But not otherwise. Neither has initiation for the disciple anything to do . 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. Works containing the prefatory Extract from a Statement by the Tibetan, generally taken to indicate the book was a "received" work. [119]), Professor Robert S. Ellwood of the University of Southern California investigated a wide range of religious and spiritual groups in the United States during the 1970s, including a nationwide group of UFO believers called Understanding, Inc., which had been founded by a contactee named Daniel Fry. It has built into the life rhythm certain unalterable tendencies. Introduction to the New Psychology based on the teachings of Alice A. Bailey and Master D.K., On the Way to the Source, Elly Lichtenberg, Marc Thiessens, Synthse. She became editor of its magazine, The Messenger, and member of the committee responsible for Krotona. It expresses the Will of God in world affairs, which is the will-to-good. 5. 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". "You cant pour new wine into old bottles", its been said. The radio, telephone, telegraph and the power to travel. The Great Invocation is a mantra given in 1937 by Bailey. 4th ray The energy of Harmony through Conflict. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. The ray of the astral bodythe sixth Ray of Devotion. Because it operates on the plane of the higher and lower mind and because "man" is literally "one who thinks", the 5th ray has special significance to humanity. Below the surface was a hidden controversy regarding Alice's work with the Tibetan. [44] For instance, the invocation has been used in the Findhorn Foundation community since the 1970s. 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. Every individual vibrates to some particular measure; every unit of the human race is on some one of the seven rays. Copyright 1922 by Alice A. Bailey. Five ray energies are presently manifesting: the 6th, 7th, 2nd (always present), 3rd , and 1st. [3][4], Bailey was born to a wealthy middle class British family and, as a member of the Anglican Church, received a thorough Christian education. This will probably also better your physical condition.". In terms of the ray of the physical body, ask yourself if your body likes to be active and handles diversified tasks well (3rd) or if it prefers an organised, rhythmic physical pace. Your astral body is upon the sixth ray so that it will be obvious to you that through that vehicle your personality will find the least resistance; there also lies the need for watchful supervision. Around him and in him and through him the energies of the two rays pour and conflict. He reported that, "There is no particular religious practice connected with the meeting, although the New Age Prayer derived from the Alice Bailey writings is used as an invocation. 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. Alice A. Bailey delivered the second transmission of the Ageless Wisdom for the New Era. [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". Thank you very much for this opportunity to share some of the teachings on the seven rays from the books of Alice Bailey. So the progression is: 1st ray servers register ideas, which are then rendered attractive by 2nd ray servers, and adapted to immediate need and rendered vocal by 3rd ray workers. Ask yourself, does my mind express power easily (1st), or does it strive for balance by seeing many different points of view (4th), or does it crave detail and tend to observe with detachment (5th)? Initially, that Life expressed in triple formation: as Life, Quality and Appearance, or Monad, Soul, and Personality; Will, Love, and Intelligence. 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. The Pseudo-Occultism of Alice Baily, "The Great Invocation: Its Use and Significance", Brown University Press Releases, April 19, 2007, "Mahatmas versus Ascended Masters - Theosophical Society in America", "THERAPEUTIC TOUCH: Healing Science or Psychic Midwife? She described the majority of her work as having been telepathically dictated to her by a Master of Wisdom, or spirit entity identified as Djwal Khul. First Edition. A Master Index of all 24 books is also available. Learning to recognise ones ray pattern isnt easy, but we have some guidelines to go on. 2. For example, she states that the Aryan root race (or '5th race'), is an "emerging new race" and so a relatively new evolutionary phenomenon. By the power of their attractive love, they gather together those who are at a point in their evolution where they can respond to that Plan. [37][38] She also speaks of these as "vehicles" or "sheaths", and alternately as the "mental body", "astral body", or "physical body". The teachings on initiation are also given an essentially practical presentation as "facts of life", to be understood and applied. She left with their three children after formal separation in 1915. This D.K. It will awaken psychologists to a true understanding of man. He cannot as yet enter into the consciousness of that basic essential Unity, but he can enter into that of his own ray-life, of the emanating source of his own temporarily specialised life.". Perhaps at this point it would make the psychology of the seven rays more meaningful if we consider them in terms of individuals. Higher Expression: The process of initiation as taught by the hierarchy of adepts. [118] Partridge also quoted Gordon Melton, who suggested that the first UFO religion was Guy Ballard's "I Am" Activity,[117] (which Bailey described as a "cheap comedy". She states that there is now being developed a "new race" with a spiritual dimension that expresses as "group qualities and consciousness and idealistic vision". Then followed a difficult period in which she worked in a sardine factory to support herself and the children. ", Alice Bailey sums up process of integration as follows: "As the three rays which govern the lower triplicity blend and synthesise and produce the vital personality, and as they in their turn dominate the ray of the dense physical body, the lower man enters into a prolonged condition of conflict. The 6th ray is the ray of blind procedure; only one aspect of reality is seen at a time - and usually the least desirable. They bring about a "righteous compromise", and adapt the new and the old so that the true pattern is preserved. 