Talk:Jyoti Shikha (ज्योति शिखा)
Most of the information for this page comes from Neeten. His Osho Source Book has a whole lot more scattered about in many of his pages (search for Jyoti, since title is rendered in various ways) but a good deal can be found in more concentrated form in the Periodicals subsections of his Jabalpur and Bombay sections, respectively 2.10 and 3.9. Neeten in turn got much of his material from Sw Gyan Bhed and Sw Ageh Bharti.
A few details: Individual issue images are not currently available but the collage may do nicely, photo by Neeten.
"Jyoti Shikha" has been translated in various ways, "Lamplight," "The Divine Flame," "Life Awakening" and (by G**gle) "Crest of the Flame." "Life Awakening" looks like a crossover error, since that's what "Jeevan Jagruti" means, so take yer pick.
Jyoti Shikha was published from Bombay by Jeevan Jagruti Kendra for eight years, fulfilling its function of connecting Osho's people fairly well and coming to an end because Osho's move to Pune meant a big shift in everything. After a couple of years, a need was seen for more frequent publication so another newsletter / magazine was launched from Jabalpur, Yukrand, which ran from 1969 to 1975.
First issue details: Jyotishikha. Vol.1, Issue 1. June 1966. 110 pages. Editor: Jattu Bhai Mehta. Publisher: Raman Lal Shah, Bombay. Printer: States People Press, Bombay. Quarterly magazine. Subscription: 5 rupees for one year. Also given editorial credit are Durlabhji Khetani, Gulab Chandra Seth, Rishabh Das Banka and Purima Bahin, perhaps for subsequent issues. Later on it was edited by Bollywood actor Mahipal.
Couple of tidbits from the Jan 1968 issue: The subtitle was found on the back cover and translates roughly as "Dedicated to the spiritual resurrection of man".
And the title of the discourse on the first page, "स्वतंत्रता की ओर", means roughly "Towards Independence". It is a somewhat generic title but so far in the wiki's not too shabby collection of titles, it has shown up only in one other place, as a chapter title of Satya Ki Pahli Kiran (सत्य की पहली किरण). Talks for Pahli Kiran are also of an appropriate vintage, Aug 1967, but after that, any likely match falls short, as they are said to have been given in Ghatkopar, a suburb of Mumbai, not at Cross Maidan. Not impossible of course, but for now this will have to remain a stray infobit. -- doofus-9 05:58, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
