric of his life." The 7 Paths: "Before the 7 Paths, Which stretch before The Man Who has reached The Fifth Initiation (The Ascension), can be trodden, a Man must be a Master of the Wisdom (Fifth Level Initiate); He must be a Brother of Compassion; and He must be able, through intelligence and love, to wield The Law. Our part at this time is to fit ourselves for the treading of The Path of Initiation, by the discipline of The Probationary Path, by the careful direction of the life, by the obedience to The Law as understood, and by service to The Race. When we have attained liberation, then These Paths will stretch before us, and The One that we should tread will become apparent to us. All in This System works under The Great Law of Attraction, and therefore, according to our vibration, according to our Colour (One of The 7 Rays) and tone, will depend, in all probability, our choice. Upon innate quality will depend the direction of our further progress." "1. The Path of Earth Service: This is The path That keeps a Man linked to The Hierarchy That is pledged to the service of our Planet and to the help of its Evolutions. It comprises Those Who work under The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) in The 7 Groups (The 7 Ray Departments) into Which our Masters of the Wisdom are divided. Not so many of The Masters follow This Path as some of The Others, and only enough are permitted to do so to carry on Planetary Evolution satisfactorily. The methods of work of The Great White Brotherhood will eventually become exoteric knowledge, and as The 7 Groups are recognized and known, schools of developement for the filling of Posts in These Groups will be the logical sequence." "2. The Path of Magnetic Work: Those Who do the work of wielding forces or electrical magnetism for the use of The Great Ones on all The Planes pass to This Path. They wield the elemental formative energy, manipulating matter of every density and vibration. Great waves of ideas and surging currents of public opinion on Astral Levels, as well as on The Higher Levels where The Great Ones work, are manipulated by Them. A large number of Fifth Ray People, Those Who have The Ray of Concrete Knowledge for their Monadic Ray, pass to this line of endeavor. The inherent quality in the type of The Monad (Higher Self of The Higher Self) settles, usually, the line of activity. These Monads have their eventual position on The Cosmic Mental Plane." "3. The Path of Training for Planetary Logoi: This Path is trodden by Those Who will take up the work of The 7 Planetary Logoi of the next System (Solar) and of The 49 Sub-planetary Logoi, Their Assistants, and of certain other Entities working in that particular Department. Each Chohan of a Ray takes a certain number of Initiates of The Sixth Level (Level of The Lords of The 7 Rays) and trains Them especially for this work. Special aptitude in colour and sound predisposes the choice, and the ability to work with 'psyche' or The Spirits in Evolution marks a Man out for This High Post. Every Planetary Logos has, in his own special Planet, schools for the developement of subordinate Logoi and there trains Them for This High Office, giving Them opportunity for wide experience. Even The Logoi Themselves progress onward, and their places must be taken." "4. The Path to Sirius: Very little may be communicated about This Path and the curiously close relation between It and The Pleiades can only be mentioned, further speculation being impossible. The bulk of liberated Humanity (Ascended Masters) goes this way, and the prospect holds out glorious possibilities. The 7 Stars of The Pleiades are the goal for the 7 types, and this is hinted at in the Book of Job in the words, 'Canst thou bind the sweet influence of The Pleiades?' In the mystery of this influence and in the secret of The Sun Sirius (Higher Self of The Solar Logos) are hidden the facts of our Cosmic Evolution and incidentally, therefore, of our Solar System." "5. The Ray Path: In treading This Path, a Man stays on his own Ray and works thereon in the various Kingdoms on all The Planes, carrying out the behests of The Lord of The World (Sanat Kumara) and working under his direction. It carries a Man to every part of The Solar System, yet links Him definitely with The Synthetic Ray (The Cosmic Second Ray of Love/Wisdom). It is a very complex Path, for It necessitates a capacity for the most intricate mathematics and an ability to geometrize in a manner incomprehensible to our 3-dimensional brains. This Path is taken by The Man to Whom The Law of Vibration is of profound importance. He works first in The Council Chamber of The Lord of The World at Shamballa, manipulating The Law of Vibration on his own Ray." "Later, He will have his habitat on The Planet corresponding to his own Ray and not on The Earth, unless He is on The Ray of The Planetary Logos holding sway upon The Earth (The Second Ray of Love/Wisdom). Later again, as his evolution progresses, He will pass to The Sun. Then having mastered all connected with vibration in This System, He will pass to The Cosmic System, going off his own Ray (Which is but a Subsidiary Ray of One Cosmic Ray) and on to the corresponding Cosmic Ray." "Just as the evolution of Man in This System is 5-fold, so in the above we have enumerated the principal 5 Paths from Which a Master has to choose. The remaining 2 can only be touched upon still more briefly, for They hold but a very few of the evolving Sons of Men. They do not lead to Sirius as do some of the other Paths. It will