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The two problems which are of immediate concern to mankind in relation to the animal kingdom are:

1. The problem of human relations and responsibility.

2. The problem of animal individualisation.

The relation of the Rays to the centers in the average aspirant might be classified as follows:

1. Head Center                Ray of Will or Power                First Ray

2. Ajna Center                Ray of Concrete Knowledge        Fifth Ray

3. Throat Center                Ray of Active Intelligence                Third Ray

4. Heart Center                Ray of Love-Wisdom                Second Ray

5. Solar Plexus Center        Ray of Devotion                        Sixth Ray

6. Sacral Center                Ray of Ceremonial Magic                Seventh Ray

7. Base of Spine                Ray of Harmony                        Fourth Ray

4. The Human Kingdom

Man is a living entity, a conscious son of God (a Soul) occupying an animal body. Here lies the point. He is therefore in the nature of a link, and a far from missing link. He unifies in himself the results of the evolutionary process as it has been carried on during the past ages, and he brings into contact with that evolutionary result a new factor, that of an individual self-sustaining, self-knowing aspect. It is the presence of this factor and of this aspect which differentiates man from the animal. It is this aspect which produces in humanity a consciousness of immortality, a self-awareness and a self-centeredness which make man truly to appear in the image of God. It is this innate and hidden power which gives man the capacity to suffer which no animal possesses, but which also confers on him the ability to reap the benefits of this experience in the realm of the intellect.

The Rays and the Races

We have been told in the past teaching of the Ageless Wisdom that a human being is a triple aspect of energy, and that he is essentially a trinity, as is the Deity. We speak of him technically as Monad-Ego-Personality. We define him as Spirit-Soul-body. I should like to point out here that in studying the human family as a unit and as a whole, it also will be discovered to be essentially a Monad, with seven Egoic groups, within which all Souls (in incarnation and out of incarnation) find their place, and with forty-nine corresponding racial forms through which the seven groups of Souls cyclically express themselves. All Souls work out their destiny in all races, but certain types predominate in certain racial forms. Where, then, is to be found any reason for racial predilections or antipathies? In the realisation of the truth that we all, at some time, experience incarnation in all racial forms will come the knowledge that there is only unity. The subject may be clarified if we tabulate the teaching and the Ray relationship to the races as follows:

RAY                                FULL EXPRESSION                        MAJOR INFLUENCE

Ray 1 – Will/Power                        In the 7th Rootrace                        1st and 7th Subraces

     1st Ray Souls                        Perfection of the Plan                        

Ray 2 – Love/Wisdom                In the 6th Rootrace                        2nd and 6th Subraces

     2nd Ray Souls                        Perfected Intuition

Ray 3 – Active Intelligence                In the 5th Rootrace                         3rd and 5th Subraces

     3rd Ray Souls                        Aryan Race

Perfected Intellect

Ray 4 – Harmony/Conflict                In the 4th Rootrace                        4th and 6th Subraces

     4th Ray Souls                        Atlantean Race                        

                                        Perfected Astralism

Ray 5 – Concrete Knowledge        In the 3rd Rootrace                        5th and 3rd Subraces

     5th Ray Souls                        Lemurian

                                        Perfected Physical

Ray 6 – Devotion/Idealism                In the 2nd Rootrace                        6th and 2nd Subraces

     6th Ray Souls                        

Ray 7 – Ceremonial Magic                In the 1st Rootrace                        7th and 1st Subraces

     7th Ray Souls

For the magician, the moments of the greatest danger in the work of creating are at certain junctures on the Astral plane, where he is in danger of occult drowning, and at the transition from Etheric levels to the planes of tangible concretion, when he is menaced by "occult burning."  In the one case, he does not call on the Ego, but stems the tide by love and the equilibrizing powers of his own nature.  In the latter case, he must call in that which represents the will aspect in the three worlds, the impulsive, dynamic thinker or solar Angel.  He accomplishes this by means of a mantram.

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