HOARDED SPEECH

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 670, 24 October 1933, Page 6

HOARDED SPEECH

HERMIT KEEPS MESSAGE LOCKED UP FOR SEVEN YEARS A WORLD CIIANGE London, Sept. 30. Sri Maher Baba, the Parsee hermit whom his followers regard as a new Messiah and who hasn't spoken a word for seven years, has postponed for another year his great message which, he declares, will change the whole course of human affairs. Baba, who is bearded and with flowing hair, has an impressive personality, enabling him to spellbind thousands of his followers of all races. At present he is secretly visiting England, but originally intended going to Chicago to break his silence by addressing a religious congress. He now announces its postponement "at the wish of my Lord." A Sunday Sun representative seeking an audience at Baba's residence, a spacious flat at Maida Vale, found him garbed in white pyjamas and a long Indian robe. He was surrounded by his disciples, including a younger brother, who is also his secretary, and who alone understands Baba's method of writing shorthand on a slate, which he does at great speed, in order to convey his talks to the disciples. Baba, by that means, declared: "I have the Lord's message to give to humanity. It has world-wide significance and is not meant for any partieular caste, race, or religion. "It is a synthesis of all religions, particularly the Hindu philosophy, based on self-realisation in an absolutely original and unique manner. "Humanity's great need to-day is a spiritual message. I am glad the Lord has made me His instrument."