Test -- Rajneeshpuram Timeline 2

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This page is under construction 


Some months ago Sugit asked me to start up a timeline about Rajneeshpuram. The idea was to give a different picture of those years than was presented in the Netflix series Wild Wild Country. Different in the sense that for most people that lived in or visited Rajneespuram those days were not at all about crimes and court cases.

So this is the beginning of that timeline. It is easy to find the sensational sides of the story of what happened there. You can find lots and lots of articles, books, documentaries and tv shows about it.

The stories of the people who were there and went on with their lives are harder to find.

One thing is certain: for most of them it was the best or at the least a very special time in their lives We hope that many people will conribute to this page with their stories, photograph's etc. Together we can create our own 'series' that will shine a different light on those golden days.

With love,

Amrita

See also
Test -- Rajneeshpuram Timeline
Rajneeshpuram news summary 1981-1986 (source document)


date events
1981
10 Jan 1981 Los Angeles Times feature on Shannon Ryan, Ma Amrita Pritam, daughter of Leo Ryan, press makes the link to Jonestown ,after which USA consular officials were orderd to visit Poona Ashram for investigations
1 Jun 1981 Osho arrives in USA at Kennedy Airport and goes to Kip'sCastle Kip's Castle Park
9 Jun 1981 ? Ma Yoga Laxmi arrives in USA at Kip's Castle Kip's Castle Park
12 Jun 1981 Sheela (Sheela Silverman) and Jayananda (John Shelfer) visit the Big Muddy Ranch, Oregon, for the first time and decide to buy it.
19 Jun 1981 Neue Revue, a German magazine, writes that the ashram in Poona is protected by machine guns and accuses Osho to escape from an 18 million tax evasion
19 Jun 1981 German tv reporter calls the mayor of Antelope to 'get them out of there'.
12 Jul 1981 Deal on Big Muddy Ranch closed for $ 5.75 million
12 Aug 1981 The 35 inhabitants of Antelope, including mayor Margaret Hill, attend a meeting at Antelope School to express their worries when so many red people arrive, Brochure (LINK?) of Chidvilas Meditation Centre labeled as pornographic
29 Aug 1981 Osho arrives at Rancho Rajneesh
30 Aug 1981 German magazine falsely spreads the rumor that Osho has been married to a Greek-American sannyasin, Ma Yoga Mukta. NBC television subsequently brings this as 'news'.
4 Sep 1981 Wolfgang Dobrowolny's1978 documentary, 'Ashram'opens in San Francisco.
6 Oct 1981 Sheela addresses 80-85 ps at Madras Kiwanis Club
14 Oct 1981 Rajneeshees submit petition in The Dalles to incorporate their own city. According to Oregon law (1941) 150 ps can form a city.
19 Oct 1981 Sheela addresses 140 ps in Madras at Jefferson Country Chamber of Commerce
23 Oct 1981 Osho applies for extension of stay in US to March 1, 1982, based on medical reasons
27 Oct 1981 Sheela addresses a capacity crowd of officials and businessmen at Riverhouse Motor Inn (Bend Bulletin, October 28th)
4 Nov 1981 The Wasco County Board of Commissioners votes to allow an incorporation election of wikipedia:RajneeshpuramlRajneeshpuram by a vote of 2-1
22 Nov 1981 Governor of Oregon Vic Atiyeh invited to Rancho Rajneesh. He was invited several times, but actually never came.
24 Nov 1981 Osho applies for permanent resident status as a religious leader and teacher
11 Dec 1981 Golden Birthday Celebration
20 Dec 1981 Yule celebration given by Sheela and Jayananda for 200 ps.
22 Dec 1981 200 ps on the Ranch (Bend Bulletin)
1982
Mar 1982 Ma Anand Sheela tells Ma Yoga Laxmi to leave the Ranch
15 Mar 1982 Radio interview with governor Vic Atiyeh: 'Followers of BhagwanShree Rajneesh should leave'.
21 Mar 1982 Enlightenment Day 1982 DARSHAN does not exist in wiki timeline 1982
