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Initiation is a concept in Theosophy that there are nine levels of spiritual development that beings
who live on Earth can progress upward through. Within these levels, there are four basic levels of

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spiritual development that human beings on Earth progress through as they reincarnate, although

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evil acts may cause bad karma which may cause one to temporarily regress. It is believed that

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when souls have advanced to the fourth level of initiation, they have reached enlightenment and

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have no further need to reincarnate. At the fifth level of initiation and beyond, souls have the

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opportunity to become members of the Spiritual Hierarchy. This concept was developed by both

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C.W. Leadbeater and Alice A. Bailey beginning in the 1920s.

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According to C.W. Leadbeater, Initiation is a process by which "we try to develop ourselves not
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humanity to the best effect."[1] According to Alice A. Bailey, Initiation is the "process of undergoing

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an expansion [toward higher levels] of consciousness."[2] It is believed by Theosophists that all

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souls that have reached the fourth level of initiation evolved beyond the necessity to reincarnate.
Those who do not elect become pratyeka buddhas and go directly into Nirvana gradually evolving

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upward through all of these six higher levels of consciousness over thousands or millions of years,

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and later over billions or trillions of years, with many other higher levels beyond.

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The concept of Initiation is also recognized in the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of
religions loosely based on Theosophy. In the Ascended Master Teachings, it is referred to as

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Ascension.
The first six initiations were named by C.W. Leadbeater and Alice A. Bailey after the six most
important events in the life of Jesus.
According to Martin Euser, Theosophy closes the gap between science and religion by positing
reincarnation as a dynamic process [ unlike the concept of the eternal return ]. The first jewel
concerns the doctrine of reincarnation or reimbodiment. It's all a dynamic process and it's the way
nature works.[3]
Contents
1 Initiation zero
2 First initiation ("birth" to the spiritual life)
3 Second initiation ("baptism")
4 Third initiation ("the transfiguration")
5 Fourth initiation ("the crucifixion")
5.1 "The seven choices before the perfect [hu]man"
6 Fifth initiation ("the resurrection")
7 Sixth initiation ("the ascension" or "masterhood")

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8 Seventh initiation ("bodhisattva" , "avatar", or "christhood")

9 Eighth initiation ("buddhahood")
10 Ninth initiation ("godhood")
11 Tenth initiation ("planetary logos")
12 Levels of initiation beyond the tenth level
13 Initiation in popular culture
14 References
15 Further reading
16 External links

Initiation zero

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The vast majority of ordinary humanity lies on

Part of a series on

the probationary path (below the first initiation).

Theosophy

First initiation ("birth" to the

spiritual life) [edit]
According to Alice A. Bailey, at the first initiation
one gains full control of the physical body.[4]
According to Benjamin Creme, there are
800,000 people at this level of initiation.[5]
In the Ascended Master Teachings, a soul that
reaches this level is referred to as having
attained their Individualized "I AM" Presence, the
prerequisite for further spiritual advancement.
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Second initiation ("baptism")

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Alice A. Bailey states that at the second

initiation, one gains full control of the astral
body.[6] According to Benjamin Creme, there are
240,000 people at this level of initiation.[5]

Third initiation ("the

transfiguration") [edit]
An individual who is at the level of the third
initiation has acquired fully developed
clairvoyance and clairaudience.[7] According to
Benjamin Creme, there are somewhere between
2,000 and 3,000 people at this level of

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known as the perfected one, or an Arhat (Pali) or

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a Paramahamsa (Sanskrit).

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Fourth initiation ("the

crucifixion") [edit]
An individual reaching the fourth initiation is

At this level, it is believed in Buddhism, one has

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Nikolai Berdyaev Jakob Boehme

Johann Jakob Brucker Sergei Bulgakov
Henry Corbin Karl von Eckartshausen
Florence Farr Wassily Kandinsky
G. R. S. Mead Paracelsus
Ammonius Saccas Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
Vladimir Solovyov Emanuel Swedenborg

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the ability to remember all of one's past lives,

and one also has various minor siddhis capable
of affecting one's immediate environment.
Symbolically the fourth initiation is denoted as
the crucifixion initiation. An Arhat is supposed to
be one who does not need to be incarnated
again to develop spiritually. According to
Benjamin Creme, there are 450 people at this
level of initiation.[5]

"The seven choices before the perfect

[hu]man"

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Having reached the threshold of the fifth

initiation, a soul does not necessarily have to
enter Earth's spiritual hierarchy proper as one of
the "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom". One has
seven paths forward to higher levels that they
can choose to go forward on, only one of which
is to become a "Master of the Ancient Wisdom".
These seven choices, called in Theosophical
literature "the seven choices before the perfect
[hu]man" are:
1. "Remain with humanity as an official of the

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2. "Remain with humanity as a "Nirmanakaya", i.e., become a bodhisattva.

