Patterns of the Present: From the Perspective of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

A companion volume to Overman: The Intermediary between the Human & the Supramental Being by the same author, Patterns of the Present 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.
 
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 the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. His Beyond Man -- The Life and Works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother -- is a recognized work on the subject. His other works are The Mother -- The Story of her Life, and Overman -- The Intermediary between the Human & the Supramental Being (Rupa & Co.).

Georges Van Vrekhem is a Flemish speaking Belgian. He became quite well-known as a journalist, poet and playwright. He became acquainted with the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in 1964. In 1970 he joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, and in 1978 he moved to Auroville, which has been his home ever since. He has translated into Dutch several books of Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and Satprem, as well as selected writings from the Rama­yana and the Mahabharata. He is also the author of Beyond Man – Life and the works of Sri Aurobindo.