This is a database of internet documents and links to documents relevant to Adidam and/or its founder, Franklin Jones (also known as Adi Da Samraj, Da Free John, Bubba Free John, and other names). This is a work in progress.

Note on print and tape archives: As a further service to Daism research we are collecting an archive of printed materials, letters and journals, video and audio tapes, and photographs relevant to Daism and/or its founder. We are especially interested in items of low circulation, scarce magazines and pamphlets, personal journals, and documentation not likely to be seen by the general public. If you have these kinds of items and want to add originals or copies to the archive, please contact Elias by regular mail: Lightmind Website, PO Box 171, Manchester Village, VT 05254. The collection is housed in a secure location and made available to serious journalists and scholars.

News Media

Ownership History of Naitauba (TV Guide, Nov. 7, 1970 )

American-born guru, Bubba Free John, retires (East-West Journal, July, 1976 )

$5 Million Suit Names Marin Sect (Marin Independent Journal, April 3, 1985 )

Defectors Voice Several Charges (Mill Valley Record, April 3, 1985)

How Franklin Jones Became the Master (Mill Valley Record, April 3, 1985 )

Da Free John -- Why the Criminal Process Fails (Mill Valley Record, April 3, 1985 )

New Age Defectors Look for Help (Mill Valley Record, April 3, 1985 )

Stories of Drugs, Orgies on Free John's Fiji Isle (San Francisco Examiner, April 3, 1985 )

Sex Slave Sues Guru (San Francisco Chronicle, April 4, 1985)

$5 Million Action Cites Cult Leaders (Marin Independent Journal, April 4, 1985 )

Guru Led Group to Lake County in '73 (Lake County Record-Bee, April 4, 1985 )

Believers 'Surrender' to Spiritual Master (Lake County Record-Bee, April 4, 1985 )

Disciples Have Plan for Church (Marin Independent Journal, April 4, 1985 )

Svengali of the Truth-seeking Set (San Francisco Examiner, April 5, 1985 )

Guru's Fiji Haven Called 'Paradise' (San Francisco Chronicle, April 5, 1985 )

Suit Shatters Calm for Sect Members (Marin Independent Journal, April 5, 1985 )

Stealing –With Style – From Da Free John (Marin Independent Journal, April 5, 1985 )

untitled news summary (Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1985 )

Cult Admits Sex Practices Did Not Cease (San Francisco Chronicle, April 9, 1985)

Sexual Experiments Continued after '76 (Mill Valley Record, April 10, 1985)

Crazy Wisdom Bent Minds, Say Ex-cultists (Lake County Record-Bee, April 11, 1985)

Inner Circle Privy to Parties (Lake County Record-Bee, April 12, 1985)

Sect Sues Ex-Members on Extortion Charge (Mill Valley Record, April 17, 1985)

Goodies for Guru Kept Sect Poor (San Francisco Examiner, August 4, 1985)

Former Sect Members Recall Experiences (Mill Valley Record, August 7, 1985)

Report on Da Free John (NBC Today Show, May, 1985)
[Part one of this video is currently available on YouTube at this link.]

Sex Guru Touts Celibacy (San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 1986 )

The House Where Swami Lived (Newsday, September 14, 1986 )

Religious group's plans stir petition drive (Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Sept 29, 1990 )

No divine revelations in this Mummery (San Francisco Examiner, January 15, 1991 )

Adidam Comes to the North Coast (North Coast Journal, January 14, 1999)

Personal Recollections and "Leelas"

Writer of Endorsements Finally Meets Da (posted by Bill Austin, June 22, 1999)

The Things ADFJ Said About His Wives (posted by free, September 9, 1999)

Verified "ex-wife" Report (posted by Alice, September 11, 1999)

No Magic Siddhi Accompanied Abuse (posted by Alice, September 12, 1999)

Poaching Posse Leela (posted by ex-cultist, September 13, 1999)

Frank's Retreat from the Real (posted by Elias, October 2, 1999)

Ammachi on Adi Da (posted by JCB, October 15, 1999)

The Daist Cover-up Project (posted by Speaker #2, November 22, 1999)

How Devotees Became "Dissidents" in 1985 (posted by Jewel, December 4, 1999)

My Da Story (posted by A Former Daist, Feb 24, 2000)  

