Addressing the Theosophical Society at Adyar in December 1899, Annie Besant gives four lectures on the avatars, the descents of the divine into the world. She explains what an avatar is and why it comes, discusses the incarnations of Vishnu and of Krishna, and treats allegory as a deeper truth than physical reality.
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