•   Looking for a celebrant for your special event?

We are delighted to recommend the services of a wonderful Celebrant, Angela Burchardt.  Angela creates the most beautiful and memorable events.  For your Vows of Commitment, Renewal of Vows, Funeral Services, Baby Namings & Blessings, Ceremonies of Release, Business Openings, and more, call Angela on (0419) 113-621, or email her at aburchar@bigpond.net.au

• On Sunday April 22, 2007, representatives of the Medici Charter will be manning a stall at the Psychic Fair, Novatel Hotel, Brighton-le-Sands.

Come and say hello.   We would love to meet you. 

For those interested in attending the Mystery School, we would be delighted to answer any questions you may have.  

• Rona and Chris Hallam, Talismans of Power (Penny Moon Agencies) will also have a stall at the Psychic Fair.  

For those of you who haven't seen the spectacular jewellery channelled by Shankari, this is an ideal opportunity for you to do so.

• On Sunday May 6th, the Lakespa Healing, Therapeutic & Education Centre at Charmhaven is holding its re-opening Ceremony and Open Day.

Janette Wighton will be giving the Opening blessing, a presentation on the Medici Charter Mystery School of Higher Learning, and a second presentation in the afternoon entitled 'Messages of Light'.

THE PROGRAMME IS AS FOLLOWS:

Download RE-OPENING DAY INVITATION PROGRAMME here



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 UPCOMING NEWS & EVENTS:

The Medici Charter is proud to present 'The Medici Charter Mystery School of Higher Learning' - A Spiritual Renaissance for the Golden Age.

'Walking in the Footsteps of the Master' is a potentially life-transforming Course for the advanced spiritual initiate.  It will be held at the Lakespa Healing, Therapy & Education Centre, 1 Callaghan Close, Charmhaven, N.S.W., from July 14, 2007 - June 21st, 2008.

'Walking in the Footsteps of the Master' will be facilitated by Janette Wighton, who is a spiritual teacher, inspirational poet, author and publisher of spiritual books and artwork, who has been on her spiritual journey for more than 20 years.

Janette, who receives messages from the Masters of Light, often in the form of profound spiritual verse, is the spiritual teacher for the Medici Charter Mystery School of Higher Learning, and the teachings will be supported energetically by the presence of Fay Dubber, Margaret Maalat, and Angela Burchardt.

If you are a serious spiritual seeker, whether you practice within a tradition or have created your own personal spiritual path, we invite you to join us for a potentially life-transforming series of 24 all-day Saturday fortnightly lessons over a twelve month period.

This programme, created by the Medici Charter, is specifically for independent, clear thinkers who wish to accelerate their spiritual growth.

It offers a combination of teachings, advanced meditative practices, the understanding and invoking of Cosmic Energies and Forces, and facilitated discussion - all designed to take you to new depths of understanding and awareness.

This Course is for the seasoned practitioner who has a daily meditative practice.

The Philosophy of the Mystery School:

1.  It is our intent, through the power of our teachings, to raise the energy of participants.

2.  To elevate the vibrations of each individual, through the combined energies achieved by the group, to the highest possible level that they are capable of achieving.

3.  To provide on-going teachings which will sustain high vibrational levels for the participants.

4.  To provide a deeper level of meditation that will transform and deepen the intuitive communication of participants.

5.  To instill in the participants the joy and freedom of living a spiritual life.

6.  To provide a forum for communion with others on the Path with whom the participants, by association, can enhance their spirituality.

Course Outline:    'Walking in the Footsteps of the Master'

Part 1:     Lessons for the Ascension.  The 32 Paths of Wisdom and the 16 Hidden Paths of Wisdom of the Tree of Life.

Part 2:    The Seven Chohans for Earth.  A study of the colours of the Rays, giving an understanding of the Masters of each Ray and the aspects of the Tree of Life that they each embody.

Part 3:     Healing by Intent.  The true healing method practiced by Jesus.

      Course notes will be supplied at the end of each day.

Course Structure: 

Saturdays:   July 14, 2007             & July 28, 2007. 

Saturdays:   August 11, 2007       & August 25, 2007.

Saturdays:   September 8, 2007 & September 22, 2007.

Saturdays:   October 6, 2007      & October 20, 2007.

Saturdays:   November 3, 2007  & November 17, 2007.

Saturdays:   December 1, 2007 & December 15, 2007.

Saturdays:   January 19, 2008.

Saturdays:   February 2, 2008  & February 16, 2008.

Saturdays:   March 1, 2008, March 15, 2008, & March 29, 2008.

