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Volume 1, No. 32                                                                                                       January 18, 1953

THE ASCENSION FLAME OF THE LUXOR RETREAT 

The honoring of the Ascension Flame at Luxor through the conscious recognition and cooperation of individuals functioning yet in the physical appearance world is another milestone on the Pathway of Progress from darkness into Light. 

The Ascension Flame in itself is a bridge from the third dimensional world into the Inner Spheres where Emancipated Man may live freely in his Fulfilled Destiny. 

It is the most powerful concentrated action of centripetal force by which the gravity pull of earth is reversed and the soul of man swept upward again into the God Estate from whence he came. 

The Keepers of this Cosmic Bridge of Pure Flame are the Brotherhood at Luxor, who, together with their Great Hierarch, have maintained a constant watch over the Focus of the Sacred Fire so that whatever few members of the race might desire to return Home within the yearly course of each minor cycle could have the impetus of that concentrated power of the Sacred Fire which has been drawn from Atlantis and sustained to the present day through the fidelity of The Few. 

The Brotherhood at Luxor, as well as all visiting Members of the Hierarchy, last evening wore white robes, the Beloved Serapis wearing the headdress of the Retreat, a golden band with two wings of Flame from the forehead, which was the sole distinguishing characteristic of his high office. 

The Luxor Brotherhood entered the Sanctuary of the Sacred Fire, and at the given moment the entire thousand members stepped consciously within that Flame. In exactly the same manner as physical fuel expands a fire, so did their individual Heart Flames increase the Sphere of Influence and expand the Ascension Flame westward to the tip of Africa, northward to cover the entire European continent, southward to the Cape of Good Hope, and eastward through the Arabian Sea to India. This was the size of the Great Flaming Lily of White Fire BEFORE its transmission around the world began, and you will note that it covered a great deal of the landed surface of the earth where particular world conditions at present warrant the assistance of the Brotherhood in dissipating vortices of evil. 

As Serapis Bey prepared the Brotherhood for the direction of the Flame all breathed it in, and it was sent to the Retreat of Jesus and Mary in Arabia, forward to India, and then followed the same track as previously used around the entire globe. 

Whereas the previous Flame circled the earth several thousand feet above its surface, this time through the cooperation of the Forces of Nature the Flame was projected right along the surface of the land and sea, so that the physical bodies of man and beast were permeated with its pressure and not only the Inner Bodies constructively affected. It acted in a measure like a razor cutting the lines of force which connected the consciousness and vehicles of the inhabitants of earth with the downward currents which have grounded the consciousness. As this was repeated over and over again the pull of the senses, appetites and passions, which are all part of the gravity by which man is held in the lower octaves, was tremendously lessened. 

It served in a measure like the Sword of Flame wielded by Lord Michael and the Angels who work in the Astral and Psychic Plane in literally shearing the accumulations which had grown into the consciousness like barnacles attach themselves to a ship. 

You will see that when the tremendous downward surge of energy was lessened that the buoyancy of the Heart Flame in the people could respond to the upward surge which is the Ascension Flame in its Essence. 

After fifteen minutes of the cutting away the "adhesions" in the consciousness, the Brotherhood began to pour the buoyant raising action, which is the true nature of the Ascension Flame, into the hearts and into the individual Flame, and it seemed to have the same effect as helium within the dirigible. 

If the conscious students and those aware of this service wish to revivify this activity through their own Consciousness in private application, and particularly to overcome a tendency towards depression, they will find the use of the Ascension Flame at Luxor a most powerful means of sustaining the enthusiasm which is lifers rhythm by which the soul and consciousness rise Godward. 

We are extremely grateful for the cooperation of the groups who, together with their Cosmic Sponsors, made this possible and we look forward with joy to the day when thousands of such focuses will be actively engaged with the Brotherhood during such thirty-day periods in cosmically remedying the conditions under which the masses function in so limited a degree of awareness of the ever-present and potent powers of the Sacred Fire which are available for their use at any moment. 

Blessings and Love,

MAHA CHOHAN