Alice A. Bailey

Alice A. Bailey — Initiation, Human and Solar (1922) [DECLARADA]

Alice A. Bailey — A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (1925) [DECLARADA]

Alice A. Bailey — A Treatise on White Magic (1934) [DECLARADA]

Teosofía · Miembro

Canalización · Transmisor

«There are those who think that it is not of sufficient immediate importance to engross their attention, and that if the average man adheres to the path of duty and high-minded attention to the business in hand, he will duly arrive at his destination.» — recoge en ese mismo Foreword la primera objeción contra la iniciación: que no tiene urgencia bastante.

«There are those again who consider that the teaching given out in various books hitherto concerning initiation, is erroneous.» — recoge la segunda objeción: que lo enseñado hasta entonces sobre la iniciación es erróneo.

«At the same time, it must be remembered that the earlier teaching is right in essence, though belittled in interpretation.» — acota esa objeción: la enseñanza anterior sería correcta en lo esencial y lo empequeñecido habría sido su interpretación.

«Due preparation may now be made, and men and women everywhere may—if they choose — fit themselves for the condition of discipleship and tread the Probationary Path.» — pone la preparación al alcance inmediato, con la elección como condición; el troceo imprime así la raya y el espaciado.

«Hundreds in the East and in the West are pressing onwards towards this goal, and in the unity of the one ideal, in their common aspiration and endeavour, they will meet before the one Portal.» — cifra en centenares a quienes avanzan en Oriente y Occidente y los hace converger en un mismo Portal.

«They will then recognize themselves as brothers, severed by tongue and apparent diversity of belief, but fundamentally holding to the same one truth and serving the same God.» — el cierre de ese Foreword: hermanos separados por la lengua y la apariencia de la creencia, sirviendo a un mismo Dios.

«Nevertheless, she would urge those who find somewhat of merit in these pages that they be not estranged by any appearance of dogmatism in the presentation.» — en el Foreword de Initiation, Human and Solar, hablando de sí misma en tercera persona, pide que no se aparten por ninguna apariencia de dogmatismo.

«In spiritual issues, names, personalities, and the voice of external authority, hold small place. That alone is» — pone el criterio que sustituye a la autoridad externa; la frase se corta en el salto de plana.

«The above Invocation or Prayer does not belong to any person or group but to all Humanity» — la nota que firma al pie de la Invocación: no la adjudica a persona ni grupo sino a la humanidad entera; el tramo cruza el salto de plana.

«this Invocation lies in its simplicity, and in its expression of certain central truths which all men, innately and normally, accept—the truth of the existence of a basic Intelligence to Whom we vaguely give the name of God» — funda la fuerza de la Invocación en la simplicidad y en unas verdades centrales que, dice, todos los hombres aceptan.

«the truth that behind all outer seeming, the motivating power of the universe is Love; the truth that a great Individuality came to earth, called by Christians, the Christ, and embodied that love so that we could understand» — la segunda y la tercera de esas verdades, en la misma nota firmada por ella.

«Secondly, to express that which is subjective in comprehensible terms, and to point out the next step forward in the understanding of the true psychology. It is an elucidation of the relation existing between Spirit and Matter, which relation demonstrates as consciousness . It will be found that the Treatise deals primarily with the aspect of mind, with consciousness and with the higher psychology, and less with matter as we know of it on the physical plane» — el segundo de los propósitos que enumera para el tratado.

«The danger involved in giving out information» — declara el límite que se pone y lo funda en que la raza le parece todavía demasiado egoísta; la frase se corta en el salto de plana.

«Thirdly, to show the coherent development of all that is found within a solar system; to demonstrate that everything which exists evolves (from the lowest form of life at the densest point of concretion up to the highest and most tenuous manifestation) and that all forms are but the expression of a stupendous and divine Existence» — el tercer propósito que enumera.

«Fourthly, to give practical information anent those focal points of energy which are found in the etheric bodies of the solar Logos, the macrocosm , and of man, the microcosm . As the etheric substratum which is the true substance underlying every tangible form is understood, certain great revolutions will be brought about in the domains of science, of medicine and of chemistry. The study of medicine, for instance, will eventually be taken up from a new angle, and its practice will be built upon a comprehension of the laws of radiation, of magnetic currents, and of the force centres found in men’s bodies and their relationship to the force centres and currents of the solar system» — el cuarto propósito que enumera, con las revoluciones que anuncia en la ciencia, la medicina y la química.

