Passionate journeys : why successful women joined a cult / Marion S. Goldman.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Bhagwan Rajneesh was a spiritual leader for thousands of young Americans. This book focuses on the women who abandoned family and career to follow the guru.'

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Marion S. Goldman is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon.

Introduction: Passionate Journeys	p. 1
1. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the World His Sannyasins Made	p. 9
2. Revising Voices: The Research Process	p. 45
3. A Borrowed Life: Seeking Authenticity	p. 75
4. Repairing the World: A Woman of the Sixties	p. 119
5. The Swan	p. 169
6. Lessons?	p. 213
Epilogue: Down from the Mountain	p. 249
Appendixes
A. Interview Questions and Follow-Up Questionnaire	p. 269
B. Decisions for Constructing Composites and Using Quotations	p. 272
C. General Demographic Information about Composites	p. 274
Notes	p. 275
References	p. 279
Index	p. 287

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