Editing Rajneesh movement (section)

== People associated with the movement ==

=== Literature and thought ===
* [[Joachim-Ernst Berendt]], [[jazz]] musician, journalist and author. He became a member of the movement in 1983.<ref name="Suss" /> When Rajneesh died in 1990, he wrote an obituary calling him the "master of the heart" as well as "the holiest scoundrel I ever knew".<ref name="Suss">{{harvnb|Süss|1996|pp=27, 177}}</ref>
* [[Elfie Donnelly]], Anglo-Austrian children's book author. She joined the movement in the 1980s and was among the disciples Rajneesh appointed to the "Inner Circle", the group entrusted with administering his estate after his death.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100403005133/http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13507872.html Bhagwan: Glaube und Mammon], ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', 6 February 1984. Retrieved 8 July 2011.{{in lang|de}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2017}}<!-- the article in the link does contain the fact that she joined the movement in the 1980s, and supported it with money; but nothing about either the existence of an "Inner Circle" nor that this Inner Circle was entrusted with administering their leader's estate nor that she belonged to it. !-->
* Jörg Andrees Elten, German writer and journalist. He was a reporter for ''[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]'' before joining the movement, and later took the name Swami Satyananda.<ref>{{harvnb|Aveling|1999|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-Zn4k2WvKZUC&pg=PA174 174]}}</ref>
* [[Tim Guest]], journalist and author. He grew up in the movement with the name Yogesh and later wrote a critical book, ''[[My Life in Orange]]'', about his difficult childhood.<ref>Publishers Weekly staff (10 January 2005). "My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru". ''Publishers Weekly'' (Reed Business Information) 252 (2): p. 48.</ref>
* [[Bernard Levin]], English columnist. He joined the movement with his then girlfriend, [[Arianna Huffington]], in the early 1980s and later published glowing accounts of Rajneesh and the movement in ''[[The Times]]''.<ref name="Levin" /> About Rajneesh, he stated: "He is the conduit along which the vital force of the universe flows."<ref name="Levin" /> Levin later joined the [[Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness]] with Huffington.<ref name="Levin">(10 August 2004) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090621002100/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469028/Bernard-Levin.html Obituaries: Bernard Levin]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 10 July 2011.</ref>
* [[Peter Sloterdijk]], German philosopher. He joined the movement in the 1970s. In interviews given in 2006, he credited the experience with having had a fundamental, beneficial and continuing effect on his outlook on life.<ref>''[[Die Tageszeitung]]'' [http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/06/13/a0226.1/text interview] dd. 13 June 2006, [http://www.lettre.de/archiv/36_sloterdijk.html interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301120254/http://www.lettre.de/archiv/36_sloterdijk.html |date=1 March 2013 }} in ''[[Lettre International]]'' {{in lang|de}}</ref>
* [[Margot Anand]], a teacher of [[tantra]]. She was a student of Rajneesh and first began to teach tantra in his ''ashram''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060307224650/http://www.margotanand.com/margot_articles_sde1.html Margot Anand: An Interview with Virginia Lee], margotanand.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.<br>- {{harvnb|Kuriansky|2002|p=310}}</ref>
* Jan Foudraine, Dutch psychiatrist, psychotherapist, writer and mystic.<ref name="Shaffy" /> His ''sannyasin'' name is Swami Deva Amrito.<ref>{{harvnb|Brecher|1993|p=38}}</ref>
* [[Nirmala Srivastava]], Indian spiritual teacher. She was an early member of the Rajneesh movement and later founded a spiritual movement of her own, [[Sahaja Yoga]], repudiating Rajneesh.<ref>{{harvnb|Kakar|1991|p=202}}</ref>
* [[Ma Prem Usha]], Indian [[tarot card]] reader, fortune teller and journalist. She was a member of the movement for 30 years, until her death in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |date=17 July 2008 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Tarot-card-reader-Ma-Prem-Usha-dead/Article1-324656.aspx |title=Tarot card reader Ma Prem Usha dead |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022055613/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Tarot-card-reader-Ma-Prem-Usha-dead/Article1-324656.aspx |archive-date=22 October 2012 }}</ref>

