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Books and Academic Articles about Osho

1. Three Dangerous Magi: Osho Gurdjieff Crowley

By P. T. Mistlberger
First published by O-Books, 2010 O Books is an imprint of John Hunt Publishing Ltd.,
Winchester UK, Washington USA
https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=yiftBAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=Osho&ots=H1WE4Xvcv1&sig=sa
Y8mcXrpTTfLClMSQah-p2ryss#v=onepage&q=Osho&f=false

2. Women in New Religions (a Chapter) pp 74-100

Devotion: The Path of Feminine Spirituality?

Elizabeth Puttick
E Puttick - Women in New Religions, 1997 - Springer
... (1978d, 198-9) Like most religious teachers, Osho equated femininity with an emphasis
on body and emotion, opposed to a masculine identification with mind, but unusually he
believed spirituality could arise more easily out of body and feelings than mind. ...Osho
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-349-25591-7_5
(Chapter pp 196-231)

Goddess Spirituality: The Feminist Alternative?

Elizabeth Puttick
... Furthermore, many women wish to find or construct a Western form of spirituality. ... In
an interview she explained why although many of her friends were getting involved in the
Osho movement, she herself had notjoined: I feIt it was a cuIt based on worship of a
human being. ...
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-25591-7_10
3. A study of subjective well-being of Osho's devotees.

Nathawat, S. S.; Khan, Saleena

Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 22(1), Mar 1995, 41-44.
Abstract: Examined differences in measures of subjective well being, of
longterm (LTD) and short term devotees (STD) of the "Osho" cult. 25 LTDs and 25
STDs (2170 yrs old) were selected from India, and administered the Positive
Affect-Negative Affect Scale (N. M. Bradburn, 1969), Well Being Scale (S. Kassa et
al, 1988) and some selected measures from the Karolinska Scale of Personality (D.
Schalling et al, 1978). Results show that LTDs scored significantly lesser on the
negative affect, somatic anxiety and muscular tension, than STDs. However, they
obtained significantly higher scores on subjective well-being than the STDs. No
significant differences were observed on measures of positive affect in both groups.
The emotional life of LTDs seemed to be healthy, due to non-conventional and
democratic approach, rationality, free expression, spontaneity, catharsis, creativity,
and fulfillment of needs and expectations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016
APA, all rights reserved)
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1996-22710-001

4. The Satsang Network: A Growing Post-Osho Phenomenon

Liselotte Frisk

Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Vol. 6 No.
1, October 2002; (pp. 64-85) DOI: 10.1525/nr.2002.6.1.64
http://nr.ucpress.edu/content/6/1/64.abstract
University of California Press
5. Psychological Science: Research, Theory and Future Directions
Edited by Kostas Andrea Fanti
ISBN: 978-960-6672-26-2, 347 pages, Hardback First published in 2007 by
ATINER Effects of Seven-Day Osho Dynamic Study: A Pilot Study Vyas, A.
http://www.solarnomadic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Psychological-ScienceResearch-Theory-and-Future-Directions.pdf

6. Journal: MYTHO-MYSTIC LITERATURE QUARTERLY JOURNAL (PERSIAN

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE JOURNAL) SPRING 2016 Volume 12 ,
Number 42; Page(s) 237 To 256.
Paper: COMMON THEMES IN MYSTICAL TEACHINGS OF RUMI &
OSHO
Author(s): KAKAVAND QALEH NOUEE FATEMEH*, GOZASHTI MOHAMMAD
ALI
IAU, CENTRE TEHRAN BRANCH
Abstract:
From the beginning of the creation, man seeks a way to know his creator.
Appearing and development of mystical schools refers to this need. From
way back, Iran has been a cradle of mysticism and culture, and the rich
Persian literature has expressed ample mystical and cultural concepts.
But it is necessary to review mystical doctrines to coordinate them with
the ways of thinking of modern man. The teachings of Jalal al-Din Rumi
have been inspiring for many thinkers throughout the world and we can
see the traces of his ideas in some contemporary spiritual movements. In
the present article, the attempt has been made to compare common
themes in mystical thoughts of Rumi and teachings of Osho. The results
of the research show that many of teachings of Osho can be found in
mysticism of Rumi, and these teachings can guide the modern man to
reach to spirituality and exalted mystical state.
Keyword(s): LITERATURE, MYSTICAL SCHOOLS, SPIRITUAL MOVEMENTS,
OSHO,
ALAL AL-DIN RUMI
http://en.journals.sid.ir/ViewPaper.aspx?ID=505288
7. Different Religion - Different Childhood: A Comparison Between the Osho
Movement and Jehovahs Witnesses
Frisk, Liselotte
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Religious Studies.
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2765-439X
2014 (English)
Conference paper, Abstract (Other academic)

