The Oracle

The information in the following thread was sourced from 7 Rays with full permission to distribute freely.


Esoteric astrology is a branch of Astrology with spiritual and evolutive purposes. The term refers to a system of astrology associated with Alice A. Bailey and her Tibetan master, Djwhal Khul. The system does not deal with personality consciousness, and is of only limited use to people confused by personality problems. Such problems can cause people to turn to astrology though as esoteric astrology uses the language of conventional astrology but with a conceptual structure which can ascertain the purpose behind the personality forces, and allow for balance to be obtained.

Esoteric astrology's system of planetary rulerships differs from that of conventional astrology, involves planets not conventionally used, and replaces the house system with a system of crosses with highly individualized meanings and multiple levels of interpretation. Esoteric astrology incorporates many layers of study, dovetailing into other levels of astrology and the Seven Rays.

The Seven Rays is a metaphysical concept that has appeared in several religions and esoteric philosophies since at least the sixth century BCE, in both Western culture and in India. In the west, it can be seen in early western mystery traditions such as Gnosticism and the Roman Mithraic Mysteries; and in texts and iconic art of the Catholic Church as early as the Byzantine era. In India, the concept has been part of Hindu religious philosophy and scripture since at least the Vishnu Purana, dating from the post-Vedic era.

Beginning in the late nineteenth century, the seven rays appeared in a modified and elaborated form in the teachings of Theosophy, first presented by H. P. Blavatsky The Theosophical concept of the Seven Rays was further developed in the late 1800s and early 1900s in the writings of C. W. Leadbeater, Alice Bailey, Helena Roerich, Manly P. Hall, and others; and in the philosophies of organizations such as Agni Yoga, The "I AM" Activity and various other organizations.

The wisdom of the seven rays help us:
To be tolerant of those on different spiritual paths
To see things from a higher perspective
To realise free will is a function of our soul

People on different paths who are in touch with their soul may disagree with each other and still be right from their own spiritual viewpoint. Yet through love they can unite to resolve their apparent differences.

The Rays and Spiritual Development

Every person already on their own spiritual path does not need to know about Rays, not unless they need to determine their own soul motive and spiritual direction. Basically a knowledge of angles and the Seven Rays can help in spiritual development, but are best suited to clarify and expand other ways of development, rather than being used as a system in itself, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT. Each individual has to discover and believe in their own paths, and without the need to convert others who also have their own paths.

This does not mean you have to take a singular path, this will depend on either your Ray inclinations or your intuition. Equally, this does not mean organised spiritual practice is wrong. Everyone must decide for themselves, with no regard for tradition, law or other external influence, unless this in itself is your path. The importance is that the decision to follow a particular path must be a personal decision, made by your true will.

Your Ray is your spiritual motivation. By realising your soul Ray you can develop its qualities to become a channel for the energies of your Higher Self, to manifest your true purpose in this, your life, on Earth. Your soul purpose can only be discovered by union with your Higher Self, so it is very helpful to discover your soul Ray, even though this can be an entirely subjective process.

Each individual is unique and special, so each person will add his own qualities of experience to his soul Ray, and will channel its energies in a different way to others of the same Ray. Therefore when learning about the Rays, and attempting to discover your own Ray, choose carefully but don't be afraid of choosing the wrong Ray. It is best to seek which Ray you should be working with now, and if this does not correspond with the actual soul Ray, it will still be valuable experience and add further qualities to your soul Ray.

The way forward for everybody, irrespective of their true Ray type, is to channel the Primary Ray energies which are processed in the Solar Plexus Centre directly into the Heart Centre, before these energies are passed on to their usual centres of realisation. This enables our natural life angles to become used to working with Heart Centre energies, by redirecting our basic motivation behind our awareness towards ‘carings’ rather than ‘feelings’ or ‘thoughts’. There are numerous practices and systems in use today which can help this process indirectly, merely by altering the basic intention or motivation of the participants. This can redirect the Ray energy through the Heart Centre as described above, as well as increasing the awareness and quality of this energy.

The Seven Rays are said to be seven major types of spirit/matter that compose the created universes. These are also believed to convey Divine Qualities.

According to Alice A. Bailey, each person has a soul ray that remains the same through all their incarnations, and a personality ray that is different for each incarnation. Each ray is also correspondent with certain Ascended Masters, and with particular planets, cycles, nations, etc. and have their ultimate origin within the mind of God.

