Skip to content Donate Shop Episodes Now You See It Subscribe News About Press Contact FAQ Tumblr Read the Plaque Radiotopia Search © 99 percent invisible #site-navigation #masthead Post Thumbnail end second-span2 Title & Episode Number By 99pi on October 1, 2015 .entry-meta .entry-header listen, queue, download, share Listen Queue Download .track-controls Indian philosopher and mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh had a vision: he would build a Utopian city from the ground up, starting with 64,000 acres of muddy ranchland in rural Oregon. Purchased in 1981, this expanse was to become both a fully-functional urban center and a spiritual mecca for his followers from around the world. For this plan to work Rajneesh and his red-clad devotees (known as “sannyasins”) needed autonomous authority with which to construct their paradise. Circumventi...