| The New Age or the Aquarian Age & World | | | | universal than reform' and 'more profound than a |
| Government | | | | revolution ! ' The main chararacteristic of the New |
| It is generally believed that the Aquarian Age started in | | | | Aquarian Age will be Spiritual Democray. Global |
| the year 2000, 2160 years roughly being the Age of a | | | | integration has been achieved via the Net, which |
| Sign. The Piscean age started at around 200 BCE ( | | | | implements the Global Village Concept. The Wonder - |
| Before Common Era ). Let us study the symbolisms of | | | | the World Wide Web - is the true World |
| the Piscean and the Aquarian Ages. As the Earth's | | | | Encyclopaedia ! |
| precession is 72 degrees per degree, 2160 years is an | | | | Always the teachings of the White Lodge ( the |
| Age Cycle. 25920 years ( 12*2160) is a Precessional | | | | Philosophers ) were opposed by the Black Lodge ( |
| Cycle or a Great Plato Year or an Aeon. | | | | Theology ), who maintain that Man and God are |
| Pisces means Fishes and Jesus was the Redeemer | | | | different. Giadarno Bruno, one of the greatest |
| of the Piscean Age. The Piscean Age emphasised | | | | philosophers, had to give his life as a price for his |
| Faith. The two fishes of Pisces indicate Dualism and | | | | mystical experiences. He was burnt as a heretic. Rising |
| during this time, the conflict between Religion & | | | | to this challenge, Isaac Bonewits formulated the |
| Science intensified as Science rose against blind Faith. | | | | Aquarian Manifesto, which gives the freedom and the |
| The belief in an external God was rejected by | | | | liberty to worship the God of one's choice. This |
| Science. Aquarius is ruled by two planets in Astrology - | | | | Aquarian Manifesto protects psychics & mystics. |
| Uranus & Saturn. Uranus represents Independence and | | | | Piscean Symbolism - Dualism |
| Saturn Universal Humanism. Humanism postulates that | | | | Pisces is characterised by two Fishes - The Eastern |
| no dogma or political doctrine can save you; only you | | | | Fish & the Western Fish. The Eastern Fish represents |
| can save yourself. If you save yourself, you save | | | | the Positive Aspect of Man & the Western Fish , the |
| society, you save the nation and the Planet Earth ! In | | | | Negative Aspect. It indicates the fierce conflict |
| other words, Universal Humanism will be the hallmark | | | | between Science & Theology and conflicting ideologies |
| of the Aquarian Age. | | | | - Marxism vs Mysticism, Existentialism vs Essentialism |
| The astrologic scholar Jeff Jawer remarks that the | | | | etc. The lower energies, such as greed, jealousy, ego |
| Aquarian Age has not arrived in his article " On The | | | | & ignorance were expressed during the Piscean Age |
| Cusp between Pisces and Aquarius. " The first Venus | | | | and higher energies like peace, love and truth will be |
| Transit occurred in 2004 & the next one wlll be in 2012. | | | | exhibited in the Aquarian Age. The Internet and the |
| These 8 years will be like the Dark Night of the Soul, a | | | | World Wide Web are Aquarian concepts. The dot |
| chaotic period of purgatorial suffering as the Planet | | | | com drives for Profit were Piscean and did not |
| Earth goes through a dark phase. | | | | work.The Dot Com disaster , the 9/11 WTC attack - all |
| Dr Jose Arguelles, the scholar who brought the | | | | these are indicators that it is time for us, as a global |
| concept of Harmonic Convergence, also thinks that | | | | community, to evolve to a higher level of |
| the enlightening Age of Aquarius will dawn on 2012. | | | | Consciousness and usher in a New Age. The main |
| The famous song on Aquarian Age states thus | | | | reason for the 9/11 disaster was our lack of global |
| When the moon is in the Seventh House | | | | unity and separativeness. |
| And Jupiter aligns with Mars | | | | Global Integration |
| Then peace will guide the planets | | | | As it is a syncretic Movement ( Syncretism holds that |
| And love will steer the stars! | | | | all religions areessentially One ), it will bring forth global |
| This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius | | | | integration & Spiritual Democracry. During the Taurean |
| The age of Aquarius | | | | Age ( 4000 BCE ), worship of the Golden Calf was |
| Aquarius! | | | | common in the Middle East. During the Arian Age ( |
| Aquarius! | | | | circa 2000 BCE ), the Jews indulged in widespread |
| All freethinkers are excited about the New Aquarian | | | | ritual sacrifice of sheep and other animals in the |
| Age where Wisdom will blossom and importance will | | | | Temple. During the Picean Age ( 160 BC - 2000 ACE ), |
| be on Self development, Self Transformation, Self | | | | many Jews walked away from animal sacrifice and |
| Realisation & Self Actualisation. Gone are the days of | | | | embraced Christianity. |
| dogma & Blind Faith. Personal transformation will result | | | | The Piscean Age was represented by Clash and an |
| in Planetary Transformation ! | | | | us against them mentality and we saw many clashes, |
| Dante, Bernard Shaw & Alice Bailey had highlighted in | | | | Church against State, Science against Religion, |
| their writings that a World Government is the only | | | | Spirituality against Materialism, Right vs. Wrong, Evil vs. |
| solution to achieve permanent World Peace. Mahesh | | | | Good, etc. Many forgot that they are spiritual beings |
| Yogi inaugurated the World Government in 1975 in | | | | having a human experience as the external world was |
| Seelisberg, Switzerland ( " In response to the call of | | | | focussed |
