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HBO's doc on the Love Has Won cult is such a clear testament that many people are attracted to cults because social systems in place have failed them.
When there's growing social despair and little justice, people look for ways to try to make sense of their experience.
#almost everyone joined the cult because they were disillusioned with society and their place in it#love has won#love has won: the cult of mother god#cults#socioeconomic despair#grifters#abuse#same is true of#nxivm#twin flame universe#qanon#qultists#anarchapulco#personal#poverty#conspiracy theory
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that nxivm cult was at first a self help club and many people said the program helped them at first
Yep!
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I loved seeing Bonnie Piesse get to be a badass in this show, because this woman single-handedly escaped a cult in real life and started an insurrection that freed her family and friends as well. Beru is a badass because Bonnie was a badass first.
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that moment you realize you’re going to lose your case
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Very interesting that one of the main faces of women saved from NXIVM was the blonde rich girl actively taking part and not the Mexican girl who was groomed by Keith then kept locked in a room for two years after he smuggled her into the country and took all of her legal documents
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#cults#recovery#deprogramming#religion#the family international#NXIVM#steve hassan#cult recovery#religious trauma#trauma#spiritual abuse#religious abuse
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Tom & Michael learning that Allison Mack & Nicki Clyne were married in today’s podcast was so uncomfortably funny.
“I didn’t know Allison were – Uh-oh!”
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A little Easter Egg from Yellowjackets that’s super messed up is that there’s a part where Rekha Sharma’s character (an actress from Battlestar Galactica), Jessica, mentions knowing people from that “sex slave pyramid scheme” i.e. NXIVM. And NXIVM had a bunch of members who were other actors on Battlestar, most notably Nicky Cline who is currently still brainwashed. So this line has some very uncomfortable “reality subtext”.
Also Rekha Sharma’s BSG character killed Nicky Cline’s character for an extra dimension of discomfort.
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Twatter is wetting themselves in anticipation of an "orange man bad" mug shot. Good, take the photo for historical evidence of what they've done to the American people. I can think of thousands of so-called "criminals" who were chained, jailed and murdered for their beliefs. Just to name a few whose followers were on the right side of history:
Jesus Christ
John the Baptist
Martin Luther King Jr
Apostle Stephen
Apostle John
Apostle Paul
Apotle Peter
Nelson Mandela
Episodes to watch w/legal experts
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#revenge#trump2020#trump2024#alvin bragg#soros#clinton crime family#biden crime family#nxivm#nyc#banana republic#maga#obama crime family
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Gods, I'm watching the second season of The Vow and just... so much of the abuse is just built on so much misogyny and perversion and ego condensed into one man.
It's insane to think about how much men hate women in a general sense... but then just to see exactly how much one man is capable of, is horrifying.
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As always, I hope they found some piece. Especially Konerak and his family.
#true crime#tcc blog#jeffery dahmer#serial killer#science#crime / law / justice#crime#crime magazine#nxivm#keith raniere
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This morning I dreamt I was cuddling with Tom Welling. He had broad shoulders and a soft smile. I told him I would stop watching Smallville if there was too much Allison Mack and NXIVM.
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When Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia enters the shoot of The Vow to help free her granddaughter from a sex cult
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Watching this, finally, and the question uppermost in my mind is the same question when I watched Part 1:
Why the fuck did so many beautiful, bright, young women put up with this bloviating sack of shit, Keith Ranieri?
He's a spud. Ick.
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Allison Mack, Former Smallville Actress Involved in Nxivm Cult, Released from Prison
In a significant development, Allison Mack, the former “Smallville” actress known for her involvement in the Nxivm cult, has been released from federal prison after serving two years of a three-year sentence.
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#AllisonMack #Allison #smallville #chloe #ChloeSullivan #NxivmCult #Nxivm #KeithRaniere #Raniere #todayonglobenews #todayonglobe #tognews #tog #news #dailynews #dailynewsupdate
#AllisonMack#Allison#smallville#chloe#ChloeSullivan#NxivmCult#Nxivm#KeithRaniere#Raniere#todayonglobenews#todayonglobe#tognews#tog#news#dailynews#dailynewsupdate
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'Scarred' Book Review & Thoughts
Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, The Cult that Bound My Life
Sarah Edmonton (with Kristine Gasbarre); 2019
This is my first post, and what better book to start off with than Scarred by Sarah Edmonson? In 2017, Sarah was an integral part of the NXIVM whistleblowers. If you don’t recognize the name, NXIVM was a cult masquerading as a self-help company since the early 2000s. ‘Scarred’ solely focuses on Sarah’s story of being promoted through NXIVM and its Stripe Path while working on her “personal growth”.
HBO’s ‘The Vow’ was my first real introduction to NXIVM. After bingeing the first season on my (ex)boyfriend’s couch, my interest had peeked. The directors perfectly set the stage by the end of the first episode, to make the audience, myself included, think ‘oh, it doesn’t sound that bad. I get why people tried it.’
