Benjamin Creme

Scottish esoteric writer (1922–2016) Benjamin Creme (5 December 1922 − 24 October 2016) was a Scottish artist, esoteric writer, and editor of Share International magazine. Creme asserted that the Second Coming, prophesied by many religions, would come in the form of Maitreya, the World Teacher. Maitreya is the name Buddhists use for the future Buddha, but Creme believed that Maitreya is the teacher that all religions point towards and hope for. Creme maintained that Maitreya had returned in a physical form, descended from the Himalayas, and then moved to London on 19 July 1977. In 1980 Creme stated, “We are moving into a period of climax, leading to events which will fundamentally alter life as we know it. Tremendous changes are taking place in all departments of life, preparatory to the establishment of entirely new modes of social living and relationship, based on sharing and cooperation. To some people, this portends the Second Coming of the Christ. To others, it is the realization that only through a profound inner change and readiness for a new direction in our political, economic, and social life can humanity survive. Is it not possible that both of these are correct?