you are Invited
You are invited to the open house with tea and conversation with Dr. Ward Parks on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.
Ward is on his 2023 US tour giving talks and workshops on Avatar Meher Baba’s darshana.
He’s taking a few days for rest and relaxation and would love to see you at Meher Mount! Please join him for informal conversations and discussions about Meher Baba and his editing of the recently discovered works of the Avatar. He may be persuaded to perform several of his many ghazals.
Dr. Ward Parks speaking at the Ojai Library in 2016. (Photo: Sam Ervin)
Tea & Conversation Schedule - Wednesday, August 30, 2023
12:00 p.m. - Meher Mount Open
3:00 p.m. - Tea & Conversation with Dr. Ward Parks
4:30 p.m. - Aarti at Baba’s Tree
5:00 p.m. - Close
The event is free and is open to the public.
During the Open House, you will also have time to walk in Meher Baba's footsteps, visit Baba's Tree, see the views and spend time in nature.
About Dr. Ward Parks
MUSICIAN, COMPOSER AND PERFORMER and Avatar Meher Baba scholar Dr. Ward Parks at Meher Mount in 2017. (Photo: Margaret Magnus)
Dr. Ward Parks is an author and one of the foremost scholars on the writings of Avatar Meher Baba, an Indian spiritual master (1894-1969) who declared himself to be God in human form.
In addition to his editing work, Ward gives multi-day, intensive seminars and talks on the writings of Meher Baba.
He has written more than 400 songs and ghazals (a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, each line sharing the same meter).
Ward first heard of Meher Baba in 1970 when he was a freshman at Harvard University. He made his first pilgrimage to Meher Baba's home in India in 1972.
In 1993, Ward left the academic world to become a spiritual trainee in India at the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust. Since 1997, his principal work at the Trust has been editing Meher Baba's words.
What to Bring
A hat, close-toed shoes, and a jacket.
See Visitor Guidelines .