http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NewAge/Creme_Maitreya.htmI note that he lists having studied four to six of the worst negative sources that were available at that time: Gurdjieff and his lackey Ouspensky, Blavatsky, and Bailey, for a start.
Whoa. Very, very bad. If you've read Gurdjieff, you have been literally poisoned and should seek the best healer that you can possibly find. Bailey and her students as well. Run as fast as you can.
"Alice Bailey founded the Lucifer Trust, which she later changed to the Lucis Trust -- what did she mean by Lucifer?"
This opens an important avenue of conversation:
"Now would the true Christ return to deny God and give the same message that the serpent gave to Eve; we can become Gods. Creme teaches that the Christ Maitreya has returned as the World Teacher and that his teaching is the art of "self-realization" or in other words, man has the capacity to become God by occult initiatory methods."
Christ taught that all that he did, we can do as well. Patanjali lists the "powers" of God that one can attain. However, what is God's will? Even Yoganada, of the Self-Realization movement, said "Do you want God or God's toys?"
This pisses me off. The worst evil is that which hides within light and sets us up for the true fall, of our own free will. Where is the truth? Where is God in all of this ascension/ascended masters business?