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. Yet the seven emanations came forth from the central vortex, and as such are seven aspects of one whole and therefore interrelated. They investigate the form in order to find its hidden idea, its motivating power, by proving the idea either true or false. In Lubelsky's view, racists ideas were common to the whole "Theosophical family". 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. (Notice here relation to Ray II.). These ideas may partially account for an association in minds of some between Bailey, and others of the Theosophical schools, and UFOs. It expresses the Will of God in world affairs, which is the will-to-good. It had primarily a physiological effect upon you which showed itself in the difficulty you had a couple of years ago. Christ hinted at this when he said "Greater things than I have done ye shall do." But when a ray begins to pass out of manifestation, it brings a crystallising cycle, requiring destruction and producing mental conditions of a set and static nature. 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". [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. Jenkins 2000. p.87. Three volumes of collected articles from the magazine were published as The Seventh Ray Book I, The Blue Ray, The Seventh Ray Book II, the Red Ray and The Seventh Ray Book III, the Green Ray. The incoming 7th ray plays through the planetary sacral centre, and then through the sacral centre of every human being. We might begin by asking, Why seven rays? The Science of the Antahkarana is concerned with the problem of the continuity of consciousness and with the problem of life and death. To this the labour movement today bears testimony, AAB pointed out. During a thirty year period Alice A. Bailey (1880-1949), in telepathic collaboration with the Tibetan teacher Djwhal Khul, wrote two dozen volumes on the origins and evolutionary development of Matter and Consciousness within our solar system, our planet, and the human kingdom. [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. 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. But the prism is one. "[50] Olav Hammer writes, "Her first book, Initiation Human and Solar, was at first favorably received by her fellow theosophists. The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher during the thirty years 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom - a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form suitable to each era. 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? These "races" are a way of conceptualizing evolution as it occurs over vast prehistoric spans of time, and during which humanity developed body (Lemurian), emotion (Atlantean), and mind (Aryan). Each of these seven streams or emanations of energy was coloured by a divine quality, an aspect of love, and all of them were needed for the ultimate perfecting of the latent and unrevealed purpose.". Alice Bailey very enthusiastically recommends her followers to practice yoga and meditation, while the Trans-Himalayan Masters and their true disciples are much more cautious because they know that people usually do it in an incorrect way and that ends up hurting them. Quotations are from Alice Bailey's Esoteric Psychology I. They focus on creating a group of workers to carry the Plan forward. "[62] Olav Hammer, in the book Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age, highlights Bailey's Theosophical similarities as well as noting what he thinks are some differences between them: "To a large extent, Bailey's teachings are a restatement and amplification of theosophy of the Secret Doctrine. Alice Bailey said "There is nothing in the whole solar system at whatever stage of evolution, that does not belong to one of the seven rays." A talk given at the Theosophical Society of Edinburgh, 30 September 2010 by Sarah McKechnie. Lower Expression: Churches and organised religions. It also evokes in you at times a violent reaction to that which seems incorrect, inharmonious and out of tune or line. [27] Its job is to transmit the seven rays from the heart of the Sun through the seven spirits before the [solar] throne to all the life waves of the Solar System. [112] This is not surprising since Alice Bailey's books were written between 1919 and 1949[113] and "the emergence of religion specifically focused on UFOs is a post-1947 phenomena. The ray of the personalitysixth Ray of Devotion. "[86] Twelves is a modern continuation of Triangles and many members of Lucis Trust and other respected orgs are members today. [91], Several writers have mentioned the affinity of some of Bailey's concepts with modern expressions of paganism.[92][93]. Your personality ray is the sixth. Your mental body is definitely on the fourth ray and it is through this fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict that you can establish a rapid rapport with your brothers. . In 1919, during the month of November, I made a contact with A.A.B. . I know that this will give you much food for thought and instigate you to renewed purpose in your life endeavour. Love in Action was the concept promoted by Bailey's and Foster Bailey's "World Goodwill" organization. That condition is now definitely ameliorated. From this description of the seven rays, we should be starting to realise that its not all about us the seven rays arent relevant only to human individuals but to whole societies and other kingdoms. Alice Bailey born on june 16, 1880, in manchester, england, alice ann la trobe bateman was a devoted missionary worker and sunday school teacher. In addition, the ray of the personality in a previous life leaves definite habits of thought and activity. Bailey inherited from Blavatsky and Leadbeater a predilection for profuse details and complex classificatory schemes. And that includes the nations of the world. 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. Books by Alice Bailey. This is not emotional desire, but desire as the great Law of Attraction - the capacity to draw to itself that which is loved. (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. "[73][a], Bailey taught a form of universal spirituality that transcended denominational identification, believing that, "Every class of human beings is a group of brothers. This is now only occasional (relatively speaking). independently. The scientist David Bohm also touched upon the 7th ray in his theory of the Implicate Order, a new form of insight which he defined as Undivided Wholeness in Flowing Movement. Your personality ray is the first, the Ray of Will or Power. "I speak not in terms of the Aryan race as it is generally understood today or in its Nordic implications. (Alice A. Bailey) and asked her to do some writing for me and also to undertake the publishing of certain books which -- under the sequential giving out of truth -- were due to appear. 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". Alice Bailey had been one of the people that tried to become the leader of the Theosophical movement, but she lost out to Annie Besant, and she founded what she called the Lucifer Trust in America. This ray primarily involves the etheric levels and thus governs the true magical work - the spiritualising of forms. It is very easy to mistake the map for the territory. 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. 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. Alice Bailey is known as one of the prophetesses of the New Age Movement. This is the true relation of the personality to the soul. People who are new to the Alice Bailey books. 