Masters of Wisdom. Who Are They?!

Masters of Wisdom are men like us who have gone ahead of us in evolution and have now perfected themselves by the very same steps we are taking today. They have learned the every lesson the earth has to teach them, have undergone every disappointment, humiliation, and pain, and are now members of the Spiritual Kingdom or the Kingdom of God or Heaven. Therefore the earth has no further to offer them and most of them have moved on to other higher planets within and outside our solar system.

They have many names, the Great White Brotherhood, the Society of Illumined Minds, the Elder Brothers of humanity, the Teachers, the Guides, the Mahatmas, the Masters of Wisdom and Lords of Compassion. As a group they are known as the Spiritual Hierarchy. Ordinary people refer to them, as Angels and they are the Angels mentioned in Christianity.

Some of them have remained on earth for millennia living occultly in the mountainous and desert regions of earth beneficently overseeing the evolution of their fellow men and women. Some of them are quite well known names in every field of human endeavour both religious and secular such as science, philosophy, literature, art, music, economics, and politics.

Those who are in incarnation, some of them were born to the world in the normal way while others live in their self created bodies of illusion (mayavirupa). They do not suffer from diseases as we do, do not grow old as fast as we do and some of them are thousands of years old. They do not even have to eat, drink or sleep and can appear and disappear at will. They are omniscient and omnipresent and are able to see the past, present and future as one in the eternal now.

All the Masters belong to one of the 7 major ashrams (groups) depending on their soul ray. Master Morya (St Peter) is a Master in the first ray ashram. Master Koot Humi (St John the Beloved) and Master Djwhal Khul (writer of Alice Bailey teachings) are in the 2nd ray ashram. English master is in the third ray ashram. Master Serapis, Mozart and Beethovan are Masters in the 4th ray ashram. Master Hilarian (St Paul) is a Master in the 5th ray ashram. Master Jesus and the Master who was Madonna are in the 6th ray ashram. Master Rakoczi is a Master in the 7th ray Ashram. He was known as the Comte de St Germain and, before that, in England, He was known as Roger Bacon and later again as Francis Bacon.

At present all the Masters live in male bodies and therefore there are no female Masters. According to Mr Creme the reason for this is that at the moment there is an excess of female energy on earth, and therefore to balance this all the Masters when they take incarnation on earth they take male bodies. Male and female energies are likely to come into equilibrium in about 270 years from now and this will allow the Masters to take female bodies. The first female Master will incarnate around that time and She will be Madonna the mother of Jesus.

The head and leader of this group is a man by the name of Maitreya. He is so advanced that he embodies in his own body one aspect of the deity or God; the energy referred to as Love or Christ Consciousness. This entitles him to the title Christ. St. Paul referred to him as "the teacher alike of angels and men".

According to esoteric tradition Masters used to live openly on earth about 80,000 years ago during the time of Atlantean civilisation. At that time there was a war between the forces of evil and the forces of light represented by the Masters of Wisdom and their disciples. Neither side was strong enough to win the war and there was a stalemate. Then the heavenly man (God) who ensouls our planet decided to sink the continent of Atlantis to bring the war to an end. After the sinking of the continent of Atlantis Masters retreated to the desert and mountainous regions of earth. It is said by Mr Benjamin Creme that they are now one by one returning to the everyday world and eventually about 40 of them will be living openly in the world, advising and teaching humanity.

Sixty-three of them are involved with human evolution while others are involved with the evolution of animal, plant and mineral kingdoms. According to Mr Creme fourteen of them have already returned to the everyday world and are currently living in major cities of the world. They will show humanity that every human being can one day be like them.


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Maitreya’s Teachings, The Laws of Life,Edited and introduced by Benjamin Crème, Share International Foundation, ISBN 90-71484-31-9

The Great Approach, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

The Art of Co-operation, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom, Benjamin Creme (The Tara Press)

Maitreya Mission Volume One, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

Maitreya Mission Volume Two, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

Maitreya Mission Volume Three, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

Alice A Bailey, The Reappearance of Christ (London: Lucis Press, 1948)

Alice A Bailey, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy (London: Lucis Press, 1955)

H P Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (London: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1888)

Helena Roerich, Leaves of Morya’s Garden, Volume I : The Call (New York: Agni Yoga Society, 1924)
- Leaves of Morya’s Garden, Volume II : Illumination (New York: Agni Yoga Society, 1925