‘Scarred’ is written to make the reader feel like Sarah is writing her story to you, a personal friend. The first chapter is when the reader is given a dose of discomfort. It tells of the day Sarah was branded under the watchful eye of her best friend, Lauren. This was filmed on Lauren’s phone and sent to Keith Raniere, the leader of NXIVM. It feels like Sarah is saying “this is the worst that happened. Here it is. Everything else you’ll read just leads up to my worst moment.” The chapter itself has the feeling you get when watching a horror movie, knowing the girl checking the empty bedroom where she heard the mysterious sounds coming from, is going to die.
But then, as you’re about to be transported back to 2005 to start Sarah’s story, an image flashed through my mind. The moment in a movie where the crazy opening scene happens and the screen freezes on the main character’s warped face as the voice over says, “Hi there. Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here.”
‘Scarred’ has a cathartic feeling. As a reader, you understand that you’re reading a part of Sarah’s healing process. Some of her experiences are shared on camera in ‘The Vow’, but in ‘Scarred’, she lays it all out. You understand her thought process as to why she joined, allowed herself to spend the money/do a work exchange to learn more, and the decade of her life to be promoted up the Stripe Path (NXIVM’s company hierarchy) before opening her own education centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.
While reading, I’d have loved more details. What sash did Nippy have when Sarah met him? Was Nancy’s home the one that every other senior leader copied? How long was David a member of NXIVM? Did Sarah collect Air Miles? Did Sarah and Bonnie have a friendship? (Do any of these questions make sense if you haven’t read the book? No, which is why you should read it) It often felt like she gave the bare minimum of what happened in any situation. But I still read it, all 222 pages. If I didn’t make any notes while I read, it would’ve taken me two days to finish.
The want for more information is a ‘me thing’. I always want to know more of somebody’s story if it’s out there. At the end of the day, I understand that Sarah (and her co-writer Kristine Gasbarre) could only share what’s important to her story.
And if you’re wondering, NXIVM had its notes of wisdom. People wouldn’t have joined if it didn’t. Sarah was able to share those tidbits throughout her book. It’s how she could rationalise the strange things and behaviours she witnessed over twelve years within the company. Genuinely, they had sentences in their curriculum that could be applied to someone’s life to make them feel just a little lighter. And yes, I said sentences. Anything more, Raniere went WILD with confusing sentences.
But of course, we know who created that curriculum. Every time I saw a sliver of sense, I thought “if it wasn’t NXIVM, this could be beneficial.”
Before I wrap up, I’d like to add that Sarah Edmonson is an absolute badass. I know she didn’t write this book to brag but holy crap, this woman has a work ethic and determination that I envy. The dedication she put into ESP (the company under the umbrella corporation NXIVM), to growing the first Canadian centre for ESP that she opened, to enrolling as many people as she could and helping them to expand their own personal growth, is admirable. I think she could run her own non-culty company any day.
But overall, this is a story Sarah could’ve kept in her drawer with her diary or in her therapist’s notebook. Her willingness to share her vulnerability with the anonymous audience is touching and admirable. In lamest terms, she’s warning everyone not to join a cult.
Do I think ‘Scarred’ is a good way to introduce people to the NXIVM story and crimes? As good as Sarah’s book is, no I don’t. I think if you want to know all of the details about NXIVM and the timeline leading up to the 2019 trial, you should watch ‘The Vow’ for that.
Through HBO, ‘The Vow’, a docu-series was released in 2019. Sarah, her husband Anthony “Nippy” Ames, and other whistleblowers, Mark Vicente (who can be thanked for most of the in-the-moment NXIVM footage), Bonnie Piesse, and Catherine Oxobrough appear heavily in the first season. The second season focuses heavily on the trial of Keith Reniere, NXIVM’s creator and “Vanguard”. (I’d like to personally add that I cannot see the word vanguard now without being a little creeped out.)
After you watch the documentary series and pick your jaw off the ground, listen to ‘A Little Bit Culty’, Sarah’s and Nippy’s podcast (which I avidly listen to) and read ‘Scarred’. You read with Sarah’s empathy and wholesomeness in your head to know that she wasn’t your stereotypical person to fall for a cult. She was able to rationalise it and other than a few times, I don’t want to rip my hair out at just how obviously manipulative the people around her were.
My final note… ‘Coercive control’ is a term that’s becoming more familiar to the American legal system thanks to the NXIVM case. The United States Assistant Attorneys were able to show the 2019 jury that the women charged along with Raniere weren’t doing the horrible acts they committed because it’s what they wanted. They were manipulated (brainwashed, if you will), by Raniere, something he was highly talented at. Some of these women were under his influence for 20 years! Coercive control was recently mentioned in another high profile case; this time in Hollywood. Danny Masterson, of That 70s Show fame, was charged with the SA of three women. Masterson has been convicted at the time of writing this blog post.
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