Aries is the month of the descent of new energies. During the hours of the Aries full moon, the Will of God is received in Shambala. The plan for the year descends to Earth in seed form from higher circles. This fresh impulse is formulated into a working plan for the year during the following 30 days. The plan is handed over to the Hierarchy during the hours of the Taurus full moon.
The members of the Hierarchy internalise the plan and begin to implement it. At the Gemini full moon, the disciples who are tuned to the Masters receive the seed thought, which is worked out on the planet during the remaining nine months of the year. These three full moons are of utmost importance for the reception and implementation of the plan.
To visualise this descent and distribution of energies, I merged three full moon images in vertical alignment and superimposed the glyphs of the three months of Aries, Taurus and Gemini in corresponding colours. The light streaming in from above shines down on the Earth via the full moons and spreads downwards into a cone of light.
At the apex of the sphere of the Earth there is a red lotus containing white light and surrounded by a fiery sphere. It is a symbolic representation of Shambala and indicates the reception and transmission of energies.
A few days ago, a friend shared via Telegram the link to a video of a huge open air concert in 2018 called “Lec, saulīte!” (Rise, Sunshine) by Latvia TV. An exquisite gem, a most impressive piece of music.
I searched in YouTube and discovered it – however not with the beautiful Latvian words in subtitles, starting: “I am the womb of the earth. You are my sun…”. You find this version here here:
Pisces is the zodiacal sign of saviourship and sacrifice. Pisces is the fourth mutable zodiacal sign, and the two fishes indicate the dual nature of spirit and matter, which need to find harmony. Pisces contains the possibility of descending into materialism as well as ascending into the light of the soul. Both paths are wide open to us as we end one solar year and enter another lifetime cycle. The choice is always ours as to how we want to move forward and use our will. Jupiter is exalted in Pisces; it helps us rise from duality to synthesis.
A few days ago, I received the photo of a huge drawing that Albert Sassi made of the Rishi Agastya, Master Jupiter. It was drawn on a piece of plain plywood, with charcoal and white. It is a 3/4 portrait. The size is larger than life, it stands almost 2 meters high. This picture shows only the top half of the whole drawing. Maybe one day we will find a more complete picture of it. The current whereabouts of this drawing are unknown.
Rishi Agastya, by Albert Sassi
And little is known about the author of the painting, Albert Sassi (born end of the 19th century in Italy, passed over 28 March 1971 in Belgium). In his outer life, he was for years a high ranking officer at the Geneva Department of Commerce and a professor of Labour Law.
At the same time, he was a very profound spiritualist, a high dignitary member of the Theosophical Society (TS) in Geneva and he translated “Esoteric Astrology” of Master DK / Alice A. Bailey into French. After his retirement he lived for several years in India, especially near the Durga Mountain of the Nilagiris, the Blue Mountains which are said to be the main seat of the ashram of Rishi Agastya in the subtle planes.
There, Albert Sassi met Master EK and deeply interacted with him. Master EK even called him his “spiritual colleague”. Master EK revealed to Sassi the work of Master CVV, who is considered to be an advanced disciple of Agastya or even identical with him, and shared teachings received from him. Albert Sassi facilitated the introduction of Master EK to the West by inviting the Master to Europe. However, when Master EK travelled to Europe for the first time, Albert Sassi had already passed over. Read more about Albert Sassi and the meeting with Master EK.
The great seers of the past in deep contemplation attuned to the planet Earth, the solar system and even groups of solar systems. They could see that the Earth receives energies from cosmic sources via the Sun. The seven stars of the Great Bear and the seven stars that form the Pleiades, together with Sirius, have a special influence. They recognised Sirius as the Teacher (Love/Wisdom) who cares for the development of our solar system, while the Great Bear and the Pleiades play the roles of Father (Divine Will) and Mother (Divine Intelligence).
The Sun receives a triple energy from these three cosmic sources and transmits it to Earth via Shambala through the Seven Rays, thus seven sounds and seven colours.
