Compilation Law Supplementary Seven

(EA 453) In the planetary logoic lifeas is the case also with individual man, the microcosm of the acrocosmcertain centres are more awa!ened than others and vi"rate in unison with systemic impulse more fully than others# In the case of the planetary

Logos of our little sphere, the head centre, the ajna centre, the heart and solar plexus centres and the throat centre are the five focal points of energy which are the most alive and vibrant# $he sacral centre is slowly dropping "elow the threshold of the logoic consciousness whilst the centre at the base of the spine is practically entirely quiescent, e%cept in
connection with its pranic effects upon the form life, engendering the will to live, the urge to survival and the vitalisation of forms# $hese facts will give you an idea of our planetary status in the great family of the central sun and indicate why

our planet is not a sacred planet# &o planet is a sacred planet unless the centre at the base of the spine (spea!ing sym"olically) is aroused and the great fusion of energies resulting therefrom has "een effected# I refer to this particular world cycle and period and to the state of affairs in this the fifth or Aryan root-race''#
(EA 454) $he planetary

centre which corresponds to the one at the base of the spine in the human "eing will not be awakened until the seventh root-race and that only when right relationship is esta"lished "etween the planetary sacral centre (which is related to the third !ingdom in nature, the animal !ingdom) and the planetary throat centre,
functioning properly and in unison# ((I )4*) $he lesser

seven the greater seven and the planetary seven form one great whole, and these the group must !now# !hen this is realised and the +aw
of the , let the group understand the $hree and then the ,&E# $his they can do with the united "reath and the united rhythm# ((I )5-) .# $he "lanetary /0A 1A++A $hese em"ody the will

Supplementary Seven is understood

seven groups###the seven rays, the central septenate of energy#

of Shamballa, which is divine purpose# Each is presided over "y one of the seven Spirits "efore the $hrone2 "y one of the seven #ay Lords$
((I )5-) )# $he seven

greater groups###$he seven groups or Ashrams within the %ierarchy'''# &ach is presided over by a Chohan and a
group is called an Ashram# ((I )5)) 3# $he lesser 03 A&I$4 ((I )55) $his the inflow

seven###the seven types of men and also the seven root races$

Law of the Supplementary Seven is concerned with

of energy from the seven planetary centres to the seven groups or types of men, via the seven groups within the 0ierarchy# In this wor! of transmission the seven

centres of the initiate are used as agencies''their wor!''is the tas! of "eing responsive to the seven types of planetary energy which are received in a pure state# It is then channeled through the seven centres in the initiate6s etheric vehicle and out into the world of men as regenerative and constructive forces'##
((I )5*) $he high Initiates ($hose above

the rank of (aster) work with the energies coming from the seven planets of the solar system at this time active2 these

Law of the Supplementary Seven is applied by initiates below the rank of (aster, and they are therefore wor!ing solely with the
feed or implement the seven planetary centres# 1ut the

seven centres within the *orm of the ,ne in 7hom we live and move and have our
"eing# ((I )85) $he entering forces, wor!ing under this law, are directed

first of all to the head

centre, from thence to the ajna centre and then to that centre which has "een the governing and most active centre during the incarnation of the life principle# $his varies according to the point reached upon the ladder of evolution, and according to the personality ray
((I )4*) (ule 9III# :or Applicants; 7hen the disciple nears the <ortal, the greater seven must awa!en and "ring forth response from the lesser seven upon the dou"le circle# :or =isciples and Initiates; +et the group and within itself response to the greater seven groups which carry out the hierarchical will with love and understanding# $he group contains all seven, the perfect group# ((I )4*) $he lesser

seven the greater seven and the planetary seven form one great whole, and these the group must !now# !hen this is realised and

Law of the Supplementary Seven is understood, let the group understand the $hree and then the ,&E# $his they can do with
the the united "reath and the united rhythm# ,n the surface, this rules appears to "e one of surprising ><age )4*? comple%ity and immense difficulty# It deals with so many groups and septenates and this seems to complicate understanding considera"ly# 4et every person in the world is dealing with the multiplicity of units and com"inations of forces which ma!e up his entire daily life and which create his environment and his life circumstances# +ife would "e simple indeed if the average man had only seven factors to consider, with which to conform, to wor! with and to use# Advance into the world of spiritual values and into

the realm of triadal existence (in which the initiate moves) is definitely an advance into
simplicity# It is an advance from the complications of the multiplication ta"le and its resultant arithmetic into the simplicity of the sym"olic formulas as used in the higher mathematics2 it is a moving out of the world of !aleidoscopic figures in constant movement, into the world of meaning2 it is a process of getting "ehind the world of effects into the world of causes, realising that one simple cause or directed movement of energy can set in motion a myriad of effects# $he way of the initiate is not a complicated one, once he has grasped the fact that he must release himself from the world of seeming and of illusion and stand free in the world of light, where all stand clearly revealed# $hen he can "egin to face the lessons and ta!e the training which will ena"le him to handle energyhaving released himself from the control of forcesand "egin to direct energy in conformity with the great <lan# $he comple%ity lies in the thin!ing of the neophyte# $he initiate !nows it not#

