The Seven Master Spirits

16:3.1The Seven Mas­ter Spir­its are in­de­scrib­able be­ings, but they are dis­tinctly and def­i­nitely per­sonal. They have names, but we elect to in­tro­duce them by num­ber. As pri­mary per­son­al­iza­tions of the In­fi­nite Spirit, they are akin, but as pri­mary ex­pres­sions of the seven pos­si­ble as­so­ci­a­tions of tri­une De­ity, they are es­sen­tially di­verse in na­ture, and this di­ver­sity of na­ture de­ter­mines their dif­fer­en­tial of super­uni­verse con­duct. These Seven Mas­ter Spir­its may be de­scribed as fol­lows:

16:3.2Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber One. In a spe­cial man­ner this Spirit is the di­rect rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the Par­a­dise Fa­ther. He is a pe­cu­liar and ef­fi­cient man­i­fes­ta­tion of the power, love, and wis­dom of the Uni­ver­sal Fa­ther. He is the close as­so­ciate and su­per­nal ad­viser of the chief of Mys­tery Mon­i­tors, that be­ing who pre­sides over the Col­lege of Per­son­al­ized Ad­justers on Di­vin­ing­ton. In all as­so­ci­a­tions of the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its, it is al­ways Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber One who speaks for the Uni­ver­sal Fa­ther.

16:3.3This Spirit pre­sides over the first super­uni­verse and, while un­fail­ingly ex­hibit­ing the di­vine na­ture of a pri­mary per­son­al­iza­tion of the In­fi­nite Spirit, seems more es­pe­cially to re­sem­ble the Uni­ver­sal Fa­ther in char­ac­ter. He is al­ways in per­sonal li­ai­son with the seven Re­flec­tive Spir­its at the head­quar­ters of the first super­uni­verse.

16:3.4Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Two. This Spirit ad­e­quately por­trays the match­less na­ture and charm­ing char­ac­ter of the Eter­nal Son, the first-born of all cre­ation. He is al­ways in close as­so­ci­a­tion with all or­ders of the Sons of God when­ever they may hap­pen to be in the res­i­den­tial uni­verse as in­di­vid­u­als or in joy­ous con­clave. In all the as­sem­blies of the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its he al­ways speaks for, and in be­half of, the Eter­nal Son.

16:3.5This Spirit di­rects the des­tinies of super­uni­verse num­ber two and rules this vast do­main much as would the Eter­nal Son. He is al­ways in li­ai­son with the seven Re­flec­tive Spir­its sit­u­ated at the cap­i­tal of the sec­ond super­uni­verse.

16:3.6Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Three. This Spirit per­son­al­ity es­pe­cially re­sem­bles the In­fi­nite Spirit, and he di­rects the move­ments and work of many of the high per­son­al­i­ties of the In­fi­nite Spirit. He pre­sides over their as­sem­blies and is closely as­so­ci­ated with all per­son­al­i­ties who take ex­clu­sive ori­gin in the Third Source and Cen­ter. When the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its are in coun­cil, it is Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Three who al­ways speaks for the In­fi­nite Spirit.

16:3.7This Spirit is in charge of super­uni­verse num­ber three, and he ad­min­is­ters the af­fairs of this seg­ment much as would the In­fi­nite Spirit. He is al­ways in li­ai­son with the Re­flec­tive Spir­its at the head­quar­ters of the third super­uni­verse.

16:3.8Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Four. Par­tak­ing of the com­bined na­tures of the Fa­ther and the Son, this Mas­ter Spirit is the de­ter­min­ing in­flu­ence re­gard­ing Fa­ther-Son poli­cies and pro­ce­dures in the coun­cils of the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its. This Spirit is the chief di­rec­tor and ad­viser of those as­cen­dant be­ings who have at­tained the In­fi­nite Spirit and thus have be­come can­di­dates for see­ing the Son and the Fa­ther. He fos­ters that enor­mous group of per­son­al­i­ties tak­ing ori­gin in the Fa­ther and the Son. When it be­comes nec­es­sary to rep­re­sent the Fa­ther and the Son in the as­so­ci­a­tion of the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its, it is al­ways Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Four who speaks.

16:3.9This Spirit fos­ters the fourth seg­ment of the grand uni­verse in ac­cor­dance with his pe­cu­liar as­so­ci­a­tion of the at­tri­butes of the Uni­ver­sal Fa­ther and the Eter­nal Son. He is al­ways in per­sonal li­ai­son with the Re­flec­tive Spir­its of the head­quar­ters of the fourth super­uni­verse.

16:3.10Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Five. This di­vine per­son­al­ity who ex­qui­sitely blends the char­ac­ter of the Uni­ver­sal Fa­ther and the In­fi­nite Spirit is the ad­viser of that enor­mous group of be­ings known as the power di­rec­tors, power cen­ters, and phys­i­cal con­trol­lers. This Spirit also fos­ters all per­son­al­i­ties tak­ing ori­gin in the Fa­ther and the Con­joint Ac­tor. In the coun­cils of the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its, when the Fa­ther-Spirit at­ti­tude is in ques­tion, it is al­ways Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Five who speaks.

16:3.11This Spirit di­rects the wel­fare of the fifth super­uni­verse in such a way as to sug­gest the com­bined ac­tion of the Uni­ver­sal Fa­ther and the In­fi­nite Spirit. He is al­ways in li­ai­son with the Re­flec­tive Spir­its at the head­quar­ters of the fifth super­uni­verse.

