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he who slays Vritra” – i.e., he who slays the coverer or obstructor of the Vedic waters and thereby releases the Vedic watersThe Tenth Day of Victory, Vol. 2.1 and discussed its presence at the core of the Mother’s Temple in The New Way, Vols. 1 & 2. 

“[O]ne experience…to this day remains unforgettable in all its details. Those details are well known to me because I played a central role in what transpired when this child was five or six years old [a two-year span covering 26 November 1968 through 26 November 1970]. Though I did not keep a regular journal then and therefore cannot establish the exact date of this remarkable dream-experience, I know its approximate time because of the contents of the dream itself: it had to have taken place after he began learning to write numbers.…

“Very early one morning [my son] burst into my room (not in dream but having awoken from the dream) exclaiming that a being had come into his room from the Sun. 

“The being then led him into my attached room where I was sleeping. Together he and the being drew a figure on the wall beside my bed. It was a number 8…

“It took almost a decade but when understanding came it was in the usual unmistakable manner that I had become accustomed to when dealing with the supramental Gnosis: precision, accuracy, elegance, irrefutability. The discovery of 21st March 1976 revealed beyond any doubt that it was not an 8 as I had assumed when my son and the solar being drew the figure. It was something far more meaningful. As I recall, the child did not tell me it was an 8, in so many words. What he drew according to his ability at the time was simply two circles, one above the other, which I must have concluded was an 8 because that was the way he wrote the number then, or perhaps it was what he himself assumed. Because of its clear metaphysical quality, another thought was that perhaps it was the symbol of infinity; however, the latter is usually drawn horizontally. This was clearly done vertically. What was placed on my wall, a clear message given to me, was actually a Vesica Piscis, one circle above the other, just as the child had drawn. It was this simple design that held the secret of who he was and who he came to be in this life. It was the magical geometric figure that subtly enveloped the Core of the Mother's chamber, meticulously designed by her, containing therein all the details of 'the future realisation', and with it all the pertinent details of Sri Aurobindo's rebirth.

“On 12 March 1978, when I intuited its role in the chamber, the vesica piscis cast a light on her revelation that carried it unmistakably into the solar world, the kingdom of the Sun, the realm of the truth-conscious Supermind. All else done in the sacred sciences up to that point paled into insignificance. For the first time this was a concrete, non-speculative example of the new Power in action – the Power I had sensed was lacking and had so ardently prayed for; and it had all been foreseen and foretold in the dream-experience given to the very one whose 'secret' it contained. The world has never known a similar miracle of revelation. Such is the glory we may anticipate for the new world, the new creation of this Supramental Manifestation.

“The child had revealed who he was to me, giving me the formidable clue [the vesica piscis] that would unlock the door to Gnosis never before recorded on Earth…. 

“Sri Aurobindo's return as the Fourth…was revealed through the vesica piscis on that memorable day [21 March 1976] in 1976....

"Another piece of the mosaic, verified by the Mother's inner chamber plan, was the solar origin of the Being who appeared to the child. That he was described as 'solar' brought aspects to the fore regarding the Knowledge contained in the vesica piscis that encased the Core of the chamber, and which held the key to the destinies of the third and the fourth members of Sri Aurobindo's line. Indeed, what the vision confirmed is what I called the Solar Line thereafter. This consisted of four members who fit the Formula of Sri Aurobindo's symbol. In each case it was by calculating the digits of the years of their births [9, 6, 3 and 1] [1] alone which provided the key to the supramental Gnosis….

"Sri Aurobindo's rebirth was the key element in the consolidation process; without the fourth power the Knowledge was flawed, there would be unhealthy gaps left, openings where forces of the Ignorance could find entry.” – Thea, The Tenth Day of Victory, Vol. 2.1, pp. 340-43, 345, and 355-56 [Bold emphasis and text in brackets added]

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“The year of his return [1963] was inscribed in the measurements of the Pedestal: he had indeed returned as the fourth and final integer of the equation 9/6/3/0. To be complete, the Zero had to give forth the One; otherwise the entire process would be beyond our measurable world. Similar to the other members of the Formula, as the number-power 1, his own 'cosmic credentials' would therefore have to prove its accuracy, just as the 9/6/3 had done…. 