«Fifthly, to give some information, hitherto not exoterically imparted as to the place and work of those myriads of sentient lives who form the essence of objectivity; to indicate» — el quinto propósito; la frase se corta en el salto de plana.

«To sum up the matter, the teaching in this book should tend to an expansion of conscionsness, and should bring about a recognition of the adequacy, as a working basis, for both science and religion, of that interpretation of the processes of nature which has been formulated for us by the Master Minds of all time» — resume lo que el libro debería producir; el troceo imprime conscionsness por consciousness y va tal cual.

«It should tend to bring about a reaction in favor of a system of philosophy which will link both Spirit and matter, and demonstrate the essential unity of the scientific and religious idea. The two are at present somewhat divorced, and we are only just beginning to grope our» — declara el efecto que se propone: un sistema que ligue Espíritu y materia y muestre la unidad esencial de la idea científica y la religiosa.

«It must not be forgotten, however, that under the Law of Action and Reaction, the long period of materialistic thought has been a necessary one for humanity, because the mysticism of the Middle Ages has led» — se pone a sí misma una reserva: el largo periodo de pensamiento materialista fue necesario.

«a. That in dealing with these subjects we are concerned with the essence of that which is objective, with the subjective side of manifestation, and with the consideration of force and of energy. It is well nigh impossible to reduce such concepts to concrete formulas and to express them in such a way that they can be easily apprehended by the average man» — la primera de las cuatro cosas que pide tener presentes al leer.

«The best that man can offer as a solution of the world problem must perforce take a dual form and will demonstrate through a life of active service, tending to amelioration of environal conditions, and through a formulation of some cosmological scheme or plan which will seek to account as much as may be for conditions as they are seen to exist. Arguing as men do at present from the basis of the known and the demonstrated and leaving untouched and unaccounted for, those deep-seated causes which must be presumed to be producing the seen and known, all solutions as yet fail and will continue to fail in their objective» — declara doble la mejor solución que el hombre puede ofrecer: vida de servicio activo y formulación de un esquema cosmológico.

«c. That all that is in this treatise is offered in no dogmatic spirit but simply as a contribution to the mass of thought upon the subject of world origins and to the data already accumulated as to the nature of man» — la tercera: cuanto hay en el tratado se ofrece sin espíritu dogmático, como contribución.

«d. That all attempts to formulate in words» — la cuarta; la frase se corta en el salto de plana y remata en lo angustiosamente inadecuado.

«This treatise is put out in the hope that it may prove useful to all broad-minded seekers after truth and of value to all investigators into the subjective Source of all that which is tangibly objective. It aims to provide a reasonably logical plan of systemic evolution and to indicate to man the part he must play as an atomic unit in a great and corporate Whole» — en el Foreword que firma declara el destinatario y el propósito del tratado.

«To the open-minded student and the man who keeps the recollection in his mind that the truth is progressively revealed, it will be apparent that the fullest expression of the truth possible at any one time will be seen later to be but a fragment of a whole, and» — declara progresiva la revelación de la verdad y saca la consecuencia sobre su propio libro.

«All that is asked from the student of this treatise is a sympathetic approach, a willingness to consider the views put forth and that honesty and sincerity of thought which will tend to the development of the intuition, of spiritual diagnosis, and a discrimination which will lead to a rejection of the false and an» — declara lo único que pide al estudiante: acercamiento simpático y honestidad de pensamiento.

«No book gains anything from dogmatic claims or declarations as to the authoritative value of its source of inspiration. It should stand or fall solely on the basis of its own intrinsic worth, on the value of the suggestions made, and its power to foster the spiritual life and the intellectual apprehension of the reader» — aplica a su propio libro el criterio que le niega todo valor a la autoridad de la fuente.

«If this treatise has within it anything of truth and of reality, it will inevitably and unfailingly do its work, carry its message, and thus reach the hearts and minds of searchers everywhere. If it is of no value, and has no basis in fact, it will disappear and die, and most rightly so» — acepta la consecuencia: si no tiene base en los hechos, desaparecerá, y dice que con razón.

