Konstantin Serebrov – författare

The Kriya technique is one of the most important inner techniques on the spiritual Path, as it is one of few techniques that leads the practitioner firmly towards enlightenment. It also has another quality: Kriya doesn’t make severe demands (including sexual demands) on the practitioner, and so married couples can follow the spiritual Path with the help of the Kriya techniques. In the alchemical tradition, the Kriya technique can be applied to all the stages of alchemical transformation. When a disciple works on the transformation of his or her materia prima, that is the uroboros, Kriya should be exercised for 14 minutes in the morning and in the evening. Disciples should further exercise the techniques to regain the energy which was lost in the past; the techniques of transforming the horizontal karma and the techniques to purify the soul. For these purposes a practitioner may use various techniques of reconsideration which are described in my book ‘The Disciple and the Path.’ Regular church visits are also necessary, plus the inward so-called ‘prayer of forgiveness’. This prayer releases you from burdening past relationships, as well as those in the present, which hamper your progress on the spiritual Path. In the first stages it’s also necessary to practice techniques for the transformation of sexual energy. These practices belong to the Tao tradition and are described in my book ‘Tao techniques: Tao alchemy in the Hermetic tradition’.In the next stages of alchemical transformation, the above-mentioned techniques become auxiliary techniques. Kriya techique becomes the principal technique which allows the consciousness of an adept to grow and perceive the divine revelations.  

The writer and mystic Konstantin Serebrov was born and grew up in the Northern Caucasus. From a young age he took a keen interest in Hindu mysticism and the concept of enlightenment and cosmic consciousness. In the Caucasus he studied the works of Hindu gurus and practiced various techniques to develop consciousness under the guidance of the Russian mystic, Alexey Zhoukovski, who was a member of an esoteric group inspired by the teachings of  the Masters of Seven Rays, and he  sought contact with the Masters El Moria, Kuthoumi and Saint Germain. When in his thirties, Serebrov became interested in the traditions of Western and Eastern alchemy and studied and practiced the alchemical doctrines for many years.

‘Follow Me’ is the first book of his trilogy ‘Lessons of Master G’ and  tells about the life of a young person, called Kasyan, who strives to come to know the higher, inner nature of man. In his search for spiritual guidance he finds an unusual man, who turns out to be a Master-alchemist. Kasyan must leave his habitual way of life behind and partake in the incomprehensible mission of his Master. On this journey Kasyan is accompanied by his friend and disciple Gouri. Together they enter the ‘alchemical laboratory’ of their Master, hoping to learn from him how to find the ‘alchemical, inner gold’, which stands for the highest spirit of man. Kasyan and Gouri are happy to discover that there are interesting women who also are studying the secret spiritual knowledge and they receive useful lessons from them.

Gouri Gozalov and Maria Toonen

The Hague, December 2015

After some time, Master G sent Konstantin to learn on his own from G’s former followers in Moscow. Each of them had absorbed a small part of the alchemical teaching and Konstantin had to persuade them to teach him that small part. But these former followers had no wish whatsoever to teach him anything at all. The reason was, as G put it, that they deviated from the Path and had become some kind of ‘statues, frozen in ritual postures in the alchemical labyrinth’. G advised Konstantin to try to worm the knowledge out of them by going with them through ‘the school of servitude and humbleness’.

In the present book, which is the second book of the Trilogy ‘Lessons of Master G’, entitled ‘Live three Incarnations in One’, this latter stage of the teaching process is described. The reader  learns of the incredible situations Konstantin and Gouri, who sometimes joined him, had to go through to carry out the task given to them. Konstantin knew, however, that he could only proceed on the spiritual Path if he succeeded in his task.

An autobiography. The novel ‘On the Path of alchemical Fusion’ is the final book of the trilogy ‘Lessons of Master G’. It relates the further acquaintance of Kasyan and Gouri with G’s former followers. The intrigues of an ‘alchemical court’ that G, as a part of his mission, created in Moscow, strongly amplifies the contradictions and conflicts between Kasyan and Gouri. G teaches Kasyan and Gouri how to keep inner contact with the Ray of the School, and with each other. After passing through the ‘alchemical fire’ Kasyan and Gouri receive their first alchemical initiation. This initiation opens the mysteries of the alchemical stage of Nigredo for them. The astralized space of this stage is described in the supplement Adventures of Master G and his faithful disciples Morose and Bitumen in the Nigredo Valley, or Modern Alchemy, which will be published soon.In order to follow the alchemical Path of Master G further, the light Path of ascension, they have to undergo the next alchemical stage, which is the stage of purification called Albedo. This stage and its various techniques for the purification of the soul and the sublimation of perception are described in the books of the series called ‘Alchemical Teachings’, ‘Inner Light’ and ‘Inner Christianity’.

The Doctrine of Inner Light is a small philosophical and meditative work on the subject of the inner life. The author describes his search for inner freedom by means of meditation. We become acquainted with the fascinating inner travels in the invisible metaphysical worlds, the growing awareness of the radiant nature of the human soul and the practice of the accumulation of inner gold, which brings primordial youth and beauty back to the soul. The book is illustrated with alchemical engravings, which represent all the stages of The Great Work up to its completion: the cultivation of the alchemical garden. These engravings might be the key to a deeper understanding of the meditations. The reader will also find a supplement with the description of the breathing technique of concentration on the inner light and some other breathing techniques. Gouri Gozalov   The Hague, July 2006

Het probleem van de hedendaagse mens is dat velen zich hun ziel niet herinneren, en zich eenzaam en verlaten voelen. Als u zich zo voelt, dan zullen deze gebeden uw hart openen en met vreugde vullen. Zo kunt u zelf uw leven veranderen en er een diepe betekenis aan geven, want innig geloof en liefde zijn almachtig, u hoeft alleen maar te beginnen... 

Man can come closer to God through work on himself, that is working on purifying his heart and soul, his inner world, making through this work still more room available for Him. Both ancient and modern history of Christianity prove that only outwardly following the rules of the Christian confessions and congregations, the monastic and sacerdotal vows, the long, richly decorated vestments, long prayer services, fasting and works of obedience do not guarantee protection from or endurance during temptations and ordeals. Often, on the contrary they increase passions and hypocrisy… Not seldom the scandals in life of all Christian confessions and sects without any exceptions, come to the surface… On the path which my Master has been following the focus lies in one’s work on oneself, so that you could call this path the ‘path of the worker’. Work on oneself consists mostly of spiritual practices which wake up man’s soul in this illusory world towards spiritual reality and keep it awake, in the sense which Gurdjieff attributed to this word. This path doesn’t demand vows and renunciation of the world, after Jesus’ word: ‘But I say unto you, Swear not at all’ (Mt.5:34). It doesn’t ‘bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne’ on the follower. It isn’t demanded from man to be an exemplary citizen, family man or woman, spouse, son or daughter, but it is asked to ‘take heed of yourself,’ as St. Sergius of Radonezh says, that is study yourself and know what is in you, what comes in and what comes out of you. ‘Pray and work,’ says St. Benedict of Nursia. ‘Work’ must be understood not only as work with one’s hands but as work on oneself, which helps to rid one’s mind and soul from the consequences of committed deadly sins and to restrain one from committing them again, as the psalm commands: ‘depart from evil’(Ps.34:14). I’ve written this book with the help of the Philocalia, a collection of treatises by Christian holy fathers, which has been translated from Greek into Slavonic by Saint Paisi Velichkovski and the group of monks from his monastery. I have translated / adapted their spiritual instructions into modern language, hoping to make them more accessible to the reader.

Konstantin Serebrov,Moscow, June 2006