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| As Only God Can Love |
| By Darwin Shaw |
| Darwin's sweet and fascinating memoirs are finally in print. A
must read for every Western lover of Meher Baba. 682 pp. |
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| Because of Love: My Life and Art with Meher Baba |
| By Rano Gayley |
| Rano Gayley, an American artist, met Meher Baba in 1933 and spent
the rest of her life with him as a disciple and as an artist-in-residence, executing
many paintings on spiritual themes at Baba’s direction. This 9" x 11"
book contains beautiful reproductions of many of her paintings, drawings and sketches,
as well as her lively account of her life in India with the Master. 117 pp. |
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| Conversations with The Awakener |
| By Bal Natu |
| Bal Natu, a retired schoolteacher now living at Meherazad, first
met Meher Baba in the 1940s. The author of Glimpses of
the God-Man has fashioned his personal meditations into a series of delightful
intimate internal dialogues with Meher Baba about the spiritual life. 113 pp. |
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| More Conversations with The Awakener |
| By Bal Natu |
| “Whenever you pull me into the ocean of Your being, the
moment I come out, drops of Your presence falling on the beach form these conversations.”
Bal Natu offers more intimate and deeply personal inner dialogues with Meher Baba
in this sequel to Conversations with The Awakener.
100 pp. |
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| Intimate Conversations with The Awakener |
| By Bal Natu |
| This book continues his delightful series of imaginative “inner
encounters” with the Master: short essays on issues of spiritual life, written
as whimsical dialogues between Bal and the Beloved. Simply and gracefully written,
these new conversations offer sparkling insights into the process of living constantly
in God’s presence. 88 pp. |
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| The Dance of Love: My Life with Meher Baba |
| By Margaret Craske |
| A ballerina with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and a noted
teacher of ballet, Miss Craske met Meher Baba on his first visit to England, in
1931. She then spent “seven wonderful but battering years” at his ashram
in India before settling in New York to resume her distinguished career in the
world of dance. She writes with wit and charm of more than 50 years as Meher Baba’s
disciple. Her brief, direct and highly personal vignettes illustrate the many
ways he taught her to “take God seriously and life lightly.” 193 pp. |
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| Still Dancing with Love |
| By Margaret Craske |
| This second volume of anecdotes and reminiscences was written
10 years after Miss Craske’s first book and published a few months after
her passing (at age 97) in 1990. 104 pp. |
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| The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba |
| By Bill Le Page |
| In this delightful little book Bill Le Page brings us stories
of Indian families and individuals who were exceptionally close to Meher Baba
and who experienced his divine humanity. The stories describe the way Meher Baba
entered the daily lives of these close ones in the most natural and human ways,
becoming the center of their existence. The well written accounts in this volume
focus around Meherwan Jessawala and Sam Kerawalla. Happily, the author is well
into the writing of the second volume in a planned series of books using a similar
format. 162 pp. |
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| The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba: Volume 2 |
| By Bill LePage |
| This series presents new stories of people, usually Indians,
whose lives were dramatically changed as a result of the natural, human interactions
they had with Meher Baba. The stories illustrate the Divine Humanity of the God-Man.
As usual, Bill LePage does a fine job of telling the stories. 187 pp. |
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| Dreaming of The Beloved |
| By Mani S. Irani, illustrated by Wodin |
| Meher Baba once said that dreams of him are different from ordinary
dreams because they actually contain his presence; they are “true dreams.”
In the months before her passing in 1996, Meher Baba’s sister, Mani, wrote
this luminous description of her own dreams of Meher Baba. Though she was burdened
by a severe illness, she insisted on pushing herself beyond the limits of her
physical strength to complete this record of her personal glimpses of the Beloved.
Mani’s vivid, imaginative prose is complemented by 24 whimsical, full-color
illustrations by Wodin. 70 pp. |
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| Gift of God |
| By Arnavaz N. Dadachanji |
| The tender memoirs of a close female disciple of Meher Baba whose
task was to follow him in the world. 242 pp. |
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| God Brother |
| By Mani S. Irani |
| Meher Baba was 24 years old when his sister, Mani, was born.
