THE KHLYSTY:
The Khlysts or Khlysty (Хлысты in Russian) were a secretive Sexual Christian Sect
that is known to have existed from the 1600s and into the 20th and 21st century.
They adopted the priesthood concepts of the Russian Orthodox Church and the
Christian Holy Trinity and Saints. At the same time, the adopted a form of
spiritualism, that probably came from the spiritualist shamans of Siberia, also they
added pre-Christian Gods and Goddeses from:
Greek
Aphrodite: goddess of love, sexuality and beauty
Pan: god of sexuality and wildness
Bacchus: god of wildness, intoxication, and group sexuality.
The Greek Erotes who were:
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Anteros: god of requited love
Eros: god of love and sexual desire
Himeros: god of sexual desire
Hedylogos: god of sweet talk and flattery.
Hymen: god of weddings and wedding songs
Pothos: god of sexual longing, yearning and desire
Peitho: personification of persuasion and seduction
Russian pantheon:
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Rusalki: nature nymphs;
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Iarilo: god of masculine passion and sexuality.
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Domovoy: shapeshifter and one who stirs the air into the scents of
sexuality.
Rome and also Freemasonry:
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Lucifer: god of light, the planet Venus, & free-willed sexuality.
Their name:
'Khlystyy,is a word of many combinations, that include: Xristy, (= XristosBelievers), Khlyst (= a whip), Chilliasts (= a millennium), and Khlyster (=”one who
purges”).
Their Beginning:
The Khlysty are believed to have been founded by a Russian peasant , Daniil
Filippov of Kostroma The Khlysty believed that priesthoods, holy books,
veneration of the saints (excluding the Theotokos = The Virgin Mary). Instead,
they believed in direct spiritual communication with the Holy Spirit of All. and that
people could embody The Holy Spirit. Khlysty also believed that material goods
were not to be worshipped just used, and thus were anti-capitalist. Also, they
believed and practiced living a life of simplicity.
In terms of meeting together,Khlysty practiced ecstatic dance in silence, and
group (sometimes with rhythms of continuous mving from one sexual person to
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another. These rituals were called rituals called radeniya). There is no evidence
other than malicious gossip that the khlysty practiced ritual sado-masochism. It is
possible that use of the whip word was to mean a form of dance similar to doing
the modern dances: The Twist, The Hully Gully, the Funky Chicken, and so on.
The Khylysty made themselves a invisible as possible as there was only one legal
church in Russia, and they could have been confined in prison.Estimates are that
somewhere in the realm of 40,000 Khlysty member-practicioners existed until the
Soviet Revolution.
The greatest number of Khlysty were in the factory areas of Perm. It is said that all
Khlysty Groups had two equal leaders: A Primary Man and a Primary Woman.
The man represented the Xristos; the woman represented Sophia the Mother of
God.
The secret cells were called “Arks”. Also, they had a secret messaging system of
which no information for details has yet been found.
Parts of Russia, Siberia, Tamboy, Kubyshev, Orenburg, Northern Caucasus, the
Ukraine, all had large numbers living in Khlysty Arks.. It is likely, but unproven
that other Khlysty groups were in existence in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and
parts of Greece. It is highly probably because there were a lot of small separatist
religionists in Europe at this time.
It can be seen that the persecution of all the heterodox Russian Churches helped
set the stage for a Russian revolution.
As to Rasputin being attached or not attached to the Khlysty, it seems reasonable,
that he was indeed a member. His love for the Virgin Mary seems a lot like love
for the Mother Sophia. His form of healing was largely spiritualist in nature. He
lived simply even within the Tsars Buildings. If he ever really denied he was
Khlysty, that knowing he would be thrown into a Russian prison, if he said so, saw
the necessity to deny being a member.
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Whether or not it is true, a number of people who knew Gregori Rasputin said
that often a blue light would emanate from his lips.
Caiyros Arlen Strang
Copyright © 2015 by C.A.Strang
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During the Soviet period, the Khlysty groups went into extreme hiding, but it is
known that the Khylsty religious groups were existing still in
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