The White Eagle Lodge
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The White Eagle Lodge is a spiritual organisation based in England
, founded by Grace and Ivan Cooke in 1936. The Lodge is a present day Mystery School, restating the ancient wisdom of the ages in a manner suited to the modern world. Its work is to help humanity develop its true spiritual nature, and uses the symbol of the six pointed Christ Star to radiate Peace and Healing to those in need. Healing
, both absent and contact, meditation
, yoga
and astrology
are taught and practised. The White Eagle Publishing Trust distributes the teachings of White Eagle worldwide in many languages. The Mother Lodge is in England with two continental centers in America
and Australia
.
by Lorna Todd.
Members can also work in absent healing groups led by an experienced Healer. There are specific groups working to heal animals.
has long been an important aspect of the Lodge work. Joan Hodgson (née Cooke) developed a beginners’ correspondence course in 1941, and wrote a series of articles for the early Lodge journal "Angelus." These were published by the White Eagle Publ. Trust as Wisdom in the Stars. Since then she wrote several other books over several decades, was on the UK Faculty of Astrological Studies at its foundation (a non-Lodge group) and she had many clients. Her daughter, Rose Elliot subsequently also became an astrologer.
In 1976 the Lodge expanded Joan's work into a "School" and she was active until her death in 1995. The school now has Simon Bentley as its Principal, he had worked closely with her for over a decade. Based at the main centre in "New Lands" it holds an annual conference, publishes a journal "Altair", conducts other day events, still runs correspondence courses, and does horoscope readings for clients, in all these using a spiritual focus, not identical with the various forms of "Esoteric" astrology.
See John Bowker, "White Eagle Lodge," in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, 1997.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, founded by Grace and Ivan Cooke in 1936. The Lodge is a present day Mystery School, restating the ancient wisdom of the ages in a manner suited to the modern world. Its work is to help humanity develop its true spiritual nature, and uses the symbol of the six pointed Christ Star to radiate Peace and Healing to those in need. Healing
Faith healing
Faith healing is healing through spiritual means. The healing of a person is brought about by religious faith through prayer and/or rituals that, according to adherents, stimulate a divine presence and power toward correcting disease and disability. Belief in divine intervention in illness or...
, both absent and contact, meditation
Meditation
Meditation is any form of a family of practices in which practitioners train their minds or self-induce a mode of consciousness to realize some benefit....
, yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
and astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
are taught and practised. The White Eagle Publishing Trust distributes the teachings of White Eagle worldwide in many languages. The Mother Lodge is in England with two continental centers in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Healing
Absent healing is healing by prayer, directed at absent patients. Lone absent healers work from home on their own, and tuning into the Angels of Healing they call on the patients' names and pray for them. Following a set form of service, they envisage colours being gently applied to psychic centres or "chakras" by healing angels. Thousands of people and animals are on such lists world wide at any given time. A description of the method used by the Lodge in its healing is found in A Healers Journey Into Lightby Lorna Todd.
Members can also work in absent healing groups led by an experienced Healer. There are specific groups working to heal animals.
Astrology school
Teaching AstrologyAstrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
has long been an important aspect of the Lodge work. Joan Hodgson (née Cooke) developed a beginners’ correspondence course in 1941, and wrote a series of articles for the early Lodge journal "Angelus." These were published by the White Eagle Publ. Trust as Wisdom in the Stars. Since then she wrote several other books over several decades, was on the UK Faculty of Astrological Studies at its foundation (a non-Lodge group) and she had many clients. Her daughter, Rose Elliot subsequently also became an astrologer.
In 1976 the Lodge expanded Joan's work into a "School" and she was active until her death in 1995. The school now has Simon Bentley as its Principal, he had worked closely with her for over a decade. Based at the main centre in "New Lands" it holds an annual conference, publishes a journal "Altair", conducts other day events, still runs correspondence courses, and does horoscope readings for clients, in all these using a spiritual focus, not identical with the various forms of "Esoteric" astrology.
Work in America
Jean Le Fevre, who had been active in the Crowbridge Daughter Lodge (U.K.) moved to the United States and was a key figure in enabling the construction of the Temple of the Golden Rose in Montgomery, Texas, where the organisation is registered as the "Church of the White Eagle Lodge." The Lodge work there is open to liaison with Native spiritual teachings.Further reading
For a lavishly illustrated account of seven decades, the most detailed work is The White Eagle Lodge story : seventy-five years of work with the light, told by friends of White Eagle across the years, 2008.See John Bowker, "White Eagle Lodge," in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, 1997.