Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center, Woodstock

Once upon a time a very long time ago, deep in the woods at the bottom of a mountain — Mother’s Mountain, mata-giri—a six-page newsletter called Collaboration came into being.

Rudy Phillips, who served as President of the Foundation for World Education for ten years, passed away from complications of colon cancer on November 26th.

Between 2nd – 5th August, the All USA Meeting 2018 will celebrate Auroville, Matagiri and the California Institute of Integral Studies in their 50th year.

On April 26th, Anne Nunnally (called ‘Anie’ by The Mother), a dear friend of Auroville, passed away at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Nursing Home at the age of 80.

On March 6th, 2016, Eric Hughes passed away after suffering a stroke. He was 84 years old. Eric was well-known as the caretaker of Matagiri (meaning Mother’s Mountain), a 42-acre retreat in Woodstock, New York, which he co-founded with his life-long partner Sam Spanier who he had met over fifty years ago.

We are stardust We are golden And we’ve got to get ourselves Back to the garden. (Lyrics from “Woodstock” by Joni Mitchell)