Countless are the books and articles on the relation of food to the physical existence of the human body, infinite is the literature dealing with the myriad aspects of human life, but very little has been rewritten on the subtle interplay between food and life on man's higher planes of consciousness and functioning. This compilation of the deep-probing thoughts of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on a subject too long neglected is in a class by itself.

    Published in commemoration of the Fifteenth World Vegetarian Congress, convened in India, these essays and reflections far transcend the limited horizon of bread and butter vegetarianism. They range over the illimitable spheres of man's multiple planes of being, none of which are immune to the influence of the food consumed by us, and even less to the impact of our thoughts in relation to food.

    By lifting the very concept and meaning of vegetarianism to planes of sublime inspiration and interpretation, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother throw celestial light on the pro- found implications of this vital problem and bring to it new dimensions of revelation.