Meher Baba psychologists

As I have attended a number of Meher Baba gatherings since I "returned to the fold" in 2003, I've encountered quite a number of people in the helping professions, especially in psychology, but also in social work, psychiatric nursing, etc. Meher Baba, who was of course a perfect psychologist Himself, drew many in that field to him. The Discourses have been described as astute psychological writings. I originally came to Baba in response to a psychologist, Allan Cohen. Another notable psychologist was Dr. James Mackie, Murshid of Sufism Reoriented, and co-author of Gurus and Psychologists: Spiritual Versus Psychological Learning. Ken Lux, author of Avatar of the Tortoise is a notable psychologist. Another is Pascal Kaplan, author of Understanding death. Michael Da Costa has written on the relation of Meher Baba's explanation of the journey of the individual soul in relation to person-centered counseling. Richard Blum has written on the connection between Baba's teachings and the work of Freud and Jung.

It would be quite an honor to respond to some of these thinkers, if I could keep Baba foremost in my own thoughts. For me the key writer on psychological themes has to be the recently deceased Don Stevens.

Apart from visiting these areas, Baba's teaching relates very directly to many topics written by psychologists who never gave a thought (as far as I know) to the Avatar. Insha'allah, some of these can be visited as well. Jai Baba!