The Second Coming of Zoroaster - I

Source: RAFFAELLO SANZIO, The School of Athens (detail): Zoroaster. NBI: Raphael, School of Athens, Zoroaster

One of the beautiful legends in Zoroastrism predicts the new coming of Zoroaster. It tells us that at the End of Time Zoroaster will come again toconquer finally the dark forces, personified by Angra Mainyu, and toestablish the Kingdom of Light of Ahura Mazda forever. Ahura Mazda is the personification of the great universal Divine Light, lying behind the Sun and the stars, which gives life to all of Creation:

The Sun and the Moon and the Stars give us their light, but Ahura Mazda is the Light that lights them to light the world.

Source: Thus Spake Zarathustra, Compiled by B.S. Surti,

Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras, 1981, p. 3.

Zoroaster, in his time, proclaimed the duality of Good and Evil as the fundamental principle of our universe. In his New Coming, Zoroaster is expected to reveal the mysteries of the great cosmic-spiritual Sun which never sets, that is, the Truth of the transcendent Divine Light, and to establish the Kingdom of Light (Spirit) on Earth forever. Then the dualism of spirit and matter will dissolve into metaphysical unity. In the XX century we find a very interesting prophecy about the creative work of the Spirit of Zoroaster in connection with the emergence of the New World Religion from Russia. Many spiritual Masters and Initiates, such as Rudolf Steiner, Beinsa Douno, M. Blavatsky, Alice Bailey, A. Schpengler and others prophesied that "out of Russia will emerge the New World Religion". (A. Bailey, The Destiny of the Nations).

The great Russia mystic Daniil Andreev channelled a remarkable initiatic book The Rose of the World, in which he describes the whole history of Russia as a preparation for the mission of The Rose of the World. The Rose of the World is a poetic metaphor for the emerging New World Religion and symbolises the integration of all spiritual traditions. Each one of them is like a petal of this "Cosmic Rose" with an exquisite spiritual fragrance. When the Rose of the World blossoms, the "Heart centre" of the human race opens and humankind becomes God's people on Earth. The mission The Rose of the World of the Russian people was envisaged for the end of the 20 th and the beginning of the 21st century. According to Daniil Andreev, the celestial architect of The Rose of the World is Zoroaster:

The great spirit-man who was known in his past incarnation as Zoroaster leads the creation of what I would dare to call the "great drawing" of the Rose of the World. (D. Andreev, The Rose of the World, Moscow 2000, p. 133)

Fortunately, during my eight years in Moscow (1964-68, 1969-73) I became acquainted with the most esoteric streams in the spiritual life there. In the last months of my stay in Moscow, in the Spring of 1973, after introducing the Teaching and the Cause of the Master Beinsa Douno, especially the Paneurhythmy, I came upon this remarkable book - The Rose of the World by Daniil Andreev. Here it is interesting to mention that when I came across the manuscript of The Rose of the World in 1973, many spiritual groups were already working on its esoteric content. For many of them the cultural-historical universe was an open reality and they were able to contemplate the secrets of the spiritual history of humankind. I was sure that the conception of The Rose of the World and the spreading of the Teaching and the Cause of the great Bulgarian Master Beinsa Douno in Russia were somehow interconnected, but how, it was an open question for me.

In Search of Zoroaster’s “Nirvana”

In January 1974 I felt compelled to resolve the question of the relationship between the Teaching and the Cause of the Master Beinsa Douno, the celestial project of the Rose of the World developed by Zoroaster and my own participation in them. During this time I experienced a very strong mystical contact with the Spirit of Zoroaster, reinforced by various circumstances.

At the beginning of March 1974, perhaps in order to resolve my existential and metaphysical questions, I was told by the Invisible World that I had to prepare myself for attaining a new type of Nirvana - Zoroaster's Nirvana. For this purpose I had to go to a special place, Hija Yastrebetz, on the sacred Bulgarian Mountain Rila (which I had not visited before), for March.

In general I knew the direction but on March 22 Rila Mountain is still practically covered in snow. Nevertheless I was relaxed within and started my journey with good confidence. All the way to the place I was supported by the Invisible World, which manifested itself in amazing coincidence and quite a few special circumstances.

I spent more than a week in this place surrounded by friends, incredible mountain beauty and amazing spiritual feelings and thoughts. At this particular time I did not achieve Zoroaster's Nirvana, but even the preliminary stages of this sublime state of consciousness were aweinspiring.

After nine years intensive preparation in some kind of a Celestial University on Earth (where even the smallest details in the daily life are integrated with the spiritual life in the higher worlds), I received an initiation into the mission of the Rose of the World and a revelation about the New Jerusalem (Revelation, 21:9-27) as the totality of the Kingdom of God where "there are many mansions".

In my Celestial University on Earth I merged subsequently with the Divine Spirits of Zoroaster, Ramakrishna, Beinsa Douno, St. Peter, Babaji, Buddha and Christ and received their initiations. In exciting "cosmicspiritual romances" with the Masters, full of wonders, miracles and Divine coincidences, I was prepared for the mystery of the Second Coming which is directly related to the mission of the Rose of the World and the emerging New World Religion. In fact, some of my metaphysical and mystical contacts with the Divine Masters and Personifications of the Divine Mother, as well as the outcomes from them, I share in the other chapters of this book.

As a result of my insights, I wrote of The Book of Resurrection (1982 – 1984), manuscript, which depicts the Holy City of the New Jerusalem and the spiritual paths of world religions as the Gates of entry into it. Perhaps The Book of Resurrection was the first draft of the "Great Drawing" of the Rose of the World and provided the esoteric basis for the integration of all spiritual traditions. In this chapter I will present some of my visions and insights from the perspective of the Spirit of Zoroaster.

As to the Zoroaster’s Nirvana, many years later I did experience something like Nirvana in the Light that lights the world. (i. e. the reality of the Cosmicspiritual Sun). It happened at an amazing spiritual event which took place on July 11, 2003 in our Summer Assembly on Rila. We had a wonderful Sunrise ceremony (including prayers, songs by the Master Beinsa Douno and a meditation which I guided) and after breakfast ascended to the Plateau around the fifth Lake to dance Paneurhythmy. At a very picturesque point on the Plateau overlooking the valley of the Lakes and in view of the surrounding summits, I had a staggering mystical vision: I linked mystically with the Cosmic-spiritual Sun at the centre of the Universe, experienced dazzling light and witnessed a miraculous phenomenon. To my great wonder, the Cosmic-spiritual Sun started to approach the Earth, increasing enormously in size, and then withdrew. In a similar way as the Sun ‘danced’ in the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, the Cosmic-spiritual Sun started "dancing". It was radiating the creative Light of God, which manifested as the Holy Spirit encompassing the Earth. It is difficult to describe all the thoughts and feeling which I felt, but I could well identify, in Zoroastrian terms, this Cosmic-spiritual Sun with the essence of Ahura Mazda, who is the personification of the great universal Divine Light, lying behind the Sun and the stars, which gives life to all Creation. It is interesting to note that some friends from the group had similar visions and felt an amazing Divine presence.

In his New Appearance, Zoroaster may manifest in the heavenly worlds as an inner Guide within our souls and spirits and could reveal the mystery of the great Cosmic-spiritual Sun which never sets, that is, the Truth of the transcendent Divine Light, and establish forever the Kingdom of Light on Earth.

So, the Light of the Cosmic-spiritual Sun at the centre of the Universe is the essence of Ahura Mazda. When we merge with this Light, we enter into Zoroaster’s Nirvana and unite with the Great Spirit of Zoroaster.