Core of the Inner Chamber, Matrimandir The New Way, Vols 1&2
Symbol of the Future Realisation
Let us ‘See in Understanding’
AEON GROUP was incorporated in 1985 at the direction of Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, (also known as Thea) Seer, prolific author and Cosmologist (1938-2016). Its purpose is to assist those seeking a deeper, broader understanding of the Integral and Supramental Yogas established by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, and furthered by Thea herself. For more info on Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, see http://aeongroup.com/the-third-principle
In 1987 Thea established Aeon Centre of Cosmology at ‘Skambha’ (Cosmic Pillar), in the Pallani Hills of south India. It was from here that she observed and recorded for publication the direct collaboration of Material Nature acting to unveil a new principle in the world. Since Thea’s passing in 2016, some of her students remain at Skambha. In addition to archiving Thea’s voluminous Work, they are engaged in compilation and publishing in book form various Works by Thea. As part of their educational outreach they also extensively redesigned the Aeon Centre of Cosmology website. The original website as approved by Thea is in the ‘archive’ section of the website.
Thea called her work The New Way (also the title of Volumes 1-4) as it describes in detail the truly new methods unveiled by the Divine at this point in time for the establishment of a gnostic, Supramental society. Utilizing the tools or Keys of Knowledge offered by Thea , we are able to better understand events in the world at large as well as in our own lives; how they reflect and contribute to our evolution into that gnostic Society. See our website page for links to more info.
Some of the Keys of Knowledge . . .
- Map of the 12 Manifestations; how we locate ourselves civilisationally
2. The Gnostic Circle, harmonization of our journey through Time and Space (also see archive.aeoncentre.com/keys/ and www.aeongroup.com/aeon-group-books
3. India as Capricorn, Soul of the Earth archive.aeoncentre.com/keys
Thea was third in what she described as the Solar Line of Vishnu’s Evolutionary Avatars, Sri Aurobindo being the 9th Evolutionary Avatar. [For more on the Solar Line see The New Way Volumes 1 & 2] The periodic manifestation of Evolutionary Avatars is determined by their association with what is known as the Time-Spirit (see more in the article ‘Precession of the Equinoxes‘, on our Vedic Cosmology page, and the Map of 12 Manifestations (also on separate page here).
They incarnate every 6,480 years at specific points in earth’s precessional cycle, at critical stages in our planet’s evolution. Occurring as a string of births spanning many millennia, theirs is a common purpose of realizing and establishing the reign of Truth-Consciousness.
As third in the Solar Line, Thea represents the Goddess Ganga (Gangadevi) whose descent heralds purification and re-establishment of the Cosmic Measure, delineating not only Space, but Time (see Ganga, Soul of Indian Culture, Patrizia Norelli Bachelet, Aeon Centre of Cosmology, 2015). The crocodile on which Gangadevi sits is an ancient symbol for Capricorn, the sign of Thea’s birth (January 5) as well as the sign of India Herself (see ‘India as Capricorn, Soul of the Earth’ in ‘Keys of Knowledge‘). She travels here along the river Ganga, it being a physical manifestation of Her very own powers and Purpose.
Thea describes our journey through the zodiac as an evolutionary odyssey whose ultimate goal is complete identification with the Supreme Consciousness underlying all of Creation. Incorporating her revolutionary understanding of Time with our movement through Space, she gifted us the Gnostic Circle, pictured to the left. (See The Gnostic Circle, Patrizia Norelli Bachelet, Aeon Books, 1975, 1978, 1994, the Gnostic Circle article on this website and The Gnostic Circle in ‘Keys of Knowledge‘ .
As opposed to the plethora of ‘new-age/spiritual’ teachings one encounters, Thea beseeched:
“ May we not seek miracles – let us rather have realisation. This is the solid way. Let us not see visions or lights or etheric forms . . . let us BE light, let us SEE IN UNDERSTANDING, let us be the ‘new seeing’.
Preamble, The New Way, Volumes 1 & 2
She further asserted the importance of Seeing in Understanding as the mechanism by which we humans come closest to aligning with the Divine Will in the world, aiding in its progression, and experiencing the joy of union with that Will:
“Perhaps the most accurate manner by which to explain the act of creation is ‘the act of Seeing’. A human being becomes godlike and partakes of the transcendent act of creation when his individualized ‘eye of consciousness’ is unveiled and the progression of his or her life in the Manifestation moves along on the lines of a gradual unfolding of a seed of the supreme consciousness. The indication that the consciousness is becoming divinised, so to speak, is when the unfolding vision reveals an ever greater and more easily perceived harmony. Where such is the case the eye of consciousness flowers in accordance with the pulse of an unmistakable attunement to the surrounding manifestation. A wholeness begins to disclose itself and the limitations of consciousness are eased away enabling the being to find itself in the total harmony, not losing, however, awareness of the individualized consciousness and its particular place in the supreme symphony of creation.”
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, The Magical Carousel & Commentaries, 2nd Ed, 2017, ‘Aries’, pg 141
You have found your way to this website. It is our wish that through the articles and blog posts here and on the linked websites your deepest aspirations will be nourished and you will be assisted in the remarkable gift of ‘Seeing in Understanding’.
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