Patterns of the Present: From the Perspective of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother
By Georges Van Vrekhem

We are offering a high discount due to slightly damageA companion volume toand Overman: The Intermediary between the Human andamp; the Supramental Beingand by the same author,and Patterns of the Presentand is a profound and enjoyable account of the present situation of mankind and the world it lives in. On the threshold of the new millennium, countless pages have been written on the meaning of our world and its possible development. The conclusion in most cases was depressing -- man would become an automaton in a sci-fi world. The author puts the present situation of humanity in the perspective of the evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The result is a positive interpretation of the global situation.The meaning of history, the globalization of our planet, the values represented by East and West, their meeting and reciprocal fertilization, the future evolution of mankind -- all these topics and more are presented here in a fresh, often surprising, perspective.and Georges Van Vrekhem is a Flemish-speaking Belgian, who currently lives in Auroville. He became acquainted with the works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother in 1964. He has translated into Dutch several books of Sri Aurobindo, The Mother and Satprem, as well as selected pieces from theand Ramayanaand and theand Mahabharata. Hisand Beyond Manand --and The Life and Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Motherand -- is a recognized work on the subject. His other works areand The Mother -- The Story of her Life,and andand Overman -- The Intermediary between the Human andamp; the Supramental Beingand (Rupa andamp; Co.).