be noted that 4 Groups remain in The System (Solar), passing, eventually, in dim and distant eons to The Cosmic Planes. One Group passes directly to Sirius, and the remaining 2 Groups pass directly, after Initiation, to The Cosmic Planes with no period of intermediate work on Earth, in The Solar System, or on Sirius. These 2 Paths are:" "6. The Path The Logos Himself Is On: Certain of The Sons of Men, a Nucleus Who reached a very High Initiation in the previous Solar System (the current One being the second in the series), formed an Esoteric Group around The Logos (Solar) when He decided upon further progress. In consequence, He formed This Solar System, cosmic desire for incarnation driving Him on. The real home of These Great Entities is upon The Cosmic Buddhic Plane." "Gradually, by dint of hard effort, certain Masters have qualified Themselves or are qualifying Themselves to take the place of the original Members of The Group, permitting of their return to a Cosmic Center around Which our System and the greater System of Sirius revolve. Only one Adept here and there has the necessary qualifications, for it involves the developement of a certain type of response to Cosmic Vibration. It means a specializing in the inner sight and the developement of a certain measure of Cosmic Vision. More of The Deva Evolution pass to This Path than do The Human. Human beings pass to It via The Deva Evolution, Which can be entered by transference to The Fifth Path, The Ray Path. On this latter Path, the 2 Evolutions can merge, and from The Fifth Path The Sixth can be entered." "7. The Path of Absolute Sonship: It is The Sonship to a Being higher than our Logos (Solar) of Whom we may not speak. It is the great controlling Path of Karma. The Lipika Lords (The Lords of Karma) are on This Path, and all Who are fitted for that line of work and Who are close to The Logos (Solar) in a personal, intimate sense pass to The Path of Absolute Sonship. It is The Path of the special Intimates of The Logos, and into their hands He has put the working out of karma in The Solar System. They know his wishes, his will, and his aim, and to Them He entrusts the carrying out of his behests. This Group, associated with The Logos, forms a Special Group linked to a still Higher Logos." Rules for Applicants: "There is a great distinction between the terms 'aspirant to The Path' and 'applicant for Initiation'. He who aspires and strives towards discipleship is in no way pledged to the same specific attitude and discipline as is the applicant for Initiation, and he can, if he so chooses, take as long as he desires in the treading of The Probationary Path. The man who seeks Initiation is in a different position and, having once made application, has to bring his life under a definite rule and a strict regime which is only optional to the disciple." "The Rules given here are 14 in number and are gathered from a series of instructions compiled for those who seek to take The First Initiation (The Birth)." "Rule 1. Let the disciple search within the heart's deep cave. If there the fire burns bright, warming his brother yet heating not himself, the hour has come for making application to stand before the door." "When love for all beings, irrespective of who they may be, is beginning to be a realized fact in the heart of a disciple, then comes the indication that he is nearing The Portal of Initiation and may make the necessary preliminary pledges. These are necessitated before his Master hands in his name as a candidate for Initiation. If he cares not for the suffering and pain of the lower self; if it is immaterial to him whether happiness comes his way or not; if the sole purpose of his life is to serve and save the world; and if his brother's need is for him of greater moment than his own; then is the fire of love irradiating his being, and the world can warm itself at his feet. This love is something that has grown in the trials and tests of life, so that the primary impulse of the life is towards self-sacrifice and the immolation of the lower nature." "Rule 2. When application has been made in triple form, then let the disciple withdraw that application and forget it has been made." "Herein lies one of the initial tests. The disciple's attitude of mind must be that he cares not whether he takes Initiation or not. Selfish motive must not enter in. Only those applications which reach The Master through the energy engendered through pure altruistic motive are transmitted by Him to The Recording Angel of The Hierarchy. Only those disciples who seek Initiation because of the added power to help and bless that It confers will find a response to their plea. Those who are keen to serve, those who are weighed down with a sense of world need, and the personal responsibility thereby awakened, and who have fulfilled The Law, knock and meet with response and make application which meets with recognition." "Rule 3. Triple the call must be and long it takes to sound it forth. Let the disciple sound the cry across the desert, over the sea, and through the fires which separate him from the veiled and hidden door." "Under this symbology comes to the disciple the injunction to make the desert of The Physical Plane life to blossom like the rose, so that from the garden of the lower life may arise those sounds and scents and a vibration strong enough to cross the intervening space between it and The Portal (of The First Initiation); to still the restless waters of the emotional life, so that in their limpid, still expanse That