Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle

by Alice A. Bailey

Occultism is concerned with the scientific facts behind the spiritual idealisms many accept because of a natural human tendency to idealise. One of the most highly idealised concepts is that of the brotherhood of man. Occultism shows that the scientific basis for that ideal rests on the fact of the one etheric structure underlying all forms within the solar system, energised and held in being by one life force. Mankind is, therefore, one in life and in form; he is merely unaware of unity in his own consciousness. And evolution is essentially the means by which he becomes progressively conscious of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.
In this whole process the faculties of man play an important part--the five objective senses with their five higher spiritual counterparts. The mental principle or faculty is of tremendous importance to humanity at this stage in his evolutionary unfoldment. The three-fold mind unifies as one faculty the higher or abstract mind, the soul--the son of mind, and the lower concrete mind. As this condition of mental fusion and control develops, the disciple is learning to use the mind in new ways, particularly in wielding energy which, as it vitalises and animates his etheric body, influences through radiation his effect on others.
It is through this conscious, controlled use of mental energy that telepathic communication can be scientificallv established with other minds by means of the etheric structure common to all. And by the same means the mind of the disciple, or of a group of disciples developing group consciousness, can be impressed by the clarity of thought and purpose of those members of the spiritual Hierarchy concerned with the working out of the Plan for humanity. The spiritual Hierarchy, we are toId, works only through the minds of disciples, using the science of impression, and only for the purposes of the Plan. The impression is conveyed as a stream of ideas--those ideas inherent in the Plan for man--which the disciple or the group can then interpret and translate into self-chosen action.
The form of telepathy now developing within the spiritually awakened aspirants of the world is not, therefore, that of the solar plexus centre which is of the animal nature, but the result of a mental polarisation and penetration in consciousness towards the soul and the Triad. This produces an open channel of communication in two directions--vertically towards the spiritual Hierarchy of the planet, seeking to impress the Plan on all receptive minds, and horizontally towards the minds of men united within the mental substance of human consciousness as one.
The second part of this book discusses the etheric structure of the planet and the solar system of which each man and each form is an integral part; the pattern of the triangle in controlling energy flow and establishing a continuity of circulation through the whole system is of immediate importance to humanity. We are involved in the life of the Planetary Logos--"in Him we live and move and have our being"--and we are a contributing part of the present effort to bring the etheric body under the influence of the soul, symbolised by the triangle. To the extent, and at the rate, that we succeed, so is the planetary etheric structure changing in form to become more consciously integrated into the energy system of which our planet is one small unit.
So the living process of unity is exemplified--the part contributing to the whole, and the whole effecting the part through every cell and atom of every grade of substance which it contains.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, Occult, Metaphysics, Theosophy, Philosophy

220 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1950

About the author

Pease note: this is a different author from Alice Bailey.

Alice A. Bailey (1880-1949) was an English esoteric practitioner and writer.
At the age of 35, she entered the Theosophical Society center in Los Angeles (USA), at the Pacific Grove Theosophical Lodge. In 1919, Bailey (39 years old) severed her ties to the Theosophical Society and began to write texts that he claimed were dictated telepathically by a certain "Tibetan," or "D. K. ». She published those texts under the title Human and Solar Initiation. There she made known the existence of the spiritual hierarchy, which Madame Blavatsky had already spread, although not in an orderly way.
She later revealed that the Tibetan D.K. was the master Djwal Khul. She wrote using the teacher's name for 30 years, from 1919 until her death in 1949.

Reviews

[Van Nuys · Rating 5 out of 5]

How do you rate a book like this? By the value it provides you, or by it's readability? This book needs to be read slowly and then re-read. There are no throw-away sentences. It is written by a Master monk. When I first got the book, I thought I could find out how I might strengthen any ability I might have for telepathy. Perhaps I did, perhaps not. That's not what this book is about. In my opinion, this book is about the inter-connectivity of everything, from humankind to the highest entities, and the energies/impressions that travel among and between all.

[Nancy Davison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I began reading the Bailey materials many years ago. At this time one of the groups with which I work is studying, commenting and meditating on these teachings and has chosen this book for our next endeavour. For many years some of us have been experimenting with mental telepathy, and while our efforts have hardly proven 100% effective, we've learned a great deal, and continue to practice this science.

For those who are serious about their spiritual evolution, this is an invaluable book.

[Vien Nguyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Consider when it was written. The information remains timeless in their concerns of human potentials.

[Ign33l · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so lit with in the etheric beem that i finished reading this fast.
I wanna give tnx to the universe for explaining me how things are connected.
This bible shared with me the point of focal energy in the nervous system. Best anatomy schooling ive read.
Wish yall a fired up dae

[Kel Caffekey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very comprehensive insight Into telepathy. I took several things from this book and am glad I picked it up.

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

easy read