A Quest for Community
Thursday, October 09, 2003
It was against this background
that I began to hear about Auroville a few months ago. And as I
mentioned above, I immediately tuned into its more feminine energy,
especially in contrast with my experience of Damanhur. I learned that it is Auroville's Founder, the talented Parisian
intellectual, musician, writer, mathematician, and occult adept
originally named Mirra Alfassa, who is so much a living embodiment of
this energy that she is known affectionately by all Aurovillians as
simply "The Mother." - So, I've been researching her philosophy in
preparation for my journey to Auroville. One of the sources I've been
reading is called "The Matrimandir Journal," a beautifully written
summary of the Mother's thoughts about the design and function of
the Matrimandir, Auroville's monumental temple located at the central point of the
circle of Auroville's 25 square kilometers of land.