Portal may be reflected and the lower life mirror forth the spiritual life of the indwelling Divinity (The I Am Presence); to pass through the fiery furnace those motives, words, and thoughts which are the mainspring of activity and have their origin upon The Mental Plane. When these 3 aspects (physical, emotional, and mental) of the manifesting Higher Self, The God Within, are brought under control, coordinated, and utilized, then, even unconsciously to himself, will the voice of the disciple be heard demanding the opening of the door." "When the lower life upon The Physical Plane is fertilized, the emotional stabilized, and the mental transmuted, then naught can prevent the latch upon that door being lifted and the disciple passing through. Only synchronous vibration to that which lies the other side of the door produces its opening, and when the key of the disciple's life is attuning itself to that of The Hierarchical Life, then, one by one, the doors will open and nothing can keep them closed." "Rule 4. Let the disciple tend the evolution of The Fire, nourish the lesser lives, and thus keep the wheel revolving." "Here comes an injunction to the disciple to remember his responsibility to those many lesser lives which, in their sum-total, compose his triple body of manifestation (physical, Emotional, and Mental). The Kingdom of God is within, and the duty of that inner hidden Ruler is 2-fold: first to the lives which form the bodies physical, Astral, and Mental, and then to the macrocosm, the world of which the microcosm is but an infinitesimal part." "Rule 5. Let the applicant see to it that The Solar Angel (The Higher Self) dims the light of The Lunar Angels, remaining the sole luminary in the microcosmic sky." "To fulfill this injunction, all applicants need to do 2 things: First, to study their origin to realize their own true psychology, occultly understood, and to become scientifically aware of the real nature of The Higher Self functioning in The Causal Body (The Higher Mental Body). Then they have to assert upon The Physical Plane, through the medium of the 3 lower bodies, their innate Divinity and to demonstrate, in ever increasing degree, their essential value. Secondly, to study the constitution of Man to understand the method of functioning in the lower nature to realize the interdependence and interrelation of all living things and thus bring the lesser lives, which compose those 3 bodies of manifestation, under control. Thus, The Solar Lord, The Inner Reality, and The Thinker on his own Plane becomes The Intermediary between that which is of The Earth, earthy, and That Which finds its home within The Sun (The Solar Logos)." "Rule 6. The purificatory fires burn dim and low when The Third (The Animal Kingdom) is sacrificed to The Fourth (The Human Kingdom). Therefore, let the disciple refrain from taking life and let him nourish that which is lowest with the produce of The Second (The Plant Kingdom)." "This rule might be summed up in the trite instruction to each disciple that he be strictly vegetarian. The lower nature becomes clogged and heavy, and the inner blaze cannot shine forth when meat is included in the diet. This is a drastic rule for applicants (for Initiation) and may not be violated. Aspirants can choose to eat meat or not as they prefer, but at a certain stage upon The Path (of Discipleship) it is essential that all meat eating of every kind be stopped, and the strictest attention must be paid to diet." "A disciple must confine himself to vegetables, grains, fruits, and nuts. Only thus can he build the type of physical body which can stand the entry of The Real Man (The Higher Self or Soul) Who has stood in his subtler bodies before The Initiator. Should he not do this and should it be possible for him to take Initiation without having thus prepared himself, the physical body would be shattered by the energy pouring through the newly stimulated chakras, and dire danger to the brain, the spine, or the heart would eventuate." "For all applicants for Initiation, meat, fish, and fermented liquors of all kinds, as well as the use of tobacco are absolutely forbidden. For those who can stand it, eggs and cheese are sometimes better eliminated from the diet, but this is not in any way compulsory. It is advisable always that those who are in the process of developing psychic faculties of any kind should not permit themselves to eat eggs and very little cheese." "Two things should be emphasized: First, the need that all applicants have for common sense. Unbalanced fanatics are not desirable members of The Hierarchy. Equilibrium, a just sense of proportion, a due regard for environing conditions, and a sane common sense are the marks of the true occultist. When a real sense of humor exists likewise, many dangers will be avoided. Secondly, a recognition of time and an ability to move slowly when effecting changes in the diet and in the habits of a lifetime. 