Alice Bailey, in her book “Initiation Human and Solar”
(1922) about Master Serapis, she wrote:
« The Master Serapis, frequently
called the Egyptian. He is the Master upon the fourth ray, and the great
art movements of the world, the evolution of music, and that of painting and
drama, receive from Him an energizing impulse.
At present He is giving most of
His time and attention to the work of the deva, or angel evolution, until their
agency helps to make possible the great revelation in the world of music and
painting which lies immediately ahead. More about Him cannot be given out, nor
can His dwelling place be revealed.
Much of the work of the Master
Serapis was taken over by The Master P., when the latter turned His attention
to the deva evolution. »
(Chapter VI, Section “Some
teachers and their work”, p.60)
Here, Alice Bailey tells a great
falsehood and is that a human master (no matter how evolved he is), he cannot
take charge of the angelic evolution, since the angelic kingdom is a kingdom HIGHER
to the human kingdom.
To give you an analogy, it's as
if she said that an animal is going to take over the evolution of the human
kingdom.
That makes no sense!
Why then did Alice Bailey affirm that?
Because she copied this idea from
Leadbeater’s teachings, since in his book “The Hidden Side of Things” (1913), Leadbeater
described (as according to his own beliefs) how is the evolution of the life through
the different kingdoms.
And you can observe that most
advanced humans (Adepts) are above the angels’ kingdom (Devas) with the exception of the "Higher Mental Devas".
The detail is that this diagram is
erroneous, since the angelic realm is a kingdom higher to the human kingdom and
not parallel to the human kingdom as it appears in Leadbeater's diagram.
And that means that many of the
beings that are currently evolving in the human kingdom, in the next cosmic
cycle, will evolve as angels. And many of the beings that are currently
evolving in the animal kingdom, in the next cosmic cycle they will evolve as
humans.
(Because you must know that that
the beings that were successful in their evolution during the kingdom they
belong to, in the next cosmic cycle will develop into the next evolutionary
step.)
And this is affirmed by the true Theosophy
as witnessed Geoffrey Farthing in his book “The Deity, The Cosmos and Man”:
« The angelic hierarchies or as
they are called in theosophy The Dhyani
Chohans (who literally in Sanskrit means "The Lords of Light")
are the entities that are part of the post-human kingdoms. And they are also
the divine intelligences that drive the processes of the Cosmos, and ruling the
lower intelligences called the elementals or spirits of nature. »
(Glossary)
And it is not the only teaching
that assures it, since also other teachings that I respect say the same. For
example, the book “Talking with Angels”
gives the following classification in conversation 44:
- The created world is composed of mineral, vegetal and animal kingdom, and
- The creator world is composed of the kingdom of the Angels, the kingdom of the Seraphim and God.
Each kingdom of the physical
world is destined to unite with a kingdom of the divine world, but there is an
abyss that separates the two worlds.
And that is the work of the human
being: to be the bridge between the physical world and the divine world so that
the union can be realized.
We see that humans have a very
important role to play in creation which is to allow the union between the
created world and the creative world. But for the same reason, the human
kingdom remains below the angelic kingdom.
* * * * * * * *
The second occasion where Alice
Bailey mentions Master Serapis is in her book “A Treatise on Cosmic Fire” (1925) where at the end of the
book she puts a diagram where supposedly Djwal Khul describes a part of the Divine hierarchy.
(This diagram is in the third part, section A, p.1237-8)
And there we see that Master
Serapis (4 right) appears as a member of low level
equivalent to level of Djwal Khul (d in the middle) and even inferior to the level of Kuthumi and Morya. (c left and
middle).
BUT THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE !!!
Because the own Mahatmas Kuthumi
and Morya affirmed several times in the letters that they wrote to Mr. Sinnett
and Mr. Hume that Serapis was their teacher and their chief.
Some examples:
·
"He (Serapis) is
my Master." (ML11, p64)
·
"Before giving a
precise answer to your request, I wish to consult with our venerable
Master." (ML105, p441)
·
"He is the one
who has the final word on whether we accept a person as a regular disciple or
not." (ML30, p236)
·
"I had already
resolved to humbly request permission from our chief Serapis to grant me a
special privilege in this deplorable necessity." (ML54, p320)
·
"If we had to
choose between disobeying the slightest mandate of our Lord Serapis or losing
our good reputation before you, we would not hesitate for a moment" (ML29, p226)
So as you can see, Master Serapis
has an important position and this is confirmed by Colonel Olcott, who was one
of the founders of the Theosophical Society and a disciple of Master Morya, and
on one occasion he told to Mr. Sinnett that:
-
"Serapis
is the youngest of the leaders of the planetary hierarchy." (ML3A, p.10)
And in his Diary book, Olcott wrote:
-
"Serapis
is the Teacher of our Masters, a Paramaguru; as one such is called in India." (ODL2, p.431)
Therefore, it does not make sense
the position where Alice Bailey places Master Serapis, and which is antagonistic
to reality.
CONCLUSION
These big mistakes that Alice
Bailey makes in her work when describing Master Serapis is another factor that
makes me very much doubt that she really have been in contact with Djwal Khul
and the Masters' Brotherhood, because if I, that I am a simple researcher, and
I don’t have any direct contact with the Masters, I realize those big mistakes.
It is not possible that Alice Bailey, who supposedly was in contact with the
Masters, did not realize that she was writing big mistakes. And still less
Djwal Khul who being one of the main disciples of Kuthumi, he was followed in
contact with Serapis.
Aw, this was a very nice post. Spending some
ReplyDeletetime and actual effort to create a top notch article… but what can I say…
I put things off a lot and don't manage to get anything done.
I think this is mostly a confusion due to a tendency to simplification.
ReplyDeleteAlice Bailey's division is not just about points of evolution/initiation levels, but also about ray-forces and their interrelations. The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th rays are sub-rays (minor rays) developed out of the major rays 1, 2, 3. This does not imply that Rays 4-7 are of a 'lower order', but they are of a different quality.
The masters on the rays 4-7 take turns as the regents for a certain developmental period; at that moment heading the civilisational department. So, they are very well able to head such a high office and need not be "below" the Venetian master (the 'lowest' master on the 3rd ray) in terms of initiation/development. Especially the lower Masters on the 1/2/3 rays (Kuthumi and Morya as you say, and D.K. also presumably) could therefore be below Serapis in terms of their level of evolution. Therefore, Serapis (heading the 4th Ray Ashram), and as the youngest "leader" of the planetary hierarchy, could easily be between "A, B, C" and "c, c, c" in terms of their own development.
In other words: we know so little about their realities, that it may easily be the case that all of these things are true simultaneously, from different perspectives and with different nuances.
The Venetian master does not exist because he was a liar invented by Charles Leadbeater:
Deletehttps://esoteric-guide.blogspot.com/2024/06/venetian-master-by-bailey.html
And about the rays Alice Bailey also said the liars invented by Charles Leadbeater:
http://esoterismo-guia.blogspot.com/2016/07/los-maestros-y-los-rayos.html