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Sarito Carroll

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In 1978, nine-year-old Sarito traveled to India with her mother for what was meant to be a summer adventure—only to be swept into the infamous Osho Rajneesh movement, where she would spend seven years of her childhood deep inside the cult’s inner circle.

Her debut memoir, In the Shadow of Enlightenment, exposes the dark truths hidden beneath the façade of free love and spiritual awakening. What the world saw as liberation, Sarito experienced as neglect, sexual misconduct, and indoctrination. With unflinching honesty, she traces her journey to reconcile a past shaped by both trauma and a fierce longing to belong—navigating attachment, rage, and the complex bonds of a cultic childhood.

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Sarito Carroll liked Isla's review of In the Shadow of Enlightenment: A Girl's Journey through the Osho Rajneesh Cult: "It is really hard to write a review about this book because it was an account of the authors own experiences as a child within the Rajneesh cult. I thought it was really well-written and the author experienced a lot as a child and has a lot of wisdom" Read more of this review »
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An increadibly well researched account of the story of Rajneeshpuram. I grew up there and learned a lot of details I hadn't known before. Well done! ...more
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