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The seventh is the ceremonial Ray, the Ray which makes a man delight in "all things done decently and in order," and according to rule and precedent. It is the Ray of the high priest and the court chamberlain, of the soldier who is a born genius in organisation, of the ideal commissary general who will dress and feed the troops in the best possible way. It is the Ray of the perfect nurse for the sick, careful in the smallest detail, though sometimes too much inclined to disregard the patients' idiosyncrasies and to try and grind them in the iron mill of routine.
This Ray Lord has a peculiar power on earth and on the Physical plane of divine manifestation. His usefulness to His six Brothers is therefore apparent. He makes Their work appear. He is the most active of all the Rays in this world period, and is never out of manifestation for more than fifteen hundred years. It is almost as if He whirled in and out of active work under a very rapid cycle, and His closest relation, symbolically, is to His Brethren of the second and fifth Rays in this world period.
He builds (using second Ray cooperation) through the power of thought (thus cooperating with the Lord of the fifth Ray and on the Physical plane, which is His own essential and peculiar sphere). In another world period His relation with the other Ray Lords may undergo change, but at this time His work will be more easily understood when He is recognised as aiding the building Lord of the second Ray and utilising the energies of the Lord of concrete thought.
The aphorisms embodying His qualities run as follows, and were esoterically whispered into His ears when He "left the most high place and descended into the seventh sphere to carry out the work assigned."
Quality......power to create.
the world to enter into that which thou shalt build. Blend all together in the will of God.
Quality......power to cooperate.
back thy forces. Use well the power of thought. Sit still.
Quality...... power to think.
clear. See to the inner glory. Build the shrine well. Use care.
Quality-revelation of the beauty of God.
play. Reveal the mind of God.
Quality......mental power.
Revive the dead. Build forms anew. Guard well that Word. Make all men seek it for themselves.
Quality......power to vivify.
The fact should be remembered that only five Rays dominate at any one time. All manifest, but only five dominate. A distinction should be made between the Rays dominating in a solar system and those dominating in a scheme, or a chain. To this reference has been made in A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. Three Rays out of the seven synthesise. One Ray out of the three will synthesise at the culmination. For the first solar system the third Ray was the synthetic Ray, but for this solar system the second Ray is the synthetic Ray, and for the next solar system the first Ray will perform a similar function.
Two Rays are largely the goal of human endeavour, the first Ray and the second Ray. One Ray is the goal of the Deva or angel evolution, the third Ray. All these three Rays contact the two poles, and the attainment of the goal at the end of the cycle marks the achievement of the Solar Logos. This again is hidden in mystery. The seventh Ray and the first Ray are very closely allied, with the third Ray linking them, so that we have the relation expressed thus, 1-3-7. There is a close association also between Rays 2-4-6., with the fifth Ray in a peculiar position, as a central point of attainment, the home of the Ego or Soul, the embodied plane of mind, the point of consummation for the personality, and the reflection in the three worlds of the threefold Monad.
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