The Mother
with Letters on the Mother

The Mother's Symbol

In the chakra which is printed on the book the Mother, what colours are appropriate for the central dot and for the "four powers"? I am thinking of preparing a powder design with a little addition at the circumference.

Centre and 4 powers white. The 12 all of different colours, in three groups, (1) top group red passing through orange towards yellow, (2) next group yellow passing through green towards blue, (3) blue passing through violet towards red. If white is not convenient, the centre may be gold (powder).

20 March 1934

In the chakra for the central circle you have asked me to use either white or gold—suppose I use gold at the centre, then should I use white at the strap around it? In that case the straps

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around the two bigger circles will have gold and the central strap alone will have white.

The central circle need not have a strap—simply a gold disc.

11 April 1934

I have frequently been thinking of the Mother's symbol (chakra) and its significance. I have understood it as follows:

Central circle—Transcendental power.

Four inner petals—Four powers working from the Supermind to Overmind.

Twelve outer petals—Division of four into twelve powers from Overmind to Intuition and mind.

Is my conception at all tenable?

Essentially (in general principle) the 12 powers are the vibrations that are necessary for the complete manifestation. These are the 12 seen from the beginning above the Mother's head. Thus there are really 12 rays from the sun, not 7, 12 planets etc.

As to the exact interpretation of the detail of the powers, I see nothing against the arrangement you have made. It can stand very well.

15 April 1934