13 rows ¡ Wild Wild Country is a Netflix documentary series about the controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), his one-time personal assistant Ma Anand Sheela, and their community of followers in the Rajneeshpuram community located in Wasco County, Oregon, US. It was released on Netflix on March 16, 2018, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
Apr 25, 2018 ¡ Wild Wild Country follows the saga in captivating ways, through historical footage as well as sit-down interviews with Sheela, who effectively ran the cult and was Rajneeshâs spokesperson, and...
Feb 28, 2018 ¡ Wild Wild Country: Season 1 (Podcast) Episodes Wild Wild Country. ... The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. ... Eight of Indiaâs top social media influencers compete to power through 21 days without their personal phones, verified handles and online followings. Clark.
Feb 28, 2018 ¡ 1. Part 1. Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh relocates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981. 2. Part 2. The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. But Sheela retaliates with a cunning plan.
Catherine Jane Stork was convicted of the attempted murder of Rajneesh's physician Dr. George Meredith (Swami Devaraj) in 1986, and served almost three years in jail. After her release, agents from the FBI uncovered the plot to assassinate Turner, but Stork had already fled to Germany.
(This, despite testifying years earlier that her former commune mates Sheela and Jane attempted to murder her husband and Bhagwan's doctor, Swami Devaraj.) Although, another telling has it that she parted ways with the larger Osho sect following Bhagwan's death.Mar 27, 2018
Swami Krishna Deva: Mayor of Rajneeshpuram, he pleaded guilty and went into the Federal Witness Program. He served two years in federal prison and now lives in California under his given name of David Knapp, handling real estate investments and a small international charity founded with another ex-Rajneeshee.
Death. She had Parkinson's disease for the seven years preceding her death on August 19, 2014, at the home of her daughter, Erika Glazer. She is buried under the name of Francoise âHasyaâ Ruddy in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Los Angeles.
The entire documentary of a little over six hours makes no mention of the second most important man in the Osho saga, Swami Anand Jayesh. A Canadian by birth, Michael O'Byrne, known simply as 'Jayesh', rose meteorically in the Rajneesh hierarchy after he took sannyas in 1984-85.Apr 29, 2018
Osho was opposed to marriage. He considered it to be self-limiting and restrictive. He never married and consistently said it was just a form of self-sabotage wherein you tie yourself down by getting âlegally attachedâ in a way that lowers your spiritual potential.Sep 12, 2021
Ma Anand Sheela (born 28 December 1949 as Sheela Ambalal Patel in India, also known as Sheela Birnstiel and Sheela Silverman) is an Indian-born Swiss woman who was the spokesperson of the Rajneesh movement (aka Osho movement)....Ma Anand SheelaTerm1981â1985MovementRajneesh (Osho)Criminal statusSentence served10 more rows
As for the Bhagwan's original ashram, it is still standing in India, with a few upgrades. You can still go to the resort â renamed Osho â and live by his teachings, signature red robes and all. You can visit Osho today, or at least visit their website.Mar 15, 2018
Rajneesh's ashram, now known as OSHO International Meditation Resort, and all associated intellectual property, is managed by the registered Osho International Foundation (formerly Rajneesh International Foundation).
He is married. His wife is from âa really good Irish Catholic background, and I love thatâ. They have three children, aged 17, 16 and nine.Apr 24, 2018
SwitzerlandSheela now lives in Switzerland, where she runs two care homes for seniors and people with degenerative illnesses.Apr 20, 2021
Born Sheela Ambalal Patel, Ma Anand Sheela, as she is fondly known, was the former personal secretary of spiritual guru Rajneesh, popularly known as Osho.Apr 14, 2021
Cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers in India. When Ma Anand Sheela first met the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in his apartment in Mumbai in 1968, she hugged him and cried. âMy whole head melted,â Sheela says in the Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country, which discusses Rajneesh and his cult. âMy life was complete.
The cult leader wants to control people, to a certain degree. When you look at people who run these organizations, if you look at the more historically famous ones, they had a need to control people, and when that control got pushed up against, they pushed back.
In 1981, with the help of Sheela, who became his personal assistant, Rajneesh bought a ranch nearby the tiny town of Antelope, Oregon, and moved his cult there, creating a whole new city named Rajneeshpuram.
