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To the Cosmic Spirit of Purity and those Beings who represent this Virtue to our Earth; our love;

To the Elohim of Purity, whose purifying essence flows constantly in, through and around the atmosphere of Earth and the elements who serve it, Greetings; 

To Beloved Astraea, who foreswore nirvana to dissolve, when called into action, all the causes and cores of impurity that spew forth their discordant effects into the world of form, Blessings; 

To Beloved Archangel Gabriel, who chooses to intensify the Immaculate Concept through the outer mind of all who will accept His blessings, Gratitude; 

To Beloved Hope, who keeps alive the desire to return to the God estate from whence man has fallen, our Love; 

To Serapis Bey and the Brotherhood at Luxor who provide a Radiating Center through which Purity may anchor into the emotional, mental, etheric and physical strata in which mankind abide, Thanksgiving! 

To those earnest ones among Earth's population who demand Purity, we are so grateful! Let the Spirit of Purity enter this year into the invisible world that surrounds the Earth and be manifest in the visible world through the Sons and Daughters of God who want PURITY OF EXPRESSION WHICH IS GOD'S WAY! Thus God has spoken and to this end we all serve - above and below! 

Thomas Printz, Editor

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The Homes and Retreats of The Masters of Wisdom

ASCENSION TEMPLE AT LUXOR, EGYPT

February 15th through March 14th, 1957 

The glorious Ascension Flame is guarded and expanded by the Brotherhood at the Ascension Temple, established at Luxor in Egypt. This Flame is a REAL, MOVING, ASCENDING CURRENT OF ENERGY by which any of the human race, embodied Angels and even elementals can complete their cycle of service upon or around this Earth into their natural God Estate. Let us not look upon the activity of these Flames as ephemeral, abstract and visionary. These Flames are foci, magnetized by some God Intelligence, sustained by the love of these Intelligences and radiated forth through the four lower spheres (emotional, mental, etheric and physical) for the nourishment and spiritual enlightenment of all the evolutions presently using the Earth and Its atmosphere as a schoolroom. 

When the glorious Atlantean civilization began to decline; when the powers of invocation were utilized for selfish and personal aggrandizement, plans were made by the Great White Brotherhood to secure these foci of the Flame upon the portion of the landed surface of the Earth destined to remain above the waves of purification when the water element was commanded to assist in the submergence of this once beautiful continent. 

Upon Atlantis, the Temples where the Flames (representing the Virtues of God) were housed in physical, tangible buildings, the White Brotherhood and the Illuminati of that era often came to one of the Temples which contained the Flame of Virtue he desired, to gain added strength, power and the vitalizing radiating essence of that Virtue. That day shall come again in the not too far distance future. 

One of those chosen to carry the responsibility of holding the focus of the Ascension Flame on Earth is now known by the name of Serapis Bey, Chohan (Lord) of the Fourth Ray. On Atlantis, he was a Priest of the White Brotherhood who voluntarily, constantly, focused his attention upon the possibility of the Ascension for all who chose to return to their Divine Estate. In the physical appearance world, God needs the bodies of those who are willing to magnetize and radiate his Virtues through the human race. Thus the various Orders of the Priesthood held close to the Virtues to which they had dedicated their lives, services, invocations, applications and ministrations. 

The very nature of the Flame is to rise! Therefore, unless some unascended lifestream will continue daily to call forth the Flame of the Virtue desired, thus magnetizing it and sustaining its action right here in the physical appearance world, that Virtue rises to its own octave "in the aura of the God-head." 

When the Island of Poseidonis was destined to sink beneath the waves of what is presently called the Atlantic Ocean, certain Priests and Priestesses (unascended at that time) were allowed the privilege of using the vessel of their own hearts and the energies of their own lifestreams to sustain the Flames of the Virtues which, through many long ages had been drawn into the atmosphere of Earth. Serapis Bey, as one such Priest, was given the opportunity and obligation of transferring to the land of Egypt the current of ascending energy (Ascension Flame), into which was woven all the prayers, applications, spiritual services' and actual ascending feeling of every lifestream who had used It up to that time. He and his Brotherhood sailed about 480 miles up the Nile River and established the Ascension Flame at Luxor in Egypt. To the momentum of this Ascension Flame has been added all the centuries of prayer, application and God victorious accomplishment of every ascending being to this present day.  

Beloved Serapis (at that time not ascended) asked permission of the Cosmic Law to re-embody many times in Egypt for the purpose of serving this Ascension Flame and he, together with his particularly devoted followers, finally built a glorious Temple around that Flame. Centuries passed; Egypt entered into her "dark ages" and the Temple of the White Priesthood was gradually camouflaged for protective purposes, the Brotherhood building subterranean chambers in which to hold their secret rites. Today, but one white building remains, which is the entrance to the Ascension Temple and the Presence of its mighty Hierarch, Serapis Bey. 

Those few unascended lifestreams who are invited to Luxor are examined as to motive and given opportunity to avail themselves of the exercises, disciplines and instruction of the Brotherhood of the Ascension Temple, in order to raise the vibratory action of their four lower bodies and consciously ascend into the perfection of their own individualized "I Am" Presence Whose perfection they once knew and experienced. It would amaze many to see the Elementals that utilize that up­rising stream of energy to free themselves from the discordant atmosphere of Earth.

As the Ascension Temple at Luxor is described in detail in previous issues of "The Bridge," we shall not go into detail here as to its magnificence, its stimulating power, its disciplines and the glorious kindness of its Hierarch.

(Note: For further description of the Ascension Temple, please see The Bridge to Freedom, Vol. 1, No. 6; Vol. 3, No. 7; Vol. 4, No. 6; Vol. 5, No. 4.)