Saturdays:   April 12, 2008      & April 26, 2008

Saturdays:   May 10, 2008       & May 24, 2008.

Saturdays:   June 7, 2008        & June 21, 2008.

9.15 a.m. for a 9.30 a.m. start - 5.00 p.m.

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A deposit of $285, to be paid no later than 1/7/07, being the last 3 Saturdays of the Course.  Then 3 installments of $665 each, to be paid 14/7/07, 3/11/07, and 16/2/08.

Option 2:

Payment of 3 installments of $700 each.  The first installment covers the last 8 weeks of the Course, to be paid not later than 1/7/07.   The 2nd installment of $700 to be paid on 20/10/07, and the last $700 payment to be paid on 1/3/08.   A saving of $180.

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Payment of $2,000 in full, paid no later than 1/7/07.   A saving of $280.

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I acknowledge that I have read, understood, and agreed to abide by, the Rules and General Conditions as set by THE MEDICI CHARTER PTY. LTD. on the reverse side of this application.  I understand that once a Course has commenced, that all fees are owed to THE MEDICI CHARTER PTY. LTD.

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                                            RULES AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENROLMENT

All Course participants must fulfill the following obligations:

1.  Demonstrate that he/she is a suitable applicant for the Course.
2.  Satisfy all financial, attendance, and Course obligations.
3.  Have a commitment to a daily meditative practice.
4.  Be committed to living a spiritual life.
5.  Have an open mind and heart.
6.  We ask that you speak only your truth and refrain from exaggeration. 
7.  State clearly on the application form medical conditions and prescribed medications. 
8.  Diabetics who need to eat at regular times must make arrangements in person for this to be accommodated. 9.  State clearly psychiatric/mental health history.  We do not recommend this Course for people with any form of mental illness. 
10.  The Medici Charter reserves the right to make changes to the programme without notice. 
11.  The Medici Charter reserves the right, without discussion, to reject applicants if they are deemed unsuitable for the Course. 
12.  48 hours notification highly preferred if a situation arises where you are unable to attend on a particular day.

The Medici Charter Mystery School states or requires that: 

1.  On receipt of the returned application form, no further communication is given by the School.  Applicants may, if they wish, telephone to confirm that their application has been accepted.  Receipts for monies received will be given to participants at their Course.  All fees, including this deposit, are non-refundable once the Course has commenced.  The Medici Charter reserves the right to retain a $50 administration fee upon cancellation prior to the commencement of the Course. 
2.  Once the Course has commenced, all fees are due and owing to the Medici Charter Pty. Ltd., and no fees are refundable.  The Medici Charter cannot accept responsibility for changes in personal circumstances which may occur after commencement of the Course. 
3.  The Medici Charter advises that teachers, Course advisers, or staff will not be held liable in respect of information, instruction, or advice given to any participants. 
4.  It is the participant's responsibility to check all dates prior to enrolment and to ensure that they fully understand the Course that is being offered. 
5.  The Medici Charter is not responsible for personal items/valuables brought to classes.  Participants must be responsible for their own items.

The Medici Charter reserves the right:

1.  To cancel, postpone, or consolidate any Course, should there be, in their opinion, insufficient enrolments prior to the commencement of the Course.  Enrolled students will be notified, and fees will be credited towards a subsequent Course or be refunded if requested in writing.  Refund does not apply after commencement of the Course. 
2.  To suspend or expel a student from the Mystery School at any time, without giving reasons for doing so and the determination to suspend or expel shall be in the absolute discretion of The Medici Charter Pty. Ltd. 
3.  To charge interest on all overdue Course fees, at the annual percentage rate equivalent to the prime overdraft rate for the time, being applied by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia plus two percent (2%). 
4.  To charge 5% of any outstanding balance if a participant paying by installments ceases to pay, unless an extension has been authorised in writing by The Medici Charter Pty. Ltd. 
5.  To automatically add participant's details to our mailing list unless otherwise requested by the participant in writing.
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FEATURED POEM:

The Tree of Life 

(copyright © by Janette Wighton, 2006)

The world's mystics pursue a common goal,

the direct experience of God to make them whole. 

They understand the facets of God's personality,

and seek to emulate Him in all His capacity. 

Children of God, you can be mystics too. 

Just act like Him in all that you do. 

Tap into the power of the Tree of Life,

and develop His attributes until they are rife. 

Cultivate the qualities of love and compassion,

avoid all negativity, and practice dispassion. 

Never forget true humility to show,

and always let your unconditional love flow. 

Wisdom, understanding, trust and more,

all of of these things should come to the fore. 

Honesty and truth, faith, hope and charity,

all must be integral parts of your personality. 