:irst let us clearly define the various septenates referred to in this rule# I will first ta"ulate them in the order of their appearance and define them, and then I will enlarge upon them in order to point out where

the training enters in, where the rule applies, and how the em"odied rule is in the nature of a Law which the initiate may not evade$
I would as! you here to refer to what I earlier said anent rules, laws and orders when starting with you this particular study# ((I )5-) )# $he seven 0ierarchy# $0E 0IE(A(@04 $hese carry out the hierarchical will, which is love# $hey wor! through love and understanding#

greater groups###$he seven groups or Ashrams within the

&ach is presided over by a Chohan and a

group is called an Ashram# $hese maAor Ashrams have many affiliated Ashrams, presided over by Ashram# $he perfect or complete

a (aster on the

same ray as the Chohan, and are capa"le at any moment of "eing a"sor"ed into the primary group is the 0ierarchy itself, containing all the seven seven groups###the seven rays, the central septenate of energy# major Ashrams and their affiliates#
((I )5-) .# $he "lanetary /0A 1A++A $hese em"ody the will of /ham"alla, which is divine purpose# $hey wor! as life energy, as Buality, and produce appearance# Each is presided over "y one of the seven

Spirits "efore the $hrone2 "y one of the seven #ay

Lords$
Each of these rays has its seven su"rays which relate it to all the other rays# $hese seven rays can, under divine purpose, "e reCa"sor"ed into the $hree and then into the ,ne# 3# $he lesser seven###the seven types of men and also the seven 03 A&I$4 $hese em"ody the intelligence of the +ogos as it e%presses itself through creativity# $hey are learning to wor! intelligently with matter in order to develop love in response to divine purposewhich is will or life# Each of the seven types, responsive to one or ><age )5)? other of the seven rays, is conditioned or ruled "y its prototype, the soul on its own plane# $hese maAor types or races of men have many su"races and su"sidiary types, developed during the evolutionary process2 all will eventually demonstrate the seven maAor types# $he perfect type is the @hrist, the 0eavenly an, 7ho e%presses all the maAor types and 7ho is the Dpattern of things as they are#D 4# $he man#

root races$

supplementary seven###the seven centres of energy in the individual

03 A&I$4

$hese together em"ody the com"ined forces of the planetary life as registered "y the perfected individual# $hey will eventually ena"le the man to achieve perfection# $hey ena"le the individual to respond to material forces, to soul energy and spiritual life, and they constitute a complete response apparatus to the planetary life, purpose, intent and form# Each of the seven centres is responsive to one or other of the seven rays and their Bualities under the conditioning energy of the soul ray and the forces, emanating from the environment# $hese centres develop progressively and under the impact of circumstances and the

Law of

the Supplementary Seven, "ut all will eventually e%press in some measure
the seven types of ray energy# $he

Law of the Supplementary Seven can "e worded as follows;

D$he +aw demands the entrance of that which can effect a change# $he +aw demands that right direction should then guide the entering forces# $he +aw demands that the changes thus effected remove the form, "ring Buality to light and lay the emphasis upon life# ><age )5.? $he +aw demands that this is "rought a"out "y the ,ne, wor!ing through the $hree, energising the /even and creating the straight line from there to here, and ending in a point which ignores the $hree#D 7hen, the rule goes on, this is understood and applied, then four things happen; )# $he group must understand the nature of the $hree# .# $he nature of the ,ne must "e grasped and comprehended# 3# $he group must wor! through the medium of the united "reath# 4# $he group must attain a unified rhythm# 0ere you have a relatively simple analysis (on the face of it, though not in reality) of a comple% rule which the initiate has to apply to himself once he has grasped the significance of the seven "asic postulates# $he first seven rules provide the framewor! within which his wor! has to "e done# $he last seven rules concern various significant matters which, step "y step, are revealed to the initiate as his consciousness is e%panded# $hey relate to; )# $he wor! which the initiate must accomplish within himself# .# $he group relations of the initiate and his a"solute need to wor! with his group and as an integrated and conscious part of it# 3# $he place which invocation and evocation must ta!e as instruments in his pledged intelligent service# 4# $he blending