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2014. Religious Studies
URN: urn:nbn:se:du-16593
OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-16593
DiVA: diva2:774683
INFORM, London 31/1-2/2 2014
Available from: 2014-12-28 Created: 2014-12-28 Last updated: 2015-08-31
Bibliographically approved
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?dswid=8972&facesredirect=true&language=en&searchType=SIMPLE&query=&af=%5B%5D&aq=%5B
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8.KABIR,CHOOHHYUN,OSHOANDTENOXHERDINGPICTURESOFZENDr.ASHOK
MAITREYA
Poet&WriterMemberIndianSocietyofAuthorshttp://ibeihq.net/files/documents/05.pdf

9. Oshos and Islamic Meditation

Journal of Novel Applied Sciences
Available online at www.jnasci.org 2013 JNAS Journal-2013-2-10/505508 ISSN 2322-5149 2013 JNAS
Hossein Bagheri, Maedeh Bagheri and Hassan Rasouli Khorshidi
http://jnasci.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/505-508.pdf

10. In Search of the Promised Land: The Role of Religion and Spirituality in
the Lives of Transnational Israeli Migrants in Greater Vancouver
by Yuval Maduel B.A., SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Spring 2012
Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master
of Arts in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Faculty of Arts and Social
Science
She regularly attends two spiritual lectures on a weekly basis, one on the Vedic
tradition, and the other one on Osho9 and she feels that the knowledge that she
gains from the Vedic and Oshos lectures helps her in understanding her position
and role in this world.Yet, practicing yoga, meditation, Reiki, and attending Vedic
and Osho lectures, are their core practices.
11. Effects of dynamic meditation on anxiety
Iqbal, Naved; Singh, Archana; Aleem, Sheeema; Bano, Samina. Indian Journal of
Health and Wellbeing 5.8 (Aug 2014): 909-912.
http://search.proquest.com/openview/9aa1914b67cd357560b04fcf5eb6e97f/1?pqorigsite=gscholar

Mentions Osho on the first page here:

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12. CONTINUING THE PHILOSOPHY OF REGINALD O. KAPP

IMPROVING HEALTH By Ending the Prozac Nation
Open Paper for Commissioners and Providers of health services
19.8.08
http://www.reginaldkapp.org/New/28Prozac.htm

28 mentions of Osho

13. Global Nomads

Techno and New Age as transnational countercultures in Ibiza
and Goa
Anthony DAndrea First published 2007 by
Routledgehttp://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781134110506_sample_515888.p
df

Osho mentioned.
14. New Religious Minorities in the Baltic States
Solveiga Krumina-Konkova
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 2001), pp. 289-297
Published by: University of California Press
DOI: 10.1525/nr.2001.4.2.289
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2001.4.2.289
Page Count: 9
Page 292 Nova Religio has turned down two applications, those of the Osho Ojas
Meditation Center and the Lithuanian Pagans Community. ... Osho Meditation Center
statutes did not present recognizable marks of the religious nature of the organization. ...

