The expulsion now awaits the formality of Vatican approval. Since 1990, Fox has repeatedly been ordered by Catholic superiors to return to his home province of Chicago from Oakland, California, where he has lived and headed the Institute for Culture and Creation Spirituality since 1983. Rajneesh's Commune in Poona, India Is More Prosperous than Ever since His Death. Some cult observers thought Rajneesh's commune would splinter and wane following his death, but they were wrong. The Osho commune has never been more prosperous.
People come to the commune for a variety of reasons.
They lie around the pool in bikinis and read Sidney Sheldon. Some seek companionship at the weekly movie night or the commune's cappuchino bar. A local entrepreneur has opened a disco for communers, which is, in all probability, the closest thing to an AIDS-free disco in the world. As those in Japan search for meaning in their lives, Americans are happy to sell it to them. New Age psychics, channelers and healers are doing a bang-up business there.