"[86] Twelves is a modern continuation of Triangles and many members of Lucis Trust and other respected orgs are members today. These ideas may partially account for an association in minds of some between Bailey, and others of the Theosophical schools, and UFOs. "God is love" is a great truth, for love is the basic law of this solar system. The soul is regarded as the reflection of the real self that works through or uses the three aspects of personality. Perhaps the best example of the first rays potency is found in the mineral kingdom, for radium is said to hold the key to the mystery of the 1st ray. Alice Bailey said the failure of the 6th ray devotee to work intelligently and lovingly with substance and to produce right relation with the outer form has led over the last 2000 years to a mismanaged world suffering from a cleavage: as can be seen between science and religion and between religion and spirituality, for example as it manifests in regard to money. 18. [44] For instance, the invocation has been used in the Findhorn Foundation community since the 1970s. In 1919, during the month of November, I made a contact with A.A.B. [24], Bailey continued to work up to the time of her death in 1949. Every individual vibrates to some particular measure; every unit of the human race is on some one of the seven rays. For example, she states that the Aryan root race (or '5th race'), is an "emerging new race" and so a relatively new evolutionary phenomenon. The work of the 7th ray is the relating of life and form, but when the emphasis is laid upon the form aspect, then wrong procedure eventuates and the work of the black magician can begin. Why not ten or twelve, for those are also numbers of considerable spiritual significance? Perhaps this point, this challenge, is a good place to begin our group discussion. This summarises the essential harmony that in time prevails when conflict has exhausted itself. Differentiation becomes marked, and the sense of duality becomes more definitely established. "[67] For Bailey, the evolution of humanity was intimately bound up with its relationship to this Spiritual Hierarchy. The incoming 7th ray plays through the planetary sacral centre, and then through the sacral centre of every human being. Hold fast to the Truth as a lamp. The number seven features prominently in the human perception of structure of the world: the seven colours of the rainbow, seven notes of an octave; in occult cosmology the seven major planes and subplanes of existence, and in the calculation of time the seven days of a week. Shnirelman saw some of Bailey's ideas on race as similar to the racism he perceived in the writing of Julius Evola, saying that "racist and antisemitic trends are explicit, for example, in the occult teachings of Alice Bailey and her followers, who wish to cleanse Christianity of its "Jewish inheritance" and reject the "Jewish Bible" as a prerequisite for entering the Age of Aquarius. Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 - December 15, 1949) was a writer on spiritual, occult, esoteric and religious themes who was among the first to popularize the terms New Age and Age of Aquarius. [1] She moved to the United States in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher. Its activities include the Arcane School, World Goodwill, Triangles, a quarterly magazine called The Beacon, and a publishing company primarily intended to publish Bailey's many books. [18] According to Theosophist Josephine Maria Davies Ransom, she became part of a progressive "Back to Blavatsky movement, led mainly by Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bailey". Then followed a difficult period in which she worked in a sardine factory to support herself and the children. Esoteric psychology. called the "preparatory" phase of the teaching. many refer to her as the mother of the modern form of the new age movement. We might begin by asking, Why seven rays? World Goodwill is intended to promote better human relations through goodwill which they define as "love in action". Lower Expression: Architectural construction. Background and framework to the Master Djwhal Khul's work with Alice A. Bailey, with some of his purposes, points of emphasis and directives. [103] He had developed his approach to psychology, called Psychosynthesis, beginning in 1910; his methods were later influenced by some elements of Bailey's work. Thank you for your attention. She stated that as evolution proceeds, things are accelerated and humanity will soon be predominantly distinguished by the Aryan consciousness. It endows man with the urge to penetrate behind the veiled and hidden realms. Alice Bailey was born as Alice LaTrobe Bateman, in Manchester, England at 7:32 am GMT. You have a first ray physical body. "[14] In 1919, Foster Bailey (18881977), who was to be her second husband, became National Secretary of the Theosophical Society. "[114] But she did speak of Masters as having evolved beyond the human level, and expounded a cosmology of a living universe in which even planets and stars are regarded as living entities. . This ray endows man with the capacity to see the ideal, the reality behind the form. A number of books have been published containing compilations on specific themes of passages from all 24 books of Alice Bailey. All kingdoms in nature are conditioned by the seven rays, but the human kingdom provides perhaps most interesting and complex depiction. They work by manipulating ideas to make them easier to grasp by those intelligent people whose intuition isnt yet developed. [19] She