3. "Join the Devas".
4. "Join the Staff Corps of the Solar Logos", i.e., join the Masters living in etheric cities inside
the Sun who supervise the activities of the Solar Angels that direct the process of evolution of
the life waves (process of reincarnation) of the beings on all the planets of the solar system (all
of whom live except those on Earth live on the etheric planes of their planets).
5. "Prepare the work of the next Chain", i.e. join that subsection of the Staff Corps of the Solar
Logos who are the solar planners who plan the future development of planetary civilizations in
this solar system.
6.&7. "Enter Nirvana", i.e., become a Pratyekabuddha.[8][9]

Fifth initiation ("the resurrection")

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The fifth initiation, called the resurrection, comprises the first rung of beings designated in
Theosophy as Masters of the Ancient Wisdom and in the Ascended Master Teachings as
Ascended masters.
Siddhis at this level include the ability to teleport and bilocate moderate distances and levitate
within a localized area.
According to C. W. Leadbeater, Alice Bailey and Benjamin Creme, there are a total of 43 beings at
this level of initiation; this figure is arrived at because all three have stated there are a total of 60
Masters in allsubtracting from the 60 the 17 Masters at level six and above identified by C. W.
Leadbeater, leaves a total of 43 Masters of the Ancient Wisdom at the fifth level of initiation.
Of these 43 Masters, a total of 12 have been identified by name, one by C. W. Leadbeater, nine
by Alice Bailey, and two by Benjamin Creme.
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C. W. Leadbeater named a Master called Master Jupiter who lives in India that is involved with
overseeing the people, government, and development of India that is at this level.[1]
Alice A. Bailey identified as Masters the Master P., who is said to help St. Germain bring about the
Age of Aquarius in the Americas, and two different English Masters (English Master #1 and
English Master #2), one of which is said to have inspired the labor movement.[10] In addition to
these three, she identified the three Lords of Liberation (Lord of Liberation #1, Lord of
Liberation #2, and Lord of Liberation #3). According to Alice A. Bailey, the three Lords of
Liberation formulated the slogan Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Finally, Alice A. Bailey also identified
the three Lords of Karma (Lord of Karma #1, Lord of Karma #2, and Lord of Karma #3). These
three beings are said to live in Shamballah and help Sanat Kumara decide where and when souls
are going to incarnate in their next life.[11]
Benjamin Creme identified two previously unidentified Masters at this level in 2001he stated that
there is a Master in Moscow[12] and a Master in Tokyo,[13] but did not give their personal
names.
Forty-three minus 12 equals 31 Masters of the Ancient Wisdom at this level that are still
unidentified by name.
Guy Ballard and Elizabeth Clare Prophet have identified, named, and received dictations from at
least 200 new "Ascended Masters" at this level;[14] however, these Masters are not recognized as
Masters of the Ancient Wisdom by traditional Theosophists. Ascended Masters named by Guy
Ballard and Elizabeth Clare Prophet at this level include such Masters as Confucius, Lord Ling,
Lady Master Magda, Pallas Athena, Lanello, Kwan Yin, the Great Divine Director, Padre
Pio, Godfre and his "twin flame" (celestial wife) Lady Master Lotus, and many dozens more.
In the Ascended Master Teachings, the Master Jupiter is referred to as Chananda.[15]
According to the Ascended Master Teachings, Sanat Kumara has a grandson named Master Cha
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Ara who is half mortal and who just recently became a Master, therefore meaning he is functioning
at the fifth level.

