Hilarion, Master

One of the masters originally contacted by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, cofounder of the Theosophical Society. According to theosophical teachings, there exists a spiritual hierarchy composed of individuals who have finished their round of earthly reincarnations and have evolved to the spiritual planes, from which they guide the affairs of humanity. Those members of the hierarchy closest to humanity are the "lords of the seven rays" (of the light spectrum). Each ray represents a particular virtue, which the lord of that ray exemplifies.

Master Hilarion is the lord of the fifth ray and an exemplar of science, or detailed knowledge. He influences scientists, and those who identify with him are known for their ability at research and scientific investigation. During the first decades of the Theosophical Society he channeled The Voice of Silence through Blavatsky and Light on the Path through Mabel Collins. In a former life he is believed to have been Iamblichus, the Neoplatonic philosopher. Today he supposedly inhabits a Greek body but resides in Egypt. Blavatsky claimed to have first met him in 1860 and said he helped her with some of her short stories.

Francis A. LaDue and William H. Dower, cofounders of the Temple (which grew out of the Syracuse, New York, Lodge of the Theosophical Society), claimed Master Hilarion as the primary member of the hierarchy with whom they were in contact. In 1968 Rev. Wayne Taylor claimed that Master Hilarion had guided him in the founding of the City of the Sun Foundation in Columbus, New Mexico. Most recently, Maurice B. Cooke has channeled a set of books allegedly from Master Hilarion.

Sources:

Hilarion, Master [through Maurice B. Cooke]. The Nature of Reality. Toronto: Marcus Books, 1978.

Pallas Athena and the Master Hilarion Speak. Part I: The Master Hilarion. Kings Park, N.Y.: Bridge to Freedom, 1975.

Ransom, Josephine. A Short History of the Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938.

Taylor, Wayne. Pillars of Light. Columbus, NM: The Author, 1965.

Temple Messages. Halcyon, Calif.: Temple of the People, 1983.

Theogenesis. Halcyon, Calif.: Temple of the People, 1981.