Beinsa Douno

From Anthroposophy

Peter Deunov (1864-1944) is an incarnation of an important spiritual Individuality and was a spiritual teacher of esoteric Christianity. As a spiritual teacher he used the name Beinsa Douno and not his native name Peter Deunov.

He gave thousands of lectures and talks, prayers, exercises, occult formulas, mantras and songs. He lectured a.o. on the second coming (of Christ in the etheric) and the Sixth epoch.

He lived and worked mainly in Bulgaria, and his teachings show a connection with the Slavic people and culture in light of the next Sixth cultural age

  • Note, as Rudolf Steiner explained, the term Bulgars goes back to the fifth and sixth century AD and describes human beings who were most strongly touched by the opposition of the good and evil cosmic spiritual powers (see 1924-07-11-GA237 on Manicheism). From this area of current Bulgaria, the stream of Bogomilism (10th century AD) spread and laid at the basis of the Cathar movement in Northern Italy and Southern France.

Beinsa Douno, as world teacher for humanity who announced the Second Coming of Christ in 1898, is regarded as a member of the White Lodge. His Individuality is subject of speculation and debate, see the 'Discussion area' below), but there is a considerable probability that Beinsa Douno was the 20th century incarnation of the Bodhisattva that incarnates every century and will become the next future Maitreya Buddha in about 3000 years in the sixth cultural age (see Bodhisattva#Commentary)

Some facts of his life include (see full biography link under 'Further reading' below:

  • During the period 1888-1895 he studied medicine and theology in the United States (Boston University), completing his theological studies in 1893 with a thesis on 'The Migration of the Germanic Tribes and their Christianization'. This period exposed him to contacts with theosophical and rosecrucian circles in the US.
  • In 1897, aged 33, he started his work as spiritual teacher under the name Beinsa Douno. He had a first group of disciples, started public lecturing and formed an association for raising the religious spirit of the Bulgarian spirit, later called 'the chain' and 'Universal White Brotherhood'. Beinsa Douno would lead the organization's annual meetings in the period 1900 to 1944.
  • His first publicly recorded lecture was in 1914, aged 50. In total he gave thousands of lectures (figures of approx. 3700 and 4000 are given) in the 30 years period up to 1944, teaching by stories like old prophets. Between 1930 and 1944 he held the so called 'Sunday Morning Lectures'.
  • In 1929 the first summer camp was organized at Seven Rila Lakes. From 1932 (or 1934) and onwards, he taught Paneurythmy in these Rila mountains south of Sofia, Bulgaria. See also the topic page Eurythmy.
  • His 'Last Word' was held on 20 Dec 1944. He passed away on 27 Dec 1944, aged 80.

Aspects

announcements

teachings

  • good prayer (1900) - see below
  • teaching based on five virtues of Love, Wisdom, Truth, Justice, and Virtue: "Love the absolute way of Truth and Life. Put the Good as a foundation of your home, Justice as a measure, Love as an adornment, Wisdom as a fence and Truth as a Luminary. Then and only then shall thou know Me and I will manifest myself to you."
  • Testament of the Colour Rays of Light (1912): method of spiritual work with the seven primary colors, symbol of the seven divine spirits and seven stars. Each weekday certain texts are read that relate to the corresponding rainbow color. The text composed entirely of selected excerpts from the Bible arranged to characterize the Christian virtues.
  • categories of 'talks' or lectures (info from beinsadouno-plovdiv.org)
    • Talks at Gatherings (1906-1944), oa Rila Talks (1929-1944)
    • Sunday talks (1914-1944) on interpretation of Bible texts
    • Thursday talks (1917-1932) delivered to wives, mothers, teachers and tutors – all women who could influence society positively
    • General esoteric class (1922-1944, on Wednesdays, 31 series in 22 years)
    • Youth esoteric class (1922-1944, on Fridays)
    • Morning talks (1930-1944, Sunday after sunrise
    • Special talks – held on special occasions
    • 'The Testament of Love' (1944-03-19 to 1944-12-20) published in three volumes
  • Compilation and publishing of the teachings
    • core group: Metodi Konstantinov, Boyan Boev; Boris Nikolov and Maria Todorova
    • stenographers (3): Elena Andreeva (1899-1990): after 1944 she continued to work for almost 10 years and transcribed the rough shorthand notes, compiled in 1954 but unpublished by then); Savka Keremedchieva, Pasha Teodorova
  • Beinsa Douno is characterized by teachings for the people, whereas Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science or anthroposophy represents more of a 'knowledge' stream. One could call Beinsa Douno the 'Teacher of the Good', of Love and purity. There are links with Manicheism, the Bulgars, the Slavic people and the next sixth cultural age that will provide the seeds for the Sixth epoch).

