Francis Brabazon - Poet of the Silent Word - A Modern Hafiz by Ross Keating

Softcover, 331 pages. This is the definitive biography of Baba's Australian Mandali member by Ross Keating. Francis wrote the book Baba said, "of all books it is second in importance to God Speaks" — Stay With God. Francis Brabazon was responsible for bringing Baba to Australia — twice, in 1956 and 1958, both times building a house for Him to stay in. Keating starts with Brabazon's humble beginnings as a farmer, through the 1930s when Francis was a budding artist and well-respected in the Australian art scene, and then takes us up to and beyond the 10 years he spent in Meherazad with Baba. A scholarly treatise, but eminently readable.