Glossary of Ascended Master Terms and Definitions

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Sacred fire. The Kundalini fire that lies as the coiled serpent in the base-of-the-spine chakra (the Muladhara) and rises through spiritual purity and self-mastery to the crown chakra, quickening the spiritual centers on the way. God, light, life, energy, the I AM THAT I AM. "Our God is a consuming fire." The sacred fire is the precipitation of the Holy Ghost for the baptism of souls, for purification, for alchemy and transmutation, and for the realization of the ascension, the sacred ritual of the return to the One.
(Heb. 12:29.)

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Sacred labor. That particular calling, livelihood, or profession whereby one establishes his soul's worth both to himself and to his fellowman. One perfects his sacred labor by developing his God-given talents as well as the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit and laying these upon the altar of service to humanity. The sacred labor is not only one's contribution to one's community but it is the means whereby the soul can balance the threefold flame and pass the tests of the seven rays. It is an indispensable component of the path to reunion with God through the giving of oneself in practical living for God.

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Saint Germain. The Ascended Master. Chohan (Lord) of the Seventh Ray of Freedom, Hierarch of the Aquarian Age, sponsor of the United States of America; initiator of souls in the science and ritual of alchemy and transmutation through the violet flame by the power of the spoken Word, meditation, and visualization. His retreat in North America is the Cave of Symbols at Table Mountain, Wyoming. He also uses the Royal Teton Retreat at the Grand Teton, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; the retreat of his Guru, the Great Divine Director, the Cave of Light in India; and the Rakoczy Mansion, his focus in Transylvania. The keynotes of the Rakoczy Mansion are "Tales from the Vienna Woods" and "Rakoczy March." Following are his soul's incarnations as revealed in various dispensations/activities:
Ruler of a golden-age civilization in the area of the Sahara Desert 50,000 years ago.
High priest on Atlantis 13,000 years ago. Served in the Order of Lord Zadkiel in the Temple of Purification, located where the island of Cuba now is.
The Prophet Samuel, eleventh century b.c., Israel. Great religious leader who figured as prophet, priest, and last of the Hebrew judges.
Saint Joseph, first century a.d., Nazareth. Protector of Jesus and Mary.
Saint Alban, late third or early fourth century, town of Verulamium, renamed St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. First British martyr. Sheltered a fugitive priest, became a devout convert, and was put to death for disguising himself as the priest so he could die in his place.
Teacher of Proclus. The last major Greek Neoplatonic philosopher, Proclus (c. 410-485, Athens) headed the Platonic Academy and wrote extensively on philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, and grammar.
Merlin, c. fifth or sixth century, Britain. Magician, seer, and counsellor at King Arthur's court who inspired the founding of the Order of the Knights of the Round Table.
Roger Bacon, c. 1220-1292, England. Philosopher, educational reformer, and experimental scientist; forerunner of modern science renowned for his exhaustive investigations into alchemy, optics, mathematics, and languages.
Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506, probably born Genoa, Italy, settled in Portugal. Discovered America in 1492 during first of four voyages to the New World sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, England. Philosopher, statesman, essayist and literary master, author of the Shakespearean plays, father of inductive science and herald of the scientific revolution. Took the initiation of the ascension May 1, 1684, then reappeared as:
Le Comte de Saint Germain, the "Wonderman of Europe," eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. According to Prince Karl of Hesse, the Count revealed himself as the son of Prince Ferenc Rakoczy II of Transylvania; others have speculated he was a Portuguese Jew or son of the king of Portugal. Outstanding alchemist, scholar, linguist, musician, artist and diplomat; worked behind the scenes to bring about a United States of Europe and to forestall the bloodshed of violent revolution. His powers included bilocation, appearing at court and then dissolving his form at will, removing flaws from diamonds and other precious stones, and precipitating an elixir that prevented aging. He was also ambidextrous and could compose simultaneously a letter with one hand and poetry with the other, or two identical pieces of writing with each hand. He visited Marie Antoinette and her intimate friend, Madame d'Adhémar, who later wrote the story of his adeptship and warning of the coming debacle and death of the king and queen.
(See Madame d'Adhémar, Souvenirs de Marie Antoinette, excerpted in Isabel Cooper-Oakley, The Count of Saint-Germain [Blauvelt, N.Y.: Rudolph Steiner Publications, 1970]. "Saint Germain on Freedom," in Pearls of Wisdom, 1977, vol. 20, nos. 31-52; 1978, vol. 21, nos. 1-7; Saint Germain On Alchemy; Saint Germain On Prophecy. Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Lords of the Seven Rays, Book One, chap. 7, Book Two, chap. 7. Saint Germain: Chohan of the Seventh Ray of Freedom, 2-audiocassette album. Lectures by Elizabeth Clare Prophet: The Golden Age Prince: A Lecture on Francis Bacon, 2-audiocassette album. "Saint Germain: 'The Man Who Never Dies and Who Knows Everything,'" 1-hour TV show on video. Saint Germain On Alchemy, 2-videocassette album; 3 audiocassettes. "Christopher Columbus: The Man and the Myth," three 1-hr. TV shows on video; 2 audiocassettes.