“1963 equals 1 by the mathematics of unity. Clearly as the fourth power after the 0, the number 1 would have to be prominent. This special date was not only a 1 power year, it was also formed of all the numbers of the Formula, 9, 6, 3 – plus his own 1.

“What remained to be verified was the actual day of 1963 chosen for the reappearance. Since both the Globe and the Pedestal stood upright and attached, the third and fourth would be present together as clearly indicated by the Mother in her magnificent display of the symbol being the thing symbolised. 

“In 1926 the Mother had named 26 November as Immortality Day, according to Ashram sources. It was also the date of the Indian Constitution in 1949. All the details of this unique cosmic design were fitting into place, and they had been revealed by the Mother herself in the plan she bequeathed to us all, but certainly of more relevance is that 26 November, apart from being Immortality Day, is also the exact midpoint between the Mother's passing (17 November) and Sri Aurobindo's (5 December). The Third and the Fourth were indeed present together and every detail of the return was known to me. It was the birth date of my own son.” – Ibid., pp. 330-31 

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“[From 12 March 1976 forward] Knowledge began to descend in torrents; I could hardly keep pace with the flow.... Everything I had prayed for, aspired for was being fulfilled and in a way that only I could understand because of the preparation I had been given in Rome before joining the Mother, along with the keys of knowledge she left me before departing [in 1973]. 

“[9 days later, on 21 March] the most astonishing 'secret' her vision and plan contained was revealed. It proved to be the culmination ‒ or rather, the key to the future not only of Sri Aurobindo's mission but the future of planet Earth herself. It made sense of the prophecies found scattered throughout the world, cross-cultural, cosmic and terrestrial: the birth of the Male Child. 

“This was Sri Aurobindo himself in the form of the Son. This was the fourth missing or hidden power I had intuited was lacking. This was the secret laid bare of the transmutation of Transcendence to Immanence. Or, as he has described this power in Savitri, the 'masked Transcendent mounting his throne'. Such was the immensity of the unveiled 'secret'. It was Sri Aurobindo's own rebirth. – Ibid., pp. 318-20 

Thea documented and illustrated her 1976 discoveries about the Matrimandir and its veiled sacred core and “Hidden Son” in The New Way, Volumes 1 & 2 (1977). [2]

“In actual fact, the mystery of the Rebirth is revealed through knowledge of the exact measurement of the globe; with that and Sri Aurobindo's symbol it is possible to arrive at the correct proportions of the pedestal, and only with the proper pedestal measurements can one discover what transpired in his life between 1950 and 1963, the year of his withdrawal and the year of his return to Earth.

“From ancient times a particular geometric design has been known to contain magical properties. It is a form that has been especially used for the construction of sacred edifices in the past, such as the great Pyramid of Giza. [3] This design is called the vesica piscis, or the 'vessel of the fishes'. As the name implies it bears a relation to Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, – the birth sign of the Mother…. [T]he Mother used the knowledge it contains for the core of her Room….” 

“[The vesica piscis and the real Pisces hieroglyph – 2nd from the top to the right] is the key to the core of the Mother's chamber-based in fact on the occult knowledge of her own birth sign. – Thea, The New Way, Vol. 2, Ch. 3, “The Vesica Piscis”, pp. 231-237, (images pp. 236-37) [Bold emphasis added]

In The New Way, Vols. 1&2, Thea discussed and presented how the Matrimandir’s central Light-Core would look as one stood directly in front of any one of its four sides (to the left below) and how the subtle vesica piscis informed its measurements.

“The Bhrigus [=powers of the Sun] have found this Flame secret in the growths of the earthly existence, but the Angirases kindle it on the altar of sacrifice and maintain the sacrifice through the periods of the sacrificial year [=the Vedic Year/Yajna] symbolising the periods of the divine labour by which the Sun of Truth is recovered out of the darkness.” – Sri Aurobindo, The Secret of the Veda, CWSA, Vol. 15, p. 242 [Text in brackets added]

Given the unillumined consciousness of the Mother’s students and helpers, her original temple measurements were not adhered to and its Vedic and supramental design, light, gnosis, and sacred geometry were (and still are) ignored and obstructed in Auroville (See: Chronicles of the Inner Chamber). Knowing this, one can better understand Auroville’s ongoing trials, tribulations and tragedies. The purity of the Mother’s vision was resisted by its architects from the first days of its inception. Thea’s many efforts to help Auroville, Pondicherry and the world at large to see the perfection and sacred significance of the Mother’s original design still largely fall on deaf ears.