«The words of the Buddha most appropriately have their place here, and make a fitting conclusion to these preliminary remarks» — cierra sus observaciones preliminares con las palabras del Buda.

«May this be the attitude of every reader of this “Treatise on Cosmic Fire.’’ ALICE A. BAILEY» — la última línea del Foreword, que lleva su firma; es la única pieza preliminar del volumen firmada por ella.

«The above Invocation or Prayer does not» — la misma nota suya abre al pie de la Invocación en el otro tratado; la frase se corta en el salto de plana y sigue en la 11.

«belong to any person or group but to all Humanity. The beauty and the strength of this Invocation lies in its simplicity, and in its expression of certain central truths which all men, innately and normally, accept—the truth of the existence of a basic Intelligence to Whom we vaguely give the name of God;» — la continuación de esa nota suya en la plana siguiente, con la primera de las verdades centrales que declara.

«I would like to make it quite clear that the work I do is in no way related to automatic writing ...» — su voz llega aquí por mano de Jon Klimo, que la cita deslindando su procedimiento de la escritura automática.

«I heard what I thought was a clear note of music which sounded from the sky, through the hill and in me. Then I heard a voice which said, “There are some books which it is desired should be written for the public. You can write them. Will you do so?”» — Klimo cita su descripción del primer encuentro: una nota de música y una voz que le pregunta si escribirá unos libros.

«It is something of an oddity that prominent religious innovators such as Alice Bailey or Helen Schucman and their respective doctrines have been slighted by historians of religion.» — Hammer objeta a los historiadores de la religión haberla pasado por alto pese a su peso como innovadora.

«With the possible exception of Alice Bailey, who principally expanded on the possibilities inherent in Blavatskian theosophy, the major spokespersons for the various positions have shared an omnivorous spiritual appetite.» — Hammer la exceptúa del apetito espiritual omnívoro que atribuye a los demás portavoces.

«Thus Steiner emphasized the role of the archangels, Bailey placed the theosophical Masters foremost whereas several New Age books focus on angels.» — Hammer reparte los énfasis entre posiciones.

«According to emic historiography, Alice LaTrobe Bateman (1880–1949) (later Bailey) met a turbaned stranger in her youth who told her that important work waited ahead.» — Olav Hammer da el nombre de soltera y las fechas, y marca la voz: según la historiografía emic, la joven se topó con un desconocido con turbante que le anunció una tarea.

«In 1919, she was approached by another master, a Tibetan called Djwhal Khul (also known as D.K.). Bailey and D.K. began a series of telepathic dictations, which resulted in nineteen books.» — Hammer data en 1919 el arranque y cifra en diecinueve los libros salidos de los dictados telepáticos.

«Annie Besant reportedly attempted to control the production of messages from the masters, and Alice Bailey and her husband Foster were expelled from the Theosophical Society in 1920.» — Hammer consigna el conflicto con el grado con que se dice —reportedly— y data en 1920 la expulsión de ella y de su marido Foster de la Sociedad Teosófica.

«Alice Bailey founded the Arcane School in 1923, but the movement split up after her death in 1949.» — Hammer da las dos fechas institucionales: Escuela Arcana en 1923 y ruptura del movimiento tras su muerte en 1949.

«To a large extent, Bailey’s teachings are a restatement and amplification of the theosophy of The Secret Doctrine. Bailey inherited from Blavatsky and Leadbeater a predilection for profuse details and complex classificatory schemes.» — Hammer lee su doctrina como reformulación y ampliación de la teosofía de The Secret Doctrine, con la herencia de Blavatsky y Leadbeater.

«Thus, Bailey’s cosmology rests on the belief in a multi-level hierarchy of spiritual masters and in a classification of the entire cosmos according to a sevenfold scheme.» — Hammer nombra los dos pilares de esa cosmología.

«Bailey’s influence on the New Age is both direct and indirect. The messianism of her message, her interest in astrology and her insistence on personal spiritual evolution prefigure similar interests in the New Age.» — Hammer señala por dónde va la influencia directa: mesianismo, astrología e insistencia en la evolución espiritual personal.

