Tom Cowan

Matagiri Board member Tom Cowan passed on from complications from a perforated ulcer. Tom was 77 years old. Tom came to the yoga through Gene Maslow, who taught at the New School after coming back to the US from his pioneering years in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and...

Deborah Lawlor

              Deborah Lawlor passed on at 7:59 pm Tuesday night, May 2nd, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. She and her husband, Robert, were pioneers in Forecomers and presented the first harvest from Auroville to Mother. With a...

Rita Pease

          Our condolences to the family of Rita Chaudhuri Pease, eldest daughter of Haridas Chaudhuri, who passed on recently. She is seen here next to Robert McDermott, President Emeritus of the California Institute of Integral Studies along...

Richard Stein (1945-2020)

Richard Howard Stein, MD, father, psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, devotee of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, died in his home on Thursday, January 23 at the age of 74 after more than five years fighting thyroid cancer that had metastasized to his lungs, spine and brain....

Eric Hughes 1931 – 2016

  Eric Hughes passed away Sunday evening, March 6th, 2016 after suffering a stroke. He was 84 years old. Winner of the Edward Albee award for his play “The Empty Room”, Eric had a deep love of theater and the opera. He worked as a copy editor for many...
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