Overman: L’intermediario tra l’essere umano e l’essere supermentale

by Georges Van Vrekhem

“We start from the idea that humanity is moving to a great change of its life which will even lead to a new life of the race, – in all countries where men think, there is now in various forms that idea and that hope, – and our aim has been to search for the spiritual, religious and other truth which can enlighten and guide the race in this movement and endeavour. …”
“As man arose out of animal, so out of man superman shall come,” said Sri Aurobindo. Overman is a metaphysical book which dwells upon the concept of the ultimate progression of man into a highly enlightened species called the supramental being, towards which, the author says, the intermediary stage (the Overman) has already been reached.

Georges Van Vrekhem is a Flemish speaking Belgian. He has been quite well-known as a journalist, poet and playwright. He became acquainted with the works of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in 1964. In 1970 he joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, and in 1978 he moved to Auroville, which has been his home ever since. He has translated into Dutch several books of Sri Aurobindo, the Mother and Satprem, as well as selected writings from the Rama­yana and the Mahabharata. Among his books are:

Beyond Man – Life and the works of Sri Aurobindo

Patterns of the Present, in the Light of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother

Evolution, Religion, and the Unknown God

178 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 23, 2012

About the author

Georges Van Vrekhem (1935 – 2012) was a Flemish (i.e. Dutch-speaking) Belgian journalist, poet and playwright, who was the artistic manager of a professional theater company, the "Nederlands Toneel te Gent". He became acquainted with the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in 1964. In 1970, he joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry, and eight years later, in 1978 he moved to Auroville. He has translated as selected writings from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata and several books of Sri Aurobindo, The Mother, Peter Heehs, and Satprem into Dutch.

Reviews

[Deepak Manohar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent consolidation of Sri Aurobindo and Mother’s works

This book is an excellent consolidation of Sri Aurobindo and Mother’s Integral Yoga whose aim was to bring Supramental Manifestation on Earth to transform human to Divine.

The author has done comprehensive research on the works which span several volumes and summarized the complexities in this book.

The source of these works are more than mere words and ordinary reading. They are a force in action.