The following interviews have been edited and condensed.Īrtist/painter and farmer living in England. We talked to nine current and former Sanyassins, many of whom continue to use the names their leader gave them, about life on the Rajneesh ranch - and what Sheela was like in person. These followers called themselves Sanyassins, though others might call them cult members. But in doing so, the documentary leaves open the question of why so many thousands of people were drawn to uproot their lives and follow Bhagwan. government - that she sees threatening their group.īut what was day-to-day life like in Rajneeshpuram? Wild Wild Country focuses on Sheela’s criminal activities and behind-the-scenes machinations - which, to be fair, included the largest bioterror attack in U.S. The riveting series charts the escalating criminal activity that took place on the ranch, led by Bhagwan’s ruthless personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela, who adopts ever more extreme methods (poison, arson, and more) to oppose the forces - like the U.S. ![]() Wild Wild Country, Chapman and Maclain Way’s new Netflix docuseries, tells the story of Rajneeshpuram - a utopian commune established in rural Oregon in the early 1980s, by the the followers of Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later called Osho). ![]() Photo: Matthew Naythons/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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