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Sanat Kumara. Great Guru of the seed of Christ throughout cosmos; Hierarch of Venus; the Ancient of Days spoken of in Daniel 7:9, 13, 22. Sanat Kumara (from the Skt., meaning "always a youth") is one of the Seven Holy Kumaras. Long ago he came to Earth in her darkest hour when all light had gone out in her evolutions, for there was not a single individual on the planet who gave adoration to the God Presence. Sanat Kumara and the band of 144,000 souls of Light who accompanied him volunteered to keep the flame of Life on behalf of Earth's people. This they vowed to do until the children of God would respond to the love of God and turn once again to serve their Mighty I AM Presence. Sanat Kumara's retreat, Shamballa, was established on an island in the Gobi Sea, now the Gobi Desert. The first to respond to his flame was Gautama Buddha, followed by Lord Maitreya and Jesus.

Sanat Kumara is revered in Hinduism as one of the four or seven sons of Brahma. They are portrayed as youths who have remained ever pure. He is said to be one of the oldest progenitors of mankind. Sanat Kumara has revealed his fourfold identity as champion of the Cosmic Christ in the four quadrants of Matter and in his own Lightbearers as (1) Karttikeya, the god of war and commander-in-chief of the army of gods. Legends say Karttikeya was born specifically to slay the demon Taraka, who symbolizes the lower mind, or ignorance. (2) Kumara, "the holy youth." (3) Skanda, the son of Shiva. (4) Guha, "cave"; so called because he lives in the cave of the heart.

Sanat Kumara held the position of Lord of the World until his disciple Gautama Buddha reached sufficient attainment to hold that office. On January 1, 1956, Gautama Buddha was crowned Lord of the World and Sanat Kumara, as Regent Lord of the World, returned to Venus and to his twin flame, the Lady Master Venus. There, in another dimension of the 'physical/etheric' octave-together with the other Holy Kumaras, Mighty Victory and his legions, many Ascended Masters and the Lightbearers of Venus-he continues his service with the Great White Brotherhood on behalf of planet Earth. On May 25, 1975, Lady Master Venus announced that she had come to "tarry for a time on Terra" to dedicate anew the fires of the Mother as Sanat Kumara keeps the flame on Venus. Sanat Kumara frequently dictates through the Messenger and envelops the Earth in the swaddling garment of his auric field. See also Lord of the World.
(See Sanat Kumara On the Path of the Ruby Ray: The Opening of the Seventh Seal, Pearls of Wisdom, 1979, vol. 22, Book I.)

