Editing Alice Bailey (section)

=== The Great Invocation ===
The Great Invocation is a mantra given in 1937 by Bailey. The mantra begins with "From the point of Light within the Mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds of men{{nbsp}}..." with the rest of the passage expressing the ideas of love, the return of [[Christ (title)|The Christ]] ([[Maitreya (Theosophy)|Maitreya]]) and of men acting in accordance with the plan of God.

It is well known by some followers of the New Age movement, where it is widely used as part of meditation, particularly in groups.<ref name="melton57">{{cite book |last1=Melton |first1=J. Gordon |last2=Clark |first2=Jerome |last3=Kelly |first3=Aidan A. |title=New Age Encyclopedia |publisher=Gale Research Inc |year=1990 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newageencycloped00jgor/page/57 57] |isbn=0-8103-7159-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/newageencycloped00jgor/page/57 }}</ref> For instance, the invocation has been used in the [[Findhorn Foundation]] community since the 1970s. In response to the [[September 11 attacks]] (2001), the Great Invocation was used as a central element of a new daily program at Findhorn known as the "Network of Light meditations for peace".<ref name=sutcliffe138>{{cite book |last=Sutcliffe |first=Steven J |title=Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices |publisher=Routledge |year=2003 |pages=138–139 |isbn=0-415-24299-1}}</ref> Rosemary Keller described the Great Invocation as a call for "the Christ to return to Earth" and wrote that Bailey-related groups purchased radio and television time to broadcast the invocation as part of their mission, and that often the invocation was recited in what Keller called "light groups", to accomplish what Bailey's disciples considered to be attracting and focusing "spiritual energies to benefit the planet".<ref name="Keller763" />

Alice Bailey's writings have a theme that generally advocates replacement of the old with the new and this occurs in connection with the Great Invocation as follows: "This new Invocation, if given widespread distribution, can be to the new world religion what the [[Lord's Prayer]] has been to Christianity and the [[Psalm 23|23rd Psalm]] has been to the spiritually minded Jew."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lucistrust.org/online_books/the_reappearance_the_christ/chapter_two_christ_unique_occasion|title=CHAPTER TWO - CHRIST'S UNIQUE OCCASION - Online Books (Lucis Trust)|website=www.lucistrust.org}}</ref>