Paul the Venetian or the Venetian Chohan is one of the "

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" in the teachings of

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and is regarded as one of the ascended masters in the

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(also collectively called the ''Great White Brotherhood''). He is regarded as the Master of the Third Ray (see Seven Rays). According to the

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, his final life was his incarnation as the artist

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(1528-1588), after which he is said to have become an ''Ascended Master''.

Paul the Venetian's etheric retreat

According to

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, Paul the Venetian's "''Ascended Master Retreat''" is believed to be in an enormous mansion called the "Chateau de Liberte" on the

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above an area of southern

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called

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. This mansion is supposed to be larger than the

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and have thousands of rooms decorated with copies of paintings (rendered in etheric matter) from all civilizations and eras of human history. Members of the Church Universal and Triumphant, the largest organization adherent to the Ascended Master Teachings, practice meditation exercises which, they are taught, will allow them to visit this retreat on the etheric plane in their

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Previous incarnations

The Theosophical author

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mentioned a Venetian Chohan, but did not name him Paul or identify him with Veronese. Some of the lesser known Ancient Wisdom groups maintain that Paul the Venetian was incarnated as

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. In the

, Paul the Venetian is believed to have been incarnated as a "Minister of Culture" in the government of

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, as one of the

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s of the

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in Ancient Egypt, and as an

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(mural painter) in the

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Ascension

According to the Ascended Master Teachings, Paul the Venetian ascended on April 19, 1588

Twin flame

According to

(the founder and former head of the

organization the

), Paul the Venetian’s ''twin flame'' ( Celestial marriage, celestial wife) was incarnated as

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and is now known as the Lady Master Adoremus. Ruth Hawkins was born in

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in 1907 and died (“ascended”) in 1995 in

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who painted many portraits of the ascended masters and was very devoted to Paul the Venetian, addressing many "violet flame decrees" toward him. She was a member of the

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and later of

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. According to Elizabeth Clare Prophet, "Lady Master Adoremus" is now known as the ''Goddess of Beauty''. However, according to the

organization the

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, Paul the Venetian’s ''twin flame'' (celestial wife) is Lady Master Chi Seong Li, who was incarnated as a widely educated

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lady of noble birth who, following changes in her family's circumstances, taught basic lessons including mathematics to the young children of a

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noble's household. ''Lady Master Chi Seong Li'' is said to govern the realm of

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and

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Skeptical view

The scholar K. Paul Johnson maintains that the "Masters" that

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wrote about and produced letters from were actually idealizations of people who were her

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s.Johnson, Paul K. Initiates of Theosophical Masters Albany, New York:1995 State University of New York Press Also see the article “Talking to the Dead and Other Amusements” by

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in ''New York Times'' October 5, 1980, which maintains that Madame Blavatsky's revelations were fraudulent.

Notes

Sources

* Leadbeater, C.W. ''The Masters and the Path'' Adyar, Madras, India: 1925—Theosophical Publishing House * Prophet, Mark L. and Elizabeth Clare ''Lords of the Seven Rays'' Livingston, Montana, U.S.A.:1986 - Summit University Press