| time, a global organisation has been structured, the | | | | A Paradigm Shift to Global Order ? |
| non-political, the non- religious World Government which | | | | Dr Thomas Kuhn in his book ' Structure of Scientific |
| has the knowledge and expertise to create an ideal | | | | Revolutions" defined a Paradigm ( pattern ) thus |
| society" ). Foster Bailey, the husband of Alice Bailey, | | | | "Science is a series of peaceful interludes, punctuated |
| said that " Free Masonry is the descendent of a United | | | | by intellectually violent revolutions ".After such |
| World Religion, a divinely imparted Religion. Then came | | | | revolutions, one conceptual world view is replaced by |
| separativeness and religions. Now we are striving for a | | | | another. The New World View is Monism ( All is One) , |
| United World Order" There is also a move to create a | | | | Holism ( Reality is organically One ) & Pantheism ( The |
| World Stock Market & to control all governments in | | | | Universe is divine & earth is sacred ). All regressive |
| the world. The foundations behind the United Nations | | | | thinking & negative tendencies will fade away and |
| are spiritual. The Global Oneness Movement is gaining | | | | Enlightenment will dawn. The Aquarian Age will usher in |
| momentum and a Council of Global Governance has | | | | a major Shift in intellectual thinking, as it is the Shift of |
| been constituted with Maurice Strong as the President. | | | | of the Ages ! Astrology will regain its pristine glory and |
| Dr Wilhmhurst saw the dawning of the Aquarian Age | | | | guide humanity. Those Great Revolving Heavens |
| as the fulfillment of the Plan and said that Free | | | | which maketh Providence a virtuous Power, those |
| Masonry may be the vehicle for that fulfillment. Wise | | | | mighty ones which advance us when we have |
| people point out that the New Age Movement is the | | | | learned or retard us when there is still work to done, |
| Universal Religion which H G Wells predicted would | | | | will be respected as the messengers of Universal Will. |
| one day take over mankind. | | | | We have to evolve to Divinity and become the |
| The hand of the Mysteries controlled the establishment | | | | Perfected Whole ! |
| of the United States Government and the signature of | | | | The World Plan has been in motion for centuries as a |
| the Mysteries may still be seen on the Great Seal of | | | | New World Order cannot happen overnight. To |
| the United States of America. The Seal discloses a | | | | achieve this difficult task, guns have to removed from |
| mass of Masonic symbols, chiefly amongst them the | | | | the hands of private owners, currency has to be |
| American Eagle, which is a conventionalized phoenix. | | | | removed and replaced it with credit, and intelligence |
| The U S Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter said | | | | databases all around the world should be coordinated. |
| " The real rulers in Washington are invisible and | | | | Many people are becoming aware that something |
| exercise power from behind the scenes ". | | | | serious is going on and a World Plan to unite global |
| The Third Testament | | | | currencies, trade boundaries & Nation States are in the |
| The New Age has been referred to as the Third | | | | offing. The principle of Global Economic |
| Testament. While the Old & the New Testaments | | | | Interdependence will unite all the economies of the |
| emphasised that Truth is Freedom ( Veritas vos | | | | world. There exists a benign Secret Power behind the |
| Liberabit ), New Age Philosophy averrs that | | | | scenes whose aim is to control all the goverments of |
| Knowledge alone is Freedom. Self Knowledge or | | | | the world. The innovative World Order is made up |
| Knowledge of the Absolute Self alone can make you | | | | many elements of control - Mind control, gun control, |
| free ! Global Oneness alone can save the world. | | | | IMF, The World Bank, FEMA, UN, Secret Societies, |
| Globalists alone can bring a planetary transformation | | | | weather control and so on and on and on. Nothing but |
| and not those who champion the cause of a Nation or | | | | absolute control over everything; trade, banking, stock |
| a Civilisation. | | | | markets, oil, energy, technology, cyber world, nuclear |
| Some prominent globalists are Jeremy Rifkin, Norman | | | | capability, etc, is the New World Order. |
| Cousins, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, John Denver, George | | | | Let us conclude this article with the Great Invocation, |
| Lucas, Norman Lear, Alice Bailey, Alvin Toffler, Dr. | | | | the World Prayer,which belongs to all humanity. |
| Barbara Ray, Benjamin Creme, Levi Dowling, George | | | | From point of Light within the Mind of God |
| Trevelyan, Fritjof Capra, Abraham Maslow, Barbara | | | | Let light stream forth into the minds of men. |
| Marx Hubbard, Ruth Montgomery, Shirley MacLaine, | | | | Let Light descend on Earth. |
| J.Z. Knight, Marilyn Ferguson, David Spangler, Nelson | | | | From the point of Love within the Heart of God |
| Mandela & Gorbachev. | | | | Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men. |
| Marilyn Ferguson in her book ' The Aquarian | | | | May the Coming One return to Earth. |
| Conspiracy' remarks that the New Age Revolution is a | | | | From the centre where the Will of God is known |
| Movement which is characterised by ' no political | | | | Let purpose guide the little wills of men |
| doctrines, no manifesto'. It is a Movement 'more | | | | The purpose which the Masters know and serve. |