The image is a visualisation of how the three energies are transmitted to the Sun from the three great centres – the Pleiades at the top left, Sirius in the middle and the Great Bear at the top right. The red or First Ray, coming from the Great Bear, symbolises the energy of the Father, the blue or Second Ray from Sirius represents the energy of the Teacher, and the yellow or Third Ray, coming from the Pleiades, represents the energy of the Mother.
The lower part of the image illustrates the reception of energies. Shambala is depicted in the Gobi Desert area with a flame of seven colours. Flames in different parts of the globe symbolise the transmission of energies by the inhabitants of the seven ashrams of the Spiritual Hierarchy to all of humanity. These processes were described by Dr K. Parvathi Kumar in the book “Shambala”.
The image invites us to visualise these different energy flows and to meditate on their transmission for the development of humanity.
A friend from Siberia wrote me some days ago in response to the last Aquarian Salon & recording on “Shambala” where we had presented a painting on “The Jewel in the Lotus” and another on “Chintamani, the Philosopher’s Stone of Heavenly Origin“. She gave me some warm personal remarks about my creativeness with the paintings to which I replied, “As per the images, they come, it is not “my creativeness” but given. If there is nothing coming, it is empty in my mind, no work possible.”
She further wrote: “Chintamani is the stone which Nicholas & Helena Roerich mystically received (see a conversation from November 2023). Chintamani was sent to the Roerichs on October 6, 1923, in Paris, in a simple parcel box. It was wrapped in embroidered cloth and placed in a leather casket. This casket and the cloth are depicted in S. N. Roerich’s painting “The Sacred Casket.” In his book “Heart of Asia,” N.K. Roerich wrote: “The great Timur owned this stone. The stone is usually brought by the most unexpected people. In the same unexpected way, in due course, disappears in order to reappear at the destined time in a completely different country. The main part of this stone is located in Shambhala. Only a small piece of it is issued and wanders all over the earth, maintaining a magnetic connection with the main Stone.” I know about this Stone, Ludger. Does the group know?”
Since I cannot tell “about ‘the’ group” but only about individuals, I sent her some pictures of Nicholas Roerich paintings and answered, “I once got these images from a German friend, I did not know the details (from the book ‘Heart of Asia’) you gave.” And later I asked for her permission to quote her from our exchange to which she agreed. Here are the pictures.
A photo of the Sacret Casket given to Nicholas Roerich
The small piece of the Chintamani stone on the embroidered cloth
A painting of Nicholas Roerich of the casket (and the cloth?)
Painting of Nicholas Roerich holding the sacred casket, by Svetoslav Roerich (1904–93)
Nicholas Roerich has done many paintings on the most sacred and radiant stone Chintamani. Here are two of them.
About the topic of the seminar: The theme of Prithu is very sublime. Prithu was a king who worked out the knowledge for the third wave of life on the planet, the Lemurian wave. Prithu was not only a king but also an initiate, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He is considered to be the first perfect human form on earth, and he had a task to fulfil. Prithu linked the cosmic intelligence of wisdom with the planet and the bodies of the planet. Prithu could relate to the earth and speak to her. He saw the soul of the earth and the earth appeared to him in the form of a cow. All our languages were not yet there, they communicated inwardly.
Prithu chases the goddess earth, from an illustrated manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana, about 1740
Prithu was taught by Mother Earth and Sanat Kumara, and the teachings were very sublime. Prithu, the earth and the beings on the earth found how to live on the earth. Prithu has given out the Teachings of Sanat Kumara and the whole way of life to humanity. The facilities he gave us, the humans, should enable us to live on earth happily. We should be grateful to King Prithu.
Thursday, 8 January, the group visited the Balabhanu Vidyalayam school of WTT in an urban area of Visakhapatnam. It imparts spiritual, moral, and social values besides the normal education to transforms the children into responsible youth, with a sense of direction and constructive contribution to society. It is always inspiring to see the great work which had been started by Master EK in 1977.
