Did you ever notice the constantly burning amber lamp over the candle in the Sanctuary and wondered what it signified? I certainly did and I didn’t fully understand until I came across the recording of a talk given by Sir George Trevelyan at a conference here in Findhorn some years ago. The main theme of the lecture was the Essenes, but for the last 12 minutes or so Sir George was invited to dedicate a new continuously burning Amber Lamp and so talked about its purpose and history.

History

The story begins back in 1940 with Major Wellesley Tudor Pole, a deeply Spiritual teacher and author, best known today for forming the Chalice Well Trust in Glastonbury. Great Britain was under the threat of imminent invasion by Nazi Germany and was poorly prepared. Tudor Pole received guidance from the Higher Plains to setup the “Silent Minute”. This was to be a daily prayer for peace and freedom to be observed by as many people as possible at 9pm during the broadcast of the chimes of Big Ben on the BBC radio. Tudor Pole got the support of none other than King George VI and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. To quote Tudor Pole himself:

“There is no power on Earth that can withstand the united co-operation on spiritual levels of men and women of goodwill everywhere. It is for this reason that the continued and widespread observance of the Silent Minute is of such vital importance in the interest of human welfare”.

Light replaces sound

In the 1950s the BBC ceased broadcasting the full chimes of Big Ben, and WTP received a new instruction from his guides that Light should replace sound and that a continuously burning amber lamp be lit with dedicated intent. This was the beginning of the Lamplighter Movement. We are told that the spiritual realms are able to use this dedicated light and intent upon the subtle realms and within the borderland, the etheric plane closest to the earth. Healing energies are then able to spread to those darker areas of need; the lamp also acts as a point of entry for light upon the earth plane. Something like a spiritual lighthouse is created!

By 1964 Tudor Pole was in his eighties and so passed the stewardship of the movement to his good friend Sir George Trevelyan, and of course it was Sir George who brought and dedicated the amber lamps to Findhorn. Sir George says the amber colour is to represent the Sun shining out. Here follows the typical prayer of dedication to be used:

I kindle this little light on the earth plane.
I dedicate it to the service of the Spirit.
I guard and cherish this flame as a living symbol and
an act of faith in the reality of the Powers of Light.

May the Beings from Higher worlds see this flame
and kindle its counterpart on the ethereal plane.
May this ethereal light be a channel for the inflow of
the healing powers of the spirit.
May the Love of Christ permeate this building and protect it,
warming the hearts and enlightening the
understanding of all who live in it or enter it.

May the Being whom we know as Michael,
Standard Bearer of the Christ,
Wielder of the Sword of Light,
use this offering,
linking it with all those who have lit the light.
May peace and healing spread through the world
and the regions of the Borderland

Lamplighter Movement Suggested prayer of dedication

Lester Chilman