THE MANU
1ST DEPARTMENT OF
THE SPIRITUAL HIERARCHY
The Manu plays a very important role in the unfolding of the new political order.
1. Who is the Manu?
In Theosophical and Bailey’s esoteric teaching, the Manu is one of the three great departmental heads of the Planetary Hierarchy:
- The Manu – Head of the First Ray (Will & Power) – custodian of the racial and governmental evolution of humanity.
- The Christ (or Bodhisattva) – Head of the Second Ray (Love-Wisdom) – guiding the spiritual-religious life of humanity.
- The Mahachohan – Head of the Third Ray (Active Intelligence) – overseeing culture, civilization, and intellectual development.
Bailey links the Manu directly to the emerging political system:
Where the Christ works through love and right human relations, the Manu works through law, order, and the embodiment of divine purpose in political forms.
- He is concerned with the form side of humanity: nations, governments, laws, and the external structure of civilization.
- He selects and impresses leaders (both consciously and unconsciously), ensuring that certain archetypal qualities enter into governance.
- The Manu’s task is to guide the racial unfoldment of humanity—meaning he directs how humanity, as a whole, organizes itself into nations, federations, and eventually a united planetary order.
Where the Christ works through love and right human relations, the Manu works through law, order, and the embodiment of divine purpose in political forms.
3. The Manu in the New Age
2. The Manu and Politics
- In the Aquarian era, the Manu is shaping a new type of humanity—a synthesis of all previous racial types into a more universal, inclusive race.
- Politically, this manifests as a federation of nations—not based on dominance but on each nation’s soul-quality.
- He is preparing the foundation for world governance, where national boundaries remain but are subordinated to global cooperation.
So the Manu’s influence is behind the movement towards internationalism, federations, and the unification of humanity—all under the principle of Will-to-Good.
4. Line of Force & Relation to the Political System
- The Manu → the Ashrams of the First Ray → political leaders, law-givers, statesmen.
- Through this line of force, ideas of governance, law, and order enter the human mind..
- The “New Group of World Servers” in political life are unconsciously working under this line, receiving the Manu’s impulse for synthesis, federation, and justice.
5. In summary
The line with the Manu is the channel through which the Will aspect of the Divine Plan enters the political field. The Manu impresses the archetype of the coming world order into human consciousness, guiding nations and governments toward unity, lawful order, and synthesis. If the Christ embodies the love that will govern the New Age, the Manu embodies the will that gives politics its form, structure, and enduring stability.
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