“It is a case of Avesha Avatara, the overshadowing and informing of the lesser by the greater. In the Avesha Avatara a pure vessel is chosen, not necessarily a liberated man, and the Divine Life utilizes the Man thus qualified, for a limited period and for a particular purpose. . . . Generally, for a lifetime, the Divine Influence continues to shine through the purified vessel and, to all appearances, as in reality it is, the human nature of the man is submerged by the overflowing Divine Life.

In such cases nothing of the individuality is lost; it is the personality plus the higher principles of some Great Teacher or say of The Christ. Such overshadowing is by no means as rare as may be supposed, the difference being in the advancement of the overshadowing, or we might say, incarnating Teacher, who, in all such cases, projects His higher principles into, or grafts them upon, the individuality of the disciple who, through his own choice and purity of life, has prepared a mentality and a personality capable of expressing the Great Soul who descends thus to help humanity.”

“Avesha is a peculiar relation between a chosen mortal, trained and perfected for this special relation through many incarnations, and a Divine being or a more than mortal Spiritual Teacher, for the purpose of presenting to the world a particular truth, message or philosophy. . . . There can be no deception here, for by their works are they known . . . .”