Mother Mary

Mother Mary is loved across the world as the mother of Jesus. In the ascension teachings she is also the Archeia of the Fifth Ray, the divine complement of Archangel Raphael, and an Ascended Master in her own right. She is the great mother of compassion, and she is said to carry the frequency of Venus in everything she does.

Her presence is warm, close and unhurried. People often describe it as the feeling of being held: not lifted out of their trouble, but held inside it, so that it becomes bearable.

Two Kingdoms in One Being

Mary is unusual in belonging to both of the great kingdoms that serve the rays. The teachings describe her as an Archeia, a being of the angelic kingdom, who chose to take human embodiment in order to bear and raise the one who would demonstrate the path. Having lived a human life to its end and ascended, she now serves both as Archeia beside Raphael and as an Ascended Master of the Earth.

This is why she understands human suffering so exactly. She knows the angelic view, in which every soul is already whole, and she knows what it is to watch a beloved child go toward pain and be unable to prevent it.

Legend and Embodiments

The teachings say that Mary was among the souls who came from Venus in the company of Sanat Kumara, and that she prepared through many lives for the one by which she is remembered: as a priestess of healing in the temples of Atlantis, and as a keeper of sacred knowledge in later ages. She is also named among those who have held the twelfth seat on the Venusian Council, the Voice of Humanity, which ensures that the Earth is never discussed in its absence.

Since her ascension she has been seen in many places over the centuries, very often by children and by the poor. Our circle takes no position on any particular appearance. We note only that the message reported in them is almost always the same: pray, turn toward love, and do not be afraid.

The Immaculate Concept

Mary's best-known teaching in these traditions is the immaculate concept. It is the practice of holding, for another person, the image of who they truly are: whole, capable and loved, regardless of how they appear now. The teachings say that she held this image for her son through every stage of his life, and that she holds it now for each of us.

It is a practice anyone can learn. A parent can hold it for a child, a nurse for a patient, a friend for a friend in trouble. It is not denial of the difficulty. It is a refusal to let the difficulty become the whole of the person.

What Mother Mary Teaches

• See the one you love as they truly are, and keep seeing them that way.
• Compassion is not pity. Pity looks down. Compassion kneels beside.
• Nothing you bring to a mother is too small or too shameful.
• Healing begins where someone is no longer alone with their pain.

When to Call on Mother Mary

• Children, pregnancy, birth and the work of raising a family
• Healing, alongside proper medical care
• Comfort for mothers and for those who never had one
• Holding hope for someone who has lost their own
• Gentleness with yourself after a failure

How to Work With Mother Mary

Sit quietly and picture a mantle of sky blue being placed around your shoulders. Smell roses, if you can. Bring to mind the person you are concerned for, and say: Mother Mary, help me to see them as you see them. Then picture that person surrounded by emerald light, standing upright, healthy and at peace. Hold the picture for a minute. Let it go, and trust that it is being held for you.

A note of care. Mary's healing presence works alongside qualified medical and psychological care, never in place of it. Ask her to guide both you and those who treat you.

An Invocation

Holy Mother Mary, Queen of the Angels,
place your mantle around those I love,
and around me.
Teach me to see each person as you see them,
whole and beloved,
and to keep that vision when it is hardest to keep.

A Word From Mother Mary

I know you are tired. I know you have been carrying more than anyone has noticed. Come here and set it down for a while. I will hold it, and I will hold you.

When you pick it up again, it will be lighter. Not because I took anything away, but because you will remember that you were never carrying it alone.

Received by Ilse Varrow

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