Students

  • Boyan Boev (1883-1963)
    • one of the Master's closest disciples (certainly from 1912), highly educated man who spoke BG, FR, DE, RU, good at short-hand writing and recorded many talks; later editing the notes and sending them as topic-based letters with a conversation with the Master
  • Boris Nikolov (1900 – 1991) - chairman after Beinsa Douno's death in 1944; started the process of printing and preserving lecture notes that had remained in shorthand until then. A printing centre was set up and aboyr 50 books with lectures and talks were published between 1944 and 1949
  • Metodi Konstantinov (1902-1979) - philosopher, lawyer and writer
  • Vlad Pashov (1902- 1974) - co-founder of first printing house, participated in writing and publishing activities
  • Mikhail Dimitrov Ivanov (also known as Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov) (1900-1986), met Beinsa Douno in 1917, started movement in France in 1947, travelled to India in 1959.
  • Dimitar Griva (1914 – 1994), composer, ao orchestrated paneurhythmy for symphonic orchestra on Master's request
  • more information, see online here

Inspirational quotes

The quotes below are illustrating Beinsa Douno as the 'Teacher of the Good' (Rudolf Steiner, re Bodhisattva#Synthesis)

Source: exact source unknown, probably from the Rila talks (about the importance of purity in the physical as well as the psychic and spiritual life)

purity is the first and necessary condition for the proper development of Man

Source: exact source not specified

Love the absolute way of Truth and Life.

Put the Good as a foundation of your home, Justice as a measure, Love as an adornment, Wisdom as a fence and Truth as a Luminary.

Then and only then shall thou know Me and I will manifest myself to you.

Illustrations

FMC00.409 shows Beinsa Douno at later age, on the right the most well known picture

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FMC00.409A shows Beinsa Douno amidst plain people, teaching through stories

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FMC00.409B shows Beinsa Douno at younger age (left and center)

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Lecture coverage and references

1897-03-19

On 19 March 1897, Beinsa Douno received an inspiration by the spiritual world. From the archives of Boyan Boev (Vol 1, Sofia, 1999, p 339):

“Then I received a mission from Heaven, then it was told to me that I am a teacher for the whole humanity. The mission assigned to me is connected with the new path of the Slavs and with the coming of the sixth race"

1898

In 1898 he gave a prophetic angelic message known as 'A Call to My People' that announced the Second Coming of Christ in a New Age, in which the Slavic nations will step forward as the carriers of a new culture of love and brotherhood.

Quote below taken from; Metodi Konstantinov, Boyan Boev, Maria Todorova and Boris Nikolov, Uchitelya, Sofia, 2005, pp 394-396.

(see PDF 'A call to my people' (1898), with commentary by Harrie Salman (2014))

.. Christ is coming now to visit human minds and hearts. ... remember that Christ is a manifestation of the Love of God. And He will come as an inner Light in the minds and hearts of the people. This Light will attract everybody around Christ as a great Center.

The opening of the human minds and hearts and the reception of Christ from within – this will be ‘the Second Coming of Christ’ on Earth.

He will preach above all the great science of Love and the methods how to apply it. ...Prepare to meet Christ! Prepare, so that everybody in one’s time can meet Christ. Put on your new clothes. For some Christ will come even today, for others – tomorrow, still for others – in years. You will see Him when you are prepared. Receive Christ in your hearts as a friend, and in your mind – as Teacher. Christ is now working. ...

If you are in harmony with Christ, your consciousness will wake up, you will see Him. Christ is coming to the world with His Intelligence and Love. Christ is already coming to the Earth to bring Divine Love for all the people. He will teach people self-sacrifice and Love. He brings Love, Wisdom, Knowledge, Freedom! The Light of Christ penetrates everywhere.

1940

taken from Akordirane na choveshkata dusha, Vol 1, p 43 (see PDF 'A call to my people' (1898), with commentary by Harrie Salman (2014))

We are at the beginning of the Second Coming.

1944

from The Wellspring of Good, a compilation of his words from 1944 (pp 137, 161 and 276-277.)

Humankind is presently passing through a new phase of its development. A new form of Love is coming.

We ask, ‘When will God come and reveal His Love to us?’

This day is coming. For some this day has come already.”

