Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 – December 15, 1949), known as Alice A. Bailey or AAB, was born as Alice LaTrobe Bateman, in Manchester, England, but moved to the U.S. in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher. Writing on spiritual, occult, esoteric, Theosophical, Christian, and other religious themes, Bailey was among the earliest authors to popularize the terms New Age and Age of Aquarius.Her philosophy and her writings are still applied by the groups and organizations she founded, such as the Arcane School, the New Group of World Servers, and the Full Moon Meditation Groups that follow her teachings, and have also been utilized by groups with which she was never directly involved, such as the UFO contactee organisation Understanding, Inc.
She described many of her books as being telepathically dictated to her by a "Master of the Wisdom" she referred to as "The Tibetan." Her writings range from the microcosm to the macrocosm, and expound a system of esoteric thought that includes subjects such as meditation, faith healing, spiritual psychology, the destiny of nations, and prescriptions for society in general.
Her writings have much in common with those of Madame Blavatsky, yet they differ from Theosophy. She wrote about religious themes, especially Christianity, but her writings are fundamentally contrary to many aspects of orthodox Christianity and to orthodox religions in general. Her vision of a unified society includes a global "spirit of religion" different from traditional religious forms. (Wikipedia)
