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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 249: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his weird cult
Description: Along with special guest Longinus, P&C drink and review an IPA from the Guinness Open Gate Brewery, then discuss spiritual guru and cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.Â
Rajneesh started off life as a troublemaker -- as both a student and a teacher -- but eventually found his groove with his own system of meditation, blending eastern mystic ideas with western psychology. He settled into a life of teaching and became fairly popular. He set up an Ashram in India and gathered a pretty decent following, but (fleeing tax problems) decided to move to Oregon to create a...