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Peter Deunov's camps at the Seven Rila Lakes
In the summer of 1929 the Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov first led his White Brotherhood followers to camp by the Seven Rila Lakes, where they greeted the sunrise with the dance-prayer Paneurhythmy.
1929 CE · 42.20, 23.32 · status: account
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Deunov taught that the mountain was a centre of spiritual energy. The gatherings continued until his death in 1944 and were revived after 1989; thousands of white-clad followers from many countries now dance there each August.