The Great White Brotherhood: In the Culture, History and Religion of America

by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Thomas Miller (Illustrator)

Throughout the ages, there have been men and women in every race and religion that have mastered time and space, transcended the cycles of karma and rebirth, and returned to the Source of all life. By attaining the goal of life, the ascension, these souls have become ascended masters.

In this book, drawn from the author's pivotal spiritual conference held at Mount Shasta in 1975, you will discover how the saints and sages of both East and West work together behind the scenes of life with seekers in every field of human endeavor. Learn about this vast brotherhood of light, known as the Great White Brotherhood (the word “white” refers not to race but to the aura of white light that surrounds these ascended masters), their devotion to humanity, and their tireless efforts to help you and those you love.

Contains an easy-to-understand and unique approach to spiritual astrology called the “Cosmic Clock,” with diagrams. Also explores key interpretations of the Book of Revelation, America's unique role, and the little-known vision of George Washington and the prophecy of Sir William Hope about the future of America.

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Elizabeth Clare Prophet (1939-2009) was an author, teacher, messenger of the ascended masters and leader of The Summit Lighthouse—an internationally recognized spiritual center for the advancement of inner awakening and soul liberation. For decades Elizabeth's books have been front runners in the movement for individual union with God. Millions of copies have been sold worldwide and published in more than 30 languages.
Throughout her lifetime, Elizabeth Clare Prophet walked the path of spiritual adeptship, advancing through the universal initiations common to mystics of both East and West. She taught about this path and described her own experiences for the benefit of all who desire to make spiritual progress. She lectured across North and South America, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, the Philippines, Ghana, Liberia and India. With Her husband, Mark L. Prophet, she led pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Egypt and India.
Thousands of people from across the globe attended her four yearly conferences and hundreds of students learned spiritual teachings from her Summit University retreats. Her great desire was to share a spiritual path that would take true seekers, in the tradition of the mystical paths of the world's religions, as far as they could go and needed to go to meet their true teachers, the ascended masters, the archangels and their own Higher Self, face-to-face.
Her unpublished writings, lectures and dictations from the ascended masters continue to be released by Summit University Press.

Reviews

[Steven H · Rating 1 out of 5]

ONE OF ELIZABETH CLARE PROPHET'S "MAJOR" BOOKS

Elizabeth Clare Prophet (1939-2009) founded The Summit Lighthouse with her husband Mark Prophet (1918-1973), which became the Church Universal and Triumphant in 1975. The Church lost members after her failed prophecies of nuclear war in the 1980s-1990s, and Alzheimer's Disease caused her to retire from the ministry in 1999. She/they wrote other books, such as 'Climb the highest mountain: The Everlasting Gospel,' 'Prophecy for the 1980s,' 'The Science Of The Spoken Word,' 'The Lost Years of Jesus,' 'The Lost Teachings Of Jesus,' etc. Her daughter Erin also wrote 'Prophet's Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet Inside the Church Universal and Triumphant.'

She wrote in the Introduction to this 1976 book, "America's place in the destiny of the cosmos comes to the fore under the influence of the hierarchy of Aquarius... Drawn from every nation, from every lifewave and evolution, the American people are chosen as the standard-bearers of an age---not by the favoritism of an anthropomorphic God, but by the choice of a free-will God-ordained. The elect of the Lord are those who elect to be the instruments of the Lord... America is an experiment of the Great White Brotherhood... There is nothing automatic about the fulfillment of a cosmic destiny. America is simply opportunity, the gift of freedom... If indeed there is to be a cosmic destiny forged and won on this continent, it will be because this people have made the work of the ages their own." (Pg. v-vii)

She explains, "An ascended master, then, is one who, like Gautama and Maitreya, Jesus or Confucius or any master you can name, has chosen at a certain moment to be free." (Pg. 26) She later adds, "We have defined 'ascended masters' today as those who've mastered time and space, passed their initiations, balanced at least 51 percent of their karma, and ascended into the Presence of the I AM THAT I AM to become immortal God-free beings. We have said that these masters comprise the Spirit of the Great White Brotherhood---the fraternity of saints who have pledged to serve mankind until all mankind are free in the ritual of the ascension." (Pg. 59)

She says, "The knowledge of the I AM presence was first revealed in the 1920s and 30s by Godfre [Ray King; see Unveiled Mysteries, etc.], who will speak to us in a dictation this afternoon. He delivered to America and to all mankind the message of Saint Germain, the master of the Aquarian Age, that you and you and you have an individualized God Presence." (Pg. 39) She adds, "[in 1961] I was contacted by El Morya... and also called to be trained as a messenger. I was introduced to Mark Prophet. He became the instrument of my training under El Morya and Saint Germain... I was ordained by the master Saint Germain to represent him and to complete the mission of beloved Godfre Ray King (Guy Ballard)." (Pg. 60-61)

Later, she says, "The Summit Lighthouse in the heart of Morya... He contacted his representative Mark L. Prophet in 1958... and said, 'go to Washington, D.C., and found the Summit Lighthouse!'... The Summit Lighthouse was founded to set forth the law, cosmic law, for the Aquarian cycle." (Pg. 292-293) Still later, she says, "Summit University is sponsored by Gautama Buddha." (Pg. 274)

She suggests, "There have been great, great women in the history of America who have figured as patriarchs of the law... One outstanding woman who set the law of a new dispensation of teaching is Mary Baker Eddy, who sat at the feet of Jesus as Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. She set forth in the 1800s a teaching on the science of the immaculate concept..." (Pg. 125)

Significantly, she asserts, "Now there are some who say that sacred scripture is the absolute Word of God. Well, where it is the Word of God, it is the Word of God. Where it isn't there, it isn't there... people try to piece together a theology and a doctrine that they say we cannot stray from, when they do not have the whole writing of the law and the Word." (Pg. 255)

She also asserts, "The cult of the Mother, destined to come into prominence in the twentieth century, was the foundation of the civilization of Lemuria. The fall of Mu was the direct result of the Fall of Man, which reached its lowest point in the desecration of the shrines to the Cosmic Virgin." (Pg. 166) She adds, "Antichrist and the fallen ones have had their day... Their consciousness contributed to the wickedness that was accomplished in the days of Atlantis, which led finally to the edict that went forth from the Lords of Karma that resulted in the flood, the sinking of Atlantis." (Pg. 244-245)

This book is one of Prophet's most detailed "doctrinal" books. It will be of interest to anyone studying the Church Universal and Triumphant, or other "Ascended Masters" teachings.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Starts out all lovely, talking about the Ascended Masters and how to follow their teachings and such. Sadly, it goes on to become more and more bonkers, railing against communism and Lucifer, who somehow has been destroyed by God but is also somehow still a danger to mankind. I guess the church founded by Elizabeth Clare Prophet and her husband was actually pretty crazy and millenialist and, looking back at this book, I can now see it in the text.