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Title: Golden Guru: The Strange Journey of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh by James S. Gordon ISBN: 0-8289-0630-0 Publisher: Stephen Greene Pr Pub. Date: June, 1987 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lambs to the Slaughter
Comment: I found this book to be endlessly fascinating.
Written by a research psychiatrist,it's an amazing document of the lengths people will go to in order to avoid taking responsibility for their own lives.
One has to admire the author James S. Gordon, for his integrity as a writer, as he seems to have at times totally lost himself in his subject matter, and yet retained his critical faculties until the end. He witnessed many others, however, who seemed to
lose all capacity for independent thought when in the presence of the man they referred to simply as "Bhagwan".
It is also interesting to be reading this book today, in light of the events that have been set in motion by the tragedy of
September 11th. While some of the Bhagwan's religious practices, bizzare though they were,might still have been tolerated
in a relatively open society such as ours, the actions he and his converts undertook in fighting governmental authority would
undoubtedly have been suppressed with lightning speed.
All in all,this is a fascinating and chilling testimonial to the frailty of the human psyche. Any reader who assumes that highly educated professionals ,including those in the psychiatric and medical fields, would be the least likely of us to succumb to mind control in the guise of spiritual growth might feel differently after reading this book.
One caveat, however: if you start this book, you yourself may fall victim to a kind of mind control. You may have a very hard time putting it down.
Rating: 3
Summary: Personalized observations of the Bhagwan
Comment: While this book is better than many of the other books written by ex-Rajneeshees, it is still a highly personalized account of the author's interactions with the Rajneesh movement. The author clearly has some sympathy for the Rajneeshees, but also sees their mistakes and criticizes their antagonistic attitudes towards the people of Oregon. Still, there are few details about how Rajneeshpuram was established or what happened to some of the major players after Rajneeshpuram collapsed.
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Title: The Promise of Paradise: A Woman's Intimate Story the Perils of Life With Rajneesh by Satya Bharti Franklin ISBN: 0882681362 Publisher: Barrytown/Station Hill Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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