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False Messiahs and Fake History
How the Commander-in-thief and his prosperity preaching pal, Paula White-Cain, get everything wrong and still rake in the cash.
 • Messiahs I Have Known
Devotion and Abuse in the Hare Krishna Sect
Many American kids who grew up in this Hindu missionary movement in the 1970s and 1980s faced a childhood of deprivation, exploitation and sexual abuse.
 • Messiahs I Have Known
How One Teenage Girl Fared in the Osho/Rajneesh "Free Sex" Cult
In a new book, Sarito Carroll describes how she traded sex for adult male affection as a young teen living communally with followers of this infamous…
 • Messiahs I Have Known
The Rise and Fall of the Mighty Osho/Rajneesh Empire
Like so many other messiahs I have known, Osho took no responsibility for what was done in his name. He was just a perfect mirror for the failings of…
 • Messiahs I Have Known
Tantric Sex, Crazy Wisdom and the Osho Cult
Religion scholars Jeff Kripal and Hugh Urban on the roots and relevance of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
 • Messiahs I Have Known
Sitting at the feet of Osho/Rajneesh, the "Messiah of Tantra"
A tale of two tantra teachers who met at the guru's free-wheeling ashram in Poona, India in the 1970s and who still ply their trade in the "sacred sex…
 • Messiahs I Have Known
Goodbye, India. Hello, Osho.
Messiahs I Have Known leaves India and trips down memory lane to recount some encounters with the late Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his…
 • Messiahs I Have Known
Don Lattin
Don Lattin
Don Lattin is an almost retired journalist and author of seven books, including the best-selling "Harvard Psychedelic Club." Learn more at www.donlattin.com.
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