Each of the Seven Rays is believed to be associated with a different kind of occult energy. C.W. Leadbeater gave a list showing the characteristic type of magic for each ray; this list indicates what he regarded as the most compatible type of magic to be performed by persons on each ray *although anyone of any ray can do any of these various types of magic*.

1st Ray: Will of the Witch
2nd Ray: Raja Yoga *Development of Mind*
3rd Ray: Astrology *Natural Magnetic Forces*.
4th Ray: Hatha Yoga *physical development*.
5th Ray: Alchemy *Manipulation of Material Substances*.
6th Ray: Bhakti Yoga *Selfless Service and Altruistic Love*
7th Ray: Ceremonial magic *Invocation of Elementals etc.

1st Ray
Ray: Willpower
Colour: Blue or Red
A.Master: Morya
Residence: Darjeeling, India
Planet: Pluto/Vulcan
Chakra: Sahasrara, 7th Crown/Pineal
Gemstone: Diamond


2nd Ray
Ray: Love and Wisdom
Colour: Indigo
A.Master: Koot Hoomi
Residence: Shigatse, Tibet
Planet: Sun/Jupiter
Chakra: Anahata, 4th Heart/Thymus
Gemstone: Sapphire

3rd Ray
Ray: Active Intelligence
Colour: Green
A.Master: Venetian
Residence: -
Planet: Earth/Saturn
Chakra: Vishuddha 5th Throat/Thyroid
Gemstone: Emerald

4th Ray
Ray: Harmony through conflict
Colour: Yellow
A.Master: Serapis
Residence: Luxor, Egypt
Planet: Moon/Mercury
Chakra: Muladhara 1st Base/Adrenals
Gemstone: Jasper

5th Ray
Ray: Concrete science
Colour: Orange
A.Master: Hilarion
Residence: Island of Crete, Greece
Planet: Venus
Chakra: Ajna 6th Brow/Pituitary
Gemstone: Topaz

6th Ray
Ray: Devotion or Abstract Idealism
Colour: Red or Blue
A.Master: Jesus
Residence: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Planet: Mars/Neptune
Chakra: Manipura 3rd Solar Plexus/Pancreas
Gemstone: Ruby

7th Ray
Ray:Ceremonial Order
Color: Violet
A.Master: St Germain
Residence: Transylvania, Romania
Planet: Uranus
Chakra: Swadisthana 2nd Sacral/Gonads
Gemstone: Amethyst

ATTRIBUTES OF THE SEVEN RAYS

To demonstrate how all natural life processes can be divided according to the Rays, the following example illustrates how this applies to the manufacture of any man-made object, and could equally fit any project.

1st RAY
Conception of original idea, the physical work or effort involved in every process, from thinking of the idea through to its actual manufacture, plus the concept of being *lost in one’s work*.

2nd RAY
The uplifting emotions surrounding the conception of the original idea and the processes involved, and the anticipation of its completion

3rd RAY
The intelligent organisation of the activities necessary, i.e. assembling materials and information, planning the sequence of processes, the practical application of perfecting its form, taking meticulous care to adhere to its original conception using its ‘thought-form’ as a guide, and continually testing to ensure that each detail exactly matches the original plan.

These three divisions of the manufacturing process cover the whole concept, as they are divided according to the three Primary Rays. The remaining four divisions could be considered sub-divisions, as they could be covered by one of these Primary categories.

4th RAY
Co-ordination between the various processes, and between the various individuals or units.

5th RAY
Testing of capabilities, and research and development into modifications of the original, with a view to improvement.

6th RAY
Emotional involvement with the idea of the item, particularly with its future potential and possibilities, also the image as seen by the consumer via the advertising media.

7th RAY
Completion of all processes, the finished product and the end of the cycle.

The next example is more personal, and describes the different approaches each Ray can bring to a common situation, in this instance reading a book.

1st RAY
The initial urge to read, the acquisition of a book, the action of reading and the idea of being lost in reading.

2nd RAY
The enjoyment or pleasure experienced from the reading, especially the uplifting or other emotional stimulation gained, and in particular the inspiration received from it. Also, the appreciation of your idea of a good book, in whatever context this suits you.

3rd RAY
The enjoyment or pleasure experienced from the reading, the facts and the intellectual stimulation, and the ideas a book may produce in the mind. The love of books as vehicles for ideas.

4th RAY
The enjoyment of the ‘atmosphere’ of the book, through its association, romantic or otherwise, with a certain part of the world or historical period, or even because of an affinity felt with the author.

