Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram: A Community Without Shared Values Carter Lewis F.
Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram: A Community Without Shared Values Carter Lewis F. The Rajneeshpuram religious community established in Oregon attracted national attention when the group…
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Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram: A Community Without Shared Values Carter Lewis F.
The Rajneeshpuram religious community established in Oregon attracted national attention when the group leaders were arrested and subsequently deported. The sannyasin deny the legitimacy of all human institutions, accepting neither any general code of conduct nor any shared system of beliefs. The spiritual leader of the internationally based sannyasin religious group, guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, founded Rajneeshpuram as a model of sannyasin community formation.
Based on first-hand observation and interviews, the book describes the conditions of life in the settlement and the causes of conflicts both within the community and with This book is a narrative account of the controversial methods of group formation and control practiced by the sannyasin and of the events that resulted in the violence between the settlement and the surrounding community that led to the group's dissolution.
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