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Encompassing eighty years of experience, Andrea van de Loo’s memoir, The Pressing Stones: The Healing Journey of a Nazi’s Daughter, takes readers through a deeply personal and emotional journey, exploring family, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, motherhood, psychedelics, addiction recovery, and the generational impacts of war.
Born during WWII in the Netherlands, Andrea experienced a traumatic childhood, with her father’s past as a member of the Nazi SS casting a long shadow over her life. Despite these challenges, Andrea embarked on an inspirational journey toward self-discovery and independence.
Her search for self takes her across the globe, where she finds solace and purpose. Dedicated to the spiritual visions of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, Andrea is guided by her inner promptings on the path of healing—which continues through her eighth decade, showing that peace, freedom, joy, and happiness are possible, even through our darkest tribulations.
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The Pressing Stones is available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover—with an audiobook version, narrated by the author, coming soon.
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Praise for The Pressing Stones
“The book is beautifully written and will undoubtedly be deeply therapeutic and moving to many.”
—Debashish Banerji, Professor of Indian Philosophies and Cultures, Dept. Chair East-West Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)
“A remarkable book that is at once a personal memoir and an intimate history of our era. The author takes us, through her life, from WW2 to the idealism of the sixties, and onto the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The writing is crisp, often gripping and moving, and always honest. A good read for readers who are interested in the sixties, spirituality, shamanism, and overcoming grief and trauma. The book also contains a powerful and detailed description of the author’s life in the community of Auroville, adding to the growing body of memoirs and other testimonials emerging from that community.”
—Akash Kapur, author of Better to Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia