[Miracle, painting by Nicholas Roerich, 1923.]

Adapted Version: 

A Mantram for All Humanity

Since the Great Invocation was given out in April 1945, it has been translated into over 80 languages and dialects, and its distrib­ution is now worldwide.

To hasten humanity's evolutionary development, the Great Invocation was given out in three stages over a period of nine years which included the earthly event of the second phase of the World War. As a result of the collaboration of Alice Bailey with Master Djwhal Khul, "seven very ancient word-forms" were translated into "understandable and ade­quate" phrases in English.

These seven word-forms are said to constitute the complete, new utterance of the Christ for the coming 2000-year epoch, and thus the Great Invocation is spoken of as "the Christ's own mantram".

Eleanor Roosevelt
Reads the Great Invocation

On World Invocation Day, 1952, Eleanor Roosevelt, a pioneering force in the passage of the Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations, and wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, recorded a brief message which included the Great Invocation. The message was recorded by Mrs Roosevelt at the United Nations: 

Choral Music of the Great Invocation
by Keith Bailey

Central Truths

Its beauty and strength lies in its simplicity and in its expression of certain central truths:

• The truth of the existence of a basic Intelligence to Whom we vaguely give the name of God;

• The truth that behind all outer seeming, the motivating power of the universe is Love;

• The truth that a great Individuality, called by Christians the Christ, came to earth and embodied that love so that we could understand;

• The truth that both love and intelligence are effects of what is called the Will of God;

• And finally, the self-evident truth that only through humanity itself can the divine plan work out.

Complete information about the Great Invocation is available on the Lucis Trust website: 

The Use of the Great Invocation

(A.A. Bailey, The Rays and the Initiations, pp. 755-759, 1960 — APPENDIX, FIVE GREAT SPIRITUAL EVENTS, <5.>.)

Some Translations of the Great Invocation

Special Thanks

The texts of A Mantram for All Humanity, Eleanor Roosevelt Reads the Great Invocation and Central Truths are posted on the Lucis Trust website and reproduced within this App with their kind permission.