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". Gradually, as the battle continues to rage, he becomes a more active factor, and drops the attitude of the detached and uninterested onlooker. Alice and Foster Bailey founded "Lucifer Publishing Company". "In the last analysis, all history is the record of energies & forces (rays) as they play upon humanity, expressing through successive civilisations and cultures, producing changes, and fashioning the many races & nations", Alice Bailey said. In her The Destiny of the Nations, Bailey described a process by which this "new race" will evolve, after which "very low grade human bodies will disappear, causing a general shift in the racial types toward a higher standard. The whole process of healing is directed by thought, the mind of the healer and sometimes emotional synergy to inhibit causes of disease. It also evokes in you at times a violent reaction to that which seems incorrect, inharmonious and out of tune or line. Interestingly, when a ray cycle passes out, the lower manifestation of that ray lingers on longer than the higher expression. The result of the increasing flow of the 7th ray and the decreasing power of the 6th ray is to throw the millions of people who dont respond to either ray, into a state of bewilderment a feeling of being entirely lost, for all that they hold dear is rapidly fading. Alice Bailey then developed the teaching considerably in a number of her books, especially A Treatise on the Seven Rays. Ray III servers stimulate the intellect of humanity, sharpening and inspiring it. Through scientific investigation, research and discovery, they are preparing the new world. While this process of soul control is being perfected, the ray types of the personality vehicles steadily emerge, the ray of the personality begins to control, and the soul ray begins finally to dominate and subdue the personality. That ray determines its appearance, purpose, life trend and occupation, while the soul ray has direct action upon the astral body; hence the battlefield of life is ever on the plane of glamour, were told. One leading critic writing in the 1980s is Christian activist Constance Cumbey (1944-). Is this whats evoking the "reactionary" elements and the growing fundamentalism we see in so many areas of life? All have been created to satisfy the desire of the Creator. These developments have been referred to by other sources as "spin-offs" and splinter groups. [40][self-published source?] Ray V servers are coming rapidly into prominence. [6][11], Bailey discovered the Theosophical Society and the work of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Bailey was born as Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchester, England. [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. Each ray governs a particular centre, giving a predisposition to certain strengths and weaknesses. 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]. Bailey was born as Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchester, England. Works in which Bailey claimed sole authorship of the material. You are learning to leave others freea hard lesson for a first ray personality, animated as yours is by knowledge and goodwill. 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. They participate in the bridging process, for they are the true intuitives. All else is sealed to them; they vision only one picture; their horizon is limited to only one point of the compass. Lower Expression: Modern educational systems and mental science. People who are new to the Alice Bailey books. This is the major difficulty. The soul raythe second Ray of Love-Wisdom. This ray produces beauty and works towards the harmonising of effects. Her teachings and writings are viewed as foundational and authoritative within the New Age Movement. [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. They provide, however, a needed balance and steadying. The personality raythe first Ray of Power or Will. This ray endows man with the capacity to see the ideal, the reality behind the form. 18. Alice Bailey born on june 16, 1880, in manchester, england, alice ann la trobe bateman was a devoted missionary worker and sunday school teacher. All kingdoms in nature are conditioned by the seven rays, but the human kingdom provides perhaps most interesting and complex depiction. 5. Ray II servers ponder and meditate on the new ideas associated with the Plan. Gershom also wrote that "This stereotyped portrayal of Jews is followed by a hackneyed diatribe against the Biblical Hebrews, based upon the "angry Jehovah" theology of nineteenth-century Protestantism. "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. Blavatsky & Alice Baily. "God is love" is a great truth, for love is the basic law of this solar system. There are many degrees and stages in this experience, and they cover many lives. You have, however, nearly completed the task and the worst part of the process is over. Association for Research and Enlightenment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice_Bailey&oldid=1147066879, Articles that may contain original research from December 2019, All articles that may contain original research, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Articles with self-published sources from February 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Soul (higher mind, Love nature, higher consciousness), This page was last edited on 28 March 2023, at 17:08. Finally, in 1977, Rundgren followed up with another Bailey reference with a song entitled "Love in Action" from the Utopia album Oops! The ray of the mindthe first Ray of Power. ", "PERSPECTIVE ON THE MILLENNIUM; SEEDS OF APOCALYPSE ARE AMONG US; THE 'INSANITY' OF SO-CALLED CULTS IS MORE INTENSE BUT NOT DIFFERENT FROM THE BELIEFS OF MANY AMERICANS", All the books of Alice A. Bailey can be read online at Lucis Trust, The "Jewish Problem" (interpreted by some to be anti-Semitic). 