«Thus, Alice Bailey places the headquarters of her spiritual hierarchy in Shamballa. It is, however, not at all clear that Bailey conceived of Shamballa as a physically extant place.» — Hammer declara a la vez lo que ella hace con Shamballa y su propia abstención sobre si la concebía como lugar físico.

«The legend of Shamballa was elaborated by post-theosophical spokespersons such as Charles Leadbeater, Alice Bailey and Nicholas Roerich. Especially Roerich and Bailey are responsible for an extensive mythologizing of Shamballa.» — Hammer reparte la responsabilidad de la mitologización entre Leadbeater, Bailey y Nicholas Roerich.

«Alice Bailey would be a good example of an Esoteric spokesperson in whose writings Atlantis plays a distinctly minor role.» — Hammer la elige como caso de poca elaboración del mito atlante.

«In stark contrast with other positions, Atlantis became an ambivalent, if not negative Other in Bailey’s works.» — Hammer fija el estatuto de la Atlántida en su obra, en contraste con las demás posiciones.

«The religion of Atlantis was spiritualism, a far from flattering statement coming from the pen of Alice Bailey, who denounced contemporary spiritualism as a base form of religiosity, or what she termed as “lower psychism» — Hammer explica por qué ese juicio es negativo: ella denunciaba el espiritismo de su tiempo como psiquismo inferior.

«Here lies the esoteric-historical rationale for Bailey’s own position. Her movement could flourish in America, since America inherited the religious yearnings of Atlantis.» — la lectura que Hammer hace de esa doctrina: su movimiento podía florecer en América por heredar los anhelos religiosos de la Atlántida.

«At the same time, all competing schools were merely modern realizations of the lesser forms of spirituality that had existed on the fabled continent. Only Bailey’s version of the Ageless Wisdom could present a form of faith appropriate to the next turn of the evolutionary spiral.» — y el otro filo que le señala: las escuelas rivales quedaban como realizaciones menores.

«Alice Bailey’s position would appear particularly ambivalent in this respect, as nineteen of her books were purportedly dictated by a Tibetan Master. However, there is hardly any local Tibetan color at all in these works—in fact, the Master’s name, Djwhal Khul, is not even phonetically a possible name for a Tibetan.» — Hammer señala la ambivalencia con su grado, y añade que Djwhal Khul no es fonéticamente un nombre tibetano posible.

«Crystals were a marginal point of interest in the Esoteric Tradition until quite recently. Central Esoteric spokespersons such as Blavatsky, Steiner and Bailey do not mention them.» — Hammer la cuenta entre los portavoces centrales que no mencionan los cristales.

«Similar links, especially those between chakras and glands, will become part of the Esoteric consensus and play a central role in Alice Bailey’s version of the subtle anatomy.» — Hammer sigue hasta su anatomía sutil el enlace de chakras y glándulas.

«The greatest consensus seems to lie in those correspondences that were established by theosophical writers, especially, of course, Leadbeater and Bailey.» — Hammer sitúa el mayor consenso del ramo en las correspondencias de Leadbeater y de ella.

«Bailey replicates the theosophical position, in which science and religion can form a perfect union.» — Hammer sitúa su posición sobre ciencia y religión.

«Here, one also encounters the double construction of “science”. Bailey presents a specific exegesis of what she calls materialism as the negative Other.» — Hammer halla en ella una exégesis particular del materialismo como Otro negativo.

«As demonstrated by the following quote, Bailey’s conception of materialism is perhaps closer to naive realism than to materialism in any usual sense of the word.» — Hammer juzga, con su grado, que esa idea de materialismo estaría más cerca del realismo ingenuo.

«Bailey elaborated the details of a social or utopian vision, in which the concept of antahkarana holds a central role.» — Hammer nombra el antahkarana como concepto central de su visión social o utópica.

«Rudhyar, who was a follower and friend of > Alice Bailey’s, became acquainted with + C.G. Jung’s work in the early 1930’s.» — el mismo diccionario hace a Dane Rudhyar seguidor y amigo suyo.

«Her religious upbringing was conservative Christian but with a “mystical” tendency.» — James A. Santucci, en la entrada del Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism, describe su crianza religiosa.