In the next two sections, I will expand upon the significance of Thea’s writings about the vesica piscis in relation to the obstruction of the Vedic Waters in the 8th sign of the Zodiac and in relation to the 2016 emergence of the vesica piscis as a key of the Vedic rivers and as a key of the Vedas themselves. The first section expands upon the significance of the figure 8 (i.e. the veiled vesica piscis) drawn on Thea’s wall by “the Fourth”; and the second expands upon the significance of the fact that the eternal law (sanatana dharma) and divine measure of the vesica piscis lies at the heart of the Mother’s Temple, as she originally measured it, not as built in Auroville.

The Obstructive Veils of the Figure 8 and of the 8th Sign of the Zodiac

Thea’s original seeing of her son’s drawing of the “two circles, one above the other” as the number 8 can now be seen as an absolute perfection given that the waters (=the seven rivers/waves) of the Vedas and their Divine Son/Child – which I have discussed as symbols of the divine measure and eternal law of the Vedas and Vedic Year – are hidden, hoarded or veiled not only in the 8th sign of the Zodiac, but also in the figure of the number 8 itself. The divine measure and eternal law of the vesica piscis is withheld and unseen and, at the same time, subtly present in the two conjoined circles of the figure 8. It is entirely fitting that the real significance and symbol of her son’s drawing was veiled from Thea until she saw and understood the vesica piscis as a key of the sacred measure Mother’s Temple in 1976, unlocking the secret of Sri Aurobindo’s reincarnation. It naturally took the power and passage of TIME, some six or seven years after her son’s dream-vision circa 1968-70, for the two circles drawn on her wall to reveal that which they veiled.

Once we see and understand the sacred form, eternal law and measure of the vesica piscis (=the water vessel/kumbha) that the fixed structure and knot of the 8 withholds from the viewer, we can better understand the significance of the 8th month of the Zodiac – the fixed water sign Scorpio – wherein the waters/rivers of the Vedas are obstructed, unknown and yet to be released or realized in our consciousness. And likewise, with this understanding, the act of the Son/the Fourth of the Solar Line drawing the mysterious figure 8 or veiled vesica piscis on Thea’s wall over half a century ago unveils even more of its profound significance, on top of what Thea already illuminated in her writings. 

This act and incident makes even more sense knowing that Sri Aurobindo was charged with the yogic and avataric mission or command (adesh) of recovering the eternal law (sanatana dharma) of the Vedas in 1908 at the age of 36 (a fractal of the 360° Vedic Year), while being IMPRISSONED – literally put in a holding PEN – by the British Raj. Those who appreciate sacred numbers and their relation to the supramental yoga (or “descent”) should be able to appreciate the fact Sri Aurobindo – via his Solar Line – completed this avataric mission 108 (3 x 36 or 9 x 12) years later, in 2016, the year of Thea’s passing, fully recovering and releasing of the sanatana dharma and divine measure (maya) of the Vedic rivers (=cows=mothers), and of Vishnu’s Kumbha of Amrita, from their Vedic holding pen (goṣṭhá). I will further discuss and illustrate this mathematical precision and its significance in Part 9.  

The Sanatana Dharma and Divine Maya of the Vesica Piscis and of Vishnu's Avatars at the Heart of the Mother’s Temple

In this section I want to unpack and emphasize the significance of the fact that the vesica piscis,―the sanatana dharma, divine measure and geometric key of Matsya (Vishnu’s first avatar), the geometric key of deciphering the veiled symbol of the Vedic rivers, and simultaneously a crucial key of deciphering the entire Rig Veda―, is hidden and seated in the core and heart of the Mother’s Vedic Temple, which contains in itself the victory of Vishnu's last avatar Kalki. 

