In this book of five lectures and an address, delivered at universities in India and America, the author explains how Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem Savitri transmutes a simple tale of conjugal fidelity into an account of the conquest of death for man and the subsequent transformation of earthly life. He provides an outline of the epic that includes Aswapathy’s journey through the planes of consciousness and various worlds, the birth and growth of Savitri, and her encounter and battle with the lord of Death.