I decided to call Fr. John three days after our visit with Maya and Ishtar. Much to my amazement, as soon as he answered the phone, I felt the heavy weight leave. I introduced myself and told him who had given me his number.
"Yes, Maya told me you might call." he said. "It sounds like you had quite an adventure in former Yugoslavia. I just bought your book 'Emissary of Light' but haven't had a chance to read it yet."
"According to Maya you have been to Bosnia as well," I said. "Yes, several times. I was stuck in Sarajevo once during the height of the war, then went back a year later to plant a peace pole at the exact spot where ArchDuke Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914 sparking World War I. It appears the earth has a tendency to remember powerful events, regardless of whether they're positive or negative...on an energetic level, of course. I believe that planting a peace pole and saying certain prayers can help neutralize a negative vortex and bring it back to normal. That has been one of the more bizarre areas of my work lately."
I then told him about the concert I was scheduled to perform in Belgrade. He explained that he had wanted to go to Serbia for a long time.
"There is a region of Serbia called Kosovo which is ready to explode in ethnic warfare at any time," he said. "In Kosovo there is a place called the 'Field of the Blackbirds' which has been an energetic point zero for all the negative events that have taken place there for the last seven hundred years. During the Crusades, there was a battle on this small area of land and the entire Serbian army was slaughtered. It became their battle cry, 'Remember the Field of the Blackbirds,' and they've been saying it ever since.
Almost every conflict in that region of the world has had some connection to that field. I believe it is because the land itself has not been healed. I want to go there with a peace pole and conduct the same ceremony we did in Sarajevo."
He definitely didn't talk like any priest I had ever heard before. Catholic priests don't normally believe in things like, "healing the land," or "negative energy vortex's." If for no other reason than that I knew I had to meet him. He agreed and we decided that Jennifer and I would join him a this house the next evening.
"I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for a very long time,
"John said to me. "I believe that the Emissaries you met in the mountains of Bosnia are the most secret and elusive branch of the 'Community of the Beloved' founded by St. John. And I also believe that they know what we only suspect, that the time of the Second Coming is at hand. I also have a feeling I know who this 'new teacher' is, but I can't say anything about it yet. There is a woman I want you to meet, a shaman who lives in Los Angeles named Shrinat Devi. I believe that she will know what we should do next. But we should wait until we're ready to leave for Serbia before we see her."
"I don't understand," I said. "Are you planning on coming with me?"
"If you don't mind I feel it's important that I go. I want to bring a peace pole and plant it at the 'Field of Blackbirds.' I think your concert is the perfect reason to go, and once we are there we can do the real work. I also believe that we will be shown more about the 'next teacher' the Emissaries spoke of. That's really want you want isn't it?"
I agreed and we decided to plan the trip together. The sudden change in direction startled me, but it felt right. there was something about Fr. John that completely intrigued me and his knowledge about the lineage of St. John suddenly seemed invaluable. Jennifer and I said goodnight and I promised to call him the next day to arrange our visas and or flight.
(From a report submitted by Fr. John entitled: The Real Meaning of the Battle of Kosovo) The battle of Kosovo took place on June 28, 1389 between a Christian Coalition led by Tsar Lazar of Serbia and the Turkish Muslim forces led by King Murad. In addition to being a great leader, Tsar Lazar was also a very spiritual and holy man. In a story told to every Serbian schoolchild for countless generations, an extraordinary event is recounted. The night before the battle God appeared to Tsar Lazar and told him he could win either a great material or a great spiritual victory. It was his choice. Being a man of profound Christian faith, Tsar did not hesitate and chose the spiritual victory. The next day the battle was lost and both Tsar Lazar and King Murad were killed.
The misinterpretation of that event by Serbian nationalists has led to their denial of Tsar Lazar's vow as well as the promise given to him by God.
It is as if the ancient battle had never been lost, as if the Muslims had never fought in Kosovo at all, or that the 400 year cultural flowering and unique legacy of Muslims and Christians living together in Bosnia never occurred.
Tsar Lazar's choice of a great spiritual victory led eventually to the flowering of diverse religious and ethnic cultures, all living together in peace and harmony. This was most profound in Sarajevo, a model of hope for the future of the world and a bulwark against religious fundamentalism and fanaticism. In their denial and misunderstanding of this, and ultimately the building of Gazi Mestan in Kosovo, a monument symbolizing Serbian ethnic and religious nationalism, the values Tsar Lazar had repudiated in his choice for a spiritual victory were lost. Serbia went against their greatest spiritual leader, his vow, choice, and God's promise to him.
It is well known that World War I was triggered by the assassination of ArchDuke Ferdinand on June 1914 by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princep. This in turn paved the way for World War II, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party, the Holocaust, and many other horrors. the war in former Yugoslavia ended nearly a century of European warfare with ethnic violence that had not been seen since Hitler. What is not so well known are the links of all these events to Kosovo and the promise to Tsar Lazar.
Gavrilo Princep, a Serbian nationalist, specifically chose the day of June 28 to assassinate the ArchDuke. It was the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, but what he did not know was the true nature of the group that sponsored the assassination and from whom he took direction. They were not the like-minded nationalists Princep thought they were, but a secret Serbian occult terrorist organization that called themselves "The Black Hand." In this light the events of 1914-1945 and their spiritual significance take on a whole new meaning.
The continuation of these events bring us back to Kosovo on June 28,1989, the 600th anniversary of the battle. President Milosevic of Serbia, also the last president of Yugoslavia, gave an historic speech on the battle field of Kosovo to rally the last vestiges of a greater Serbia. This final tragic misinterpretation of the spiritual victory won at the battle of Kosovo and God's promise to Tsar Lazar set into motion all the terrible events that have taken place in Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and now Kosovo over the last ten years. These have all these been the dark fruits of the misunderstanding of the Battle of Kosovo.
*** Please distribute this to as many people as possible. It is extremely important that we understand the history behind the Balkans conflict.
We have an opportunity to use this common concern to unite millions in love and with thoughts of peace in a way never before possible. The promise of a great spiritual victory that God made to Tsar Lazar can now be fulfilled.
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