Joshua David Stone - Beyond Ascension: How to Complete the Seven Levels of Initiation

Dr. Joshua David Stone (December 1953 August 2005) was an American author, teacher and spokesperson for the ascension movement.

He worked very closely with his wife, Terri Sue Stone, who is a claraudient voice channel for the ascended masters, most specifically for the Ascended Master Djwhal Khul of Alice A. Bailey fame.

In the 1990s, Dr. Stone initiated the Wesak celebrations at Mount Shasta, California, which are annual spiritual gatherings that spawned a lot of interest and controversy in the New Age movement. The last Wesak celebration hosted by Dr. Stone at Mount Shasta took place in 2004. The Wesak celebrations in Mount Shasta are still carried on today.

Dr. Joshua David Stone was a recipient of a PhD in transpersonal psychology and was the author of a fifteen-volume Ascension Series of books, all of which are published by Light Technology Publishing.

Also by Joshua David Stone, PhD
The Easy-to-Read Encyclopedia of the Spiritual Path

1. The Complete Ascension Manual:
   How to Achieve Ascension in This Lifetime
2. Soul Psychology:
   Keys to Ascension
3. Beyond Ascension:
   How to Complete the Seven Levels of Initiation
4. Hidden Mysteries:
   ETs, Ancient Mystery Schools & Ascension
5. The Ascended Masters Light the Way:
   Beacons of Ascension
6. Cosmic Ascension:
   Your Cosmic Map Home
7. A Beginners Guide to the Path of Ascension
8. Golden Keys to Ascension and Healing:
   Revelations of Sai Baba and the Ascended Masters
9. Manual for Planetary Leadership
10. Your Ascension Mission:
    Embracing Your Puzzle Piece
11. Revelations of a Melchizedek Initiate
12. How to Teach Ascension Classes
13. Ascension and Romantic Relationships
14. Complete Ascension Index
15. How to Be Financially Successful:
    A Spiritual Perspective

This book has had an interesting birthing process. After taking my ascension and the beginning of my sixth initiation, I decided that it was time to write my spiritual autobiography. Within six months time the autobiography was so packed with information it was clear that it could no longer be just one book. As I was going for my morning ascension walk, channeling the energies of Melchizedek, a spiritual birth took place and this book was born.

I had, just ten days previously, taken my seventh initiation and could not have conceived of writing a book by this title unless I had achieved that about which I was writing. Actually taking my seventh and final initiation had a profound effect on me, an effect even more powerful than my actual ascension had had. I recognize now that it was because the ascension, the sixth initiation, is really just the beginning of the ascension process. The seventh initiation is the completion of ascension and the true graduation as you move through the seventh and final seal.

Since my ascension there has been an incredible downpouring of spiritual information. This book contains the essence of that material, along with a dash of autobiographical flavor. It is unusual in that it is written from the perspective of one who has completed the full seven levels of initiation. As a person on Planet Earth, if you are attempting to achieve liberation, salvation, self-realization, and ascension, you must move through these seven levels of initiation, regardless of what religion, spiritual path, spiritual teacher, or mystery school you are involved with. Some of you may choose to leave Earth after your ascension, or sixth initiation; however, the initiation process will continue on the spiritual planes. There are three hundred fifty-two initiations that must eventually be moved through to return back to the Godhead at the highest cosmic level. For now, it is more than enough to deal with the seven initiations required to graduate from this school called Earth!

This book teaches you how to complete all seven levels of initiation in the most expedient and effective way possible so you may be of greater service to all sentient beings.

I have seriously debated whether I should share some of the things included in this book because they are so advanced. I have made the choice, however, to share all and trust the divinity within each of you, my readers. I do not mean to create fear in any way, shape, or form. What I am trying to say is that what you are receiving is not a toy. Once energies such as these have been invoked you can pass the point of no return. Lack of responsibility, self-discipline, and mastery and giving in to your lower self and negative ego will have much more serious consequences as you move up the pyramid. The higher up you are, the narrower it becomes. That is why the spiritual path has often been referred to as the short and narrow path to God. Faster is not better. Being in the Tao is the best. Consult your intuition as to the divine timing; ask when you will be ready to use each of these advanced ascension tools. If you are ready, then so be it. Make your invocation and take up the rod of power. Move forward with confidence and grace. If your inner guidance tells you to work on another aspect of self first, to prepare yourself for higher levels of understanding, then trust that guidance.