The Mother with Letters on the Mother
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0122
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0122; auro_mother_cwsa32_2012
- Author or attribution
- Sri Aurobindo; includes his translations from the Mother’s writings
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2012 (collected edition); The Mother first published 1928
- Source / repository
- Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Historical Accounts and Colonial Records; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Description and curator notes
This official collected volume contains the complete six-chapter book The Mother, letters on the Mother and Sri Aurobindo's translations of selected prayers and meditations. The publisher states that all six chapters of The Mother were written in 1927 and first collected in 1928; the accompanying letters date from 1927 to 1950. Chapter VI presents four leading powers or personalities of the Divine Mother: Maheshwari, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati. Its Mahakali passage emphasizes force, swiftness, courage, the overthrow of obstruction and transformative discipline. Later letters distinguish Mahakali and Kali, discuss Durga and other forms and explain how these names function in Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga. These statements are important modern theological sources, with terminology and claims particular to that tradition. References to the Mother may concern the universal Divine Mother, her transcendent aspect or the individual spiritual collaborator known as the Mother; the volume itself explores those distinctions. The authorized PDF retains the complete collection, contents and editorial note on the texts, enabling readers to identify the provenance of individual passages. It is suitable as a link to an authorized free reading copy; the edition carries the Ashram Trust's copyright notice.
KALI-0122 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.
Author / attribution: Sri Aurobindo; includes his translations from the Mother’s writings
Publication: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department · 2012 (collected edition); The Mother first published 1928
The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo, volume 32. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, 2012. Copyright Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 2012.
Format / language: Historical book / primary devotional or interpretive source · English
Composition / textual history: The Mother: 1927; first book publication 1928. Letters: 1927–1950, according to publisher’s note.
Identifier: auro_mother_cwsa32_2012
Kali relevance: Explicit, substantial account of Mahakali among the four powers of the Mother; further letters on Kali, Mahakali and Durga.
Context: A modern Integral Yoga theological source. Distinguish universal Divine Mother references from references to the historical individual known as the Mother.
Subjects: Historical Accounts and Colonial Records; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Evidence / reliability: Official publisher’s complete collected edition, with editorial provenance and manuscript-based text checking described in the publisher’s note.
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Authorized free PDF supplied by the publisher/rightsholder. Copyright © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 2012; link for reading and do not assume permission to republish the complete edition.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/downloadpdf.php?id=42
Source record: https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php
Source access
Read or locate the original source at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department
Rights and reading conditions
Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Authorized free PDF supplied by the publisher/rightsholder. Copyright © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 2012; link for reading and do not assume permission to republish the complete edition. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
Sri Aurobindo; includes his translations from the Mother’s writings. The Mother with Letters on the Mother. Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department · 2012 (collected edition); The Mother first published 1928.
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