Good Prayer

The Good Prayer given by Beinsa Douno on 1900-11-27 to his disciple with the words

.. guard this prayer like the apple of your eye, for it comes from the Divine Spirit.

It consists of nine petitions, like the Sermon on the Mount, links to the Lord's Prayer (seven petitions). Multiple translation to English exist.

Lord, our God, our kind Heavenly Father, who has bestowed upon us life and health to rejoice in You, we pray to You, send us Your Spirit to guard and protect us from every evil and deceitful thought.

Teach us to do Your Will, to sanctify Your Name and to glorify You always.

Consecrate our spirit, enlighten our hearts and our mind, that we may keep Your commandments and precepts.

Inspire in us with Your Presence, Your pure thoughts, and guide us to serve You with joy.

Our life, which we dedicate to You for the good of our brothers and neighbours, bless You Lord.

Help us and support us to grow in every knowledge and wisdom, to learn from Your Word and to abide in Your Truth.

Lead us in everything we think and do in Your Name, to be for the victorious-success of Your Kingdom on Earth.

Feed our souls with Your Heavenly bread, and strengthen us with Your Power, that we may succeed in our life.

As You give us all Your blessings, so add unto us Your Love, to be our eternal law.

For to You belongs the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory forever and ever. Amen.

Discussion

Note 1 - Speculation about Individuality of Beinsa Douno

  • Filipov, Pavlov and Kelev (see references below) make a case for their identification of Beinsa Douno as the incarnation of the Bodhisattva that will become the next Buddha, the Maitreya Buddha. See also the lectures by Rudolf Steiner on Jeshu Ben Pandira in 1911-11-GA130.
  • Powell and Salman (see references below) make a case for their identification of Beinsa Douno as an incarnation of Master Jesus
  • furthermore see the text accompanying Schema FMC00.432A on the topic page Colchis Mysteries for another interesting coincidence, noticing also what is described in Two streams of development#1909-11-14-GA117 2 in context of Paneurythmy. One may intuitively sense a correlation with the Individuality of Skythianos.

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Note 2 - Challenges with authenticity of source materials, translations and quotes

When studying the teachings of Beinsa Douno one is confronted with a problem of authenticity and the truth. This is similar with the teachings of Rudolf Steiner - see Rudolf Steiner's Gesamtausgabe (GA).

Over decades and generations, a very large group of people with varied perspectives and working styles processes the original notes from the Master, editing them and translating them for publishing. This makes it very easy for influences to sneak in and affect and bias the authentic contents, either consciously or unconsciously. Also errors may occur due to the lack of rigour of some, just plain human mistakes, and the superposition of different versions and consecutive handling of a text.

In the case of Rudolf Steiner, he took care that the contents of his teachings would remain administered by Marie Steiner, who had to fight court cases to remain in charge of editing and publishing. Even then the same problems as above remain. Editors have to make choices between various shorthand and transcribed notes, and later the text gets polished for readability, also changing nuances in expression of/and meaning.

This Note captures feedback received by the site from various sources (not named). There is no further judgement involved, but it is a matter of conscientiousness to report these warnings to the reader.

1/ Certain groups of people appear to publish books that add and contain dubious spin versus the original source texts. This is said of various books by Astrala publishing.

2/ Many quotes can be found about Beinsa Douno by others, but the problem is that none of these statements can/could be traced or backed up with specific source statements and/or factual evidence. Caution for unqualified statements is appropriate as many claims abound, such as:

  • Rudolf Steiner said in a conversation with Boyan Boev, who would become one of the closest disciples of Beinsa Douno, in Munich in 1910, would have said

    The Slavonic people are destined to have a great mission. They, and particularly Bulgaria, will contribute a good deal to the elevation of humankind. Return to Bulgaria, there is a powerful spiritual movement in Bulgaria, headed by a great spiritual Initiate.

    another version of this quote is

    I have nothing to teach you, go back to Bulgaria, the universal teacher is already working there

  • Paramahansa Yogananda, would have said, when asked while visiting Greece about his intentions with regard to establishing an ashram in Bulgaria:

    This is how far I can go, the Spirit of the Truth is active there.

  • Albert Einstein would have said

    All the world renders homage to me and I render homage to the Master Peter Deunov from Bulgaria.

