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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Watched the first three episodes of Wild Wild Country about the Rajneesh cult's move to rural Oregon and conflict with the locals. Pretty gripping stuff. I had some knowledge of how these sorts of cults work from another documentary, the Source. But the Rajneesh were/are on another level. They built a town from scratch in a couple months, employing only their own architects, planners, and labour. So weird to see so many intelligent professionals embrace this kind of bonkers community. Never occurs to them to wonder why their guru wears diamond-studded jewellery and owns 50 rolls royces.
On a personal note, as I watched the documentary I realized this was the same movement/cult that a close friend from college had talked about in the early 90s. Her dad was a senior member of Rajneesh, and her sister and brother joined too. They went to India for several months a year to live in the original ashram in Pune. My friend wasn't a member, but she did wear a watch with Osho's face on it. So bizarre.
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The wife and I watched 4 episodes yesterday and finished the final two today. I knew nothing about this before but it was pretty freaking fascinating.