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[1] A. Bailey, The Rays and the Initiations, p. 175

[2] Ibid. “This star [of the One Initiator] is simply a point of vivid light”.

[3] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 155 : “The symbol of this sign [Capricorn] is undecipherable and intentionally so. It is sometimes called the “signature of God.”

[4] The word “aimant” in French means both magnet and “loving” .

[5] Monos being the Greek equivalent of the Latin uni-, meaning “one”.

[6] Michael Green, On the history and truth of the unicorn, p. 10 and p. 58

[7] Michael Green, On the history and truth of the unicorn, p. 55

[8] Ibid. p. 58

[9] Ibid. p. 63

[10] Capricorn is said to rule the knee.

[11] A. Bailey states that Mars “rules science” because it “governs the senses”. (Esoteric Astrology, p. 215)

[12] Mabel Collins, “Light on the Path”.

[13] The brotherhood of the “Compagnons du Devoir” harkens back to the medieval guilds. The apprentices travel across France to learn their craft (masonry, carpentry, etc…) with various “masters” of their trade. The apprenticeship continues to be conceived as an inner training in character and moral development, as much as in excellence of workmanship.

[14] In German, the word Kraft means strength, force.

[15] See The Temple Legend, by Rudolph Steiner (Cf. in particular ed. note p. 346-350) for details of this ultimate test to Hiram-Abiff’s mastery of metallic fire. In his jealousy for the Queen of Sheba’s nascent love for the architect, the legend tells that Solomon plotted, with the help of three fellow-craftsmen envious of Hiram, to turn the casting of the brazen sea “which was to raise the glory of Hiram to its utmost height,” into a failure. When, on the appointed day,”the burning mass ran over the edges of the mould”, all fled from the advancing stream of fire. Responding to the voice of Tubal-Cain which invited him in, Hiram-Abiff threw himself in the furnace where he was introduced into the “sanctuary of fire” and received Tubal-Cain’s hammer with which he was able to complete the work. “And the dawn saw the great mass of bronze cast”. (Italics are used to underline the themes of human passions woven within this picture of an initiation into the intimate mastery of fire).

[16] From the seventh purpose of deity, in A. Bailey, Esoteric Psychology Vol 1, p. 84.

[17] R. Steiner, The Temple Legend, p. 308.

[18] Paul Wright, Astrology in action, p. 113.

[19] Paul Wright, Astrology in action, p. 105.

[20] Paul Wright, Astrology in action, p. 82-84.