The Hercules Myths from the "Ancient Wisdom"
Tradition of Alice Bailey

The metaphysical writings of Alice Bailey express very profound spiritual and esoteric truths. She, and those beings who inspired her, thought highly enough of the Hercules myths to include them, with commentary, in her writings on the sun sign of the month. A new labor is examined each month. Many serious students of the Bailey work and of the "ancient wisdom" tradition that she presents, or rather, re-represents, read the myth out loud during monthly Full Moon meetings. And we invite you to do so, with all of us, knowing that we are part of a larger human circle of aspiration.

A complete on-line edition of this work and of the collected works of Alice Bailey is available on www.netnews.org, whose home page we encourage you to visit. Netnews.org also has available a CD-ROM of the collected work of Alice Bailey.

We have also added a link to Marianne's page on netnews.org, which includes the 12 monthly meditation themes described above, and a summary of the Hercules labour of the month.

NB: We have provided renderings of these esoteric mantras as they appear in the Labors of Hercules myths. We've taken our wording here from the Labours Of Hercules: An Astrological Interpretation by Alice A. Bailey, New York Lucis Publishing Co, 1982, pp. 210-214. We have also consulted an excellent book by Alan Oken, Soul-Centered Astrology, The Crossing Press, Freedom, Ca 1996, ch 9, The 12 Astrological Signs, pp. 161-249. The wording we have used differs in some cases, from that of Marianne, on her netnews.org homepage. We consider these only stylistic differences.