THE RAINBOW SWASTIKA - Scattered Seed Ministries

It was emphasized at the time that the masses were not ready for the true nature of this
incantation. (p.149) To help its gradual infiltration, the ambiguity of the Invocation is
carefully calculated to gain public cooperation: "It can be so presented that the masses
everywhere, the general public, will be prompted to take it up and will use it widely.... The
meaning of this Invocation has been expressed in terms which are understandable, in a
measure, to the average person because of its familiar wording, based on many Scriptural
terms. But the true inner implications and significances are... not superficially apparent....
They mean one thing to the ordinary man...; they mean another thing to the man upon the
Probationary Path [en route to enlightenment]...; these words mean still another thing to the
disciple...; to initiates and to the senior Members of the Hierarchy, they convey a still higher
and more inclusive significance." (p.150, 156)
4a. Deceptive use of The Invocation:
This "universal prayer" was to be explained in conflicting ways, depending on one's
"evolutionary status". Misinterpretation is not only allowed, but encouraged. The following
instruction is from _Discipleship_, starting p.165 (emphasis mine. Portions are repeated by
Lucis Trust, _The Use and Significance of the Great Invocation_, p.8): "First, the general
public will regard it as a prayer to God Transcendent [something which NAers themselves do
not believe in]...; as a demand for the working out of the will of God - a will of which they
can know nothing.... They will regard it finally as a prayer that some equally vague primeval
condition of blissful happiness may be restored.... This is, for them, entirely good and
helpful.... I [Djwahl Kuhl] have so worded and rendered the Invocation that the Christian
world, through its churches, may not find it impossible to use." The "Tibetan Master" even
advised temporarily altering part of the third stanza (from "Masters" to "Master") in order to
further coax the "Christian public" into using the Invocation. (p.157) [Although the "Jewish
public" is even more repelled by a plural divinity, their sensitivities are ignored - for the
simple reason that the prayer is ultimately directed against them. See in the Views on Jews
section.]
Why is it helpful for the general public to misconstrue the meaning of what they are praying?
Because in NA teaching, as in all occult teaching, it is the act and not the intent which
releases power. If the understanding of the one performing it is defective, others who have
the proper "spiritual intelligence" can still harness the astral [spiritual] power being produced
by the action. Whenever the Invocation is recited, says the definitive booklet by Lucis Trust,
that individual "allies himself with the spiritual Hierarchy", whether he knows it or not. (_The
Use and Significance of the Great Invocation_, p.11) In fact, Alice Bailey (or DK) declares,
"No one can use this Invocation or prayer for illumination and for love without causing
powerful changes in his own attitudes." (_Discipleship_, p.168) It is expected that those who
pray the Invocation in ignorance of its true purpose will nevertheless be "transformed" by it.
Understanding this point explains why "The New World Prayer" is being so vigorously
promoted without even an elementary guide to interpretation.
But how are NA disciples to understand the same words? "To them it will convey the
recognition... of the spiritual Directors of our life [the Masters of Wisdom].... [As a result,] an
era of hierarchical propaganda, engineered by disciples and carried forward by esotericists,
will mature... [giving rise to] a new type of mystic... [who can] clearly indicate to others the
techniques of the Path." (p.166) Those who Bailey considered the most potent propagandists
for the Invocation and its "Path" are "The New Group of World Servers", "World Goodwill"
and "The Triangles".