Spiritual and Esoteric Directory

The Masters, together forming the Spiritual Hierarchy, are the custodians of the Divine Plan for this planet. They have inspired great human achievements throughout history, working from behind the scenes through their disciples in all fields of human endeavor. The Masters guide and teach, but it is humanity itself, responding of its own free will to their stimulus, which creates each new civilization. Throughout history, when humanity reaches a major point of crisis, the Spiritual Hierarchy has sent its Teachers to lead the way. There have been many of these great spiritual messengers; Sri Krishna, Gautama Buddha, and Jesus Christ are but a few.

Spiritual Hierarchy is a term used often in Theosophy, Neo-Theosophy, and the Ascended Master Teachings. It represents the concept of a group of self-realised Masters of Wisdom, and their disciples, invisibly helping humanity from behind the scenes on the higher spiritual planes (although they are now allegedly planning to making their existence more known on the physical plane). According to the the Ascended Master Teachings, Maitreya, formerly considered to be the World Teacher, now holds the "Office" of "Planetary Buddha" and "Cosmic Christ", while the head of the Spiritual Hierarchy for the Earth is the Lord of the World, an "Office" currently held by Gautama Buddha.

The Spiritual Hierarchy is made up of Masters who are the custodians of the Divine Plan for this planet. They have inspired great human achievements throughout history, working from behind the scenes through their disciples in all fields of human endeavor. The Masters guide and teach, but it is humanity itself, responding of its own free will to their stimulus, which creates each new civilization. Throughout history, when humanity reaches a major point of crisis, the Spiritual Hierarchy sends a Teacher to lead the way. There have been many of these great spiritual messengers; Krishna, Buddha and the Christ are but a few. Now, at this critical time, the Masters are returning to the outer world for the first time in countless millennia, along with the Master of all the Masters, head of the Spiritual Hierarchy, Maitreya.