As I have written at length in Geometric Keys of Vedic Wisdom (book and blog), on 7 February 2016 – the form of the vesica piscis announced itself to me in a 4:32 a.m. dream-vision as a forgotten key of understanding not only of the sacred number 432,000 and the various ancient sacred measures connected to it, but also as a forgotten key of the sanatana dharma or eternal law of the ancient Seers or Rishis. The announcement came in the form of the following image, which emphasized the connection between the measure of the solar radius or ray (in miles) and the measure of the vesica piscis.

At that time I was already well aware the vesica piscis (and its radius) measure out the twelve-month Vedic sacrifice (aka the Zodiac) from the four Cardinal Points of the Earth’s year. [4] But until that dream-vision, it simply did not occur to me that the vesica piscis had any role to play in the recovery of Vedic wisdom or in the supramental yoga beyond what it had already revealed to Thea. Circa the Spring Equinox of 2016, I was shown (via a family of wild peacocks) that Vishnu’s first and second avatars Matsya (the Fish) and Kurma (the Turtle) are symbols of the eternal law and measure of the vesica piscis and of the Vedas/Vedic Year that Vishnu’s avataric lineage is tasked with recovering in the world. [5]

Two-thirds of the year later, seven days before Thea’s passing, the eternal law and Vedic key of the vesica piscis slipped out of the grasp of Vritra (the Coverer/Obstructor of the Vedas) and released the long-lost zodiacal and geometric sense of the Vedic waters, aka the seven rivers (=cows, mothers, sisters, floods, etc.), along with the seven vials or bowls of St. John’s Revelation. Via this revelation, and the veritable flood of previously obstructed gnosis that flowed forth from it, the book of the Rig Veda, and all of the ancient mythologies and symbols that were spun off from or related to the Vedas, were opened and could be seen, read and understood in an entirely new way, based upon the eternal laws (sanatana dharma) of sacred geometry and of the Vedic (zodiacal) Year. 

In both The New Way and The Gnostic Circle, Thea had already discussed and recovered the lost zodiacal (and thus circular/cyclical) context of the sacred 432,000 measurements of the Rig Veda, the Kali Yuga, and the Sun’s radius. She recognized that the 432,000-measure of the Kali Yuga must be understood in terms of seconds of degrees of arc of the 360º circle, amounting to one-third of the 25,920-year Precession of the Equinoxes, also known as the Great Year consisting of 12 astrological ages.

120º = 120º x 60′ x 60″ = 432,000"  

120º or 432,000" of the Great Year is equivalent to precisely four astrological ages or 8640 (4 x 2160) years.

“It can be understood how [the 432,000 measure of the Kali Yuga] would be the key to the measure of Time since it is also the radius of the Sun. The Sun’s [432,000 mile] radius is the key of Truth in that it unites the outer circle of the disk (the Multiple) with the inner central core (the One). We could call this: ‘The Measure of Unity.’ It is precisely the Sun’s symbol, the point within the circle, that contains the Knowledge…showing the harmony between space and time and the evolutionary cycles of man on Earth which are determined by the unfolding and perfectioning of consciousness. The Rig-veda also appears to contain the same key to the measurement of Time based on the Sun of Truth because it is said to have 432,000 syllables." [6]  ‒ Thea, The Gnostic Circle, pp. 61-62 [Bold emphasis and text in brackets added] 

In the glossary of The New Way, Vols. 1&2, Thea defined the Kali Yuga as “the basic measure of Time (432,000), derived from the radius of the Sun, from which all the 12 Manifestations (consisting of three ages) are measured.” [7] Even though this definition connects the measure of the Sun’s radius to the 432,000 measure of the Kali Yuga (=“the basic measure of Time”), Thea never discussed the fact that together, as an eternal pair, the radius and vesica piscis measure out this “basic [432,000] measure of Time”. It is worth stating here that when I point out things that Thea did not see or discuss, the intention is not to diminish her seeing or her yoga. It is simply to give readers a clear picture of the progressive manner by which the vesica piscis came forward and released the Vedic waters and revealed itself as a long-hidden and crucial key of the long-misunderstood symbols and lore of the Rig Veda, thanks to the combined yoga of the Solar Line. The gnosis and keys that Thea received and brought forward from 1968-2016 entirely laid the foundation for what I have been able to see and what I have been charged with bringing forward from 2016 onward.

