Author: Georges Van Vrekhem
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 605
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8129105934
Description
Despite their essential contribution to the present world, Sri Aurobindo and the mother are still mostly unknown outside the circles of their disciples and devotees. It is Georges Van Vrekhem’s intention in this biography of the Mother to examine all available material about her life and to present it in an accessible and interesting way. He attempts to draw the full picture, including the often neglected but important last years of her life, and even of some reincarnations explicitly confirmed by the Mother herself.
The Mother was born as Mirra Alfassa in Paris in 1878. She became an artist, married an artist, and participated in the vibrant life of the metropolis during the fin de siecle and early twentieth century. She became the Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1926. This book is a rigorous description of the incredible effort of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Their vision is an important perspective allowing for the understanding of what awaits humanity in the new millienium.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR’S NOTES
PART ONE: CONVERGENT ROADS
Growing Up in Paris
Artist among the Artists
Explorations of the Occult
A Synthesis in the Making
Aurobindo Ghose
PART TWO: THE ROAD TOGETHER
Speaking the Word
In Japan
The Seven Hidden Years
Three Dragons
The Laboratory
The Mother’s War
Sri Aurobindo’s Descent into Death
PART THREE: THE ROAD ALONE
The Yoga of the Body Cells
The Mother’s Reincarnations
The Manifestation of the Supramental
What Is to Be Done Is Done
The Passage Perilous
The New Body