This book sets out the basic principles of occult meditation, showing its
overall objective to be planetary service.*The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan
teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom--a
body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is
always suitable to each period. Intended to precede and condition the coming
era, the Alice A. Bailey writings offer an unparalleled spiritual approach to
such subjects as the teaching on Shamballa and the Path of spiritual evolution;
the spiritual Hierarchy; the new discipleship and training in meditation as a
form of service; the teaching on the seven rays and the new psychology of the
soul; the teaching on esoteric astrology; and the new world religion, which
emphasizes the common thread of truth linking all the major world faiths. *We
have a recognised cleavage to be bridged in the world today, usually known as
the cleavage between "East and West", but termed more accurately between
"Orient and Occident". Behind the differences in culture, tradition, religion,
ideology and social customs, however, there is growing interchange of thought
and mental understanding.; One powerful stimulation to this mental rapport may be in an increasing
tendency for the westerner to cultivate the science of meditation long
practiced in the East as an essential part of religious and spiritual
experience. In this day and age, and as we move on into the mentally oriented
age of Aquarius, with increasing numbers of men and women transferring from an
emotional to a mental focus, the science of meditation as a mind training
technique in concentration and invocation will become increasingly practiced in
the West. However, there are deeper and more profound areas of life and
consciousness to be penetrated and revealed in meditation. Meditation, in the
occult sense, is not only a training technique for the mind, but a means of
achiev
