Master Jesus is the theosophical concept of

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and the

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Position in the Hierarchy of Masters of the Ancient Wisdom

The Master Jesus is one of the

Masters of the Ancient Wisdom Ascended masters, also known as Mahatmas, are believed in several theosophical and related spiritual traditions to be spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans. Through a series of spiritual transformations, ...

in Theosophy and is one of the Ascended Masters (also collectively called the

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; with white being in reference to the light) in the

, a group of religions based on Theosophy. The Master Jesus is regarded by Theosophists, was regarded by

Alice Bailey Alice Ann Bailey (16 June 1880 – 15 December 1949) was a British and American writer. She wrote about 25 books on Theosophy and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. She was born Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchester, ...

, and was later regarded by students of the "Ascended Master Teachings" as the Master of the Sixth Ray. It is believed by Ascended Master Teachings organizations that the Master Jesus was "Chohan of the Sixth Ray" until December 31, 1959, when, according to

Elizabeth Clare Prophet Elizabeth Clare Prophet (''née'': Wulf, a.k.a. Guru Ma) (April 8, 1939 – October 15, 2009) was an American spiritual leader, author, orator, and writer. In 1963 she married Mark L. Prophet (after ending her first marriage), who had founded ...

, Lady Master Nada fully took on that Office in the

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. According to Prophet, Jesus became World Teacher, along with

Kuthumi Koot Hoomi (also spelled Kuthumi, and frequently referred to simply as K.H.) is said to be one of the Mahatmas that inspired the founding of the Theosophical Society in 1875. In Theosophy it is believed that he engaged in a correspondence with tw ...

, on January 1, 1956, succeeding

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, who took the Office of "Planetary Buddha" and "Cosmic Christ". This belief is not accepted by adherents of traditional Theosophy and the followers of Alice A. Bailey and Benjamin Creme; they believe that the Master Jesus is still the Chohan of the Sixth Ray and that Maitreya is still the World Teacher.

Previous incarnations

According to Elizabeth Clare Prophet, the

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of the

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, the largest Ascended Master Teachings religion, the Master Jesus incarnated twice as the Emperor of Atlantis, once in 33,050 BC and again in 15,000 BC. He did this in order to aid the white magicians in the war of the white magicians and the

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ians that was going on in

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at that time. According to Alice A. Bailey, the Master Jesus was previously incarnated as

Joshua Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...

, the Hebrew military leader in the 13th century BC, and

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in the sixth century BC. According to the Ascended Master Teachings, Jesus was also incarnated as

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of the

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in the 17th century BC/16th century BC (approximately between 1650 BC and 1550 BC), as well as

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(who lived until around 970 BC), and

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in the 9th century BC.

Family and birth

It is believed in the Ascended Master Teachings that Jesus’ father

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was one of the incarnations of St. Germain, and that his mother

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, upon her Assumption became either a

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or an

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and is now the twin flame (celestial wife) of the

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. According to the Ascended Master Teachings, each of the

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who came to visit the baby

was an incarnation of one of the ascended masters:

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, who gave the gift of

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to Jesus, was an incarnation of Djwal Khul; Balthasar, who gave the gift of

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to Jesus, was an incarnation of

; and Melchior, who gave the gift of

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to Jesus, was an incarnation of Morya.

Activities between the ages of twelve and thirty

According to the Ascended Master Teachings, to prepare for his ministry, Jesus first studied at the ''Brotherhood of

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'' (a mystery school in

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), and then went to India to study under the ''Great Divine Director'',

, and ''Lord Himalaya'', the Manu of the Fourth Root Race (Atlantean).Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) ''The Masters and Their Retreats'' Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press Page 144

Ministry

The followers of Benjamin Creme and Alice A. Bailey believe in the

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, promulgated by C.W. Leadbeater, which asserts that the powerful being known as the

overshadowed the Master Jesus during the

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, such that there were two beings in one body. Maitreya was the

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and the Master Jesus was

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; the combination of the two beings functioned as

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. Those adherent to the Ascended Master Teachings believe in the existence of the Maitreya; however, they believe that although he encouraged the mission of Jesus, he did not actually overshadow Jesus.