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. [52] Steven J. Sutcliffe points out that both Bailey and Blavatsky's work evoke a picture of Tibet as the spiritual home of the Masters and that Bailey claimed a more-or-less direct lineage to Blavatsky. Does this explain the growing sense that something is being destroyed in order to make way for the new? The ray of the physical bodythe first Ray of Power. 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. Ray IV Few 4th ray souls are in incarnation, but many 4th ray personalities are. [1] She moved to the United States in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher. As your emotional body is, however, on the sixth ray (as was your soul when you came into incarnation) it is there that the emphasis of the soul has been and there has been for you the line of least resistance. We are told that there is no true 1st ray type in incarnation yet, due to its potency. You have, however, nearly completed the task and the worst part of the process is over. 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. "[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. [18] Bailey "objected to the 'neo-Theosophy' of Annie Besant" and worked with Foster Bailey to gain more power in the American Section. The egoic ray fosters group consciousness and detachment from external forms, causing attachment to the life side of manifestation and the subjective whole. This produces the precipitation of karma, but because of this grounding effect, the 7th ray will foster the spiritual advancement of all grades. "[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". [original research?]. 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]. Every individual vibrates to some particular measure; every unit of the human race is on some one of the seven rays. Remember now, from Steiner, Lucifer was associated with Shamballa (Shambhala). 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. Thank you for your attention. by Sharon Fish. Advanced souls, disciples, occasionally will choose a different ray for a particular body than the ones Ive just cited, but its always a good idea to begin with the premise that one is fairly ordinary, dont you think? Lower Expression: The use and spread of money and gold. 2. [99][100][self-published source?] This is the coordinating capacity which unifies inner quality and outer tangible form or appearance. [6], Alice and Foster Bailey founded the Lucis Trust in 1922. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de rduction . [49] Campbell notes that the New Group of World Servers was established for "promotion of international understanding, economic sharing, and religious unity".[28]. You are learning to leave others freea hard lesson for a first ray personality, animated as yours is by knowledge and goodwill. [12] Theosophist Joy Mills states that in 1918 she became a member of the Esoteric Section of the society. 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. 4. b. [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. This gives you power upon the astral plane and, in consequence, it gives you a powerful and sensitive astral body with all the implications of success and failure which go with that situation. This leads to quick results on the physical plane when both types of energy are simultaneously applied. Read More The Tibetan Master's Work 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 devotion of the 6th Ray is perhaps best expressed by Jesus, the 6th Ray Master: "Whosoever would find his life must lose it for my sake.". [33], Bailey's teaching on healing primarily concerns the relationship of soul to personality, of the spiritual to the material nature. The Science of the Antahkarana deals with the threefold thread which connects: a. "[69], Shnirelman's view was echoed by Isaac Lubelsky who criticized not only Bailey, but Blavatsky, Steiner, and others. Yonassan Gershom and others have claimed that her writings contain racist material. By means of this process of revelation, discrimination in thought will develop, leading to a truer sense of values emerging in consciousness. "During the annual convention of 1920 in Chicago, there was a power struggle between forces loyal to Besant and the Esoteric Section and others who believed that the latter had become too powerful. World Goodwill is intended to promote better human relations through goodwill which they define as "love in action". This book along with its companion Esoteric Psychology II, are primarily devoted to the ray teachings. "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. [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". One leading critic writing in the 1980s is Christian activist Constance Cumbey (1944-). Begin it now." These are the seven rays, but its important to remember that all seven rays are subrays of the synthetic 2nd Ray of Love/Wisdom: Basically speaking, the energy of love, expressed with wisdom, is the line of least resistance for the manifested lives in our solar system. 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. Midway between the two forces he stands, a conscious tiny point of awareness and light. 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 This is the major difficulty. [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. The personality ray finds its major field of activity in the physical body. This is not an easy thing to do without an interlude of intense difficulty and of energy disruption, accompanied oft with loss of personality balance. This devoted, idealistic one-pointedness is an aid to you in your soul's enterprise. "[10] For a more recent example of Bailey/Theosophy division, see Theosophy in Scandinavia. [88][89], James R. Lewis and J. Gordon Melton, in Perspectives on the New Age wrote, "The most importantthough certainly not the onlysource of this transformative metaphor, as well as the term "New Age", was Theosophy, particularly as the Theosophical perspective was mediated to the movement by the works of Alice Bailey. Her esoteric astrology deals with the evolution of soul consciousness and the obstacles to that evolution. Why not ten or twelve, for those are also numbers of considerable spiritual significance? Neither has initiation for the disciple anything to do . Works in which Bailey claimed sole authorship of the material. The disciple becomes a "man of God",a person whose powers are controlled by the dominant vibration of the soul ray and whose inner, sensitive mechanism is vibrating to the measure of that soul ray" (EP II 17). Alice and Foster Bailey founded "Lucifer Publishing Company". But not otherwise. Although the 6th ray began to pass out around 1625, its still the most powerful influence. 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. It gives the human being his colouring and quality. Initially, that Life expressed in triple formation: as Life, Quality and Appearance, or Monad, Soul, and Personality; Will, Love, and Intelligence. [115] The connection does exist in the sense that there is a subset of persons interested in both esoteric writings and UFOs and who link them as shown by the fact that some books that cite Alice Bailey or Theosophy also cite UFOs. Interestingly, when a ray cycle passes out, the lower manifestation of that ray lingers on longer than the higher expression. Your problem of personality emphasis has changed from that of the continuous impressing of your personality attitudes, ideas and desires upon your environment (as was the case in your last life) to an occasional cyclic and almost violent emphasis upon some individual. "[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). The two volumes of Discipleship in the New Age by Alice Bailey provide a record of a group of disciples whom the Tibetan was overseeing during his work with Alice Bailey, and he gave each of those individuals information about their rays which is published in the two books.
