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At our center, members study and practice the teachings of the Ascended Masters. By so doing, we beli The Summit Lighthouse is a non-profit organization.
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For 50 years, The Summit Lighthouse has published the Teachings of the Ascended Masters - the mystics and sages of East and West who have graduated from earth's schoolroom and attained union with God. It provides each a unique spiritual path embracing many faiths and nationalities. Our community of spiritual seekers is dedicated to the study and application of the Ascended Master Teachings. Throug

h devotion, study, and worship, students of the Ascended Masters experience the loving presence of the masters in their daily life. Our community is based upon Divine Friendship, Unity, a common journey and experiencing the path of life as one of helping each other along the way. Join others in prayer, meditation, informal discussions and social functions for individual and collective spiritual exploration. Experience community, a place where you can come apart from the stresses of everyday life. Experience Church Universal and Triumphant.

06/08/2026

The Golden Chain Mail
The Golden Chainmail is a sealing action of the levels of astral consciousness from physical contamination. Those who engage in psychic activities cause a great burden not only to themselves but also to the planet as they become the open door for the energies of the astral plane to enter into the physical. In order to prevent this, the God and Goddess Meru in 1964 announced a dispensation whereby a “golden chain mail” would be draped around the entire planet to protect us from the psychic planes, the planes that are astral and of Death and Hell.

A4. CALL TO REESTABLISH THE GOLDEN CHAIN MAIL
In the name Brahman, in the name I AM THAT I AM, Sanat
Kumara, I call for the reestablishment of the golden chain mail! I
call for it to be coated with blue-white diamonds that have a
magnificent power of repulsion! Beloved Serapis, reinforce it
now with fiery blue energy made of impervious light substance.
I call to the heart of the God and Goddess Meru for a
personalized segment of the golden chain mail to be designed
for every lightbearer, every son and daughter of God, to seal
their souls and etheric bodies from the astral plane and levels of
Death and Hell. I invoke this armour on behalf of our children
and youth to seal their minds and souls from the darkness
targeted against them. In the name I AM THAT I AM, I call for
the hosts of the Lord to drape the golden chain mail over the
planetary body. And I accept it done according to God's holy
will. Amen.

Ascended Master Encyclopedia

06/07/2026

The History of ‘The Banner of Peace’ by Nicholas Roerich
The "Banner of Peace" painting is a symbolist work designed by Nicholas Roerich in 1931 to represent the protection of cultural
institutions. It is the official emblem of the Roerich Pact, an international treaty signed in 1935 to legally protect artistic and scientific institutions and historical monuments. It was a Pact that states that cultural institutions are more important than the use or destruction of that culture for military purposes, and the protection of culture always has precedence over any military necessity. The Pact was signed on 15 April 1935 by the representatives of American states in the Oval Office of the White House (Washington, DC). It was the first international treaty signed in the Oval Office.

The three spheres inside the red circle represent the synthesis of art, science, and spirituality within the circle of culture. The Latin text "Pax Cultura" on the banner translates to "Peace through Culture," symbolizing the belief that peace is achieved through the protection of culture. The symbol is sometimes referred to as the "Red Cross of Culture" because it functions to protect cultural heritage in the same way the Red Cross protects human life during conflict.

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) was a well-known artist, archaeologist, author, scholar, lecturer, costume and set designer, poet, mystic, and explorer during his life in Russia and eventually, the United States. He and his wife, Helena Roerich, served during the early twentieth century as amanuenses for the ascended masters El Morya and Maitreya. Nicholas ascended at the conclusion of that lifetime.

06/06/2026

Be a Member of the Priesthood of Melchizedek
The Priesthood of Melchizedek is very active on the earth today. In a landmark dictation given in Portland, Oregon, May 28, 1986, Saint Germain announced a dispensation whereby one hundred and forty-four thousand priests from the Priesthood of Melchizedek formed a violet-flame Maltese cross over the city:

The priesthood of the ascended master Melchizedek is of the seventh ray and the seventh age. You can request to become a member of that order. The first step is the giving of the violet flame. You can also write a letter to Jesus, Melchizedek, and Archangel Zadkiel, asking to be trained in the priesthood of the Order of Melchizedek. Burn the letter, and the angels will take it to the heaven-world. Each day, give violet-flame decrees and ask to be taken while your body sleeps at night to Archangel Zadkiel's retreat for training.

The New Testament declares that all Christians are part of a "royal priesthood" (1 Peter 2:5-9) who have direct access to God.