«Bailey’s work has had a great influence on the development of contemporary esotericism. Although it is difficult to ascertain the number of individuals who have been exposed and influenced by her teachings, it may well be in the hundreds» — Santucci le concede gran influencia y a la vez declara difícil medir cuántos han sido alcanzados por sus enseñanzas.

«it became the first of an important genre of esoteric treatise — purportedly received in a trance state or from spirit beings, including, for example, ~ H.P. Blavatsky’s Isis Unveiled, the Oahspe Book, the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, the writings of > Alice Bailey, the Urantia Book, and the Seth material —» — Phillip Charles Lucas la cuenta entre los tratados dictados que inauguran un género, con Isis Unveiled, el Oahspe, el Aquarian Gospel, el Urantia y el material de Seth.

«For example, > Alice Bailey defines esotericism as the school of thought — her own — which recognizes ‘that behind all happenings in the world of phenomena... exists the world of energies’ (Education» — Wouter Hanegraaff la trae como ejemplo de quien define el esoterismo como su propia escuela, y lo aclara entre guiones.

«Bailey's influence on the New Age movement, especially in its early phase, is pervasive; it is she who is also generally credited with having introduced the term "New Age"» — Wouter Hanegraaff registra el crédito corriente que se le da por haber introducido el término New Age.

«attaches great importance to denying this claim, pointing instead to William Blake's» — Hanegraaff consigna en nota que Bochinger disputa ese crédito y apunta a William Blake; la referencia se parte en el salto de plana.

«The metaphysical-occult worldview of these UFO-cults drew on many sources of inspiration, but special mention must be made of the Theosophical system of Alice A. Bailey.» — Hanegraaff destaca su teosofía como fuente de los cultos ovni.

«Spangler, George Trevelyan, and the Ramala books all closely follow the theosophist Alice Bailey in describing the sun and the planets as conscious, divine or semi-divine beings» — Hanegraaff nombra a quienes la siguen en tener por conscientes al sol y a los planetas.

«From the perspective of Part Three, it may now be added that the New Age sensu stricto has its principal roots in the characteristic occultist worldview of modern theosophy (particularly as presented by two of its later offshoots: the movements of Alice Bailey and Rudolf Steiner), which has not significantly been affected by the trend of "psychologization".» — Hanegraaff sitúa las raíces del New Age sensu stricto en la teosofía moderna y nombra dos de sus ramas tardías, el movimiento de ella y el de Rudolf Steiner.

«H. P. Blavatsky and Alice A. Bailey are just two of many recent teachers who reported having channeled information that echoes this Indian view of afterlife and reincarnation.» — Klimo la nombra, con Blavatsky, entre quienes reportan información canalizada que hace eco de la visión india del más allá.

«This powerful material, often called the Alice Bailey work, would be published in decades to come by the Lucis Trust.» — Jon Klimo nombra el corpus y declara quién lo publicaría, el Lucis Trust.

«In 1919, a breakthrough in communication occurred that set the scene for the remainder of Bailey’s life as a channel, for it was then that her chief source, “The Tibetan,” entered the picture.» — Klimo data en 1919 la entrada en escena de su fuente principal.

«(The name Dwahl Khul is a slight alteration of Djwhal Khul, The Tibetan, a source channeled by Alice Bailey and other Theosophists beginning in the 1920s.)» — Michael F. Brown adjudica una filiación en un paréntesis: el nombre sería alteración leve del Tibetano canalizado por ella desde los años veinte.

«The same is true of the "new therapies" and of the "channeling" or "branching" of entities from beyond (a recent form taken by spiritualism). These diverse orientations belong to the New Age, a diffuse movement that appeared in the 1970s in California, originating in part with Alice Bailey (1880-1949), founder of the Arcane School in 1923.» — Antoine Faivre hace nacer el New Age en parte de ella, con sus fechas y la fundación de la Escuela Arcana en 1923.

«Published by the Lucis Publishing Companies The first and only publisher of the 24 books of Alice A. Bailey» — la portadilla cifra el catálogo en veinticuatro libros y presenta a Lucis como su primera y única casa; el troceo imprime esta plana dos veces.