outlined her vision for the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society; however, her efforts to influence the society failed, and she and her husband were dismissed from their positions. A study of history shows the progression to unity and synthesis in all departments of human living. [70], Monica Sj, a Swedish painter, writer and a radical anarcho/eco-feminist wrote that Bailey, through her published teachings, had a "reactionary and racist influence on the whole New Age movement. Keep these two themes clearly in your mind for they are basic and important. You have, however, nearly completed the task and the worst part of the process is over. But not otherwise. Around him and in him and through him the energies of the two rays pour and conflict. [123] Morrison also used the phrase "world of glamour", reminiscent of Bailey's Glamour: A World Problem, in the songs "Ivory Tower" and "Green Mansions". It also evokes in you at times a violent reaction to that which seems incorrect, inharmonious and out of tune or line. The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation witha Tibetan teacher during the thirty years 19191949,constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom a bodyof esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times ina form suitable to each era. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. It is the great impulse which will bring into the light of day all that is found clothed in matter, and thus will eventually lead to the revelation of spirit and of the hidden glory, when that which has been revealed of the material form has been purified and redeemed. she later became known as a writer of the occult. [45] Rosemary Keller described the Great Invocation as a call for "the Christ to return to Earth" and wrote that Bailey-related groups purchased radio and television time to broadcast the invocation as part of their mission, and that often the invocation was recited in what Keller called "light groups", to accomplish what Bailey's disciples considered to be attracting and focusing "spiritual energies to benefit the planet". We might begin by asking, Why seven rays? She stated that this newer type is forming in every land but primarily in lands where Caucasian peoples are found and indicates a culture where thought or intellect is dominant. Lucifer Publishing Co., 135 Broadway, New York City. She described the majority of her work as having been telepathically dictated to her by a Master of Wisdom, initially referred to only as "the Tibetan" or by the initials "D.K. Higher Expression: Means of communication or interaction. One ray is fostering crystallisation and the perpetuation of the existing culture, and one is fostering the creation of something entirely new out of the present world upheaval. The disciple who understands this relation and conforms to it is ready to tread the path of initiation, were told. [6], Alice and Foster Bailey founded the Lucis Trust in 1922. Alice Bailey is known as one of the prophetesses of the New Age Movement. To do this effectively and correctly, we must all learn to think of each other as souls, and not as human beings.". Lets consider just a couple of examples to understand the complexity of the process. Alice Bailey provides us with a map. Together Alice Bailey and The Tibetan produced 19 books of esoteric philosophy, and Alice . [83], Despite her focus on unity of religion, Bromley and Hammond point out that Bailey and other "occultists" "hammered home the central idea, 'The East is the true home of spiritual knowledge and occult wisdom'."[84]. If you continue to use this site we assume that you will be happy. #4. It is very easy to mistake the map for the territory. It is this powerful first ray combination of forces in your equipment which has produced the emotional instability of which you have ever been conscious. The energies which emanate from what is esoterically called the "heart of the sun" sweep through the planets in seven great streams and pour into human soul producing what we call awareness. Books by Alice Bailey. The various rays of our makeup are a problem of the interrelation of energies, their fusion and balancing, plus the final synthesis of two major energies soul and personality. Alice A. Bailey. Sources include Benjamin Creme and Share International Foundation, and the Alice A. Bailey teachings. "As you know, I find it useful to indicate to all in my group of pledged disciples their five determining or conditioning rays so that they can work with intelligence at the fusion of. The "Triangles" are groups of three people who agree to link up in thought each day and to meditate on right human relations, visualizing light and love pouring into human minds and hearts, followed by the use of the Great Invocation. Alice Ann Latrobe Batemen Bailey ( June 16, 1880 - December 15, 1949) was a teacher and writer and the founder, together with husband Foster Bailey, of a spiritual movement growing out of the theosophical tradition. This 48-page catalogue of the books of Alice A. Bailey and the Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul contains a description of each title, including compilations and the CD-ROM. Alice Bailey's writings downplayed traditional devotional and religious aspects of the spiritual life, in favor of a life of meditation, service to humanity, and cooperation with "the Plan of the Hierarchy [116], Christopher Partridge wrote that the works of Bailey, Rudolf Steiner, and Theosophy in general all influenced what he called the "UFO religions". They participate in the bridging process, for they are the true intuitives. Alice Ann Bailey was a writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. A hologram is the symbol of the implicate order, he said: A total order is contained, in some implicit sense, in each region of space and time. A large number of 7th ray individuals soul or personality are coming into incarnation now, and to them is committed the task of organising the activities of the new age and ending the old methods of life and old crystallised attitudes. Alice Ann Bailey. [94], Author Catherine Wessinger wrote that Bailey was a liberated woman "sixty years before it became popular" and that Bailey's books expressed a similar "millennial view" to the works of Annie Besant. 3. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de rduction . [13] Theosophist Bruce F. Campbell notes, "She quickly rose to a position of influence in the American Section of the Adyar society, moving to its headquarters at Krotona in Hollywood. Now the line of least resistance should be the mind, and your major objective in life and in meditation should be the mind, and increased illuminationthis in order to render increased service to your fellowmen. Arjuna emerges into the battlefield. "[90], Sir John Sinclair, in his book The Alice Bailey Inheritance, commented on the seminal influence of Alice Bailey, which, he said, underlies the consciousness growth movement in the 20th century. [6][7] This turned out to be the creation and publication of 19 books together with educational and meditation work that reached into "practically all the countries of the world". Higher Expression: The science of statesmanship, of government. "[10] For a more recent example of Bailey/Theosophy division, see Theosophy in Scandinavia. Though often referred to as the Robert Muller School, the preface of The World Core Curriculum clarifies that the Robert Muller School is founded on the ideas of Alice Bailey and The Tibetan: "The underlying philosophy upon which the Robert Muller School is based will be found in the teachings set forth in the books of Alice A. Bailey by the . It is not necessary for each person to link in thought at the same time each day and need only take a few moments of time. Together Alice Bailey andThe Tibetan produced 19 books of esoteric philosophy,and Alice Bailey wrote five additional titles With absolute dedication to purpose, Alice Bailey presented the teachings of the Hierarchy of Ascended Masters, known as the Ageless Wisdom, to the world in a way that was needed at that time. Love in Action was the concept promoted by Bailey's and Foster Bailey's "World Goodwill" organization. As the 7th ray pours in, we are seeing the increasing focus on sexuality not always a pretty picture, but because the 7th ray governs the fusion of spirit and matter, surely it will lead to a wiser approach to sexuality. Religiously inclined, Alice's first marriage wed her to fellow Englishman Walter Evans, a former military officer who was to become an Episcopal clergyman. The personality ray and the egoic ray at first seem to clash, and then later a steady warfare is set up with the disciple as the onlookerand dramatic participator. [8], At the age of 22, Bailey did evangelical work in connection with the YMCA and the British Army. The personality shifts from ray to ray, from life to life, until all qualities are developed. Therefore, healing consists of releasing the soul, that is the establishing of a right relation between the soul and the personality where the personality is defined as the instrument of soul expression. Alice Bailey was wise to make the change, but it came too late to avert the outrage of evangelical Christians who, in the 1980s, used the original name of the publishing company as a basis to their argument that Alice Bailey was possessed by the antichrist. [29][30], Esoteric astrology is part of Alice Bailey's "Ageless Wisdom" teachings, which she said were relayed by her Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul. (Tansley attributed the source of his model to Alice Bailey's theosophical commentary on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the locus classicus of Hindu teaching. The song Ancient of Days from the 1984 Sense of Wonder album appears to be a reference to a Bailey concept found in such books as The Externalization of the Hierarchy. She left with their three children after formal separation in 1915. This is the ray coming into power. It is the outstanding characteristic of the soul, just as desire is the outstanding characteristic of the lower nature"[48], Ross describes Bailey's teachings as emphasizing the "underlying unity of all forms of life", and the "essential oneness of all religions, of all departments of science, and of all the philosophies". The history of the world is based on the emergence of ideas, their acceptance, their transformation into ideas, and their eventual superseding by the next imposition of ideas. Bailey also established the "Triangles" program to bring people together in groups of three to meditate daily. In terms of living expression, this means that you can transmute devotion into love, and idealism into proven wisdom. La Trobe-Bateman on June 16, 1880, in Manchester, England,ii Alice Bailey was raised in an upper-class family and reared in the Anglican or Episcopalian church. In response to the September 11 attacks (2001), the Great Invocation was used as a central element of a new daily program at Findhorn known as the "Network of Light meditations for peace". In Alice Baileys words: "Each person is