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== The dream of future golden ages == | == The dream of future golden ages == | ||
It was the dream of [[King Arthur]] and the Knights of the Round Table to create the golden-age society which Plato had dreamed of, [[Francis Bacon]] later wrote about and also [[Thomas More]] and his [[Utopia]]. And we in our childhood dreams have also longed for this ideal society—we speak of the idealism of youth, the reaching out for that which is perhaps unrealistic, impractical, but it is that surge of creative energy that is not yet stagnated, that flow of life—as Above so below. The dream is also recorded in the prophecy of John in the Book of Revelation. “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof.”<ref>Rev. 21:13.</ref> | It was the dream of [[King Arthur]] and the Knights of the Round Table to create the golden-age society which Plato had dreamed of, [[Francis Bacon]] later wrote about and also [[Thomas More]] and his [[Utopia]]. And we in our childhood dreams have also longed for this ideal society—we speak of the idealism of youth, the reaching out for that which is perhaps unrealistic, impractical, but it is that surge of creative energy that is not yet stagnated, that flow of life—as Above so below. The dream is also recorded in the prophecy of [[John the Beloved|John]] in the Book of Revelation. “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof.”<ref>Rev. 21:13.</ref> | ||
== Characteristics of the golden ages == | == Characteristics of the golden ages == | ||
The leaders of the ideal society are priest-king-scientists; for there is no separation between government, science and religion, which are seen as a manifestation of the tripartite flame of power, wisdom and love. Positions of authority in the temples and in governmental, educational and scientific institutions are awarded to those initiates who have passed certain degrees of self-mastery and who are thereby qualified to rule and make decisions on behalf of those still going through the tests and initiations that all must eventually pass in order to win their immortality. | The leaders of the ideal society are priest-king-scientists; for there is no separation between government, science and [[religion]], which are seen as a manifestation of the tripartite flame of power, wisdom and love. Positions of authority in the temples and in governmental, educational and scientific institutions are awarded to those initiates who have passed certain degrees of self-mastery and who are thereby qualified to rule and make decisions on behalf of those still going through the tests and initiations that all must eventually pass in order to win their immortality. | ||
The laws of the ideal society are based on that cosmic law that the Creator put in the “inward parts” of man, carefully wrote in his heart, and then sent his angels to record in the archives of universal Truth. These have been guarded to the present hour in the [[Etheric retreat|retreat]]s of the brotherhood of ascended masters who have already passed through this or other planetary schoolrooms. | The laws of the ideal society are based on that cosmic law that the Creator put in the “inward parts” of man, carefully wrote in his heart, and then sent his angels to record in the archives of universal Truth. These have been guarded to the present hour in the [[Etheric retreat|retreat]]s of the brotherhood of ascended masters who have already passed through this or other planetary schoolrooms. | ||