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Savitri FAQ This is the savitri@aurobindo.org email list. To subscribe, please send a message to savitri-request@aurobindo.org, and in the body of the message type the single word "subscribe." Savitri is a discussion group which studies Sri Aurobindo's masterwork, the poem in English, "Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol". About once a week the coordinator of the group, Ben Irvin, sends out a short summary of the next Canto to be discussed the following week, along with some thoughts or comments on the material. Members of the group then respond with their own messages. The group uses a listprocessor to conduct the discussions. Messages are not being archived at the present time. February 29th, 1996, an on-line discussion group based on Sri Aurobindo's Savitri began. If you wish to be a part of this discussion, please send a message to: savitri-request@aurobindo.org and in the body of the message put: subscribe Messages to the group itself should be sent to: savitri@aurobindo.org The moderator of the group is Will Moss ( WillMoss@aol.com ) Please send any questions about management of the list to him directly. Both to keep the various discussions straight and to help archive discussions, we will try a system for the subject lines. We will be putting the book:canto as the first element of the subject. For example, a note on The World Stair (Book 2, Canto 1) might be: 2:1 "sea of worlds"? For those who are typing in long quotes, making references to other works by Sri Aurobindo or the Mother, or explaining literary, mythological, or other allusions, that you also put in a short abbreviation to flag this in the subject line: quotes: quote references: ref explanations: lit You will see how this works as you follow the discussions. The abbreviations need not be used for general messages, only quotes, extended references, or explanations as suggested above. We strongly recommend that you have a copy of Savitri. This work is poetic, visual and experiential as well as conceptual; the discussion will be very difficult to follow without having the text at hand. Here are online sources for mail-order books: Web sites: http://www.miraura.org/lit/booksale.html Email: (bookstores where you can place orders) Pondicherry, Woodstock, New York JHL@aol.com Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Peetham Lodi, California sasp@lodinet.com Lotus Light Books, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin santoshk@msn.com Savitri: Collective Reading As an experiment in collective consciousness at a deeper level, we have set aside two times a day when many of us will try to read Savitri. In this way we have group meditations, regardless of the distances between us. The times are: Mon-Fri: 7 Am and 7 Pm U.S. Pacific Time [10 Am and 10 Pm Eastern Time] Sat, Sun: 1 Pm Pacific Time [4 Pm Eastern Time]. As the discussion of each canto proceeds, we are reading ahead to prepare for the next one. (A few of the cantos are longer and will be divided into two sections.) One week before the discussion is to begin we will send a short summary of each canto to the group. The length of time we discuss each canto is determined by participation of the group. As long as there is active discussion we stay with that canto. If the group is quiet, we start a new canto roughly once a week. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Savitri Archives. (The current archive is only available to the list members.)
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