Thea discussed the sacred geometry of the vesica piscis and the sacred measurements of the Mother’s Temple at great length in The New Way, Vols. 1&2. Elsewhere in the same book she discussed the sacred 432,000 measure of the Sun, Kali Yuga and Rig Veda; but given that she did not see the connection between the sacred measure of 432,000 and the sacred form of the vesica piscis, she did not connect these two dots or two sacred threads in The New Way, or elsewhere in her writings. She did not see or discuss the subtle but real presence of the solar measure of 432,000 – which she wrote of as “the Measure of Unity”, “the basic measure of Time”, “the key to the measure of Time”, and as the key to seeing and knowing “the harmony between space and time and the evolutionary cycles of man on Earth” – as being firmly seated in the heart and core of the Mother’s Temple. [8] The seed realization of the 7 February 2016 vesica piscis dream-vision, which birthed Geometric Keys of Vedic Wisdom, was simply the fact that the 432,000 “Measure of Unity” of the solar radius is inseparable from the eternal law, measure and form of the vesica piscis, and that this fact is a key of recovering the sanatana dharma of the Vedic Seers. 

Knowing the above, we can see and appreciate the fact that the vesica piscis and its sacred 432,000 measure/law is found not only in the subtle geometry of the central core (globe and pedestal) of the Mother’s Temple, it is also found – twelve-fold – in the subtle geometry of its twelve-sided (dodecagonal) Inner Chamber whose radius, according to the Mother’s original design, is 12 meters (=24 meters in diameter).    

The most fundamental error of the Auroville Matrimandir, built in the Mother’s name but not according to her divine vision, gnosis and measure, was the misconstruction of its 24-meter diameter [9] and thus of its 12-meter radius. Those who constructed the temple were not in a position, or rather, not in the necessary consciousness to understand how the sacred geometry of the Mother’s (real) Temple harmonizes the measures of Time and Space, from the inside out, and they simply felt no compulsion or responsibility to build the temple precisely as the Mother saw and measured it at the age of 91 (approaching 92). 

“[The Matrimandir is] ready to come! As for me, I’ve known it for a long time. It’s there (gesture above), waiting.... [W]hat I always SEE [is a] hall with a ceiling high enough to allow sunlight to come in as a RAY, depending on the time of the day, and fall on that center which will be there.” – The Mother, 31 Dec 1969, The Mother’s Agenda, Vol. 10

“For a long time I had been feeling something, then we spoke about it the other day, and I SAW … I told R. [Auroville’s architect] about it, I asked him to see Paolo, and I also told him that I had seen what should be done. Naturally, he didn’t say no, he said yes to everything, but I felt he wasn’t too keen.... [10] But here is what happened. I clearly saw – very, very distinctly saw, which means it was like that, and it still IS like that, it’s there (gesture showing an eternal plane) – the inside of that place [the Matrimandir].” – The Mother, 3 Jan 1970, The Mother’s Agenda, Vol. 11 [Bold emphasis added]

After the Mother passed in 1973, Thea came to see and understand that the 15.20-meter and 24-meter diameter of the Mother’s temple design contained in itself the measure of not only the 24-hour day, but also the measure of the 365-day year (365 ÷ 24 = 15.20…). Naturally upon seeing this marvel of sacred architecture, connecting the measures of Time to the measures of Space, Thea shared the knowledge in hopes of convincing the builders of the Matrimandir to adhere to the Mother’s precise measurements and gnosis, to no avail. And sadly, to this day the Auroville Matrimandir is celebrated and revered as a jewel, as the soul of Auroville and as a great symbol and gift of the Mother, rather than being recognized and understood for what it is, which is a rejection and distortion of the Mother’s supramental vision and gnosis by the prevailing mental-egoic consciousness of the world. In 2003, in the opening preface of her Chronicles of the Inner Chamber series Thea wrote:

“[R]eaders of Matrimandir Action Committee communications who live in India or who have had contact with Indian culture are very much aware of the fact that, to quote the Mahamaya, ‘…If the measurement of the temple is in every way perfect, there is perfection in the universe as well.’ (XXII, 92.) It is unthinkable in India to establish a noble endeavour around a Symbol that is imperfect, flawed; or else distorted purposely or out of ignorance by impositions of the human ego. For these reasons all sacred art, sculpture and architecture were anonymously executed to lessen the prominence of the ego. In the place of honour there is, traditionally, the highest symbol of perfection, fashioned with meticulous care particularly in what concerns proportions and measurements. To stray from those ancient injunctions is unthinkable.

