My mystical contact with the Spirit of Zoroaster has a long history. In the Spring of 1973, after introducing the Teaching and the Cause of the Master Beinsa Douno, especially the Paneurhythmy, in Russia, I came upon a remarkable book - The Rose of the World by Daniil Andreev. 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.
In his book, D. Andreev describes the whole history of Russia as a preparation for the mission of The Rose of the World, which was envisaged for the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. According to the author, 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)
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 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 Zoroaster, reinforced by various circumstances.
Around the 15th of January, I was called on by the head of my Institute for a very special task – to participate in a research programme "The Main Tendencies in the Development of Human Culture until the Year 2000". Because of my methodological and culturological training in Russia I was able to deal with this vast and complex research. On the other hand, my study of The Rose of the World by Daniil Andreev gave me the important metaphysical and metahistorical dimensions of the theme.
In the same week exactly (January 9-15) another important spiritual event happened. An acquaintance brought me Rudolf Steiner's book "The Gospel of St. Luke "to read. When I started reading his interpretation of the Gospel of St. Luke, I was absolutely astonished. One of Steiner's main ideas was that at the age of twelve the Spirit of Zoroaster came to live in the boy Jesus. After one gets familiar with Steiner's Anthroposophy, this insight has a very deep meaning and makes perfect sense. But for me, after studying The Rose of the World by D. Andreev this idea was a great surprise.
During these days (and afterwards) I had to deal with many thoughts and feelings related to the Teaching and the Cause of the World Teacher Beinsa Douno, The Rose of the World by Daniil Andreev, the Steiner concept about the Spirit of Zoroaster living in the young boy Jesus and my own participation in these mysteries.
At the beginning of March 1974, perhaps in order to resolve these questions, I was told from 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 ascend for the 22 of March to a special place (which I did not visit before) in the sacred Bulgarian Mountain Rila. 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 in good confidence. All the way to the place I was supported by the invisible world, which manifested itself in amazing coincidences and quite a few special circumstances. I spend in the place more than a week 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 staggering.
Hija Yastrebetz
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 to conquer finally the dark forces, personified by Angra Mainyu, and to establish 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.
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. In March 1974 I was able to link to a degree with the cosmic-spiritual Sun and to partially merge with the Divine Light of Ahura Mazda.
Many years later I did experience Zoroaster’s Nirvana. It happened at an amazing spiritual event which took place on the 11th of July 2003 in our Summer assembly on Rila. We had a wonderful Sunrise ceremony (including prayers, songs by the Master Beinsa Douno, guided meditation) 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 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 amazement, the Cosmic-spiritual Sun started to approach the Earth, increasing enormously in size, and then withdrew. In a similar way as in the apparition of the Blessed Mother 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. It is interesting to note that some friends from the group had similar visions, or at least felt an amazing Divine presence.
Because of all these experiences connected with Zoroaster, I am now in a position to explain many subtle aspects of the relationship between the Teaching and the Cause of the Master Beinsa Douno, the Mission of the Russian People envisaged by Daniil Andreev in The Rose of the World, the mystery of the incarnation of the Spirit of Zoroaster in Jesus and others. And of course the Sacred Mountain Rila was and continues to be one of the best places for insights into the Divine Plan for the missions and destinies of nations, cultures and civilisations in the spiritual history of humankind.
