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[Sanskrit ''Avatāra'' | [Sanskrit ''Avatāra'' “descent”, from ''avatarati'' “he descends”, from ''ava-'' “away” + ''tarati'' “he crosses over”] The incarnation of the [[Word]]; the descent or crossing-over of the [[Universal Christ]] from the plane of Spirit to the plane of Matter. | ||
The avatar of an age is the Christ, the incarnation of the Son of God ([[Vishnu]]), the Second Person of the [[Trinity]]. The avatar, with his divine complement, [[Shakti]], or [[twin flame]], “outpictures” and “outplays” in consciousness and in the [[four lower bodies]] the archetypal pattern of the [[Father-Mother God]] for the evolution of souls in a two-thousand-year cycle. | The avatar of an age is the Christ, the incarnation of the Son of God ([[Vishnu]]), the Second Person of the [[Trinity]]. The avatar, with his divine complement, [[Shakti]], or [[twin flame]], “outpictures” and “outplays” in consciousness and in the [[four lower bodies]] the archetypal pattern of the [[Father-Mother God]] for the evolution of souls in a two-thousand-year cycle. | ||
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