Creation and Its Causes | Figures | End Notes

The original manuscripts used in the editing of Creation and its Causes are listed
below under the archival collection in which each is housed.

Manuscripts from the Archives of  the Avatar Meher Baba P.P.C. Trust

Sources for “A Short History of the Meher and Prem Ashrams” (pp. 1–82)

ChD no. 1: Chanji’s Diary no. 1, a major historical-biographical source for the period from mid-November 1927 through early February 1928. pt. 1 | pt. 2

ChD no. 28: Chanji’s Diary no. 28, another major source chronicling from the beginning to the end of November 1927. pt. 1 | pt. 2

ChD no. 30: Chanji’s Diary no. 30, a diary richly chronicling from the beginning to the end of January, 1928. pt.1

ChD no. 31: Chanji’s Diary no. 31, a diary covering the period from 24th to 30th January 1928. pt. 1

Sources for “Creation and its Causes” (pp. 91–305)

Explan/orig: “Explanations (Original).” Pt. 1 | Pt. 2  This document comprises the top-sheet original typed copy of the manuscript that has served as the main source for “Creation and its Causes.”

Explan/cc: “Explanations (First Carbon Copy). Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 This carbon copy of “Explanations (Original)” is, in the main part, the best of the three primary sources for “Creation and its Causes,” since it provides handwritten source versions for many of the diagrams.

Explan/FF: “Explanations (from the Filis Frederick Collection).”  Pt. 1 | Pt. 2  This the second carbon copy of “Explanations (Original),” as described above, though it largely lacks handwritten supplementation and the filling in of lacunae, has served to corroborate the main source text for “Creation and its Causes.”

Ghani’s “Ten States of God.” This the second chapter  in an unpublished manuscript composed by Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff in 1947–49, on the basis of the dictations of Meher Baba, has provided versions of many of the diagrams in Creation and its Causes.

Ramjoo Pencil: “Ramjoo’s Explanations in Pencil.” Although certain passages track so closely to the text of “Explanations” as clearly to establish some kind of genetic relationship beyond serious doubt, in its totality it stands as a separate literary work. It constitutes a major source for diagrams and the supplementation of text.

Ramjoo Green Pen: “Ramjoo’s Explanations in Green Pen” (abbreviated as “Ramjoo Green Pen”). Although only small portions of this handwritten manuscript exhibit a close relationship with the “Explanations” manuscripts, it has served as an important source at certain key junctures.

Sources for “Six Discourses” (pp. 308–55)

Six Discourses: “Six Discourses from November-December 1927.” The thirty-one pages of this typed manuscript contain complete drafts, variously titled, of all of the six discourse-articles in this section of the book.

“Hazrat Babajan (handwritten).” This manuscript in black pen in the handwriting of Ramjoo Abdulla comprises a major source for “Hazrat Babajan” (pp. 309–19 in Creation and its Causes).

“Khwaja Hafiz (handwritten).” This manuscript in black pen in the handwriting of Ramjoo Abdulla comprises a major source for “On Khwaja Hafez” (pp. 327–32 in Creation and its Causes).

“On Impulses, Sanskaras, the Circle, Prarābdh, and the Master (handwritten).” This manuscript in black pen in the handwriting of Ramjoo Abdulla comprises a major source for the discourse on pp. 333–43 in Creation and its Causes.

“On the Search for God and the Path of Love (handwritten).” This manuscript in black pen in the handwriting of Ramjoo Abdulla comprises a major source for the discourse on pp. 320–25 in Creation and its Causes.

“What Is Religion? (handwritten).” This manuscript in black pen in the handwriting of Ramjoo Abdulla comprises a major source for the discourse on pp. 345–52 in Creation and its Causes.

“What Is Tooriya Avasta? (handwritten).”  This manuscript in black pen in the handwriting of Ramjoo Abdulla comprises a major source for the discourse on pp. 353–55 in Creation and its Causes.

Manuscript in the Norina Matchabelli Archives, Housed in Alexandria, Virginia

MM Draft Articles: “Meher Message Draft Articles from the Norina Matchabelli Archives.” This archive collection, in the personal keeping of Charles Haynes and Christopher Wilson, contains sixty-nine typed pages comprising final draft versions of articles published in the Meher Message (1929–31). It has been especially valuable in providing further source diagrams for the figures in this book.