The Palani Hills of Tamil Nadu, South India

For the last 25 years Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet has lived at 'Skambha', her farm in southern India where she conducts the operations of the Aeon Centre of Cosmology. Aeon Centre is a microcosmic laboratory where Patrizia observes and records for publication the direct collaboration of Material Nature acting to unveil a new principle of order in the world. In keeping with the ancient Vedic symbology, Cows and Horses have become the first subjects of her applied cosmology because, for seers throughout the ages, they have embodied a connection with Time and the Divine Measure of the Year.

The guiding principle of the Aeon Center is expressed in its motto: 'The Symbol is the thing Symbolised'. At this level of observation Ms. Norelli-Bachelet's work with these animal symbols goes far beyond their utilitarian value. It represents a new way of 'seeing' in which animals represent something of universal importance which can be applied to the way cultures are formed and function and which reveal the deepest principles of their organization. The animals participating in this process as symbol powers reveal again and again the presence of a force controlling the entire play of circumstances in which the explicit collaboration of material nature can be objectively observed.

As a result of her research at the Aeon Centre, Ms. Norelli-Bachelet has published some of the most important and original works of Knowledge since the sages of Vedic India. Her work with these symbol creatures has provided a body of knowledge which has allowed her to unveil the inner meaning of some of the world's most obscure and profound spiritual texts. Significantly, she is one of a handful of seers in thousands of years who has been able to pierce the mystery of these ancient texts and publish their original meaning. Her ability to accomplish this formidable task derives from the yogic faculty of 'seeing.'

- The Falls at Skambha -