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Shari Franke’s childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother, Ruby Franke, enforced a severe moral code while maintaining a façade of a picture-perfect family for their wildly popular YouTube channel 8 Passengers, which documented the day-to-day life of raising six children for a staggering 2.5 million subscribers. But a darker truth lurked beneath the surface—Ruby’s wholesome online persona masked a more tyrannical parenting style than anyone could have imagined.

When Misty was six years old, her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse, and extreme physical violence. When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took them to an Amish community where they were adopted and became baptized members. Misty was devastated to once again find herself in a world of fear, animal cruelty, and sexual abuse.

Behind the tall, foreboding gates of a commune in Brazil, Daniella Mestyanek Young was raised in the religious cult The Children of God, also known as The Family, as the daughter of high-ranking members. Her great-grandmother donated land for one of The Family’s first communes in Texas. Her mother, at thirteen, was forced to marry the leader and served as his secretary for many years. Beholden to The Family’s strict rules, Daniella suffers physical, emotional, and sexual abuse—masked as godly discipline and divine love—and is forbidden from getting a traditional education.

Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles—a series of secret, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian Patriarchy included strict discipline, isolation, and an alternative lifestyle that appeared wholesome to outsiders. Women were to be silent, “keepers of the home.” A Well-Trained Wife is an unforgettable memoir about a woman's race to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage.

What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join - and more importantly, stay in - extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has.

In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey.

In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale's beliefs and practices. When her parents fled with their children, Lilia was forced to make a desperate choice: to stay or to leave. No matter what she chose, she would lose people she loved.

The Cult of Trump is an accessible and in-depth analysis of the president, showing that under the right circumstances, even sane, rational, well-adjusted people can be persuaded to believe the most outrageous ideas. Hassan’s audiobook is essential listening for anyone wanting to understand the Trump phenomenon and looking for a way forward.

Shunned follows Linda as she steps into a world she was taught to fear and discovers what is possible when we stay true to our hearts, even when it means disappointing those we love.

Whether you're a Christian Scientist searching for answers, a former follower still struggling to let go of confusing teachings, or a friend or ministry partner hoping to better understand the grips of this false faith, this book can help you on your search for truth. In these ten intensely personal narratives, former Christian Scientists bravely recount their journey out of the religion and into authentic, biblical faith in Jesus Christ. Each chapter addresses a different theme, shining light on theological inconsistencies taught by Mary Baker Eddy in her book Science and Health with Key ...

Your most potent weapon, is your nature. If you are born a human in this time, you are born a warrior. A warrior who doesn’t know or live his or her identity, becomes depressed, fatigued and even suicidal. In this book I have described my spiritual vision of the warrior, as well the demons (in human bodies) who are born under certain placements of the heavenly bodies in the sky above. I have described my inherited method of understanding the effect of the THRONES or planets in our bodies and psyches. You will find your unique spiritual warfare strengths described, your weaknesses that ...

In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially mixed, and he was a leader in the early civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California, where he got involved in electoral politics and became a prominent Bay Area leader. But underneath the surface lurked a terrible darkness.

To recover from the energy drains of life takes more than affirmations and chamomile tea. This book goes the distance in describing the holes in our foundations, that allow energy drains to keep happening. We can plug the holes in our consciousness, and change our ways, our habits and lifestyle to become aware of energy assault, energy stealing; by understanding why is happening. Caraf Avnayt is a survivor of ritual energy harvesting. As in insider in the industry of energy draining, she is able to describe the methods of relationship abuse and covert forms of energy stealing that can hold ...

This book will explore the stories and role of demonic beings in different world cultures and religious traditions. Each chapter will detail dark creatures from all corners of the world and explore the symbolic meanings and cultural impact of these entities, showing how they reflect human fears, moral dilemmas, and spiritual beliefs. So what awaits you on this journey? Ancient Mesopotamian Demons Demonic Figures in Hindu Mythology Biblical Demons and Angels Demons in Islamic Texts Dark Creatures of Japanese Folklore Norse Mythology’s Dark Beings Dark Creatures in Slavic Mythology Spirits ...

Secret Societies Unveiled. The obelisk of Concord in Paris, the Great Seal of the United States that presides over the dollar bill, and the statue of the Fallen Angel in Madrid. What do they have in common? Secret societies have encoded their mysteries in plain sight in modern cities, leaving silent testimony to their past and present power. This book will provide you with the key to understand many of its mysteries, its secret handshakes, its symbols and all the mysteries of the Masonic craft. Alberto Leon Cebrian addresses this and other questions in a historical study on the origin of ...

Esta obra recopila un compendio de conceptos generales de la Regla de Osha Afrocubana, que van desde la consulta ante el oráculo de Eleggua, hasta la coronación de Yoko Osha, pasando por la imposición de collares, los orishas de addimu, el respeto a las tradiciones y las consideraciones que deben existir entre padrinos y ahijados. En resumen es un texto de consulta muy útil para creyentes, aleyos, iniciados e incluso iniciados en la religión ---------------- This work compiles a compendium of general concepts of the Rule of Osha Afrocubana, ranging from the consultation before the ...

La Trinidad, la doctrina que afirma la triple personalidad de Dios, es exclusivamente una doctrina cristiana y una verdad de la Escritura. Pero a pesar de los valiosos esfuerzos de estos eruditos, la Trinidad es todavía largamente incomprensible a la mente humana. Y no podría ser de otra forma: ¡Se trata de explicar la naturaleza misma de Dios! ¡El ser más grandioso, fascinante y complejo del universo! Tal vez la principal razón por la que muchos rechazan la doctrina de la Trinidad reside en el hecho de que ella está más allá de la lógica y no puede sujetarse a la razón humana. ...

The shootout, siege, and fire at Mount Carmel, better known as the Branch Davidian compound, is one of the most debated and misunderstood sagas in modern history. Thirty years later, most people still do not know what really happened even though there have been numerous books, articles, movies, and videos written/produced about the tragedy. Unfortunately, many depictions of the Waco Branch Davidian story lack the comprehensive research needed to sort through the various myths and misconceptions surrounding the actual events. Others are sensationalized accounts representing a single ...

Cults prey on the very attributes that make us human: our desire to belong, to find a deeper meaning in life, to live everyday with divine purpose. Their existence creates a sense that any one of us, at any time, could step off the cliff’s edge and fall into that daunting abyss of manipulation and unhinged dedication to a misplaced cause. Perhaps it’s this mindset that keeps us so utterly obsessed and desperate to learn more, or it’s that the stories are so bizarre and unsettling that we are simply in awe of the mechanics that make these infamous groups tick.

Known for deep dives into true crime, extremist ideologies and fringe subcultures, journalist Leah Sottile turns her investigative eye toward American New Age culture. Today, tarot cards, astrology and crystals are everywhere—from Instagram and TikTok, to upscale boutiques and pricey wellness retreats. Sottile investigates how the recent surge of interest in New Age ideas speaks to a culture that is woven into the very fabric of America, and how self-professed gurus like Love Has Won's Mother God and the mysterious channeler Ramtha have built devout followings because of it.