Mother's Chronicles Book III: Mirra the Occultist

Mother 's Chronicles book three

MIRRA THE OCCULTIST by Sujata Nahar

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES EVOLUTIVES 32, avenue de 1 'Observatoire 75014 paris

Already published in the series: Book One: MIRRA Book Two: MIRRA THE ARTIST To be published: Book Four: MIRRA AND SRI AUROBINDO Book Five: MIRRA IN JAPAN Book Six: MIRRA THE MOTHER Mother 's Chronicles-Book Three: MIRRA THE OCCULTIST. (c 1989 by SuJma Nahar. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduted in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quolalioiis embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address: - For India and Asia : MIRA ADITI CENTRE 62 'Sriranga ', 1st Cross, 4th Stage, Kuveinpunagar, Mysore 570 023, India - For the U.S.A. and Europe: INSTITUTE FOR EVOLVIIONARY RESEARCH 200 Park Avenue, Suite 303 East, New York, NY 10166, U.S.A. ISBN 2-902776-18-7 (6-volumeset) ISBN 2-902776-21-7 (Book Three) Cover design by Indra Dugar FIRST EDITION Printed at Thomson Press, Faridabati, India

CONTENTS A Word With YouPlease!.......................................................... 9 Prologue ................................................................................. 11 1. A Downright Atheist .......................................................... 13 2. The Cosmic Tradition......................................................... 27 3. Theon.................................................................................. 44 4. The Human Fathers ............................................................ 58 5. Pralaya ................................................................................ 66 6. The Earthly Paradise .......................................................... 79 7. Judaism ............................................................................... 94 8. The First Visit................................................................... 106 9. Madame

Bibliography: To weave Mother 's story, I had necessarily to pick up a line here, a sentence there. But Readers interested in finding out more about Mother 's and Sri Aurobindo 's experience may like to consult the following books by Satprem: MOTHER 'S AGENDA, 1951-1973 (13 volumes) Recorded by Satprem in the course of countless personal conversations with Mother, the log of her fabulous exploration in the cellular consciousness of the body. Twenty-three years of experiences which parallel some of the most recent theories of modern physics. The key to man 's passage towards the next species. (Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12 & 13 already published in English) Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness, an essay (1984) The Mind of the Cells, an essay (1982) Mother, a trilogy, I The Divine Materialism (1980) II The New Species (1983) III The Mutation of Death (1987) On the Way to Supermanhood, an essay (1986) Life Without Death, by Satprem & Luc Venet (1989) Table of Illustrations Page Frontispiece 22 26 45 54-55 113 132 208 272 294 315 31, 63, 73, 153, 195, 323 Mirra in Tierncen in 1906 Facsimile of a cover of La Revue Cosmique (courtesy Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris) Theon 's postcard to Mirra (courtesy Noren Nahar) Theon, a sketch by Mother (courtesy Abhay Nahar) Facsimile of the entry of marriage (courtesy Christian Chanel) An impression of Zarif (by Michel Danino) Zarif: Mirra at her window (courtesy Abhay) The Divine Consciousness emerging from the Inconscient, a painting by Mother Mirra playing tennis (courtesy Abhay) The house on Rue du Val de Grace (courtesy Davide Montemurri) The crossing between Boulevard St.-Michel and the Luxembourg Gardens, as it was in Mirra 's time (from an old postcard) Drawings by Sujata