of the four lessons which the applicant has to master and the four lessons which the initiate has to complete in order that a complete fusion of personality and (onad can "e "rought a"out# 5# $he significance of resurrection and ascension, particularly the latter, "ecause little has "een
given out to date anent ascension# $here are certain maAor framewor!s (if I may continue to use this phrase) within which the initiate has to learn ><age )53? consciously to wor!, recognising them for what they are2 once he has learnt to master that which lies within some particular framewor!, he finds that it is only a part, a small fraction, of a still greater whole, within which he must also learn to function and play his part# :irst he, as a disciple, has to learn to wor! within the framewor! of his "lending soulCpersonality# $his tas! at first ta!es the form of character "uilding and disciplining (whilst upon the <ro"ationary <ath), of a struggle to see, of an endeavour to ma!e a continuity of his soul contact# :inally, this leads to the "eginning of the stage of soul and personality merging and at this point he steps upon the <ath of =iscipleship, technically understood# :rom then on his pro"lem is to !now himself as he truly is, to direct energy to the needed centres which are awaiting scientific attention, to superintend consciously the fitting of himself, as a personality, to act as the instrument of the soul and later of the 0ierarchy, to

learn to contact energy, to handle and direct it# $his entails a comprehension of the mechanism within himselfthe seven centres within the vital "odythrough which the contacted energy must flow under soul direction, and it also means the perfecting of the response apparatus and the newly constructed spiritual mechanism which e%oterically ena"les him to contact the outside world, and esoterically ena"les him to contact the world of souls# It implies a steady process of interior perfecting until nothing further remains to "e done within that individual framewor!# $he "ul! of this wor! has "een covered "y the time the fourth initiation has "een ta!en, and has "een completely covered when the fifth initiation is undergone# $his all ta!es much time, "ut when a certain measure of success has "een achieved, when the initiate6s understanding is somewhat enlightened and his energyCuse and his power of direction are "ecoming intelligently applied, he can then "egin to wor! within the framewor! of the greater seven groups, that is, within the 0ierarchy# $his he does first upon the periphery of the hierarchical aura and later as a conscious, accepted and pledged wor!er in some ><age )54? Ashramthe Ashram "eing dependent upon his ray type# 0e then is in a position to discover the close interloc!ing that e%ists "etween the

supplementary seven +his own seven centres) and the seven great groups within the %ierarchy2 he comes to realise that only when his centres are somewhat awa!ened
and attuned is it possi"le for him to wor! within the larger framewor! of the 0ierarchy, and this "ecause the Buality of the greater groups and the life e%pression of the seven planetary groups, the seven rays, are "eing slowly developed "y him under the influence of hierarchical supervision through the medium of his own seven centresthe

supplementary seven$

$hus, from a new angle which is practical and not simply theoretical, it "egins to dawn on him that he is an inaliena"le part of a group whole and that this incontroverti"le fact involves responsi"ilities and duties# 0e discovers that his major hindrance, on the

responsibilityspiritually spea!ingis to permit no

part of the supplementary seven to the free flow of love from the greater seven, and later the free
flow of life (inspired "y purpose) from the planetary seven# 0e !nows now that all form a great interloc!ing directorate through which the will of Eod is wor!ing out# 0e now !nows himself to "e a minute part of that great interloc!ing 7hole, a responsi"le conscious

atom within its

periphery#

$hen as he goes on and learns to su"mit to the

Law of the

Supplementary Seven, he finds that from the life angle and through his own
conscious direction, gradually developed, all the potencies of divinity are his to use, once he can "e trusted, as the advanced initiate can ever "e trusted# 0e is then set free for complete cooperation with the purpose lying "ehind the <lan# 0e has passed out of the human !ingdom into the 0ierarchy2 later he will pass out of the hierarchical group into Shamballa, or out of our planetary life altogether, and either here or there will "egin a greater and more e%tended service# @oming down to the immediate practical issues, the initiate is confronted with the pro"lem of wor! within the individual framewor!, for ,

am not here dealing with the -"age .//0 requirements for the initiations above or beyond the third# 0ere the
initiate has reached the point where he grasps the significant fact that the way into the innermost @entre is most securely guarded2 no one can pass onward and ta!e those more advanced steps which admit into the higher worlds of "eing and of unparalleled potency until he has demonstrated within the

framework of his own life a definite control of energy (and this the "lac! adept also possesses), purity of motive (which the black adept can likewise have, if "y
purity of motive you mean singleChearted and oneCpointed intent), deep love of humanity (which the "lac! adept never has), selflessness, willingness to follow the light wherever it may lead, a"ility to "egin wor! within the larger framewor! the moment such an attempt "ecomes possi"le, clear vision and spiritual insight, a developed intuition, and an undeviating intention and strong faith in the future#

