Initiation, Human & Solar: Treatise on Theosophy and Esotericism. Alice Bailey
Alice Bailey
Initiation, Human & Solar: Treatise on Theosophy and Esotericism
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OK Publishing, 2020
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EAN 4064066397456
Table of Contents
The Three Departments of the Hierarchy
The Universality of Initiation
The Participants in the Mysteries
The Administration of the Oath
The Constitution of Man
The constitution of man, as considered in the following pages, is basically threefold, as follows:—
I. The Monad, or pure Spirit, the Father in Heaven.
This aspect reflects the three aspects of the Godhead:
| 1. Will or Power | The Father. |
| 2. Love-wisdom | The Son. |
| 3. Active Intelligence | The Holy Spirit. |
and 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 Ego, Higher Self, or Individuality.
This aspect is potentially
| 1. Spiritual Will | Atma. |
| 2. Intuition | Buddhi, Love-wisdom, the Christ principle. |
| 3. Higher or abstract Mind | Higher Manas. |
The Ego 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, and the highest aspect begins to make its energy felt.
The Ego reflects itself in
III. The Personality, or lower self, physical plane man.
This aspect is also threefold:
| 1. A mental body | lower manas. |
| 2. An emotional body | astral body. |
| 3. A physical body | the dense physical and the etheric body. |
The aim of evolution is therefore to bring man to the realisation of the Egoic aspect and to bring the lower nature under its control.
Introduction
Before entering upon the subject matter of the following articles on Initiation, on the Paths that open before the perfected man, and on the Occult Hierarchy, certain statements may be made which seem essential for the judicious study and comprehension of the ideas submitted.
It is to be recognised that throughout this volume facts are alleged and definite statements made which are not susceptible of immediate proof by the reader. Lest it be inferred that the writer arrogates to herself any credit or personal authority for the knowledge implied she emphatically disavows all such claims or representations. She cannot do otherwise than present these statements as matters of fact. Nevertheless, she would urge those who find somewhat of merit in these pages that they he not estranged by any appearance of dogmatism in the presentation. Nor should the inadequacy of the personality of the writer act as a deterrent to the open-minded consideration of the message to which her name happens to be appended. In spiritual issues, names, personalities, and the voice of external authority, hold small place. That alone is a safe guide which holds its warranty from inner recognition and inner direction. It is not, therefore, material whether the reader receive the message of these pages as a spiritual appeal in an idealistic setting, a presentation of alleged facts, or a theory evolved by one student and presented for the consideration of fellow students. To each it is offered for whatever of inner response it may evoke, for whatever of inspiration and of light it may bring.
In these days of the shattering of the old form and the building of the new, adaptability is needed. We must avert the danger of crystallisation through pliability and expansion.