Mother: The Story of Her Life

by Georges Van Vrekhem

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 to present it in a clear, readable way. This book is the step by step description of the incredible effort of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo, the cause and base of the accelerated evolution our species and planet is now subject to.

Genres: Biography

Hardcover

First published July 5, 2012

About the author

Georges Van Vrekhem (1935 – 2012) was a Flemish (i.e. Dutch-speaking) Belgian journalist, poet and playwright, who was the artistic manager of a professional theater company, the "Nederlands Toneel te Gent". He became acquainted with the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in 1964. In 1970, he joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry, and eight years later, in 1978 he moved to Auroville. He has translated as selected writings from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata and several books of Sri Aurobindo, The Mother, Peter Heehs, and Satprem into Dutch.