7hen these Bualities "egin to show themselves, it then "ecomes possi"le to admit the initiate to further advancement upon the 7ay# It is "elieved to "e safe for him now to move on a few more steps into greater light, and thenhaving reached his ne%t point of testinghe must there again demonstrate the rightness of his wor! within the individual framewor! and his a"ility to wor! within the greater framewor! in group formation# 0e must appreciate the fact that as he passes upon the upward way he may not safely so do without the safeguards which protect the 7ay from him until he !nows more2 he must learn also that the group protects him and that only with the group can he proceed with security2 he "egins to realise that the group is not only a protection "ut also his chosen and destined field of service# 0e "egins to learn with his group the meaning of the Dunited "reathD referred to in the rule, and also to wor! with the group in Dunified rhythm#D $hus he goes from strength to strength# All the time the 0ierarchy is aiding in his development and at the same time protecting the 7ay from him until such time as glamour cannot reach him# $his individual security of his ><age )58? is only reached

between the time of taking the second initiation and the third$ <rior to that, he is still regarded as a potential ha1ard and as unsta"le# After that, he may suffer from illusion, "ut there is then no
fear of his permanently turning "ac! and reaching the leftChand path and so perhaps, in rare cases, finding his way into the 2lack of speed# <onder on that#

Lodge#

$he maAor lia"ility of the average initiate is sloth or lac!

I would have you grasp clearly the highly condensed presentation I have given you# /ome of it you !now already "ut it is the synthetic presentation which I would have you appreciate and appropriate# 7e can then ta!e up the wor! to "e done within the individual framewor! "y the initiate2 I will endeavour to help you to understand somewhat more clearly what the initiateCconsciousness would read into the

Law of the Supplementary Seven$

1eginning with this eighth rule which we are now studying, we enter upon the consideration of certain maAor unfoldments, maAor spiritual happenings and a series of maAor awa!enings in consciousness which are in the nature of events# $hese involve li!ewise certain maAor recognitions and appreciations which will affect the initiate increasingly and "ring a"out his eventual attainment# $hese are the factors which condition the date of his achievement and not the character underta!ings and the soul contacts which are so necessary upon the <ath of <ro"ation and upon the <ath of =iscipleship# 7e are principally concerned at this point with the interpretation of the

Law of the

Supplementary Seven$

It must "e remem"ered that the +aws of &ature are imposed upon the mass of men, and cannot "e avoided# If these laws are "ro!en, infringed or evaded, they carry their own penalty within themselves, and this also cannot "e avoided# $hese great protective laws are intended to guard the personalities through which the soul incarnates and eventually to cement and further all the great and possi"le relationships# $he man passes from the stage of antagonism (as an individual) to the control of these natural though divine ><age )5F? laws, to a recognition of their inevita"ility and of their wisdom# $hey automatically then control him# 7hen this control "y the +aws of &ature has "ecome complete, the man "ecomes an aspirant and "egins to come under the +aws of the /oul, which are laws concerned primarily with the esta"lishing of the great :ellowship of the 3niverse# $here has "een much confusion among esotericists upon these points# $hey confuse the discipline to which the personality has to su"mit when coming under soul influence, with the +aws of the /oul which have naught to do with the petty little affairs of the personalityunimportant and unnoticed "y the soul on its own plane"ut with the growing recognition of right group relations2 these are "ased upon a growing understanding of the hierarchical mode of wor! and of interChierarchical relationships# $he +aws of &ature, therefore, concern the activities of the soul in form and are mandatory and accepted "y the form nature# $he +aws of the /oul concern the life of the soul upon its own plane, and the relation which the "lending soul and personality learn to esta"lish with other souls and with the 0ierarchy# $hese are consciously and voluntarily

o"eyed, and are not Aust accepted as mandatory and as forced upon the man "y force of circumstances, e%perience and evolution# $hey tend to "ring a"out increasing relation "etween the 0ierarchy of /ouls and 0umanity as a whole, "etween the great planetary centre which is the custodian of the principle of love and the planetary centre, humanity, which nurtures and distri"utes the energy of mind# $he

Law of the Supplementary Seven is the great synthetic

Law of Life or of Spirit and is the law with which the initiate wor!s3 it is this law he wields# :rom acceptance of the laws of nature and o"edience to the laws of the soul, he passes into
the positive phase of understanding and wielding the +aw of +ife# 1ecause this is a governing law for all initiates, and "ecause we !now that the nature of lifeCenergy or of spirit cannot "e grasped until

after the third initiation, it is e%ceedingly difficult for me to write in e%planation of this
law# 4ou have not yet the initiate consciousness# ><age )55? I have therefore had to e%press this law in terms of form, whereas the initiate understands it from its formless angle# $his law is concerned with the wielding of energy in the world of the Spiritual 4riad and not with the distri"ution or the transmission of this energy to the three worlds in which average humanity ha"itually dwells# (ight wielding of this law (controlling energy in the initiatory world of causes) automatically "rings a"out activity, movement, force e%pression, and right distri"ution of these forces in the lower three worlds# $hese are, under the evolutionary law, direct reflections of the three higher worlds of the triadal light and life# otivation, the use of the eye of vision (turned this time "y the initiate functioning in the world of causes upon the worlds of human living), and the correct direction of force in cooperation with the hierarchical <lan condition all the activities of the initiate wor!ing with this law# @learer than this I cannot "e# ((I )55) $his the inflow