Sixth initiation ("the ascension" or "masterhood")

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The Chohans (Lords) of the Seven Rays Morya (1st Ray), Master Koot Hoomi (2nd Ray), Paul
the Venetian (3rd Ray), Serapis Bey (4th Ray), Master Hilarion (5th Ray), Master Jesus (6th
Ray), and the Master Rakoczi (7th Ray) are seven of the beings at the level of the sixth
initiation, while their coordinator and communications director Djwal Khul is another, making a
total of eight at this level.[16]
All of these Masters are recognized by both traditional Theosophists and those adherent to the
Ascended Master Teachings. In the Ascended Master Teachings, Master Rakoczi is referred to as
St. Germain.
Siddhis at this level include the ability to teleport, bilocate, or levitate to anyplace on Earth.
According to the Ascended Master Teachings, on January 1, 1956, the Master Jesus advanced
from the sixth to the seventh level of initiation and the Lady Master Nada (a lady Master
recognized in the Ascended Master Teachings but not in Theosophy) advanced from the fifth level
to the sixth level and replaced the Master Jesus as the chohan of the sixth ray.[17]

Seventh initiation ("bodhisattva" , "avatar", or "christhood")

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The seventh initiation is known as the initiation of the Bodhisattava (Buddhism) or the Avatar
(Hinduism). The Maitreya or World Teacher (known as Krishna by Hindus, the Christ by
Christians, Maitreya by Buddhists, Messiah by the Jews, the Iman Mahdi by Muslims, and the
Peshotan by the Zoroastrians) is at this level. At this level also are said to be the Chakshusha
Manu, the Vaivasvatu Manu and the Maha Chohan,[16][18] thus making a total of four beings at
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this level.
In the Ascended Master Teachings, the Chakshusha Manu is referred to as Lord Himalaya.
According to Benjamin Creme, a being at this level has the ability to teleport to anyplace in the
solar system.[19] Creme admits, however, that unless one is in a hurry, it's simpler, easier, and
uses less energy to just take a flying saucer. Creme has also stated that beings at this level have
a level of invulnerability such that they would not be affected by a bullet fired at them, nor even by
the detonation of a nuclear bomb.
In the Ascended Master Teachings, it is believed that on January 1, 1956, Maitreya advanced from
the 7th level to the 8th level. According to a "new" Theosophy copyrighted by Eric L Lundgaard
who is a fourth level initiate himself, Maitreya took His eighth level of initiation. This was likely given
by Sanat Kumara at Wesak, 2010.

Eighth initiation ("buddhahood")

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Level eight is the level of the Buddha.[16]

At this level also, according to C.W. Leadbeater, are The Three Pratyeka Buddhas (the task of
these three Buddhas is to focus the Seven Rays from Sanat Kumara through Djwal Khul to the
chohans of the Seven Rays).[16] Unlike Buddha, the three Pratyeka Buddhas do not interact with
the human race except for fulfilling their function of focusing the seven rays.
Alice A. Bailey stated that communication among beings at this level is entirely by telepathy.
According to Theosophist Alfred Percy Sinnett, beings at this level can freely roam both in
interplanetary space and in nearby interstellar space in full consciousness while physically
remaining in their celestialized bodies and carrying on normal activities such as communicating
with other beings.[20] In order for beings at this level to be able to do this, it would have been
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necessary for them to have activated their transpersonal chakras. Benjamin Creme and Elizabeth
Clare Prophet have stated that beings at this level can teleport as far as the star Sirius.
This makes four beings at this level, according to traditional Theosophy.
In the Ascended Master Teachings, it is believed that on January 1, 1956, Buddha advanced from
the 8th level to the 9th level, becoming co-equal with Sanat Kumara.
The three Pratyeka Buddhas have not been mentioned so far in any of the Ascended Master
Teachings. Elizabeth Clare Prophet described and quoted from Buddhist sources on the Five
Dhyani Buddhas of mainstream Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. They focus the five inner
rays which together with the seven more external rays focused by the Chohans comprise the
twelve rays.[21][22]

Ninth initiation ("godhood")