Religions are an organized belief system, and cults are organized belief systems. People will engage in lots of behaviors on the part of their religion, that can be very good but it can also be very bad. People have killed other individuals in the name of their religion.
Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh relocates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981.
The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. But Sheela retaliates with a cunning plan.
Sheela emerges as a provocative spokeswoman. As Election Day approaches, the Rajneeshees recruit thousands of homeless people to fortify their ranks.
Local officials try to build a case against the Rajneeshees. When Sheela's thirst for power turns violent, the Bhagwan finally breaks his silence.
The bitter feud between Sheela and the Bhagwan divides the community -- and opens the door for the FBI. At the ranch, a task force amasses evidence.
The Bhagwan flees the ranch. Sheela and several followers are arrested in Germany. The Bhagwan's devotees -- and his enemies -- reflect on his legacy.
Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh relocates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981.
The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. But Sheela retaliates with a cunning plan.
Sheela emerges as a provocative spokeswoman. As Election Day approaches, the Rajneeshees recruit thousands of homeless people to fortify their ranks.
Local officials try to build a case against the Rajneeshees. When Sheela's thirst for power turns violent, the Bhagwan finally breaks his silence.
The bitter feud between Sheela and the Bhagwan divides the community -- and opens the door for the FBI. At the ranch, a task force amasses evidence.
The Bhagwan flees the ranch. Sheela and several followers are arrested in Germany. The Bhagwan's devotees -- and his enemies -- reflect on his legacy.
Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh relocates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981.
The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. But Sheela retaliates with a cunning plan.
Sheela emerges as a provocative spokeswoman. As Election Day approaches, the Rajneeshees recruit thousands of homeless people to fortify their ranks.
Local officials try to build a case against the Rajneeshees. When Sheela's thirst for power turns violent, the Bhagwan finally breaks his silence.
The bitter feud between Sheela and the Bhagwan divides the community -- and opens the door for the FBI. At the ranch, a task force amasses evidence.
The Bhagwan flees the ranch. Sheela and several followers are arrested in Germany. The Bhagwan's devotees -- and his enemies -- reflect on his legacy.
Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh relocates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981.
The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. But Sheela retaliates with a cunning plan.
Sheela emerges as a provocative spokeswoman. As Election Day approaches, the Rajneeshees recruit thousands of homeless people to fortify their ranks.
Local officials try to build a case against the Rajneeshees. When Sheela's thirst for power turns violent, the Bhagwan finally breaks his silence.
The bitter feud between Sheela and the Bhagwan divides the community -- and opens the door for the FBI. At the ranch, a task force amasses evidence.
The Bhagwan flees the ranch. Sheela and several followers are arrested in Germany. The Bhagwan's devotees -- and his enemies -- reflect on his legacy.
Finally, we get to a few story lines that go unresolved in Wild Wild Country, starting with former Antelope mayor John Silvertooth âwho says in the series that he was the first to contact then-Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer with unshredded Rajneeshee documents he had found at the city dump. But Jon Bowerman, Nike co-founder Bill Bowermanâs son, thinks it was his familyâs connections to the now-deceased Oregon official that brought the Rajneeshees to his attention.
While Sheela may have set much of the Rajneeshee criminal activity in motion, she certainly didnât act alone. But the directors say some sannyasins featured in the series were more complicit than others. Swami Prem Niren (a.k.a. Philip J. Toelkes ), now 73 years old, was the guruâs lawyer until 1983.
She may have started out as Frank Underwoodâs cool, if slightly icy, wife who stands on the sidelines, but Claire Underwood (played by Robin Wright) quickly transforms into the showâs stealthy Lady Macbeth with a chic pixie cut, delivering quiet, but shocking blows to her enemies.
Under the watchful eye of his secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, spiritual guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh relocates his ashram from India to Oregon in 1981.
The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. But Sheela retaliates with a cunning plan.
Sheela emerges as a provocative spokeswoman. As Election Day approaches, the Rajneeshees recruit thousands of homeless people to fortify their ranks.
Local officials try to build a case against the Rajneeshees. When Sheela's thirst for power turns violent, the Bhagwan finally breaks his silence.
The bitter feud between Sheela and the Bhagwan divides the community -- and opens the door for the FBI. At the ranch, a task force amasses evidence.
The Bhagwan flees the ranch. Sheela and several followers are arrested in Germany. The Bhagwan's devotees -- and his enemies -- reflect on his legacy.