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The invocation has been used in the [[Findhorn]] community since the 1970s; familiarity with Bailey's system of esoteric knowledge was considered an important qualification for advancement to administrative positions in that community. In response to the [[September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]], the Great Invocation was used as a central element of a new daily program at Findhorn known as the "Network of Light meditations for peace".<ref name="sutcliffe138">{{cite book | last = Sutcliffe | first =Steven J, | title =Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices | publisher = Routledge |date=2003 | pages = p138-139 | isbn = 0415242991}}</ref> Rosemary Keller described the Great Invocation as a call for "the Christ to return to Earth" and wrote that Bailey-related groups purchased radio and television time to broadcast the invocation as part of their mission, and that often the invocation was recited in what Keller called "light groups", to accomplish what Bailey's disciples considered to be attracting and focusing "spiritual energies to benefit the planet".<ref name="Keller763">{{cite book | last = Keller | first =Rosemary Skinner | coauthors=Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon | title =Encyclopedia of Women And Religion in North America | publisher = Indiana University Press |date=2006 | pages = 763 | isbn = 0253346886}}</ref>
Researcher Hannah Newman described what she found to be an [[antisemitic]] element in the Great Invocation. According to Newman, "the Plan" named in the invocation refers to the plan authored by "the Hierarchy", that Newman states places "high priority on removing all Jewish presence and influence from human consciousness, a goal to be achieved by eliminating Judaism." <ref name=levy351>{{cite book|title=Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution |first=Richard S. |last=Levy |contributors=Hannah Newman|year=2005 |pages=p351-352|publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=1851094393}}</ref>
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