  • Krishnamurti would have said (at a World Theosophic Congress in the Netherlands) that the World Master was in Bulgaria
  • Onisaburo Deguchi, leader of the Oomoto (Japanese spiritual movement), would have said, ‘I am a wise man, the Master is in Bulgaria.’
  • that Peter Dounov would have worked through Rudolf Steiner in the period 1910-13

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Again, no specific sources are given or can be traced. An example of a site with such quotes is: paneurythmy.com/beinsa-douno/

Note 3 - on Michail Ivanov - Omraam

also known as 'Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov'

Information shared by Annael, Feb-2025 with "very carefully considered personal concerns about Michail Ivanov- Omraam" (SWCC)

I wish to bring to your attention the topic of Michail Ivanov - Omraam, who was active in France in the middle and second half of the last century. Michail Ivanov was a Bulgarian-born disciple of the Master Beinsa Douno, who went to France during the Master's lifetime (as predicted by the Master, though not sent there by the Master), where he organised his own occult school using a lot of Master Beinsa Douno's legacy, but changing it (according to some "adapting it to the Western world", although this point is contentious, see below).

1/ We are also told by some followers of Omraam that there are letters exchanged between the Master Beinsa Douno and Omraam, and that these letters were exchanged through one of the Master's close disciples - Boyan Boev. However, no such letters exist in the books of Boyan Boev. Only one "letter by the Master Beinsa Douno to Michail Ivanov - Omraam" is presented on an Internet page, and the original is photographed partly only, without any addressee - in other words, the beginning of the letter is cut off in the image. The description states the letter was "most likely" a copy of the real letter (if such ever existed). It is a very dubious document, as anyone even without much spiritual intuition can discern. Those who are more spiritually awaken can characterise it as likely fraud.

2/ Regarding some records of conversations mentioned, it is strange that they do not exist in any form, unless there were other people present there, so as to make such records. I have not seen any of these documents, and if no one has seen them, they too could have been fabricated, or else are self-proclaimed.

But why is this important and why are there such attempts to throw positive light on the relation between the Master Beinsa Douno and Michail Ivanov - Omraam?

The reason is that there are the numerous recollections from disciples and followers of the Master, both in his own lifetime and after (and they knew very well how strongly the Master was against lying), which paint a very unfavourable portrait of Mikhail Ivanov. While some of the Master's close disciples may have disliked Omraam for personal reasons, this is obviously based on what they witnessed, knew, experienced, saw and heard at the time. Maybe some recollections in the "Izgrev" books (memorabilia compiled by Dr. Vergilii Krustev) are vague or exaggerated, we cannot say, but what one can say is that those who earnestly tried to follow the Master Beinsa Douno would not wish to lie, so we can take their first-hand testimonies as their best try to give to posterity their experiences and knowledge about this controversial figure of Michail Ivanov - Omraam.

We can, of course, discount recollections as we can discount the newly found "letters", hearsay, personal accounts and so on. But still there are certain facts that we can not discount arbitrarily, just because of our preferences.

  • In France, Mikhail Ivanov's movement is classified as a "cult", not a sect or a movement, because of the authoritarian way in which it was run; and this classification is widely known, made by the French government, and cannot be ignored.
  • It is also a known fact that Mikhail Ivanov was put in jail for sexual offenses against young women, and was in jail for 2 years. This is not something someone made up, and he was not in jail by mistake. While half-copied letters without an addressee are easy to forge and hard to verify, police records are not easily forged and not hard to verify. The story behind this is also documented: how the cult was infiltrated by a young policewoman, and then how Mikhail was caught "with his pants down", so to speak. This can all be read in one of the links I refer to below.

In contrast, while the Master Beinsa Douno had many enemies and was hated by ecclesiastical authorities in his lifetime, no one could find any moral defect in him; his life was saintly and spotless from beginning to end.

But if the actions of a person cannot be believed, perhaps what he said and wrote can.

  • In this respect it is also undeniable that Mikhail Ivanov wrote about sexuality (at the very least, in a book published in his own lifetime, in 1982), seeing it at as an important force in Man that can be ennobled and used. I cannot say more about this book, as I have not read it, but I would like to say the topic of sexuality is very much Michail Ivanov's own and not an adaptation or continuation of anything the Master Beinsa Douno taught. In my view, this is very dangerous topic and both Masters - Beinsa Douno and Dr. Steiner do not really speak about it.
  • This brings us to the "adaptation" of the Word, which Mikhail Ivanov apparently made. The Word of Christ given to the Bulgarian people by the Master Beinsa Douno was imparted to the whole world, not just to the Slavs, in order to prepare them for the 6th cultural age. This Word was already universal when given. We can see this when, for example, the Master rejoiced and expressed approval when one of his followers, Vessela Nesterova, translated some early lectures ("The Salt") into English, without adapting them in any way. ...

