Primal (group)

Primal was a fourteen-day Pune One therapy group led by Divya. The group first started in Aug 1975, one of the first two groups to be offered, and it continued to be offered, as far as we know, until Jun 1981, when Osho left for the States, and possibly a little afterward. The Community to Provoke God brochure gave this as a brief description:

Primal Therapy, originated in the USA by Dr. Arthur Janov, is based on the psychological discovery that each person's behaviour is a result of childhood conditioning. The 14 day group creates a safe environment in which the root causes of the personality originating in early childhood traumas can be re-experienced and resolved. Highly structured, with all normal escapes such as social conversation, cigarettes, rich food, escapist literature and stimulants denied, submerged feelings and anxieties start surfacing and can be released and accepted.

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