Rajneeshpuram Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia

Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia

“Russell King has written the most definitive account of this grand American saga.Rajneeshpuramis rich storytelling.”—Chapman and Maclain Way, directors ofWild Wild Country

In 1981, ambitious young Ma Anand Sheela transported the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to the United States to fulfill his dream of creating a utopia for his thousands of disciples. Four years later, the incendiary Rajneeshpuram commune in Oregon collapsed under the weight of audacious criminal conspiracies hatched in its inner sanctum, including the largest bioterrorism attack in US history, an unprecedented election fraud scheme, and multiple attempted murders.

Rajneeshpuram explores how this extraordinary spiritual community, featured in the Netflix docuseriesWild Wild Country, went so wrong. Drawing from extensive interviews with former disciples and an exhaustive review of commune records, government and police files, and archival.

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