Visit to the Bala Bhanu Vidyalayam school
A dance presentation of children of the 1st standard
Afterwards, the group went to Master EK Samskruthi Sadan, a service Center for training women in tailoring and other activities to empower them for various kinds of professional activity. During the visit, tailoring machines and certificates were distributed to the women and the accomplishments honored.
Visit to Master EK Samskruthi Sadan service center – presenting sewing machines to women having complete formation
9 January was the last lecture of the seminar and, like every year – part of the annual ritual – the group went to the Simhachalam temple outside Vishakhapatnam. Guru Prasad and a priest from the temple explained to us the Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple.
Visit to Simhachalam temple (no photos inside allowed)
In the evening, there was the valedictory celebration in RadhaMadhavam, thanking the Indian brothers for the great organisation and work done for this beautiful group living.
Valedictory function – close of the seminar celebration
On 10 January afternoon there was the beginning of the 3.5 days Master CVV Guru Puja, this year being dedicated to the Master EK Centenary Celebrations. It is always a time of intense diving into the energies of the huge group while not understanding much – although Guru Prasad partly translated, we were absorbed into the sounds of Telugu language, and the mind has not much to understand. However, some followed a little the talks with Google translator – it worked fairly well with some mobiles, not mine. Must have been a blessing to remain more in the subtler planes of sound immersion. However, there were also many exchanges with group members.
Entrance to the Master CVV Guru Puja celebration compound
Group of members from the west, morning prayer on 12 Jan. 2026
Monday, 12 January, the group of westerners came for meditation on the stage, while the prayer was conducted with an audio-recording of Master KPK – his presence, as well as that of the Masters was strongly felt in this sublime surrounding. At noon time, there was the “Fusion of East and West” session. A German member, together with me, were invited by Guru Prasad to give a talk. I spoke about what had surprised me in Vizag this year – there were many flags and slogans of the communist party around in various parts of the city – and about Master EK’s books Music of the Soul, Man Sacrifice and The World Teacher. Advent of Lord Krishna, where the Master depicts the work of the Hierarchy in against society-undermining ideologies and intrusions and preparing the stronghold of wisdom to stand through the approaching dark age, which today is rampant – you find there a lot of keys for a spiritual understanding of today’s global situation, keys however, which need to be unveiled. We also unpacked the newly released Telugu book of the life of Master Jesus, which Master Kumar had dictated over years to his wife and which had been published in the Navani magazine. The English translation is partly published in the monthly Vaisakh News Letters in a raw translation and is work in progress – a great work, in a way a continuation of the above mentioned books of Master EK.
Video lecture of Master KPK – Guru Prasad and Dona translating
At the close of the Guru Pujas, there was a beautiful candle ceremony where all the other lights were switched off – the light of wisdom, of the Great Ones, keeps on shining in the darkness.
Closing ceremony at the Guru Puja celebration
The next day, many of the Western group members already started their journey back home. We went with a group of 9 to the Planetary Healing Center, which Master Kumar had drafted and inspired in the mid-1990s. He had the vision of a network of planetary healing centers which was inspired by sages in the past, especially the great Greek Master Asclepius. Together with the Master, we had been at the sanctuary of Epidaurus with a statue of Asclepius and a staff, symbolising the ascending kundalini energy. Now, there was a picture of this statue inside the Planetary Healing Center together with a brochure about the structure and meaning of the center, a teaching given by Master KPK, mentioning it without any reference to him. The owner’s ideas went in a little different direction than those of the Master. I had mentioned about some ritualistic revitalisation work we had done during our last visits to the center. Reyes, a ritualist “magician” from Spain, wanted to do some energizing work.
Visit to the Planetary Healing Center near Visakhapatnam
Then he started implanting 12 dynamised crystals in the ground around the Maitreya statue, which he called the spiritual center of the place. He placed a special energy stick directly into a hole at the statue – invisible from the outside, working like an antenna to the planetary network of healing centers.