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Satan. (From Gk., Heb. 'adversary'.) A lieutenant of the fallen Archangel Lucifer and ranking member of his false hierarchy, mistakenly thought to be the archdeceiver himself. However, before his fall Satan had never attained to the rank of Archangel. Thus in the hierarchy of fallen angels, neither he nor any other ever exceeded Lucifer. The "Devil" was Lucifer and the surviving fallen angels that were under him are all called devils, Lucifer's seed still outranking the seed of the lesser powers and principalities of Darkness. Even so, in their personification of Evil, or the Energy Veil, those who deified and were the embodiment of Absolute Evil were referred to by the generic term "devil." Both Lucifer and Satan and their various lieutenants have been referred to in scripture as the adversary, the accuser of the brethren, the tempter, the Antichrist, the personification of the carnal mind of mankind, i.e., the planetary dweller-on-the-threshold, Serpent, the beast, the dragon, etc. On January 27, 1982, Satan was remanded to the Court of the Sacred Fire, resulting in his final judgment and second death.
(See Jesus Christ, "The Final Judgment of Satan," in Pearls of Wisdom, 1982, vol. 25, Book I, no. 16.)

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Science of the spoken Word. See Spoken Word.

Seraphim. Also known as the seraphic hosts. The order of angels dedicated to the focusing of the flame of purity and the consciousness of purity before the throne of God, in the electronic fire rings of the Great Central Sun, and throughout the cosmos in the planes of Spirit and Matter. Justinius is the Captain of Seraphic Bands. Under his direction they serve at the altar of God in the Great Central Sun and at the ascension flame and the Ascension Temple at Luxor. Serapis Bey, the Hierarch of the Ascension Temple and Chohan of the Fourth Ray, was originally of the order of the seraphim. Isaiah saw "seraphims" (Heb. 'burners', 'burning ones') standing above the LORD's throne, each one having six wings: "With twain he covered his face (before the LORD's glory), and with twain he covered his feet (in reverence before the holiness of the LORD), and with twain he did fly (accelerate his vibration to the planes of the Great Central Sun, decelerate to the planes of physicality and form)." The seraphim are initiators of the LORD's servants on earth, purging and purifying the ones chosen to be his ministering servants-priests, prophets, messengers, etc. Isaiah himself received the seraphic initiation, which he vividly describes: "Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged."


Serapis Bey describes his vision of the seraphim in his Dossier on the Ascension: "The seraphim came and they were as flaming streaks of fire passing through the atmosphere, and I knew that they possessed the quality of cosmic penetrability. Like cosmic rays they could pass through the flesh form of man, through his thoughts and feelings. When penetration occurred and the seraphim flew through human consciousness, what residue was left behind or what absorption was accomplished?

"I saw clearly that absorption was accomplished and that residue was left behind-absorption by reason of instantaneous transmutation of all substance that came nigh unto their trajectory. I noted also that the residue left behind was of intense white-fire devotion, charged with a yearning for purity. I perceived that this quality lingered within the consciousness of many; and yet, unless it was fed or accepted by them, its decay rate in their consciousness would be of relatively short term, for a disassociation of these ideas would cause the lingering sparks of the seraphim to pursue the parent body and leave their temporarily unwelcome home. Affinitizing with the consciousness of the seraphim is tantamount to retaining the benefits of the seraphic hosts.

"I know of no power more valiantly capable of assisting anyone into his own ascension in the light than the transmutative efforts toward Cosmic Christ purity that are emitted by the seraphic hosts. In our retreat at Luxor, the meditations upon the seraphim are a very important part of our spiritual instruction. Jesus himself spent a great deal of time in communion with the seraphic hosts. This developed in him the superior power whereby he could cast out demons and take dominion over the outer world of form." The mantra of the seraphim that they chant without ceasing before the throne of the LORD is: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory."
(Isa. 6:2, 3, 6, 7. See Serapis Bey, Dossier on the Ascension, pp. 115-40.)

