The Newer Esotericism

At the new moon of Pisces, Sign that rules Humanity as a planetary Center, we publish the following writing by José B. (https://agniyoga.info/)

 Towards a comprehensive definition of what esotericism essentially is,

worded in modern language and grounded in the Teachings.

Esotericism comprises the study of that which is concealed and hidden and which, even though suspected, remains unknown. Essentially, esotericism is a science, the science of the soul of all things. This soul is the animating consciousness found throughout nature and on those levels which lie outside the territory usually called nature. As such, esotericism has its own terminology, experiments, deductions, and laws.

The esotericist is concerned with that living, vibrant substance of which the worlds are made, developing the needed responsiveness and sensitivity to the quality of the life dominating any form, arriving eventually at the quality of the ONE LIFE which animates the planet and within Whose activity we live and move and have our being. Therefore, esotericism is the Science of Redemption, the redemption of substance and its forms, as all World Saviors are the everlasting symbol and exponents.

The spiritual Hierarchy of the planet, with its great Leader, the Christ (the present World Teacher), might be regarded as a Hierarchy of Redeemers, skilled in the Science of Redemption. Once They have mastered this science, They can then pass on to the Science of Life and deal with the energies which will eventually hold and use the qualified, redeemed and principled substance and forms. It is the redemption of unprincipled substance, its creative restoration and spiritual integration, which is Their goal.

Esoteric study, when coupled with esoteric living, reveals in time the world of meaning. The esotericist starts by endeavoring to discover the reason why.  Wrestling with the problem of happenings, events, crises, and circumstances, the esotericist arrives at their meaning. Having ascertained the meaning of any specific problem, the esotericist uses it as an invitation to penetrate more deeply into the newly revealed world of meaning, learning to incorporate personal or national problems into the problem of the larger Whole. The true esoteric viewpoint is always that of the larger Whole. (adapted from A. A. Bailey, Education in the New Age, pp. 59-68)

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There is a tendency among esoteric students, particularly those in the older Piscean groups, to regard any interest in the energies producing world events or which concern governments and politics as antagonistic to esoteric and spiritual endeavor. But the newer esotericism which the more modern groups and the more mental types will sponsor sees all events and world movements and national governments, plus all political circumstances, as expressions of the energies to be found in the inner world of esoteric research; therefore they see no sound reason for excluding such an important aspect of human affairs from their reasoning and thinking and from the discovery of those new truths and techniques which may bring about the new era of right human relations. They ask: Why omit political research from the spiritual curriculum? They deem it to be of equal if not of greater importance than the activity of the churches; governments condition people and aid in the production of any current civilization, forcing the masses of men into certain needed lines of thought. The churches and men everywhere need to learn that there is nothing in the entire world of phenomena, of forces and of energies, which cannot be brought under the control of that which is spiritual. All that exists is spirit in manifestation. The masses today are becoming politically minded, and this is viewed by the Masters as a great step forward. When the spiritually minded people of the world include this relatively new area of human thought and its international activity within the field of their esoteric research, very great progress will be made.

War is, factually, a great explosion of energies and forces, generated on the inner planes where the esotericist ought to be working (but is seldom to be found), and finding its dire and catastrophic expression upon the physical plane. This is indicated today by the constant use of the terms “Forces of Light” and “Forces of Evil.” When the inner, esoteric, and predisposing causes of war are discovered through esoteric research, then war and wars will come to an end. This is in the nature of truly esoteric work but is scorned by present day esotericists who regard themselves as spiritually superior to such affairs and—in their ivory tower—concentrate on their own development, plus a little philosophy. (Education in the New Age, pp. 62-64)

https://hierarchicaldemocracy.blog/2022/02/07/modern-esotericism/

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What is a group field?

Creation of coherent thoughtforms (white magic).

Laser light (Sagittarius-Capricorn) is emitted as a relatively narrow beam in a specific direction. Ordinary light, such as coming from the sun, a light bulb, or a candle, is emitted in many directions away from the source. The light from a laser is said to be coherent, which means the wavelengths of the laser light are in phase in space and time.

Why does a group need to create a group field (a Chalice)?

Aquarius keynote “WATER OF LIFE AM I, POURED FORTH FOR THIRSTY MEN.”

How do we create a group field?

Group meditation

New Era Community 238 – We know monolithic thinking. When conflagrations are strong, think monolithically.

Agni Yoga 345 – It is not so easy to learn to think. It is difficult to develop intensity of thought, and even more difficult to attain thought of high quality. A person will often mentally repeat to himself, “I will think purely.” But his being is accustomed to egoistic thinking, and a most undesirable form of thought results. Two birds, flying in different flocks, cannot become united as one. It is necessary to exercise thought, not mentally, but with the fire of the spirit, until all disunity of thought disappears. Thought can have power only if it is monolithic. But each crack diminishes its power and also causes cosmic harm, by inducing dissonance into space.

It is necessary to devote the needed time to the mastering of thought, but at the same time repeatedly remind oneself that all thought has one essence. We rejoice at diversity of thinking, but each thought must be pure as a diamond.

How does it work?  From “Esoteric Psychology II”, 632-639:

The peoples of the world today are divided into four groups, from the angle of Those Who are seeking to guide humanity into the New Age.  This is of course a wide generalisation [Page 633] and there are many bridging groups between the four major divisions

• First, the ignorant masses.
• Secondly, the middle classes, so called, both higher and lower.
• Thirdly, the thinkers of the world.
• Fourth, the New Group of World Servers.

Behind this fourfold panorama of humanity stand Those Whose privilege and right it is to watch over human evolution and to guide the destinies of men.  This They carry forward, not through an enforced control which infringes upon the free will of the human spirit, but through the implanting of ideas in the minds of the world thinkers, and the evocation of the human consciousness so that these ideas receive due recognition and become in time the controlling factors in human life.  They train the members of the New Group of World Servers in the task of changing ideas into ideals.  These become in time the desired objectives of the thinkers, and are by them taught to the great middle class, and thus worked up into world forms of government and religion, forming the basis of the new social order, into which the masses are patiently incorporated.

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Speaking generally, we have, therefore, in the world today the unintelligent masses who are rapidly becoming self-conscious under the pressure of modern life and our modern educational systems.  We have secondly, the truly self-conscious thinkers or individuals who have assumed world control and prominent place in world affairs, through the power of their thoughts and the emphasis and magnetism of their personality.  By the clarity of their thinking in their chosen field, they dominate the masses, but they are dominant in a separative sense.  These masses whom they control can be divided into two divisions:—A restless, alert, discontented and intelligent minority (a minority of about forty per cent of the whole).  The remaining sixty per cent is formed by the unthinking masses, who are little more than emotional animals.  They live, work, suffer and fight, but have no real idea of what it means, or of where they, as a race, are going. [Page 658] With these latter there is little yet to be done.  With the forty percent, however, much can be achieved when the New Group of World Servers is sufficiently coherent.  Notice should be taken also of the world idealists and workers, who are pledged to the working out of some ideal which seems to them to embody all that is desirable and to solve the problem as they see it around them.

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From the point of Love within the Heart of God

Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.

May PEACE return to Earth.

Let Light and Love and Power restore PEACE on Earth.

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The Great Invocation

From the point of Light within the Mind of God

Let light stream forth into the minds of men.

Let Light descend on Earth.

From the point of Love within the Heart of God

Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.

May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known

Let purpose guide the little wills of men –

The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men

Let the Plan of Love and Light work out

And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.

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