Journey Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

December 22, our little travel group – 2 friends from Germany and me coming from Switzerland – met at Abu Dhabi airport to continue together our journey to India.

We were very warmly received at the WTT center Sadguru Tapovana in Bengaluru and stayed in their guest rooms.

We relaxed a bit, had some exchanges with group members. Sri Joshi, the head of the centre, showed us the rooms in his house where Master Kumar and his wife Kumari garu used to stay, and we saw his spiritual library with many precious gems of wisdom. In the evening and the following morning, we joined the group prayers.

Next morning after prayer and breakfast, the taxi picked us up from the journey to the Master Mountain Retreat of WTT in the Nilagiris near Kodanadu viewpoint.

There had just ended a group gathering for Winter Solstice celebration. The journey took about 8 hours, with only a short pause. This year, the vegetation was lush green – there had been plenty of rain. Partly there was intense traffic, especially on the passes with many hairpin bents, where truck drivers from both directions were manoeuvring to get through and bike and car drivers using the occasion to press forward.

Short before Kotagiri in the Nilagiris there were police controls asking were we were going and if we were tourists. “No, they are going to an ashram”, the driver replied, and the police let us pass. I smiled. We are in India – no one in the West would have expected such an exchange at a police control.

At the retreat centre, Ramakrishna, the manager of the house, a very committed and helpful person, came out, together with Reyes from Spain, who had already participated in the winter solstice meeting at the ashram, welcoming us. It was so beautiful to be again at this magic place and experience the energy and the view of the mount.

Master KPK recommended to do the morning meditations at the Mount with open eyes, observing the sublime beauty of the rise of the day – from darkness to first colours at the horizon, then the array of intense dawn colours, from dark blue, violet, orange, yellow and then the “explosion of the sunrise – having a fantastic view.

At the lower part of the scene, fog / clouds covered the valleys but above the ocean of clouds, there happened the beauty of the creation of a new day. Reyes sat outside in front of the window – the next days also the other friends joined in the freshness of the morning, at a height of about 1700m – I preferred to stay inside, in the vibrant energy of the prayer room.

After the meditation, we went to the nearby viewpoint. Only a few people were already out. During the day, many day-tourists from various Indian states were now, at Christmas time, coming to the viewpoint.

13 years ago, during my first visit, there was nearly no tourism and also also no ashram building. Master Kumar had spotted the place a little earlier, following some hints and indications – in 2009, during the activities of the 100th Master CVV May Call celebrations, there had been a first group life at the place, which, some years later, the WTT could receive for the construction of the Master Mountain ashram building. It was inaugurated in 2016, and end of 2016, we were a first group from the West coming for a small group live there. It was now my 5th visit to the mount, and the 6th to the Nilagiris, and the stay was very profound.

During our stay, we had group exchanges about the meeting of Master EK and Albert Sassi which built the bridge for Master EK and the Aquarian wisdom coming to the West, and we also read the text from the book “Man Sacrifice” about the flight of Master Djwhal Khul and the sage Jaimini for the visit to the ashram of Rishi Agastya in the Nilagiris.

In the morning of 26 December, after the meditation, we did a fire ritual at the basement of the retreat center.

When we were about to leave the basement, I noticed a bright light in the previously dark neighbour room. There was a tube of light falling into the room through a ventilator hole. Within this tube, you could see fluctuations between the light rays and the denser remains of smoke from the ritual.

It was a mystic experience. I called the others to come back into this “initiation chamber” in the basement of Master Mountain.

It immediately reminded me of the ancient initiation chamber at the top of the Extern Stones in North Germany, where the candidates received the Light on summer solstice only. The chamber was later destroyed by Christians wanting to eliminate heathens’ sacred places.

This “initiation chamber” at Master Mountain is probably only “open” during the time around winter solstice, and we happened to witness it because we were there at this time of the morning, at around 7:50 am, after the fire ritual.

Soon afterwards, the pillar divided into two, because of the ventilator hole. The sun moved away from this position and the pillar disappeared. It was a group experience, which we shared all together as a gift of the Sun.

In the afternoon, we went for a walk through the nearby tea plantations. There was a big wave of clouds coming, covering the Mount, and later also the retreat centre for a moment. When looking at the mount, it appeared as if seeing the great Rishi Agastya, regarded as an expression of Shiva, facing north-east, looking at a Shiva lingam.

From tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 4, to Friday, Dec. 5, we are in the full moon phase of Sagittarius – see the WTT overview of astrological dates of the month or the chart of the full moon of the month.

This full moon is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Dattatreya (Dattatreya Jayanti) and it is recommended to contemplate on Lord Dattatreya, the Lord of Yoga, during this full moon.
Here you find more about Lord Dattatreya and his birth by Anasuya, the mother and Atri, the father.

This full moon is also known as the birthday of Rishi Devapi, whom we know as Master Koot Hoomi. In one of his incarnations, he was born on Sagittarius full moon. We may contemplate about Rishi Devapi / Master Koot Hoomi, on this occasion.

There exists an old book (out of print) published by the Theosophical Society Kamachha, Varanasi, with lectures of Shri Sudarshan Das on the “Rishis Devapi and Maru”, given in one of the lodges of the society at Calcutta. Giving sources from the Scriptures, the book shows that Devapi is the Master whom today we know as Koot Hoomi, and Maru is the Master whom today we call Morya.

There exists a scan of this interesting book which is partly a little difficult to read.

Together with Lord Maitreya, Rishi Devapi and Rishi Morya form the first triangle of today’s Spiritual Hierarchy.

There are two volumes by Master K. Parvathi Kumar about the “Teachings of Master Koot Hoomi“,
Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.

On the occasion of today’s 55th Foundation Day of The World Teacher Trust the videos of the seminar on “Energy of Synthesis” by Master K. Parvathi Kumar, conducted at Cordoba, Spain June 12 – 14, 2015, were published in the WTT Global YouTube channel (4 parts, 1 Q&A).

May the World Teacher or Jagat Guru shower His grace upon us all.

A video published for the occasion of celebrating today’s 150th anniversary of the Theosophical Society. We honour this great act of the founders for bringing the eternal wisdom teachings out to the world.

This year, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Theosophical Society (TS) – officially, it was founded in New York, USA, on 17 November 1875. Together with Helena P. Blavatsky (HPB), the team of founders were Henry Steel Olcott as president, William Quan Judge, and a few others.

96 years and one day later, on 18 November 1971, there was the founding of the World Teacher Trust (WTT). It was founded by Master EK (Dr. Ekkirala Krishnamacharya) in Visakhapatnam, India. As per Indian counting, this year is the 55th anniversary of the WTT.

The Greek work “theosophia” means “divine wisdom”. This word was coined by the Greek philosopher Ammonius Saccas. He used to secretly give his wisdom to very few dedicated disciples while outwardly doing the work of a potter for his living. HPB mentions his name in ‘Isis Unveiled’ and ‘Secret Doctrine’ as well.

The objectives of the TS are Universal Brotherhood, no differentiation based on caste, creed, etc. learning the world scriptures, understanding the creation, nature and man in all aspects. The objectives of the WTT are the same in essence.

Madam HPB and Master EK were very clear and fiery in their dedication to bringing out the teachings of the Masters of Wisdom to the world. May we honour them by studying their work and by dedicating ourselves to practice the teachings in our lives with a sincere intent.

November 7th, we celebrate the Day of Goodwill and the 80th anniversary of Master KPK, Sri K. Parvathi Kumar (1945-2022) – it is the 81st anniversary in Indian counting.

Sri Kumar was born on 7th of November 1945 in Vijayawada, a Wednesday at 07:33 am in the month of Scorpio. He did not speak much about himself – he shared the birth date details seemingly casually in the book “Enlightening Encounters” (PDF), episode 10, about his encounter with Sadguru Sree Sivananda Murthy. See below his birth chart.

Master Kumar was a very magnetic person radiating a strong divine presence which was felt by all those who could tune in. For others, he remained a “by-passer” of a journey.

Many members cherish fond memories of encounters with the Master. He was an outstanding role model for them. At the 2019 Anniversary of Master KPK – Day of Goodwill celebration, he recounted several stories about great role models from his youth who had had a profound influence on him. We can learn much about the Master himself from his stories about others. Through such descriptions, he ignited the fire of aspiration in many Here is a short excerpt from his speech.

