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Issue No: 313-314, August-September 2015

Reading the Runes

A friend of mine would regularly examine the annual 21st February bonfire to see if the coming year would be a good or a bad one for the Auroville community. ‘Reading the runes’, he jokingly called it. Quite what he was reading he never disclosed. Was it the something of the smoke, the shape of the flame or the patterns in the ashes? Whichever method he used, his prognostications always tended to be positive, if not always accurate. Reading the runes is a chancy business – at times, the augurs of ancient Rome delivered deeply ambiguous messages to keep their reputation for correctly reading the signs intact – but a fascinating pastime. So this 15th August, can we discern any straws in the wind, hints of future developments in Auroville? One possibility that I see is an accelerated movement towards greater integration and unification in certain areas. The signs? Well, it is interesting that the people involved in raising money for the land have continually expanded ...
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Issue No. 313-314, August-September 2015

  • Scenes from Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
  • A Testimony to Stubborn Persistence
  • Initiators and Sustainers
  • Economics for People and Earth - part 2
  • Newcomer Housing
  • The Integral Entrepeneurship Lab
  • India, Land of Light
  • "There are many more Aurovilians in the world"
  • International Youth Day
  • Reading the Runes
  • New Books and DVDs
  • A 4000 Ladies' Special
  • Two New Land Campaigns
  •  Petra Janko (Passing)
  • Juanita Cole (Passing)
  • Brief News
  • Youth Link Takes Off
  • Auroville's Spirituality

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