5th RAY
An intellectual appreciation or criticism of the way the book is written, its grammar, its facts or just its content.

6th RAY
An emotional attachment to a character or a sense of involvement in the situation or ideal that is portrayed.

7th RAY
Completion of the book, the fact that another book has been read, the way of using certain ideas contained in the book in a practical way that will be of benefit to your life. Also the idea of possessing a book without any intention of reading it.

The Ray energy of the soul is the sum of qualities only you know you possess, however deep this knowledge might be buried inside you, and it does not have to make itself apparent in any way externally in order for it to function naturally through you: because your ray is your true spiritual motivation.

The 7 Rays according to the Ascended Masters


1st Ray
Ray: Will of God
Colour: Blue, White
Ascended Master: El Morya
Retreat: Darjeeling, India
Quality: Power, Good will, Faith
Chakra: Throat 5th
Day: Tuesday
Gift of the Holy Spirit: Faith in God's will, Word of Wisdom
Jewel: Diamond, Sapphire, Star Sapphire, Lapis Lazuli

2nd Ray
Ray: Wisdom of God
Colour: Yellow
Ascended Master: Lanto
Retreat: Grand Teton, Wyoming, USA
Quality: Wisdom, Understanding
Chakra: Crown 7th
Day: Sunday
Gift of the Holy Spirit: Word of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge
Jewel: Yellow Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Topaz

3rd Ray
Ray: Love of God
Colour: Pink Rose
Ascended Master: Paul the Venetian
Retreat: Château de Liberté, S. France, Temple of the Sun, New York
Quality: Love, Creativity, Beauty
Chakra: Heart 4th
Day: Monday
Gift of the Holy Spirit: Discerning of spirits
Jewel: Ruby, Diamond, Garnet, Rose Quartz, Pink Beryl

4th Ray
Ray: Purity of God
Colour: White Crystal
Ascended Master: Serapis Bey
Retreat: Luxor, Egypt
Quality: Purity, Discipline, Joy
Chakra: Base of the Spine (1st)
Day: Friday
Gift of the Holy Spirit: Working of miracles
Jewel: Diamond, Pearl, Zircon, Quartz Crystal

5th Ray
Ray: Science of God
Colour: Green, Gold
Ascended Master: Hilarion
Retreat: Crete, Greece
Quality: Truth, Science, Vision
Chakra: Third Eye 6th
Day: Wednesday
Gift of the Holy Spirit: Healing
Jewel: Emerald, Diamond, Jade, Quartz Crystal

6th Ray
Ray: Peace of God
Colour: Purple, Metallic, Gold, Ruby
Ascended Master: Lady Nada
Retreat: Arabian Peninsula
Quality: Peace, Service, Brotherhood
Chakra: Solar Plexus 3rd
Day: Thursday
Gift of the Holy Spirit: Diverse kinds of tongues and interpretation
Jewel: Ruby, Topaz, Alexandrite, Diamond with pearl

7th Ray
Ray: Freedom of God
Colour: Violet, Purple, Pink, Aqua / Teal
Ascended Master: Saint Germain
Retreat: Germain Transylvania, Romania, Table Mountain, Wyoming, USA
Quality: Freedom, Alchemy, Justice
Chakra: Seat of the Soul 1st
Day: Saturday
Gift of the Holy Spirit: Prophecy, Working of Miracles
Jewel: Amethyst, Diamond, Aquamarine

The Rays working through Elementals act as a sevenfold division of archetypes, through the Devas as a sevenfold division of form, and Humans as a sevenfold division of consciousness. We can appreciate the existence of the Elemental and Devic evolutions because together they are responsible for the Seven Planes. The Seven Planes exist as the archetypal collection of graded impulses stemming from the Absolute’s Divine Will. As such, they are beyond any concept of duality so they alone are aware of their existence, which is their natural condition of beingness. They are the First Primary Cause, the Elemental Lords of Flame. For the Planes to be useful to the Absolute and to aspects of His creation, the Elementals have to be organised into life by the Devic Lords of Form, to create an appearance that can be used by the Human Lords of Mind in their quest to manifest their quality. This demonstrates that the Planes are a combination of Devic and Elemental life, which can only function as part of our reality when balanced with the qualities of the Human Seven Rays.

