Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) was a Scottish artist and esotericist recognized for his decades-long promotion of the imminent emergence of Maitreya, whom he described as a world teacher from the spiritual hierarchy destined to guide humanity into a new age of peace and sharing. On Art Bell's programs, his unwavering proclamations about Maitreya's presence and his elaborate cosmology drawn from the Theosophical tradition made him one of the most distinctive spiritual voices of the era.
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Art Bell interviews Benjamin Creme, a Scottish artist and esoteric teacher who claims that Maitreya, the World Teacher awaited by all major religions, has been living in London since 1977. Creme describes his first contact with a master of wisdom in 1959, followed by a direct overshadowing experience from Maitreya i...