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| Initiation, Human and Solar - Chapter XI - The Participants in the Mysteries | 
| The Lord of the World, the One Initiator, he who is
    called in the Bible "The Ancient of Days," and in the Hindu Scriptures the First
    Kumara, he, Sanat Kumara it is, who from his throne at Shamballa in the Gobi desert,
    presides over the Lodge of Masters, and holds in his hands the reins of government in all
    the three departments. Called in some Scriptures "the Great Sacrifice," he has
    chosen to watch over the evolution of men and devas until all have been occultly
    "saved." He it is who decides upon the "advancements" in the different
    departments, and who settles who shall fill the vacant posts; he it is who, four times a
    year, meets in conference with all the Chohans and Masters, and authorizes what shall be
    done to further the ends of evolution. Occasionally, too, he meets with initiates of lesser degree, but only at times of great crises, when some individual is given the opportunity to bring peace out of strife, and to kindle a blaze whereby rapidly crystallizing forms are destroyed and the imprisoned life consequently set free. At stated
    periods in the year the Lodge meets, and at [107] the Wesak Festival gathers under His
    jurisdiction for three purposes: Three other initiation ceremonies take place during the year: At all initiations the Lord of the World is present, but at the first two he holds a
    position similar to that held by the Silent Watcher, when Sanat Kumara administers the
    oath at the third, fourth and fifth initiations. His power streams forth and the flashing
    forth of the star before the initiate is the signal of his approval, but the initiate does
    not see him face to face until the third initiation. The function of the three Kumaras, or the three Buddhas of Activity at
    initiation is interesting. They are three aspects of the one aspect, and the pupils of
    Sanat Kumara. Though their functions are many and varied, and concern primarily the forces
    and energies of nature, and the [108] direction of the building agencies, they have a
    vital connection with the applicant for initiation, inasmuch as they each embody the force
    or energy of one or other of the three higher subplanes of the mental plane. Therefore at
    the third initiation one of these Kumaras transmits to the causal body of the initiate
    that energy which destroys third subplane matter, and thus brings about part of the
    destruction of the vehicle; at the fourth initiation another Buddha transmits second plane
    force, and at the fifth, first subplane force is similarly passed into the remaining atoms
    of the causal vehicle, producing the final liberation. The work done by the second Kumara,
    with second subplane force, is in this solar system the most important in connection with
    the egoic body, and produces its complete dissipation, whereas the final application
    causes the atoms themselves (which formed that body) to disperse. During the initiation ceremony, when the initiate stands before the Lord of the World,
    these three great Beings form a triangle, within whose lines of force the initiate finds
    himself. At the first two initiations, wherein the Bodhisattva functions as the
    Hierophant, the Mahachohan, the Manu, and a Chohan who temporarily represents the second
    department perform a similar office. At the highest two initiations, those three Kumaras
    who are called "the esoteric Kumaras" form a triangle wherein the initiate
    stands, when he faces the Planetary Logos. These facts are imparted to teach two things, first, the unity of the method, second,
    that the truism "as above so below" is an occult fact in nature. At the final two initiations many members of the Hierarchy who are, if one might so
    express it, extra-planetary, and who function outside the dense physical and the etheric
    globe of our planet, take part, but a stricter enumeration is needless. Sanat Kumara is
    still the Hierophant, yet in a [109] very esoteric manner it is the Planetary Logos
    himself who officiates. They are merged at that time into one Identity, manifesting
    different aspects. Suffice it to say, in concluding this brief statement, that the making of an initiate is an affair with a dual effect, for it involves ever a passing on of some adept or initiate to a higher grade or to other work, and the coming in under the Law of some human being who is in process of attainment. Therefore it is a thing of great moment, involving group activity, group loyalty, and united endeavor, and much may depend upon the wisdom of admitting a man to high office and to a place in the council chambers of the Hierarchy.  | 
  
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