What Are Devas?
Question: Can we explore words that are commonly used in the Bailey writings?
JJ: Actually, we are doing that now. The first four words; Deva, Agnichaitans, Agnisuryans and Agnishvattas are very interrelated. The plan is to proceed in basic alphabetical order but digress as needed to examine key words related to the word in progress or of group interest.
As we proceed in this dictionary I do not want to examine the meaning in great depth as this would make the dictionary very large and take us ages to get through it. On the other hand, we will examine fewer, but important, words, but with more depth than a standard esoteric dictionary.
The basic purpose of the dictionary will be to give the DK/AAB reader an understandable definition as well as helpful background information. We’ll expand some on each word, but not to the fullest extent.
Here’s the definition for a very key word .
Devas
Definition: These beings are sometimes called members of the angel kingdom and sometimes called agents of the creative mind of God which go forth to do His Will in building all form in the universe.
Even though Devas do not live in the dense physical they create the network wherein the form develops. They do this from the etheric, astral and mental worlds.
There are greater and lesser Devas sometimes called the greater and lesser builders. Many of the greater are considered angels on the evolutionary arc and have passed through the human kingdom. The lesser builders are often called elementals and are on the involutionary arc. These create all physical form that we see about us.
Simply put we could say this. Non physical beings that do not presently incarnate into dense physical bodies are Devas.
Humans are polarized in the male energy and Devas the female. There are 300 billion greater Devas for this earth.
Key Statements DK Made About Devas
“It might here be well to point out that, working as members of that Hierarchy are a great number of beings called angels by the Christian, and devas by the oriental. Many of them have passed through the human stage long ages ago, and work now in the ranks of the great evolution parallel to the human, and which is called the deva evolution.” Initiation Human and Solar, Pg 36
“The devas, with the exception of those greater devas who have in earlier cycles passed through the human kingdom and are now co-operating in the evolution of man, are not as yet self-conscious. They grow and develop through feeling and not through the power of conscious thought…The devas follow the line of least resistance, and seek to appropriate and experience in fullest tide of feeling and sentiency the vibration of things as they are. Therefore the method for them is an ever-increasing intensity of appreciation for the feeling of the moment.” Initiation Human and Solar, Pg 97
“The devas who are the sumtotal of the energy of substance itself care not what form they build.” TCF, Page 951
“The devas of the ethers carry on their foreheads a translucent symbol in the form of a crescent moon, and by this they may be distinguished from the astral devas by those able to see clairvoyantly.
“As we consider the devas of the ethers, we find that they fall naturally—as far as manifestation is concerned—into two main groups. Each group is represented on each of the four subplanes, and this grouping must be considered as but one method of differentiation out of the many possible. These groups are, first, those devas who are the transmitters of prana to all forms of life; they are a group of intermediary devas, and may be regarded as the energy providers in their various differentiations; secondly, those devas who form the etheric bodies of every form in manifestation. These constitute the bulk of the lesser devas.” TCF, Pg 915
“A beautiful diamond, a stately tree, or a fish in the water are but devas after all. It is the recognition of this essential livingness which constitutes the basic fact in all occult investigation, and is the secret of all beneficent magic.” TCF, Pg 892
“The deva evolution is feminine, negative and receptive, the human evolution is masculine, positive and aggressive.” A Learning Experience; Mary Bailey, Pg 49
“The devas do not suffer pain as does mankind. Their rate of rhythm is steadier although in line with the Law. They learn through application to the work of building and through incorporation into the form of that which is built. They grow through appreciation of and joy in the forms built and the work accomplished.” A Treatise on White Magic, Pages 532-533
“Through rites and ceremonies you can sense the devas and reach them, but not in the same manner nor for the same reason that you can the elementals. The devas attend ceremonies freely and are not summoned; they come, as you do, to tap the power. When your vibrations are pure enough the ceremonies serve as a common meeting-ground… Speech, as we know it, is not understood by the devas, but impulses, forces, vibrations can be set up by the use of specific forms that lead to the desired result and obviate the need of speech. These forms open the avenues of mutual comprehension.” Letters on Occult Meditation, Pg 176
“The angels and devas are to the vegetable kingdom what the spiritual Hierarchy is to humanity. This is, of course, a mystery with which you have no concern.” Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, Page 79
“Wherever attention is centred on the form and not on the Spirit, the tendency is to deva worship, deva contact and black magic, for the form is made of deva substance on all planes.
“This must be considered well in connection with every form for it holds the key to many mysteries.” TCF, Page 491
“It would interest us much could we but understand a little of the point of view of those great devas Who co-operate intelligently in the plan of evolution. They have Their own method of expressing these ideas, the medium being colour which can be heard, and sound which can be seen. Man reverses the process and sees colors and hears sounds. A hint lies here as to the necessity for symbols, for they are signs which convey cosmic truths, and instruction, and can be comprehended alike by the evolved of both evolutions.” TCF, Page 666
“The goal for the devas (below the rank of solar Pitris) is individualisation, and their objective is to become men in some future cycle.” TCF, Page 836
Men would be angels; angels would be gods. – Alexander Pope
Oct 26, 2009 – DK quotes added May 2025.
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