3. 3. Higher Expression: The science of the soul. [6], Alice Bailey's writings have a theme that generally advocates replacement of the old with the new and this occurs in connection with the Great Invocation as follows: "This new Invocation, if given widespread distribution, can be to the new world religion what the Lord's Prayer has been to Christianity and the 23rd Psalm has been to the spiritually minded Jew. 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. Esoteric psychology. ", Higher Expression: Christianity and diversified religions. [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]. That "action" included support of the United Nations. 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. These differentions are like the colouring that the prism takes when subjected to the rays of the sun. This is the coordinating capacity which unifies inner quality and outer tangible form or appearance. [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". It is the courage of sure knowledge, held steadily and without questioning in the midst of difficulty and discomfort. This soul ray must be evoked into increased activity by the new group of world servers, the subjective worldwide network of all servers, working in all fields of activity, not just the overtly spiritual. [25], Bailey's writings includes a detailed exposition of the "seven rays" which are presented as the fundamental energies that are behind and exist throughout all manifestation. "[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. This I think you know and there is no need for me to elaborate this theme. 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. British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949), For the American writer of children's books and articles for periodicals, see, Groups founded by Bailey or her followers, A commentary on the Great Invocation on Lucis Trust's website says "Christ emphasised ever the Fatherhood of God and substituted it in place of the cruel, jealous tribal Jehovah.". Jenkins 2000. p.87. That has been for a long time subordinated to the past ray of your soul, that of devotion to the soul, to the Hierarchy, to humanity as well as to yourself. Bailey's works, written between 1919 and 1949, describe a wide-ranging neo-Theosophical system of esoteric thought covering such topics as how spirituality relates to the Solar System, meditation, healing, spiritual psychology, the destiny of nations, and prescriptions for society in general. Love in Action was the concept promoted by Bailey's and Foster Bailey's "World Goodwill" organization. This is now only occasional (relatively speaking). A ray confers physical conditions, the quality of the astral nature, and the distribution of energy. 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. The incoming 7th ray plays through the planetary sacral centre, and then through the sacral centre of every human being. This ray has fostered the growth of the great world religions because the 6th ray endows the "capacity for abstraction". She stated that as evolution proceeds, things are accelerated and humanity will soon be predominantly distinguished by the Aryan consciousness. In the brain of the man who is a developed personality, an increased awareness of vibration is set up. Religiously inclined, Alice's first marriage wed her to fellow Englishman Walter Evans, a former military officer who was to become an Episcopal clergyman. "Writers of the 1920s and 1930s presented themselves as advocates of a New Age of occult enlightenment, and Alice Bailey did much to popularize the dual terms 'New Age' and 'Aquarian'", Initiation, Human and Solar. 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. "[120], George D. Chryssides of the University of Wolverhampton, cited Bailey's influence on the ideas of the Order of the Solar Temple and related UFO organisations. Author Ryan H. Walsh suggests that book had an influence on the Velvet's second album, White Light/White Heat. 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. "[96] (p. 65)[97] (p. 557) The differences between Theosophy, Bailey and Elizabeth Clare Prophet can be noted in connection with Elizabeth Clare Prophet's radical concepts of catastrophic change and survivalism, including the building of fall-out shelters. called the "preparatory" phase of the teaching. (p.172)[41] (p.33) See also: Subtle body. 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. This ray primarily involves the etheric levels and thus governs the true magical work - the spiritualising of forms. This devoted, idealistic one-pointedness is an aid to you in your soul's enterprise. [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." 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. 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. This contemporary transmission of the Ageless Wisdom Teachings came through the authors Alice A. Bailey, Helena P. Blavatsky, Lucille Cedercrans, all of which were messengers for various Masters of the Ageless Wisdom. If the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed true under the test of the Law of . [1] She moved to the United States in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher. 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.
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