PublishedPan, April 2010 |
ISBN9780330425636 |
FormatSoftcover, 368 pages |
Dimensions19.7cm × 12.8cm × 2.1cm |
Breaking the Spell is Jane Stork's extraordinary life story. Equally moving and disturbing, it chronicles the rise and fall of the religion Rajneeshism and the Rolls Royce guru, and Jane's part in the events that led to its collapse. Jane had a conventional Catholic upbringing in Western Australia.
Embarking on the familiar path of marriage and raising children, Jane's life began to unravel as she entered her thirties. She sought answers at a meditation centre, and quickly became devoted to the Indian guru Rajneesh, changing her name, adopting the orange robes of a sannyasin, and uprooting her family to live first in an ashram in India and then in Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, USA. For Jane, what started out as a journey seeking spiritual enlightenment began to descend into darkness as she sacrificed her marriage and children, and eventually - through a monstrous act of attempted murder - her freedom. After serving time in the US, Jane started a new life in Germany, but soon realised she could never truly be free until she had faced up to the past. With an international arrest warrant hanging over her head, and a son who is gravely ill, Jane finally does so with devastating clarity.