God Brother is Mani’s account of her childhood
with Meher Baba, when, even at that age, he was the pivotal point of her life.
160 pp. |
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| He Gives the Ocean: Stories of the Savak Kotwal's
Family Life with Meher Baba |
| By Najoo Savak Kotwal |
| Najoo's father took his family to live
with Baba at Meherabad in March of 1940, when Najoo was twelve. These are her
memories of ashram life. Many photographs. 2006. 416 pp. |
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| How a Master Works |
| By Murshida Ivy O. Duce |
| From 1947 until her passing in 1981, Ivy Duce was the Murshida
(leader) of a Sufi lineage in the West which Meher Baba recreated under his guidance
as Sufism Reoriented. Murshida Duce was a central figure in many phases of Meher
Baba’s work, not only as a disciple of the Master but also as the only spiritual
teacher directly appointed by Meher Baba. In this monumental “teaching book,”
she combines these two roles, using the story of her own life with Meher Baba
to illustrate the methods of an authentic spiritual master. This theme is elaborated
with supplemental material culled by Murshida Duce from a wide range of spiritual
sources. 768 pp. |
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| Just To Love Him: |
| By Adi K. Irani |
Adi K. Irani dedicated himself to Meher Baba when he was still in his teens and during his long lifetime served Baba in many roles, including many years as Baba’s personal secretary. This is a collection of excerpts from talks Adi gave to the public, in which he shared his love for and experience with the Avatar. 1985. Reprinted 2007. 140 pp.
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| Listen, Humanity |
| Narrated and edited by D.E. Stevens |
| In Part I, American business executive Don Stevens describes
the atmosphere and events of a 1955 sahavas gathering with Meher Baba in India.
Part II contains essays by Meher Baba on central issues of life: war, freedom,
death and afterlife, love and God, attitudes for spiritual aspirants, help to
others. Part III examines Avatarhood in light of Meher Baba’s statements
and the narrator’s personal experiences. 262 pp.
Introductory Book |
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| Love Alone Prevails |
| By Kitty Davy |
| Kitty Davy, one of the earliest of Meher Baba’s western
disciples, weaves the story of fifty of her years with Meher Baba. She starts
with her 1931 meeting with him in London, goes on to accounts of traveling and
the fifteen years she spent with him in India and finally to America where she
became an integral part of the life of the Meher Spiritual Center and the lives
of those who came there between 1952 and Kitty’s passing in 1991. This book
offers a uniquely clear look at what discipleship really means.
744 pp. |
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| A Love So Amazing: Memories of Meher Baba |
| By Bili Eaton |
| A candid discussion of the author’s “unplanned journey
to God,” her relationship with Meher Baba through the 1950s and 1960s, and
her tug of war between the “small loves” of a worldly life and Meher
Baba’s gift of “a love so amazing.” 133 pp. |
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| Meeting God in Human Form |
| by Rick M. Chapman |
| Rick tells the story of his first journey to the East in 1966 and his meeting Avatar Meher Baba. 292 pp. |
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| Mehera |
| Compiled from talks and tape recordings of Mehera J.
Irani |
| “As Sita was to Ram, as Mary was to Jesus, so Mehera is
to Meher Baba — the beloved of the Beloved.” The life story of this central
feminine figure in Meher Baba’s close circle is told in her own words in
a sweet and poignant memoir published just before her death in 1989. Along with
intimate glimpses of the daily domestic life of Meher Baba’s women mandali,
Mehera shares many touching vignettes of Meher Baba’s loving interactions
with pets, birds, flowers and people of all cultures and backgrounds. 90 photographs.
