British-American theosophist who wrote 24 books (many claimed to be dictated by a Tibetan master) and founded the Lucis Trust — whose concepts of 'New Age,' 'World Teacher,' and 'Plan' became foundational for the New Age movement.
New Age movement intellectual foundation: Bailey's prolific output (24 volumes of 'occult philosophy' between 1919-1949) systematized Blavatsky's Theosophy into a more structured cosmology with practical spiritual education implications. Her concept of the 'Externalization of the Hierarchy' (spiritual masters returning to work openly in human institutions), the 'Plan' (spiritual evolution toward global unity), and the World Teacher (a figure who would appear to guide humanity) became the template for much New Age thinking. The Lucis Trust (founded as the Lucifer Publishing Company in 1922) continues to run the World Goodwill organization at the UN.
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