NEW GROUP WORLD SERVERS
An event is however transpiring upon earth which is, in its way, as momentous and as important
as that crisis in Atlantean times when the physical, vital and astral bodies were coordinated and
formed a functioning unit. Then the `yoga of devotion' or bhakti yoga was initiated for the
training of the aspirants at that time. A physical plane replica (as far as such a replica was then
possible) was organised of those who could work devotedly and who could learn, through the use
of ceremonial and pictures, some mode of activity which would carry on the hierarchical work on
earth and thus constitute a training [Page 399] school for those who later would be admitted into
the ranks of the Hierarchy. The remnants of this Atlantean group remain with us in the modern
Masonic movements, and the work of the Hierarchy was thus perpetuated in sign and symbol.
There has thus been preserved in the consciousness of the race a pictorial presentation of a
momentous planetary condition which worked out in the human family in this threefold
coordination. But it was primarily objective. Form and symbol, tool and furniture, temple and
tone, office and externalities were the prominent factors; they veiled the truth and therefore
preserved the 'outer and visible form of an inner and spiritual' reality. Only those were, in those
days, allowed to participate in these mysteries and work who felt within themselves the longing
and desire for the mystical vision, and who loved deeply and were devoted to the spiritual ideal.
They were not required to possess active mentalities, and their intellectual powers were practically
nil. They liked and needed authority: they learnt through ceremonial; they were devoted to the
Great Ones Whose names and forms stood behind the office holders in the esoteric lodges. Mind
entered not in. This must be remembered. There were no personalities.
Today, in the world, another great moment of crisis has arrived. I refer not to the present world
condition, but to the state of the human consciousness. Mind has arrived at a functioning power,
personalities are coordinated. The three aspects of man are being blended; another formation or
precipitation from the Hierarchy of adepts has become possible. On the physical plane, without
any exoteric organisation, ceremonials, or outer form, there is integrating--silently, steadily and
powerfully--a group of men and women who will supersede eventually the previous hierarchical
effort. They will supersede all churches, all groups, and all organisations and will [Page 400]
eventually constitute that oligarchy of elect souls who will govern and guide the world.
They are being gathered out of every nation, but are gathered and chosen, not by the watching
Hierarchy or by any Master, but by the power of their response to the spiritual opportunity, tide
and note. They are emerging out of every group and church and party, and will therefore be truly
representative. This they do, not from the pull of their own ambition and prideful schemes, but
through the very selflessness of their service. They are finding their way to the top in every
department of human knowledge, not because of the clamour they make about their own ideas,
discoveries and theories, but because they are so inclusive in their outlook and so wide in their
interpretation of truth that they see the hand of God in all happenings, His imprint upon all forms
and His note sounding forth through every channel of communication between the subjective
reality and the objective outer form. They are of all races; they speak all languages; they embrace
all religions, all sciences and all philosophies. Their characteristics are synthesis, inclusiveness,
intellectuality and fine mental development. They own to no creed, save the creed of
Brotherhood, based on the one Life. They recognise no authority, save that of their own souls,
and no Master save the group they seek to serve, and humanity whom they deeply love. They
have no barriers set up around themselves, but are governed by a wide tolerance, and a sane
mentality and sense of proportion. They look with open eyes upon the world of men and
recognise those whom they can lift and to whom they can stand as the Great Ones stand,--lifting,
teaching and helping. They recognize their peers and equals, and know each other when they
meet and stand shoulder to shoulder with their fellow workers in the work of salvaging humanity.
It does not matter if their terminologies differ, their interpretations of symbols [Page 401] and
scriptures vary, or their words are few or many. They see their group members in all
fields--political, scientific, religious, and economic--and give to them the sign of recognition and
the hand of a brother. They recognise likewise Those who have passed ahead of them upon the
ladder of evolution and hail Them Teacher, and seek to learn from Them that which They are so
eager to impart.
This group is a product of the past and upon that past I will touch; I will also indicate the present
situation and forecast somewhat the general lines along which their association and future work
will run. That such a group is forming is true and holds a good augury for the coming decades.
In quiet and subtle ways they are already making their presence felt but theirs is as yet primarily a
subjective influence. TWM
It is for this end that the teaching anent the New Group of World Servers was given out
broadcast. This is the first attempt to form a group which would work as a group and attempt a
world task. They can act as an intermediate group between the world of men and the Hierarchy.
They stand between what is occultly called the "dead Master" and the "living Masters." Masons
will understand what is here described. The true esotericist will also see the same truth from
another angle. DNA-II 180
