Ma Prem Hasya

Ma Prem Hasya
Born Françoise Wizenberg
(1937-04-04)April 4, 1937
Paris, France
Died 2014
Other names
  • Françoise Ruddy
  • Hasya-Françoise Ruddy
Movement Rajneesh movement
Spouse(s)
Children 2

Ma Prem Hasya, or Françoise Ruddy or Hasya-Françoise Ruddy,[1] was a follower of Rajneesh who served as his personal secretary (or chief of staff)[2] after Ma Anand Sheela.

Early life and family

Françoise Wizenberg was born in Paris on April 4, 1937. She is the daughter of Icek/Izak (Yitzhak) Wizenberg, a Polish industrial worker who died in a World War II concentration camp, and Maria Wilczuk, also a Polish-born Jew.[1] She was reunited with her mother, then living in France, at the age of 8. She and Guilford Glazer, her first husband of eight years, had two children.[2] She was married to her second husband, Albert S. Ruddy,[3] four years later.[2]

Rajneesh movement

She discovered the Rajneesh movement and Rajneesh's teachings during a trip to India. Hasya helped purchase the Oregon ranch that was developed into Rajneeshpuram.[2] She later married Rajneesh's personal doctor, George Meredith.[4][5]

Death

She had Parkinson's disease for the seven years preceding her death in 2014 at the home of her daughter, Erika Glazer.[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aderet, Ofer; Shubert, Omer (2018-05-17). "'Wild, Wild Country': Meet the Holocaust Survivor and Archnemesis of Ma Anand Sheela". Haaretz. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bumiller, Elisabeth (1985-12-17). "The Guru's Himalayan Repose". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Bhagwan's Rich Folk". The New Republic. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  4. ↑ "25 years after Rajneeshee commune collapsed, truth spills out -- Part 1 of 5". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  5. ↑ Stern, Marlow (2018-04-02). "'Wild Wild Country': Most Shocking Reveals From the Sex Cult's FBI Informant". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  6. ↑ "Francoise "Hasya" Ruddy (1937-2014)". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
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