Law of the Supplementary Seven is concerned with

of energy from the seven planetary centres to the seven groups or types of men via the seven groups within the %ierarchy#

In this wor! of transmission the seven centres of the initiate are used as agencies2 their wor!, therefore, is not the interrelated wor! of right transmission of energy within the septenary constitution of the etheric "ody of the individual initiate, implementing his life e%pression, "ut is the tas! of "eing

responsive to the seven types of planetary energy which are received in a pure state# It is then channeled through the seven centres in the initiate6s etheric vehicle and out into the world of men as regenerative and constructive forces$ $hese living spiritual energiestransmitted "y the individual initiate from the planetary centresare
handled "y him under a great uniform plan and are the means where"y salvation (to use an old familiar word) can come to the aid of humanity# $his is the Dsaving forceD in its various aspects, of which the Ereat Invocation spea!s; D$he hour of service of the /aving :orce has now arrivedD# ($he E%ternalisation of the 0ierarchy, page .4*#) ><age )5*? $he high Initiates ($hose above

the rank of (aster) work with the energies coming from the seven planets of the solar system at this time active2 these feed or implement the seven planetary centres#

Law of the Supplementary Seven is applied by initiates below the rank of (aster, and they are therefore
1ut the wor!ing solely with the seven move and have our "eing#

centres within the *orm of the ,ne in 7hom we live and

((I )5*) ,ne of their first tas!s is to "ring a"out a free flow and right energy relations between

the three major centres in our planet which correspond to the head, heart and throat
centres in man# $hey are occupied with the circulation of energy "etween /ham"alla, the 0ierarchy and 0umanity# $his circulation, which for the first time in planetary history includes the highest centre, /ham"alla, is not yet completely esta"lished# /ham"alla has "een in touch with the centre

called %umanity by impact several times in the history of the race# 1ut there has "een no reciprocal action and no free flow# 0umanity has ta!en the impact of energy and this impact has wrought changes in the activity of the centre, "ut there has

been no 5responsive

return,D as it is esoterically called, and hence no circulation# $he /ham"alla force has hitherto "een transmitted via the 0ierarchy# :or the first time and in this century there has been direct impact# $he diagram on page )8- may ma!e this clearer#
7e shall eventually have a free circulation and a verita"le vorte% of force set up "etween the three centres2 it will "e of such an increasing radiatory activity thatmoving in "oth directions around the three centresit will eventually contact the radiations emanating

from the other four

centres of the planetary +ife, thus completing the interplay and the interrelation "etween all seven# $hese four include the three lower !ingdoms of nature and a certain basic centre
(corresponding to the centre at the "ase of the spine in man) a"out which nothing is as yet !nown nor will "e !nown for ages to come# ><age )8-? =iagram $he importance, therefore, of the centre which we call 0umanity will "e apparent# $he /ecret =octrine has ever taught that man!ind has a special function in saving and regenerating nature# $he Dsaving forceDa circulatory com"ination of the three maAor energiesis radiated "y humanity as a groupC creative impulse, and this gradually sweeps all forms of life into the field of its magnetic potency, thus relating them (or rather the soul of each !ingdom) to the 0ierarchy and to /ham"alla# $his involves a great mystery which is closely tied uplittle as you may realise itwith the doctrine of Avatars or of 7orld /aviours# It is in this connection that the words I gave you previously are pertinent; ><age )8)? )# D$he group must understand the nature of the $hree#D $his will "e seen to refer to the three maAor centres and the nature of their relationship, and not specifically to the $rinity# .# D$he nature of the ,ne must "e grasped and comprehended#D $his has reference to the fact that our planetary +ife is Itself a centre within a still greater +ife, and is today one of the three planetary centres (even if not yet one of the seven sacred planets) which are the custodians of the force, in process of transmission, which will "e to the greater +ife what /ham"alla, the 0ierarchy and 0umanity are to ,ur planetary +ogos# 3# D$he group must wor! through the medium of the united "reath#D $his deals with the processes of circulation, for the "reath is the life and pours through all the centres# 4# D$he group must attain a unified rhythm#D $his has no reference in reality to the wor! of a group of disciples, "ut to a group of centres of life, such as the three maAor centres or the entire group of seven centres# A study of these ideas may carry illumination, "ut I would again remind you that I write for initiates, living at a later period in this century and in the ne%t# In considering this , I would li!e to point out that the word DsupplementaryD is of real significance# It "rings in a factor of great interest, from the angle of initiation# 4ou must "ear in mind that when the antah!arana is constructed and in use, there is conseBuently a free play of energy in a direct line "etween the /piritual $riad and the personality2 i#e#, "etween the onad and its Dearthly anchor#D 4ou will also remem"er that the soul "ody, the form on the higher levels of the mental plane which has DshroudedD the soul, eventually disappears# $his, as you !now, ta!es place at the fourth initiation and is one of the "est recognised facts in the occult teaching# In the three worlds, the correspondence to this disappearance of the form

