I find this eminently fascinating. So I was journeying through the internet in search of entrancing music for the spirit and came across this site:
http://cdxonline.co.za
... and the album that's previewed there--15 YEARS OF SHANTI MUSIC. I play the sample selections and they are some of the most beautiful music I have heard. Most of the selections are by Oliver Shanti. As this is someone I have never heard of, I do a Google search on the name and find there's a brief Wikipedia entry on him:
Oliver Shanti (Born Ulrich Schulz 16 November 1948 in Hamburg), later known as Oliver Serano-Alve, is a New Age musician. His group "Oliver Shanti & Friends" has recorded several CDs, including "Circles Of Life" - The Best Of Oliver Shanti (1997), "Tai Chi", "Seven Times Seven, "Alhambra", "Listening To The Heart", "Medicine Power", and "Rainbow Way".
Two tracks by Oliver Shanti & Friends were featured in the Buddha Bar compilations: "Onon Mweng (Rainbird)" in the Buddha Bar II compilation produced by Claude Challe and "Sacral Nirvana" in the Buddha Bar III compilation.
Then there is this amazing last line:
In 2002, a warrant for his arrest was issued in Germany (English version), with a €3000 reward offered.
A link provides a PDF of the arrest warrant:
http://www.polizei.bayern.de
Ulrich Schulz, aka Oliver Shanti, aka Oliver Serano, aka Oliver Serano-Alve, a man who is "extreme overweight" at ca. 308-374 pounds, is being sought for... "serious child sexual abuse."
Then there's this:
From the ThinkSpain website, dated April 20, 2007:
Spanish police hunt German 'chill-out' star accused of child abuse
The Fugitives Unit of the Spanish National Police are looking for Oliver Shanti, a 58 year old German musician who is also the leader of a sect believed responsible for sexually molesting over a thousand young children. Shanti himself is accused of abusing over a hundred children during orgies at a mansion owned by the sect in Germany where Shanti used to lived with dozens of minors.
Investigators are focusing their efforts on the south of the Galicia region close to the Portuguese village where the singer now lives. Shanti is somewhat of a local celebrity in Vila Nova de Cerveira, where he has been honoured for his generosity after donating a sculpture and funding several ambulances.
German police have circulated a photo-fit description of Shanti and offered a €3,000 euro reward for information leading to his capture.
And much more here:
Tenerife News
Though the crimes were different, why am I reminded of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?