potentially a transmitter of ray energy, either egoic or personality rays. The ray of your mental body is also the first ray. Perhaps at this point it would make the psychology of the seven rays more meaningful if we consider them in terms of individuals. Einstein also touched upon this urge to penetrate beyond the outer realms in his statement, "The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious. These five energies together will determine the trend of world affairs, were told. Leadbeater." [1] She moved to the United States in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher. When the personality ray becomes pronounced and dominant, and the rays of the three bodies are subordinated to it, then the great fight takes place between soul and personality ray. The old age method was to empower an individual leader who could impose his idea on followers; the new age method is to evoke group idealism. [64], Bailey described a concept of racial differentiation that posited a division of humanity into races that are on different levels in a "ladder of evolution". The Arcane School gives instruction and guidance in meditation, via correspondence, based on the ideas in Bailey's books. I know that this will give you much food for thought and instigate you to renewed purpose in your life endeavour. This means that your intelligent mind can dominate at need and can be far more powerful in expression than it usually is. Alice A. Bailey and the Tibetan's Glamour: A World Problem is also directly cited in the liner notes to Morrison's album Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. The Science of the Antahkarana deals with the threefold thread which connects: a. (p.111) The concepts and language have been conflated in the popular mind. Soon, however, her claims to be recipient of ageless wisdom from the Masters met with opposition. (1880-1949): From her conservative British background, Alice Bailey's life led her in many directions Suffice it to say, that I am a Tibetan disciple of a certain degree, and this tells you but little, for all are disciples from the humblest aspirant up to, and beyond, the Christ Himself. He stated Bailey accepted Leadbeater's "fantasy" of the return of Christ and disparaged Bailey's Great Invocation, a prayer supposed to "induce Christ and his Masters to leave their hidden ashrams [and] enter into major cities" to lead the Aquarian Age. He describes Bailey as a 'post-Theosophical' theorist, reporting that Bailey received instruction from "former personal pupils of Blavatsky" and notes that her third book (A Treatise on Cosmic Fire) not only reproduces Blavatsky's apocryphal Stanzas of Dzyan but is dedicated to Blavatsky, as well.[53]. They were never identified by their actual names, only by initials. The ray types give the new psychological approach to man through an understanding of the energies which animate him and make him what he is. All have been created to satisfy the desire of the Creator. [2] Her writings bore some similarity to those of Madame Blavatsky and are among the teachings often referred to as the "Ageless Wisdom". [104][105][106][107][108] However, authors John Firman and Ann Gila write that Assagioli kept what he referred to as a "wall of silence" between the areas of psychosynthesis and religion or metaphysics, insisting that they not be confused with each other. Generally speaking, in the case of most people the mental body is governed by rays 1,4,or 5; the astral body by 2 or 6; and the physical by ray 3 or 7. The rays in time produce the world pattern, the inner potency of evolutionary process. [101], In 1930, with the patronage of English-Dutch spiritualist, theosophist and scholar Olga Froebe-Kapteyn, Bailey established the short-lived "School of Spiritual Research" located on Froebe-Kapteyn's estate, Casa Gabriella, in Switzerland. All major nations are governed by two rays, just as an individual is a personality ray, which is the dominant and controlling factor at this time, and by a soul ray which is sensed only by the disciples and aspirants of any nation. This school provides educational correspondence, meditation instruction, and guided study based on her writings. 1st ray energy streams from Shamballa and lies behind the present world crisis, for "It is the Will of God to produce certain radical and momentous changes in the consciousness of the race which will completely alter mans attitude to life", Alice Bailey said. In the 1940s Alice A. Bailey, founder of the Arcane School (an organization that disseminated spiritual teachings), suggested that a new messiah, the Master Maitreya, would appear in the last quarter of the 20th century. It gives the human being his colouring and quality. The Bailey teachings are abstruse and authoritative. It will aid you also in producing order and rhythm in your environment; in these days of turmoil and difficulty, every rhythmic centre is of value to us. The concept of the seven rays can be found in Theosophical works. [28][64], Nicholas Weeks, writing for the Theosophical magazine Fohat in 1997, felt Bailey's assertion that "her teachings are grounded in and do not oppose in any fundamental way Theosophy as lived and taught by HPB and her Gurus" was false. It is always an interesting and an easy matter for the soul to control and illumine the mind when the first and the second rays are as closely related as they can be in your case. Read More The Tibetan Master's Work Judah, Stillson J. ",[22] After the first two or three years, the name was changed to "Lucis Publishing Co."