The Seven Planes are the seven divisions of energy and form, which we confuse with levels of consciousness just because our awareness is able to access them. For example, the Astral Plane exists whether we are conscious of it or not ~ it has its own independent reality which the Elemental and Devic lifestreams are responsible for. Our consciousness can be aware of it through the medium of the Seven Rays, but the Astral Plane is there for purposes other than for us to dream on, it is a reality for other beings existing on other lifestreams as much as the physical Plane exists through our own concept of reality.

Each of the Seven Planes is divided into seven sub-planes, and each Plane and sub-plane relate to the Rays as do their counterparts on the Physical Plane. Our reality exists on the seventh sub-plane of the seventh Plane. Our normal physical environment is related to the Seventh Ray, because it is composed of solid tangible matter. This is how we are aware of it, through all our senses, from sight to touch. We also know the physical world is composed of intangible forms of matter called molecules, atoms and sub-atomic particles. We can equate these three states of matter, which can only be detected with scientific instruments rather than our own senses, with the first three Primary Rays.

Sub-atomic particles are present throughout the universe and have no barriers; they pass straight through everything, including the planet Earth, and we only recognise their existence through their interaction. These particles form the primordial essence of the entire universe, because they belong to the Elemental Kingdom. They exist in their pure unmanifest condition on the highest level of physical reality, but because they are responsible for all physical manifestation they are also the substance of the lower four levels which require co-operation from the Devic Kingdom to produce a physical reality which Human beings and other forms of earthly life can interact with through the agency of the Human quality of conscious awareness.

The difference between the Elemental existence on the highest sub-atomic level and the four lowest levels is that on the highest level the Elemental beings have a separate existence which we can only understand through the idea of archetypes. The First Primary is the level at which the archetypal ideas of physical forms exist, which is the energy that ensures every cat will look like all other cats, to use a simple example. This is the first sub-plane of the Physical Plane, the sub-plane of archetypes, the level of the Absolute’s Divine Will. The lower four levels of Fire, Air, Water and Earth then become the arena through which the Absolute’s Divine Will is made manifest. On these lower four levels the archetypal idea translates into a type of manifestation unique to each level, so that the Fourth level contains form which fits the archetypal category of energy, the Fifth level gases, the Sixth level liquids, and the Seventh level solids.

Atoms have a more permanent and tangible existence. They are the basic forms of all physical matter, and group together to form molecules that have entirely different qualities to the atoms of which they are composed. We know that nuclear energy holds them together in a stable condition and that when they are "smashed" they produce a chain reaction which causes other atoms to break down into sub-atomic particles. We also know they have certain qualities which we can use to determine their actions, such as the way they can be grouped into "families" according to the Periodic Table, how these elements can be described by colour through spectrum analysis and by using this method we can determine the elements of distant stars. This ties them in with light and colour, which is the esoteric reason light is used to describe the Second Primary realm of atoms.

Next are the molecules, the basis of our physical existence and of life itself, because DNA is a molecular substance. This makes it easy to see how molecules relate to the Third Primary. The difference between molecules and atoms is that molecules can easily be transformed through chemical reactions, whereas atoms can not. Translating this into esoteric terminology we can see how Second Primary atoms are permanent and dependent only on the First Primary of sub-atomic forces, whereas Third Primary molecules, as a manifestation of angles, are subject to continual change, whether they manifest as genes or something more tangible like flesh and blood.

Therefore the Devas of the Third Primary, which equate with the molecular world, organise the Elementals of the First Primary, which equate with the world of the sub-atomic particles, into appreciable forms through the lower four levels to create physical matter which Humans can interact with through the Second Primary of consciousness awareness. This is accomplished on an atomic level, so that the atoms responsible for our physical form hold the key to our understanding of our physical existence. Atoms are composed of sub-atomic particles, and form into molecules which are responsible for life as we understand it, because they are the physical manifestation of the Primary Rays.

However, before the Elemental, Devic and Human life-streams, acting as the three Primary Rays, can experience life, they have to unite and create a temporary reality as a vehicle of expression, which they do on the fourth or middle sub-plane. This fourth state is the energy field related to the etheric, the element of Fire, and the plasma condition of matter. On this level all three life-streams can unite to act out their role in providing experience for the Absolute.

