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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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Andrea was born as Angela van de Loo in the Netherlands in 1942 during WWII. She studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1971 she hitchhiked to India where she met the Mother at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. She lived in Auroville, South India, Mother's experimental city in the making, dedicated to the evolution of human unity, till 1978. Her two daughters were born there. Andrea has been living in Santa Cruz, CA, since 1979 where she had a healing practice. After retiring in 2007, she continues to open and learn from life, devotes her energy and presence in service of family and friends and dedicates herself to offer her memoir as her small contribution to a peaceful world.

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