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A synopsis of Sufism re-Reoriented (Updated 3/11/15)

Posted on March 6, 2015 by bill gannett

Eruch Jessawalla rang the “Bell of Warning” in 1980 after having received an inner directive from Avatar Meher Baba to do so. (Meher Baba had “dropped the body” 11 years earlier in 1969.) He wrote a letter to the worldwide … Continue reading →

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Why Sufism Reoriented of Walnut Creek is a cult

Posted on April 20, 2015 by bill gannett

Sufism Reoriented became a cult the moment Ivy Duce appointed Jim Mackie as her “spiritual chargeman” in 1979. She was not empowered by the Sufi Charter of 1952 to take this action. In fact, in as early as 1948 in … Continue reading →

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The Completely Weird Theme of American Exceptionalism

Posted on January 12, 2020 by bill gannett

Sir Francis Bacon authored a  work called “The New Atlantis“, which was posthumously published in 1626. It is an utopian novel that describes an island where science and technocrats create a new world. The title refers to the myth of … Continue reading →

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A Brief Review of Sufism re-Reoriented

Posted on July 21, 2019 by bill gannett

A Brief Review of Sufism re-Reoriented Sufism re-Reoriented is the moniker Eruch Jessawala gave to Sufism Reoriented in a letter written to followers of Avatar Meher Baba in 1980. This letter is known as the “Bell of Warning” in reference … Continue reading →

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How competent is AMBPPCT?

Posted on July 11, 2019 by bill gannett

Current events raise the question (once again), how competent is the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust? The Trust is canvassing public opinion in an entirely symbolic manner by planning four focus group events in England, Australia, South Carolina … Continue reading →

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Are Baba’s “Last Warning” and Eruch’s “Bell of Warning” passé?

Posted on July 8, 2019 by bill gannett

The recent and ongoing fracas concerning rogue members of Meher Baba Center of No. Cal. and certain trustees of Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust giving Sufism Reoriented of Walnut Creek a wink and a nod to usurp the … Continue reading →

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AMBPPCT sponsored focus group event to be held at Sufism “Re-reoriented”

Posted on June 30, 2019 by bill gannett

In a major coup for Sufism Re-reoriented and their sympathizers, the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Trust, based in India, is planning to have Sufism Re-reoriented host a focus group on the development of a long range plan for the … Continue reading →

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Sufism Reoriented Kool Aid

Posted on July 27, 2017 by bill gannett

The singularly fantastic pretension of Sufism Reoriented is the steadfast delusion that Avatar Meher Baba promised Ivy Duce and her sufi order that he would provide a continuous lineage of 6th plane saints guiding the order for the next 700 … Continue reading →

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