[23] (The Theosophical Society also used the name "Lucifer" for its early magazine.) Some people can be galvanised by an idea, others reached more easily by an ideal. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. From this we can begin to see that when the true nature of the seven rays is grasped, we shall approach the subject of mans duality with greater intelligence. Wessinger stated that they were "an important source of the contemporary New Age movement. Born Alice A. [73][74][75][76][77][78][79], The American Chassidic author Yonassan Gershom wrote that Bailey's plan for a New World Order and her call for "the gradual dissolutionagain if in any way possibleof the Orthodox Jewish faith" revealed that "her goal is nothing less than the destruction of Judaism itself." To most of humanity, this vision has focused on the material world, material comfort, material possessions and material enterprises. [121], Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground was a devoted reader of Bailey's work, especially her book A Treatise on White Magic, which he urged on others. Works containing the prefatory Extract from a Statement by the Tibetan, generally taken to indicate the book was a "received" work. 2. 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[33], Bailey's teaching on healing primarily concerns the relationship of soul to personality, of the spiritual to the material nature. Author Ryan H. Walsh suggests that book had an influence on the Velvet's second album, White Light/White Heat. Blavatsky & Alice Baily. Alice and Foster Bailey founded "Lucifer Publishing Company". Though Bailey's writings differ in some respects to the Theosophy of Madame Blavatsky, they have much in common with it. Healing becomes automatic where the practitioner no longer is directed by energies, currents, centers, that include the nadis as one area of focus, the abstract is related back to the practices where appropriate but healing is directed without effort. [9] This took her to India where, in 1907, she met her future husband Walter Evans. Alice Bailey teaches that we are here on earth to love and be of service, and lead lives of unselfishness, honesty and goodness. [122], In 1975, Todd Rundgren released an album titled Initiation which has a song called "Initiation" on side one. 5. At that time, as you know, I endeavoured to help you. "[65], In her book Education in the New Age, Bailey made predictions about the use of this esoteric racial concept in the schools of the future and that these schools would incorporate the idea of "root races". And the courage of the first ray lies behind the Christs promise: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.". All books by Alice A. Bailey and the Master Djwhal Khul (28 books), Alice A. Bailey, Lucis Press, New York. "[71] She also noted what she called Bailey's (and Theosophy's) "pro-fascist religious views", such as the belief in a secret elite of "Masters" who influence world events and human minds through occult means and attempt to bring about the evolution of an Aryan race (although this is an understandably modern misunderstanding of her teaching 'Aryan' as used by Bailey is easily confused with the modern terminology, and the "Masters" are not an elite, but instead are 'enlightened' individuals originally introduced in theosophy as having evolved beyond the human or "4th kingdom" into the fifth or "Kingdom of souls", and who in her view guide the human race as a whole). 4. There are two major factors of paramount interest to all aspirants andin your casethe task is made somewhat difficult because you have to add to these two tasks the work of shifting your soul ray from the sixth Ray of Devotion to the second Ray of Love-Wisdom. If the teaching conveyed calls forth a response from the illumined mind of the worker in the world, and brings a flashing forth of the intuition, then let that teaching be accepted. "Each of the great rays has a form of teaching truth to humanity which is its unique contribution", Alice Bailey wrote, yet only in their composite do we understand nature of the One, of Deity. If the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed true under the test of the Law of . These developments have been referred to by other sources as "spin-offs" and splinter groups. The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom--a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period. The entire second side of the album is taken up by a song called "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire"; the three parts of the song are listed as: "I. [43] (p.411). [6] She was also cited in THERAPEUTIC TOUCH: Healing Science or Psychic Midwife? The essence of the 7th ray is found in the familiar aphorism of Hermes Trismegistus: "As above so below." The past 2000 yrs have been conditioned by the 6th Ray of Devotion and Idealism. [original research? Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 - December 15, 1949) was a writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects, and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. The higher expression of the 7th ray is white magic: the power of the trained worker to bring together the "within and the without" so that that which is below may be patterned on that which is above. Bailey's teachings revolve around the central concept of the Second Coming of a personal Christ, the so-called "Lord Christ-Maitreya" who is the "World Teacher" for humanity and who is said to be preparing his "return" or "reappearance" on the world scene.
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