Crucifixion

Theosophists and those adherent to the ''Ascended Master Teachings'' alike believe that the Master Jesus underwent the fourth level of initiation (the ''crucifixion'') at his

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. According to Alice A. Bailey, for most people at the fourth initiation the crucifixion is symbolic as a severe life test of renunciation, but for Jesus it was literal.

Activities between the resurrection and the ascension

Traditional theosophists believe that the Master Jesus and Maitreya souls' separated from each other just after the Ascension (which for Jesus was only to the fourth and not the fifth level of initiation) and do not believe that the Master Jesus went to Kashmir; they believe he went directly to Shamballa to be with the Lord of the World, Sanat Kumara, for a time, until he then incarnated again soon after as

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. It is believed in the Ascended Master Teachings that when Jesus ascended on the 3rd day after the resurrection, he levitated from

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Day of Pentecost

In either case, whether he went directly to Shamballa or to Kashmir when he ascended, presumably he

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to a location above Judaea briefly ten days later on the 50th day after his resurrection in order to observe from afar the events of the Day of Pentecost (or possibly he observed these events by

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). In both traditional Theosophy and the Ascended Master Teachings it is believed that these events were coordinated by the Maha Chohan, who, it is asserted by both C.W. Leadbeater and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, is the representative of the

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on Earth.

Activities after the day of Pentecost

In the Ascended Master Teachings, it is believed that the Master Jesus lived in Kashmir until he was 81, and then, assuming he had been born in 6 BC, in AD 75, he ascended to Shamballa to be with the Lord of the World, Sanat Kumara.

Controversy regarding incarnation as Apollonius of Tyana

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, a founder of the

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, wrote in 1877: "Apollonius, a contemporary of Jesus of Nazareth, was, like him, an enthusiastic founder of a new spiritual school. Perhaps less metaphysical and more practical than Jesus, less tender and perfect in his nature, he nevertheless inculcated the same quintessence of spirituality, and the same high moral truths." Some Theosophists such as C.W. Leadbeater and the teachers of

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, Alice A. Bailey and Benjamin Creme, have written that the Master Jesus was also incarnated as Apollonius of Tyana after his incarnation as Jesus of Nazareth. It is believed that he attained the fifth level of initiation (the ''

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'') when he became an

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at the end of his life as Apollonius of Tyana. However, if Apollonius was a contemporary of Jesus as Blavatsky wrote, Jesus could not have reincarnated as him. Benjamin Creme gets around this by claiming that Jesus lived from 24 BC to AD 9 (instead of the usual dates given of Jesus' lifetime as being c. 6 BC to c. AD 30 or AD 33). This means that Jesus ''could'' have incarnated as Apollonius of Tyana, since according to Creme, Apollonius lived from AD 16 to c. AD 97. However, one of the possible chronologies of Apollonius of Tyana's life sometimes cited give his life span as being from AD 40 to AD 120, thus making it possible that, even if the usual dates of Jesus' lifetime are accepted (c. 6 BC to c. AD 30 or AD 33), he ''still'' could have incarnated as Apollonius of Tyana. However, other modern scholarship, more often cited, gives the dates of Appolonius' life span as c. AD 15 to c. AD 100, thus making it problematic, realistically speaking, that Jesus could have incarnated as him. Jesus' incarnation as Apollonius of Tyana is accepted by the followers of traditional Theosophy, of Alice A. Bailey, and of Benjamin Creme, but not by those who are adherent to the ''Ascended Master Teachings'', who believe that the incarnation as Jesus was his last embodiment on Earth.