21 Mar 1982 Enlightenment Day 1982-01 Satsang (redlinks will be corrected later!)
27 Mar 1982 Shots fired by four men from Prineville at a sannyasin in Antelope
8 Apr 1982 Mrs Donna Quick Smith of Rotary Club Redmond, says that governor Atiyeh should call out the National Guard to protect the Antelope residents during the First Annual World Celebration
13 Apr 1982 "Better dead than red" bumper stickers are pictured in the local newspaper Bend Bulletin
15 Apr 1982 Antelope holds disincorporation election, it fails by a vote of 55-42.
18 May 1982 Rajneeshpuram incorporation election held. The vote is a resounding 154-0 in favor.
18 Jun 1982 300 National Guardsmen have been placed on call for the First Annual World Celebration according to memorandum by assistent governor Bob Oliver
24 Jun 1982 Interview of Sheela and Rosemary Greer on Merv Griffin tv show
2 Jul 1982 Group of women from the Light of Life Ministry shout curses and block road during Osho's afternoon drive.
3 -- 7 Jul 1982 1800 tents are up and $3 million spent to host 6,000 people from around the world for the First Annual World Celebration.
3 Jul 1982 First Annual World Celebration ~ 01 Satsang
4 Jul 1982 First Annual World Celebration ~ 02 Satsang
5 Jul 1982 First Annual World Celebration ~ 03 Satsang
6 Jul 1982 First Annual World Celebration ~ 04 Satsang
6 Jul 1982 Master's Day Darshan
7 Jul 1982 First Annual World Celebration ~ 06 Satsang
6 Sep 1982 Osho gives an interview with Kirk Braun, Silent Period ~ 03 published in Rajneesh Times (Rajneeshpuram newspaper) 19th August 1983
8 Sep 1982 Mahaparanirvana Day 1982 DARSHAN staat niet in wiki timeline 1982
8 Sep 1982 Mahaparinirvana Day 1982 ~ 01 Satsang
14 Oct 1982 Osho travels to Portland for an interview with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, Silent period ~ 02, published in Rajneesh Times (Rajneeshpuram newspaper) 26th August 1983
11 Dec 1982 Birthday Celebration 1982 ~ 01 Satsang
17 Dec 1982 600 ps on the Ranch
21 Dec 1982 INS denies Osho's application for status as permanent US resident, on the grounds that he cannot be a religious leader since he is not speaking in public.
1983
2 Jan 1983 Rajneeshpuram reports 700 residents
16 Feb 1983 Jefferson County District Attorney Michael C Sullivan falls seriously ill, after allegedly being poisoned by Rajneeshees
27 Feb 1983 Rajneeshees file one of many Freedom Of Information Act wikipedia:FOIA requests, which is delayed for 1.5 years and then denied
21 Mar 1983 Darshan staat niet in timeline 1983
21 Mar 1983 Satsang staat niet in timeline 1983
14 Apr 1983 Bill Driver article in The Dalles Weekly Reminder [https:/exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu] 'More and more people are saying it's time to quit talking,'
27 Apr 1983 Horse belonging to the head of Rajneeshpuram's Peace Force is wounded by an unknown gunman.
23 May 1983 750-1000 "Concerned Oregonians" attend anti-Rajneesh rally in The Dalles
26 May 1983 Preliminary initiative petition filed with the Secretary of State's office to expel the Rajneesh cult from Oregon.
14 Jun 1983 Thirty people protest in favor of deporting Rajneesh in front of Portland INS
23 Jun 1983 Anti-Rajneesh petition given an approved ballot title
23 Jun 1983 Sheela invites Governor Vic Atiyeh to Rajneeshpuram Rajneesh Times (Rajneeshpuram newspaper) June 24 1983 after his speech at the Greater Portland Convention and Visitor's Association in Portland
24 Jun 1983 The Oregonian guest editorial by Dr. Ted L. Shay recounts some of prejudices against Rajneeshees
2 Jul 1983 Second Annual World Celebration ~ 01 Satsang
3 Jul 1983 Second Annual World Celebration ~ 02 Satsang
4 Jul 1983 Second Annual World Celebration ~ 03 Satsang
5 Jul 1983 Second Annual World Celebration ~ 04 Satsang
6 Jul 1983 Second Annual World Celebration ~ 05 Satsang
6 Jul 1983 Master's Day Darshan
7 Jul 1983 Second Annual World Celebration ~ 07 Satsang
8 Jul 1983 Second Annual World Celebration ~ 08 Satsang
23 Jul 1983 New anti-Rajneesh group, Americans for Constitutional Rights (AFCR), attracts about 700 people to its first meeting in The Dalles.
29 Jul 1983 Three bomb blasts in the Hotel Rajneesh in Portland,Stephen Pasterwas caught red handed but released on $20.000 bail
3 Aug 1983 Rajneesh Portland Hotel receives a call from Seattle stating that someone has discussed hiring a person to kill Rajneesh.
2 Sep 1983 Message/dictation by Osho from Sheela,published in Rajneesh Times (Rajneeshpuram newspaper), September 2nd 1983, Silent Period ~ 04
7 Sep 1983 Sannyasin DiscoFar_Out_Disco_Berlin in Berlin firebombed
8 Sep 1983 Mahaparinirvana Day 1983 ~ 01
8 Sep 1983 Mahaparinirvana Day 1983 ~ 02
6 Oct 1983 Oregon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer files his church-state case against Rajneeshpuram
9 Oct 1983 The Oregonian editorial: "Legal issues about the incorporation of Rajneeshpuram
23 Oct 1983 1202 residents in Rajneeshpuram.
28 Oct 1983 Message/dictation by Osho from Sheela, Rajneesh Times(Rajneeshpuram newspaper), October 28th 1983, Silent Period ~ 05
1 Nov 1983 Editorial in The Oregonian against Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer's church-state case by Roy S. Haber, formerly deputy chief in Civil Rights Division of the US Justice Department,
25 Nov 1983 Two telephone bomb threats, one from Tuesday, November 15 1983 and another from Friday, November 18 1983, are reported.
1 Dec 1983 Lead pellet fired through second storey window and into room of Hotel Rajneesh in Portland
2 Dec 1983 Rock thrown through window in Zorba the Buddha disco in Portland
11 Dec 1983 Birthday Celebration 1983 ~ 01
18 Dec 1983 1000 Friends Rajneeshpuram Alert has been mailed to 500,000 households since September, now 8500 members
1984
20 Jan 1984 An FBI agent in Portland states that his agency will block Rajneesh Peace Force from using the National Crime Information Center
2 Feb 1984 Sheela's father, a naturalized US citizen, announces that he adopted Rajneesh on January 12, 1936.
15 Feb 1984 Robert Krueger, district director of INS approves Rajneesh's request to be classified as a religious teacher
17 Feb 1984 Rick Norton, deputy assistant commissioner for INS investigations in Washington, DC, asks Joe Greene in Miami to move to Portland and coordinate the Rajneeshee investigation.
Feb 1984 INS General Counsel Mike Inman comes to Portland and asks CharlesTurner's office to make Rajneesh case criminal and take it before a Grand Jury.
Feb 1984 Ko Hsuan School (pictures JPLaffont) Antelope in action
21 Mar 1984 Satsang
21 Mar 1984 Darshan
15 Apr 1984 Wamic man coordinates and leads a nearly 200-strong protest march through Antelope
15 Apr 1984 Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer entertains Republican Party of Oregon by singing The Guru in the Sky
8 Jun 1984 Ranchers between Rajneeshpuram and Antelope have been hanging coyote carcasses on their fences.
30 Jun 1984 Third Annual World Celebration ~ 01 Satsang
1 Jul 1984 Third Annual World Celebration ~ 02 Satsang
2 Jul 1984 Third Annual World Celebration ~ 03 Satsang
3 Jul 1984 Third Annual World Celebration ~ 04 Satsang
4 Jul 1984 Third Annual World Celebration ~ 05 Satsang
5 Jul 1984 Third Annual World Celebration ~ 06 Satsang
6 Jul 1984 Master's Day Darshan
6 Jul 1984 Third Annual World Celebration ~ 08 Satsang
14 Aug 1984 Rajneesh breaks silence
19 Aug 1984 Deposition with mr Mr McMurray, Silent Period ~ 06, published inRajneesh Times (Rajneeshpuram newspaper), 24th August 1984
8 Sep 1984 Satsang
8 Sep 1984 Darshan
18 Sep 1984 Antelope was renamed 'City of Rajneesh'.