=== Performance arts ===
* [[Parveen Babi]], Indian actress. She joined the movement in the mid-1970s together with her former boyfriend, the producer Mahesh Bhatt, and later became a devotee of philosopher [[U. G. Krishnamurti]].<ref>(17 September 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220622013120/https://www.mid-day.com/news/2006/sep/143802.htm The Parveen Tapes: Now I'm alone]. ''[[MiD Day]]''. Retrieved 5 July 2011.<br />- TNN (30 August 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20120905125802/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-08-30/book-mark/27864904_1_meaning-master-deaths Parveen Babi, and the search for meaning in life]. ''[[The Times of India]]''. Retrieved 5 July 2011.</ref>
* [[Mahesh Bhatt]], Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He became a sannyasin in the mid-1970s, but later left the movement and instead found spiritual companionship and guidance with U. G. Krishnamurti, whose biography he wrote in 1992.<ref>{{harvnb|Krishnamurti|Arms|Pant Bansal|2005|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6efkbAiXKoC&pg=PR13 13]}}</ref>
* [[Georg Deuter]], also known as Swami Chaitanya Hari, musician of the Rajneesh movement. He composed the music that accompanies Rajneesh's meditation recordings in Poona and later at Rajneeshpuram.<ref>{{harvnb|Menen|2002|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wdszaOG-S54C&pg=PA137 137]}}<br>- {{harvnb|Newport|1998|p=[https://archive.org/details/newagemovementbi00newp/page/478 478]}}</ref>
* [[Mike Edwards (musician)|Mike Edwards]], British former member of the [[Electric Light Orchestra]], known as Swami Deva Pramada or simply Pramada.<ref>Martin Kinch (15 August 2009)  [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231075252/http://cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com/miked.html The Mike Edwards Interview]. cherryblossomclinic.110mb.com. Retrieved 12 July 2011.</ref>
* [[Ted Gärdestad]], Swami Sangit Upasani, Swedish singer and former tennis player.
* [[Albert Mol]], Dutch actor and author.<ref name="Shaffy" />
* [[Nena]], German singer and actress. In 2009, she stated that she had become a fan of Rajneesh, his books and meditation techniques, which she had discovered a few years earlier.<ref>{{in lang|de}} (26 September 2009) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090929033503/http://www.welt.de/die-welt/vermischtes/hamburg/article4630861/Nena-bekennt-sich-als-Fan-des-Bhagwan-Gurus-Osho.html Nena bekennt sich als Fan des Bhagwan-Gurus Osho], ''[[Die Welt]]''. Retrieved 12 July 2011.</ref>
* [[Ramses Shaffy]], Dutch singer and actor. He was once a heavy drinker, but stopped drinking when he joined the movement in the early 1980s and became Swami Ramses Shaffy. He later relapsed into alcoholism.<ref name="Shaffy">{{harvnb|Shupe|Bromley|1994|p=148}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} Door Ab Van Leperen, (28 September 2002) [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002125101/http://www.vn.nl/Standaard-media-pagina/RamsesShaffyAanDeVoetenVanShaffy.htm Ramses Shaffy: 'Aan de voeten van Shaffy'], ''Vrij Nederland''. Retrieved 12 July 2011.</ref>
* [[Terence Stamp]], British actor. In the 1970s, he spent time at the Poona ashram, meditating and studying the teachings of Rajneesh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography|url=https://www.satrakshita.com/osho_biography.htm|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.satrakshita.com}}</ref>
* [[Kavyen Temperley]], Australian lead singer who forms part of Australian band [[Eskimo Joe]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clayton |first1=Cy |title=Greig Pickhaver returns to screens to unearth Australia's hidden history |date=25 September 2017 |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/greig-pickhaver-returns-to-screens-to-unearth-australias-hidden-history-ng-b88610216z |publisher=The West Australian |access-date=2017-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cubis |first1=Shane |title=Fremantle: beyond the Dockers |date=25 September 2017 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/09/25/fremantle-beyond-dockers |publisher=SBS |access-date=2017-10-06}}</ref>
* [[Anneke Wills]] (Ma Prem Anita), British actress most famous for her role as ''[[Doctor Who]]'' sidekick Polly.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120502165343/http://www.annekewills.co.uk/?page_id=16 About Anneke Wills]. annekewills.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.</ref> After an initial brief visit to India in the late 1970s, Wills moved to India to stay at the Poona ashram with her son Jasper (Swami Dhyan Yogi) during the early 1980s and moved again to a sannyasin commune in California during the mid 1980s.<ref>Gill Swain (15 June 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121023051017/http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/hard-times-of-the-first-sexy-dr-547045 Hard Times of the first sexy Dr. Who girl]. ''[[Daily Mirror]]''. Retrieved 16 July 2011.</ref>

