Rays and the Initiations: Volume V (A Treatise on the Seven Rays) [Hardcover]

Alice A. Bailey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1970 | ISBN-10: 0853300224 | ISBN-13: 978-0853300229

The Rays and the Initiations is Volume V of A Treatise on the Seven Rays. The first part of this particular volume (V) contains the Fourteen Rules for Group Initiation, an extension of the teachings given in another Alice A. Baliely book, Initiation, Human and Solar. The second part of The Rays and the Initiations is concerned with the nine initiations by which the disciple progressively liberates himself from the various forms of our planetary life. The possiblility of group initiation is a development of the present era; this volume emphasises the growth of the group idea -- group service, group responsibility, group initiaiton and group absorption into the centre Hierarchy.

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About the Author

Alice A. Bailey (1880-1949) From her conservative British background, Alice Bailey's life led her in many directions, but always in one direction - towards the time when through drastic personal experience of many kinds she had acquired a synthesis of outlook and understanding, and an absolute conviction that one divine life pervades and animates the one humanity; that the Plan for humanity requires the cooperation and service of trained and dedicated human beings intelligently informed about world affairs, in collaboration with those who form the spiritual Hierarchy, the inner government of the planet. Her life work became an integral part of this synthesis and this realization. Without in the least losing any of her very human qualities and involvement, her soul took up its commitment to her Master, and her personality provided full cooperation in the field of her accepted service. Basically her work developed as a duality - her discipleship service which included the establishment of an esoteric school; and her initially reluctant agreement to work with the Tibetan, Djwhal Khul, in the writing of a series of books presenting the next phase in the continuity of the Ageless Wisdom teaching for the present and the immediate future.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 832 pages
• Publisher: Lucis Publishing Company (June 1, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0853300224
• ISBN-13: 978-0853300229
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,649,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)