read by using a magnifying glass. After 1964, Lola became increasingly involved in Eastern meditation techniques and philosophy. She began practicing Hatha yoga, t'ai chi and psychodance. After reading Richard Wilhelm's German translation of the classic Chinese text, I Ching, the Book of Changes, and she decided to write a Spanish translation of I Ching, finishing in 1971. She became gravely ill in 1983, five years before her death. During this time she had a religious experience which reaffirmed her faith in God. Although Lola believed in individual change, most of her life she avoided political action. However, she decided to join the Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose when it came to Chile in 1983. In fact, she was the main speaker at the first session held in Chile. During the final years of her life, she participated in several collective actions and she became a founding member of La Casa de la Paz in 1985. Her last four years were spent in Peñalolén, a suburb of Santiago, on land belonging to her daughter, renowned botanist Adriana Hoffmann. There they build a near exact replica of her house. In her final years she frequently experienced altered states of consciousness. She continued seeing her patients, students and friends up to weeks before she died. Upon getting up one night, she fell and broke her hip. A few days later, at 84 years of age, she died in Santiago. References Malú Sierra: Sueños, un camino al despertar, Editorial Puerta Abierta, Santiago, Chile, 1988. Delia Vergara: Encuentros con Lola Hoffmann, Editorial Puerta Abierta, Santiago, Chile, 1989. Leonora Calderón: Mi abuela Lola Hoffmann, Cuatro Vientos Editorial, Santiago, Chile, 1994. Murra, John V. and M. López-Baralt (editors.): Las cartas de Arguedas. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Fondo Editorial, 1996 (consists of the letters of the writer José María Arguedas to Lola Hoffmann). Baltic-German people Chilean psychologists Chilean women psychologists Chilean psychiatrists 1904 births 1988 deaths Physicians from Riga Latvian emigrants to Chile Women psychiatrists 20th-century psychologists