Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

peace,’ the peace that passeth all understanding.’... “At the top point of this new and unique triangle stands that Avatar of Synthesis....His permeating influence hastens the realisation by humanity that, in fact, we live in one world as one humanity with a common destiny.... “Superimposed upon the triangle of new age forces is the five pointed star of the Christ....The old and the new MUST merge. The problem is not to fight to kill out the old, but a wise and rightly timed INFILTRATION of the new into the boiling cauldron of our times. “Our symbol, therefore, blends the two eras and rightly pictures the work of the Christ today and the forces He must wield. The point in the centre is the place where the Christ stands. It is the centre of the star, the centre of the triangle, and the centre of the disc of golden light. “From that centre He works, and as He works the cross of the new era emerges. This is the equal-armed cross, reflecting its cosmic archetype, which will in its own right become the cross of humanity in the days to come. It symbolises the balanced life of right relation to God through aspiration, and right relation to man through service and sharing. Eventually we shall know and live by the fact that nothing actually belongs to any individual man.” The above description is filled with occultic terminology which could take a book in itself to explain. However, a few items need to be addressed briefly. One thing that must be pointed out is that when Bailey refers to “the Christ” he is not referring to Jesus Christ of the Bible. The New Agers teach that everyone is a Christ. They also believe that Lucifer was Christ. For instance, on the magazine from the Theosophical Society called Lucifer (edited by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Annie Besant) is the following: “'I Jesus....am the bright, the Morning Star,’ (...Lucifer). ” They add: “The Light-bearer is the Morning Star or Lucifer; and ‘Lucifer is no profane or Satanic title. It is the Latin Luciferus, the Light-bringer, the Morning Star....’” Besides this, Sirius was mentioned in the explanation of the logo just given. “Throughout the centuries Sirius has been recognized by most occultists and esoteric teachers as the location where LUCIFER and his hierarchy dwell. In Christian terminology, Sirius is simply a secretive codeword for ‘hell.’” In the