Rajneeshpuram, Oregon

Cult Time: Footage of Rajneeshpuram at its peak, from ‘Gods of the New Age’ (1984). In 1981, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho) purchased Big Muddy Ranch, an enormous 64,000-acre former cattle ranch near Antelope in north-central Oregon, for about $5.7 million. His Rajneeshee followers, largely led by his personal secretary Ma Anand Sheela, constructed roads, housing, farms…