Summary: In Secrets of the Earth - Questions and Answers on the Line of Ten Avatars of Vedic Tradition Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet (Thea) reveals the system the ancients used to identify the Avatar, he who comes ‘from age to age’ at a precise time and with a specific task to fulfill for the Earth’s evolution. Focusing on the three strides of Vishnu, she gives us the key to understand the cosmic truths which underlie this famous legend.
In past ages, the Mysteries of the Earth were taught under a seal of secrecy and only to candidates who had risen through the ranks and proven their ability to receive the sacred knowledge. For the time had not yet come when these mysteries could be revealed to a larger mass of humanity. But with the advent of the Age of Aquarius a new chapter in the Earth’s evolution has opened and with it, the dawn of a New Way, an entirely new path for mankind. The ascent of man into heaven is no longer the goal but rather the descent of the Spirit into his ordinary humanity and the transformation of his earthly life. This reversal has produced a radical shift in the way we view spirituality as well as our relationship with the Earth. Many have described the essence of this change as a return of the Feminine Principle, the Goddess of old, who dwells at the core of matter and in the deepest recesses of the human soul. Indeed, She has returned. Her descent into human form is once again being enacted on the Earth for the renewal of humanity and the birth of a New Creation. Our initiation into Her cosmic mysteries opens the way to a deeper knowledge, a gift of ‘gnosis’ which allows us to ‘see’ the Divine plan and with it, a vision of the Goddess herself. But Her most cherished secret, reserved only for the most intrepid seeker, is the control of everything by the Time-Spirit. In Her “Secrets of the Earth”, Thea reveals this profound mystery so that a larger humanity might finally experience the promise of redemption and resurrection - a new life and a new birth.
The text is written in a clear question and answer format and has a number of colored illustrations.
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Quotes from Secrets of the Earth: ‘... we come to appreciate that the Ten Avatars can take birth to re-set the cosmic clock only during those precise Ages of Vishnu as the Map indicates. As I will explain, this was most accurate for the 7th and 8th Evolutionary Avatars, Ram and Krishna. But regarding the 9th, his appearance having occurred during a very dark age, there is widespread confusion. The situation has reached a nadir in our times when every Guru is described by his devotees as the Avatar. On the other hand, we can gauge the full extent of the darkness when we observe that the disciples and devotees of the real 9th Avatar of Vishnu’s line deny him his birthright! Consequently, we must view this confusion as having a specific ‘design’, or ‘agenda’.’
Chapter I: In the first place, to change the present chaos into some semblance of order – a COSMIC order – it is necessary to return to a more reverential attitude toward the planet we inhabit. We must accept, as in the Vedic Age, that she is our Mother. She nurtures all living things and creatures in her bosom, without whose grace we perish and certainly could never have reached our present stage of evolution. Indeed, evolution is synonymous with Earth, it is safe to say. We know of no other planet, in this solar system or elsewhere, that houses a process of evolution such as ours. If we can collectively return to such an attitude of reverence, then Mother Earth will ‘speak’ to us, her many secrets to reveal.
Chapter II: '... this is Vishnu’s Age: the Avatar comes to restore order. Today the title sanatana dharma is bandied about freely by all and sundry, even by those whose essential nature and objectives should not lay claim to this eternity of the Dharma, - the realisors of the post-Vedic paths. Let it be clear that when we speak of dharma there must be a connection with material manifestation; more especially with an evolving truth of being. And whentime and evolution are involved, the cosmos is implicit, - i.e., movement, the preserve of Shakti.'
Chapter VI: 'What I am presenting therefore is a key to open the door that will allow others, each in his or her own field, to undertake the journey as the Veda prescribes. The language that has evolved in this 9th Manifestation, on the surface may seem foreign to staunch upholders of the scriptures as they have been passed down to us, but only because the spirit behind the words has not been grasped. Sri Aurobindo expressed it in another more apt way: The letter lived on when the spirit was forgotten; the symbol, the body of the doctrine, remained, but the soul of knowledge had fled from its coverings (‘The Secret of the Veda’). We seek to unveil the soul of knowledge again. To do so we must find the eternal foundation which the cosmos provides.'