'Make haste slowly'. A process of gradual elimination is usually the path of wisdom, and this eliminating period should cover the stage which we call that of the aspirant, so that when a man becomes an applicant for Initiation, he will have done the necessary preparatory purification of the diet." "Rule 7. Let the disciple turn his attention to the enunciating of those sounds which echo in the halls where walks The Master. Let him not sound the lesser notes which awaken vibration within The Halls of Maya." "The disciple who seeks to enter within The Portals of Initiation cannot do so until he has learned the power of speech and the power of silence. Until a man comprehends the significance of the spoken word, and until he utilizes the silence of the high places for the bringing about of desired effects on one Plane or another, he cannot be admitted into those Realms wherein every sound and every word spoken produces powerful results in matter of some kind, being energized by 2 predominant factors: a) a powerful will, scientifically applied, b) right motive, purified in the fires." "An Adept is a Creator in mental matter, an Originator of impulses on The Mental Plane, thereby producing results in astral or physical manifestation. These results are powerful and effective and hence the necessity for their Originator to be pure in thought, accurate in word, and skillful in action." "When these ideas are realized by applicants, the immediate consequence will be important changes in the life of every day: a. Motives will be closely searched, and a strict check will be kept upon originating impulses. b. Speech will be watched, and an endeavor will be made to eliminate all unkind, unnecessary, and wasteful words. c. Silence will be cultivated, and applicants will be careful to preserve strict silence concerning themselves, their occult work or knowledge, the affairs of those associated with them, and the work of their occult group. Only in group circles or in connection with their superiors will a wise latitude in speech be permitted. d. The effect of The Sacred Word will be studied and conditions for its use wisely arranged. The sounding of The Word and its effect upon a particular esoteric chakra will be watched and the life thereby influenced and regulated." "The whole question of the study of sound and of words, sacred or otherwise, has to be taken up by applicants for Initiation." "Rule 8. When the disciple nears The Portal, the greater 7 must awaken and bring forth response from the lesser 7 upon the double circle." "The would be Initiate must develope, somewhat, the vibration of the 7 head chakras and thus sweep into increased vibratory activity the 7 chakras in the body upon The Aetheric Plane (The Aetheric Body), affecting also, through reciprocal vibration, the 7 physical centers (the associated endocrine glands) which are inevitably stimulated when the aetheric chakras approach their maximum vibration. This will produce results in the definitely physical organs through which Man functions on The Physical Plane." "The applicant will bend all his energies towards the developement of the spiritual life, which developement will be the outcome of right thinking, meditation, and service. Through deep study of all there is to be known concerning energy and its focal points, he will coordinate his life so that the life of The Spirit may flow through it." "This study of the chakras can only be safely undertaken, at present, in group work and under guidance from a Teacher. The pupils will simply apply themselves to a theoretical comprehension and a life of service. The centers (or chakras) will then develope normally, whilst the applicant bends his attention to loving his brother perfectly in truth and in deed, to serving wholeheartedly, to thinking intelligently, and to keeping a close watch upon himself." "The applicant who misuses knowledge, who indulges in such practices as 'breathing for developement', or concentrating upon the chakras, will inevitably fail in his endeavor to reach The Portal." "Rule 9. Let the disciple merge himself within the circle of his other-selves. Let but one colour blend them and their unity appear. Only when the group is known and sensed can energy be wisely emanated." "One thing all disciples and applicants for Initiation have to do is to find that particular group of servers to which they belong on The Inner Plane, to recognize them upon The Physical Plane, and to unite with them in service for The Race. This recognition will be based upon: a. Unity of aim. b. Oneness of vibration. c. Identity in group affiliation. d. Karmic links of long standing. e. Ability to work in harmonious relation." "It is the work, then, of the applicant to strengthen the grip of his Higher Self upon his personality ( the lower self) so that the esoteric group relation may become possible upon The Physical Plane. He will do this by the disciplining of his own personality and not by the correction of his brothers." "Rule 10. The Army of The Voice, The Devas in their serried ranks, work ceaselessly. Let the disciple apply himself to the consideration of their methods. Let him learn the rules whereby That Army works within the veils of Maya." "Though it is not safe for the unitiated to tamper with the parallel evolution of The Devas, yet it is necessary and safe to investigate the procedure pursued by The Builders, the methods followed by Them in reproducing from The Archetype, via The Aetheric (Level), that which we call physical manifestation. This involves, therefore, the organized study by all applicants of: a. The purpose of sound. b. The esoteric meaning of words, of grammar, and of syntax. c. The laws of vibration and of electricity and many other subsidiary studies which concern themselves with the manifestation of Divinity and consciousness through the medium of Deva substance and the activity of The Controlling Devas." "Rule 11. 