"Today, we see the reemergence of reverence for the Divine Mother that we knew in past ages." – Elizabeth Clare Prophet

"I AM the fire of the Feminine Ray." 1

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Inscrutable power in all things.

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Intelligence in all beings.

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Forgiveness in all things.

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Peacefulness in all things.

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Faithfulness in all things.

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Beauty in all things.

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Mercy in all things.

Praise be to the Divine Mother

The Consciousness in all things.

O Mother, you take away the sufferings of your devotees.

You are the Mother of the Universe; Let your mercy shine on all.

- Devi-mahatmya

"Today, we see the reemergence of reverence for the Divine Mother that we
knew in past ages." – Elizabeth Clare Prophet 

The age of Aquarius has been defined as an astrological era, or a great cosmic cycle in the spiritual
evolution of consciousness. This age is intended to bring about a spiritual transformation and
healing unlike any other.

It is the age when our awareness of God as Mother and the Holy Spirit

comes to the fore. This is the age of the Divine Mother and the Holy Spirit.

The Divine Mother, called the Universal Mother or Cosmic Virgin, is the feminine polarity of the
Godhead. She is the "other side" of Father. In the East she is known as Kuan Yin, the Chinese
Goddess of Mercy and Compassion and in the West as Mary, Mother of Jesus. These are only two
of her manifestations.

Being multi-faceted, the Divine Mother has a thousand and one faces and her reflection is constantly changing. Author and spiritual teacher Elizabeth Clare Prophet (Prophet*) writes:

The concept of a divine Mother embraces and yet transcends all religions. In Jewish tradition, the feminine aspect of God is called Shekhinah, literally "Divine Presence." In Hinduism she appears as Shakti, in Buddhism as Prajnaparamita, and in Egyptian tradition as Isis. In some texts of the Old Testament and Apocrypha, the feminine aspect of the divine is called Wisdom, just as the Christian gnostics called her Sophia or Pistis Sophia (meaning "Faith-Wisdom").

The sacred interchange of energy that is God flows from Spirit to Matter, Matter to Spirit. Matter
(the material cosmos) symbolically represents the womb of the Mother.

The Mother anchors the energies released from Spirit (Father) into Matter (Mother). She brings the formlessness of Spirit (Father) into form. 

The Divine feminine is the highest expression or aspect of man and woman and we need both Mother and Father for wholeness and balance.

The Mother and the Goddess

"A bit of Mother, a drop was Krishna, another was Buddha, another was Christ."
-Swami Vivekananda

The myriad faces of the Mother explain her being. She can assume any form ranging from the
gentle comforter to the fearless warrior. She can be tender and playful or terrifying and ferocious.
Speaking about an eighteenth-century songwriter and devotee of the Mother, Lex Hixon writes:
Through Ramprasad's songs, the Goddess reveals herself as Woman Warrior,
Teacher, Mother and Consort. In different moods, she appears youthful, ancient, or ageless.
These are actual dimensions of experience which can be entered by her devotees.

She is divine creativity, evolutionary energy, timeless awareness, transcendent reality, and, in a
special tantric sense, she is every woman. She constitutes the feminine principle within male
and female persons and also manifests the gender-free feminine – self-luminous Mother
Wisdom, nondual awareness and bliss.

When the term Goddess is used for the Divine Mother, these are not the literal gods or goddesses
found in mythology. They are Ascended Masters, enlightened spiritual beings who have made their
ascension and returned to God. Goddesses are great beings of light who embody and focus the God
consciousness of their office or ray.

The Mother Flame

What is the Mother flame? The Mother flame (Kundalini) has been described as coiled energy,
white fire or light located at the base-of-the-spine chakra. This white light has to be awakened and
raised through each of the chakras. Chakras are spiritual centers of light and energy located along
the spinal column that are "gateways" to the "spiritual self."

Raising the Mother flame brings healing and as we heal, we magnetize the light of the Father and
experience the divine interchange of energy that occurs between the Father (masculine polarity)
and the Mother (feminine polarity). We start to integrate the two polarities.
"Energy always follows consciousness…"

Because of the purifying action of the Mother flame, care has to be taken in how it is raised. The
safest way is through prayer and devotion. The goal is to reunite the light of the Mother with the
light of the Father in the heart chakra. When this happens, we give birth to the Christ
consciousness.

The Divine Mother is our great teacher and guru. As the Mother flame rises, we begin to see the
things we need to do and work on. Memories will surface and some will be painful. Healing our
psychology is a fundamental step on the spiritual path and it is important to take hold of the hand of
the Mother during this time as she gives us the inner guidance and strength to press onward.
The blessings we receive from the Mother are endless.

One of her primary attributes is to awaken us. As the Mother light rises, our consciousness begins to undergo a profound change. We become illumined. The wisdom of the Mother teaches us better ways of doing things. She helps us to finetune our communication skills and to improve our interactions with people.

She teaches us to build healthy relationships and to open our eyes to see the needs of others. From her we learn to be more responsible and efficient. She brings harmony and order. All of this is the result of the Mother's energy flowing through us.

The Mother flame and the ascension flame

"The World is striving for the crowning perfection.

Manifold are the paths of the search.

The closest to perfection will be the path of Beauty."

What is the ascension? Simply put, the ascension is a spiritual ritual whereby we "victoriously"
return to God after passing our spiritual tests and meeting certain requirements. Author Annice
Booth says:

Through the flame of the ascension, we become one with our own Higher Self and
then with God the Father, our own I AM Presence…

The ascended masters say we "ascend daily" and every good work, deed and thought aligns us
closer to our Higher Self. Raising the Mother flame must be accompanied by spiritual devotion. If
this is not done, the rising flame will activate all kinds of inordinate desires instead of the God
qualities and virtues we are seeking.

The Mother flame and the ascension flame are one and the same. The ascension flame is the
consciousness of the Mother and the Mother is the white light of the ascension flame. As we raise
the Mother flame we begin to weave our spiritual garment of light called the seamless garment.
Our seamless garment is woven by our thoughts and feelings and the threads represent our
consciousness. We have to replace our old garment with a new one. If we are prone towards being
selfish, then we have to start giving to others.

If we are filled with self-hate, then we must replace this with self-love. As we pass our initiations and start to heal we begin to add virtues to our garment of light. Sages and saints are often described as having one or more special virtues.

Perhaps it is grace, honor or integrity. Some are called truth bearers and others are praised for
being noble and just. Virtues are one of the gifts that come from the Mother.

As we weave them into our seamless garment we can truthfully say we are walking the path of Beauty, the path of the Divine Mother and the ascension.

Our feminine and masculine sides

Whether male or female, we each have a masculine and feminine side. Everything in the spiritual and material world dances in a rhythmic flow of male and female energy. The Chinese call this yin
(feminine) and yang (masculine). Wholeness requires the balancing of our masculine and feminine sides. The Mother shows us the way to do this.

Our feminine side is nurturing, creative, intuitive, sensitive, comforting, caring and patient. She is the healer as well as the teacher. Our masculine side is associated more so with the "law" and as being analytical. He is power, strength, protection and discipline.

When we are out of balance we feel chaotic and lack harmony. We are out of sync with the universe
and our energy is scattered. We become uncaring and insensitive, abusive, aggressive or passive,
indecisive and weak-willed. We become spiritually bankrupt.

The Mother (Teacher-Guru) provides the nurturing, guidance and wisdom we need to successfully
balance our polarities. One of the ways she does this is by explaining the laws of Father. Sometimes
she is required to become the disciplinarian dispensing the discipline that is necessary for balancing
to occur. Her overall desire is to liberate and restore us to wholeness.

The soul of both man and
woman is feminine and Spirit is the masculine side. We have to raise the feminine ray to magnetize
the masculine. Until we do this, we will not manifest the fullness of our wholeness."

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