=== Politics ===
* [[Arianna Huffington]], Greek-American political activist, and her then partner Bernard Levin were disciples in the early 1980s.<ref name="Greek">(7 February 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110209034227/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8309732/Arianna-Huffington-mover-and-shaper.html Arianna Huffington: mover and shaper]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 10 July 2011.</ref> They later joined the [[Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness]].<ref name="Greek" />
* [[Vinod Khanna]], Indian film star and politician, was Rajneesh's gardener in Rajneeshpuram. He later became India's [[Indian Foreign Minister|Minister of State for External Affairs]] (junior foreign minister), holding office from 2003 to 2004. He became a sannyasin on 31 December 1975 and received the name Swami Vinod Bharti.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |date=27 July 2002 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17277243.cms |title=The uncensored Vinod Khanna |work=The Times of India |access-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625130614/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17277243.cms |archive-date=25 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Tribune News Service |date=25 July 2002 |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020725/ncr1.htm |title=Vinod Khanna plays the spiritual franchiser |access-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102193441/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020725/ncr1.htm |archive-date=2 November 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Barbara Rütting]], German actress, author and [[V-Partei3]] politician. Her sannyasin name is Ma Anand Taruna.<ref>(September 2005) [http://barbara-ruetting.de/uploads/media/Politik_Forum.doc "Antworten auf die Fragen von Politik-Forum"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328064503/http://barbara-ruetting.de/uploads/media/Politik_Forum.doc |date=28 March 2012 }}, barbara-ruetting.de<br>- (18 April 2010) [http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.spiritualitaet-die-leichtigkeit-des-seins-page1.61189882-a6b0-4dee-9a40-d136768d6036.html Spiritualität: Die Leichtigkeit des Seins], ''[[Stuttgarter Zeitung]]''. Retrieved 28 July 2011.</ref>

=== Others ===
* [[Pratiksha Apurv]], an artist, is Rajneesh's niece and has been a member of the movement since the age of 11.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090905010919/http://www.pratikshaart.com/about_artist.php About Pratiksha Apurv]. pratikshaart.com. Retrieved 8 July 2011.</ref>
* Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover, eldest son of [[Prince George William of Hanover (1915–2006)|Prince George William of Hanover]] and [[Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark]], joined the movement in 1975 and died from a ruptured [[cerebral haemorrhage]] at the age of 33, while at the Poona ashram. Rajneesh gave him the name of Swami Vimalkirti.<ref name="Vimalkirti">Wilhelm Bittorf (3 February 1981). [https://web.archive.org/web/20120324151443/http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-14316328.html?name=Ein+Welfe+im+Nirwana "Ein Welfe im Nirwana: Der Tod eines deutschen Prinzen, der für Bhagwan lebte"]. ''Der Spiegel''. Retrieved 20 September 2008.</ref>
* Shannon Jo Ryan, daughter of former Congressman [[Leo Ryan]], who investigated the [[Jonestown]] commune of the [[People's Temple]] in [[Guyana]] and was killed there by followers of the Temple in 1978. She joined the Rajneesh movement in 1981,<ref>William E. Geist (16 September 1981). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090420082912/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/16/nyregion/cult-in-castle-troubling-montclair.html Cult in castle troubling Montclair]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 8 July 2011.</ref> took the name Ma Prem Amrita Pritam, and married another sannyasin, Peter Waight (Swami Anand Subhuti), at Rajneeshpuram in 1982.<ref>AP (28 December 1982). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140123043030/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/28/us/around-the-nation-daughter-of-rep-ryan-married-at-guru-s-ranch.html Around the Nation; Daughter of Rep. Ryan Married at Guru's Ranch]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 8 July 2011.</ref>
* Ma Prem Pratiti – Lady Zara Jellicoe, daughter of [[Earl Jellicoe]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_E9AAAAIAAJ&dq=lady+zara+jellicoe+rajneesh&pg=PA2|title=Life as Laughter: Following Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh|first=Bob|last=Mullan|date=28 December 1983|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|isbn=9780710200433 |via=Google Books}}</ref>