Table of Contents

The Return of the Mother Foreword
1. Introduction
2. The Message of the Mother in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna
3. Adoration and the Divine Child
Questions and Answers
4. Aurobindo and the Transformation of the Mother
Questions and Answers
5. The Sufi Way of Adoration
6. The Sufi Way of Heartbreak
Questions and Answers
7. The Buddha and the Mother
8. Mahayana Buddhism and the Mother
Questions and Answers
9. The Tao and the Mother
Questions and Answers
10. May Our Mother
Questions and Answers
11. Christ the Mother
Questions and Answers
12. Conclusion
Interviews with Andrew Harvey:
Introduction
"On Divine Responsibility" by Rose Solari
"Teachers and Seekers" by Catherine Ingram
Bibliography

About the Author

Andrew Harvey is an internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, mystical scholar, seeker, and teacher. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Son of Man, The Direct Path, Hidden Journey, The Way of Passion, The Return of the Mother, and A Journey in Ladakh.

Reviews

Harvey, who has studied under Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, and Christian spiritual teachers and written several translations-interpretations of the Sufi mystical poet Rumi, has been a spokesperson for Mother Meera, an Indian woman whose followers believe she is an avatar (divine manifestation). But Harvey has broken with her and renounced the idea of spiritual gurus. In this book, he discusses manifestations of the Divine Mother or feminine principle in Hindu, Sufi, Buddhist, and Christian teachings. He believes the next 20 years will determine the fate of life on earth and that "a new spiritual age is potentially dawning for humankind...in which the divine could be present intimately, normally, consciously, in all things and activities...through the grace of the Mother." Recommended for those with eclectic spiritual and environmental interests.‘Carolyn M. Craft, Longwood Coll., Farmville, Va.