Der Gott der Aussteiger steigt aus/ Rajneeshpuram

Collage of Rajneeshpuram impressions

Watching the documentary wild wild country was incredibly emotional in a really uncomfortable way. Many connections I couldn't really link to anything I've seen before.
Knowing a lot about Jones Town I was shocked when someone told me about the documentary and never even heard about this sect before. 

Germans are generally really sensitive when it comes to movements of religious or political groups. The war left such a painful stamp in everyone's mind, people became loners. Maybe you would still join the sports club or countrywoman club, anything that couldn't become too political or powerful.

Though there is a huge interest in sects and tribes since the post-war generation never got to understand what happened in their parent's minds, hushed up, experiences their parents would never share. 

It feels like this fascination carried through to our generation. Maybe it's something personal but I've always been the most excited about documentaries or stories that are about communities and religions.

Rajneeshpuram was supposed to liberate people from norms, the commercial and capitalistic society. But united all the free spiritual people, it turned into something pretty ugly. All initiated by a really controversial women that comes across quite psychopathic, and reminds you too much of the last German dictator.  

When I asked my dad about her, he just said "this crazy bitch". He has always been a great supporter of solidarity and could not forgive anyone not paying their taxes. 
My customer is different, most of them have experienced traumatising dramas in their life. They understand or at least try to understand each other, they are really compassionate. 
Watching this documentary was really helpful as I found out quite a lot about my customer's political views while debating on it in person with one illustrator (Eva Muggenthaler).