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Rosemary Hamilton (Author), Rosemary Lansdowne (Author)
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June 1998
A fascinating account of Rosemary Lansdowne's spiritual odyssey with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and her confrontation with religious fascism. The author describes how she went from being the director of Canada's Mortgage and Housing Corporation to a cook at the infamous Oregon ashram.

This is an insider's look at one of the most interesting chapters in twentieth-century American religious life. For two years in the late 1980s, Rajneesh was a media mainstay, attracting thousands to his teachings and scandalizing thousands more.

Lansdowne looks directly into the evil that emerged from within the Rajneesh commune and the fanaticism that ultimately brought down the ashram and ended in the deportation of its spiritual leader. For the first time, light is shed on how such negative behavior evolved within the tight-knit group of devotees.



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  • Paperback: 186 pages
  • Publisher: White Cloud Press (June 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1883991153
  • ISBN-13: 978-1883991159
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,183,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Portrait of a controversiel master, August 28, 2008
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This review is from: Hellbent for Enlightenment: Unmasking Sex, Power, and Death with a Notorious Master (Paperback)
In the early 70s Rosemary Hamilton's life took an unexpected turn when she found herself as an orangeclad disciple of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. And from then on started the beautiful and profound adventure of her life, which she here shares with the rest of the world.

She lived in silence, she went through hard therapy, witnessed relationship problems and other problems in the ashram. And had the great fortune to move into close proximity to Osho as his cook.

Here she portraits not only the controversial Osho and his life in Poona and the unfortunate stay in the US, where Rosemary goes into a hungerstrike in protest against the illegalities surroding his arrest. But also chronicles her own awakening process, giving the picture of a strong, couragous and humorous woman. Where Osho comes across as a rather gentle and humble man, quite unlike the medias "sex guru with the 93 Rolls Royces". And as a master who places his own interests second to the growth of his disciples.

A profound and well written book about the relationship between an Enlightened Master and a mature, ready and open disciple.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Important contribution to the literature of the movement., November 1, 2001
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I found the book fascinating, and appreciated the personal revelations Ms. Hamilton shares. I believe the book is invaluable to those seeking an insight into the attraction of these kinds of movements in general, and the Rajneesh movement in particular. I believe that Ms. Hamilton does take an apologist's tone regarding the Bhagwan's involvement or knowledge of the violent attacks on surrounding communities. Ms. Hamilton suggests that Ma Sheela and her security force were solely responsible for the attacks without the knowledge of surrounding community members or the Bhagwan. I believe that her idealization of the Bhagwan continues to affect her analysis, and causes her to cast the members of the movement as victims of an individual. I grew up in a small town, and know that secrets simply cannot be kept. BUT people can always refuse to look...
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