ANABASIS IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER III © 2008 The Great Invocation From the point of Light within the Mind of God Let light stream forth into the minds of men. Let Light descend on Earth. From the point of Love within the Heart of God Let love stream forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to Earth. From the centre where the Will of God is known Let purpose guide the little wills of men- The purpose which the Masters know and serve. From the centre which we call the race of men. Let the Plan of Love and Light work out And may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.AWNABASIS IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER Ill © 2008 Anabasis, in short, means ‘a going up’ or ‘ascent’. According to Bullinger, Anabasis is evidenced by the tendency of some piece of writing, speech, or discourse, etc. to ascend or trend upwards, step by step, each step with an increase of emphasis or sense. He continues: When this increase or ascent is from weaker to stronger expression and is confined to words, itis called Climax. When the increase is not a mere increase in vehemence, or of evil but leads up from things inferior to things superior; from things terrestrial to things celestial; from things mundane to things spiritual, itis called Anagoge. ’ Below are a few examples of Anabasis taken from Bullinger’s Figures of Speech used in the Bible: We have sinned ‘And have committed iniquity ‘And have done wickedly ‘And have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments? But they refused to hearken And pulled away the shoulder And stopped their ears that they should not hear Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone’ Blessed Is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Not standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.’ “Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, p. 429 Daniel 9:5, > Zechariah, 7:2 “Psalm a1AWNABASIS IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER Ill © 2008 With regard to the last example, Bullinger points out two instances of Anabasis: the subjects and their actions. The subjects are the impious, the sinners, and the scorners. The former are impious in their minds and take evil counsel. The sinners carry it out, “as the principle of their walk.” The third, “glory in their wickedness, scoff at righteousness, and settle down in their evil, as ona seat.””° At least two instances of Anabasis appear in the Invocation. Both concern the three Rays of Aspect: Will-Power (First Ray); Love-Wisdom (Second Ray); and Active Intelligence (Third Ray). Throughout the Tibetan’s writings the three Rays or Aspects of Divinity, along with their numerous correlated triplicities, are discussed repeatedly and extensively. These include, but are not limited to: Life, Quality, and Appearance®; Spirit, Consciousness, and Matter; Father, Son, and Mother; Electric Fire, Solar Fire, and Fire-by-Friction; Atma, Buddhi, and Manas; Mental, Emotional, and Physical; and of course, Power, Love, and Light, One of the unique and distinguishing features of the Invocation, according to the Tibetan, is not just that it “invokes all three divine Aspects” but that it does so in a “synthetic” way. ” This fact, he tells us, is not insignificant. Hitherto the development of mankind did not warrant such an utterance. In Lemurian times, the third divine aspect, that of Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, p.429 ° Esoteric Psychology, vol. |, p14 Discipleship in the New Age, Vol- Il, p.159