- Office
- Chohan (Lord) of the Fourth Ray
- Ray
- Fourth Ray of purity, harmony and the ascension flame
- Color
- Crystal white
- Works with
- Archangel Gabriel and Archeia Hope
- Etheric retreat
- The Ascension Temple, above Luxor on the Nile
- Keynote
- Harmony through discipline
Serapis Bey is the Chohan of the Fourth Ray and the keeper of the ascension flame, the white fire that completes the soul's journey. Of all the Masters he is the one most directly concerned with the subject of this library, and every sincere student of ascension comes under his eye sooner or later.
He is known as the great disciplinarian. This reputation is deserved, and it is also misunderstood. Serapis Bey is strict in the way a mountain guide is strict: because he has seen where carelessness leads, and because he intends for you to arrive.
Legend and Embodiments
The teachings relate that Serapis Bey was a priest in the ascension temple of Atlantis. Before the sinking of that continent he was entrusted with carrying the ascension flame to safety. He brought it by sea to the valley of the Nile and established it there, and he is said to have returned life after life, as builder, priest and ruler, to guard it. The temple he founded is now withdrawn into the etheric realm, where it receives students during sleep.
Service to the Ascension
Serapis Bey prepares candidates for the ascension. Those who come to his retreat are, by tradition, placed in small groups with the very people they find most difficult, and kept there until harmony is achieved. The method tells you a great deal about the Master and about the path.
For those still fully engaged in daily life, his help is practical. He assists in establishing a regular practice, in clearing away distraction and excess, and in bringing the four lower bodies, the physical, emotional, mental and etheric, into balance so that the light body can form.
What Serapis Bey Teaches
- Discipline is simply remembering what you want.
- Purity is not the absence of experience. It is the absence of division within yourself.
- The people who disturb your peace are showing you where it is not yet established.
- Ascension is not earned in a moment of glory. It is assembled from ordinary days, lived well.
When to Call on Serapis Bey
- Building and keeping a daily spiritual practice
- Simplifying your life and letting go of excess
- Restoring harmony after discord
- Perfecting a skill through steady work
- Preparing consciously for your own ascension
How to Work With Serapis Bey
Serapis Bey asks for regularity above all. Choose a time and a length of practice that you can truly keep, even if it is ten minutes at dawn. See yourself standing within a pillar of white fire. Ask him to consume whatever in you is ready to go, and to strengthen what remains. Then keep the appointment the next day, and the next.
An Invocation
Beloved Serapis Bey, keeper of the ascension flame,
place me within your pillar of white fire.
Purify my bodies, my motives and my days.
Give me the discipline that is born of love,
and prepare me for the victory of my ascension.
A Word From Serapis Bey
They tell you I am severe. I am only unwilling to pretend with you. You asked for the summit. I will not walk you in circles around the foothills and call it climbing.
Rise tomorrow at the hour you promised. That is all. I will be there before you.
Received by Ilse Varrow