Barbara Marx-Hubbard Meets Da (posted by God Is Gracious, August 3, 2000)

1990 Retreat Diary ~ in 4 parts (Trans-Daist Dave, March 14, 2001)

Beware of the God ~ The Pitbull of Gurus (Jim Chamberlain, February, 2005)  

Life on the Island ~ posted by Hatley, June, 2005)  

The Daism Reports

April Was the Cruelest Month ~ (Elias, May 9 & 12, 2000)

Sources of Daism Report #1 ~ (Elias, May 13, 2000)

Adidam Fundraising ~ (Elias, June 6, 2000)

The New Pattern ~ (Elias, July 1, 2000)

A Time of Divine Frustration ~ (Elias, July 31, 2000)

The Dark Time ~ (Elias, March 31, 2001)

FRANK ~ an Inquiry of Adi Da ~ (Elias--a completed weblog)

Ken Wilber

The Case of Adi Da (October 11, 1996)

Letter to the Adidam Community (July, 1998)

An Update on the Case of Adi Da (August 28, 1998)

The O'Mahony Complaint ~ Filings and Depositions

Complaint of Beverly O'Mahony (March 4, 1985)

Deposition of Andrew Parker in O'Mahoney v. Jones (April, 1985)

Deposition of Andrew Parker ~ PDF file (April, 1985)  
[The best way to read this Adobe PDF file is to right click on the link and download/save the file to your computer. You can then open it in your Adobe Reader.]

Declaration of Patricia Masters (June 26, 1985)

Declaration of Patricia Masters ~ PDF file (June 26, 1985)  
[The best way to read this Adobe PDF file is to right click on the link and download/save the file to your computer. You can then open it in your Adobe Reader.]

Mark Miller

Letter to the Mill Valley Record (May 9, 1985)

An Open Letter (May 25, 1985)

Letter to a Questioner (July 14, 1985)

Letter to Family Member of a Daist (September 17, 1985)

Photo of Mark Miller 1985   

Text of Mark Miller's 1986 Lawsuit Against Adi Da for Fraud and Infliction of Emotional Distress (May 21, 1986)

Swami Muktananda

Letter from Franklin Jones to Swami Muktananda (April 1968)

1st Letter from Swami Muktananda to Franklin Jones (April 1968)

2nd Letter from Swami Muktananda to Franklin Jones (August 1969)

Leaving Siddha Yoga (Website)

The Secret Life of Swami Muktananda (from CQ magazine, 1983, edited by Jay Kinney)

O Guru, Guru, Guru  (New Yorker Magazine, Nov. 14, 1994)  

Daist Documentation

The Three Dharmas (Franklin Jones November, 1973)

The Confrontation and Break with Muktananda (1973-1975)

Mark My Words (Da Free John, Dec. 30, 1983)

I Am The Divine Self-"Emergence" (Adi Da, 1998)

Sri Da on Ramana Maharshi (posted September 8, 1999)

An Open Letter (Adi Da, 1999)

Adidam Notes (October 19, 2001)

30 Years of Failure (October, 2001)

Adidam Tithing Guide (October 9, 2001)

Murtis of Adi Da (Website)

Nirvanasara (link to DaBase website)

Historical Documentation
This section includes items related to events prior to 1975.

Franklin Jones Wins Oratory Contest (November, 1956)

High School Yearbook (Class of 1957)

Franklin Jones ~ Tropical Astrological Chart

Franklin Jones ~ Sidereal Astrological Chart

Bibliographies [updated links to DaBase Website]
(These are links to the excellent Daism bibliographies on the DaBase website.)

1) Alphabetical Bibliography
2) Historical Bibliography
3) Bibliography of Periodicals
4) Library of Congress File

Other Documents and Links
1) Georg Feuerstein ~ Holy Madness
2) The Beezone ~ complete list of Daism articles
3) The Beezone ~ Writings of Adi Da
5) New Religious Movements ~ Adidam  This is a pro-Daist site masqurading as scholarly/objective. Ex-Daists are called "apostates" and websites critical of Daism are studiously ignored.
6) Da Free John & Adidam   [contains interesting interview with ex-Daist Mystic Mike and essay by ex-Daist Seer]
7) DaBase Website
8) Shawnee Free Jones