The Homes and Retreats of the Masters of Wisdom

THE ASCENSION TEMPLE AT LUXOR

From October 15th through November 14th, 1954

In the land of Egypt, along the banks of the Nile River, there exists the focus of the Great White Brotherhood dedicated to preserving the Cosmic Flame of the Ascension which is the WAY BACK HOME for every lifestream determined in itself to make things right before the Cosmic law and to complete the portion of the Divine Plan for which incarnation, sustained self-conscious being, and preservation of identity has been effected. 

The Ascension Temple at Luxor sustains the pulsation of the Ascension Flame in the atmosphere of Earth. This Flame is utilized freely by the nature kingdom in the resurrection of each successive springtime. The few members of the human race who awaken in each century to the desire to complete their cycles of incarnation become the responsibility of the Brotherhood.

When a man, in himself, desires to know the reason for his own being and desires to cooperate with the Will of God, he comes to the threshold of the Ascension Temple in consciousness. To graduate from the Earth plane and remove oneself from the wheel of birth and death, the individual must first determine within himself to complete his individual service to life, purify the energies he has used so prolifically through eons of living and prepare himself for selfconscious, awakened being in a realm where no discord, inharmony, imperfection or limitation exists. Thus, he must become incapable of generating discord through his own consciousness, his thought and feeling self. Only in such a manner can he qualify for entrance into the Kingdom of Harmony.

Individuals who have come to a place of spiritual maturity and who wish to serve with the Father who has created and sustained them through the centuries are given opportunities without limit to "serve the purpose through of that which made them men." Such opportunities, under the new dispensation, come in the ordinary life experience of daily living. These opportunities follow the pattern of the created initiations which are provided for the neophyte at Luxor. Because the "glamour" of the Retreat is not apparent in daily living, many worthy individuals who have applied for the disciplines, purifications and assistance of the Brotherhood of the Ascension, are not aware that the very experiences of life are being consciously provided by this Brotherhood and that the ascent is taking place according to the control and mastery of these conditions which so often pall upon the outer self.

The presence of the physical body in a certain place is not necessary for the acceptance of the individual into the role of applicant for mastery. The motive in the heart of the aspirant determines that acceptance. Many are the candidates for the ascension who live mundane lives in the world of form but whose souls are being purified, strengthened, tested and tried by this Mystic Brotherhood right where they are. The constant admonition of this Brotherhood to its chelas is "TRY." It is upon the motive within the heart that the Masters of Wisdom dwell.

To ascend into the place of self-mastery, God control, peace, harmony, health and ever-present supply, the individual must learn to rely upon the Presence of God within the heart. The disciplines at Luxor are designed to turn the consciousness, attention, feeling world and outer self inward until from within the heart center of Being there is drawn forth consciously and at will, anything and everything which is required to forward that portion of the Divine Plan which the individual self finds at hand to be externalized.

The ascension of the thoughts, feelings, actions and spoken word of the student is not the work of a moment! It is the constant, hourly application to rise into a spiritual consciousness of listening grace, of harmony, balance, purity, peace, ever sustained supply, perfect health and ever increasing illumination of soul until the Spiritual Self is manifest in every avenue and activity of the life experience.

Those interested in visiting the Ascension Temple at Luxor are requested to draw back with them into their individual world, homes, auras and consciousness that raising, buoyant, joyous energy which is the activity of Ascension. This Flame will enter into the elemental substance of the inner bodies, as well as the physical form and act as the "leaven in the loaf" when earnestly invoked. As the pure white Flame passes through the substance of the student's bodies (physical, mental, emotional and etheric) it quickens the vibratory action of the atoms, each electron moving more rapidly around its own central pole. This causes the throwing off of the impure, discordant, heavily charged substance around the electrons, and quickens the rhythm of the vehicles. These vehicles then become more sensitive to the finer vibrations of the Higher Spheres and the consciousness of all the instruments is more attuned to Truth, the gravity pull is lessened, and the various appetites and passions of the physical and inner vehicles are transmuted. It is a practical and mechanical activity of purification.

When the Ascension Flame thus acts, the individual, through his own purified energies, becomes a conductor of the raising activity of the Ascension Flame into his own environment, home, family, business and affairs. No man should pass through this thirty-day period without contributing to the Ascension of all life in, through and around him, visible or invisible. This is the reason for the opening of the doors of consciousness to these Retreats, the invitation of the students to contemplate their Activities, and generally for the entire activity of the Transmission Flame.

(For additional information on the Retreat at Luxor, please refer to Transmission Flame History, pages 8-9; 25-31. Also, The Bridge to Freedom, Vol. I, No. 6, Sept./Oct. 1952 and Supplement to The Bridge to Freedom, Vol. 11, January, 1953.)