Flame 6, Pīr/Danāyān

The sixth flame is Pīr, the Elder, the Visionary, the Guide of Light.
This is the stage of illumination by the solar fire. From the lunar womb of Parybānu, the seeker rises into the blazing radiance of the Sun, embodying clarity, vision, and transformation.

Above the initiate spreads the Simorgh, the great Persian bird of wisdom and immortality, radiant in flame. The crown and sun disk appear not as tokens of worldly rule, but as signs of inner sovereignty, vision, and awakened identity. Here, the radiant self is born: fearless, creative, and luminous.

In alchemy, this is the stage of Sublimation (Sol) when matter is lifted into spirit, and spirit becomes embodied in form. In Mithraism, it corresponds to the Heliodromus, the Sun-runner, who carries the light of Mithras across the cosmos. In Sufism, it is tajallī, the sudden illumination of the heart by divine vision.

The colors of this flame are dark blue and gold, like night giving way to dawn. Its musical modes are Homāyoun and Māhur, majestic scales that evoke grandeur, expansion, and eternal clarity. Its frequencies are 174 Hz (healing, foundation, stability) and 432 Hz (cosmic harmony and resonance), tuning the seeker into both grounded strength and celestial balance.

The initiation of the Pīr is lived through a visionary trance, the opening of the third eye. In this flame, the seeker discovers that the sun they searched for in the skies has always burned within.

At this stage, the inner gates of the universe unfold. Stargates hidden in the body are opened, and the seeker begins to awaken extrasensory faculties. Sight expands beyond the visible, perception reaches across worlds, and the path of the Star-walker begins, one who moves between realms, guided by the inner sun.

To walk this flame is to embody the Visionary  crowned in fire, carrying the wisdom of the Simorgh, and shining as a living sun in the world.