We sat around the old Maitreya statue and observed.
When he began with a series of invocations, two gardeners approached and watched what we did. We welcomed them, they took photos and later went away again. I had the feeling of the energy of the place linking to the network of planetary healing energy – the purpose of Planetary Healing Center strengthened.
Afterward, we went to the ocean and enjoyed the waves and the vastness of space.
In the evening, we were brought to the new center of the Circle of Good Will India, a multy-storey-building at the place of the former Krishna ashram service center. The house was built by a property developer who uses the lower storeys. In the 4th floor of the future service center, celebrating the first birthday of Murali Nandana, the son of Jayadev and his wife, was the first activity related to WTT, and many group members, family and friends participated. It was celebrated in a grand style – a joyful close of our stay in India.
The next day my German friends and me returned via Hyderabad and Abu Dhabi to Europe.
On 4 January early morning there was a fire ritual in the basement of Radhamadhavam.
Later, our group travelled to Rajahmundry, about 4 hours drive. I had been there several times in the past but not the last 10 years. There is a beautiful center of WTT on the banks of the Godavari River. The government of Rajahmundry had given land to the WTT and other spiritual organisation for free who are doing substantial service during the big pilgrimage gatherings – the WTT is proving meals for thousands of pilgrims during the Kumbha Melas which take place each time when Jupiter passes through Leo / Virgo.
On the top of the house there is a huge statue of Master CVV and you have a beautiful view over the entire area.
View from the top to the Godavari River
In preparation to our journey to the temple town of Bhadrachalam the next day, we had seen a 2006 Telugu video on Ramadasu, “Sri Ramadasu“, which Guru Prasad had explained to us in detail.
Guru Prasad addressing the group in Rajahmundry
Next morning, two busses brought us to the embarkment place, about an hour ride.
Preparing for a group photo before departure
For a long time, we drove through settlement areas, then came desert-like areas with big excavators and mountains of stones – we asked ourselves where we were. A group member searched via mobile and informed that a huge construction project is building a connection between the Krishna River, which suffers from draughts, and the Godavari River, which has enough water. Suddenly the scenery changed and we arrived at the landing place and boarded.
A beautiful boat ride started.
We had already done part of the journey in 2009, and we made again a stop at an hermitage of the Ramakrishna movement (Perantapalli Sivalayam, see photos). However, the tourism there had largely increased. Many visitors from other ships came to the temple and a number of shops with handicraft work and kiosks were along the short footpath. A little brook was flowing close the temple – I took a footpath – the ground was very slippery and some Indians helped me not to fall into the water.
The temple. Inside, there was a lingam with a continuous “water ritual” of drops falling out of a receptacle.
Afterwards, our boat ride continued. Later our busses picked us up at a landing place in a forest area and brought us to a site where Rama and Sita are said to have lived at the times of the Ramayana – according to Master EK, this was more than a million years ago – the great epos Ramayana being written by Valmiki by way of inner impression.
Guru Prasad explaining the meaning of the place.
Nearby was a temple site where it says that the Rakshasa (demon) Ravana had abducted Sita, the wife of Rama. (The same is told about a place some hundred kilometres further up the Godavari River – mysteries of the past.
Later we continued to the temple town of Bhadrachalam where we stayed overnight in the hotel Nandini. In the evening, we went for the first time to the temple (no photos allowed now, at our visit with Master KPK in 2013 it was still possible). For the visit of the inner of the temple, the men now also had to wear a lungi which we did not have. Guru Prasad went to a nearby shop and bought a “quick-dress one” for all the male members and helped us dress.
Next morning, we went again to the temple. Inside, we had a detailed explanation of the temple. Later, we drove back to Rajahmundry and returned then to Visakhapatnam the next day.
You can see here a short video clip of the Bhadrachalam temple, and about Rama and Sri Ramadasu.
