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Spiritual hierarchy

The emphasis is on spiritual. The hierarchical organisation based on knowledge, experience and specialisation is clearly presented by the Tibetan for this planet in the books of Alice Bailey in an organisational chart. For readers who have not yet taken a look at it, it is recommended that they do so.

Everything that has been said here describes realities in the subtle world.

In addition to knowledge and experience, prominent members of the centres (planetary heart and head centre) also have an office within the spiritual structure.

The leadership, in the spiritual rank of a master, as the central point of the ashram, is to be regarded as an office. In the outer life, an office simply means responsibility.

Three special higher offices are to be mentioned:

the Manu, the World Teacher and the Mahachohan.

They are the leaders of entire areas of the planetary hierarchy. The example of the Mahachohan is used to explain a special context that exemplifies the advancement in the hierarchy.

The Tibetan mentions Master R. or Rakotzy, also known as Saint Germain and Christian Rosenkreuz (and the disciple whom the Lord loved), as having put on the mantle of the Mahachohan. This was about 100 years ago.

This means that Master R. takes over the office of Mahachohan with the ‘mantle’ and thus belongs to the ‘big three’ who work directly with Sanat Kumara in Shamballa (the planetary head centre) as the executive organs of his ‘guideline competence’.

This also solves the mystery of the two Johns for the anthroposophists reading this, which R. Steiner left to his followers to solve. Rakotzy was the disciple of John (formerly Lazarus and initiated by Christ) and the one who had been exercising the office of Mahachohan until then. John the Baptist, who ‘went on to wander’, was the one who had exercised the office of Mahachohan until then.

What is the meaning of ‘mantle’? The accumulated knowledge of the person holding a high office, including certain experiences and materials of a cultic nature (the Tibetans call them ‘rods of power’) and, of course, the karma of past actions associated with this office, are all part of the mantle and are passed on to the successor. The mantle is predominantly a subtle shell of the higher mental, Buddhic and Atmic.

The person taking over the office will need time to assimilate the knowledge contained in the so-called ‘mantle’ (solar system and some cosmic references). In his activities, he will have to deal with the possibilities and difficulties that arise from the karma. Through his actions, he can certainly compensate for some things, but he will also cause and leave behind new tasks of a karmic nature for a later successor.

The Tibetan says in the books of A. Bailey: The office of the World Teacher is held by Christ and his successor will be the Master K.H.

The office of Manu was closely connected with the Master M. and he wore this mantle. So after his departure someone from a Shamballa Ashram followed into the office. H. Roerich’s diaries contain various allusions to possibilities. This successor also has to live with the phenomena of the mantle, the possibilities and the difficulties.

Finally, it should be mentioned that this transitional arrangement in the spiritual hierarchy can be applied to all offices and special responsibilities.

Those holding office in the spiritual hierarchy have no claim to rule in the outer life in physical incarnation. The respective planetary situation offers possibilities and resistances in different mixtures.

The symbols used in the past for the outward expression of the royal claim to power are no longer appropriate.

The royal cloak, sceptre and crown no longer fulfil a cultic function.