Paneurhythmy
Paneurhythmy is a system of ritual dance exercises within the occult school of the Universal White Brotherhood . It was developed between 1934 and 1942 by Petar Danow (Master Beinsa Douno) in Bulgaria .
Teaching
Paneurhythmy is understood as a spiritual dance that aims to bring the physical, spiritual and mental functions of the human being into harmony through plastic, rhythmic movements accompanied by music. The human being should thereby establish a harmonious connection with nature, with God and with the universe and bring his being into harmony with the cosmic vibrations and energies. It should help to establish a connection to the supersensible worlds. The dancer should form the "new person" in himself and promote his perfection.
- "In Paneurhythmy, the human being welcomes and receives the divine and the mighty that builds the universe and works for the great idea of life."
practice
Paneurhythmy consists of thirty rhythmic exercises which are divided into three cycles and which together last about an hour. The first cycle called “Paneurhythmy” contains 28 exercises, which are in turn divided into four groups named after the seasons. The first ten exercises of "Spring" are intended to lead the believer out of the material world on the way to the spiritual sphere. The following ten exercises of “summer” are understood as a phase of expanding consciousness and developing inner powers. The subsequent eight exercises in “Autumn” and “Winter” represent the entry into a spiritual world.
In the second cycle, the “sun rays” cycle, the dancers line up in rows like rays that emanate from the sun as the divine origin. The list contains elements of the Bulgarian folk dance Ratschenitza in stylized form . The final and shortest third cycle is called the “pentagram”. The dancers form a pentagonal figure, which as a symbol of the "cosmic man" is supposed to embody the five principles proclaimed by Danow: love, wisdom, truth, justice and virtue.
In order to symbolically reproduce the harmonious order of the solar system, the exercises take place in a circle that should be energetically charged. Thereby the - unlimited - dancers move in all three cycles in pairs counter-clockwise around a center. Mostly the center is formed by the musicians who accompany the dance with music specially composed for Paneurhythmy. A certain melody is played for each individual exercise. The instrumentation is not specified, but the violin is preferred. Paneurhythmy is performed in nature in the morning.
During the “spiritual summer school” from August 1st to 22nd every year since 1920 thousands of people have come together in the Rila Mountains , in the mountain basin of the Seven Rila Lakes , to dance the Paneurhythmy on a large meadow by the fifth lake.
literature
- Petar Danow: Paneurhythmy. Bjalo Bratstvo Publishing House, Sofia 2007, ISBN 978-954-744-079-1
- Muriel Urech, Petăr K. Dănov: The Paneurhythmy: By Peter Deunov after the teaching of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. Prosveta-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3895150843 , ISBN 9783895150845
- Thomas Heinzel: White Brotherhood and Delphic Idea. Esoteric religiosity in Bulgaria and Greece in the first half of the 20th century. (Erfurt Studies on the Cultural History of Orthodox Christianity, Vol. 9) Peter Lang, Frankfurt / Main 2015
Web links
- Paneurhythmy the website of the Paneurhythmy Committee
- Paneurhyhtmie An article about Paneurhythmy on the official website of the UWB
- An educational film about Paneurhythmy An educational film about Paneurhythmy for free download (Bulgarian)
- Paneurhythmy in Vienna