If further experience is required, from this fourth state of existence three more states can be added, each relating more particularly to one of the life- streams, and which approximately mirror the higher three states which are unable to manifest physically without the co-operation of the other life-streams. These extra three states are the elemental worlds of Air, Water and Earth: Air relating to the Third Primary of form, Water to the Second Primary of consciousness and Earth to the First Primary of will. The fact that the highest condition of life which exists as the First Primary is also inherent in the most dense state of solid matter, the seventh sub-plane related to the Seventh Ray, is a good example of the Quabbalistic concept of Kether in Malkuth.

Human beings are part of the Second lifestream, and are governed by the Second Primary of Love or Consciousness. This shows that basically we are creatures of consciousness, a fact that every great religion and philosophy has preached, and a fundamental spiritual truth.

What we consider to be our normal everyday selves, our personal awareness, is our personality. This can be affected by many various subjective influences, hardly any of which originate from our Higher Self - which only works through the Seven Rays. Therefore the Rays are not applicable here, and the nearest we get to understanding the variety of personality types is through astrological influence, acting as a link between the Rays and the influences our personalities are able to interact with.

It is the Human soul which exists as part of one of the Seven Rays, giving each person the ability to act as a channel for one of the Rays, once a certain amount of soul contact has been established. The soul Ray is responsible for our spiritual evolution by training our personality in the use of the individual Ray energies available to us.

It is the Devas and Elementals who are responsible for our reality. They work together to form the physical existence which we take for granted, but which we Humans are also partly responsible for because it is our awareness of our surroundings which gives these surroundings their objective existence. As Human beings we are machines used by the Absolute for the evolution of all three life-streams, and although ultimately we are conscious Human beings, we are also composed of Devic and Elemental essences which are responsible for our physical bodies and life energies respectively.

The Seven Rays interact with a Human being through the medium of the seven major chakras which form links between each of man’s bodies that exist on higher sub-planes above the physical. Our chakras are numerically related to both the Seven Rays and the Seven Planes, so that the lowest, the Base Centre, relates to the Seventh Ray, and the highest, the Crown Centre, relates to the First Ray.

The highest three chakras, the Crown, Head and Throat, work mainly with Elemental, Human and Devic energy respectively, giving us our life-force or will, our consciousness, and our form or physical body. This ties in with our spirit, soul and personality. In real terms, the Third Ray is responsible for our mental faculties, the Second Ray is responsible for our awareness, and the First Ray is responsible for our physical motivation. The lower four chakras work with the four Rays of Attribute through the medium of the four elements which correspond to the lower four Planes. These Planes are formed out of the substance of Elementals ~ which is why they are alluded to as the "elements" ~ and are organised into realities perceivable by Human consciousness through the interaction of the Devas.

In a Human being, the Earth element governs the solid form, from skeleton to skin; the Water element governs the liquid form, from the water content of the body to the bloodstream; the Air element governs the gaseous form such as the breath; and the Fire element governs the energy form such as the nervous system.

Although each person belongs fundamentally to just one Ray, we also possesses minor qualities of other Rays which help to mould the individual character. This is similar to the situation in astrology, where every individual with a Leo sun sign will also have traits taken from other zodiac signs dependent on planetary placings and his Ascendant. There the similarity ends. It is not possible to ascertain a person's Ray type from a study of the horoscope, because the energies of the Seven Rays which manifest on Earth originate from the realms of the stars far beyond our own solar system, and their energies are scaled down even before they reach the stars which comprise our zodiac signs.

So the Seven Rays, besides being a way of classifying and relating all manner of things both spiritual and mundane, also show that there are seven different approaches to spirituality, as each individual’s soul or Higher Self functions on just one of these Rays. Above this is our spiritual essence or Monad, which does not function through the Seven Rays but only through the three Primary Rays.

The relationship between each of the Seven Rays and how these energies work into physical manifestation introduces the concept of angles.

Angles are non-physical energy connections that underlie all physical reality. They are the common denominator of everything that exists in the physical world and beyond, because they form the actual blueprint of all physical existence, both living and inert.

Just as the Seven Rays are the seven natural divisions of any reality, angles are the subjective relationship between two or more objective realities. Angles do not have an objective existence of their own, and operate as subjective connections between apparently unrelated forms. They are the result of the co-operation between the Devic and Elemental life evolutions, and function beyond our earthly Human objective awareness.

Although the idea of a relationship implies a connection we can understand with our logical minds, the truth is that everything in the universe is connected directly or indirectly to everything else. A lot of connections are obvious, such as your hand is connected to your arm, or a strong wind is responsible for leaves falling from trees, and in these instances the connection is objective, because we appreciate the connection. However, there are many indirect connections between things that are not obvious, because for anything to exist in the physical world it has to be connected in some way to the reality of physical existence. We cannot understand such connections because they are subjective and involve angles.

