Rajneeshpuram
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Rajneeshpuram was a religious intentional community in the northwest United States, located in Wasco County, Oregon. Incorporated as a city between 1981 and 1988, its population consisted entirely of
Rajneeshpuram in 1983
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers in Pune, India. 1977.
Rajneesh greeted by followers on one of his daily "drive-bys" in Rajneeshpuram. Circa 1982.
The Krishnamurti Lake
Ma Anand Sheela
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Ma Anand Sheela is a former spokesperson of the Rajneesh movement. In 1986, she was convicted for attempted murder and assault for her role in the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack.
Rajneeshpuram
…Following a bombing over land use in their ashram in Pune (formerly Poona), the founder of the Rajneesh movement, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, recruited Ma Anand Sheela to leave India to form a new religious settlement in the United States, which seemingly promised religious freedom and better opportunities. Discussions…
David Woodard, Ma Anand Sheela (center), and Christian Kracht in 2008