«The publication of this book is financed by the Tibetan Book Fund which is established for the perpetuation of the teachings of the Tibetan and Alice A. Bailey» — la página de derechos nombra por separado las dos enseñanzas que el fondo editorial sostiene.

«Those associated with me in the work of the Hierarchy (and all true disciples are associated in this work) know me by still another name and office. A.A.B. knows who I am and recognises me by two of my names» — la misma voz la nombra A.A.B. y dice que ella lo reconoce por dos de sus nombres.

«Neither I nor A.A.B. is the least interested in having them acclaimed as inspired writings, or in having anyone speak of them (with bated breath) as being the work of one of the Masters» — la voz que el volumen presenta como el Tibetano rechaza de antemano, en nombre de los dos, que a esos libros se los aclame como escritura inspirada.

«The story of the many years of telepathic work by the Tibetan with Alice A. Bailey is revealed in her Unfinished Autobiography , published in 1951. This includes the circumstances of her first contact with him, on the physical plane, which took place in California in November 1919» — Foster Bailey, en la Introducción que firma, nombra el arreglo y data en noviembre de 1919 en California el primer contacto en el plano físico.

«Thirty years’ work was planned. When this had been accomplished, and within thirty days after that period, Mrs. Bailey gained her release from the limitations of the physical vehicle» — Foster Bailey declara que se planearon treinta años de trabajo y que, cumplidos, ella se liberó del vehículo físico en los treinta días siguientes.

«The spiritual truths dealt with involved in many cases the expression by the lower concrete mind (often with the insuperable restrictions of the English language) of abstract ideas and hitherto quite unknown concepts of spiritual realities» — Foster Bailey señala el límite del vehículo, con las restricciones que atribuye a la lengua inglesa.

«During the long course of the work the minds of the Tibetan and A.A.B. became so closely attuned that they were in effect—so far as much of the production of the teaching was concerned—a single joint projecting mechanism» — la fórmula con que Foster Bailey describe el arreglo: un solo mecanismo proyector conjunto.

«Even to the end A.A.B. often spoke of her amazement at the glimpses she obtained through contact with the Tibetan’s mind, of limitless vistas of spiritual truths which she could not possibly have otherwise contacted, and often of a quality she could not possibly express» — Foster Bailey consigna el asombro que ella declaraba ante lo que atisbaba por ese contacto.

«At the very beginning of the joint effort and after careful consideration it was decided between the Tibetan (D.K.) and A.A.B. that she as the working disciple on the outer plane should shoulder as much as possible of karmic responsibility on that plane, and that the teaching should go to the public over her signature» — Foster Bailey declara el reparto pactado: ella cargaría la responsabilidad kármica en el plano externo y la enseñanza saldría con su firma.

«only the A B C of esoteric knowledge, and that in the future she would gladly abandon any pronoucement in the present teaching, when she found better and more deeply esoteric teaching available» — Foster Bailey le atribuye haber declarado que todo lo que ayudaba a producir era el abecedario del conocimiento esotérico y que abandonaría cualquier enunciado ante enseñanza mejor.

«In A Treatise on Cosmic Fire the Tibetan has given us what H. P. Blavatsky prophesied he would give, namely the psychological key to the Cosmic Creation» — Foster Bailey adjudica al volumen lo que dice que Blavatsky profetizó: la clave psicológica de la Creación Cósmica.

«20th century a disciple would come who would give the psychological key to her own monumental work The Secret Doctrine on which treatise the Tibetan worked with her; and Alice A. Bailey worked in complete recognition of her own task in this sequence. FOSTER BAILEY, Tunbridge Wells, December 1950» — el cierre firmado de esa Introducción, con la fecha y el lugar.

«COPYRIGHT © 1951 BY LUCIS TRUST COPYRIGHT © RENEWED 1979 BY LUCIS TRUST» — el pie de la portadilla del otro volumen fecha la titularidad en 1951 y su renovación en 1979, a nombre de Lucis Trust y no de ella.

«It is the belief of the publishers that there are many readers of today and of times to come who^ by contact with these books, will be led to perceive their inspiration and high authority, and to find therein a guide for their feet and an incentive for steadfast endeavor.» — la nota sin título que firman Foster Bailey y Ernest S. Suffern declara lo que los editores creen de esos libros.