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Between eleven and thirteen, she says, a series of psychic and spiritual experiences revealed to her the existence of [[God]] and [[human|man]]'s possibility of uniting with Him (''Bulletin of the Sri Aurobindo Center of Education'', 1976 p.14, ''Mother on Herself'' pp.17-18). At age 12 she was practicing [[occultism]] and claimed to be travelling [[astral projection|out of her body]] (''Bulletin'' 1974 p.63). At this time she also first took up painting.

At age 14 she was sent to a studio to learn art and a year later wrote, as a school essay a mystical treatise called ''The Path of Later On'' (Alfassa 1893). In [[1893]] she travelled to [[Italy]] with her mother. While at the [[Palazzo Ducale]] in [[Venice]] she recalled a scene from a [[reincarnation|past life]] where she was strangled and thrown out into the canal (''The Mother - Some dates''). (Later (e.g. in the ''Agenda'') she would also describe other incarnations). At 16 she joined the [[Ecole des Beaux Arts]] where she aquiredacquired the nickname "the Sphinx", and later exhibited at the [[Paris Salon]]. (Das 1978 pp.27, 30, 253)

In [[1897]] she married [[Henri Morisset]], a student of [[Gustave Moreau|Moreau]]. They lived at Atelier, 15 rue Lemercier, Paris, and Mirra moved among Paris's artistic circles, befriending the likes of [[Rodin]] and [[Monet]] (Nahar 1986).

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Mirra studied philosophy with Richard, as well as correcting his dictation (''The Mother - Some dates''). They lived at Rue du Val de Grace, in a small house at the back of a garden or courtyard. Andre, then around twelve, was a regular visitor. This was the house where Mirra would receive [[Alexandra David-Neel]] almost every evening (''Agenda'' vol.1, p.441)). During this period, she also met [[Abdul Baha]] (Das 1978, pp.104-109), [[Inayat Khan]] and other spiritual teachers (Van Vrekhem, 2001).

In [[1912]] she wrote her first ''Prayers and Meditations'' (the original entry probably dating to the previous year). These would be published as part of the Collected Works (Mother's Birth Centenary Edition vol. 1)

== Meeting Sri Aurobindo ==