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Avatar Meher Baba
His Life, His Message and His Followers
By Ray Kerkhove
This splendid little book outlines Meher Baba’s life and work in 86 pages. It is filled with photographs and useful information organized in helpful ways. 86 pp.
Pbk $7.00
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Avatar Meher Baba and the Trail of Tears
Julia Ross
The author considers the route that Meher Baba took in 1952 from Myrtle Beach SC to His accident site outside Prague, Oklahoma and compares it to the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Many details and perspectives are shared in the book. 442 pp.
Pbk $30.00
The Beloved
The Beloved: The Life and Work of Meher Baba
By Naosherwan Anzar
Essentially a pictorial biography, this book offers a clear, easy-to-read introduction to Meher Baba’s life and work, including fascinating details not found in other biographies, such as a family tree charting the sometimes complex network of Meher Baba’s close relatives. Lavishly illustrated with 165 photographs covering every stage of Baba’s life. An appendix includes several of Baba’s important messages and a brief glossary defines unfamiliar terms. 147 pp. Introductory Book
Hbk $18.00
Pbk $15.00
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The Empty Chair
Barbara Bamberger Scott
The author provides images of Avatar Meher Baba's 1969 Darshan by skillfully weaving and blending contributions from over 60 attendees. 364 pp.
Pbk $20.00
Family Letters
82 Family Letters to the Western Family of Lovers and Followers of Meher Baba
By Mani S. Irani
From 1956 to 1969, the Western devotees of Meher Baba were kept informed of his activities, life and health through a series of letters from India written at Baba’s direction by his sister, Mani. Meher Baba reviewed each letter and often added special messages for his “family” around the world. Compiled in one volume, these richly descriptive letters provide an intimate, first-hand account of the final phases of Meher Baba’s life and work. 366 pp.
Pbk $12.00
Glimpses of the God-Man
By Bal Natu
Bal Natu, a schoolteacher from central India who first contacted Meher Baba in the mid-1940s, participated in many phases of the Master’s work. Glimpses blends Bal’s personal experiences with anecdotes, diaries, vignettes and historical information to provide a richly detailed month-by-month chronicle of Meher Baba’s activities.
Glimpses I
Glimpses, Vol. I, 1943–1948
Describes Meher Baba’s travels in India and his work with masts and spiritual pilgrims. 431 pp.
Pbk $10.95
Glimpses IV
Glimpses, Vol. IV, 1953
Describes Meher Baba’s Fiery Life phase and his nine-month stay in the north Indian town of Dehra Dun, where he issued “The Master’s Prayer” and his important message, “The Highest of the High.” 200 pp.
Pbk $10.00
Glimpses V
Glimpses, Vol. V, January–March 1954
Gives a detailed, eyewitness account of the historic mass darshan tours of Hamirpur and Andhra (documented in the video Scenes from Meher Baba’s Tour of Andhra, 1954). 306 pp.
Pbk $10.00
Glimpses VI
Glimpses, Vol. VI, 1954–1955
Covers events surrounding the important meeting for men at Meherabad in 1954 (known as the “Three Incredible Weeks”), during which Meher Baba issued his Final Declaration and other messages about his manifestation as the Avatar. 264 pp.
Pbk $12.00
Meher Baba's New Life
By Bhau Kalchuri
From the jacket: The following is the extraordinary and often mystifying story of the New Life, which began on October 16, 1949. This comprehensive account was written by Bhau Kalchuri, one of Meher Baba's intimate disciples. With glimpses into the day-to-day events of the New Life, the reader will be challenged to fathom its deeper meaning.”
pp. 726 with many photographs. Hbk. $50.00
Pbk $55.00
Much Silence
Much Silence—Meher Baba: His Life and Work
By Tom and Dorothy Hopkinson
A highly readable review of Meher Baba’s life and teachings, written as an introduction to Meher Baba by an English couple who first met him in the 1950s. 232 pp. Introductory Book
Pbk $7.95
The Silent Master
The Silent Master, Meher Baba
By Irwin Luck
An introduction to Meher Baba which includes photographs and excerpts from Baba’s discourses and messages. 48 photographs. 52 pp.
Hbk $15.50
Pbk $8.50
Treasures
Treasures from the Meher Baba Journals
Compiled and edited by Jane Barry Haynes
A collection of articles reprinted from the monthly magazine Meher Baba Journals, published at Meher Baba’s ashram in India from 1938 to 1942. Selections include accounts of Meher Baba’s work and activities, spiritual essays by Meher Baba’s devotees and many short discussions by Meher Baba. 246 pp.
Pbk $8.95
The Wayfarers
The Wayfarers
By Dr. William Donkin
The first and perhaps the only book in English on masts, “God-intoxicated” individuals of advanced consciousness. Meher Baba devoted more than twenty years to contacting hundreds of masts and affirmed that his interaction with these figures was the central work of his life. In this book, first published in 1949, an English physician who accompanied Meher Baba on many of these “mast tours” presents a chronicle of the first decade of this work. Included is an introduction by Meher Baba summarizing distinctions between emotional and spiritual disbalance, photographs of some of the individuals he contacted and a large color map tracing his journeys throughout India to contact masts. 576 pp.
Hbk $25.00