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Djwal Khul

A Tibetan master said to have dictated esoteric teachings to Alice Bailey.

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Djwal Khul is believed by some Theosophists to be a Tibetan disciple in the "Ageless Wisdom" esoteric tradition.[1] He is described as a member of the Spiritual Hierarchy of Mahatmas, the spiritual guides of mankind.[1] According to Theosophical writings, he telepathically transmitted teachings to Alice Bailey, resulting in 24 books published by the Lucis Trust.[1]

Quick Facts

Also known as
  • Djwhal Khul
  • Djwal Kul
  • Master D.K.
  • D.K.
  • The Tibetan
First appearance in writing
1888, in The Secret Doctrine by Madame Blavatsky
Associated with
Alice Bailey (1880–1949)

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Bailey writes in August 1934, in the first person voice of DK: "I live in a physical body like other men on the borders of Tibet"[2] The scholar K. Paul Johnson maintains that the "Masters" were idealizations of people who were Madame Blavatsky's mentors.[3] Alice Bailey ended her association with the Theosophical Society in 1919 and subsequently authored books that she claimed were telepathically received from Djwhal Khul, whom she called "The Tibetan"[4] Bailey's writing period spanned three decades, starting in 1919 and ending in 1949.[5]

Bailey reported that she initially resisted the process but was convinced to keep recording the communications due to the high quality of the material she received during the first few weeks of dictation.[6] According to Johnson, the figure of Djwal Khul corresponds to Dyal Singh Majithia, who was part of the Singh Sabha.[3]

What the cited sources add

The Lucis Trust website notes that Alice and Foster Bailey named their fledgling publishing company "Lucifer Publishing Company" for a brief period in the early 1920s.[7] The same source explains that the Baileys were serious students of Theosophy, which views Lucifer as one of the solar Angels who descended from Venus to bring the principle of mind to animal-man.[7]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Djwal Khul" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Neff, "Brothers of Madame Blavatsky", Kessinger Publishing, 2003, p. 31, 46–47; "The Esoteric Meaning of Lucifer", Lucis Trust website (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Djwal Khul" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bailey, "Discipleship in The New Age vol.1", Lucis Trust, 1944, p. vii; Neff, "Brothers of Madame Blavatsky", Kessinger Publishing, 2003, p. 31, 46–47; Guenon, "Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion", Sophia Perennis, 2004, p. 41–42; Mackay, Alex, The History of Tibet. Routledge University Press, 2003, p. 714; Bailey, Alice A. Esoteric Healing, Lucis Trust. 1951. p 714 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Djwal Khul" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Johnson, Paul K. Initiates of Theosophical Masters Albany, New York:1995 State University of New York Press Page 49 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Djwal Khul" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bailey, Alice A. The Unfinished Autobiography. Lucis Trust. 1951. pp 162-163 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Djwal Khul" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bailey, Alice A. The Unfinished Autobiography. Lucis Trust. 1951. From the Preface by Foster Bailey, p 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Djwal Khul" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bailey, Alice A. Initiation Human and Solar, Lucis Trust., p. 58; Bailey, Alice A. Esoteric Healing, Lucis Trust., p. 521, 536, og 565; Bailey, Alice A. The Rays and Initiations, Lucis Trust., p. 255; Bailey, Alice A. The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, Lucis Trust., p. 685 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. "The Esoteric Meaning of Lucifer", Lucis Trust website. facts only, no text reused. lucistrust.org

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