Wednesday 18 April 2007

Rose of the World

Whilst held in a Stalinist prison in the 1950s, the Russian writer Daniil Andreev (1909-1959) had a series of visions of a future in which the Zventa-Sventana [Divine Feminine] would come to Earth, and through an organization known as the Roza Mira (Rose of the World) would offer the possibility of redemption to humans. This is described in detail in his book, Roza Mira, which has been compared to Dante’s Divine Comedy. It is reasonable to argue that Andreev was in fact describing the Advent of Shri Mataji and of Sahaja Yoga.

In his Glossary, Andreev defines the ‘Rose of the World’ as
The coming all-Christian church of the last centuries that will integrate in itself the churches of the past and will connect in a free union all religions of Light. In this sense, the Rose of the World is inter-religious or pan-religious. Its main goal is to save as many human souls as possible and to deliver them from the dangers of spiritual enslavement by the coming anti-God.

Andreev identifies the global feminine essence as ‘Zventa-Sventana’ meaning
The lightest of the light, the holiest of the holy.

As conceived by Andreev, the Rose of the World, being a global religious and social organization, is destined to overcome
the contradiction between two primary tendencies – ascetic spirituality which rejects the world and the so-called pagan tendency which extols the carnal world … Finally, the triumpth of the Rose of the World is not possible until the striving of religious humanity towards the Eternally Feminine [Vechno Zhenstvennoe] reveals a new, deeper meaning; until the breathing of the Zventa-Sventana has softened and lightened the extremely gloomy severity of masculinity, which up to now [has] completely dominated ethics, religion, and social life.

Andreev clearly sees the feminine principle as essential for the future of humanity:
We are entering the cycle of epochs when the feminine soul will become increasingly pure and broad, when more and more women will become deep inspirers, sensible mothers, and wise and visionary leaders. This will be the cycle of epochs when the feminine component of humanity will manifest itself with unprecedented strength, balancing the previous dominance of masculine forces in a perfect harmony.


Note: the above quotes are taken from the article by Mikhail Epstein: http://www.emory.edu/INTELNET/fi.andreev.html
English translation of Roza Mira:
http://www.roseofworld.org/book_eng.htm

5 comments:

John Noyce said...

A photograph of Daniil and Alla Andreev taken just before his passing in 1959:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/4544/photos/andr10.jpg

LiXR said...

Wow! This gives goosebumps...

Max said...

I was not in Sahaja Ioga when I went trough this book. I was shocked and very impressed. And I started looking for this Universal, Pure, Joyous and very Powerful religion, and found it finally.
Thank You Shri Mataji.

Shridevi said...

It is so easy to accept all the religions and accept everyone with great respect towards each human no matter from where they are , the love and compassion is now overflowing , thanx to H.H.Shri Mata ji Nirmala Devi -
Her quotes :
"when the atmosphere is fragrant with your spirituality the whole aroma , the whole atmosphere we can say completely charmed ,absolutely charmed by your peaceful life this is the bliss we have to see" .-founder of sahajayoga - http://sahajayoga.org/whatissy/

Edward Saugstad said...

A 'Rosy' future indeed!