Adapted Great Invocation
From Theosophy Wiki [1]. The Great Invocation is a prayer published in 1937 by Alice Bailey.
From the point of Light within the Mind of God,
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let LIGHT descend on Earth.
From the point of Love within the Heart of God,
Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May the Coming One return to Earth.
From the center where the Will of God is known,
Let Purpose guide the little wills of men,
The PURPOSE which the Masters know and serve.
From the center which we call the race of men,
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out,
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power, restore the Plan on Earth.
Robert Ellwood wrote of this prayer:[2]
"Perhaps as well as anything could, the tone and thrust of these simple lines suggest the distinctive ethos of the Bailey work. It clearly shares basic theosophical teaching concerning human nature, KARMA, and the claimed existence of a hierarchy of a generally invisible but transcendent Masters guiding individual spiritual development and the evolution of the planet. But the work also displays a special quality that might be called theosophical eschatology."
Without replacing the original, an adapted version of the Great Invocation was released in 2000 in response to language sensitivities in a multi-cultural world. In the original text of the Great Invocation, the word Christ is replaced by the Coming One.[3]
"Many religions believe in a Coming One, a World Teacher, knowing him under such names as the Lord Maitreya, the Imam Mahdi, the Bodhisattva, and the Messiah, and these terms are used in some of the Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish versions of the Great Invocation."
References
- ↑ Theosophy Wiki contributors, 'Great Invocation', Theosophy Wiki, , 5 August 2016, 19:53 UTC, <https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Great_Invocation&oldid=29469> [accessed 20 April 2021 ]
- ↑ Robert Ellwood. "Bailey, Alice Ann Latrobe Bateman". Theosophy World Resource Centre. Archive. [accessed 20 April 2021]
- ↑ Lucistrust. 'The adapted Great Invocation' in Great Invocation. [accessed 10 August 2022 ]
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