Every variety of manifestation on our planet owes its origins to angles through their intimate connection with form. They are symbolically assigned two of their own attributions, "intention" and "substance". "Intention" is produced by the Elemental Lords of Flame, and "substance" is produced by the Devic Lords of Form, who are also responsible for the construction of angles, using the medium of the archetypal Elementals as co-operative ingredients. This why the Devas are known as the "builders of the universe".

Angles are not form and only become so when the third ingredient is added, which is conscious energy or love. This is the attractive and creative force in the universe that stimulates angles into producing form on the lower four planes of manifestation. This joins with the two attributes of angles making a temporary, non-evolving life form which exists until consciousness ceases to be applied, and the life form returns to being a mere angle. When angles are activated and become temporary life forms they have a threefold existence of life-force, consciousness and form. Angles are not living beings: they do not evolve or belong to a particular Kingdom of evolution, but are a natural product of the Devic evolution, who create angles like we think.

Devas produce angles to give structure to the archetypal energy fields of the Planes - the basic state of the Elemental archetypes, by converting them into a condition that can be utilised by the Second Primary of consciousness. Once they have been activated, they fulfil their particular role through the angular structure of the etheric sub-planes of the lower Planes of Fire, Air, Water and Earth. Each Plane and sub-plane is of one element only, and therefore consists of only one type of Elemental being.

Angles are not part of any occult or spiritual system, but exist in a variety of specific forms that appear to be totally unrelated until you understand the concept of angles. Ancient tradition recognised angles but chose either to personify them, or call them specific names depending on which of their numerous functions was being described. A few examples are the aka threads of the Huna religion of Hawaii; the cords of the spider's web in European mythology; acupuncture meridians that distribute chi energy through the body, the similar nadis of yoga; plus the ‘elementals’ of medieval magic.

In real terms, you cannot give specific examples of angles, you can only have what angles represent in each situation. This is because once you limit angles to any kind of definition, this becomes the concept that has been arrived at via angles, and so angles remain constantly subjective and beyond description. Angles do not have any kind of form of their own, even in the most abstract sense, but should be thought of more as potentialities of form after a definite archetypal pattern.

As the necessary ingredient of form, they exist in conjunction with manifestation on all Planes and sub-planes from the cosmic Third Plane downwards, which is the highest level on which form of any kind can exist.

In addition, angles always consist of the energies or substance peculiar to the Plane or sub-plane on which they function, although they also form connections between Planes. This is because "intention" works through a particular sub-plane that corresponds to the most suitable form or "substance" for a particular idea; so that when the circumstances surrounding the manifestation become ideal, creating the opportunity for Human involvement, the Deva is bound to create the angle out of the Elemental life of this sub-plane.

Individual Humans also owe their existence to angles. The Lords of Karma, evolved Devas associated with the planets, are responsible for creating Human angles before birth. The individuality of each person is based on the interpretation of the karmic necessity earned in previous existences, which determines the structure of the angles to be used as the vehicle for Human consciousness.

Angles also produce the natural environment without which there would be no life on Earth, and which people need to gain experience of life. Devas co-operate with the Elementals of each Plane or sub-plane to produce our normal surroundings, together with the variety of environmental effects which have the ability to affect our lives. Weather patterns are a good example of angles in operation, from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on the earth sub-plane, to storms and tidal currents on the liquid sub-plane, to hurricanes and storms on the air sub-plane, and lightning on the energy sub-plane. The ancients were more aware than modern people of the hidden forces that caused these changes in the environment, and learnt how to work with these natural forces of the planet, who they knew as gods.

Angles link a Human being to his natural life environment via his etheric sheath or vital body. The etheric sheath acts like a scaffolding for the physical form, much like a spider's web. Each thread of the web acts as a channel that connects the pranic life-force of the higher sub-planes to the seven major chakras.

These lines of the spider’s web are one representation of angles. They form connections between every part of a Human being, because they form the blueprint of his identity, of his essence and of his potentialities. Every aspect of Human existence depends on one of these lines or angles making a connection to the rest of his form.

Angles, as the fabric of consciousness, are the framework through which we have conscious experience. Through the application of our conscious energy - often outside of our normal awareness - we inject them with the third balancing force, and once their three ingredients are in balance, their "intention", "substance" and "consciousness", the angle is activated.

