Possible Discoveries of Portions of The Book
In 1998, 39 pages in Meher Baba's handwriting, believed to be penned by him in 1925, were accidentally discovered in India. These have been published as In God's Hand (Sheriar Press, 2000). Later, another 255 page manuscript first discovered in 1969 after Baba's death and believed to be Baba's words, penned in two 1920s style notebooks by an unknown copyist, were discovered to contain several verbatim pages from the 39 hand-written pages. This led to speculation that the notebooks might be a fair copy (a clean copy of a corrected draft) of Baba's missing book. However, another view is that the notebooks were written from lectures given by Baba to his disciples on spiritual subjects via chalk and slate during the same period that he wrote the now missing book.
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