Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov (1900-1986) French spiritual master born in Bulgaria, came to France in 1937 where he gave the main body of his Teaching.

Through more than 5000 lectures he explores the human nature in its environment whether it is in a personal, family, social or planetary context. The one whom we call Master, in the oriental meaning of the word referring to the personal mastery and teaching ability, tells us: “What I wish through this teaching is to give you some notions on life, on yourself, how you are structured, what relations you entertain with the universe as a whole and what kind of exchanges you must have between yourselves and the universe which is Life.”

His main objective is to help human beings to recapture their spiritual essence (which he refers to as their superior or divine nature), to perfect, strengthen themselves and to blossom in the heart of their activities. Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov further says: “I have always concentrated my efforts to shed light on one subject in particular: the two natures within people, their superior nature and their inferior nature, because this is the key that holds the solution to all problems.”

Yet, the inner, individual work, encompasses in a wider, more universal scope: it opens the consciousness to the fact that we are citizens of the cosmos, members of the great human family, the universal brotherhood, sons and daughters of the same creator. And moreover still, the teaching of the Master Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov invites us to participate to the realization of a new golden age on earth.

Through his shining presence and his teaching, Master Omraam Mikhael has shown numerous people the path to inner blossoming.

Historic

Master Peter Deunov

Peter Deunov (1864-1944), son of an orthodox pope, destined to become a member of the clergy, studied theology followed by medicine in the United States. After his return to Bulgaria in 1895, he did not fit well in the rigid context of the institutions and dogmas of the orthodox Church.

From 1900, he began to give public lectures that breathed a new life to the traditional christian doctrines. With the help of a group of disciples, he organizes congresses and little by little his nouvement is know throughout Europe.

At the beginning of the 20 th century, Peter Deunov founded the White Brotherhood in Bulgaria. The works of this great spiritual Master is still very active today.

In 1937, the Master Peter Deunov was surrounded by ten of thousands disciples around him. Foreseeing the political turmoil and the persecutions affecting his country and challenging the White Brotherhood, he chose Mikhael Aivnahov to bring his teaching to France and to the world.

The name Omraam

In 1959, brother Mikhael (as he was called at the time), went traveling to India. There he met Neem Karoli Baba who gave him the name Omraam.

“This name, says Georg Feuerstein, is made up of two famous Sanskrit mantras or words of power, om and ram.

• Om is the most sacred mantra of the Hindus. It stands for the Absolute, or Divine, itself.
• The syllable ram, which was rendered as “Raam” in French to assist with the correct pronunciation, is the mantra denoting the fire element.

The Master explained his initiatic name as follows: “Thus the name I was given in India, OMRAAM, corresponds to the two processes of “Solve” and “Coagula”: OM dissolves all things, rendering them suble and fine, and Raam materializes them. The name OMRAAM is the symbol of the process of concretization, the invisible, intangible idea that must incarnate on earth so that it can be seen and touched by the whole world.”

All this time, brother Mikhael had refused to be addressed as master by his disciples. He had always regarded himself as their fellow-disciple of his own teacher, Peter Deunov. Now everything was changed. His disciples, who had been following him for 22 years, insisted on paying him due respect, and he finally accepted being called “Master”.

A true master, he explained, is one who knows the truth, is thoroughly familiar with and upholds the laws and principles of existence. He also has the will and ability to control his inner environment and to use this ability only in order to “manifest all the qualities and virtues of unselfish love.”

Disinterestedness is unselfish love, which, for Aivanhov, finds its highest expression in the known universe in the sun.

He also said: “The ideal of a disciple is to free himself from all restrictions, to throw off everything that hampers him, and become like light”.

The restrictions Aivanhov had in mind are the boundaries erected by the ego-personality, which make it virtually impossible for the ordinary person to see things as they really are and to think, feel, and act in consonance with Reality”

Georg Feuerstein
“The Mystery of Light” Passage Press

In the subsequent years and until he left this world on December 25, 1986, Master Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov always gave for free thousands of lectures in France and in many other countries.

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