06/05/2026

A Wise and Common Expression from an Aesop Fable
(An embodiment of Beloved Lanello)

“Look before you leap.” - AESOP

From “The Fox and the Goat", Aesop's Fables

For More Information about Aesop: https://ascendedmasterencyclopedia.org/w/Aesop

06/04/2026

Embodiments of Guru Ma (Elizabeth Clare Prophet)
Ascended Masters’ Teachings

Catherine of Siena - 1347 AD – 1380 AD
St. Catherine of Siena was a lay member of the Dominicans and a mystic who lived in Italy in the 1300s. She was known for her holiness, asceticism, and spiritual visions, and she received the stigmata. She was also a reformer and political activist, influential in the religious and political affairs of the Church. Her most famous quote is "Thou the all, I the nothing." Jesus once appeared to Catherine of Siena as she was praying. He said: "Do you know, daughter, who you are and who I am? If you knew these two things, you would be blessed. You are that which is not; I am He who is. If you have this knowledge in your soul, the enemy can never deceive you; you will escape all his snares; you will never consent to anything contrary to my commandments; and without difficulty, you will acquire every grace, every truth, every light."
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Margaret More Roper of England- 1505 AD –1544 AD
Margaret, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, is considered one of the most learned women of sixteenth-century England. She was a writer and translator.
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Marie Antoinette of Austria/France– 1755 AD - 1793 AD
Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria and was the 15th child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, the Holy Roman Emperor. As for the statement that people often attribute to her when told that starving French peasants lacked any bread to eat, "Let them eat cake," there is no anecdotal or historical evidence that she ever uttered those words.

Ascended Master Encyclopedia and other Ascended Masters’ Teachings

06/02/2026

Quote for the Day
“You Can Change the World”

06/01/2026

Compassion is…
“I AM my brother’s keeper” is the fulfillment of the law, but not in blind attachment or sympathy; for the latter phase of human error is a mechanical tie, a pull upon the passions of men who see in the failures of others the possibilities of their own personal loss and, by the bond of sympathy, they are pulled in a downward spiral into the maelstrom of imperfection.

Compassion is otherwise—�
It would extend assistance to those who�desire it and seek to rise�
And mercy to the fallen, but not at any price—�
For there ought to be some longing or desire in all,�
Some spark of hope or faith�
That answers call�From God on high.�
For men were born, not to die�But to live—
and live again on higher plane�
Until the soul, no longer vain,�
Might pierce the veil of human pain�
And see the clearer counterpane—�
The window to a heaven above�
Where reigns the Father of all love,�
Whose holy breath does ever flow�
To all mankind here below�
And sees within their heart of flame�
A Christly banner, never vain,�
Whose every act will men redeem�
And lift them to a fairer scene.”

Vol. 8 No. 24 - The Great Divine Director - June 13, 1965

05/31/2026

Nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit
In Corinthians 12, Saint Paul lists nine gifts of the Holy Spirit.
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant....
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another ... gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

The nine gifts of the Holy Spirit are complementary, and they come upon the seeker gradually. They’re like nine potted plants; they grow and blossom together. And they grow and increase in you as you become closer and closer to God, closer to the Holy Spirit, closer to Jesus, and all the saints robed in white whom we acknowledge as the ascended masters. So as your light increases throughout your body, throughout your chakras, so these gifts are growing. As your spirituality increases, as you define what is important in your life, the gifts increase in you.
When you truly have the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit dwells in you bodily, it is an indication that you have attained oneness with your own Holy Christ Self and the I AM Presence.

Ascended Master Encyclopedia

05/30/2026

Jesus, the High Priest (and Saint Germain)
The New Testament, specifically the Book of Hebrews, details that the old Levitical priesthood was temporary. Jesus is described as the permanent High Priest in the line of Melchizedek. The book of Hebrews says that Jesus was "made an high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec."

The akashic records reveal that both Jesus and Saint Germain studied in the retreat of the Archangel Zadkiel when they were in embodiment on Atlantis. Both completed their initiations and training in the order of the priesthood of Melchizedek before the sinking of the continent. They stood before Melchizedek and the great Archangel Zadkiel, who said upon these two blessed ones, "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec."

Once one receives that training and initiation, it carries over to succeeding lifetimes. Thus, Jesus was already a priest of the Order of Melchizedek before his birth in his final embodiment. The book of Hebrews specifically explains that Jesus replaced the old Levitical priesthood, becoming our eternal "high priest" after the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 5:1-10).

05/29/2026

Embodiments of Guru Ma (Elizabeth Clare Prophet)
Guinevere of Great Britain– 6th Century
Guinevere was the wife and queen of King Arthur. Her lifelong relationship with Sir Lancelot (an embodiment of Lanello), who rescues her from being burnt at the stake for adultery, eventually brings about the downfall of Camelot. In 1977, Church Universal & Triumphant purchased from the Claretian Fathers the beautiful 218-acre Gillette estate in the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu and named it Camelot, a return to the mission of the previous Camelot.
�Yeshe Tsogyal of Tibet - (757AD–817 AD)
Yeshe Tsogyal was the closest disciple of Padma Sambhava and the mother of Buddhism in Tibet. She attained Buddhahood in one lifetime.
�Saint Clare Assisi of Italy- 1194 AD – 1253 AD
Clare was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She was credited with miracles during her life and even after her death. In 1212, when Clare determined to follow his way of life, Francis started a second order that was for women. It became known as the Poor Clares (or the Order of Saint Clare). Clare's order flourished and spread to other parts of Italy, France, and Germany. She became so revered that her advice was sought and accepted by popes, cardinals, and bishops. Next to Saint Francis, Clare was most responsible for the growth and spread of the Franciscans.
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