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Wild Wild Country

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

March 28, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

In the 1980s, a man who calls himself God and his disciples attempt to set up a utopia in the countryside of Oregon, and they are not afraid to bend laws and hurt people to get what they want. As a Hindu myself, I have a quite skeptical view of all the Western-catering groups that sprung up out of India in the 70s and 80s, the gurus promising to teach people to lead fulfilling lives based on a lot of Orientalist stereotypes and mysticism. And […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: ARC, cult, NetGalley, Non-Fiction, Russell King, true crime

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: ARC, cult, NetGalley, Non-Fiction, Russell King, true crime ·
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