ELLIPSIS IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER III © 2008 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.ELLIPSIS IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER Ill © 2008 The figure Ellipsis derives its name from the Greek ‘to leave.’ According to Bullinger, The figure is a peculiar form given to a passage when a word or words are omitted; words which are necessary for the grammar, but are not necessary for the sense. He defines three kinds of Ellipsis: Absolute, where the omitted word(s) is inferred from the “the nature of the subject alone”; Repetitive where the omitted word(s) is supplied through the repetition of words contained in a preceding or succeeding clause; and Relative where the omitted word(s) is “supplied from and ... suggested by the context”. It is with the last of these three that this chapter is concerned. The following verses, Exodus 12:3-4, provide an example of Relative Ellipsis. [3] Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: [4] And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls? In the above passage the pronoun it in verse 4 clearly refers back to the lamb mentioned in the preceding verse. There is a similar instance of Relative Ellipsis in the fourth verse of the Invocation: From the centre which we call the race of men Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, p.1 Exodus 12:3-4ELLIPSIS IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER Ill © 2008 Let the Pian of Love and Light work out and may it seal the door where evil dwells. The word it refers back to one of the noun phrases of the two preceding clauses - either the centre which we call the race of men or the Plan of Love and Light. What is not clear however is exactly which one it is or, for that matter, whether it is both. If it is the former, then verse 4 should be understood as if read as follows: From the centre which we call the race of men Let the Plan of Love and Light work out and may [the centre which we call the race of men] seal the door where evil dwells. And there is some support for this reading of the passage. The two quotes which follow make it evident that humanity, the race of men, is responsible for sealing the door where evil dwells: The Invocation, when rightly used by humanity and when it becomes a world prayer, will enable humanity - as a whole - to express Light and Love and Power and also to seal the door where evil dwells, using the word "evil" here in a very much wider and larger sense than when individually used.3 Another answer is that when Christ comes forth from the Place of Power, bringing His disciples, the Masters of the Wisdom, with Him, that Place of Love and Power will be situated on earth, and will be publicly recognized; the effects of that appearance and of that recognition will be terrific, calling forth an equally terrific onslaught and effort by the Forces of Evil - unless humanity itself has first sealed "the door where evil dwells." This must be done by the establishing of right human relations.4 > Discipleship in the New Age, Vol. I, Pp. 183-4 “The Externalization of the Hierarchy, p. 617