Forgiveness must become your daily practice,

adopting qualities of patience and acceptance. 

Harmlessness and righteousness play their parts too,

and loyalty and respect you must keep in view. 

Beauty and discernment should be your way,

practicing serenity and tolerance every day. 

When all these things are part of you,

in all you say, in all you do,

then a true mystic you will be,

practicing The Tree of Life for all to see.

FEATURED ARTICLE:

THE WORK OF THE SPIRITUAL HIERARCHY OF THE PLANET

The outstanding and dramatic feature of hierarchical action in the present era is the preparation now underway in the Hierarchy for its return to outer plane activity.  It is important therefore, that more people know about the fact of the Hierarchy and about what sort of people the Masters of Light and Wisdom really are.

The Nature of the Spiritual Hierarchy

The Spiritual Hierarchy of the Earth is the aggregate of those members of humanity who have triumphed over matter, who have achieved the goal of self-mastery by the same path that individuals tread today.  These spiritual personalities have wrestled and fought for victory and mastery upon the physical plane, and struggled with the miasmas, fogs, and dangers, troubles and sorrows of everyday living.  They have trodden every step of the way of suffering, have undergone every experience, have surmounted every difficulty, and have won through.  Herein lies their right to serve, and the strength and reality of their relationship to a still struggling humanity.  They know the quintessence of pain, and can exquisitely measure their methods to the need of the individual.  They are characterised by a love which endures, which acts always for the good of the whole;  by a knowledge gained through living;  by experience based on the evolution of time;  by courage as a result of that experience;  by a purpose which is enlightened and intelligent and adjusted to the purpose of the planetary Logos, and a dynamic will that brooks no interference to the eventual carrying out of that Divine purpose.

The Spiritual Hierarchy is the result of human activity, aspiration and achievement;  it has been created by and of humanity.  The members of the Hierarchy have achieved a complete control of the personality, or lower self.  They are no longer centred in the individualised consciousness but have entered into the wider realisation of the planetary group life, which includes all stages, from that tiny sense of social responsibility of the man or woman taking the first steps upon the path of spiritual maturity, to the inclusive comprehension of the Christ himself.

The members of the Hierarchy are the Masters of Wisdom.  Just as a Master's degree in the academic field indicates one who has achieved proficiency, or mastery, in one particular area of human understanding, the Master of Wisdom is one who has, through self-mastery, achieved mastery within the whole field of human evolution.  Because of an individual natural predisposition to certain lines of work, they each have a special contribution to make towards human progress in one of the seven major fields of world work:   political, religious, educational, scientific, philosophical, psychological, or economic.

The Planned Work of the Hierarchy

The Masters are a worldwide group of executives, adept and skilled in the various fields of work in the modern world, organised into a close network of communication throughout the world, with representatives in all nations, both east and west, and working in the closest co-operation.

The overall Hierarchical organisation has three major divisions:  one having responsibility for world political progress, or government in its true sense;  the second having responsibility for teaching in its three aspects of education, religion and healing;  and a third division having responsibility for all economic progress, industry, labour and capital relations, scientific discovery, finance as it pertains to all fields, intellectual culture, and the arts.  This third division is the largest of the three, with many different departments at work.

The Masters of Wisdom are far more practical and realistic than the most efficient big business executives in our modern world.  They are far more potent in affecting world events than are the most powerful leaders of any nation or government in the world.  They make a constant study of human affairs, watching human trends, and human planning for world betterment.

The Masters work according to plan and are known as the 'Custodians of the Plan'.  The Plan is for all people everywhere in the world;  it works out under the impelling power of evolution itself.

They work under law and never coerce or pressure humanity.  Individual freedom, particularly mental freedom, is never infringed.

Anything that is really good for humanity as a whole is a legitimate aid to their work and fits into the fundamental purpose of the Plan itself.  For example, the establishing of right human relationships between races and nations and groups of every kind;  the substitution of co-operation for competition in all departments of human affairs;  the growth of the recognition and use of the power of goodwill.

The work since the 15th century has been carried forward by the sending out of senior disciples, qualified and trained to work in these particular fields.  A number of such disciples appeared at about the same time, sometimes in different parts of the world, working separately but producing an effect upon human consciousness.  Today, all of the work is interrelated and co-ordinated into one worldwide group effort, and the senior members of this group who are responsible for the implementing of the Plan in these various fields have been called the New Group of World Servers.

The results of the work accomplished in these seven fields can be clearly seen.

1.  The entire level of human intelligence has been raised and the mind made generally more active in all races everywhere.  Humanity has progressed to a state where an intelligent public can discuss world problems.

