This year 6.1, the first of a seven-year period dedicated to the 6th Ray energy (Devotion and Abstract Idealism) and to the Idea of a New World Religion, we intend to celebrate the dates of the full moons, the sacred “doors” of alignment and synchronization between the three celestial symbols of human manifestation (Sun / Soul, Earth / Personality, Moon / Bodies) and planetary (Planetary Hierarchy, Humanity, lower Kingdoms), associating them with 12 Mysteries and Ideas / Formulas, corresponding to the causal energies of each Sign of the Zodiac, by virtue of the fact that, for the esoteric perspective, the Heart of Heaven is the Great Master of Masters:
“The sequence of the Mysteries which each of the signs of the Zodiac embodies will be clarified for us by the Christ, because the public consciousness today demands something more definite and spiritually real than modern astrology, or all the pseudo-occultism so widely extant.” (A. A. Bailey, The Reappearance of the Christ, p. 127).
Furthermore, these twelve festivals will also be oriented to the twelve aspects of the Will, to assert our humanity center as a planetary Disciple in communion with Heaven, which saturates and creates, with the intent of the common Heart by 12 Directions, the horizon of the Future, serving the field of action of the Fourth Human Hierarchy:
“It is the work of the zodiacal influences to evoke the emergence of the will aspect of the Heavenly Man and of all monads, souls and personalities who constitute the planetary body of expression.” (A. A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 22)
Activation of the Will Energy and the 12 Mysteries by the Disciple-Humanity
(through the esoteric Rulers of the 12 branches of the 3 Crosses):
Capricorn-Saturn-Cardinal Cross:
Will to assert the supernal Light
Mystery of Initiation
Initiation is the elevation to power
Aquarius-Jupiter-Fixed Cross:
Will to serve in order to achieve Brotherhood
Mystery of the Hierarchy
Hierarchy is the Order of divine Creators
Pisces-Pluto-Mutable Cross:
Will to save in order to give Freedom
Mystery of Sacrifice
Sacrifice is the power of Love
Aries-Mercury-CC:
Will to initiate into the fiery power of Ideas
Mystery of Life
Life IS
Taurus-Vulcan-FC:
Will to release Light and Beauty
Mystery of Light
Light is the rhythmic motion of Fire
Gemini-Venus-MC:
Will to unify with the Intellect of love
Mystery of Polarity
Polarity is the original Dyad
Cancer-Neptune-CC:
Will to spiritualize Substance
Mystery of Substance
Substance is the basis of Spirit
Leo-Sun-FC:
Will to rule from the Center
Mystery of the Center
The Center is the radiating Origin of Life
Virgo-Moon-MC:
Will to nourish and manifest the Christ
Mystery of the Form
Form is the crystal of Creation
Libra-Uranus-CC:
Will to balance Spirit and Matter
Mystery of the Law
The Law is the enactment of the Order
Scorpio-Mars-FC:
Will to win in the Name of Harmony
Mystery of Harmony
Harmony is the perfect Glory
Sagittarius-Earth-MC:
Will to direct to the Truth
Mystery of the Direction
The Direction is the way to the Infinite
“(…) the twelve annual festivals will constitute a revelation of divinity. They will present a means of bringing about relationship, first of all, during three months [of Aries, Taurus e Gemini] with the three great spiritual Centres [Shamballa, Hierarchy and Humanity], the three expressions of the divine Trinity. The minor festivals will emphasise the interrelation of the Whole, thus lifting the divine presentation out of the individual and the personal, into that of the universal divine Purpose; the relationship of the Whole to the part and of the part to that Whole will be thereby fully expressed. (…)
Agents of Transmission Groups (in “The Discipleship of the New Age II”, p. 214)
1. The Festival of Easter. [Aries] This is the Festival of the risen, living Christ, the Teacher of all men and the Head of the Spiritual Hierarchy. He is the Expression of the love of God. On this day the spiritual Hierarchy, which He guides and directs, will be recognised and the nature of God’s love will be emphasised. This Festival is determined always by the date of the first Full Moon of spring and is the great Western and Christian Festival.
2. The Festival of Wesak. [Taurus] This is the Festival of the Buddha, the spiritual Intermediary between the highest spiritual centre, Shamballa, and the Hierarchy. The Buddha is the expression of the wisdom of God, the Embodiment of Light and the Indicator of the divine purpose. This will be fixed annually in relation to the Full Moon of May, as is at present the case. It is the great Eastern Festival.
