Appreciating the Legendary Musician Orpheus - III

The Sacred Mountain Rila in Bulgaria. Meeting the Sunrise and 'Service' in the virtual Orpheus Temple

I presented the Orpheus mysteries mainly through the sacred dance Paneurhythmy, but in our International Summer Assemblies often we have prayer-meditations as services in the virtual Orpheus Temple. As an example, I will quote the programme of one of them:

During this prayer-meditation I invited the spiritual friends to link with Orpheus Sanctuary on Rila and to visualise his presence there. The text by Nicola Gigov was very powerful and emotional and invoke in us deep feelings and appreciation of the Orpheus mystery. The music of Monteverdi was in tune with the vibrations of Orpheus music (it is not by chance that Monteverdi wrote the first opera in the history of Western-European music and it was called Orpheus – following the great myth of the legendary musician Orpheus and Eurydice). The song of the Master Beinsa Douno Neva Sansu, depicts musically the Path of the Disciple and was very inspiring for the morning prayer-meditation. I remembered my story with visiting the Orpheus Sanctuary years ago and had the feeling that the Spirit of Orpheus is with us. Altogether, the prayer-meditation was very emotional and inspiring and we felt like musicians who are called to work for the new celestial culture on Earth. After such an inspiring prayer-meditation, the sacred dance Paneurhythmy went very well and uplifting.

Below is the programme of this special Sunrise prayer-meditation in the virtual Temple of Orpheus:

Rila Assembly 2008, Day Seven – July 13

06.00 Meeting the Sunrise. Prayer-meditation for entry into the Mysteries of Orpheus:

1. Guided short meditation for an entry into the spiritual cosmos, woven by the Celestial Music, Colour Rays of Light, Living Word and Divine Thought-Forms.

2. Singing AUM and tuning to the holy vibration reverberating in the whole Universe.

3. Mystical contact with the Spirit of Orpheus.

4. Reading the inspiring text of the great poet Nikola Gigov and meditating on the key Orphic secrets in it:

- Know thyself, and thou wilt know the Universe and the Gods!(x3)

- The first and the greatest secret: There is only one Being in the endless sky and thinks deeply. Marriage between the human being and the cosmos is the first and the greatest secret.

- The second secret: Love... my God is Love. It holds connected the planets and the family. It is the most beautiful flower and the best song which grow in human heart.

- The third secret: the Gift. All of us are born, we blossom and die. But with music and poetry it is possible to go through time.

5. Listening and meditating on the music of Monteverdi - Vespers.

6. Listening and meditating on the song of the Master Beinsa Douno – Neva Sansu.

7. Meditating on the Testament of Orpheus:

Light transformed into music. Celebrations with songs. Love transformed into light and song.

8. Conclusion: Know thyself, and thou wilt know the Universe and the Gods! (x3).

The morning prayer-meditation consecrated to the mystery of Orpheus was very emotional and inspiring. Because we were looking towards East, in the direction of the last Orpheus Temple, at some stage I had the feeling that we were performing this prayer-meditation in an ancient Orpheus Temple. Moreover, in the culmination of the prayer-meditation I felt as if the Spirit of Orpheus was leading the whole ceremony! This was a deeply moving mystical experience! From time to time, during the Rila Assembly, especially during the Paneurhythmy and other Sun rise meditations, I felt the metaphysical presence of this beloved legendary musician - Orpheus!  

The Transfigurative Power of Music and Dance

The Master Beinsa Douno predicted: In the near future musicians will come who will change the world. One of the interpretations of his prophesy is that the Spirit of Orpheus (and Eurydice) will inspire many people to transform, through music, dance and poetry, the present earthly civilisation into a new celestial one.

A very important indication of this is the great revival of the Orpheus tradition thanks to the book and the inspiring poetry of Nikola Gigov, to the books and the work of the Brothers Gaidarski and to hundreds of Bulgarian people, interested and devoted to the Orpheus mysteries. Here it is interesting to mention that many years later, in 1990, in Glastonbury, England, I had a common workshop with Robert Coon, The Art of Transfiguration, connected with the mysteries of the Second Coming of Orpheus. Orpheus is not very well known in the spiritual culture of the Western Europe and this is why I was very surprised when Robert Coon initiated a conversation with me about the Orpheus mysteries and his new appearance in our time.

We could expect that the musicians who will come to change the world will do this through the sacred dance Paneurhythmy, the implementation of the Orphic principle in music and through activation of the Messianic dimension in musical culture. For instance, the potential for fulfilling this task of the sacred dance Paneurhythmy is enormous. In fact it was created by the great Bulgarian Master Beinsa Douno exactly for this purpose. Over the years I worked very enthusiastically and devotedly with the Paneurhythmy and could justify its great Transfigurative power. 

The Paneurhythmy is a heavenly dance bringing sacred vibrations on Earth and raising the participants to higher states of Being. It is the focus of the whole Teaching of the Master Beinsa Douno. In line with this deep esoteric meaning and the Orphic principle in music, over the years I introduced the Paneurhythmy as a:

Dance-Exodus - taking us out of the restricted earthly consciousness;

Dance-Meditation - linking us with the energies of the Earth and the Universe;

Dance-Ascent - to higher states of consciousness within the Universal Soul;

Dance-Initiation - to receive initiation into the Heavenly Jerusalem;

Dance-Mystery - to experience the mystery of the Second Coming;

Dance-Holy-Communion - to merge with the Divine Mother;         

Dance-Healing-Purification-Illumination - of the Earth;

Dance-Spiritual-Action - changing the metaphysical vibrations of the earthly culture;

Dance-Tree-of-Life - experiencing the whole vertical structure of the Universe.

In order to fulfil the prediction of the Master Beinsa Douno, the Orphic principle and the Messianic dimension in music have to be activated in full. They contain enormous transfigurative power which is critically important for our time.