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Serapis Bey. The Ascended Master. Lord (Chohan) of the Fourth Ray; Hierarch of the Ascension Temple at Luxor, Egypt; keeper of the ascension flame. Known as the great disciplinarian, Serapis reviews and trains candidates for the ascension. In the nineteenth century, he worked closely with El Morya, Kuthumi, Djwal Kul, and other Masters to found the Theosophical Society. The keynote of Serapis Bey is "Celeste Aïda" by Verdi and the keynote of his retreat is "Liebestraum" by Liszt. Serapis Bey's embodiments include:
High priest on Atlantis more than 11,500 years ago, served in the Ascension Temple.
Amenhotep III, c. 1417-1379 b.c., Egyptian pharaoh, called "the Magnificent." Brought Egypt to its height of diplomatic prestige, prosperity, and peace. His extensive building of monuments, palaces, and temples included construction of the temple of Luxor.
Leonidas, c. 480 b.c., king of Sparta. With only 300 soldiers he resisted the advance of Xerxes' vast Persian army in a herculean effort at Thermopylae. Though finally defeated, their fight to the last man is celebrated in literature as the epitome of heroism in the face of overwhelming odds. See also Chohan.
(See Serapis Bey, Dossier on the Ascension: The Story of the Soul's Acceleration into Higher Consciousness on the Path of Initiation. Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Lords of the Seven Rays, Book One, chap. 4; Book Two, chap. 4. Elizabeth Clare Prophet, A Retreat on the Ascension-an Experience with God, 8-audiocassette album.)

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Seven rays. The light emanations of the Godhead, e.g., the seven rays of the white light, which emerge through the prism of the Christ consciousness. The seven rays are (1) blue, (2) yellow, (3) pink, (4) white, (5) green, (6) purple and gold, and (7) violet. There are also five "secret rays," which originate in the white fire core of being, and numerous cosmic rays personally qualified by the heavenly hosts that radiate through the sacred hearts of the Father's emissaries to lesser evolved lifestreams.

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Seventh root race. An evolution of souls sponsored by the Great Divine Director and destined to embody on the continent of South America under the seventh dispensation, the Aquarian age, and the Seventh Ray. See also Root race.

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Shamballa. Shamballa, the etheric "City of White," ancient retreat of Sanat Kumara, was originally a physical replica of the Venusian City of the Kumaras. Shamballa was built on an island in the brilliant blue Gobi Sea (now the Gobi Desert) by volunteers who preceded Sanat Kumara to Terra. From the mainland, Shamballa was approached by a beautiful marble bridge. The main temple there, where Sanat Kumara established the focus of the threefold flame thousands of years ago, was marked by a golden dome and was surrounded by terraces, flame-fountains, and seven temples-one for each of the seven rays. Each year the people would come from many miles to witness the visible, physical sacred fire and to take home a piece of wood consecrated by Sanat Kumara to light their fires through the coming year. Thus began the tradition of the Yule log, commemorating the return to the fire of Christhood. The physical retreat of Shamballa was withdrawn to the etheric octave in subsequent dark ages.

On December 31, 1976, Gautama Buddha, Hierarch of Shamballa and successor of Sanat Kumara, announced that America is the place where "we will transfer Shamballa." He said, "Here we will transfer that city of light one day. It will be the implementation now of a secondary forcefield, the Omega aspect of Shamballa, as the Alpha aspect remains positioned where it is...in the Gobi Sea of light over the Gobi Desert." Lord Gautama recently established his Western Shamballa in the etheric octave over the Inner Retreat near Yellowstone National Park. On April 18, 1981, he announced: "From Shamballa I arc a light. I would establish the ground of the Ancient of Days....In this hour I contemplate-note it well-the arcing of the flame of Shamballa to the Inner Retreat as the Western abode of the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas and the Bodhisattvas-to-Be who are devotees of the Mother light."
(See Elizabeth Clare Prophet, "The Message of the Inner Buddha," in Pearls of Wisdom, 1989, vol. 32, pp. 419-23.)