317 pp. |
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| Meher Baba’s Next Wave |
| Ordinary People’s Encounters with God |
| Edited by Carolyn M. Ball |
| According to author Carolyn Ball, the “next wave”
of lovers and followers of Meher Baba are those who never met him in his physical
form, yet have dedicated their lives to him and seek to practice his principles
of life. This book presents the personal stories of 13 Westerners, all “children
of the sixties,” who now live and work at Meher Baba’s centers in India
and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Those interviewed are Heather Nadel, Jeff Wolverton,
Will David, Cathy Riley, Winnie Barrett, Richie Blum, Gil Alvarado, Peter and
Debbie Nordeen, Damien Triouleyre, Jane Brown, Bif Soper, Summer Turner and Sheila
Krynski. 248 pp. |
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| The Ocean of Love: My Life with Meher Baba |
| By Delia DeLeon |
| The actress Delia DeLeon first met Meher Baba in London in 1931
and became a member of his close circle of Western women. Her book focuses on
Meher Baba’s relationship with this first Western group and conveys the
atmosphere of intimate, loving support he generated as he guided them through
many challenging periods of inner and outer change. Many postcards, letters and
personal messages from Meher Baba are reproduced. 223 pp. |
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| Over the Years with Meher Baba |
| By Bill Le Page |
| Bill Le Page shares some of his thoughts and memories about life
with Meher Baba. Most of the brief stories and vignettes in this book were gathered
by Bill from Meher Baba’s companions and devotees. 129 pp. |
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| The Samadhi: Star of Infinity |
| By Bal Natu |
| In this heartfelt book, Bal Natu shares his personal reflections
and convictions about the tomb-shrine of Avatar Meher Baba. He traces the history
of the site and reverently considers the special role of the Samadhi in the Avatar’s
advent. 129 pp. |
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| Spread My Love |
| By Charmian Knowles |
“Meher Baba said that he drew me to him so that I
would spread his love wherever I went. Meher Baba was my Master for more than
fifty years. I was with him for twenty-one years while he was on earth, spending
one hundred days in his physical company. This is that story.” Photographs. 317 pp.
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| Surrendering to Him: My Life with Meher Baba |
| By Rhoda Adi Dubash |
Rhoda Dubash’s story of accepting and surrendering
to Meher Baba throughout a challenging life. 121 pp.
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| That’s How It Was |
| By Eruch Jessawala |
| A full collection of intimate stories from Eruch Jessawala, Meher
Baba’s close companion and personal attendant, describing life with and
care of the God-man. 414 pp. |
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| Three Incredible Weeks with Meher Baba |
| By Malcolm Schloss and Charles Purdom |
| A diary account of Meher Baba’s “men’s meeting”
at Meherabad in September 1954, written by the American mystical poet Malcolm
Schloss and the English scholar Charles Purdom. At this gathering Meher Baba gave
his Final Declaration and important discussions about his advent and work as the
Avatar, all of which are reproduced in this small, fascinating volume. 165 pp. |
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| The Turning of the Key: Meher Baba in Australia |
| By Bill Le Page |
| Bill Le Page learned of Meher Baba in Melbourne in the late 1940s
and became a central figure among Meher Baba’s Australian devotees. His
memoir contains vivid descriptions of meetings with the Master both in Australia
and in India, along with vignettes of Meher Baba’s role in the lives of
his family and friends, including Francis Brabazon. Many personal letters from
Meher Baba’s mandali are included, along with a selection of photographs.
428 pp. |
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| The Water Carrier |
| A Mosaic of the Poet Francis Brabazon |
| By Robert Rouse |
“The Perfect Masters may be the rivers of life, but it
is the artist who carries the water to the people.” —Francis
Brabazon
The Australian poet Francis Brabazon (1907–1984) lived as one of Meher Baba’s
close companions in India for more than a decade. The
Water Carrier allows one to know Francis Brabazon in a full and wonderful
way. Robert Rouse, a companion of Francis for 30 years, offers an intimate and
delightfully informal portrait of the poet, with much new information about his
life, his work and his long association with Meher Baba, both in Australia and
in India. 88 pp. |
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| The Wonders of Silence |
| By Dr. G.S.N. Moorty |
| Members of Sufism Reoriented recently enjoyed the affable personality
of Dr. Moorty, the man Meher Baba called “the Talkative Disciple of the Silent
Master,” when he gave talks to Sufis on both coasts. In the book, following
Meher Baba’s command, he writes about his life in association with the Avatar.
In the second edition, he adds a final section in which he describes some highlights
of his recent travels in the United States, including his visit to our Walnut
Creek Center. 135 pp. |
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