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 and the transference of The Fire, Which now normally vitalizes the generative organs, to The Throat Chakra (The Visshuddha), thus leading to creation upon The Mental Plane through the agency of mind." "The lower triangle referred to is: a. The base of the spine (Muladhara Chakra). b. The generative organs (Svadisthana Chakra). c. The solar plexus (Manipura Chakra)." "Whilst the higher triangle is: a. The heart (Anahata Chakra). b. The throat (Visshuddha Chakra). c. The head (Ajna and Sahasrara Chakras)." "An Initiate cultivates a peculiar attitude of mind wherein there is a recognition that all forms of manifestation are Divine and that The Physical Plane is as much a form of Divine expression as any of The Higher Planes. He realizes that the lowest manifestation of Divinity must be under the conscious control of That Indwelling Divinity (The Higher Self)." "That it may be advisable, at certain stages, for a man to perfect control along any particular line through a temporary abstention (of sex) is not to be denied, but that is a means to an end and will be succeeded by stages when -- the control having been gained -- the man demonstrates perfectly, through the medium of the physical body, the attributes of Divinity, and every chakra will be normally and wisely used and thus Race purposes furthered." "Initiates and Masters, in many cases, marry and normally perform their duties as husbands, wives, and householders, but all is controlled and regulated by purpose and intention, and none is carried away by passion or desire. In The Perfect Man upon The Physical Plane, all the chakras are under complete control, and their energy is legitimately used. There will be a unity of effort shown on all The Planes through all the chakras for the greatest good of the greatest number." "The true Initiate should be known by his wise and sanctified normality, by his steady conformity to that which is best for the group, by his control and his refraining from excess of any kind, and by the example He sets to his environing associates of spiritual living and moral rectitude coupled with the discipline of his life." "Rule 12. Let the disciple learn the use of the hand in service. Let him seek the mark of the messenger in his feet, and let him learn to see with the eye that looks out from between the two." "Occultly understood, the 'use of the hands' is the utilization of the chakras in the palms of the hands in: a. Healing bodily ills. b. Blessing and thus curing emotional ills. c. Raised in prayer or the use of the chakras of the hands during meditation in the manipulation of mental matter and currents." "The 'mark of the messenger' in the feet is a reference to that well-known symbol of the wings on the heels of Mercury. Much upon this subject will be revealed to students who will study, with care, information which astrological students have gleaned anent The Planet Mercury and which occult students have gathered concerning 'The Inner Round'." "On the surface, the expression 'the eye which looks out from between the 2' seems to signify The Third Eye which clairvoyants utilize, but the meaning is very much deeper than that and lies hidden in the following facts: a. That the inner vision is that which all self-conscious beings, from a Logos to a man, are in process of developing. b. That The Higher Self is literally to The Monad what The Third Eye is to Man and, therefore, is described as looking out from between The Monad or Spiritual Self (The Higher Self of The Higher Self) on the one hand and the personal self (lower self) on the other." "In the fullest sense, therefore, this rule incites the applicant to develope Self-consciousness and thus learn to function in The Causal Body (The Christ Self, The Higher Mental Body) on the higher levels of The Mental Plane, controlling from thence all the lower vehicles (physical, Astral, Mental) and seeing clearly all that can be seen in the 3 Worlds (Physical, Emotional, and Mental) in the past and in the future." "Rule 13. Four things the disciple must learn and comprehend before he can be shown that inmost mystery: first, the laws of that which radiates; the 5 meanings of magnetization make the second; the third is transmutation or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly, the first letter of The Word which has been imparted or the hidden name of The Higher Self." "This Rule cannot be enlarged upon. It concerns mysteries and subjects too immense to be fully handled here. It is included in these Rules so that it may form a subject for meditation, for study, and for group discussion." "Rule 14. Listen, touch, see, apply, know." "These words concern what the Christian might aptly call the consecration of the 3 major senses and their utilization in the evolution of the inner spiritual life, application then made of that which is learned and ascertained, followed by the fruition of realized knowledge." "The Great Invocation is the inaugurating mantram of the incoming 7th Ray. This is the first time such a mantram has been brought to the attention of Humanity." "From The Point of Light within The Mind of God, let Light stream forth into the minds of Men. Let Light descend on Earth. From The Point of Love within The Heart of God, let Love stream forth into the hearts of Men. May Christ return to Earth. From The Center where The Will of God is known, let purpose guide the little wills of Men, the purpose which The Masters know and serve. From The Center which we call The Race of Men, let The Plan of Love and Light work out. And may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let Light and Love and Power restore The Plan on Earth." DJWHAL KHUL |
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