In this century, so hurried, incoherent, full of riches which dominate us more than they serve, we have need of a true mastery and of the joy that comes of it. But our psychology knows yet only the surfaces of being, and our imported orientalism illumines some obscure depths which may perhaps be adequate for the cross-legged sage, but not for the beleaguered men we are.

This now classic introduction to Sri Aurobindo not only tells us the story of his life-in itself a remarkable adventure-but Satprem also takes us along in a methodical exploration of Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga, showing how it leads to a divine rehabilitation of Matter and gives our painful evolution its meaning and hope. Now the time may have come at last to unveil the Mysteries and to recover the complete truth of the two poles within a third position, which is neither that of the materialists nor that of the spiritualists.

Sri Aurobindo or The Adventure of Consciousness has been written from a Western point of view and for those who yearn for a truth of Life and not only a truth with eyes closed. It presents just one aspect of Sri Aurobindo, the most practical one. We only hope it will lead the reader to explore for himself Sri Aurobindo, and perhaps, with him, find the perfect harmony of East and West, of inner freedom and outer mastery.

In this century, so hurried, incoherent, full of riches which dominate us more than they serve, we have need of a true mastery and of the joy that comes of it. But our psychology knows yet only the surfaces of being, and our imported orientalism illumines some obscure depths which may perhaps be adequate for the cross-legged sage, but not for the beleaguered men we are.

This now classic introduction to Sri Aurobindo not only tells us the story of his life-in itself a remarkable adventure-but Satprem also takes us along in a methodical exploration of Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga, showing how it leads to a divine rehabilitation of Matter and gives our painful evolution its meaning and hope. Now the time may have come at last to unveil the Mysteries and to recover the complete truth of the two poles within a third position, which is neither that of the materialists nor that of the spiritualists.

Sri Aurobindo or The Adventure of Consciousness has been written from a Western point of view and for those who yearn for a truth of Life and not only a truth with eyes closed. It presents just one aspect of Sri Aurobindo, the most practical one. We only hope it will lead the reader to explore for himself Sri Aurobindo, and perhaps, with him, find the perfect harmony of East and West, of inner freedom and outer mastery.

One volume: 340 pages.

With Satprem, we understand the virtues of mental silence, learn about the invisible gradations of consciousness above the mind, decipher the many beings and forces that inhabit us. All our unknown potentialities come alive before our eyes. Most importantly, we appreciate how these untapped possibilities within us relate to our daily life, how they can transform it from the inside, as it were, and how, ultimately, Sri Aurobindo's experience leads to a divine rehabilitation of Matter.

We have denied the Divinity in Matter, to confine it instead in our holy places, but now Matter is taking its revenge. We call Matter crude, and crude it is. As long as we tolerate this imbalance between Matter and Spirit, there is no hope for the earth. We will only continue to swing from one extreme to another, both equally false - from material enjoyment to spiritual austerity - without ever fining true fulfillment. We need BOTH the vigor of Matter and the fresh waters of the Spirit ... Now the time may have come at last to recover the whole truth of the two poles WTITHIN A THIRD POSITION, which is neither that of the materialists nor that of the spiritualists.

-Satprem

In this century, so hurried, incoherent, full of riches which dominate us more than they serve, we have need of a true mastery and of the joy that comes of it. But our psychology knows yet only the surfaces of being, and our imported orientalism illumines some obscure depths which may perhaps be adequate for the cross-legged sage, but not for the beleaguered men we are.

This now classic introduction to Sri Aurobindo not only tells us the story of his life-in itself a remarkable adventure-but Satprem also takes us along in a methodical exploration of Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga, showing how it leads to a divine rehabilitation of Matter and gives our painful evolution its meaning and hope. Now the time may have come at last to unveil the Mysteries and to recover the complete truth of the two poles within a third position, which is neither that of the materialists nor that of the spiritualists.

Sri Aurobindo or The Adventure of Consciousness has been written from a Western point of view and for those who yearn for a truth of Life and not only a truth with eyes closed. It presents just one aspect of Sri Aurobindo, the most practical one. We only hope it will lead the reader to explore for himself Sri Aurobindo, and perhaps, with him, find the perfect harmony of East and West, of inner freedom and outer mastery.

GRINGO. Ein umgekehrtes Dschungelbuch. Kein Menschenkind mehr, das zu einem tierischen Leben zur ckfindet, sondern ein anderes Menschenkind in einem wilden Stamm des Amazona-Dschungels, das nach einem Ausweg aus dem menschlichen Stamm und dem bergang zum Menschen nach dem Menschen sucht. Die Legende der Evolution und der Urmutter der Evolution, verk rpert durch die K nigin des Stammes, die Gringo aus seinem primitiven Dschungel lockt und ihn auf den Weg der Entdeckung der vergangenen Abenteuer der Erde f hrt -- in gypten, in Atlantis, in arktischen Landen --, endend im Abenteuer der Zukunft unserer Erde. Auf diesem Entdeckungsweg sprengt Gringo jedesmal das Bollwerk der Verteidiger eines erstarrten Gesetzes, sei es das der alten Eingeweihten, das des amazonischen Stammes, oder jenes der Spiritualisten und Biologen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Denn jeder erreichte Gipfel wird automatisch zum Hindernis f r den n chsten Zyklus. Nacheinander durchschreitet Gringo das Flammentor, das Jadetor, das Blaue Tor und das Schneetor, ehe er zum Schwarzen Tor des 21. Jahrhunderts und zur Minute Null gelangt, wo die Menschen NEIN sagen zu ihrem erstickenden Gesetz und gewillt sind, ihre neuen Augen der Erde zu ffnen. Der Autor beschw rt hier das Abenteuer, in das er sich im Urwald Franz sisch-Guayanas im Alter von achtundzwanzig Jahren st rzte, sowie das Abenteuer, das er bei Sri Aurobindo und Mutter in der Zukunft der Erde lebte: eine lange Reise vom vormenschlichen Dschungel bis zum geheimnisvollen Urwald von morgen.