Savitri
A Legend and a Symbol

Chapter 261 January

Book 2. 24 March

About the descent of what Mother later identified as the superman consciousness (la conscience du surhomme).

In the night it came slowly and on waking up this morning, there was as though a golden dawn, and the atmosphere was so light. The body felt: “Well, it is truly, truly new.” A golden light, transparent and... benevolent. “Benevolent” in the sense of a certainty — a harmonious certainty. It was new.

There you are. And when I say “Bonne ann´ee” to people, it is this which I pass on to them. And this morning, I have passed my time like this, spontaneously, saying: “Bonne ann´ee, Bonne ann´ee.” So...