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Level nine is the "Lord of the World": Sanat Kumara "The Eternal Youth" and "The Ancient of
Days", the Nordic alien that is believed by Theosophists to be the "Lord of the World", i.e., the
governing deity of Earth.[16]
C.W. Leadbeater discussed the abilities of beings at this level. He stated that Sanat Kumara's
"consciousness is of so extended nature that it comprehends at once all the life on our globe. In
his hands are the powers of cyclic destruction, for he wields Fohat [i.e. beams composed of
"bubbles in space" used by Theosophical deities to materialize or dematerialize material objects[23]]
in its higher forms and can deal directly with cosmic forces outside our chain [i.e., outside our solar
system]."[24] Thus according to Leadbeater powers of beings at this level include omniscience
regarding the events occurring on a single inhabited planet, materialization of large objects, and
the ability to affect at a distance to some degree happenings in other nearby planetary systems.
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named Lady Master Venus who he brought with him from Venus, as well as a daughter named
Lady Master Meta born to them on Venus who they brought with them to Earth, both of them
presumably also functioning at the ninth level of initiation.

Tenth initiation ("planetary logos")

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The tenth initiation is considered to symbolize perfection and is used to describe the Planetary
Logos, also called the Spirit of the Earth, and specifically denoted as the Planetary Logos of
Earth.[25] In order to reach the status of a Planetary Logos, this being would have had to have
been a high level Planetary Deva in some other solar system before it incarnated inside our planet
at the time of the creation of the world. According to C.W. Leadbeater, the "Planetary Logos" is
functioning at the tenth level of initiation and Sanat Kumara, in continuous telepathic rapport with
the Planetary Logos, functions as its spokes-deity. Since the formulation in the early 1970s by
James Lovelock of the Gaia hypothesis, many Theosophists and those adherent to the Ascended
Master Teachings, adopting the Gaia philosophy, nowadays simply refer to the "Planetary Logos
of Earth" as Gaia, the New Age version of what in many religions is called the Earth mother..

Levels of initiation beyond the tenth level

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In the theosophical teachings of Alice Bailey, there is a powerful being living inside the sun serving
the Solar Logos called the Avatar of Synthesis.[26] Its job is to transmit the seven rays from the
heart of the sun through the seven spirits before the [solar] throne to all the life waves of the solar
system. According to Benjamin Creme, the Avatar of Synthesis is functioning at the 17th level of
initiation.[27] In the Ascended Master Teachings, this being is called Ray-O-Light.[28] The only
master above all these levels is the Christ.
The Solar Logos itself must be at least several levels beyond the 17th level. The Solar Logos, the
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Sun God in Theosophy, is personified as the cosmic beings Helios and his twin flame (celestial
wife) Vesta, the "God and Goddess of this solar system", in the Ascended Master Teachings.[29]
Perhaps several dozen or a couple of hundred of levels above the Solar Logos would be the
Galactic Logos. In the Ascended Master Teachings, the Galactic Logos is personified as the
cosmic being Averran.
C.W. Leadbeater stated, "The ladder of being [i.e., of initiation] extends upward into clouds of light,
into which few of us can yet penetrate, and when we ask those who stand higher than we and know
infinitely more than we do, all they can say is that it extends beyond their sight also. They know
very many more steps of it than we do, but it goes still further, onwards and upward to
unimaginable heights of glory, and no one knows its end."[30]
The number of levels of initiation ultimately would depend on the physical size of the Cosmos,
because enough souls would have to climb the ladder to ensoul all the stars with stellar logoi and
all the galaxies with galactic logoi, plus provide staffing for their attendant cosmic bureaucracies of
angels, archangels, etc., as souls beyond them on the scale of initiation move up the ladder. If
Alan Guth's inflation theory, which states that the actual size of the Cosmos is at least fifteen
orders of magnitude larger than the observable universe (itself 93,000,000,000 light years in
diameter), is correct, then there could be several hundred or even thousands of levels of initiation
necessary to staff the large scale structures of the cosmos before reaching the level of the
Cosmic Logos. In the Ascended Master Teachings, the Cosmic Logos is personified as the
cosmic beings Alpha and Omega.
If the concept of the Multiverse is true, then other hierarchies exist in other Universes. It is believed
in Theosopy that the concept of the Multiverse is true because Theosophists have stated that the
Universal Logos has created many other cosmoses besides our own.

