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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 Daniel's review of In the Shadow of Enlightenment: A Girl's Journey through the Osho Rajneesh Cult:
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"Wow!

Un livre extraordinaire. J'ai lu beaucoup de livres de Osho et ce livre a ébranler tout ce que je croyais connaitre sur ce mouvement. Merci Sarito pour ce touchant témoignage. Je te souhaite tout l'amour que tu mérites! " Read more of this review »
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Sarito Carroll and 1 other person liked Alys Anderson's review of In the Shadow of Enlightenment: A Girl's Journey through the Osho Rajneesh Cult:
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"I was drawn to this story because I lived in Oregon during the height of the Rajneesh movement—through high school and college—so I’m just a few years older than the author, Sarito Carroll. I could relate to her age and the era. At the time, this was" Read more of this review »
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Sarito Carroll liked Amanda's review of In the Shadow of Enlightenment: A Girl's Journey through the Osho Rajneesh Cult:
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"I found this book deeply touching. It’s an honest and open telling of the life of a child and woman coming to terms with the living in a world / cult that did not prioritise the mental and physical care of its children.

I too was one of the children " Read more of this review »
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Sarito Carroll and 1 other person liked LOUAI KHODER's review of In the Shadow of Enlightenment: A Girl's Journey through the Osho Rajneesh Cult:
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"I chose to read this book because I had seen the Netflix documentary when it came out a few years back. The author takes us through her personal experience going through her developmental years in a very unconventional environment. She holds nothing " Read more of this review »
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