Law of the Supplementary Seven

of the second divine aspect, the soul, is the dissolution of the astral "odythe second aspect ><age )8.? of the personality# $hen the personality stands free from its control# /ensitivity and reaction to contact in the three worlds has "een perfectly developed, "ut it no longer holds the disciple a prisoner# $hen, at a later stage upon the <ath of Initiation, the causal "ody also disappears and the initiate stands free in the three worlds# $he astral "ody and the causal or soul "ody arein the language of esotericismsupplementary to reality# $hey have had a temporary reality during the evolutionary process, "ut (having served their purpose and having endowed man with certain reBuired assets consciousness, feeling, sensitivity, the a"ility to esta"lish and register contact) they pass away and the initiate remains, possessed of power over form and a fully awa!ened consciousness# 0e is a soul and the fusion is complete# 7hat is true of the individual is true too of the 0eavenly an, the planetary +ogos# In the long period of a world cycle there comes a time when the 0ierarchy itself, as a "ody organised and functioning in order to implement certain evolutionary ends, is no longer needed# It is then regarded as Dsupplementary,D and under the +aw its life, its potency and its entire consciousness are a"sor"ed into the planetary head centre, /ham"alla# A great process of a"straction or of withdrawal ta!es place, covering necessarily a long period of time, and which is consummated only when evolutionas we !now itcomes to an end and the planetary +ife (again as we !now it) also comes to an end# $his process of a"straction is always going on# en "ecome disciples and then initiates# /ome stay as hierarchical wor!ers, choosing to wor! with the planetary forces of evolution# ,thers pass on into the great @ouncil @ham"er of the +ord of the 7orld, and still others pass out of our planetary ringCpassCnot altogether#

Law of the Supplementary Seven is ever in force# It functions in the processes going on in the seven centres of the individual man, gathering
$hus the energy from one centre into another until all are centred, controlled and directed in the head# In the stage of what the 0indus call ><age )83? DsamadhiD the vital energies from all the centres are concentrated in the highest head centre in the etheric "ody, in the area Aust a"ove the physical head# $hus the analogy is complete# $he processes of a"straction are (as you may thus see) connected with the life aspect, are set in motion "y an act of the spiritual will, and constitute the Dresurrection principle which lies hidden in the wor! of the =estroyer,D as an old esoteric saying e%presses it# $he lowest manifestation of this principle is to "e seen in the process of what we call =eathwhich is in reality a means of a"stracting the life principle, informed "y consciousness, from the form or the "odies in the three worlds# $hus, the great synthesis emerges, and destruction, death, and dissolution are in reality naught "ut life processes# A"straction is indicative of process, progress and development#

The Law of the Supplementary Seven is an aspect of the Law of Synthesis It is this aspect of the Law of Life +or the Law of Synthesis as it is called in certain
larger connotations) with which the initiate specifically deals when wielding the

Law of the

Supplementary Seven$ $he group angle of the matter can "e seen if you
remem"er that the individual initiate, when wielding this law, draws upon the united energy of the 7ill as the group is e%pressing it in Dunified rhythm#D It is "y the use of the Dunited "reathD of the entire group (as much of it as his individual will can assimilate, focus, use and direct) that he augments his own will and its directed force# $he "reath, as we well !now, is the life2 this +aw is the one wielded "y the living or risen @hrist, in perfect harmony with the will of /ham"alla# 0erein lies one of the mysteries of the resurrection initiation a"out which so little has "een told, and it is the very heart of the mystery of the ascension initiation# In this latter initiation the living risen @hrist withdraws or a"stracts 0imself and enters consciously and permanently into the great centre, /ham"alla# $he resurrection and the ascension are the results of the death or destruction of the causal "ody# It can "e seen, therefore, how true the Eospel story is to the purposes of /ham"alla#

