Yet even more complex is their embodiment of important cosmological concepts which have become all but lost to modern scholars. Chief among these cosmic concepts is the creation of the Axis as described in the classic Vedic myth, 'The Churning of the Milky Ocean at the Dawn of Time'. According to Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, the leading authority in Vedic Cosmology, the concept of the "Axis" is the most important cosmic realization ever to come into being and it lies at the core of the Rishis' obsession with alignment. "In fact', writes Norelli-Bachelet, 'one could say that all of Vedic spirituality is an expression of this axial alignment." The classic Churning myth recounts the creation of that axis and its profound Cosmogonic significance.