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Shiva. See Brahma/Vishnu/Shiva.

Sin. Broadly, any departure from cosmic law that is the result of the exercise of free will.

Sons and daughters of God. (1) Those who come forth as the fruit of the divine union of the spirals of Alpha and Omega; those who have the Christ with them as the Immanuel. The creation of the Father-Mother God (Elohim) made in the image and likeness of the Divine Us, identified by the threefold flame of Life anchored within the heart. (2) On the Path, the term "sons and daughters of God" denotes a level of initiation and a rank in hierarchy that is above those who are called the children of God-children in the sense that they have not passed the initiations of the sacred fire that would warrant their being called joint-heirs with Christ, hence sons and daughters of God.

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Soul. God is a Spirit and the soul is the living potential of God. The soul's demand for free will and her separation from God resulted in the descent of this potential into the lowly estate of the flesh. Sown in dishonor, the soul is destined to be raised in honor to the fullness of that God-estate which is the one Spirit of all Life. The soul can be lost; Spirit can never die.

The soul remains a fallen potential that must be imbued with the reality of Spirit, purified through prayer and supplication, and returned to the glory from which it descended and to the unity of the Whole. This rejoining of soul to Spirit is the alchemical marriage that determines the destiny of the self and makes it one with immortal Truth. When this ritual is fulfilled, the highest Self is enthroned as the Lord of Life and the potential of God, realized in man, is found to be the All-in-all. (See Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Climb the Highest Mountain, 2d ed., pp. 8-13.)

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Spirit. The masculine polarity of the Godhead; the coordinate of Matter; God as Father, who of necessity includes within the polarity of himself God as Mother and hence is known as the Father-Mother God. The plane of the I AM Presence, of perfection; the dwelling place of the Ascended Masters in the kingdom of God. (When lowercased, as in "spirits," the term is synonymous with discarnates, or astral entities; "spirit," singular and lowercased, is used interchangeably with soul.)

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Spoken Word. The Word of the LORD God released in the original fiats of creation. The release of the energies of the Word, or the Logos, through the throat chakra by the Sons of God in confirmation of that lost Word. It is written, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." When man and woman reconsecrate the throat chakra in the affirmation of the Word of God, they become the instruments of God's own commandments that fulfill the law of their re-creation after the image of the Son.

Invocations offered by priests and priestesses of the sacred fire on Lemuria in this power of the spoken Word were originally given according to the science of the Logos. The perversion of this science in the practice of black magic occurred later, in the last days of Lemuria, bringing about the destruction of the temples of the Cosmic Virgin and the cataclysm that sank the continent. The Easter Island images are the remains, marking the site of the wars of the gods that shook the earth in those terrible days. By contrast, this science of the spoken Word was used in its pure form by the Israelites to fell the walls of Jericho. Today disciples use the power of the Word in decrees, affirmations, prayers, and mantras to draw the essence of the sacred fire from the I AM Presence, the Christ Self, and Cosmic Beings to channel God's light into matrices of transmutation and transformation for constructive change in the planes of Matter.

The science of the spoken Word (together with that of the immaculate concept) is the essential and key ingredient in all alchemy. Without the Word spoken, there is no alchemy, no creation, no change or interchange in any part of Life. It is the alchemist's white stone which, when successfully applied by the secrets of the heart flame, reveals the "new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." Blessed is he that overcometh the carnal mind's opposition to the exercise-the practice that makes perfect-of the science of the spoken Word in the offering of daily dynamic decrees unto the LORD, for unto him shall the Holy Spirit "give to eat of the hidden manna."

