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Ascended masters, (or Mahatmas) in a number of movements in the theosophical tradition [1] are held to be spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans, but who have undergone a series of spiritual transformations originally called initiations. Both mahatma and ascended master are terms used in the Ascended Master ...
Most occult groups assign a high level of importance to the Great White Brotherhood, but some make interaction with the Ascended Masters of the Brotherhood a major focus of their existence. Of these several, the most prominent are the "I Am" Activity , founded in the 1930s, The Bridge to Freedom, the Church Universal and Triumphant , and The ...
According to the Ascended Master Teachings, each of the Magi who came to visit the baby Jesus was an incarnation of one of the ascended masters: Caspar, who gave the gift of gold to Jesus, was an incarnation of Djwal Khul; [14] Balthasar, who gave the gift of frankincense to Jesus, was an incarnation of Kuthumi; [15] and Melchior, who gave the ...
Geraldine Innocente (aka Geraldine Innocenti) (March 29, 1916 [1] - June 21, 1961 [2]) was the founder of a New Age organization named The Bridge to Freedom which was established in 1951 (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) by herself and other students of the Ascended Masters, after she received what was believed to be an Anointing to become a Messenger for the Great White Brotherhood in 1944.
Bailey's work and her books with Djwal Khul were published by the Lucis Trust, an organization she set up with her husband, Foster Bailey.Over time, Djwal Khul's name has appeared in the writings about Ascended Masters (a phrase not used by Bailey) of various New Age organizations such as the Ascended Master Teachings of Elizabeth Clare Prophet, who claims that she has channeled Djwal Khul as ...
These individuals have stated that they are new "messengers" of the Masters and they have conveyed various esoteric teachings. [3] Currently, various Theosophical movements refer to them as Ascended Masters, although their character and teachings are in several respects different from those described by Blavatsky. [4] [5]
Those who adhere to the Ascended Master Teachings believe that Elizabeth Clare Prophet made her ascension after her death. (Adherents of Prophet do not refer to her death but to her "ascension".) [ 44 ] She is known by various names which have been given to her by different organizations, including Ascended Lady Master Clare and Ascended Lady ...
The first mention of Maitreya in a Theosophical context occurs in the 1883 work Esoteric Buddhism by Alfred Percy Sinnett (1840–1921), an early Theosophical writer. [1] The concepts described by Sinnett were amended, elaborated, and greatly expanded in The Secret Doctrine (published 1888), a major work by Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), a founder of the Theosophical Society and contemporary ...