Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière (born 18 January 1916-1962) was born in Paris, France, at 6 Rue Grand aux Belles to his father, Georges Constantine Louis Raynaud, who was an engineer, and his mother, Madame Virginie Marie Billet. His parents moved to Brussels, Belgium when he was two years old, and his mother died there when he was only five years of age. He studied at Comunal de la Rue Americana, San Lucas School in Rue Pallais, the Boarding School in Boisforte (after his father was sent to the Belgian Congo to build bridges), and attended the Catholic University of Lovaine where he graduated as a mining engineer in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. Although Serge grew up and studied in Belgium he would return to his native France in his early twenties and would die in Nice, France in the year 1962.
He was the founder of the Universal Great Brotherhood, a worldwide cultural organization that has branches in more than 22 countries.
Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere was initiated into the Yogic Sciences and Philosophies on March 17, 1950 by Swami Navaratman and Shri Guruji Yogaswami of Jafna, Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka). It was at this time that he was given the title of Mahatma Chandra Bala. Immediately following, he took the vow of the Sannyasin. This is the Hindu word for a renunciate, and is the self-imposed temporary stage where one relinquishes all material well-being, such as home, clothing, money, family, sex, etc.
Articles regarding Serge’s stay in Ceylon,(Sri Lanka), and his Mission were published by : The Times of Ceylon, Colombo; The Ceylon Daily News, Colombo; The Thinkaran, and Tamil Daily Newspaper, on March 16, 1950. Also in the following magazine: Thangarajah, 21 St. Albans Place, Bombalapitiya, Colombo Ceylon.
He achieved notoriety in the European and American press and radio, thus lending scientific credibility to the ancient science of astrology.
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