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Essays & Editorials
In response to recent newspaper articles in the Indian press,
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet has written a number of editorial
responses and essays dealing with the ancient Vedic scriptures and
the timely application of their eternal truths in contemporary
cultural and political life.
 Fullness
vs. Emptiness; In Defense of the Ancient Culture:
In this article, Ms.
Norelli-Bachelet responds to a two-part series, entitled,
An Open Letter to Bangaru Laxman, that appeared in The
Hindu, ( one of India's leading newspapers) (10-11.10.2000), written
by Gail Omvedt.
- The
Burden of a Destiny:
This article was written for
a Hyderabad based journal
on the on the 75th
anniversary of the RSS (Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh).
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The Sanctity of Materialism: This
article was in response to Debashis Chakrabarti’s Hindutva: The
religious incongruity (The Hindu, 6.2.2001) . In his article,
Chakrabarti seeks to drive a wedge between ancient Indian culture
and the contemporary by describing the Rigvedic culture as an
ancient naturalism of primitive, nomadic and pastoral
Aryan/Indo-European tribes.
The
Seeds of Undermining: This essay
was written in October 1989 and published in The Vishaal Newsletter
of Aeon Centre of Cosmology. Given the current interest in the
questions it raises, it is being published again for a wider
audience. The cosmology providing the backdrop for this analysis is
not treated in this essay. Suffice to state that it is on the order
of a ‘new astrology for a new age’. Accordingly, though written
before the collapse of the Soviet Union, or the decade of political
instability India experienced, the text has a certain prophetic
ring. The reader may judge just how timely these questions have
become, and whether or not any progress has been made in rectifying
the decay in details.
The Emerging Cosmos:
In 'The Emerging Cosmos', Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet pierces into the
core of the collective chaos of modern civilization and exposes the
root cause of our problems. Her examination reveals that the
malaise, purposelessness and confusion which define our modern world
is the direct outcome of our past mystic and spiritual perceptions.
Transcendence and the Immanence of the One: In this essay, Ms. Norelli-Bachelet deals with what, for centuries, has
been disconnected from traditional spirituality, the question of
Time and Measure. Using excerpts from the Rig Veda and Bhagavad Gita,
she unveils the Rishi's profound understanding of TIME and defines
its role as the vehicle which integrates the Spiritual and Physical
dimensions.
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