Finally, I want to say that my aim here is not to blacken anyone's reputation. Mikhail Ivanov no doubt made spiritual achievements in his life. Steiner said of Judas Iscariot that, even after the betrayal, "his greatness was not taken away". However, St. John the Evangelist also says of Judas: "he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it."

Below I have shared some links to texts about the biography of Michail Ivanov and his school, some translated by me into English previously.

One is free to believe whatever one wishes, but it is important to consider things in their objective light as much as possible and as much as the verifiable evidence allows.

Links

https://beinsa.bg/izgrev_s.php?s_type=all&id=89&status=1&high=Михаил%20Иванов%20черната#result_start

https://beinsa.bg/izgrev_s.php?s_type=all&id=95&status=1&high=Михаил%20Иванов#result_start

https://beinsa.bg/izgrev_s.php?s_type=all&id=89&status=1&high=%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%20%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2#result_start

https://beinsa.bg/izgrev_s.php?s_type=all&id=116&status=1&high=%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%20%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2#result_start

Reference extracts

Reference A

https://beinsa.bg/izgrev.php?id=89

Therefore, on Wednesday, August 23, in his afternoon talk, the Master also touched on this issue. He denounced Mikhail Ivanov and Krastyu Hristov in front of everyone. This thing was later included and printed in "Sermons. Explanations and Directions" on page 268, but the stenographers decided not to quote their names. In addition, a year before the annual big gathering [of the followers of the Master], in 1921, in a private conversation with three elderly friends - Konstantin Ilarionov, Dimitar Dobrev from Sliven and Lazar Kotev from Sofia - the Master had exposed their activities in Tarnovo, saying that they were representatives of the Black Lodge for the last 8000 years.

This conversation was recorded separately by all three. The conversation spread for the next twenty years.

original source in russian:

Затова на 23 август - сряда - в беседата си следобед, Учителят се спря и на този въпрос. Той пред всички изобличи Михаил Иванов и Кръстю Христов. Това нещо по-късно бе поместено и отпечатано в "Беседи. Обяснения и упътвания" на стр. 268, но стенографите решиха да не се цитират имената им. Освен това, една година преди събора, през 1921 година, в частен разговор пред трима възрастни приятели - Константин Иларионов, Димитър Добрев от Сливен и Лазар Котев от София - Учителят беше изобличил тяхната дейност в Търново, като беше казал, че те са представители на Черната ложа от 8 000 години. Този разговор е бил записан поотделно и от тримата. Разговорът през следващите двадесет години беше разпространяван.

Reference B

https://beinsa.bg/izgrev.php?id=119

We stood and watched what the Master would say about these expositions [writings] of Mikhail Ivanov and about his activity. We were several people. The pamphlets were placed on his table. So far, the opinions of some of the School had been contradictory. Why? We remembered 1922 and their [Mikhail Ivanov and Krastyu Hristov] whole history. We remembered their undertakings from 1922 to 1937. We remembered all their goals and knew that the Master himself allowed Mikhail Ivanov to go to France. We knew about his activity. But now what will Master say about him? Did he pass the exam? We waited to hear this in person from the Master.

The Master looked at us, looked at Mikhail's expositions [writings] in French, reached out, touched them with two fingers, and moved them slightly to the side of the table. The lesson was given. We understood that the Master did not approve not only of his expositions, but also of his activity. But this was not understood by those who wanted and held that the Teaching of the Master has to necessarily spread to all mankind and believed that now was the time and that Mikhail was precisely the one whose mission was determined for this. The Master showed us with a look that we should remove these books and we removed them.

But some sisters came along who brought him new writings and left them on his table. The Master threw them right in front of them into the fire of his stove. And always in such cases there were witnesses who did not approve of Mikhail's activity and who knew him very well. This was the second group of friends who understood more strongly the Master's opinion of Mikhail's lectures and his work. And this is where things should have stopped. But who is there to listen?

Again, they brought to him some of Mikhail's writings - from the next editions. The Master threw them on the floor by the wall and turned to one of the sisters who was taking care of cleaning his room, saying, "Get this garbage out of here!" "But, Master, these are the expositions of Mikhail from France!" "I said, get this chaff and this garbage out of here!" The sister was startled, but had nothing to do, except to take them outside.

There were other stories with these expositions [writings], which are a shame to repeat, because the others did not believe us and everyone wanted to hear directly from the Master his opinion about Mikhail's activity. They received it, but were silent, because they did not like it. And especially at that moment, when the fatal denouement came.

