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‘…The condition of the Sanatana Dharma in contemporary society causes great concern to those who realise that India is the last stronghold of the ancient Tradition; it lives on here in spite of the distortions that have crept in, particularly with the rise of Science over the last three centuries. The result has been a decided contamination of the sacred Arts which has led many to believe that they are mere superstition and should be exposed and dismissed forthwith. Indeed, since the body of higher knowledge that originally formed the foundation of these Arts is now lost, nothing but ‘form’ devoid of ‘essence’ remains; and without a sound foundation in higher knowledge, the increase in superstitious beliefs is unavoidable.
Given this scenario and the fact that only in India can we follow a clear line of Knowledge, however distorted, back to ancient times before the rise of exclusivist religions, as Director of this Centre which is engaged in eliminating the distortions, I have undertaken certain exercises which will diminish if not eliminate entirely any traces of superstition in the Vedic tradition. The method to do so is simply to uncover and update that lost Tradition…’ (Preface, Secrets of the Earth 2)