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=== 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>
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