This volume comprises most of the shorter prose pieces written by Sri Aurobindo after his arrival in Pondicherry in 1910 and not published during his lifetime. In incorporates most of the contents of "The Hour of God and Other Writings" as well as many pieces not published before in a book. There're indications in Sri Aurobindo's notebooks that he intended to bring out a collection of essays on yoga and other subjects. The headings written above three pieces - "Essays Divine and Human", "Essays Human and Divine" and "Essays" - seem to have been intended as possible titles for this proposed nook. The editors have chosen the first of these to be the title of the present volume.

The material has been arranged in four parts:

1. Essays Divine and Human - complete essays on Yoga and related subjects, arranged in five chronological sections.

2. From Man to Superman: Notes and Fragments on Philosophy, Psychology and Yoga, arranged in three thematic sections.

3. Notes and Fragments on Various Subjects, arranged in three thematic sections.

4. Thoughts and Aphorisms, as arranged by the author in three sections, with a section of additional aphorisms.

All of the pieces included in this book have been reproduced from Sri Aurobindo's manuscripts.

Sri Aurobindo Ashram