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Initiation in popular culture

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Music
In 1975, Todd Rundgren released an album titled Initiation which has a song called "Initiation"
on side one. The title of the album is apparently based on the Theosophical concept of
Initiation as taught by Alice Bailey and C. W. Leadbeater. The entire second side of the album
is taken up by a song called "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire"; the three parts of the song are listed
as: "I. The Internal Fire, or Fire by Friction; II. The Fire of Spirit, or Electric Fire; The Fire of
Mind, or Solar Fire." The second parts of these three phrases are taken directly from Alice A.
Bailey's book A Treatise on Cosmic Fire.

References
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2. ^ Bailey, Alice A. Initiation, Human and Solar New York: 1922 Lucis Publishing, page 12
3. ^ Euser, Martin Science and Spirituality in the New Millennium 2008
4. ^ Bailey, Alice A. Initiation, Human and Solar New York: 1922 Lucis Publishing, page 82
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6. ^ Bailey, Alice A. Initiation, Human and Solar New York: 1922 Lucis Publishing, page 85
7. ^ Bailey, Alice A. Initiation, Human and Solar New York: 1922 Lucis Publishing, page 87
8. ^ Gardner, E.L. The Web of the Universe London:1936 Theosophical Publishing House "The Seven
Choices Before the Perfect Man" Page 97
9. ^ "Web of the Universe" text on Internet:
10. ^ Bailey, Alice A. The Externalisation of the Hierarchy New York:1957Lucis Press (Compilation of
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earlier revelations by Alice A. Bailey) Master P. Page 682; See numerous references to "English
Master" in Index
11. ^ Bailey, Alice A. The Externalisation of the Hierarchy New York:1957Lucis Press (Compilation of
earlier revelations by Alice A. Bailey) "Lords of Liberation"
12. ^ Creme, Benjamin The Great Approach: New Light and Life for Humanity Amsterdam:2001 Share
International Foundation Page 179
13. ^ Creme, Benjamin The Great Approach: New Light and Life for Humanity Amsterdam:2001 Share
International Foundation Page 177
14. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their
Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press "Profiles of the Ascended
Masters" pages 13394 More than 200 "Ascended Masters" are listed
15. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their
Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Chananda Pages 5455
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House 1925 "Diagram 5 The Spiritual Hierarchy" facing page 248

17. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their
Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Page 240
18. ^ Bailey, Alice A. Initiation, Human and Solar New York: 1922, Lucis Publishing Chart, page 49
19. ^ Creme, Benjamin Maitreya's Mission Volume III Amsterdam: 1997 Share International
Foundation, page 72
20. ^ Sinnett, A. P. Esoteric Buddhism, London 1883
21. ^ Elizabeth Clare Prophet Vol. 37 No. 2 The Buddhas in Winter 2 Introduction to the Five Dhyani
Buddhas and Their Mandala, p2, January 9, 1994
22. ^ "The five Dhyani Buddhas" on TSL.org
23. ^ Powell, A.E. The Solar System: A Complete Outline of the Theosophical Scheme of Evolution
London:1930 The Theosophical Publishing House Page 19
24. ^ Leadbeater, C.W. The Masters and the Path. Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House 1925
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Page 296
25. ^ Powell, A.E. The Solar System: A Complete Outline of the Theosophical Scheme of Evolution
London:1930 The Theosophical Publishing House Chapter XXVI "The Building of the Earth" The
Planetary Logos, pages 162163
26. ^ Bailey, Alice A. The Externalisation of the Hierarchy New York:1957 Lucis Publishing Co. See
"Avatar of Synthesis" in the Index
27. ^ Creme, Benjamin Maitreya's Mission Volume III Amsterdam:1997 Share Foundation Page 72
28. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their
Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Ray-O-Light Page 301
29. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their
Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Helios and Vesta Page 126
30. ^ Leadbeater, C.W. The Masters and the Path. Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House 1925
Page 207

Further reading

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Leadbeater, C.W. The Masters and the Path Adyar, Madras, India: 1925Theosophical
Publishing HouseChart on page 249 (diagram 5), provides details about the Great Ones
functioning on initiation levels five through nine.
Creme, Benjamin Maitreya's Mission Amsterdam: 1986Share International Foundation
Chart on pages 373393 gives the Level of Initiation of famous people of history (all the
indicated levels are between one and five).

External links

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What is Initiation? M.R. Jaqua:

List compiled by Benjamin Crme of the Level of Initiation of various famous spiritual teachers
and some other famous people throughout history:
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