The Master of the Aquarian age, Saint Germain, teaches his disciples to invoke by the power of the spoken Word the violet flame for forgiveness of sins and for the baptism of the sacred fire in preparation for transition into the Higher Consciousness of God. See also Decree, Mantra.
(Matt. 12:37; Rev. 2:17. See Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Science of the Spoken Word. Jesus and Kuthumi, Prayer and Meditation. Prayers, Meditations, and Dynamic Decrees for the Coming Revolution in Higher Consciousness, Sections I and II. Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Science of the Spoken Word: Why and How to Decree Effectively, 4-audiocassette album. Elizabeth Clare Prophet, "I'm Stumping for the Coming Revolution in Higher Consciousness!" 3-audiocassette album; The Liberating Power of the Word, album 1, 6 audiocassettes. For audiocassettes of decrees, songs, mantras and rosaries, including decrees to Archangel Michael, El Morya, and Lord Lanto and violet flame decrees, see pp. 465-66.)

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The Summit Lighthouse. An outer organization of the Great White Brotherhood founded by Mark L. Prophet in 1958 in Washington, D.C., under the direction of the Ascended Master El Morya, Chief of the Darjeeling Council, for the purpose of publishing and disseminating the Teachings of the Ascended Masters.

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Synthetic image. That aspect of man or woman which is the counterfeit of true selfhood. The synthetic image is diametrically opposed to the Real Image of the Christ Self, which is the true identity of the sons and daughters of God.
(See Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Climb the Highest Mountain, chap. 1.)

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Threefold flame. The flame of the Christ that is the spark of Life anchored in the secret chamber of the heart of the sons and daughters of God and the children of God. The sacred trinity of Power, Wisdom, and Love that is the manifestation of the sacred fire. See also Chart of Your Divine Self.
(See "A Trilogy on the Threefold Flame of Life," in Saint Germain On Alchemy, pp. 265-352.)

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Transfiguration. An initiation on the path of the ascension that takes place when the initiate has attained a certain balance and expansion of the threefold flame.
(Matt. 17:1-8. See Jesus and Kuthumi, Corona Class Lessons, pp. 113-43.)

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Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is symbolical of the I AM Presence and Causal Body of each individual and of the connection, depicted in the Chart of Your Divine Self, of Light's children with their immortal Source. It is referred to in Genesis and Revelation: "Out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the Tree of Life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." "In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river was there the Tree of Life, which bare twelve manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." The twelve manner of fruits thereof are the twelve qualities of the God consciousness that man and woman are intended to realize as they follow the initiations on the path of the ascension. These are God-power, God-love, and God-mastery, God-control, God-obedience, and God-wisdom, God-harmony, God-gratitude, and God-justice; God-reality, God-vision, and God-victory.
(Gen. 2:9; Rev. 22:2. See Elizabeth Clare Prophet, "Keys from Judaism: The Kabbalah and the Temple of Man," Part 2: "The Creation of the Tree of Life," 1-hr. TV show on video.)

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Tube of light. The white light that descends from the heart of the I AM Presence in answer to the call of man as a shield of protection for his four lower bodies and his soul evolution. See also Chart of Your Divine Self.

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Twin flame. The spirit's masculine or feminine counterpart conceived out of the same white fire body, the fiery ovoid of the I AM Presence.
(See "Twin Flames in Love," in Pearls of Wisdom, 1978, vol. 21, nos. 34-47; 8-audiocassette album. The Ascended Masters On Soul Mates and Twin Flames, Pearls of Wisdom, 1985, vol. 28, Books I and II. The Coming Revolution: The Magazine for Higher Consciousness, Summer 1986. Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Twin Flames in Love II, 3-audiocassette album; condensed in 1-audiocassette album Twin Flames and Soul Mates: A New Look at Love, Karma and Relationships.)

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Unascended being. One who has not passed through the ritual of the ascension: (1) One abiding in time and space who has not yet overcome the limitations of the planes of Mater (as opposed to an ascended being, who has ascended into the Presence of God). (2) One who has overcome all limitations of Matter yet chooses to remain in time and space to focus the consciousness of God for lesser evolutions.

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The Universal. God, the One, the Divine Whole; energy that pervades the cosmos in the planes of Spirit and Matter as the universal presence of the Holy Spirit.

Uriel. See Archangel.

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