jon atack, family & friends | Sexually predatory groups: Cult Trip with Anke Richter @jonatackfamilyfriends6176 | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 14 minutes ago.
Anke Richter is one of the few journalists who has seriously researched authoritarian cults. Her own positive experience with a neo-tantra group helped her to understand the devastations caused by three very different cults: Centrepoint and Gloriavale in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Agama Yoga in Thailand. Centrepoint was a free-love cult whose leaders were eventually imprisoned for sexual abuse and child sexual abuse. Gloriavale is a contemporary pseudo-Christian cult with bizarre sexual mores. Agama Yoga has been called the 'rape cult' and belongs to the neo-tantra movement - which promotes the notion of bliss or even enlightenment through sex. Anke gives readings from her well-researched and shocking book. A must-read that will become a classic.
Links:
Anke's site: ankerichter.net
the Gloriavale Leaver Support Trust:
gloriavaleleavers.org.nz
If you have experienced sexual abuse and need help:
USA - rainn.org/resources
UK - gov.uk/guidance/support-for-victims-of-sexual-violence-and-abuse
AUS - https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-rape
NZ - police.govt.nz/advice-services/advice-victims/victims-rape-or-sexual-assault
If you are feeling suicidal:
USA - nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention
UK - mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/suicidal-feelings/useful-contacts
AUS - https://www.lifeline.org.au
NZ - lifeline.org.nz/services/suicide-crisis-helpline
Fight Against Conspiracy Theories
factaotearoa.nz
Portugal sex abuse findings cnn.com/2023/02/13/europe/portugal-catholic-church-abuse-intl/index.html
Australian Royal Commission https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/child-abuse
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Anke Richter is one of the few journalists who has seriously researched authoritarian cults. Her own positive experience with a neo-tantra group helped her to understand the devastations caused by three very different cults: Centrepoint and Gloriavale in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Agama Yoga in Thailand. Centrepoint was a free-love cult whose leaders were eventually imprisoned for sexual abuse and child sexual abuse. Gloriavale is a contemporary pseudo-Christian cult with bizarre sexual mores. Agama Yoga has been called the 'rape cult' and belongs to the neo-tantra movement - which promotes the notion of bliss or even enlightenment through sex. Anke gives readings from her well-researched and shocking book. A must-read that will become a classic.
Links:
Anke's site: ankerichter.net
the Gloriavale Leaver Support Trust:
gloriavaleleavers.org.nz
If you have experienced sexual abuse and need help:
USA - rainn.org/resources
UK - gov.uk/guidance/support-for-victims-of-sexual-violence-and-abuse
AUS - https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/sexual-assault-and-rape
NZ - police.govt.nz/advice-services/advice-victims/victims-rape-or-sexual-assault
If you are feeling suicidal:
USA - nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention
UK - mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/suicidal-feelings/useful-contacts
AUS - https://www.lifeline.org.au
NZ - lifeline.org.nz/services/suicide-crisis-helpline
Fight Against Conspiracy Theories
factaotearoa.nz
Portugal sex abuse findings cnn.com/2023/02/13/europe/portugal-catholic-church-abuse-intl/index.html
Australian Royal Commission https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/child-abuse
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patreon (for a monthly subscription - also for goodies like early access and a monthly Q&A with Jon!): patreon.com/jonatack
follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/atack_jon
and Instagram: instagram.com/openmindstoday
for respectful, insightful, and engaging discussion on coercive control, manipulation, abusive groups and individuals, and more, join our facebook group: facebook.com/groups/803202686721445 (for faster acceptance to the group, please answer the “prove you’re not a ‘bot” questions)
