First there comes chaos.
Then there comes order.
Then there comes renewal.
Then there comes self- transcendence.
These are the rounds of the life cycle.
—Gautama Buddha, December 31, 1996
Many have heard of the concept of the Golden Age. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as “a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement,” as in “a golden age of art, or “a golden age for our country.”
Some define the golden age as “an idyllic, often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness,” When speaking of golden ages, the book Utopia by Sir Thomas More is often quoted, which was initially titled Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. This translates to, “A truly golden little book, no less beneficial than entertaining, of a republic's best state and of the new island Utopia.”
Others refer to the mythical Shangri-La, a novel by James Hilton that was featured in the movie Lost Horizons. Shangri-La is a fictional mystical, harmonious valley in Tibet's Kunlun mountains. In this Himalayan paradise, people are isolated from the world and are almost immortal, living hundreds of years and only aging very slowly in appearance.
For thousands of years, similar legends abound all over the world. In this book, we will look beyond the fictional into a distant past—a past beyond recorded history—where golden ages preceded barbarism and the rudimentary “cave man.” We will examine world legends, ancient manuscripts, recollections from akasha, prophetic revelations and the teachings of the ascended masters. These are the beings of light that reside in the heaven-world, known as the luminaries of East and West, the Gnostic “Invisibles,” —avatars, adepts and saints. These ones, like our own beloved Jesus, have reached out to us through mystics and anointed messengers, to reveal a spiritual-material history of earth, and even of our solar system, that is fascinating, perplexing, inspiring and motivating.
The ascended master teachings reveal that we are experiencing the early dawn rays of the Golden Age of Aquarius that will accelerate under the tutelage and sponsorship of the ascended master Saint Germain, whose name—Sanctus Germanus— means “Holy Brother.”
Saint Germain had many lifetimes as a champion of freedom and invention and science before becoming an ascended master. He was Saint Joseph the Father of Jesus, scientist Roger Bacon, Francis Bacon, Saint Albans, Christopher Columbus and the Comte de Saint Germain, who was the Wonderman of Europe—to name a few. As Francis Bacon, Saint Germain directed a guild of writers and wrote the Shakespeare plays. In Julius Ceasar, we find his timeless words:
“There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.”
These words define the collective choice that lies before us “To be or not to be, that is the question.” The positive potential of the age of Aquarius can be defined as mystical awareness, universal brotherhood, and advanced and liberating new technology that leads to freedom and enlightenment. The negative potential for this age is just the reverse, and can be summed up as mass totalitarianism, and spiritual and material enslavement.
In these beginning decades of the Age of Aquarius, Earth is at a crossroad and every decision we make, personally and collectively, will dress and redress the course towards actualized divinity—or towards mediocrity and devolution.
The Twentieth Century French mystic, Teilhard de Chardin, speaks of our journey toward collective consciousness in his book, Le Phénomène Humain. He writes that social advancement under the watchful eye of God will eventually lead to a total reconciliation of all things, which he defined as the “Omega Point.” Thus, history's final state will be a golden age where all beings in the universe exist together with Jesus Christ as the Logos, or sacred Word, in the center.
Chardin described the quantum connection between the physical and the spiritual world, saying: “Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.” He also said, “The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
“Love is the most universal, the most tremendous and the most mystical of cosmic forces, and joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God. Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”
As has often been justly said, history repeats itself—unless we learn from it. To better learn from it, let us now look at the ancient history of earth and our solar system—including past golden ages on lost and sunken continents. We will deeply examine the teachings of the ascended masters from Theosophy, the I AM Movement, the Bridge to Freedom, and the Summit Lighthouse. The Summit Lighthouse dictations and teachings quoted here are printed as Pearls of Wisdom and can also be found in the Ascended Master Online Encyclopedia. We will also study the records of Atlantis, Lemuria and other ancient civilizations through the writings of Plato, James Churchwood, Edgar Cayce, Taylor Caldwell, Werner Shroeder, Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Corinne Heline and Phylos the Tibetan.
I hope this endeavor brings a deeper spiritual understanding of the universe and our place in it, that will be beneficial, enlightening and life-transforming. Calling now for the blessings of Almighty God to descend upon each one, and for mankind's free will to take the high road—the wave that leads to fortune. May we draw close to the blueprint for a golden age held in the heart consciousness and etheric abode of our beloved Saint Germain. May our collaboration with God's Holy Will direct the course of history towards a Golden Age of Aquarius, and may our beloved planet may become Freedom's Star!
—Thérèse Rose Emmanuel
Chart of the Presence published by The
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