Vatel : a French cook, famous in the time of Louis XIV.
... has been taken to the hospital, I am terribly frightened." I knew what it was. I went to Sri Aurobindo and said to him, "You know, Vatel is in the hospital, he is dying." Then Sri Aurobindo looked at me and smiled: "Oh! just for a few stones!" ‘That very evening Vatel was cured. But he never started anything again.' In explaining how the stones materialised and could be seen, the Mother said:... materialised in the courtyard. And as it was something specially directed against Datta, she was hit on the arm.... There was something else. We came to know later to which magician Vatel had gone. He was very well known here. Vatel asked him to make stones fall in our house. The magician said: "But that's the house Sri Aurobindo lives in. No, I am not going to meddle in this business." However, he could... her 'Wednesday classes' for the students and sadhaks of the Ashram, the Mother gave a detailed account of what had happened and I shall quote extensively from her narration. ‘We had a cook called Vatel. This cook was rather bad-tempered and didn't like being reproved about his work. However, he was in contact with some Musulmans who had, it seems, magical powers — they had a book of magic and the ...
... been taken to the hospital, I am terribly frightened." I knew what it was. I went to Sri Aurobindo and said to him, "You know, Vatel is in the hospital, he is dying." Then Sri Aurobindo looked at me, he smiled: "Oh, just for a few stones!" ( Laughter ) That very evening Vatel was cured. But he never started anything again. How could the stones be seen? That's what is remarkable. There are beings... Aurobindo was on one side. How many of us were there in that house?... Amrita was there ( turning to the disciple ), weren't you, Amrita, do you remember that day? ( Laughter ) We had a cook called Vatel. This cook was rather bad-tempered and didn't like being reproved Page 57 about his work. Moreover, he was in contact with some Musulmans who had it seems, magical powers—they had a book... through the bull's-eye, they would have come like this ( slantwise movement ), but they were falling straight down. So, I think everyone began to become truly interested. I must tell you that this Vatel had informed us that he was ill and for the last two days—since the stones had started falling—he hadn't come. But he had left with us his under-cook, a young boy of about thirteen or fourteen, quite ...
... dying, he has been taken to the hospital. I’m terribly afraid.” I knew what it was. I went to Sri Aurobindo and said to him: “You know, Vatel is in the hospital, he is dying.” Then Sri Aurobindo looked at me, he smiled: “Oh, just for a few stones!” That very evening Vatel was cured – but he never started anything again.’ Then the Mother explained that she came to know who the magician was, and that... living in the Guest House … How many of us were there in that house? Amrita was there. [turning towards the disciple in question] Weren’t you, Amrita? Do you remember that day? … We had a cook called Vatel. This cook was rather bad-tempered and didn’t like being reproved concerning his work. Moreover, he was in contact with some Musulmans who had, it seems, magical powers – they had a book of magic and... the bull’s-eye, they would have come like this [gesture: slantwise], but they were falling straight downwards. So, I think everyone began to become truly interested. ‘I must tell you that this Vatel had informed us that he was ill, and for the last two days – since the stones had started falling – he hadn’t shown up. But he had left with us his helper, a young boy of thirteen, fourteen, quite obese ...
... aesthetic cult and literature, architecture, sculpture and painting are only a useless scribbling on paper, an insane hacking of stone and an effeminate daubing of canvas; Vauban, Pestalozzi, Dr. Parr, Vatel and Beau Brummell are then the true heroes of artistic creation and not Da Vinci, Angelo, Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare or Rodin. Whether Mr. Archer's epithets and his accusations against Indian sp ...
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