They have a legitimate place in creation in upholding the matter aspect of earth and maintaining the fires burning at the core of the earth. If they stick to their legitimate duty there would not be any problems. They are on the involutionary arc, the spirit descending into matter, while the human race is on the evolutionary arc, the spirit ascending from matter. Therefore the dark lords should not have anything to do with the human race. But sometimes they interfere with human affairs.

Every 3500 years these forces are used by God or the reflection of our Planetary Logos (the heavenly man) to destroy the old crystallised structures to make way for a new civilisation. This is referred to as unchaining of the beast and then he is chained again for another 3500 (age and a half) years. This energy was released through Emperor Nero to bring an end to Roman dispensation to make way for Christendom. It was released again through Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese military leaders who tried to dominate the world and precipitated the Second World War, which was also referred to as the Armageddon in the bible.

The Hitler himself was a medium and he was heavily involved in black magic and was obsessed by or was under the influence of two black lords. When he was ranting and raving in the public rallies it were the dark lords who were speaking through him. These forces of evil (the axis powers) were defeated by the forces of light or the allied forces during the Second World War.

The Spiritual Hierarchy of our planet composed of the Christ (the Lord Maitreya) and his disciples, the Masters of Wisdom and the Lords of Compassion stood behind the allied forces during the Second Word War. The terrible pain and suffering of the Second World War paved way for the second coming of Christ (The Lord Maitreya).

The creation of the state of Israel in 1948 and the resulting Arab Israeli conflict has kept the door open for the forces of evil to enter our planet. Therefore the forces of evil still flow to our planet through a trinity. This is through some groups in USA, some in Israel and another group in Eastern Europe. The force is much less than during the Second World War. The resolution to the Arab Israeli conflict will help to seal this flow of energy.

Therefore the major manifestation of Antichrist has already come and gone. He is not due to come again for another 3500 years when he will be defeated again and sealed in his own domain. This will be done by raising the human consciousness beyond their influence. This will allow our planetary logos to take another cosmic initiation and expand his consciousness making the earth a sacred planet. This is the real Armageddon mentioned in the bible.

The next war against evil will not take place on the physical plane but will be on the mental plane or it will be a war of minds as a physical plane war of the nature of the Second World War will be nuclear and is likely destroy all life on earth. The reflection of our planetary logos cannot allow this to happen, as it will put an end his plans to continue to evolve life forms on earth.

The reflection of our Planetary Logos authorised the release of nuclear secrets to the allies during the last war because he was afraid that Hitler would be capable of making the atom bomb first. But it was not used by allies until end of the war and then probably it was not really necessary.

A similar war between the forces of light and the forces evil happened in Atlantean times about 85000 years ago. Neither side was strong enough to win and it came to a stalemate. Then the reflection of the Planetary Logos decided to sink the continent of Atlantis. People were asked to leave for higher ground and this is symbolised in the story of Noah.

During Atlantean days our Spiritual Hierarchy composed of the Masters of Wisdom (Enlightened Souls) and Lords of Compassion lived openly and Noah was one of the Masters. After sinking of the continent of Atlantis the Spiritual Hierarchy retreated to mountainous and desert regions of earth and have remained there living occultly until this day. They are now returning back to civilisation one by one.

Christian's refer to Lucifer as the devil or Satan. The word Lucifer means the angel of light. He incarnated 18 1/2 million years ago as the human soul in the early animal man. This is symbolised by the story of the Adam and Eve. It was a sacrifice willingly done on the part of Lucifer, to incarnate in matter, to spiritualise matter. He gave the man his divine spark and he is the great oversoul of the individualised human souls.

Therefore man has to claim his divine heritage through countless births on the physical plane leading to a series of initiations through which he becomes an enlightened soul and a member of the spiritual kingdom or the kingdom of souls (heaven, nirvana or moksha). Every prophet from Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Jesus to Mohammed had gone through these initiations to become members of the spiritual kingdom. Jesus demonstrated this during his lifetime from his baptism to his resurrection by symbolically going through these initiations. The man is the Prodigal Son who is yearning to return to his Father's home and the glory there to be found.

It is best not to talk about the forces of evil as by talking about them we give them undue importance, publicity and energy that they seek. But I felt that I should deal with this topic as it is brought up again and again by the Christian fundamentalists.

Recommended reading

The Great Approach, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

The Art of Co-operation, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom, Benjamin Creme (The Tara Press)

Maitreya Mission Volume One, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

Maitreya Mission Volume Two, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

Maitreya Mission Volume Three, Benjamin Creme (Share International Foundation, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles)

Alice A Bailey, The Reappearance of Christ (London: Lucis Press, 1948)

Alice A Bailey, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy (London: Lucis Press, 1955)

H P Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (London: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1888)

Helena Roerich, Leaves of Morya's Garden, Volume I : The Call (New York: Agni Yoga Society, 1924)

- Leaves of Morya's Garden, Volume II : Illumination (New York: Agni Yoga Society, 1925

Courtesy of Share International