At the Feet of The Mother

Book One “The Book of Beginnings”

Summary of Book One

Canto I “The Symbol Dawn”

Opening Remarks

The beginning of Creation pp. 1-2

Awakening to the Light pp. 2-3

The Descent of Light pp. 3-4

Fading of the Light pp. 5-6

Movement 1 Closing Remarks

Movement 2 Opening Remarks

Advent of the Divine Mother and the Earth’s response pp. 6-7

Savitri confronting the stroke of Destiny pp. 8-9

The Transition between Sleep and Waking p. 9

The Divine sacrifice in Matter pp. 9-10

Movement 2 Closing Remarks

Book One Canto I Summary

Canto II “The Issue”

Opening Remarks

The Edge of Time pp. 11-12

The law of Karma and the scroll of destiny p. 12

A Cosmic Battle pp. 12-13

The Strength of Stillness pp. 13-14

The Alchemist Energy of Love pp. 14-16

A Quick Review of Savitri’s Life and Work pp. 16-17

The Enigma of Human Life pp. 17-18

The Limitless Flame pp. 18-19

The Strength Within pp. 19-20

The Godhead, Hidden Behind the Machinery of Nature pp. 20-21

The Triumph of Fire p. 21

Closing Remarks for Book One Canto II

Book One Canto II Summary

Canto III “The Yoga of the King: The yoga of the Soul’s Release”

Opening Remarks

The Divine Representative upon Earth pp 22-23

The Flame of God or the Psychic Being p 23

Growth into the integral Godhead pp 23-24

Human life – a preparation p 24

Birth of a Seer pp 24-25

Vastness and Light pp 25-26

Awakening of Latent Powers pp 26-27

Contact with the Kingdom of the Gods pp 27-28

The Higher Worlds pp 28-30

Expansion of Consciousness pp 30-31

The Great Ascension of the Soul p 31

The One and the Many pp 31-32

An Inner Shift p 32

The Witness Self and Mastery over Nature pp 32-34

The Course of Progress in Yoga: the Rise and the Fall pp 34-35

Even the Great Must Rise and Fall pp 35-36

A Settlement in the Immutable pp 36-37

Workings of the Divine Shakti on the Fields of Human Nature pp 37-38

The Divine Downpour pp 38-39

Growth into Intuition p 39

Aswapati’s Ascension into the Wideness of Truth-Light pp 39-41

The Gifts of Intuition pp 41-42

A New Vision and a First Change pp 42-44

The Soul’s Release from Ignorance pp 44-45

Book One Canto III Summary

Canto IV “The Secret Knowledge”

Opening Remarks

The Lost Immensities pp 46-47

The Chosen Human Vessel pp 47-48

Signals of Eternity pp 48-49

The Ignorant Mind’s View pp 49-50

The Yoga of the Earth pp 50-52

The Ignorant Vision of Man pp 52-53

The Immortal Gods pp 53-55

The Divine Promise of a Luminous Future p 55

Ignorance and Knowledge pp 55-57

The Realm of the Gods pp 57-58

The Great Promise and the Hope pp 58-59

The Divine Shakti Hidden behind Nature pp 59-60

The One Who Has Become the Many pp 60-61

The Two Who are One p 61

The Play of Purusha and Prakriti, Soul and Nature (1-2) pp 61-63

The Play of Purusha and Prakriti, Soul and Nature (3) pp 63-65

The Play of Purusha and Prakriti, Soul and Nature (4) pp 65-66

The Master of Existence Dwells Within Us pp. 66-67

Our Present State pp. 68

The Journey of Life pp. 68-69

The Sailor on the Flow of Time pp. 69-71

The Soul’s Journey and the Great Purpose Hidden in Creation pp. 71-73

Book One Canto IV Summary

Canto V “The Yoga of the King: The Yoga of the Spirit’s Freedom and Greatness”

Opening Remarks

Splendours of the Spirit, p. 74

The Law of Truth pp. 74-76

A New Possibility for the Earth pp. 76-77

An Unfinished Creation pp. 77-78

The Flame Burning in Silence and Solitude pp. 78-80

Towards the New and the Unknown p. 80

The Great Descent pp. 80-81

Emergence of the Superman pp 81-82

Towards the Illimitable pp 82-83

The Occult Forces behind Creation, pp 83-84

The Occult Workings of Nature, p 84

A Mediator Divinity, pp. 84-85

The Overmind Maya, pp 85-87

The Divine Maya, pp. 87-88

Web of Creation, pp. 88-89

Light of the Trinity Supreme, pp. 89-90

The Higher Hemisphere, pp. 90-91

Book One Canto V Summary