The Mother

Important Disciples

The Mother could not be said to have successors (although sometimes there have been such claims). But following the Mother's passing, a number of prominent followers each developed quite different teachings and approaches.

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Ruud Lohman, a Dutch theologian who came to Auroville in 1971, developed a theology regarding the symbolism of the Matrimandir, according to which the Matrimandir is the Mother's body, the four pillars representing the four aspects of the Divine Mother (Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasraswati and Maheshwari) as described by Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo 1972b), and the Matrimandir as a whole being not only the focus of Auroville but "the first cell of the body of Mother Earth which offers itself for transformation" (Lohman 1986 p.63).

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Satprem, who with Pavitra could be considered the most senior of the French disciples, and worked closely with the Mother for many years, the result being the Agenda, a thirteen volume record of her experiment in physical transformation. In successive books he wrote about the importance of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother to the Earth's evolution.

Related Topics:
Satprem - Pavitra - The Agenda

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Michel Montecrossa is a musician and film director who with the Mother's help established an Auroville-like New Age community in Northern Italy.

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Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet worked with The Mother in the latter's last few years, and was a founding member of Auroville, and later developed her own cosmology. But her eccentric claims (she considers herself an avatar equal to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, and asserts that the Matrimandir was not built to the Mother's instructions), have alienated her from other disciples.

Related Topics:
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet - Auroville

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