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March 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 29/03/2010 11:53 AM Page 32 32 Battle of the Sex Cults Battle of the sex cults His defence was that his behaviour was selfless service designed to quicken the spiritual Article By: Rebekah Kendal development of the devotees. All part of that Crazy Wisdom. Repeat after me: Rebekah is awesome. The moral of the story: never trust a man Rebekah deserves my adoration. I live to meet who feels the need to change his name four Rebekah's every need. times. For that matter, never trust a man who Nothing? Damn! I need to work on those looks like Yoda on welfare. brainwashing techniques. Perhaps if we introduced a little sleep deprivation... David Koresh Seriously, after a guy in Papua New Because the world can always do with Guinea managed to convince an entire village another self-proclaimed prophet of doom, (bar one) that public sex would lead to better David Koresh (born Vernon Wayne Howell) banana crops and a chap in Indonesia (claiming explained later) from the planet of the Elohim. carved out a nice little niche for himself in to be God) led his followers into wild sex The alien was short, had long dark hair, almond Waco, Texas. With a following of over 80 orgies, you would think that I could manage a shaped eyes, and olive skin. You get where this people, Koresh set himself up as the father of bit of adoration. is going (hint: if not, grab a map and check out the Brach Davidian religious sect (a splinter of Apparently not. Perhaps you're just not the Seventh Day Adventist Church). Literally. good cult material. You know — those Asia). The alien told Rael that his race — also Opting for a polygamous lifestyle when susceptible to yarns about aliens, creepy- human, but much more advanced — created he felt the urge to marry his second (14-year- looking self-professed messiahs, and a penchant earth humans using DNA. Rael was to be a old) wife, Koresh was soon preaching that he for communal living. In a word: suckers. prophet who would tell the world about the was allowed 140 wives à la King Solomon. He In light of the recent arrest of Israeli 'sex annulled the marriages of all couples who cult' leader Goel Ratzon, we've put together a Elohim and prepare an embassy for their arrival joined the cult and then had exclusive sexual on earth. Apparently they'll be landing list of famous cults that are just as infamous for sometime between now and 2030 (but, and access to the women (to spread his holy seed). their sexual deviance as they are for their end- here's the catch, only if earth humans are He had sex with various young girls, some as of-days prophecies. young as 12, including his first wife's younger welcoming enough). In October 1975, Rael got another extra- sister and fathered at least 15 children on the The Family terrestrial visitor. This time, they took him up to compound. Think hippies and free love (lots of it), the spaceship and to their own planet, which is Koresh's reign came to an end when the not the offspring of Don Vito Corleone. not in our solar system, but is in our galaxy. FBI laid siege to the compound in April 1993, Formerly known as the Children of God and Convenient that. Apparently they have big following a botched raid by the Bureau of The Family of Love, The Family was founded computers that observe everything we do. Uh- Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. by David Berg in 1968. Its beliefs are basically oh. The siege lasted for 51 days before the majority Evangelical Christian, with two major So, on to the juicy bits: an important of the cult was burnt to death in the church deviations: (1) Berg is a prophet who has been teaching of the Raelian Movement is sensual building where they were holed up. The burnt sent by God to spread the end-of-days message, meditation. The ultimate experience is the remains of 54 adults and 21 children were found and (2) the Law of Love is the supreme tenet on Cosmic Orgasm… which may or may not alongside Koresh. Nine members of the which all behaviour should be based. Somehow, involve little green fellows. Because sex is a movement managed to escape. this boils down to lots and lots of free sex. A fair pretty important part of the philosophy, there is amount of it involving David Berg. a group of women called the Raelian Order of Charles Manson When Berg died, his prophetic powers Angels, who devote their sexuality solely to our Famous for the role he played in the were transferred to his wife Karen. Apparently creators (the aliens) and their prophets. gruesome Tate and LaBianca murders, Charles this happens. She is also pretty into the whole Hmm... no aliens; one prophet. That's Manson has become a notorious icon of evil. loving Jesus literally vibe. In fact, it was she one lucky former cabaret singer. The fact that he used young women to commit who introduced the group's famous Flirty the murders has made him that much more Fishing policy during the 1970s. Adidam fascinating. FFing — Flirty Fishing — was a Manson set himself up as something of a Who wouldn't want to join a cult with a recruitment method. The bait: women. Yip, the spiritual leader who looks like Yoda with a hippie guru in San Francisco in the 1960s. family's ladies would head out to bars and mullet? I, for one, am quivering with Having spent most of his adult life in and out of nightclubs — those dens of iniquity — and excitement. Did I mention that he is holiest man prison, Manson was an aspiring, but not very recruit new members using (yip, you guessed it) to have ever graced the earth? No, seriously, he successful, musician. He was obviously also a sex. claimed that his spiritual stature exceeds that of bit of a womaniser. Because of the threat of HIV/AIDS and Jesus, Buddha, or any of the great spiritual He moved in with the 23-year-old Mary a bit of bad publicity, FFing was banned in leaders from human history. Brenner, but soon they were sharing their home 1987; sexual contact between adults and Who is this vessel of all things good and with 18 other women. At a later stage, when children (commonly known as paedophilia) in holy? Adi Da Samraj aka Da Free John aka Manson moved his followers to the Spahn 1986; and incest... well... there's no exact date Bubba Free John aka Franklin Jones who Ranch, they numbered over 100, mostly young for that one. founded the Adidam movement (aka the Crazy women between the ages of 15 and 25. The The new and improved Family, boasting Wisdom Fellowship aka Free Primitive Church ranch was allegedly the setting for countless a membership of approximately 10 000, is still of Divine Communion aka the Johannine Daist drug-fuelled sex orgies which helped Manson to all for encouraging young teens to develop a Community) in the 1970s. maintain his hold over the women. sexual relationship with Jesus, but adults are With a following of approximately Claiming to be a reincarnation of Jesus only allowed to shag those within The Family. Christ, