Scorpio is regarded as the most mysterious sign of the zodiac. It is considered the sign of darkness and death. To the mundane, it will always remain something inexplicable and, to many, it seems frightening. But to all those who dare, will and ceaselessly strive for knowledge, the mystery of darkness and death is revealed. Darkness is absolute light, and death is a passage to greater light. The mystery of Scorpio is the mystery of immortality. This mystery is symbolised by the struggle between the serpent and the eagle.

The Images of Synthesis illustrate the related symbolism. You find there in the different cycles all previous Scorpio paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr) and here the latest paintings. You can also download print-versions for free. Find here on the Good Will website the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

In order to embrace something new, we must let go of something else. We cannot hold on to more than is possible. We have to give up certain activities to gain better things.

In keeping with the changing times, we will evolve into a global spirit, in which our values, too, are global. If we wish to rise to a spirit, we cannot hold only local values.

The Aquarian Age brings in global values, and God will be experienced as energy beyond form and name. Many communities are trying to cling to their local values and impose them upon a global platform. Let us not fall back into the past. Such attempts will be crushed by Shambala.

For the composition of the image, I used a photo taken by my brother, Winfried Philips, of the medieval monastery ruins of Beauly Priory near Inverness, Scotland, where gravestones can be seen inside the structure. The priory was built in the 1230s by French monks in a secluded spot in the woods. They called it ‘beau lieu’ (‘beautiful place’), from which the name Beauly later evolved. The priory was dissolved in the 17th century and fell into ruin.

I created the background of the image using a photo of a sunrise on the summer solstice of 2014 in Billerbeck, northern Germany. The sun rising powerfully from the ancient ruins symbolises the unfolding of global awareness from the confines of local concepts.

You can find all the images and their descriptions on the website ludgerphilips.org. The images from the current annual cycle can be found here. This image is also part of the Shambala cycle.

We just published the storybook “Madame Blavatsky – She revealed the Golden Stairs to the Temple of Divine Wisdom” (PDF).

My friend Sanath from Hyderabad has created this series of storybooks with now 7 booklets in PDF form on the life and work of Masters of Wisdom. The stories are available in English, German, Spanish, Telugu and Kannada – the translation work is going on.

All storybooks are made available for free to introduce the knowledge about these great beings especially to the young people of the new generation who are not used to read any (bigger) books. Sanath is an artist, a good playbook writer and very skillful with AI. But what is most important is that since his early youth he has grown up with the wisdom teaching of the World Teacher Trust. He carved out the essence of books with complex contents giving them in a simple language for “children from 8 to 108”. In this, he stays very strictly to the teachings and does not twist the content.

I enjoyed collaborating increasingly with him in the creation. Especially the present booklet on H.P.B. (Helena Blavatsky) is very dear to me – she inspires me since decades. She was an extremely courageous woman and a trailblazer for the Aquarian Age. Blavatsky was the first one bringing out the knowledge about the Masters of Wisdom to the great public through her grand works Isis Unveiled and Secret Doctrine. Many were deeply impressed – and others felt profoundly challenged by her teachings and slandered her.
The storybook is a tribute to her tremendous dedication and passionate commitment to the Masters and their work. It’s a very enjoyable read.

A little peep into the production work with AI:

Since years, I had the painting “A Ravine in Tibet” which Master Djwhal Khul had created very quickly. It is reported in various theosophical works.

And there exists a colour version:

And a book cover:

From these, AI created the following hyper-realistic image:

This picture is used in the storybook. AI is a very ambiguous invention, esp. when it comes to taking the whole digital treasure of humanity as a self-service shop… The storybooks, however, belong to the positive side of a creative use of the digital power.

Libra governs the path of decision-making. We reach points where we are faced with the choice of which values to stand for and thus how we wish to lead our lives. A correct decision needs to be made on the basis of discernment and responsibility, and not on the basis of other considerations – whether something is convenient for us, whether it enhances our reputation or success, or whether we can gain some other advantage for ourselves.

We can decide whether to foster goodwill through right action or whether to hold back, whether to speak or to remain silent. We are to ponder on these ideas, think these through, and not allow complacency to deceive us, but rather follow the promptings of the soul, which is love.

The Images of Synthesis illustrate the related symbolism. You find there in the different cycles all previous Libra paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr) and here the latest paintings. You can also download print-versions for free. Find here on the Good Will website the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

Whenever humanity uses its will too much for selfish ends instead of for the universal good, Shambala strives hard to arrest the deteriorating conditions. For this, Shambala works generally through the Hierarchy of the Masters. The Hierarchy subtly introduces the energy of Shambala – Ray 1, the Will to Good – into humanity causing the needed changes at a global level.

Whenever a particular nation or group is gaining excessive power, the members of Shambala ensure counter balance and thus balance the energies. Shambala ensures that neither the West nor the East gain supremacy to the detriment of the other. Shambala allows wars to happen in order to regulate and arrest distortions to the human mind. Shambala also sees sicknesses and natural calamities as means for course correction.

