Lower levels of Initiation

The lowest level of ascended masters is the common run of ascended masters, that is, those Masters who have attained the fifth level of initiation. These include such Masters as Enoch, Elijah (who as an avatar re-embodied as John the Baptist), Melchizedek, Confucius, Lord Ling, Lanello, Lady Master Magda, Kwan Yin, Zoroaster, the Great Divine Director, Johannes (Pope John XXIII), Padre Pio and many dozens more. Elizabeth Clare Prophet has identified, named, and received dictations from at least 200 ascended masters at this level.^[7] However, traditional Theosophists do not recognize any of the new beings identified by Elizabeth Clare Prophet as masters of the ancient wisdom.