16:3.12Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Six. This di­vine be­ing seems to por­tray the com­bined char­ac­ter of the Eter­nal Son and the In­fi­nite Spirit. When­ever the crea­tures jointly cre­ated by the Son and the Spirit for­gather in the cen­tral uni­verse, it is this Mas­ter Spirit who is their ad­viser; and when­ever, in the coun­cils of the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its, it be­comes nec­es­sary to speak con­jointly for the Eter­nal Son and the In­fi­nite Spirit, it is Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Six who re­sponds.

16:3.13This Spirit di­rects the af­fairs of the sixth super­uni­verse much as would the Eter­nal Son and the In­fi­nite Spirit. He is al­ways in li­ai­son with the Re­flec­tive Spir­its at the head­quar­ters of the sixth super­uni­verse.

16:3.14Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Seven. The pre­sid­ing Spirit of the sev­enth super­uni­verse is a uniquely equal por­trayal of the Uni­ver­sal Fa­ther, the Eter­nal Son, and the In­fi­nite Spirit. The Sev­enth Spirit, the fos­ter­ing ad­viser of all tri­une-ori­gin be­ings, is also the ad­viser and di­rec­tor of all the as­cend­ing pil­grims of Ha­vona, those lowly be­ings who have at­tained the courts of glory through the com­bined min­istry of the Fa­ther, the Son, and the Spirit.

16:3.15The Sev­enth Mas­ter Spirit is not or­gan­i­cally rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Par­a­dise Trin­ity; but it is a known fact that his per­sonal and spir­i­tual na­ture is the Con­joint Ac­tor’s por­trai­ture in equal pro­por­tions of the three in­fi­nite per­sons whose De­ity union is the Par­a­dise Trin­ity, and whose func­tion as such is the source of the per­sonal and spir­i­tual na­ture of God the Su­preme. Hence the Sev­enth Mas­ter Spirit dis­closes a per­sonal and or­ganic re­la­tion­ship to the spirit per­son of the evolv­ing Su­preme. There­fore in the Mas­ter Spirit coun­cils on high, when it be­comes nec­es­sary to cast the bal­lot for the com­bined per­sonal at­ti­tude of the Fa­ther, Son, and Spirit or to de­pict the spir­i­tual at­ti­tude of the Su­preme Be­ing, it is Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Seven who func­tions. He thus in­her­ently be­comes the pre­sid­ing head of the Par­a­dise coun­cil of the Seven Mas­ter Spir­its.

16:3.16No one of the Seven Spir­its is or­gan­i­cally rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Par­a­dise Trin­ity, but when they unite as sev­en­fold De­ity, this union in a de­ity sense—not in a per­sonal sense—equiv­alates to a func­tional level as­so­cia­ble with Trin­ity func­tions. In this sense the “Sev­en­fold Spirit” is func­tion­ally as­so­cia­ble with the Par­a­dise Trin­ity. It is also in this sense that Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Seven some­times speaks in con­fir­ma­tion of Trin­ity at­ti­tudes or, rather, acts as spokesman for the at­ti­tude of the Sev­en­fold-Spirit-union re­gard­ing the at­ti­tude of the Three­fold-De­ity-union, the at­ti­tude of the Par­a­dise Trin­ity.

16:3.17The mul­ti­ple func­tions of the Sev­enth Mas­ter Spirit thus range from a com­bined por­trai­ture of the per­sonal na­tures of the Fa­ther, Son, and Spirit, through a rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the per­sonal at­ti­tude of God the Su­preme, to a dis­clo­sure of the de­ity at­ti­tude of the Par­a­dise Trin­ity. And in cer­tain re­spects this pre­sid­ing Spirit is sim­i­larly ex­pres­sive of the at­ti­tudes of the Ul­ti­mate and of the Su­preme-Ul­ti­mate.

16:3.18It is Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Seven who, in his mul­ti­ple ca­pac­i­ties, per­son­ally spon­sors the prog­ress of the as­cen­sion can­di­dates from the worlds of time in their at­tempts to achieve com­pre­hen­sion of the un­di­vided De­ity of Su­prem­acy. Such com­pre­hen­sion in­volves a grasp of the ex­is­ten­tial sov­er­eignty of the Trin­ity of Su­prem­acy so co-or­di­nated with a con­cept of the grow­ing ex­pe­ri­en­tial sov­er­eignty of the Su­preme Be­ing as to con­sti­tute the crea­ture grasp of the unity of Su­prem­acy. Crea­ture re­al­iza­tion of these three fac­tors equals Ha­vona com­pre­hen­sion of Trin­ity re­al­ity and en­dows the pil­grims of time with the abil­ity even­tu­ally to pen­e­trate the Trin­ity, to dis­cover the three in­fi­nite per­sons of De­ity.

16:3.19The in­abil­ity of the Ha­vona pil­grims fully to find God the Su­preme is com­pen­sated by the Sev­enth Mas­ter Spirit, whose tri­une na­ture in such a pe­cu­liar man­ner is rev­e­la­tory of the spirit per­son of the Su­preme. Dur­ing the pres­ent uni­verse age of the non­con­tactabil­ity of the per­son of the Su­preme, Mas­ter Spirit Num­ber Seven func­tions in the place of the God of as­cen­dant crea­tures in the mat­ter of per­sonal re­la­tion­ships. He is the one high spirit be­ing that all as­cend­ers are cer­tain to rec­og­nize and some­what com­pre­hend when they reach the cen­ters of glory.

16:3.20This Mas­ter Spirit is al­ways in li­ai­son with the Re­flec­tive Spir­its of Uversa, the head­quar­ters of the sev­enth super­uni­verse, our own seg­ment of cre­ation. His ad­min­is­tra­tion of Or­von­ton dis­closes the mar­velous sym­me­try of the co-or­di­nate blend­ing of the di­vine na­tures of Fa­ther, Son, and Spirit.