A few years after the Master had left, that handsome Mikhail proclaimed himself Master of the White Brotherhood and trumpeted that the Spirit of the Master was working in him and through him.

original source in russian:

Ние стояхме и наблюдавахме какво ще каже Учителят за тези експозета на Михаил Иванов и за неговата дейност. Бяхме няколко човека. Брошурите бяха сложени върху масата Му. До този момент мненията на някои от Школата бяха противоречиви. Защо ли? Ние помнехме 1922 година и цялата тяхна история. Ние помнехме тяхното подвизаване от 1922 до 1937 година. Ние помнехме всичките им цели и знаехме, че Сам Учителят разреши на Михаил Иванов да замине за франция. Знаехме за дейността му. Но сега какво ще каже Учителят за него? Издържал ли си е изпита? Ние чакахме да чуем това лично от Учителя.

Учителят погледна нас, погледна експозетата на Михаил на френски език, протегна ръка, докосна ги с два пръста и леко ги отмести встрани до края на масата. Урокът бе даден. Разбрахме, че Учителят не одобрява не само неговите експозета, но и дейността му. Но това не го разбраха онези, които искаха и държаха непременно Учението на Учителя да се разпростре върху цялото човечество и смятаха, че сега е моментът и че Михаил е именно този, чиято мисия е определена за това. Учителят с поглед ни показа, че трябва да махнем тези книги и ние ги махнахме. Но се намериха сестри, които Му занесоха нови експозета и ги оставиха на масата Му. Учителят направо пред тях ги хвърли в огъня на печката Си. И винаги в такива случаи имаше и такива свидетели, които не одобряваха дейността на Михаил и които го познаваха много добре. Това бе втората група от приятели, които разбраха по-категорично мнението на Учителя за лекциите на Михаил и за дейността му. И трябваше дотук да се спре с това. Но кой да слуша? Отново Му занасят от тези експозета - от следващите броеве. Учителят ги захвърля на пода до стената и се обръща към една от сестрите, която се грижеше да почиства стаята Му, с думите: "Махнете този боклук от тук!" "Ама, Учителю,това са експозетата на Михаил от Франция!" "Рекох, махнете тези трици и този боклук оттук!" Сестрата - стресната, но няма какво да направи друго, освен да ги изнесе навън. Имаше и други истории с тези експозета, което е срамно да го повтаряме, защото другите не ни вярваха и всеки сам искаше да чуе от Учителя мнението Му за дейността на Михаил. Те го получиха, но мълчаха, защото не им изнасяше. И то особено в онзи ¡момент, когато се дойде до фаталната развръзка.

Няколко години след като си замина Учителят, онзи хубавец Михаил се провъзгласи за Учител на Бялото Братство и тръбеше, че Духът на Учителя работи в него и чрез него.

Reference C

https://beinsa.bg/izgrev.php?id=119

A time will come when there will be people who will want to apply Michael Ivanov's methods here in Sofia, but these methods have nothing to do with the methods of the School of the Master. Many will be misled by them and will pay dearly because of this. Then, at the end, it will be seen who serves whom.

For us Michail Ivanov was a servant of the Black Lodge. These were Master Beinsa Douno's words. Michail Ivanov is not even a disciple of the White Brotherhood. The disciple of the White Brotherhood reads, studies and transforms in his life the Word of the Master Beinsa Douno. And the one who uses the Master's Word for his own purposes is a representative of the Black Lodge. The question is clear.

To make it clearer to you, I will tell you about this experience: Some friends went to the Master and asked: "Master, how should we behave and what should we do with Michail and the French people?" The Master looked at them and said:

"Do not bother yourselves with Michael. But welcome his people!"

These are the Master's words. We had to fulfill his words. We decided that this was a good advise for everyone and decided to welcome Michail's people. They came to us and carried in themselves the image of Michail as the Master of the White Brotherhood. They carried it within themselves and did not want to throw it out. We were very disappointed and frustrated. We could not put up with all this, because we knew very well who Michail was and whom he served. These people carried his image not only within themselves, but also outside of themselves. They brought his pictures, his books he wrote, and they brought his methods of action. We could not accept that.

And for you, the next generations, I have the following advise. You can receive his people when they come with pure consciousness, with a pure mind, with a pure heart, with awakened souls, but with the sole purpose of seeking and receiving the Word of the World Master - Beinsa Douno. Only then. This is a rule of the spiritual School and this is the Master Beinsa Douno's Will. Amen!