2.   Basic cleavages and separateness unrecognised 500 years ago are now recognised as harmful and remedies sought.

3.  World interrelation, intercommunication, and economic interdependence have been achieved, thus guaranteeing ultimate world unity.

4.  Progress from the old ways and ideas into the new has produced a natural division of intelligent men and women into two general and basic attitudes, the conservative and the progressive.  This applies in all fields of human affairs producing clarifying comparisons which bring opportunity of choice and therefore opportunity for improvement.

5.  A widespread philanthropic enterprise utterly unknown before the year 1500 has appeared which is the practical result of the growth of the concept of the brotherhood of humanity.

Two Basic Needs

A main hindrance to the Plan is the spiritual inertia of people of goodwill.  Two basic needs today are for trained workers and adequate financing.  The Hierarchy works through its disciples and co-workers in all countries, and never before  have there been so many endeavouring to fit themselves for this function in the world as 'transmitters of the Plan', and never before has there existed such a strong inner integrity and subjective relation between workers in all fields in all parts of the world.  For the first time in history there is a coherent world group;  but the need for trained workers was never greater nor so widespread nor so urgent as now.

When the hierarchical worker is an advanced worker, he or she is aware of the source of his/her guidance and co-operates consciously with the plans of the Hierarchy.  Such workers gather around them others who will work along the same lines, through community of interest and humanitarian conviction.  They may be quite unconscious of any hierarchical guidance or spiritual objective, except the recognition that they love their fellow man, and this love conditions all that they do and motivates their every effort.  From the standpoint of the Master, they can be reached, impressed, and directed;  and most definitely they are so reached.

A second basic need is for adequate financing of hierarchical work.  The crux of the problem of spiritual work in the world today is a financial one.  Workers need to recognise that money is a consolidation of the living energy of Divinity, and that the greater the realisation and expression of Love the freer will be the inflow of that which is needed to carry forward the work.  It still remains for the crystallised aspect of this energy of creative intelligence, money, to be used on a large scale for the furtherance of the work of the Spiritual Hierarchy.  It is at this point and in connection with money that the great test of goodwill in any individual group or nation demonstrates.

The bringing in of the Kingdom of God, the preparation for the coming of the Christ and the salvaging of mankind demand courage, organisation, business acumen, psychology, and persistence.  It needs trained workers and much money.  It requires a hard business sense on the physical plane, a practical common sense, a cessation of the constant presentation of a beautiful future in a mythical heaven.  It call for workers possessing long-range vision, using sensible business procedures, and carefully considered programmes.

All humanity, no matter what the place of residence, colour of skin, or religious belief, is clamouring for peace, education, justice, and economic security.  All this the right use of money and a recognition of the financial responsibility of each one, based on spiritual values, would rapidly make possible.  The major opportunity lies before those already handling the financial resources of the world and the mass of good, kindly people all over the world in all spheres of influence.  The power of the individual is not yet truly grasped;  there is a vast opportunity before all, but it requires courage, patience, and loving understanding to do the needed work.

Workers, group leaders, organisational heads, thinkers, and men and women of goodwill in all parts of the globe can share this work provided their minds are open and focussed on world betterment.

A Programme of Action

The following important steps can be taken by individuals and groups recognising the fact of the Spiritual Hierarchy and the presence of the Christ, who will aid the work of establishing the Plan:

1.  Develop a sense of individual responsibility.

2.  Develop the spirit of goodwill, and evoke it in others.  Express real love in all relationships.

3.  Study and reflect upon the many proposals made by world leaders and thinkers on world problems.  Cultivate an intelligent opinion, based on goodwill, on what you - as a result of study believe should be done.  Discuss the ideas in your home, among friends, and in your various relationships.  Regard such discussions as service.

4.  Find out and study the method, techniques, and objectives of the various groups and organisations concerned with world reconstruction.  Establish helpful and friendly relations with them to the best of your ability.  Discover the men and women of goodwill in your community, and then co-operate with what they are doing.

5.   Behind the world pattern stands its Originator, its Planner, its motivating Energy, its central Will, its living Creator, its God.  Use prayer and meditation to reach that central point of life, and thus blend yourself with the sensed Divine objective.

6.  Begin at once to lay aside sums of money which can be spared and which can accumulate for hierarchical work.  This organised and planned saving will enable you to assume your share in the work without placing an undue burden on others.  It will enable you to respond immediately to the real need as it appears.

This text is adapted from the books 'Initiation, Human and Solar' and 'The Externalisation of the Hierarchy', by Alice A. Bailey.

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