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Issue No: 322, May 2016

Francoise Arati (Passing)

On April 20th, Francoise Arati passed away in her home country, France, after an enduring battle with cancer. She was 66 years old. Françoise was an architect by profession and active in urban affairs for years in Mayotte, just off the coast of South East Africa. After a change in her life, she immersed herself fully in the study of the Tarot and co-authored a book on the same, ‘Pelerinage du mat dans le tarot de Marseille’. Having come into contact with the works of Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and Satprem, she left for Pondicherry around 2000 where she lived near the Ashram, helping, among other things, with the final stages of the translation into French of the Life Divine. In 2003, Françoise joined Auroville, where she lived in Arati (which community, bizarrely, carried her name), and steadily worked as therapist and tarot reader in Pitanga, helping many an Aurovilian through moments of inner need and stress while always placing their situation in the light and con...
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Issue No. 322, May 2016

  • Residents’ Assembly Approves a New Entry Policy and FAMC Mandate
  • Reversing the Gaze
  • Evergreen Horses: The Natural Horsemanship School
  • Barefoot Running in Auroville
  • "Yes we can!"
  • “There is much greater awareness around alcoholism now”
  • Circle Gardens in Auroville and Beyond
  • Auroville’s Ultimate Ladies Join Team India
  • Francoise Arati (Passing)
  • Rauf Ali (Passing)
  • Through a Newcomer's Lens

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