Books about Meher Baba
Meher Baba’s New Life
A comprehensive account of the extraordinary and often mystifying story of a period of Meher Baba’s life known as the New Life. The New Life began on October 16, 1949 and ended on February 12, 1952. (From the Foreword) During this two-and-a-half-year period, Baba seemingly set aside His Divinity to play the role of a seeker or lover of God, a role which He played to perfection. This sojourn of self-imposed helplessness and hopelessness, in which He was accompanied by a few of His disciples, took place during long, arduous and sometimes freezing cold journeys throughout India. [… More info …]
Growing Up With God chronicles a unique time spent in the company of Avatar Meher Baba by a precocious young woman who first met Baba when she was less than one year old. Sheela Kalchuri Fenster lived in Meher Baba’s physical proximity for twelve years, from the time she was five until Meher Baba dropped His body in 1969, when she was 17. People often wonder what it was like to live near Meher Baba and Growing Up With God gives a candid look at life behind the scenes with both the men and women Mandali. It is a tale rich in lessons for us all, demonstrating the enormous amount of suffering and sacrifices required to live near the Avatar of the Age. 
The contents of Chanji’s Diaries are wide ranging. Many of the diaries were kept in inexpensive little notebooks and pads of paper, whatever was available to Chanji, particularly in times when he was travelling with Baba and resources were few. Some of the diaries are extensive and others consist of only a few pages or with little written on each page. The diary numbering system was applied some years ago and does not entirely reflect a chronological order. 
Meher Baba’s 1969 Darshan. In April-June 1969, an extraordinary event took place in India: the “last” Darshan of Avatar Meher Baba. The announcement had gone out to His lovers in the fall of 1968, plans for the event were made . . . and then Baba dropped His body on January 31, 1969. Yet the Avataric Show went on, and what a Show it was 
Donkin first joined Avtar Meher Baba in India in 1939 as a young doctor from England — and remained with Him for 30 years, until his death in 1969. He was the author of The Wayfarers, the remarkable account of Avatar Meher Baba’s work with the Masts (god-intoxicated) in India. Donkin’s diaries of the war years with Meher Baba are beautifully illustrated with over 100 photographs and endnotes which give further insight into this period. 
One of the earliest of Meher Baba’s American disciples, Darwin Shaw presents here a phenomenal memoir of a man who has lived in the world but has spent most of his life following and personally serving the being he instantly recognized as the Christ. Darwin was twenty-four when he first heard of Meher Baba and twenty-six when he met Baba in 1934. 
Ross Keating does a thorough and very professional job of detailing the life of Francis Brabazon, Australian poet whom Meher Baba called “my Hafiz”, and who lived with Meher Baba at Meherazad for ten years. Brabazon is best known to Baba followers as the author of Stay With God, which Baba called “the second most important book next to God Speaks. Keating traces Brabazon’s life through his initial interest in Sufism to his connection with Ivy Duce, Murshida of Sufism-Reoriented.. 
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. 
Describes Meher Baba’s travels in India and his work with masts and spiritual pilgrims. 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.” 
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. Naosherwan Anzar first met Avatar Meher Baba as a child and spent much time with Him, and in writing this book he draws from many sources. From the earliest times Meher Baba instructed various of His disciples to keep extremely detailed diaries, transcribing verbatim all of His talks. Thus, Naosherwan was able to supplement his own personal knowledge and experience of Meher Baba with the invaluable information contained in these diaries.