Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Fragment ID: 20338
Often a familiar visage studying...
His vision warned by the spirit’s inward eye
Discovered suddenly Hell’s trade-mark there.1
It is a reference to the beings met in the vital world, that seem like human beings but, if one looks closely, they are seen to be Hostiles; often assuming the appearance of a familiar face they try to tempt or attack by surprise, and betray the stamp of their origin – there is also a hint that on earth too they take up human bodies or possess them for their own purpose.
1936
1 P. 215.