Maria Todorova [one of the closest disciples of the Master Beinsa Douno]

Reference D

'The sex symbol of the White Brotherhood - Mikael Ivanhov' by Petar Marchev, article published on: 03.02.2020

Text concerning the moral state of Michail Ivanov - Omraam

https://www.168chasa.bg/article/8126031

machine translation

The most famous student of Petar Danov, who even tries to be his double, is called Mihail Ivanov and is a Bulgarian from the Bitola region. He was born in 1900. After the Balkan Wars, his family moved to Varna, where young Misho first met the interned teacher.

The fame of the leader of the White Brotherhood as a preacher and clairvoyant was at its zenith. And the 17-year-old young man began to follow closely in the footsteps of his newfound idol. At that time, Mikhail read the Bible, but also the occult writings of Steiner and Blavatsky, the pamphlets of Deunov; he even became interested in alchemy. And his dream is to become a clairvoyant!

In this entire spectrum of interests, the fairer sex occupies a special place. But his first documented love affair ended in absolute failure - at the 1922 Dunovist congress in Veliko Tarnovo, he had to cross swords with one of his fellow members of the White Brotherhood - Krastyo Hristov. The reason is that both young men are in love with the charming "sister" Olga Slavcheva. Olya, however, chooses her rival Krastyo. Therefore, Mikhail, with all his accumulated occult skills, curses her. And the girl falls paralyzed! Subsequently, Misho becomes a real heartbreaker, who changes the fates of many "sisters" of the White Brotherhood. One of the broken hearts is that of sister Viola Yordanova. Just when the beautiful girl falls madly in love with the elegant young man, he cheats on her with another beauty - Milka Alamancheva.

But Viola is stubborn – she goes after Mikhail Ivanov and when he went to France in 1937 to create a branch of the White Brotherhood there. The Bulgarian managed to charm a dozen French women at first, then the brotherhood grew, including many wealthy people. They donated their properties in the Parisian suburb of Sevres, where the followers of the now famous Michael Aivankhov created their own commune, similar to Izgreva near Sofia. A "Bulgarian Czech" - Yarmila Mentzlova - also settled in this commune. The lady is from Czech origin, but was born in Bulgaria. In 1938 she went to France to study dance and specialized as a choreographer. She was a follower of Isadora Duncan and her school of the so-called "free dance". Later, Yarmila organized paneurhythmy courses in Sèvres and summer courses at the foot of the Alps.

Here is the continuation of Viola's story, told in the first person by her:

"One early morning I get up to get ready to go to Paris. As I'm getting dressed, the door to my room slams and Yarmila Mentzlova rushes into the room and, crying, says: "Viola, hurry up, on the train to Paris I'll tell you why I'm crying." This is what Jarmila revealed to me. One of the young girls who played paneurhythmy complained to her father that Michael caressed their bodies, to explore the quality of their skins as they passed by him playing paneurythmy. (Until that moment I had no idea that young girls played paneurythmy and that Yarmila taught them. I had not seen Yarmila since the bombings in Sofia and did not know she was in Paris.) "We go, Yarmila and I, to the house of this French family, but the father, when he saw Yarmila, just threw us out."

From there, Viola and Yarmila go to an influential French acquaintance of theirs named Bassan to ask him to stop the French press from getting involved in this story, so that the name of the Bulgarian brotherhood is not involved. But they obviously fail, because the media inflates a real sex scandal. The police also intervene and Mikael is put in prison. According to some the accusation is for fornication and pedophilia. According to other sources, Aivankhov was accused of collaborating with the Hitlerite Gestapo.

Annina Bertoli, whose father is Italian but she was born in Bulgaria, tells more about the police trap into which the new teacher of the White Brotherhood falls: "What can I tell you, I don't want details, but they made young girls play naked paneurhythmy. And then Mikhail would choose the prettiest one to enlighten her even more in his bed. And now Yarmila told me that the police, having found out about this, and there were also young girls in the police who worked as agents, sent one of them there to see if there really was such a thing. She must have been pretty and had joined that group of the most enlightened. The police are setting a trap. And right now they're catching them there, where they say, at the crime scene." Annina Bertoli also says that she accidentally met a Bulgarian woman who was close to the lawyers involved in the trial. They confirmed that unfortunately everything was true. But hysterical women from their Brotherhood paid millions, to prove him innocent. Thus, Mikael received only four years, of which he served only two in prison.

After his release in 1960, he grew his hair long and with his white beard he looked like a double of Deunov. To escape his bad reputation in France, he followed in the footsteps of the Beatles and ended up in the Buddhist ashrams of India. From there he returned with a "purchase" - the title "omraam", whatever that means.

In his nearly 50 published volumes, Omraam Aivankhov devotes a special place of sex – in works such as "Love and Sexuality", "Sexual Power or the Winged Dragon" and others.

One thing cannot be denied to this Bulgarian – his entrepreneurship. Long before Ron Hubbard uttered the catchphrase "If you want to make a lot of money, start a religion", he created a religious-business mini-empire. In France, Michael built a harmonious state within a state, with each of his "subjects" strictly paying tithes, and the Brotherhood had many properties at its disposal.

It is a significant fact that in 1981, Deunov's student, who tried to overshadow his teacher, visited Bulgaria for the celebrations marking the 1300th anniversary of the Bulgarian state. His visit was at the invitation of the Committee for Culture, headed by Lyudmila Zhivkova.

Related pages

References and further reading

  • Boyan Boev (1883-1963)
    • The Bogomil Mission in Relation to the Slavonic Mission (1937)
    • The Master on Breathing (1942, research paper)
    • The Master on Education (1943)
  • Savka Keremedchieva (1901-1945)
    • Sacred Words of the Master (1924 and 1938)
    • The New Sacred Words (transcribed from her notes in shorthand by Boris Nikolov and published as second and third volume of "Sacred Words of the Master")
  • magazine: "Grain of Wheat"published by the White Brotherhood Society - initiative of Georgi Tomalevski (1897-1988)
  • Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov:
    • 'Life with the Master Peter Deunov: Autobiographical Reflections 2'
    • Hommage au Maitre Peter Deunov

Books about Beinsa Douno

in English

  • David Lorimer: 'Prophet for our times' (1991, 2015)
  • The Master in Varna. A documentary chronicle (1999)
  • Milka Kraleva: 'The Master Peter Deunov: His Life and Teaching Hardcover (2001)
  • Filip Filipov, Preslav Pavlov, and Dimiter Kalev: The Bodhisattva in the 20th Century: Seeking the Word of the Bodhisattva Maitreya (2007)
  • Eva Kovacheva: 'Die Weiße Bruderschaft des Peter Danov (2010)
  • Vlad Pashov: The Extraordinary Life of the Master Beinsa Douno (2012)
  • Peter Deunov - Prophet of the new age: 'A call to my people' (1898) (with commentary by Harrie Salman) (2014)
  • Robert Powell and Harri Salman: Prophecy of Beinsa Douno
  • Maria Mitovska and Harry Carr: 'The Teacher - Volume I: The dawning epoch' (2015)
  • Aída Kurteff: Peter Deunov: 'El Maestro de Izgrev' (2020 in ES)
  • Harrie Salman: 'Rudolf Steiner and Peter Deunov' (2023)

Books by Beinsa Douno

as Peter Deunov
  • Migration of Teutonic Tribes and Their Conversion to Christianity (1893, Ph. D thesis at Boston University)
  • Science and Education (1896)
as Beinsa Douno
  • The Testament of the Colored Rays of Light (1912), in DE as 'Das Testament der farbigen Strahlen des Lichts' (2010)
words of Beinsa Douno (transcribed lectures)
  • The New Humanity and the High Ideal (1969)
  • The Wellspring of Good (1992)
  • Sacred Words of the Master. A Call to the Disciple (1994)
  • The Way of the Disciple (1996)
  • The Great Mother (1998)
  • According of the Human Soul (2002)
  • The Mindful Heart (2003)
  • Conversations at the Seven Rila Lakes (2003)
  • Paneurhythmy: Supreme Cosmic Rhythm (2004)
  • He Is Coming (2004)
  • The Master Speaks (2006)
  • 'The Second Coming' (2012) - by Svilen Chorbadjiev (editor)
  • The Sunday Lectures (Vol 1 to 5) (2024) - by Demitri Emanuel (editor) :

see also:

in German
  • Der Meister spricht. Das Wort der hohen universalen Bruderschaft (1970 and 2000)
  • Das Wort des Meisters Beinsa Douno (1982)
  • Damit sie das Leben haben (1994)
  • Kraft und Leben (1997)
  • Die drei Säulen des Lebens (2002)
  • Allumfassende Liebe (2002)
  • Das hohe Ideal (2003)
  • Die Paneurhythmie (2007)
  • Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens (2007)

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