Index:
The Hierarchy of the Cosmos
The Three Departments
The Five Initiations of Humankind
The Four Gates and the Three Doors of Shamballa
The Three Gifts of Shamballa
Three Great Energies
The Seven Groups That Will Liberate Humanity
The Seven Rays
Glossary of terms

THE SEVEN RAYS

Ray 1

Will or Power
Department Head (Manu) : Allah Gobi
Chohan : El Morya
Function : The Destroyer
Vocation : The Occultist
Colour : Red
Inspires : Energy & Action
Affirmation : "I assert the fact".
Charkra : Head

Otherwise Know as - The Lord of Death, the Great Abstractor, The Finger of God, and the Most High.

El Morya's Earthy Incarnations - Alexander the Great. King Arthur, Abraham, Balthazar (one of the 3 wise men). Morya made manifest during the early Mayan and Lumerian cultures to guide their evolution.

Attributes - clear vision, dynamic power, sense of time, solitariness, detachment, singleness of purpose.

Ray 2

Love-Wisdom
Depatment Head (Christ) : Maitreya
Chohan : Kuthumi
Function : The Master Builder
Vocation : The True Psychic
Colour : Blue
Inspires : Initiation, Consciousness & Expansion
Affirmation: "I see the greatest light.'
Charkra : Heart

Otherwise known as - The Cosmic Magnet, The Conferror of Names, The Great Geometrician, The Son of God Incarnate, and The Cosmic Christ.

Maitreya's incarnations - Bhagwan Krishna. Maitreya who overshadowed Jesus during the last three years of his life.

Kuthumi's Earthy Incarnations - Pythagoras, St Francis of Assisi, Architect of the Taj Mahal, John the Beloved - Disciple of Christ, John of Penial is his current incarnation, Melchior (one of the 3 wise men). Kuthumi worked closely with his brother, El Morya, during early civilasation.

Attributes - love divine, radiance, attraction, the power to save, wisdom, expansion or inclusiveness.

Ray 3

Activity or Adaptability
Depatment Head - Mahachohan : Master Ragoczy (Master R)
Chohan : Serapis Bey
Function : Active Intelligence
Vocation : The Magician
Colour : Yellow
Inspires : Adaptation, Development & Evolution -
"Purpose itself am I"
Charkra : Throat

Also Known as - Engineer of the Gods, The Unifier of the Lower Four, The Keeper of Records, The Lord of Memory, The Interpreter of That Which is seen. The Lord of Balance. The Divine Separator, The Three-Sided Triangle, the Illuminator of the Lotus, the Fore-runner of the Light, The Dispenser of Time, The Lord of Space, the Reflector of the Universal Mind.

Master R's Earthy Incarnations - Roger Bacon, Comte St Germain, Lao Tzu, Joseph - father of Jesus, Columbus, Frances Bacon (who wrote under the pen name William Shakespeare), Merlin, and the prophet Samuel, Prince Ragoczy of Hungary, Christian Rosencruz founder of the Rosicrucian Order.

Serapis Bey's Earthly Incarnations - Hermes, Thoth

Attributes - The power to manifest - to evolve, Mental illumination, synthesis on the physical plane, scientific investigation, balance.

Ray 4

Harmony, Beauty or Art
Chohan : Paul the Venetian
Function : The Divine Intermediary
Vocation : The Artist
Colour : Orange
Inspires : Vibration, Response & Expression
Affirmation : "Two merge with one"

Also Known as - The Link between the Three and the Three, the Hidden One, the Hand of God, The Light within the Light, The One who marks the Parting of the Way, the Master, the Trumpet of the Lord.

Earthy Incarnations - Paolo Veronese (16th Century Venetian artist)

Attributes - the power to penetrate matter, the dual aspects of desire, the power to reveal the path, express divinity, the harmony of the spheres, the synthesis of beauty.

Ray 5

Concrete knowledge or Science
Chohan : Hilarion
Function - The Three-fold Thinker
Vocation : The Scientist
Colour : Green
Inspires : Mediation, Knowledge & Science
Affirmation : "Three Minds Unite".

Otherwise Known As - The Door to the Mind of God, The Great Connector, The Crystalizer of Forms, The Three-fold Thinker, Ruler of the Third Heaven, the Guardian of the Door, the Dispenser of Knowledge, the Brother from Sirius, The Master of the Hierophants.

Earthly Incarnations - Aristotle, Paul of Tarsus

Attributes - emergence into form, the voices of the silence heard, initiating activity, revelation of the way, purification with fire, the Great White Light.

Ray 6

Abstract Idealism or Devotion
Chohan : Sananda
Purpose : The Visioner of Reality
Vocation : The Devotee
Colour : Indigo
Inspires : Devotion, Abstraction & Idealism
Affirmation : "The highest light controls'.

Also Known as - The Negator of Desire, The Divine Robber, The Devotee of Life, The Hater of Forms, The Warrior on the March, The Sword Bearer of the Logos, The Crucifier and the Crucified, The Upholder of the Truth.

Earthly Incarnations - Jesus, Joshua, Adam, Elijah and Apollonius.

Attributes - power to kill desire, self immolation, endurance and fearlessness, detachment, spurring that which is not desired, overcoming the water of emotional reaction.

Ray 7

Ceremonial Magic
Chohan : Lord of the Violet Flame
(who wishes to remain Unnamed at this time)
Vocation : The Ritualist
Colour : Violet
Inspires : Incarnation, Magic & Ritual
"The highest and the lowest meet".

Otherwise known as - The Creator of the Form, The Whirling Sphere, The Expression of the Will, the Unveiled Magician, the Worker of the Magical Art, The Bestower of Light from the Second Lord, the Custodian of the Seventh Plane, the Lord of Death, The Temple Guardian, the Key to the Mystery, The Revealer of Beauty.

Earthly Incarnations - Marco Polo, Rameses the Great - Pharaoh of Egypt.

Attributes - the power to create, to co-operate, to think, the revelation of the beauty of God, mental power, power to vivify.

Information complied from :

'The Seven Rays of Life' by Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul

'Masters of the Seven Rays - Their Past Lives and Reappearance' by Phillip Lindsay