<p>In the Hermetic Writings of old are found references to &ldquo;the Woman clothed with the Sun.&rdquo; Is this a symbol or a sublime Reality of the Higher World?<br />
Ancient religions, inspired by Messengers of the Planetary Hierarchy, accorded great reverence to the Feminine Principle in Creation, the Mother aspect of Deity.<br />
The highest manifestation of this Feminine Principle has been called by many names, among them, Mother of the Universe, World Mother, Isis, Ishtar, and Sophia. To the Gnostic Christians She was known as the Holy Spirit, one of the Divine Triad; but ecclesiastical Christianity has regarded the Holy Trinity as entirely masculine, thus depriving its adherents of a sublime and ennobling Concept.<br />
In the following pages will be found selections from the Teachings of Living Ethics&mdash;given by the Lord Maitreya&mdash;which illumine the Image of this Majestic Being, the Matriarch and Initiator of the Planetary Hierarchy, the spiritual Mother of all the Christs and Buddhas of human history&mdash;the spiritual Mother also of every child of Earth whose heart is attuned to Her&rsquo;s.</p>