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Orpheus, and Jesus as his vehicles. In the early 1900s, it was predicted by Theosophical Society leader
Annie Besant that Maitreya would inhabit a physical body this century; a young Hindu named Jiddu
Krishnamurti was chosen in the 1920s as the vehicle.
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Although the "overshadowing" was reported to
have taken place for a few moments conveying a message from the "Brotherhood", it failed to become
permanent. But the "descent" of Maitreya has been consistently expected by Theosophists and other New
Agers since those days.
More recently, Maitreya has chosen the british disciple of Bailey, Benjamin Creme, New Age teacher
and the figurehead of World Goodwill and Share International, to occasionally channel his instructions -
or so Creme has been claiming since 1981. Creme claims that he has been in constant telepathic
contact with "Maitreya the Christ" since the early 70s and that Maitreya finally entered civilized society
privately in 1977 when he materialized in human form and took up residence in a suburb of London.
Since then Creme has travelled the world, giving lectures and appearing on talk shows, to prepare the
world for the public emergence of Maitreya. He also claims that a major American television network
has agreed to interview Maitreya at a time of Maitreya's choosing. Says Crème,
“Many now expect the return of their awaited Teacher, whether they call him the Christ, Messiah, the fifth Buddha,
Krishna, or the Imam Mahdi. Millions now know that the Teacher who fulfills all these expectations is already living
among us.”
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One major aspect of Creme's mission was the formation of Share International Foundation and the
publication of it's monthly self-titled magazine. Each issue contains a brief synopsis of the emergence of
Maitreya on the first two pages and then a brief message that has been trance -channeled through
Benjamin Creme from an Ascended Master known simply as "The Master" on page three. The sp iritual
thrust of Share International is clearly obvious in each issue that is published.
Despite this fact, or perhaps because of it, Share International has a long list of prominent, well
respected international diplomats, religious leaders and political figures who have had articles
published in this magazine. They include articles written by former UN leader Boutros Boutros -Ghali;
present leader Kofi Annan; former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; Gro Harlem Brundtland who is
director-general of the World Health Organization and former Prime Minister of Norway; the Dalai
Lama; and recently even Britain's Prince Charles of Wales.
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