This important annual period of potent spiritual energy begins with the Festival of Aries in March, continues through the peak known as the Festival of Wesak (Taurus) in April and concludes with The Festival of Humanity (Taurus/Gemini) in May.

The essential quality of the Festivals is livingness: two magnetic fields, earth and heaven, meet, the kingdom of humanity fuses with the kingdom of Souls, and this interplay will bring to pass the transfiguration of the earth.

 

It is essential that we bear in mind, as we face the activities of the future, that matter and substance and their fusion into living forms are aspects of divinity. It has been the prostitution of matter to selfish ends, and for separative purposes, which has been responsible for the misery, the sufferings, the failure, and the evil which have characterized the career of humanity down the ages.

 

 

Today, humanity is given a fresh opportunity to build on sounder and more constructive lines. If humanity can demonstrate a gained wisdom in the creation of a form which will house the spirit of resurrection and express the enlightenment gained by the bitter experience of the past, then humanity will rise again. Divinity, however, awaits the expression of humanity's free will. Only through the power of our spiritual will (which is one with the Will of God) can humanity handle energies and forces and establish the Kingdom of Heaven upon the earth.

 

In terms of the Will, the Festivals may be seen as manifesting: Will and Life, at the Festival of Aries; Will and Love, Relationships, at Wesak. Will and Intelligence, Expression, at the Festival of Humanity. The beauty of this synthesis and the wonder of this opportunity are surely apparent to those who consider these aspects of the divine Plan.