“I had a friend in childhood who introduced me to activities like Bhajans in praise of the Lord in a Shiva temple on the night of Shiva Rathri. That is also something which I enjoyed a lot. Then I got to stay in the house of my maternal grandfather for 3 years and study because my father used to get transferred regularly in his job. Those years passed away splendorously. I used to see that my grandfather used to lead his life as a ritual filled with Divine alignment and service. He used to worship Lord Dattatreya. He also used to write the name of Lord Rama daily and in 30 years he wrote it 30 million times. He also used to perform a ritual to the Divine within himself based on Sri Suktam. He used to run a furniture making and selling business. It used to export from his shop to many places in the country. He hardly gave any instructions in the shop. He used to just sit in his chair and write Rama’s name while everything happened just like that. I used to visit the shop sometimes by going with him. I closely witnessed his life for almost 3 years and I can never forget the discipline and ritualistic way of life. His vision and speech were also very powerful. They almost made the other person speak the truth even if the other person wanted to lie.

In this manner, I was graced by the Divine throughout my childhood and grew up in a Divine atmosphere. I realised that the Divine is all permeating and the Divine can be related to through different names and forms but it is ONE. This became clear to me at a very young age. I finished my education and was about to start my professional career. That is when I got in touch with Master EK. I told him “I learnt to live life of offering from my father and grandfather. I would like to continue leading such a life under your direction and move even closer to the Divine.” Master EK patted my shoulder and say “we will work together from today.” From then on, my association with Master EK kept growing and he introduced me to many other Masters who have been working on this planet with bodies of light. I came to know that anyone with sincere aspiration can attain a subtle body and keep working with it even after leaving the physical.”

May we follow the teachings Master KPK gave through his life by orienting our lives to the Master and the Great Ones he followed himself. Namaskarams Master KPK.

We were a little group of 7 members from Austria, South Germany and Switzerland who met at the ancient Roman Quarries of Würenlos in northern Switzerland on 12 October 25. It is the place of a huge limestone grotto where Emma Kunz (1893-1962) had discovered the healing qualities of the rock. It is available in Switzerland under the name of AION A (read more about it). Emma Kunz was a clairvoyant Swiss healer, researcher and artist. Since 1986, there exists the Emma Kunz Centre with a museum near the cave to preserve the collection of her artwork and the results of her research for posterity.

We first walked to a grill cabin in the nearby forest for our Sunday healing meditation. Afterwards, we visited the cave, for which we had a 30 minutes time-slot (you have to book in advance, see the regulations to keep the purity of the cave and allow experiencing the energy of the place).

For many years, the work of Emma Kunz was not recognized by the contemporaries. She did not intend for her works to be seen in a fine arts context, instead she recorded the medical meanings of her works in books. She stated that her work will be more understood in the 21st century. In the last decades, there were great international expositions showcasing her work.

In summer 2024, my friend Joan from Barcelona, from the Anima Channel, visited the Emma Kunz grotto and did a video presenting Emma Kunz, in English.

On September 8, we commemorate the birthday of Mother Mary.
In 2022, WTT – Dhanishtha Spain has realised a beautiful video on Mother Mary. It is available in English and also in Spanish.

The 5th ascending moon phase Virgo is the festival of the Seven Seers. It is called ‘Rishi Panchami’ in the East. This year, the festival is 27 August, 12:15 until 28 August 14:28 CEST (Central European Summer Time, UTC + 2).

Cosmically the seven rays come through the seven stars of the Great Bear, where each star is linked to one of the Seven Seers. On earth their energy is represented by the seven great Masters of Spiritual Hierarchy and their seven ashrams. Depending on the predominant energy of our soul quality, we are being prepared for an Ashram that suits us.

Master KPK suggested that on Rishi Panchami the Rishis should be recollected because they are ones who showed the way to live and the way to relate to the Divine. They are all Masters of Wisdom who pervade the path to Divine realisation.

In the Vaisakh Newsletter Virgo 2019, Sri Kumar wrote:

“The month of Virgo is dedicated to the sons of virgin, who are also called the sons of God. The Seven Seers, the Great Bear, and Sirius are all recollected and worshipped during this month of Virgo. Even the pitris are worshipped in the descending arc of moon in Virgo.”

In Spiritual Psychology, Master EK explains:

“There are a good number of such cosmic Masters… Many of them are traced as the Rishis in the Vedic and Puranic lore. They are in fact the working principles of Yoga in the cosmos and not personalities. Each principle is given a name to recognise. Each principle organises every Solar system for a certain length of time and hands it over to the next principle. That particular Solar system which is being managed by a particular principle is named after that particular Rishi or the Cosmic Master. For example, each of the Seven Suns of the constellation of the Great Bear (Sapta Rishi Mandala) is named after a Rishi like Vasishta, Viswamitra, Pulastya, Pulaha, etc….”