15. TheSpiritualEconomyofNightclubsandRaves:OshoSannyasinsAsParty
PromotersinIbizaandPune/Goa
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01438300600625457
Anthony D'Andrea Pages 61-75, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

Download citation http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01438300600625457

16. Pessimistic absurdism in Samuel Beckett and Albert Camus An Eastern
critique
BA Dar - 2015 - shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in
... a gloom to allow for the Nietzschean joy of 'becoming' or celebration of dance of
life, as Osho and Krishnamurti propagate. For Camus ... absurd elements in the
works of Camus and Beckett and explicates its critique from the Eastern point of
view as represented by Osho, J ...
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/32973/6/06_introduction.pdf

17. Religion and Spirituality in Lonely Planet's India

Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2007, Pages 230242

Siv Ellen Kraft

... But these ingredients seem to be redefined as either philosophy or as we shall see in
more detail its close relative, ' spirituality'. ... LP India's discussion of Osho meditation
resort in Pune advises travellers to 'check it out', but with caution. ...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048721X07000310

18. Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science (Brill Handbooks on

Contemporary Religion)
by Jim R Lewis (Editor), Olav Hammer (Editor)
K Frystad - Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science, 2011 - books.google.com
... His question astonishes me since he has never mentioned Oshothe controversial
guru who amalgamated Eastern religion with Western psychoanalysis and sexual freedom
in any of the conversations we have had about religion and spirituality on earlier
occasions. ...
https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=OQOJJiyOyH8C&oi=fnd&pg=PA41&dq=osho+spirituality&ots=gEdpkGf
4qp&sig=42qXqskJP11E82NBgpoHL-zMb0I#v=onepage&q=osho&f=false

19. Reviewed Work: Women in New Religions: In Search of Community, Sexuality, and
Spiritual Power. by By Elizabeth Puttick Review by: Wendy E. Chmielewski
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
Vol. 2, No. 1 (October 1998), pp. 167-169
Published by: University of California Press
... Guided by her own experiences and by the Osho movement's prominent place among
post-war NRMs, she decided to focus ... In one chapter Puttick explores various forms of
Goddess spirituality practiced by adherents of Feminist Witchcraft, traditional Wicca,
ecofeminism, and ...
https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=zii_DAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR8&dq=Review:
+Women+in+New+Religions:+In+Search+of+Community,+Sexuality,
+and+Spiritual+Power&ots=UjW-6KowCd&sig=T1m1Mtk-_Terv5XkVyj_xvHj58#v=onepage&q=osho&f=false

20. A pragmatic study of media texts: A corpus of new age talks by Osho (on
the basis of Burke's pragmatic approach to concordancing)
Erdentu, Fulya Eastern Mediterranean University, zay Oral Library, Famagusta,
North Cyprus via Mersin 10 TURKEY
http://i-rep.emu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/11129/1263
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11129/1263
Date: 2010-10
21. Sufism in Writings: Mysticism and Spirituality in the Love Poems of

Salleh Ben Joned by Nadiah Abdol Ghani 2013-2016 (CC-BY) Australian

International Academic Centre PTY.LTD.
International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies
http://journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJCLTS/article/view/131

22. NA Ghani - International Journal of Comparative Literature and , 2013 journals.aiac.org.au

... William Chittick in his book Sufism defined 'Sufism' as always described as
mysticism, esoterism or spirituality, usually with the adjective Islamic tacked on
... Sufism, and only then can the self be led to God, thereby making Him man's
Beloved with Divine union (Osho, 1977, pp, 60-2).
Osho. (1977). Talks on Sufism. Sufis: The People of the Path Vol. 1, 1-284.
23. Gurus in America by Thomas A. Forsthoefel and Cynthia Ann Humes,

eds.MA Costabile - Alternative spirituality and Religion Review, 2010 - pdcnet.org

... Osho stands in sharp contrast to those gurus who have strived to preserve
traditional strands of Hinduism in the West: Gurani Anjali, Bhaktivedanta Swami ...
Each profiles an extraordinary individual and unfolds a uniquely colorful story about
a guru-centered spirituality born in ...
https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?
openform&fp=asrr&id=asrr_2010_0001_0002_0155_0159

24. Spirituality: One Answer for Many Problems GSR Murthy

A Journal of Management Ethics and spirituality, 2012 - inflibnet.ac.in
https://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ojs/index.php/PS/article/view/1217/1082

