Master of wisdom

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Masters of Wisdom are unknown and anonymous authorities that occult movements rely on to legitimize their teachings.

In Blavatsky's theosophical movement , the masters are spiritually particularly highly developed people who are supposed to live in Shigatse in the Himalayas . The masters are also referred to in the theosophical writings as "Elder Brothers", Mahatmas ( महात्मा mahātmā , "great soul"), "Great White Lodge" or "Brotherhood of Shambala". This brotherhood is led by the "Lord of the World" who lives in the legendary "Kingdom of Shambhala " in the Gobi desert .

Admission in the west

The term “master of wisdom” became known in the West because prominent theosophists such as Blavatsky, Sinnett , AO Hume , Leadbeater , Judge , Besant , Fortune , Bailey , Helena and Nicholas Roerich pretended to be in contact with them, even theirs To be a student and to work in the world in their interest.

Alleged skills of the Blavatskys masters

Blavatsky attributed almost divine insight and power to the masters. Their masters have " supernatural powers " that enable them to do astral travel . You would be proficient in mind reading and could manipulate people's thoughts from any distance. The masters would have the ability to dissolve objects and make them reappear in other places.

Origin, place of residence and alleged encounter with the masters

During Blavatsky's lifetime, it was claimed that the masters lived in Xigazê, Tibet. After expeditions were unable to find their home, it was claimed that the masters had no human body and were only recognizable to clairvoyant eyes. Blavatsky claimed to have met her master Morya on a seven-year wandering in Tibet. Before that, she met him in nightly visions. The Master Morya (Master M) was one of the assistants of the "Great White Brotherhood of Master," by Blavatsky also called Mahatma, which were initiated as adept in secret teachings and the mythical "Kingdom of Shambhala lived" in the Gobi Desert, the subject of Tibetan of Buddhist texts. The brotherhood is led by a “Lord of the World” who has traveled to Shambhala from the planet Venus with some assistants and who currently lives in the body of a sixteen-year-old boy. The assistants of the “Lord of the World” include Buddha , “Mahahochan”, “ Manu ” and “ Maitreya ”. Maitreya's assistant is Blavatsky's “Master Koot Homi” (Master KH), a blue-eyed prince from Kashmir who, as a kind of “angel of the people”, gives the nations power and influence in world politics .

Masters letters

The Master Letters, also called Mahatma Letters in India, are said to have been delivered to prominent people in Blavatsky's surroundings via occult channels. Most of these letters are currently held in 18 file folders in the manuscript department of the British Museum in London. The authorship of the letters is disputed. In an investigation report published by the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) in 1885 , the letters were described as forgeries. In 1986, the SPR distanced itself from these allegations because a follow-up report held that evidence of forgery had not been provided. Originally not intended for publication, the letters contain statements on theosophical teaching and the Theosophical Society in addition to private communications. Receipt of such a letter was taken as evidence of a special closeness to the masters who trade as the sender.

Temple teachings

At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, the American Francia A. LaDue wrote down numerous teachings that she said had been given to her by the Masters of Wisdom. They were collected under the name “Temple Teachings”, published and translated into various languages. Woman LaDue founded with William H. Dower society Temple of the People ( Temples of Humankind ), which consists in Halcyon, California today. There are sister companies in England, Russia and Germany.

Agni Yoga (Living Ethics)

In the first half of the 20th century, the Russian Helena Roerich wrote down Agni Yoga (western term: living ethics), which she said had been transmitted to her by the masters of wisdom. This publication of 15 volumes with around 5,000 pages contains the overall presentation of the philosophy of the Mahatmas and a multitude of instructions for the practice of their teachings in daily life.

literature

  • Agni Yoga (Living Ethics) , 15 volumes. Spirale Verlag, Munich. Online version
  • Helena P. Blavatsky: The Secret Doctrine . Theosophical Publishing Society Adyar, Satteldorf 2000, ISBN 3-927837-59-8
  • Franz Hartmann: The masters of wisdom. The Indian and Tibetan Adepts, or Mahatmas . Treasury, Calw 1969, ISBN 3-924411-61-1
  • C. Jinarajadasa : Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom . The Theosophical Press, Adyar 1919 (1st volume), Adyar 1925 (2nd volume)
  • Jiddu Krishnamurti , Sri Ram : At the feet of the Master . Aquamarin Verlag, Grafing 2004, ISBN 3-89427-258-9
  • Norbert Lauppert (ed.): The Mahatma letters to AP Sinnett and AO Hume . Adyar Verlag, Graz 1977–1982; ISBN 3-85005-058-0 (1st volume), ISBN 3-927837-27-X (2nd volume), ISBN 3-927837-28-8 (3rd volume)
  • Norbert Lauppert (ed.): Letters from Tibetan wise men . Adyar-Verlag, Grafing 1954; 2. A. Graz 1974
  • Charles W. Leadbeater : The Masters and the Path . Aquamarin-Verlag, Grafing 2003; ISBN 3-89427-249-X
  • Temple of mankind (ed.): Temple teachings . Hirthammer Verlag, Munich 1977

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst E. Miers : Lexicon of Secret Knowledge (= Esoteric. Vol. 12179). Original edition; and 3rd updated edition, both Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 , pp. 412-413.
  2. ↑ Linus Hauser: Critique of the neo-mythical reason , Vol. 1: People as gods of the earth . Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, p. 310.
  3. ↑ Horst E. Miers: Lexicon of Secret Knowledge (= Esoteric. Vol. 12179). Original edition; and 3rd updated edition, both Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 , p. 413.
  4. ↑ Horst E. Miers: Lexicon of Secret Knowledge (= Esoteric. Vol. 12179). Original edition; and 3rd updated edition, both Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 , p. 413.
  5. ↑ Linus Hauser: Critique of the neo-mythical reason , Vol. 1: People as gods of the earth . Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, p. 309.
  6. ↑ Linus Hauser: Critique of the neo-mythical reason , Vol. 1: People as gods of the earth . Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, pp. 309-310.
  7. ↑ Horst E. Miers: Lexicon of Secret Knowledge (= Esoteric. Vol. 12179). Original edition; and 3rd updated edition, both Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-12179-5 , p. 417.