“Simply put, this perfect form then generates an atmosphere that UPLIFTS, or allows for an uplifting of the surrounding environment. The perfect form central to a town or any cherished endeavour in India is the MODEL TO EMULATE, to GROW INTO.

“In the Auroville Matrimandir we have just the contrary.” – Chronicles of the Inner Chamber, Preface/Part I

Anyone who is interested in educating themselves about the fateful mismeasuring of the Auroville Matrimandir as well as the brilliance of the Mother’s original temple vision and measurements can do so via reading the full Chronicles of the Inner Chamber and The New Way, Vols. 1 & 2. What I want to bring special attention to here is the distortion of the Matrimandir’s 12-meter radius. As I have discussed at length elsewhere in my writings, the radius of the twelve-month Vedic Year/Zodiac is known in the Rig Veda as Agni (aka Soma Pavamana). He is the divine ray, measurer, son and hero of the Vedic Sacrifice, also said to be the “[r]uler of sacrifices, guard of Law eternal, radiant One”.  [11]

“Him with fair wings though only One in nature, wise singers shape, with songs, in many figures. While they at sacrifices fix the metres, they measure out twelve chalices of Soma [=Agni].” – Rig Veda 10.114.5, tr. RTH Griffith

These twelve chalices, shown above in the “Transcendent” view of the Matrimandir, are the inner arcs or bowls of the twelve vesica piscis that are measured out by the radius – i.e. the radiant One of the Vedas who creates and establishes the eternal law (sanatana dharma) and harmonies of the twelve-month Vedic Year which is a microcosm of the whole body or field (kshetra) of Time and Space. [12]

The 12-meter radius of the Matrimandir is its own “Measure of Unity”, equivalent to the “Hidden One” and Divine Son (guha) of the Vedas. It is also equivalent to the 432,000-mile solar radius which connects the inner point or core of the circle to the circumference and lays out the 120º (=432,000ʺ) measure of the vesica piscis within the 360º circle, establishing the ancient basis and eternal law (sanatana dharma) of the 3-6-9 Trinity of our triadic 0-9 (3x3) number system and simultaneously establishing the Fire Trine of the Zodiac which is the eternal basis (however unrecognized) of the Divine Trinity found throughout our world’s religions and mythologies.

Such integral perfection-in-detail is the mark and modus operandi of the Supramental Manifestation. It is entirely foreign and threatening to the mental-egoic consciousness which defends its limited grasp, hold, and incomplete understanding of reality. As such, the vast majority of Sri Aurobindo’s and the Mother’s own followers continue to reject Thea’s voluminous presentations of the integral perfection-in-detail of the Supramental Descent from 1974 onward. These followers have clung to the binary story of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother’s joint yoga, and have entirely rejected Thea’s revelations of the Triadic (9-6-3) supramental descent of Sri Aurobindo along with all of the gnosis that has been born and poured forth from this Triadic womb and its “Hidden One/Son”. 

Regarding the 12-meter radius of the Matrimandir. It is a profound and integral “Measure of Unity” in its own right. It simultaneously establishes and harmonizes the key features of the temple – its twelve walls, its twelve pillars and the Mother’s 12-petal symbol, just as it establishes and harmonizes the key measures of our 360º cycles of Time, including the 12-month year, the 12-Age Great Year, the 120º (432,000ʺ) Kali Yuga and the 24-hour day, which in ancient times was recognized as a microcosm of the 12-month, 360º Year. 

In 2021 I was informed by a correspondent who has been studying the sacred geometry of the Mother’s Temple in great depth, [14] that the floor area (the dodecagon) of the Mother’s twelve-sided Inner Chamber, with the original radius of 12 meters, is precisely 432m² or 432,000,000mm