This process demonstrates how they are responsible for a person's attributes, likes, manners, dreams, experiences, abilities, senses, intelligence, thoughts, emotions, pride, passion, love, compassion, health and energy. Absolutely everything concerning a human individual, even before birth and after death, is dependent on angles.

If we consider a person as an angle, the First Primary is the will, which works as the archetypal energy which make us Human, the Second Primary is our consciousness, representing our condition of awareness and the Third Primary is our angular form, representing our body and physical shape. The sum total of a person's angles, that have been imbued with consciousness and therefore brought to life, could be seen as a single Devic being: our personal guardian and provider, our Holy Guardian Angel. This is the Devic life who exists through the accumulation of awareness that is linked to our angles, and whose role is to sustain the balance between form and consciousness.

However, the Human etheric angular structure is only one representation of angles in man's natural environment: EVERY manifestation on our planet owes its origins to angles through their intimate connection with form, because angles are the subjective relationship between ANY two objective realities.

Angles are responsible for the interpretation of every reality we are normally able to experience, because they originate with universal energies that have their origins in the delicate balance and interaction of the planets in our solar system. The highest representations of angles in our reality are the astrological aspects between planets. These planetary angles are in continual motion but always retain a permanent existence, as the relationship between individual planets varies their intensity and influence over time. On Earth, we interact with angles like these because they have a subtle effect on various levels of electromagnetic frequencies, which are tuned to our Human sensory apparatus working through our chakras.

As the original angular set exists in the relationship between the planets in our solar system, these angles can be determined approximately from a horoscope. More than this, each individual is part of a huge angular structure that ties us in with all forms of life in the universe, from planets and stars, to Devas and Elementals. Humanity as a whole is an angle as much as each individual is a smaller angle within the group collective, and the constituent parts are all based on the same original design: as above, so below. This is the origin of the idea of archetypes, or in a mythical sense that "man is made in God’s image", because all Human beings are archetypal man with the same basic angular set.

THE PRIMARY RAYS

The first three Rays are called the Primary Rays because they embody both the original Principles of the Absolute, as well as being IDENTICAL to the First, Second and Third Rays, but need to be considered as having a separate existence in order to explain the functions of the Seven Rays, and how the Rays relate to Human life. The Primaries are the original manifestation of the Rays working at the Monadic level of existence, where only three Rays exist. As such, they are of pure Ray quality, because they embody the essence of the Absolute’s Principles. Once they descend to the lower levels of existence, they become the Seven Rays to establish physical manifestation. The Seven Rays that relate to Human spirituality are not pure in the sense that the Primaries are pure, but instead partake of minor qualities from other Rays giving them individual and unique characteristics.

There is a difference in quality between every manifestation of the Rays on Earth, even the First, Second and Third Rays, because the reason they exist in the physical realms is to add to these qualities. The Primary Rays are pure because they cannot be improved; they are as perfect as the Absolute, as they are His Principles, and equate more with the Divine Triplicity than the actual energies of the Rays which manifest in our daily lives. I must emphasise that each Ray is equal in its manifestation on Earth, and no Ray is better, easier or more useful than any other.

There are two final points, which are central to the understanding of how the Rays function. The first is that each seventh division of the three aspects of the Absolute is closely related to every other division bearing the same number. If all Rays, Planes, and Kingdoms are numbered from the highest to lowest with the numbers from one to seven, as well as each sub-division, each numbered part will relate to all other parts with the same number, no matter where in the system it is situated. Therefore, there is a definite relationship between the Seventh Ray, the seventh sub-division of all Rays, the Seventh Plane, the Seventh sub-division of all Planes, the Seventh Kingdom, and the Seventh sub-divisions of all Kingdoms. For example, the Seventh Ray attribute of ‘earthing’ is related to the Seventh Plane of the Physical as well as the Seventh Kingdom of minerals.

The second point is that between each level of awareness, each sub-division of each Ray and each sub-division of each Plane, there is a very real and definite barrier ~ which explains why in our normal physical state we are completely unaware of realities outside of our own.

