by Norm Hammond.
Softcover, 120 pages.
Published 1992.
In December of 1934, Meher Baba visited the Dunite colony near San Luis Obispo. The Dunites were a small, loose-knit community of bohemians, artists, writers, hermits, hoboes and spiritual seekers who lived wild, unfettered and rent-free in driftwood shacks and tents in the Pismo Beach Dunes (now the Oceano/Pismo Dunes) in the 1920s and 1930s.
This book is a history of the Dunites, and includes a brief description of Baba's visit in Chapter 8.
See also Dune Child.
From Lord Meher on-line, pages 1659-1660:
"Baba, with the mandali, Norina, Elizabeth, Ruano, Nadine and the others, made the almost four-hour drive to Oceano in three cars, arriving at 3:30 in the afternoon. A physician, Dr. Rudolf W. Gerber, lived in Oceano with his family. Baba stopped first at his home and the doctor accompanied the party to the dunes. Baba and the men mandali occupied Gavin Arthur's cabin and the others stayed in other nearby ones...
"Baba and the mandali passed an uncomfortable night in the cold, with no heaters in their cabin...
"Baba granted interviews [the next] day to those living nearby. Among them were Marian Thorp, who stayed at the colony in the cottage that had been built for Baba, and Hugo Seelig, a poet and kabbalist, who was interested in developing higher consciousness. Baba explained certain aspects of lust, anger and greed, which Seelig had been confused about and wanted clarified.
"Baba and the group left at 3:30 in the afternoon to return to Hollywood, via Santa Barbara."
