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‘Initiation may be defined in two ways. It is first of all the entering into a new and wider dimensional world, by the expansion of man’s consciousness, so that he can include and encompass that which he now excludes and from which he normally separates himself in his thinking and acts. It is secondly the entering into man of those ener gies which are distinctive of the Soul and of the Soul alone – the forces of intelligent love and of spiritual will. These are dynamic energies and they actuate all who are liberated Souls.

The Soul- in its own nature – is group consciousness, and has no individual ambitions or individual interests, and is not at all interested in the aims of its personality. It is the Soul which is the initiate. Initiation is a process whereby the spiritual man within the personality becomes aware of himself as the Soul, with Soul powers, Soul relationships and Soul purpose. The moment a man realises this, even in a small measure, it is the group of which he is con scious’. From ‘Ponder on this’- published by the Lucis Trust.