Alice A. Bailey
Twenty-four Books of Esoteric Philosophy
A nation is an evolving spiritual entity, and, like a human being, is subject to the impact of energies. These energies influence the national consciousness, encouraging recognition of soul destiny and co-operation with that evolving process. This book discusses the spiritual destiny of many nations and their predisposing soul and personality influences.
Discipleship in the New Age
Volumes I and II
These two volumes contain the record of a series of personal and group instructions given to a small group of aspirants over a period of fifteen years by a Master of the Wisdom. They contain detailed teaching on meditation, initiation, and the six stages of discipleship. They emphasise the new age pioneering necessity for group work, the development of group consciousness, and the change in training for initiation from individuals to discipleship groups.
Education should be a continuous process from birth to death. It is essentially a process leading to the reconciliation of the human and divine elements within every person. Right relationship between God and man, spirit and matter, the whole and the part, should be the prime objective of educational techniques.
The Externalisation of the Hierarchy
This book discusses the interdependence of all states of consciousness and kingdoms in nature within the planet. It shows the interaction between humanity, the Hierarchy and Shamballa, and sets out the essentials of Plan and Purpose which influence human affairs. The process of the externalisation of certain ashrams within the Hierarchy and the practical effects of this process are given in detail.
The five major events in the life of the historical Jesus portray the points of crisis that every human being has eventually to face and triumph over. We can know and consciously co-operate in the journey which leads from the place of spiritual birth to the place of renunciation and resurrection.
The development of the intellect, while necessary, is a means to an end. The intellect should become a means of penetrating into new dimensions of thought and consciousness, and of awakening the intuitive faculty of "pure reason". Through occult meditation the gap is bridged between the threefold mind and the intuition.
World glarnour - the sumtotal of human ignorance, fear and greed - can be dissipated through the clear, inclusive thinking of those in whom the soul (Christ) principle is awakening. Glamour results from a negative emotional focus; the dissipation of glarnour depends on "illumined thinking".
An initiation is an expansion of consciousness, leading to revelation and illumination. Initiation is experienced by all forms of life, great and small. The work of the planetary Hierarchy. in its many stages of mastership, is outlined in this book, and the fourteen rules are given by which the neophyte may become an applicant at the portal of initiation.
The science of meditation, as a mind-training technique. is increasingly practised everywhere. Meditation is concerned with energy flow - energy which is fiery and impersonal in nature. Its potential dangers should therefore be understood and avoided, and practices adopted which are safe and trustworthy. This book sets out the basic factors and shows that the overall objective of scientific meditation is planetary service.
This book is an original paraphrase with commentary of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. These comprise a treatise on the control of the mind and its illumination by the soul. The sutras are of ancient origin and were first codified in writing by Patanjali, who is considered to be the founder of the Raja Yoga school.
Six basic world problems, with many ramifications, continue to present humanity with opportunity for progress. A perspective on these problems is shown in this book; the spiritual factors and subjective causes are related to outer appearances and effects on the world scene.
The Reappearance of the Christ
Many religions today expect the coming of an avatar or saviour. The second coming of the Christ, as the world teacher for the age of Aquarius, is presented as an imminent event that is logical and practical in the continuity of divine revelation throughout the ages. The Christ belongs to all humanity, and can be known and understood as "the same great identity in all the world religions".
The soul works through the mechanism of the threefold personality. The method presented in this book; and also the way the human constitution, as a whole and in its component parts, responds to the impact of an evolving consciousness.
Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle
The scientific basis for the widely accepted ideal of the "brotherhood of man" rests on the fact of the interwoven etheric - or energy - structure underlying all forms in all kingdoms within the planet. It is this essential oneness which provides the conditions for intercommunication on all levels of consciousness, and which creates the possibility of simultaneous impression in many by a stream of Plan-inspired energy.
This volume deals with the underlying structure of occult teaching for the present era and with those vast cosmic processes reproduced through all areas of life from universe to atom. A large section of the book gives a detailed exposition of Solar Fire, the fire of Mind, since this is the dominant energy to be understood and controlled during this second solar system. A Treatise on Cosmic Fire provides a compact outline of a scheme of cosmology, philosophy and psychology which serves as a basic reference and text book.
- Esoteric Psychology, Volumes I and II
The first two volumes of A Treatise on the Seven Rays go extensively into the psychological make-up of a human being as the life, quality and appearance of an incarnating, evolving spiritual entity. They also relate the circumstances of human psychology to world conditions and to future possibilities.
- Esoteric Astrology, Volume III
The science of esoteric astrology is said to be the basic occult science of the future. Astrology is described in this book as "the science of relationships" a science which deals with those conditioning energies and forces which play through and upon the whole field of space and all that is found within it.
Medicine is an exact and an exacting science. Esoteric healing is equally exacting and scientific. It is based on a number of requirements, including a knowledge of the spiritual structure of a human being as well as the biology and anatomy of the physical form. In this book the seven ray techniques of healing are described; the laws and rules of healing are discussed; basic causes of disease are shown; and requirements for healing are given in detail.
- The Rays and the Initiations, Volume V
The first part of this volume contains the fourteen rules for group initiation. This is an extension of the teachings given in Initiation, Human and Solar on the fourteen rules for applicants. The second part of the book is concerned with the nine initiations by which the disciple progressively achieves liberation from the various forms of our planetary life. The possibility of group initiation is a development of the present era. This volume emphasises the growth of the group idea - group service, group responsibility, group initiation and group absorption into the centre, Hierarchy.
This book contains the fifteen rules for magic. The soul, the higher self, the white magician, becomes manifest through its own inherent "magical" powers. The human being is essentially and inherently divine. The soul is the means whereby humanity evolves a consciousness of divinity, redeems gross matter and liberates the pure flame of spirit from the limitation of form.
Although her death in December 1949 prevented the completion of this book, enough of the author's life story emerges to show the stages in her journey from Christian evangelism to mastery of the science of esotericism, and her work as author, lecturer and teacher.
The Labours of Hercules -
an Astrological Interpretation by Alice Bailey
This book gives a vivid account of the journey of the soul as it incarnates progressively through the twelve signs of the Zodiac. The labours that Hercules is required to perform symbolise the specific challenges that face all disciples as they seek to equip themselves to better serve their fellow human beings. It is an excellent introduction to a more esoteric understanding of astrology.
Note: Alice A. Bailey books are published by Lucis Press/Publishing Company
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