The Theme of Creation

The Theme of Creation : An Exploration of Meher Baba's "God Speaks" is a 2005 American documentary film produced, written, edited and directed by Tim Thelen.^[2][3][4] The film is an analytical exploration of Meher Baba's "God Speaks", and William Donkin's "The Wayfarers",^[5][6] with interviews from religious scholars Carl W. Ernst, Rick Chapman, Allan Cohen, Kendra Crosen Burroughs, Robert Dreyfuss, Charmian Duce Knowles, Bhau Kalchuri, Pascal Kaplan, Phyllis Ott, Tom Riley, Don Stevens, and Adele Wolkin.^[7][8][9] Tim Thelen adapted, and co-wrote the film with God Speaks editor Don Stevens.^[10][11]

The Theme of Creation
DVD cover
Directed by	Tim Thelen[1]
Produced by	Tim Thelen Mindi Thelen Ken Pellman
Starring	Meher Baba Carl W. Ernst Don Stevens Bhau Kalchuri Allan Cohen Phyllis Ott
Narrated by	Richard Stermer
Edited by	Tim Thelen
Music by	Richard Peikoff Tim Thelen Larry Thrasher Pete Townshend
Production company	Divine Sport Productions
Distributed by	Sufism Reoriented
Release date	1 February 2005 (2005-02-01)
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Archival images taken by

• Lud Dimpfl
• Aneece Hassen
• Beheram irani
• Manija Irani
• Charmian Duce Knowles
• Don Stevens
• Jehangir Sukhadwala
• Meelan Studio (Pune)
• NBC-TV / Peter Elgar Productions

Soundtrack

The background score is composed by Richard Peikoff, Tim Thelen, and Larry Thrasher. The track Marty Robbins is written and performed by Pete Townshend, and Eel Pie recording productions 2001.

Photography

• Photographs of Meher Baba prepared by Lawrence Reiter
• Photograph of Charles Darwin copyright of Professor Richard Keynes