Francis Brabazon (24 January 1907 – 24 June 1984) was an Australian

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and a member of

Meher Baba Meher Baba (born Merwan Sheriar Irani; 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969) was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. A major spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following of ...

's mandali. Brabazon was born in

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, but moved to Australia with his family when he was still a boy. At the age of 21, he embarked on a quest to discover the relationship between beauty and truth. He studied music and painting and finally found his niche in poetry. In the 1940s, Brabazon became interested in Eastern spirituality and soon became a student of the Australian Sufi leader Baron Friedrich von Frankenberg. With the death of his Sufi teacher in 1950, Brabazon became the head of the Sufi Movement in Australia. He met Meher Baba on a trip to America in 1952 and later described Baba as "the very personification of truth and the very embodiment of beauty." After returning to Australia, Francis and a party of helpers managed to complete "Beacon Hill house" near Sydney in time for Baba's first visit to Australia in August 1956. It was later renamed "Meher House". In 1958 Brabazon established a new center on a estate on Kiel Mountain,

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to host Meher Baba on his second visit. This was named Avatar's Abode. Brabazon's grave is on Avatar's Abode and the Avatar's Abode Trust holds copyright of his works.

Publications

Books by Francis Brabazon

* ''Early Poems'', 1953, Sydney: Beacon Hill Publishing. * ''Proletarians Transition'', 1953, Sydney: Beacon Hill Publishing * ''7 Stars to Morning'', 1956, Sydney: Morgan's Bookshop * ''Cantos of Wandering'', 1957, Sydney: Beacon Hill Publishing * ''Singing Threshold'', 1958, Sydney: Beacon Hill Publishing * ''Stay With God: A statement in illusion on Reality,'' 1959, Sydney, Garuda Books. 1977, Bombay, Meher House Publication. 1990, Melbourne, New Humanity Books. () * ''Let Us the People Sing'', 1962, Poona, India: Privately published * ''The East West Gathering'', 1963, Sydney: Meher House Publications * ''The Word at World's End'', 1971, Berkeley: John F. Kennedy Press * ''In Dust I Sing'', 1974, Berkeley: The Beguine Library * ''Four and Twenty Blackbirds'', 1975, Myrtle Beach: Sheriar Press * ''The Wind of the Word'', 1976, Sydney: Garuda Publications * ''The Silent Word: Being some chapters of the life of Avatar Meher Baba'', 1978, Sydney: Meher Baba Foundation Australia * ''The Golden Book of Praise'', 1982, California: The Awakener Press * ''The Beloved is All in All'', 1988, New Jersey: Beloved Books

Pamphlets by Francis Brabazon

* The Birth of the Nation, 1956, Sydney: Meher House * The Lord Is Our Brother, 25 February 1959, Address, Bombay Press Conference

Booklets by Francis Brabazon

* Three Talks: Francis Brabazon, 1969, Sydney: Meher House * Journey With God, 1954, Sydney: Beacon Hill Publishing

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