The Symbolism of the Meher Mount Logo
By Margaret Magnus
In 2008, I approached my friend Nancy Pinckert, a very talented graphic designer, and asked her if she would create a logo for Meher Mount.
“But, let’s not make it a tree,” we agreed. A tree seemed so cliched. There are 172 acres. Meher Mount is more than “just a tree.”
About four weeks later, she called me and said, “I have the first draft, but I must warn you…”
“There’s a tree,” I said. And we both laughed.
When showed me the design, we said. “Absolutely, this is it.”
The Meher Mount logo symbolizes Meher Baba, His presence at Meher Mount, and the spiritual energy He left. It is also the coming together of God and man.
The center of the logo is a tree, symbolic of Baba’s Tree — a source of inspiration for many who visit Meher Mount.
The tree also represents nature. And it is the tree of life, starting small and growing strong — like our love for the Avatar as He sows the seed of love in our hearts.
The tree’s branches form a heart surrounding a smaller heart. The heart represents the essence of Meher Baba’s message which is to love God.
And the heart represents Meher Mount, a place where Meher Baba reaches out to touch the hearts of those who visit.
There is a separation between the trunk and the top of the tree representing the distance — now coming together — between land and sky, heaven and earth, God and man.
The deep blue represents the expanse of the sky and the ocean, and the deep brown represents the earth. Proportionally, the blue sky is larger because heaven is infinite and the earth is finite.
“Meher Mount" is in a logo type font that has both sophistication and a sense of the rustic – it appears almost as if the letters were formed by laying tree twigs together, but with an added flourish.
When Meher Baba was at Meher Mount, He said, "You don't know how lucky you are. I come down to be with you and laugh and be happy together, but do not forget, I am the highest of the high."
To me, that's Meher Mount, the coming together with God.