Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
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Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
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Mikhail Ivanov January 31, 1900 Srpci, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Republic of Macedonia) |
| Died | December 25, 1986 (aged 86) Fréjus, France |
| Website | mikhaelaivanhov |
| Era | Christianity, Kabbalah, Buddhism, Hinduism |
| School | School of the Universal White Brotherhood |
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Main interests
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Love, Wisdom, Truth, Justice and Virtue |
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Notable ideas
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Christianity, Universal White Brotherhood |
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (Mihail Ivanov) (January 31, 1900 - December 25, 1986) was a Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, mystic, and esotericist. A leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism in Europe, he was a disciple of Peter Deunov (Beinsa Douno), the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood.
Mikhail Ivanov was born in Srpci (then in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire), a village in Bitola Municipality in the present-day Republic of Macedonia, to a Bulgarian family. His father, Ivan Dimitrov was a merchant and his mother, Dolya was a religious woman, who dedicated her son to God since his very early childhood. Like most Bulgarians who lived and who were the predominant ethnic element in the region of Macedonia during that time, the family of Mikhail Ivanov was forced to leave his home, being persecuted by the Greek army after the end of the Balkan War. Finally, the family found shelter and settled in Varna, Bulgaria. At the age of 17, after a childhood full of deprivation, he met Master Peter Deunov (1864 - 1944), the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood in the city of Varna, Bulgaria. In 1937 Deunov entrusted him with bringing his teaching to France. During the next 49 years, up to his death, he developed the teaching of the Universal White Brotherhood, giving more than 5000 lectures.
He taught mainly in France, and he created the spiritual centers Bonfin in Fréjus, France and Izgrev, Sofia in his native Bulgaria, but also traveled a great deal, in Switzerland (spiritual center Videlinata), Canada, the US, the UK and Scandinavia. His works which include 44 pocketbooks and 32 complete works are based on his lectures, which were recorded first in shorthand and since 1960 on audio and video tape. They are published & distributed by Prosveta-Canada.
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