Incarnation as Ramanuja

C.W. Leadbeater stated that the Master Jesus, after his resurrection in the body of Apollonius of Tyana, incarnated in India as the

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religious reformer

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, a leading figure within the

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; thus, by incarnating as Ramanuja, Jesus became an

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. According to Leadbeater, the Master Jesus incarnated as Ramanuja as part of his spiritual work as Master of the Sixth Ray of Love-Devotion (''bhakti'' is the

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word for ''devotion''). That Jesus incarnated as Ramanuja is believed by many traditional Theosophists, but not by those adherent to the Ascended Master Teachings.

Benjamin Creme's views

According to Benjamin Creme, the Master Jesus visited the

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(as well as

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) not immediately after his resurrection as recounted in the

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, but in the late 7th century and early 8th century, after having descended to the continent of America from his dwelling place in Shamballah with Sanat Kumara. Like the

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, Creme believes that this visit gave rise to the legend of Quetzalcoatl. Benjamin Crème asserted that, in the late 1970s, the Master Jesus appeared to Spencer W. Kimball, then

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, in the Washington D.C. Temple. Creme stated that since 1990 the Master Jesus has been living in secret in Rome. After

makes his

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(the ''Day of Declaration''), Creme asserted, the Master Jesus in his

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body will assume the papal throne for the next 2,000 years of the

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Master Jesus' retreat

According to the Ascended Master Teachings, the Master Jesus has a sumptuous retreat (residence on the etheric plane) above

called the ''Resurrection Temple''. Often his mother Mary (now married to the Archangel Raphael, as noted above, and serving the Solar Logos with him in the

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) descends to serve with him at the Resurrection Temple doing sacred rituals and answering prayers.

Twin flame

Ascended Master Teachings groups describe the Master Jesus as having a ''twin flame'' (celestial spouse) named Lady Master Magda, one of whose two known incarnations was

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; the other was

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John the Beloved

According to the Ascended Master Teachings, the Ascended Master John the Beloved, who was Jesus’ best friend during his lifetime, has a retreat (residence on the etheric plane) above

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where he teaches a variety of

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that involves the mastery of the

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governing the realms of earth, air, water, and fire. It is believed that the Master Jesus often teleports over to John the Beloved's retreat to say hello to his old friend.

Aetherius Society

In the teachings of the

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, headquartered in

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, it is promulgated that since his resurrection, the Master Jesus has been dwelling mostly on the higher planes of Venus in order to work with the Master Aetherius, but when his presence is required, he teleports to or takes a

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to Earth as needed.

Sananda

Joshua David Stone of the I AM University, began holding his Wesak

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gatherings in 1996. Stone had begun teaching in 1993, based on the early 1980s revelations of Tuella, that the Master Jesus, under his

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name "Sananda", works with Commander Ashtar, flying with

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in their own flying saucer within the Ashtar Galactic Command flying saucer fleet as its Commander-in-Chief.

Skeptical view

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

Madame Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian-born mystic and writer who emigrated to the United States where she co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an international foll ...

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

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s. In an article in ''The New York Times'',

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maintains that Madame Blavatsky's revelations were fraudulent. However, the Master Jesus was never one of the "Masters" that Madame Blavatsky claimed to have met. He was added as a "Master" by

Annie Besant Annie Besant (; Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an English socialist, Theosophy (Blavatskian), theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism. She was an arden ...

and C.W. Leadbeater in their 1913 book '' Man: Whence, How and Whither''.

In popular culture

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* In the 1973

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titled ''Occult Laff-Parade'',

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drew a

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in which the Master Jesus is portrayed as commanding a

fleet orbiting Earth looking for evil-doers. He is shown as being dressed in a

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with a

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and having the title ''Commander Jesus

* The

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''Master Jesus'', written by Len Kody and drawn by Steve Bialik, appeared beginning in 2010.Nerd City web comic "Master Jesus", written by Len Kody and drawn by Steve Bialik:

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* 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.