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After The Flood Introduction A cleansed and renewed earth, just as there was after the flood of Noah. There has been the passing through not only of external catastrophe but also of inner ordeal ‘our desolation’. Reading Hints A supple, graceful and natural verse reflecting calm speech rhythms takes the place of the rhyming and […]

Video of Bernard Bruford remembering some aspects of his lifelong relationship with Francis Brabazon. Bernard shares some remarkable letters from Francis, written while Francis was living in India with Meher Baba. These letters give a fascinating insight into Francis’s thoughts on Avatar’s Abode, and on being a follower of Meher Baba. Cameos by Jo-Anne Bruford […]

In 1941 Francis Brabazon wrote to his Sufi preceptor Baron von Frankenberg, ‘I have completed a painting from meditation and have shown it to the ones (in the Sufi group) who are interested in Art. I was very pleased because Os (Oswald Hall) was impressed. You see all along I have been saying to them […]

An Exhibition for Francis Brabazon Centennial at Avatar’s Abode, October 2007 This exhibition was curated by Australian painter John Parry specifically for the Francis Brabazon Centennial Celebrations at the Spring Sahavas at Avatar’s Abode during October 2007 Spring. The paintings were exhibited in Beloved Meher Baba’s House in the space facing His room at Avatar’s […]

[The material below is largely adapted from the information in Francis Brabazon – Poet of the Silent Word by Ross Keating and The Water Carrier by Robert Rouse and gleanings from chats with John Parry (J.P.) on Francis & painting – Geoff Gunther] Francis moved to Melbourne at the age of 21. His basic propensity […]