Finding God in North Carolina

2008·16.7 MB·English

by  Wasserstrom, Randy, 1951-

GOD
FINDING
NORTH CAROLINA
Compiled and Edited by
Randy Wasserstrom & Zuzanna Vee

Finding God
In North Carolina
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My reason for starting in America is that America, being the most
deeply engrossed in material things and suffering the most in
consequence, is the soil on which a new spiritual rebirth will first
take place. America requires only the guiding hand ofa Master to
redirect its material powers to the heights ofspirituality.
-Meher Baba in Bandarawela, Ceylon
January 26th, 1933
God
Finding
In North Carolina
By RandyWasserstrom
and Zuzanna Vee
Editors:RandyWasserstromandZuzannaVee
CoverDesign:ZuzannaVee
Layout:DanaMortensenandLulu.com
Avatar:MeherBaba
FindingGodinNorthCarolina2008
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FIRSTEDITION
FirstPrinting,2008
ReproductionortranslationofanypartofthisworkbeyondthatpermittedbySection 107or 108
ofthe 1976UnitedStatesCopyrightActwithoutpermissionofthecopyrightownerisunlawful.
Requestsregardingpermission,distribution,orfurtherinformationshouldbeaddressedto: Randy
Wasserstrom, 154ManhattanCourt,Cary,NC27511 [email protected]
ISBN: 13:978-0-9794437-0-1
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PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
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all religions cults like
beads on one string, revitalizing
themfor individual and
collective needs.
My
Message has been
and always will be ofDivine
Love. Let the world know
it.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xi
Preface xiii
Introduction 1
History ofMeher Baba's Visits to North Carolina 3
History ofMeher Baba Groups in North Carolina 11
The Stories 21
Asheville 23
Anne Centers 23
Suka Chapel 24
Roger Dubois 28
Barbara Katzenberg 35
William Stanhope 37
Susan Taylor 41
Chapel Hill 45
Winnie Barrett 45
Dorothy Cassidy 65
Marc Flayton 69
Leela Graber 69
Lisa Gilland 75
John Gunn 79
Marshall Hay 88
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Najoo Kotwal 98
Jerry Levitt 104
Terry McCarthy 107
Jean McKinney 113
Harry and Sharon Muir 115
Nick Principe 120
Betty Prioux 121
Nancy Sasser 129
Barbara Scott 137
Barbara and James Spivey 140
GabriellaTal 144
Bob Underwood 147
Zuzanna Vee 149
Charlotte 169
Rita Gordon 169
Patricia Nims 173
Durham 177
Evan Ashkin 77
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Maggie Butler 180
Cynthia Drake 181
Tim Garvin 82
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Jane Haynes 190
Stacy Miller 207
Greensboro 213
Laura Kelly 213
Rick Kelly 214