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The Descent into Night
Passages from Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri, with remarks by the Mother on Sri Aurobindo and Savitri
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Shchedryk (a.k.a. Carol of the Bells)
“I sing therefore I exist”
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The Big Lie of Materialism
“Basically, according to Sri Aurobindo, materialistic thought is the gospel of death.”
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On the Passing of Sri Aurobindo
With a lesson for our time: “By fear, you bring about what you fear.”
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November 2024

A Third World War?
Let's help those who are holding it back
Published on Thinking about... • 
It's time to call this World War III — if we don't wake up, we will lose.
An abridged version of a post by Claire Berlinski
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On death, grief, and rebirth
Finding solace in troubled times
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Will democracy prevail? Not if pacifism is the answer
The German Book Trade’s Peace Prize was awarded to Anne Applebaum. Here is her acceptance lecture (abridged) along with passages from letters and…

October 2024

Spiritual motherhood
A letter by Sri Aurobindo to a fanatic Muslim (which could equally have been written to a fanatic Christian, Jew, or Hindu). Plus: remembering Janina…
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Two quick notes
A postscript to my previous post and excerpts from Sri Aurobindo's essay “Conservation and Progress”
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Europe appears to be sleepwalking into another global war
Silicon Curtain’s Jonathan Fink interviews Keir Giles about his forthcoming book “Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent”.
Messages and messengers from the beyond
Two early essays by Sri Aurobindo
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