Spiritual Festivals
Each month, over the period of the full moon, unique spiritual energies are available to awaken minds and hearts to spiritual values and principles that are necessary for human progress. The following articles, written by Sarah McKechnie, former President of the Lucis Trust, offer thoughtful reflections on the significance and opportunities available at these times.
Thousands of people link in thought during these monthly festivals to deepen the alignment between the Kingdom of God and humanity, and to distribute spiritual energies throughout the planet.
Further details can be found on the Lucis Trust website.
Thoughts on Virgo – The quickening of the spiritual life
As the age of Pisces withdraws, the energies of Virgo, Pisces’ polar opposite, reveal their significance with increasing clarity. Humanity’s orientation to the world of higher values, which was the main objective of the Piscean age, must culminate in the fusion in consciousness of soul and body, the writings of Alice Bailey tell us, and…
Thoughts on Leo – The path of awakening sensitivity
The progression of consciousness which leads from Cancer (the mass or herd) must pass through the awakening of the self, of individuality, in Leo before group consciousness can be registered in Aquarius. Individualism and intense self-awareness, the major characteristics of the Leo individual, must awaken and create a point of anchorage for consciousness in preparation…
More Thoughts on Cancer – Creating a sheath for the life of God
Esoteric teaching views the study of astrology as a depiction of the growth of consciousness leading to the recognition of relationships. In this progressive unfoldment, Cancer is one of two gates or doors. Through its gate souls pass into outer manifestation, into form. Because of its strong affiliation with forms, Cancer is sometimes called the…
Thoughts on Cancer – Revealing the hidden divinity
“God Transcendent eternally exists, but can only be seen and known and correctly approached by God Immanent—immanent in individual man, in humanity as a whole and in the planetary Life Itself”, Alice Bailey wrote. This shines light on the significance of Cancer, one of the two gates of the zodiac (the other being its polar…
Thoughts on Gemini – The two must become the One
Gemini is the sign of the messenger, both traditionally via Mercury and esoterically through the role of Avatars. This is a term frequently expropriated by popular culture, but the deep spiritual significance of an Avatar is demonstrated in the role of a Divine Messenger. These Avatars are the revealers of new truths who serve, on…
Thoughts on Taurus – Freedom from the great heresy of separateness
Through the transition from Aries (I come forth and from the plane of mind, I rule) to Taurus—I see and when the eye is opened, all is light—we gain an understanding of the power but also of the limitations posed by the mind in treading the Lighted Way to pure vision. As the ancient Teacher…
Thoughts on Aries – The source, the beginning, and the initiator of the New Age
Aries initiates a new cycle in the spiritual year and, now, the inauguration of the New Age. Aries embodies the will-to-create, and a fundamental truth is that all creation begins with thought. “God thought, God visualized, God spoke and the world was made and is sustained”, the writings of Alice Bailey affirm. So, too, does…