What can be said about South American witches?

Beloved Osho, sometimes people have said that they see in my face that of a very old, hard witch. And I have felt inside me a deeply buried, revengeful, cold rage against all men who have ever forced, raped, killed or hurt women. This feels like something I have been carrying within for lives, and the realization of it is very painful. Is this some unknown part of myself, a mean personality in the closet? If so, please help me uncover and befriend this old witch.

The United States has a treaty with the European countries, NATO. Ronald Reagan has proposed to produce chemical war material, which is the ugliest. Only five countries out of sixteen have voted against it, but that does not matter because the majority is in favor. And all the great countries -- England, France, Germany -- are in favor. When chemicals are used in war, it is more dangerous and more ugly -- more inhuman. For example, a bomb will not be dropped here, but chemical gas will be released into the city and whoever breathes that gas will die immediately. There are gases which will melt only your bones; you will live, but all your bones will be melted. So you will become just a bag without any bones. What kind of life will that man have when all his bones are gone? He cannot walk, he cannot sit; he…

Are your sannyasins the witches of today's time?

That's true! Everybody can see it. The word `witch' means a wise woman, and where can you find wise women other than my place? I have added something more.... In the old days the witches were all old -- my witches are all young! They were all dirty and disgusting looking -- my witches are beautiful. I have improved upon the idea.

Beloved Osho, you have mentioned in the past that the witches burned by the christians knew, among other skills, how to hypnotize. It seems that in ancient egypt too, hypnosis was practiced. It has even been suggested that jesus was a skilled hypnotist. Was hypnosis once a respected form of healing? How did it evolve, and how did it fall into disrepute?

The science of hypnosis -- and remember, I am calling it science of hypnosis, not art of hypnosis -- is one of the most ancient sciences. It was practiced in the lost continent of Atlantis. Its literature was saved in Alexandria in Egypt. Pythagoras, a great seeker and searcher from Greece, visited the library in Alexandria and he refers to great literature on the science of hypnosis that has come from the lost continent of Atlantis, which sank into the Atlantic ocean in some natural calamity. The name `Atlantic' comes from `Atlantis'. Perhaps Atlantis had the greatest and the most ancient civilization. And Egypt tried to learn as much from the teachers and the universities of Atlantis as was possible, because the pharoahs -- the kings of Egypt -- were tremendously interested in collecting all possible sources of knowledge. The library of Alexandria was perhaps the greatest library that has…

Question: BELOVED MASTER, WHY IS IT THAT THROUGH THE AGES, FILTHY CORRUPTERS, RAPISTS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET, PEOPLE WHO BETRAY THEIR OWN MOTHER FOR POWER AND WEALTH, ARE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO REGALE THEMSELVES IN SUCH AN OSTENTATIOUS MANNER SO AS TO LIVE FREELY, SO TO SAY, IN THEIR PRESIDENTIAL PALACES OR PRINCELY RETREATS -- NOT ONE BUT MANY -- AND A MAN OF YOUR LIGHT, HEIGHT AND FAR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING IN EVERY WAY IS PERMITTED ONLY TO BREATHE THIS STINKING, POLLUTED AIR WHICH DOES NOT AT ALL CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH? BELOVED MASTER, FORGIVE ME IF I AM BEING JEALOUS, BUT IT IS DISGUSTING AND APPALLING TO SEE THE ABNORMALITY OF IT. IN THE PAST DAYS I HAVE SEEN THEIR FACES AND HEARD THEIR VOICES AND IT IS SICKENING. IS THIS OUR FAULT?

Another friend asks: Osho, from your talks it seems that the very things we want to erase—the chains of delusion, superstition, blind belief, the chains we want to break—end up getting stronger. From what you say, rebirth seems real, spirits seem real, gods seem real, the soul’s transmigration seems real. Then won’t the superstitions we want to remove only become stronger?

So the real issue isn’t “remove this leader, remove that superstition.” Change the basic man. The scientific mind won’t be preoccupied with superstitions as objects; they will continue as long as man chooses blindness. And who among us is ready to open our eyes? We don’t want to, because open eyes reveal truths we don’t want to see. So we shut our eyes and imagine what we prefer. A man thinks himself pure, saintly; if he looks closely, he will find the greatest sinner within. He doesn’t want to see that; otherwise his saintliness collapses. He surrounds himself with those who keep him blind—collects disciples who tell him, “You are a great saint.” There are wonderful tricks for collecting people—even shouting, “Don’t come near me! I want no one!” That too attracts crowds: “See, an extraordinary saint—he beats people away!” In California, on a beach, there was a simple fellow…