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1907: Spring – destruction of the village where he was born and departure for Varna (Bulgaria). 1908: October – death of his father. 1915: First illumination – he hears the ‘music of the spheres’. 1917: Winter – meets the Bulgarian Master, Peter Deunov, for the first time. 1923-35: Sofia, university studies – gains a degree in psychology and attends courses in different faculties; college principal. 1937: July – arrives in France. 1938: January – gives first public lecture at the Sorbonne in Paris, on the subject of ‘the second birth’. 1944: 27 December – death of Peter Deunov at the age of 80. 1945: first fraternal group in Switzerland, country where he will stay frequently, particularly during February and March. Christmas – publication of first book, Love, Wisdom, Truth, now called The Second Birth(Complete Works, vol. 1). 1947: purchase of the property, ‘Izgrev’, in Paris where he gives lectures and holds meetings. 1948: 16 January – the association Universal White Brotherhood is officially created. 21 January – arrested following false accusations. 1950: March – freedom (his name is cleared in 1960). Mid-March – renews contact with the brotherhood at Izgrev. 1953: Opening of the first Congress at the Domain of the Bonfin, on the Côte d’Azur in the south of France. 1959: February – leaves for India. 1960: February – returns from India. 1961 – 1985: frequent journeys overseas: - stays in various countries, giving hundreds of lectures, - has meetings with high-ranking religious and spiritual leaders, - conducts thousands of private meetings. 1972: publication of the first volume of the Complete Works. 1986: final year spent at the Domain of the Bonfin (Var, France). 25 December – Passes over at the Domain of the Bonfin.
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