Spiritual Relationships

The eventual goal for Humanity is to function naturally through the Second Plane of pure consciousness, above the level on which angles can exist. Until then we should learn to relate to ideas, situations and people on a purely conscious level, using our Human Second Ray qualities of Love and Wisdom, irrespective of our own soul Ray, and learn to see through their angular structures and recognise their true essence that exists above the level of angles. This is conscious bonding. To enlarge on this idea, let us use the example of a meeting between two people. Unless the meeting is very casual, it usually occurs because certain angles common to both individuals match for a short period, enabling them to interact with each other. This will often show as a common aspect between the people's horoscopes, which will signify the angle of connection. Conscious bonding does not require angles of any kind to function, although the initial meeting may be angular. The developing relationship will be above the earthly angle set, and will have its connection on the Second Plane or a second sub-plane of consciousness, above the level of angles.

However, we are alive in separate bodies and so have to allow for separate existences. This gives us a natural division to the flow of consciousness, and this natural division should provide us with enough capacity for life, at the same time as allowing for the particular qualities required for our development. Such guidelines exist which do give us natural boundaries in order to develop our qualities of separateness and objectivity, and which adequately provide all our needs. We are potentially part of all creation so we do have to have a certain ‘form’ which allows us to operate as separate beings of consciousness, separate not as we know it, still linked to the rest of creation but linked as a raindrop is to a shower of rain, and this natural division of the flow of total consciousness is the zodiac signs at our present stage of evolution, and in the next stage of our evolution which we are now preparing for, it will be through a division into our Seven Ray types.

The reason for the earthly existence of Humans is to experience life on behalf of the Absolute, to develop the qualities He requires to further His own existence, because we are Him. This must not be understood as though we are working on behalf of someone else: every one of us is an essential part of the Absolute. All Humans contain the essence of the Absolute within themselves; in a similar way that holograms can be separated into numerous pieces and still retain the same identity and attributes of the original because they are no different to the original. There is no distinction between any part of the Absolute and His Kingdom and Creation, seen from His perspective, because all of His parts have the ability to act as though they were the only part, which in one sense they are.

Between Earthly lives we exist in a variety of higher dimensions that are not only subject to different realities and with different time scales, so that four hundred years between lives might seem to the incarnating soul as no longer than a day, but also that we are less separate from each other. Part of the trauma of birth and earthly existence is due to the fact that we exist in separate bodies, where in higher non-physical existences we are connected in a very real sense to other beings who are working along similar lines to us, sometimes on the same Ray, but just as often on different Rays. This joining of non-physical soul entities works through a higher type of angular connection above the level where angles are able to exist, and so the connection between souls is through what is known as conscious bonding. The nearest condition we have to this on Earth is telepathy, but conscious bonding is much more than this, and nearer to a kind of council of minds with equal use of whatever form or appearance the soul is ‘wearing’, a true case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. The relevance of this is that when these same souls are born into earthly life, which usually happens so that they are destined to be involved with each other during each life, this conscious bonding is translated into angles, which connect through the Heart Centre as this is the centre through which angles operate on a personal basis through its links with the Fourth Ray.

From this we can see that all Humans are actually part of the same unit of consciousness, we are all connected and function on the higher Planes as different facets or limbs if you like of the same body of consciousness which we know as Humanity: there is no division into me, you and her, we are all the same. And the connection between these facets of the same conscious being which includes all Humanity is actually a Second Primary equivalent of angles, which is called conscious bonding. When these conscious bonds between individual units of consciousness are brought down through the levels to experience Human life, they are copied into a similar form of existence and become personal angles, which being of Devic rather than Human conception, make us aware of our separateness rather than our connection. This is why we cannot appreciate that we are all part of the same collective identity known as the Human race, because instead of being aware through our conscious bonds which would allow us to understand this connection, these bonds have been replaced with angles, which develop the idea of separateness instead of unification.

This is not due to fault in the creation process. This is a very necessary part of our evolution and development. Without this feeling of separateness, we would not have the ability to interact with other life through our senses, and so gain the understanding and wisdom that can only be learnt from experience. The only way we can learn from our experience of life is through the interconnection only angles can give us. Angles allow the interaction between apparently different forms that are in fact all powered by a common source of conscious energy. The only way this can work with a maximum amount of freedom is to set infinite restrictions, which at present are the angular restraints of zodiac signs, and at a later stage when the true self is functioning with more conviction, these same infinite restrictions become the Seven Rays. So although we believe ourselves to be separate from other souls because we wear the mask of a particular zodiac sign or Ray, this is the only way we can give the Absolute or ourselves the ability to grow through such experiences, even though we, as the Absolute, are already perfect: we are divided into Rays so we can assimilate the unity of the Absolute.