Added on Aug 15, 2010

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Bulgarian Gnostic master Peter Dounov referred to his organization of followers as the "Universal White Brotherhood," and it is clear that he too was referring to the Western esoteric community-at-large. When ex-communicated as a heretic on 7 July 1922, he defended the Brotherhood as follows: 'Let the Orthodox Church resolve this issue, whether Christ has risen, whether Love is accepted in the Orthodox Church. There is one church in the world. But the Universal White Brotherhood is outside the church - it is higher than the church. But even higher than the Universal White Brotherhood is the Kingdom of Heaven. Hence the Church is the first step, the Universal White Brotherhood is the second step, and the Kingdom of Heaven is the third step - the greatest one that is to be manifested.' (24 June 1923). The main methods for spiritual work in the School of the Universal White Brotherhood are: prayer gatherings, musical and respiratory exercises, reading of the Word of Master Peter Dounov, greeting the sunrise, outings in the mountains, life in brotherhood communities, annual meetings etc. The special methods are: The Testament of the Colour Rays of Light and the Paneurhythmy dance (read this link The Background of Paneurhythmy). All the methods are considered esoteric practices for experiencing Christ through the wholeness of the human being and more precisely through the human etheric body.

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