In the years before the outbreak of the Second World War, Marcello realised he had a central position in the lives of many people, who both wanted his services on a personal and spiritual level. Through his many travels abroad and his daily work at Arjuna in Ullavål Hageby, he was now a renowned and revered person, well liked and looked up to. He felt an increasingly growing need for peace in his daily work and more time for the activities he felt necessary for his own spiritual road to re-incarnation. He therefore moved to a new “place of the soul”, Svarga, and continued his work from there. Situated in peaceful surroundings, Svarga gave Marcello new opportunities for spiritual development, contemplation and harmony. Here he built his own temples, “the Cathedral of the Soul”, the “old” and “new” Svarga, a “stabbur” (storehouse on pillars), not to mention the main building at Svarga, – all buildings centered around a country courtyard, inspiring both friendly social gatherings and rewarding discussions.

His daily walks in the area around Svarga, with stops along the route for meditation, collecting herbs and conversing with family and friends, provided him not only with a sense of calm, but also with necessary physical activity for sustaining long and demanding working hours. Central to his work at Svarga was the family café, where all those who wanted Marcello’s help could relax in a friendly atmosphere. Marcello’s mother, and later also his sister Inga and daughter Borghild, were in charge of the café, handing out any prescribed herbal medicine, herbal tea, tinctures etc.

Besides the running of the café, Marcello had three close collaborators, Karen, Agnes and Øyvind, who were all indispensable in the daily work at Svarga. Their work consisted of responding to the countless number of telephone calls from all over the world, preparing and serving food for visitors who were there at any particular time, planning and collecting supplies, keeping the property tidy, etc. Without such vital help from all involved Marcello would not have been able to make such a lasting impression. Most visitors later expressed that they felt personally welcome and well looked after by Marcello and his staff.

The direct meaning of the word Svarga is “Heaven, - as a place you can arrive at after death.” Marcello lived permanently at Svarga from 1940 until his death in 1967. He very rarely travelled outside his home in Lillehammer and spent most of his time absorbed in meditation and using his powers, receiving people who both sought medical help, spiritual guidance, or otherwise needed his devoted help.