Marika
Marika Clerici-Bagozzi of Samasti community passed away on
June 30th at her house in Samasti at the age of 79. She had been unwell for
some time.
Most Aurovilians will remember Marika practicing homeopathy
at Pitanga,
giving homeopathic remedies to humans and pets, having
herself a large feline ‘family’, as she called them, plus a few dogs. Few were
aware of her past as an Italian ‘grand dame’, a classical singer, whose noble
ancestry went back to the XIIth century crusades. She hailed from Milano,
living in a house that was filled with art treasures. But her decision to join
Auroville, in 1984, met with opposition from her family. This lasted long. But hers was a conscious choice,
leaving behind a glamorous lifestyle, properties and family – for that Lady who
doesn’t want me yet, quella Signora che ancora non mi vuole, as she used to say
about the Mother.
Together with her friends Anna-Maria and Paulette, Marika
was involved in the drafting of the first...
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