+et us now "riefly interpret or rather paraphrase the ><age )84? four sentences "y means of which I have sought to em"ody this law, or as much of it as it is possi"le to put into words, for the enlightenment of the initiates of the future# )# $he +aw demands the entrance of that which can effect a change# 1earing in mind what I have elsewhere given, it is o"vious that that which must find entrance is that vital concentrated will which, when set in motion in an individual, in a group, in a nation, in a !ingdom of nature (a planetary centre), and in the planet as a whole, i#e#, in all the planetary centres simultaneously, will cause a stirring, a changed measure, a new movement and momentum, an uprising and a conseBuent a"straction# $he changes wrought in the centres when the death of the physical "ody is ta!ing place have never yet "een o"served or recorded2 they are, however, definitely present to the eye of the initiate and prove most interesting and informative# It is the recognition of the condition of the centres which ena"les the initiate to !nowwhen in process of "estowing healingwhether the physical healing of the "ody is permissi"le or not# 0e can see whether the will principle of a"straction to which I have "een referring is actively present or not# $he same process can "e seen ta!ing place in organisations and in civilisations in which the form aspect is "eing destroyed in order that the life may "e a"stracted and later again re"uild for itself a more adeBuate form# It is the same under the great processes of initiation, which are not only processes of e%panding the consciousness "ut are rooted in the death or the a"straction process, leading to resurrection and ascension# $hat which effects a change is a discharge (to use a totally inadeBuate phrase) of directed and focussed willCenergy# $his is so magnetic in Buality that it draws to itself the life of the centres, "ringing a"out the dissolution of the form and the release of the life# =eath comes to the individual man, in the ordinary sense of the term, when the willCtoClive in a physical "ody goes and the willCtoCa"stract ><age )85? ta!es its place# $his we call death# In cases of death in war, for instance, it is not then a case of the individual willCtoCwithdraw, "ut an enforced participation in a great group a"straction# :rom its own place, the soul of the individual man recognises the end of a cycle of incarnation and recalls its life# $his it does through a discharge of the willCenergy that is strong enough to "ring a"out the change# .# $he +aw demands that right

direction should then guide the entering forces# first of all to the head

((I )85) $he entering forces, wor!ing under this law, are directed

centre, from thence to the ajna centre and then to that centre which has "een the governing and most active centre during the incarnation of the life principle# $his varies according to the point reached upon the ladder of evolution, and according to the personality ray, with later the soul ray "ringing a"out a maAor conditioning and
change# In the wor! of the initiate who is consciously wielding this law, the principle of a"straction (when entering the "ody) is held focussed in the head and is of such a magnetic potency that the energy of the remaining centres is rapidly gathered up and withdrawn# 7hat is true of the individual process of abstracting the life principle, under the +aw of the /upplementary /even, is eBually true of the process in all forms and in all groups of forms# @hrist referred to this wor! of a"straction, as regards the third great planetary centre, 0umanity, when 0e said (and 0e was spea!ing as the (epresentative of the 0ierarchy, the second planetary centre into which all human "eings achieving initiation are DwithdrawnD esoterically), DI, if I "e lifted up will draw all men unto me#D A different word to this word of 0is will "e spo!en at the end of the age when the +ord of the 7orld will spea! from /ham"alla, will a"stract the life principle from the 0ierarchy, and all life and consciousness will then "e focussed in the planetary head centrethe great @ouncil @ham"er at /ham"alla# 3# $he +aw demands that the changes thus effected remove the form, "ring Buality to light, and lay the emphasis upon life# ><age )88? 0ere the three great aspectsform, Buality and lifeare "rought into relation and the point of the evolutionary o"Aective is seen in its true light+I:E# &ote this phrasing# :orm or appearance, having served its purpose, disappears# =eath of the form ta!es place# Guality, the maAor divine attri"ute "eing developed in this planet, "ecomes dominant and is Dconscious of itself Das the ancient writings put it#

It is identified and individual "ut has no implementing form, e%cept that of the greater whole in which it finds its place# &either form nor Buality ("ody nor consciousness) are paramount in the new state of 1eing, "ut only the life aspect, the spirit on its own plane, "ecomes the dominating factor# /ome faint dim light on the significance of this may come if you "ear in mind that our seven planes are only the seven su"planes of the cosmic physical plane# $he process of developing sensitivity in this sevenfold evolution has "een undergone in order to ena"le the initiate to function upon the cosmic astral plane, when withdrawn or a"stracted after the higher initiations# 0e is a"stracted from our planetary life altogether# ,nly one factor could prevent this, and that might "e his pledge to serve temporarily within the planetary ringCpassCnot# /uch em"ers of the 0ierarchy 7ho pledge $hemselves to this wor! are stated to have the 1uddhic consciousness, and the line of $heir descent (occultly understood) is from the Eternal <ilgrim, the +ord of the 7orld, then the 1uddha, and then the @hrist# $hey remain identified through the free choice with the DBuality seen within the light,D and for the term of $heir freely rendered service $hey wor! with the consciousness aspect in order to lay the emphasis later upon the life aspect# 4# $he +aw demands that this is "rought a"out "y the ,ne, wor!ing through the $hree, energising the /even and creating the straight line from there to here, and ending in a point which ignores the $hree# +et me paraphrase this, for detailed comment is not possi"le or permissi"le# $he ,ne directed will (of the individual, ><age )8F? of humanity, of the 0ierarchy) and the great +ords of /ham"alla, wor!ing through the three major centres +head heart and throat2 0umanity, the 0ierarchy and /ham"alla), there"y energise all the seven centres (to the point of a"straction), using the straight line of the antah!arana from a"ove downwards (from the centre of power, the head or /ham"alla), and gather all upwards into a point which is neither of the $hree (/ham"alla, the 0ierarchy and 0umanity) and ignores them, for they must no longer limit the life# $his point lies outside manifestation altogether# A"straction is complete# <onder, therefore, upon this doctrine of a"straction# It covers all life processes, and will convey to you the eternally lovely