And in Spiritual Astrology, Sagittarius, Master EK says:

“There are seven judges in the heavens as seven stars of the Great Bear. They come down to earth as principles, expressions, races and prototypes of men. The seventh and last of them in order is the law of protection, service and love….”

It is recommended to contemplate during the 5th ascending moon phase Virgo on the 7 Seers of the Great Bear represented by the 7 Masters of the 7 Rays.

The “Invocation of the Hierarchy of Teachers” includes the salutation to the Seven Rishis. Intonation

This is a longer text taking about 9 minutes to read – for your better understanding and practice / alignment. At the beginning, there are the “technical details”.

“The month of Virgo is considered to be the month of protection through purity. Lord Ganesha the Lord of Cosmic Wisdom is said to be born on the 4th ascending moon phase in Virgo.
May the Cosmic Jupiter restitute the principle of purity to the personalities of the aspirants.” (Master KPK)

Ganesha is worshipped as the son of the World Mother, and his birthday is celebrated in the fourth waxing moon phase of Virgo as Ganesha Festival. This year, it starts 26 August 2025 at 10:26 am CEST (01:56 pm IST) , end: 27 Aug.12:15 pm CEST (03:45 pm IST).
26 Aug. 2025 00:20 am CEST (03:50 am IST) until 27 Aug.,02:35 pm CEST (06:05 am IST), Moon is also in the Hasta constellation which is particularly linked to Ganesha.

Here is an extract from the book of Sri Kumar, “Jupiter”, chap. 10, “The Cosmic Jupiter”, on the importance of the Hasta constellation, the 4th asc. moon phase for relating to Ganesha and Master Jupiter.

THE HASTA CONSTELLATION

The arrangement of sounds into groups to form words and sentences is governed by the cosmic intelligence located in the Hasta constellation. According to the solar understanding Hasta is the constellation relating to Jupiter. There is a particular ritual in the month of Virgo related to the worship of Ganesha, when the moon is in the Hasta constellation. The cosmic principle Ganapati, ‘the Lord of Groupings’ is also called Ganesha. The constellation is in the form of a head of an elephant. This elephant-headed deity is worshipped as the Lord of wealth and wisdom. He influences our Earth through Jupiter. When there are serious afflictions to Jupiter, either in the birth chart or in the progressive chart, one can avoid the evil effects by meditating upon Ganapati, the elephant-headed deity.

If we look at the Hasta constellation from the earth, we find that the stars in the sky have the form of a head and a trunk of an elephant. When the moon is in this constellation, especially the crescent moon, it looks as though it is the tusk of the elephant. The tusk is the crescent moon that walks into it once in a year. It happens on the fourth ascending moon phase in the month of Virgo. The fourth ascending moon phase of Virgo completes the elephant headed figure. That day is considered special to invoke the Jupiterian energies. All those who aspire to walk into wisdom are recommended to orient to the Jupiterian energy on that day. An elaborate ritual is done about Ganesha on that day, so that he lifts us up into wisdom, re-arranging our energy patterns.

You might also read below chap 11 on the symbolism of Ganesha. PDF of the book. Order book.

GANESHA

Traditionally it is believed that by worshipping Ganesha on that day, we will have no obstacles in our life. He is said to be ‘the Lord of Obstacles’! He creates obstacles, and he eliminates obstacles. It is believed that he creates obstacles to our unhealthy thoughts, speeches and actions, and eliminates the obstacles to our healthy patterns. Obstacles are self-made. When our thoughts are not right, we are halted as we manifest them. We also get halted when we have right thoughts springing up at the wrong time. Many times we face an impasse. This is because the timing of the thought and the procedure relating to it has gone wrong somewhere. If we have the right thought at the right time, it proceeds as a flow, unhindered or unimpeded. A good Jupiterian is one whose thoughts occur in the right time and the procedure relating to it also occurs properly.

A good Jupiterian is one who has Jupiter very well aspected in the horoscope. There are some people, when they give an idea, the idea works out by itself, and there are some others, when they give an idea, it is only to break our head. Even at the very first step, we will face the wall.

