William Ian "Bill" Le Page

 

May 2015 : Meher Centre, Mytrle Beach, SC. - Photo taken by Anthony Zois
May 2015 : Meher Centre, Mytrle Beach, SC. - Photo taken by Anthony Zois

Born :      14th August, 1924 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Married : 1) Joan Page - Divorced

                 2) Diana Morton

Children :( Joan's ) Michael, Ruth [ Maree], Jenny

 

Nationality : Australian

 

http://www.meherstudio.com/bio.html

 

http://mandalihall.org/talks/speakers/Bill_LePage/

 

 

June 2015 : Bill giving a talk in the Meeting Place at the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Photo taken by Anthony Zois
June 2015 : Bill giving a talk in the Meeting Place at the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Photo taken by Anthony Zois
1988 : Bill & Diana Lepage at Avatar's Abode, Queensland, Australia. Photo taken by Anthony Zois.
1988 : Bill & Diana Lepage at Avatar's Abode, Queensland, Australia. Photo taken by Anthony Zois.
India - 1954
India - 1954
1954 : Bill is on the right-rear of Meher Baba at his tomb at Upper Meherabad, India. LM p.4438
1954 : Bill is on the right-rear of Meher Baba at his tomb at Upper Meherabad, India. LM p.4438
Trimmed & colourized image by Nagendra Gandhi.
Trimmed & colourized image by Nagendra Gandhi.
1954 : LM p. 4486
1954 : LM p. 4486
Trimmed & colourized by Nagendra Gandhi.
Trimmed & colourized by Nagendra Gandhi.
Trimmed & enlarged from the above image.
Trimmed & enlarged from the above image.

The following sequence of images is from the video "Meher Baba, The Awakener"

India - 1954 : Bill follows Francis and he in turn is followed by fellow Australian, John Ballantyne.

1954 - Upper Meherabad, India. Meher Baba with both his Eastern & Western followers. Bill is seated on the top row, 4th far left. LM p.4500
1954 - Upper Meherabad, India. Meher Baba with both his Eastern & Western followers. Bill is seated on the top row, 4th far left. LM p.4500
Image courtesy of Lord Meher - p.4477
Image courtesy of Lord Meher - p.4477
September 1954, Ahmednagar, India : Meher Baba giving prasad to the passing crowd of followers, Bill standing & observing. LM p. 4429
September 1954, Ahmednagar, India : Meher Baba giving prasad to the passing crowd of followers, Bill standing & observing. LM p. 4429
MSI Collection ; 1954, India
MSI Collection ; 1954, India
MSI Collection ; 1954, Meherabad India
MSI Collection ; 1954, Meherabad India
Bill with his first wife Joan and their newborn baby Ruth ( Maree ) in Melbourne, Australia
Bill with his first wife Joan and their newborn baby Ruth ( Maree ) in Melbourne, Australia
Bill and his first wife Joan
Bill and his first wife Joan
May 2015 : Bill and his 2nd wife Diana at the Meher Centre, Myrtle Beach, SC. Photo by Anthony Zois
May 2015 : Bill and his 2nd wife Diana at the Meher Centre, Myrtle Beach, SC. Photo by Anthony Zois
Bill and Diana Le Page
Bill and Diana Le Page

Meeting Place, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.

June 2016 - Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Photo taken by Anthony Zois.
June 2016 - Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Photo taken by Anthony Zois.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Bill Le Page
Person. Bill le Page.jpg
Feb 2012

Born

14 August 1924


Occupation

Chairman of the Avatars Abode Trust

Bill Le Page ( Born 14 August 1924 ) is an Australian businessman, a psychologist and a long time follower of Meher Baba.


Bill Le Page was born in Melbourne Australia in 1924 and is the current chairman of the Avatar's Abode Pty Ltd . In 1954, Meher Baba gave a series of meetings called Three Incredible Weeks.

At this gathering Western followers were invited to meet his Indian disciples, and Meher Baba gave darshan many thousands of people and had his Final Declaration read out.[5][6] Bill Le Page was one of select few Westerners who were invited to this event and he was one of only two men ordered to meditate at midnight in Meher Baba's samadhi (tomb-shrine) in Meherabad, India which has become a place of international pilgrimage.

He returned to India in 1962 for The East-West Gathering where the Universal Message was read by Meher Baba.  In 1967 on his third visit to India received personal directives from Meher Baba regarding Avatar's Abode's development. His last visit for Meher Baba's darshan was for the famous 1969 Darshan.


Spiritual Seeking and Early Contacts


After many years of spiritual searching Bill, age thirty, he found out about Meher Baba from the Australian Sufi leader Baron Von Frankenburg in 1947, and met Francis Brabazon a year later.[20] Meher Baba visited Australia and stayed at Avatar's Abode in 1958 . As Francis Brabazon began spending increasing time in India with Meher Baba he was released from the work associated with Australia. Meher Baba called Bill Le Page Francis Brabazon's 'right hand' in Australia.


Publications

  • Not We But One, by Bill Le Page, 1977, Avatar Meher Baba P.P.C Trust.
  • It so Happened, by Bill Le Page, 1978, Meher House Publications.
  • The Narrow Lane, by Meher Baba. Editor Bill Le Page, 1979, Meher Baba Foundation.
  • Is That So? Talks by Eruch Jessawala compiled by Bill LePage, 1985, Meher Nazar Books.
  • The Turning of the Key: Meher Baba in Australia, by Bill Le Page, 1993, Sheriar Press.
  • Over the Years with Meher Baba, by Bill Le Page, 1999, Meher Baba Foundation.
  • The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba Vol,1 by Bill Le Page, 2003, Sheriar Press.
  • The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba Vol 2, by Bill Le Page, 2004, Sheriar Press.
  • The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba Vol 3, by Bill Le Page, 2008, Sheriar Press.
  • Three Incredible Weeks with Meher Baba: DVD Narrated by Bill Le Page, 2009, Technobaba Films.


VIDEOS

Bill Le Page - 1971 - The Oral History Archive Project - Irwin Luck Interview                                  - Courtesy of Los Angeles Meher Baba Center

 

Bill & Diana LePage
Bill & Diana LePage