secret of 6eath, which is entrance into life#

((I ..8) 1riefly, the eleven rules already dealt with might "e regarded as controlling the conscious activity of the initiate in the following stages and relationships# )# $he stage of the "urning ground and the esta"lishment of illumined group relation# $his is revealed "y the mind, functioning as an aspect of the group mind# ><age ..8? .# $he stage of ashramic recognition and the esta"lishing of a forwardCmoving group rhythm2 these reciprocal activities produce a needed group tension# 3# $he stage of emitting the group sound and the esta"lishing of the power to invo!e divinity, followed "y a united group realisation that DEod is :ire#D 4# $he stage of e%tinguishing the lesser fires through the means of the a"ove realisation, and the esta"lishing of a defined group reaction to the divine purpose or will2 this results eventually in the negation of the +aws of Harma and (e"irth as they condition life in the three worlds# 5# $he stage of triadal perception and the esta"lishing of spiritual contact, thus negating "oth the life of form and the soul# =uality is no longer recognised# 8# $he stage of identification with the life aspect and the esta"lishing of complete divine integration into the greater 7hole# $he initiate then moves onward in life and not in consciousnessa concept and a truth which it is not possi"le for you to understand at this time# F# $he stage of a group soundingCforth of the 7ord and esta"lishing direct relation with /ham"alla as an integral part of the 0ierarchy# $his means the enunciation of a dual chord#

5# $he stage of responding to the higher aspects of the seven (ay +ives and esta"lishing contact with the 4hree

and the 7ne#

$his is done under the

Law of the

Supplementary Seven$
*# $he stage of spiritual negation, as it is called# $his esta"lishes a new affirmative attitude and results in a recognition of the true nature of the ,ne Initiator# )-# $he stage of the dissipation of all veils and the esta"lishing of the power to wor! with light energy, thus earning the reward of new utilised a"ility, i#e#, the a"ility to wor! with the consciousness aspect in all forms# ))# $he stage where the potencies of the death aspect of divine purpose can "e used to carry out divine purpose, plus the esta"lishing of complete identification (as a group) with the divine will# $his mar!s the period of the Ereat ><age ..F? (enunciation and prefaces the complete transition out of the :ourth @reative 0ierarchy, the human !ingdom# $his is a "rief and inadeBuate summation of the more general and the more easily comprehended

results of obedience to these rules#

$he initiate stands free and "ecomes conseBuently a dynamic factor within the wor!ing 0ierarchy# (ule III now "ecomes clear to him, not only through the realisation induced "y his illumined mind, "ut through the higher divine Bualities which are related to the e%pression of the will and purpose of the planetary +ogos# (=,& )-8) ,

cannot give you the relation of the planetary centres to the human being# $oo much !nowledge would "e given too soon and prior to the time when there is
enough love present in human nature to offset the possi"le misuse of energy with its often disastrous conseBuences# $he colours, ><age )-8? the mathematical rate of the higher vi"rations which emanate from the centres individual and planetary and the Buality (esoterically understood) of the energies must "e the su"Aect of human research and selfCascertained# $he clues and the hints have "een given in the Ageless 7isdom# $he slower method of research is the safer at present# Early in the ne%t century, an initiate will appear and will carry on this teaching#

The five cities(in the body of humanity) are the Planetary Centres (=,& )-.) $herefore, through the five major centres in the planet today, spiritual
energy is streaming forth, and according to the vehicle of e%pression which receives its impact so will "e the reaction and activity, and so will "e the type of consciousness interpreting and using it# $he ancient occult truism remains accurate; D@onsciousness is dependent upon its vehicle for e%pression and "oth are dependent upon life and energy for e%istence#D $his remains an immuta"le law# $he five

cities which are the e%oteric e%pression of the esoteric centre of force and through which the 0ierarchy and /ham"alla are see!ing to wor! are the correspondence in the planetary body to the four centres up the spine and the ajna centre in the body of humanity and of individual man# In all three cases, they are Dliving vital focal points of dynamic
forceD to a greater or less e%tent# /ome predominantly e%press soul energy and some personality force2 some are influenced "y /ham"alla and some "y the 0ierarchy# $he head centre of the ,ccident is "eginning to react to second

ray energy and the ajna centre to fourth ray

energy and in this lies the hope of the race of men#