What Is Spiritual Initiation?

A Short Conceptualization

I am often asked about what “initiation” means. It is rather common to find new schools offerings all types of initiation, which seems acceptable given the generic meaning we find for “initiation” in the dictionary: the action of beginning something, or of admitting someone to society through ritual.

But what does initiation in a spiritual context really mean?

I am here presenting the concept given in the book “The Externalization of the Hierarchy”, by Alice Bailey. In this book, all…