David Anrias - Through the Eyes of the Masters. Meditations and portraits

THROUGH THE EYES

OF THE MASTERS

MEDITATIONS AND PORTRAITS

BY

D A V I D A N R I A S

AUTHOR OF ADEPTS OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS,

MAN AND THE ZODIAC.

With an Introduction by

THE AUTHOR OF THE INITIATE, ETC.

With 9 full-page illustrations

LONDON

ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL LTD

BROADWAY HOUSE: 68-74 CARTER LANE, EC4V 5EL

First Edition 1932

Revised Edition 1936

Third Edition 1947

Reprinted 1956, 1964, 1969 and 1971

ISBN o 7100 1016 8

P R I N T E D I N G R E A T B R I T A I N B Y

S T E P H E N A U S T I N A N D S O N S L T D

H E R T F O R D

DEDICATED WITH AFFECTION

TO

ROSE AND CYRIL SCOTT

IN

MEMORY OF THE TIME SPENT

AT

RYE DURING 1932

Meditation upon each Adept and his work duringthis period of transition will help you to realize howeven now the difficulties of the future are being consideredby the Masters according to their Rays of Evolution.

You will then comprehend something of the differentmethods employed, and the way Humanity is likely toreact to their influence in its blind struggles towardsthe light.

CONTENTS

page

Foreword to Second Edition

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Foreword to Third Edition

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I

The Rishi of the Nilgiri Hills

II

Master Morya

III

Master Koot Hoomi

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Master Jesus

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Master Hilarion

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The Venetian Master

VII

Master Serapis

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The Mahachohan

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The Lord Maitreya

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Appendix to Third Edition

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PORTRAITS

Master Rakoczi. Francis Bacon in a previous incarnation.

Master Morya, a Rajput Prince. Occupied Akbars body in a previous incarnation. Resides at Shigatse.

Master Koot Hoomi Lal Singh, of Kashmiri origin. Studied at Oxford in 1850. Pythagoras in one of his previous incarnations. Resides at Shigatse.

Master Jesus. Previous incarnation Joshua, son of Nun ; also Jesus of Nazareth who was overshadowed by the Christ. Now in a Syrian body. Lives in the Holy Land.

Master Hilarion. In a previous incarnation St. Paul.

Now in a Cretan body. Spends much time in Egypt.

The Venetian Master. The painter Paul Veronese in one of his previous incarnations.

Master Serapis. Greek by birth. Works with the Deva Evolution. Dwelling-place may not be revealed.

The Mahachohan. Known as the Lord of Civilization.

Chief of the Masters. Resides in the Himalayas.

The Lord Maitreya. Known to Christians as the Christ, to the Orient as the Bodhi-sattva, to Mohammedans as the Iman Madhi. Appeared in India as Shri Krishna, in Palestine as Christ, in Great Britain as St. Patrick, whose etheric body he now holds. Resides in the Himalayas. His office is that of World Teacher. He presides over the destiny of great religions.

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FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION

NEW and larger portrait has been substituted for the original profile sketch of the Venetian Master. As several people have commented upon the fact that there was no portrait of the Master Rakoczi in the first edition, I have included this sketch as a frontispiece. It depicts Him prior to the death of the Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria1 and reflects the fashion of that period. This is done for obvious reasons. This Great Adept is chiefly concerned with the destinies of Europe and the two Americas.

Through the window as I write, I can see the long foreshore of Westward Ho!, receiving in ordered sequence the powerful waves of the Atlantic Ocean.

From this coast, my forebears, pioneer spirits indeed, were inspired by that mysterious life-force, of which we know so little, to transfer their enthusiasm and vitality to America, the land destined to become the intuitive Sixth Race of the future. This international 1 See Adepts of the Five Elements (Routledge).

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FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION

etheric rapport, the strongest tie that exists, was occultly maintained by the Master Rakoczi until the Great War, foreseeing the necessity for that union in the highest element, which withstood the test of Fire in a time of world crisis. This tie, despite many past and future difficulties, will continue, for each country needs the other in the future.

Only those who have attained the Fifth initiation and live but for subtle forms of sacrifice on inner planes, beyond the comprehension of the average mind, may invoke the Fire at times of international crisis.

There is the psychic record of such a powerful spiritual ceremonial, presided over by the Master Rakoczi, close to this coast, which is likely to endure for many years, for three Adepts visited a certain promontory nearby.

David Anrias,

Westward Ho!,

Devon. January 1936.

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FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION

HE continued demand for this book has justified a third edition, which, nevertheless, has been delayed owing to paper shortage, brought about by war conditions. This limitation still exists and so it is only possible to stress the most important occult developments that have arisen during the last decade.

My thanks are due to Mr. P. G. Clancy, editor of American Astrology Magazine, for permission to reprint excerpts from my article, The Prevailing Cycle of Mars This article was written before the last World War, received by him September 7th, 1939, and published in the above magazine January 1940. It is included here as an Appendix, because of frequent references made to it in this and also my other two books, Adepts of the Five Elements and Man and theZodiac. The importance of this 35 year cycle cannot be over-estimated regarding occult and mundane matters at a critical period in mans evolution.

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FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION

In the foreword of the second edition I stated that in the World War of 1914-18 Master Rakoczi and certain occult forces were associated with this coast line. These forces were strengthened on all planes during the last World War.

There is always a strong tie between an Adept and that country through which he attained the Arhat initiation. As Francis Bacon in a previous life, He was living in the outside world, far in advance of his time, polarized towards a future, which he must have foreseen in flashes of illumination.

Now functioning as an Adept, He returns to this country from time to time, to strengthen certain centres, which are maintained as focii of etheric force, to be drawn upon in time of crisis such as we have lately experienced.

In this way the Adepts function on a plane above personal ambition, unrecognized and unacclaimed; content to be as nothing in the eyes of men.

North Devon,

August 1946.

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