... 5 trustworthy and possess integrity (Hartman 1998) . There are also more likely to
make ethical decisions in the workplace. According to Osho, Religiousness means the
circumference, and spirituality means the center. In Indian tradition, spirituality means
following Dharma. ...
25. Easternization of the East? Zen and Spirituality as Distinct

Cultural Narratives in Japan Borup, Jrn. Journal of Global Buddhism 16

(2015): 70-93.http://search.proquest.com/openview/d9dc5d1937872b66b3c070a505395642/1?
pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=39853

... This is illustrated in a volume of Star People (31, 2009), in which the topic of "no mind"
(nomaindo) is addressed in interviews with practitioners primarily of Advaita and Osho and
in an article about the spirituality of Tibet and the "life of no mind" (30-31). ...
26. Learning, Intelligence and Consciousness: Objective Science and

Subjective Spirituality are Complementary

I. Kononenko ... In this paper we define learning and discuss its relation to intelligence and
artificial intelligence.
We relate learning and intelligence to consciousness and discuss the relation between
science and spirituality. 1 WHAT IS LEARNING ... Osho Humans learn throughout whole
life. ...
http://lkm.fri.uni-lj.si/xaigor/eng/Consciousness.pdf

27. In spirituality A perspective from a traditionally Latin culture

Zenita Guenther, Geovani Nmeth-Torres

Published online before print September 22, 2015, doi: 10.1177/0261429415602583

Gifted Education International September 2016 vol. 32 no. 3 216-223

... everywhere, in the heart, the brain, the five senses, in every living body and in nature;
and is in the teachings of Buddha, Hinduism, Kabbalah, Kardecism, Catholicism, Osho,
indigenous beliefs ... Ideas responding to spirituality to self-included were 76 idea-units or
41% of the total. ...
http://gei.sagepub.com/content/32/3/216

28. Deliberating on Osho new-emerging mysticism (quasi-school)

Farahnaz Ebrahimi and Ali Ramzani .
Advances in Environmental Biology.
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE
%7CA365687758&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=199507
56&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true
29. Entheogenic Spirituality and Gender in Australia

Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal

Joseph Gelfer 10/07/2012
... on the one hand more traditional NRMs such as the Unification Church and
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and on the other hand more liberal NRMs
such as the Osho movement and ... One example is integral spirituality, as theorised by
Ken Wilber (2000). ...
http://www.gelfer.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/psygender.pdf
30. Uncovering Spirituality as a Means to Prevent Managerial Blind Spots

Research report presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

the degree of Master of Business Administration at the University of
Stellenbosch
http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/811

links to: coetzee_uncovering_2008-2.pdf

6 references to Osho.
31. The Power Of Modern Spirituality: How to Live a Life of Compassion and

Personal Fulfilment (2011-09-01 by Dr. William Bloom (Author)

The Indian guru Osho similarly had his students dancing, shaking.
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Modern-Spirituality-CompassionFulfilment/dp/B01K916U12/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474719404&sr=81&keywords=The+Power+Of+Modern+Spirituality
%3A+How+to+Live+a+Life+of+Compassion+and+...
https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=zthazfNjADkC&oi=fnd&pg=PT4&dq=osho+spirituality&ots=J2UUECEw
SP&sig=DihwXF-87CmlcVgj4YLc-TsxWsY#v=onepage&q=osho&f=false
32. Science & Spirituality: A Perfect Standoff

James Kowall & Pradeep Deshpande

Scientific GOD Journal | October 2014 | Volume 5 | Issue 8 | pp. 629-659
ISSN: 2153-831X
Published by Published by Scientific GOD Inc.
A truth-realized observer can enter into an "ultimate freely falling frame
of reference" at will. This is how Osho12 describes this "ultimate state of

being"

http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/341/386

33. Awareness Is Freedom: The Adventure of Psychology and Spirituality

March 27, 2015 by Itai Ivtzan (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Freedom-Adventure-PsychologySpirituality/dp/178279851X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474720522&sr=81&keywords=Awareness+Is+Freedom
%3A+The+Adventure+of+Psychology+and+Spirituality+By+Itai+Ivtzan
https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=VCO9BgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT10&dq=osho+spirituality&ots=qr2Sgx
y6XV&sig=JqXM6m5LOBnzcKs6i6-iMJs4Qc4#v=onepage&q=osho&f=false