26 Oct 1984 Silent period ~ 07, published in Rajneesh Times (Rajneeshpuram newspaper), 26th October 1984 (on religion)
30 Oct 1984 Discourse series to a small group of people in Lao Tzu Grove, Rajneesh Bible #1/ From Unconsciousness to Consciousness 30/10-28/11
11 Dec 1984 Satsang
1985
14 Jan 1985 A fire causes extensive damage to the planning office in The Dalles
29 Jan 1985 Discourses to a small group of people in Lao Tzu Grove Rajneesh Bible #4/From Misery to Enlightenment
28 Feb 1985 Discourse series Rajneesh Bible #5/From Darkness to Light 28/02-31/03
21 Mar 1985 Enlightenment Day 1985 ~ 01
1 Apr 1985 Discourse series Rajneesh Bible #6/From the False to the Truth 01/04-01/08
13 May 1985 Bomb dropped by helicopter on [wikipedia: MOVE] black religious community, Osage street, Philadelphia, after many violent attacks.(documentary 'Let the fire burn' [1]
3 Jun 1985 Rajneesh Foundation International and 12 Rajneeshees file a class action suit against Edwin Meese III, the State Department, Secretary of State George Schultz, and INS officials Sheela says the suit is being filed because she has received a confidential call from the US Attorney's office in Portland saying an indictment and arrest warrants for her and Rajneesh are coming down.
30 Jun 1985 The Oregonian: series of articles in 6 parts, "For Love and Money", begins.LINK
6 Jul 1985 Satsang
6 Jul 1985 Master's Day Darshan
16 Jul -- 26 Oct 1985 Interviews with the press. The Last Testament 1+2+3+4
1 Aug 1985 Interview with Christopher Reed, the Guardian,London
4 Aug 1985 Interview with Mike Wolfe, the Last Testament Vol1 Chapter 29
22 Aug 1985 Interview for Cjor radio, Vanvouver, Canada, published in the Last Testament Vol 2 Chapter 2
14 Sep 1985 Ma Anand Sheela leaves Rajneeshpuram
15 Sep 1985 Mayor of Rajneeshpuram Krishna Deva leaves Rajneeshpuram. He later becomes a prosecution witness.
16 Sep 1985 Discourse series in Rajneesh Mandir Rajneesh Bible 7+8/ From Bondage to Freedom 15/09-27/10
16 Sep 1985 Rajneesh accuses Sheela and other departed officials of assorted crimes and invites police to investigate. #1 Press conference.
19 Sep 1985 State and federal law enforcement agencies create a joint task force to investigate Rajneesh’s allegations [wikipedia: Rajneeshee Assassination Plot] and set up an office in Rajneeshpuram.
23 Sep 1985 There are no Rajneeshees and there is no Rajneeshism. From Bondage to Freedom #9 Q3
26 Sep 1985 Sannyasins no longer are called Rajneeshees and no longer have to wear red clothes nor the mala, From Bondage to Freedom #12 Q5
30 Sep 1985 Burning of Rajneeshism books and Sheela's 'high priestess clothes'.
23 Oct 1985 A federal grand jury in Portland secretly indicts Rajneesh and seven others in a 35-count indictment charging them with immigration fraud.
25 Oct 1985 A Wasco County grand jury secretly indicts Ma Anand Sheela and Ma Shanti Bhadra on charges that they tried to kill Rajneesh’s personal doctor Amrito
27 Oct 1985 Last discourse in Rajneeshpuram From Bondage to Freedom #43
27 Oct 1985 Rajneesh leaves Rancho Rajneesh
28 Oct 1985 Rajneesh arrested at Charlotte airport
6 Nov 1985 Citizens of Rajneesh/Antelope, original residents and remaining Rajneeshees voted to rename itself back to Antelope 34-0 (name restored in 1986)
8 Nov 1985 Rajneesh is released on $500,000 bail after being returned to Portland from Charlotte, North Carolina
10 Nov 1985 Stephen Paster who placed three pipe bombs in Hotel Rajneesh in Portland in 1983 was sentenced to 20 years in prison
14 Nov 1985 Rajneesh pleads NOT guilty to two federal felonies, but agrees to issue an Alford plea, pays $400,000 in fines and prosecution costs and promptly leaves the USA
10 Dec 1985 U.S. District Court Judge Helen J. Frye voids the incorporation of Rajneeshpuram, deciding that its creation violated constitutional provisions separating church and state