Thus, a good Jupiterian is one who gets the right idea at the right time and who proceeds with the right procedure. That means, the arrangement in him is very good, and there is a clean flow – like a magnet, which conducts magnetism without hindrance. It is a good re-arrangement for the current to flow, and the flow is unimpeded. The impediments are in us only, not outside. The inner impediments are seen as outer obstacles. Our thinking pattern needs to be re-arranged to overcome the obstacles in the outer. The key is held by Jupiter, and the cosmic Lord of Jupiter is Ganesha. When we worship his symbol or form with his sound (mantram), there is the re-arrangement happening in our being. Contemplating upon the sound GAM is recommended to those who have a confused mind, who have a mind that complicates themselves and others.

The transformation happens with the sound of Ganesha. Whenever people embark upon projects and plans, first Ganesha is worshipped, so that the right detail is received in the right moment. Otherwise, after accomplishing a part of the project, we start getting better ideas. We dig the foundations and build some part of the house, and then we get some better ideas about the plan of the building. We neither destroy that which is built nor we progress with full heart with that which is already started. We are not so free. The best thing is to worship Ganesha, invoking his energies, then we have the right pattern of mind, so that the project flows through us according to a good plan. We will not miss details and later repent. The details that we forget will become the future obstacles, and all changes will be very costly.

Even the Devas when they function in creation, the first thing they do is to invoke this energy of Ganesha. The rituals commence with him. The divine projects commence with him. Any beginning is a beginning with Ganesha. As we think of a beginning, it is inevitable that we think of Ganesha. When we think of him, our head transforms into the elephant head, which functions better! Imagine that Ganesha has descended into our head through our invocation, so that the day progresses well and we come out without many mistakes. It is functioning with wisdom and love. When we do it in that way, in creation there is almost no impediment. The students invoke him to get better educated. At the time of marriage ritual he is invoked, so that the married life is not confronted with trouble. The first sexual act between man and woman is done after invoking Ganesha. He is everywhere! He is inevitable in Indian tradition. At every important event he is the one to be invoked first. If he gives presence, all other Devas present in an order, they classify themselves, group well and approach us.

This is an advantage conceived by the seers of the ancient times through the worship of the cosmic Jupiter Ganesha. The simplest sound you can utter of him is:

OM GAM GANAPATAYE NAMAHA Listen

In so far as it is done in sets of 12, it is better, because the number 12 is the number of Jupiter. It can be 12 times, its can be 24 times, it can be 36 times etc.

Astrologically, Thursday is a good day to invoke the Ganesha energies. He is the Lord of wisdom, which is called Jupiter. He is the permeating consciousness, which is also called Jupiter. So, worshipping Ganesha is done more on Thursdays. Ganesha is worshipped in all those months where Jupiter is the Lord of the month like Cancer, Sagittarius and Pisces. In those months, Thursdays have special importance, they are considered very special to invoke the energies of Ganesha.

The symbol of Jupiter is the triangle within the circle, the centre and the triangle around the centre and a circle around the triangle, the sound is GAM, the number is three, the colour is cream, honey-yellow, and the stone is topaz.

MASTER JUPITER

Ganesha is the cosmic Jupiterian intelligence. For the systemic existence, he is present as Master Jupiter. The Master Jupiter is the Avatar of Synthesis who presides over the Aquarian Age. He conducts himself with the triangular force of Neptune, Mercury and Jupiter. He is called the Master of the Nilagiri Hills (Blue Mountains) in the Theosophical Society. He is called the great Sage Agastya in the Vedic tradition. He is the Master whose abode is in Sirius, whose functioning place for our earth is the Blue Mountains of South India. Agastya is the great sage and is the counterpart of the 7 seers of the Great Bear. While the Great Bear plays the role of Father to our systemic existence, Agastya, Master Jupiter plays the role of Guru, Teacher to our system. For further details of Master Jupiter the reader may look to the book Aquarian Master by the same composer and the book Esoteric Astrology of A.A.Bailey.

See also the book on “The Wisdom of Nakshatras” about the Hasta constellation.

Birthday of Sripada Srivallabha

Sripada Srivallabha is the first Avatar of Lord Dattatreya in the present age. He was born 1320 AD in the 4th ascending moon phase of Virgo, Hasta constellation, and therefore, we celebrate his birthday in this constellation. Read more about Sripada’s birth here.
It is an extraordinary incarnation and the story of how it came to light in the beginning of this century is also extraordinary.
Read more in the Sripada biography, which is published by WTT editions in English, German, French and Spanish.

You find here the story of the miraculous birth of the German Sripada book. Or see the video.