Another branch of active meditation was invented by the Indian spiritual

teacher Osho.
And: Osho, the spiritual teacher, used to ask his students to go out and
meditate in the market place.
34. A New Vision for Science Education: Spirituality,

Contemplation and Transformation Beverley L. Jane, PhD (Monash),

MEd (La Trobe), BEd (La Trobe), TSTC, BTheol (MCD)
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
of MTheol
Melbourne College of Divinity March, 2009
Unfortunately, people who only rely on what they have learned in the past, from their
parents and teachers, are at a disadvantage. (Osho, 1999). And: The first step is receptivity,
because in receptivity ego cannot exist - it can exist only in conflict. And when you are
receptive, suddenly your faculty of imagination becomes tremendously powerful. The poets,
the painters, the dancers, and the musicians - they absorb the universe in deep receptivity,
and then they pour whatsoever they have absorbed into their imagination. (Osho, 1999:66)
http://repository.divinity.edu.au/7/1/MTheol_thesis.JANE.pdf
35. Yoga in Penitentiary Settings: Transcendence, Spirituality, and Self-

Improvement
Mar Griera Human Studies - Springer
ISOR, Departament de SociologiaUniversitat Autnoma de
BarcelonaBellaterra, Barcelona (Catalonia)Spain Print ISSN0163-8548
Online ISSN1572-851X

Publisher NameSpringer Netherlands

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10746-016-9404-6
... So, I guess that I am awakening (). Paulo Coelho, Osho, Dyer, and Eckhart Tolle

are some of the most popular spiritual authors ... As Chandler argues, life spirituality
shares a sufficiently common spiritual-philosophy, or lingua franca, that makes it possible
for life spiritual ...
36. The most profound spiritual autobiography of all time?- a review of "The

Knee of Listening" by Adi Da (Franklin Jones)

PhilPapers - philosophical research online
http://philpapers.org/rec/STATMP-2
... I am in my 70s and have read many books by spiritual teachers and on spirituality, and
this is one of the greatest ones ... read and experienced alot in various religious traditions,
I naturally compare his writings with those of others, particularly with the great Indian
mystic Osho. ...

37. Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality

By Debra Hirsch Publisher: IVP Books (May 6, 2015)
... Without wanting to simplify the complex psychology and moti- vations behind addictive
behaviors, it's not hard to see a perverse spirituality at work in ... Osho, an Indian mystic
and professor of philosophy, saw the orgasm as a mini-samadhi (achieved when one has
love of God). ...
https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=zfR4BAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=osho+spirituality&ots=IHXBsRa
C-B&sig=IK9f1jaMT1WUoW7FqYb9r6DG-6Y#v=onepage&q=osho&f=false

38. Symbiosis of Science and Spirituality: Generation of Innovation in

Science for Human Survival
by Kanwaljit Kaur (2006-10-30) Publisher: Kalpaz Publications
https://books.google.co.in/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=pkY7_UCNbDUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=osho+spirituality&ots=Rqpgkb
WfIx&sig=D27bAofH03hnLoIEqtdDriikyqc#v=snippet&q=rajneesh&f=false

39. Values-Based Management Year : 2013, Volume : 3, Issue : 2

Print ISSN : 2249-7900. Online ISSN : 2249-7919. Article DOI :
10.5958/2249-7919.2013.00005.8 Achieveing self-transcendence for
inspiring and helping others: the role of social media

Kaur Irameet, Research Scholar, Shri Charu, Associate Professor

School of Management, ITM University, Sector 23A, Gurgaon-12201

Online published on 13 November, 2014.
... 11. Far more apt to be innovators, It has been stated by Osho that spirituality
discoverers of the new and creativity are related. spirituality enhances creativity.
http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?
target=ijor:vbm&volume=3&issue=2&article=005

40. Insights on sex

Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Jan; 55(Suppl 2): S268S272.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.105549

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705694/