Alice Bailey
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Alice Bailey was the founder, with husband Foster Bailey, of the Arcane School and Lucis Trust. She is credited with popularizing the term "New Age."
Early years and family life
Alice LaTrobe Bateman was born in Manchester, England on June 16, 1880. During an evangelical trip to India, She met Walter Evans. They married, and he became an Episcopalian priest. They moved to the United States and had three children, but the marriage was not successful, and Alice was granted a divorce.
Theosophical Society
Mrs. Alice Anne Evans was admitted to the American Theosophical Society as a member on September 1, 1915. She is listed as one of 15 founding members of the Pacific Grove Lodge (formerly Monterey Lodge) in California on the charter dated September 17, 1915.[1] In 1918, she was admitted to the Esoteric Section.
Mrs. Evans became the editor of the Society's periodical, The Messenger. When L. W. Rogers was elected president of the Society in 1920, he removed her from that position, and replaced Foster Bailey with Mrs. Betsey Jewett as National Secretary. Headquarters moved from California to Chicago.
Mrs. Evans and Foster Bailey moved to New York, where they became members of the Central Lodge and were active for several years. On March 17, 1921, for example, Alice and Foster both sponsored Marie M. Montreuil for membership in that lodge. Mrs. Bailey's membership in Society continued, with short lapses, until June 30, 1939.[2]
Arcane School and Lucis Trust
Later years
Mrs. Bailey died on December 15, 1949.
Writings
The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists numerous articles by or about Alice Bailey: 12 under the name Alice Evans and over 300 under Alice Bailey. Most of the latter were published in The Beacon, the journal of the Lucis Trust.
All of her books were published by Lucis Publishing Company, New York and London. Some of her most important titles are:
- Unfinished Autobiography. 1951.
- Consciousness of the Atom.
- Initiation, Human and Solar.
- A Treatise on Cosmic Fire . 1962, 1925, 1973, 1982.
- The Light of the Soul. 1955, 1927, 1972, 1983.
- A Treatise on White Magic.
- A Treatise on the Seven Rays.
- The Reappearance of the Christ.
- Discipleship in the New Age. 1955, 1968, 1972.
- The Externalization of the Hierarchy.
Additional resources
- Ellwood, Robert. "Bailey, Alice Ann Latrobe Bateman" in Theosopedia.
- Alice Bailey Natal Horoscope.