3. The Festival of Goodwill. [Gemini] This will be the Festival of the spirit of humanity—aspiring towards God, seeking conformity with the will of God and dedicated to the expression of right human relation. This will be fixed annually in relation to the Full Moon of June. It will be a day whereon the spiritual and divine nature of mankind will be recognised. On this Festival for two thousand years the Christ has represented humanity and has stood before the Hierarchy and in the sight of Shamballa as the God- Man, the leader of His people and “the Eldest in a great family of brothers” (Romans VIII.29). Each year at that time He has preached the last sermon of the Buddha, before the assembled Hierarchy. This will, therefore, be a festival of deep invocation and appeal, of a basic aspiration towards fellowship, of human and spiritual unity, and will represent the effect in the human consciousness of the work of the Buddha and of the Christ.
These three Festivals are already being kept throughout the world, though they are not as yet related to each other and are a part of the unified spiritual Approach of humanity. The time is coming when all three Festivals will be kept throughout the world and by their means a great spiritual unity will be achieved and the effects of the Great Approach, so close to us at this time, will be stabilised by the united invocation of humanity throughout the planet.
The remaining full moons will constitute lesser festivals but will be recognised to be also of vital importance. They will establish the divine attributes in the consciousness of man, just as the major festivals establish the three divine aspects. These aspects and qualities will be arrived at and determined by a close study of the nature of a particular constellation or constellations influencing those months. For instance, Capricorn will call attention to the first initiation, the birth of the Christ in the cave of the heart, and indicate the training needed to bring about that great spiritual event in the life of the individual man. I give this one instance to you in order to indicate the possibilities for spiritual unfoldment that could be given through an understanding of these influences and in order to revivify the ancient faiths by expanding them into their larger undying relationships.
Thus, the twelve annual festivals will constitute a revelation of divinity. They will present a means of bringing about relationship, first of all, during three months with the three great spiritual Centres, the three expressions of the divine Trinity. The minor festivals will emphasise the interrelation of the Whole, thus lifting the divine presentation out of the individual and the personal, into that of the universal divine Purpose; the relationship of the Whole to the part and of the part to that Whole will be thereby fully expressed.
Humanity will, therefore, invoke the spiritual power of the Kingdom of God, the Hierarchy; the Hierarchy will respond, and God’s plans will then be worked out on earth. The Hierarchy, on a higher turn of the spiral will invoke the “Centre where the Will of God is known,” thus invoking the Purpose of God. Thus will the Will of God be implemented by Love and manifested intelligently; for this mankind is ready, and for this the Earth waits.
To sum up therefore: on the basis of the fundamental truth already recognised the new world religion will be built.
The definition of religion which will in the future prove of greater accuracy than any yet formulated by the theologians might be expressed as follows:
Religion is the name given to the invocative appeal of humanity and the evocative response of the greater Life to that cry.
It is, in fact, the recognition by the part of its relationship to the Whole, plus a constantly growing demand for increased awareness of that relation.
(…) Workers in the field of religion will formulate the universal platform of the new world religion. It is a work of loving synthesis and will emphasise the unity and the fellowship of the spirit. This group is, in a pronounced sense, a channel for the activities of the Christ, the world Teacher. The platform of the new world religion will be built by many groups, working under the inspiration of the Christ.
(…) Nothing under heaven can arrest the progress of the human soul on its long pilgrimage from darkness to light, from the unreal to the real, from death to immortality and from ignorance to wisdom. (…) God works in many ways, through many faiths and religious agencies; this is one reason for the elimination of non-essential doctrines. By the emphasising of the essential doctrines and in their union will the fullness of truth be revealed. This, the new world religion will do and its implementation will proceed apace, after the reappearance of the Christ. (A. A. Bailey, The Reappearance of the Christ, p. 155-9).
Humanity is ready for this unifying religion which will perhaps reveal the Secret of Identity and the possibilities of cooperating with all other people and lives on our planet and those larger bodies in space which we are directly related to. The twelve festivals when recognized and the significance of each understood, will confer the possibility of rhythmic cooperation with each other and the spatial energies impacting us in Divine Cycles. To The Glory of The One!