The image depicts Shambala and the Hierarchy as a white sphere surrounded by a larger pink periphery. Together, they form the fulcrum of a large set of scales. Like two arms, the balance beam extends, with scales hanging at its ends. Within these scales lie two globes representing the western and eastern hemispheres. A reddish-white ray, surrounded by shades of violet, descends from above from the cosmic spheres and passes through all planes along the central axis. It represents the divine Will, which ensures balance. The scales rest on a solid plinth, which, like an island, is surrounded by ocean waves.

The various shades of red in the background symbolise the expression of the Will on different levels. Carmine red is regarded as the colour of Libra for the average person, who is guided by emotions and desires. The globes vibrate within a fiery field.

You can find all the images and their descriptions on the completely revamped website ludgerphilips.org, which was launched in August 2026. The images from the current annual cycle can be found here. This image is also part of the Shambala cycle.

Yesterday, 30 August 2026, we had the Celebration of 43 Years of The World Teacher Trust-Global under the Motto: “Service is Love in Action”. It was globally transmitted via Zoom, with physical and virtual meetings, with up to 90 members participating.

There were three presentations, welcome and closing words by Guru Prasad Kambhampati, President of WTT-Global, India, and a musical by Frank Berger, guitarist from Berlin. I gave an introduction to the theme, “Service is Love in Action” and the presentations.

Sabala is a rather new project at a place which Master EK frequently visited in his childhood. It is the place where Master EK’s maternal grandparents lived. And the project is targeted to preserve and conduct service activities there. There is a homoeopathic dispensary conducted at Sabala.

You find the YouTube recording of the celebration here:

A specially interesting presentation was “The Significance of Mount Shasta and the work entrusted by Master KPK to the Yoga School Friends” by Srikanth Kaligotla, California. We published it as a separate video since it might be of a larger interest. In the video on Mount Shasta, there are manually generated subtitles in en, de, fr, es and automatic subtitles in many other languages.

The third presentation was about “The Lotus Blanc Project” – Transformation of an abandoned place into a space dedicated to nature, personal growth, and spirituality, presented by Helena Fornaris Ferrer, Mallorca, Spain. You find it in the video at 57:50.

Presented by The Circle of Good Will, Switzerland. Prepared and operated by a support group of Friends of the World Teacher Trust. YouTube channel. Just published:

Feedback: “The paintings in the Salon were beautiful & there were great comments. The Salon group is cohesive & everyone does a great job together. It is your group & it is a good group.”

The artworks for the Aquarian Salon are from the “Images of Synthesis” series the “Images of Synthesis”, see also here. Information on further meetings (PDF). Exchanges / Updates on Telegram.

Virgo represents virginal matter. It stands for pure thought, free from any external influences. The light of the World Mother is reflected in this thought. The members of the spiritual hierarchy possess virginal thought so that they may receive and implement the plan of the World Mother. We, too, can use the sun’s rays during the month of Virgo to build light-filled thought-forms with clear thinking. In this way, we can help to offer the solutions needed for the problems facing humanity.

The Images of Synthesis illustrate the related symbolism. You find there in the different cycles all previous Virgo paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr) and here the latest paintings. You can also download print-versions for free. Find here on the Good Will website the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

In order to incarnate on Earth and gain experience, we need a body with all the equipment required for human life. It is a highly specialised vehicle, shaped according to Eastern wisdom from the five elements, the senses and the mind. We have a body and a personality and we express ourselves through this form. In reality, we are the soul.

We did not create our form ourselves. Out of love for living beings, Mother Nature creates these forms out of the elements. When the purpose of the form has been fulfilled, it is fitting to return it to its source and the elements dissolve back into the earth.

Shambala recommends that we consciously prepare for sleep by gratefully offering the mind and body with its elements to the reservoir of nature, and to do likewise at the end of life. This nightly ritual prepares us for our death.

To depict Nature, the Mother of the World, I used a white statue of Quan Yin, who is revered in the Far East as a deity of mercy. Her head is surrounded by the moon. In her lap she holds a large water lily as a symbol of the unfolding of forms.

The background is designed with a photo of the view from out of a tunnel on the Stockhorn in the Bernese Alps as a symbol of matter. The dots glowing in the darkness are from a field of stars indicating the souls taking on forms and casting them off again.

You can find all the images and their descriptions on the completely revamped website ludgerphilips.org, which was launched in early August 2026. The images from the current annual cycle can be found here. This image is also part of the Shambala cycle.

The website with the images which had come through me https://ludgerphilips.org/ was technically deprecated and in a delicate situation for several years. Around last Easter, my younger son creating a totally new website, migrating all content from the system on the old website with AI.

The new website is done technically for very long stability and arrangements were done to maintain it over longer time. The site has just been launched, again in four languages. You can find it here. Some additions will come in the next time.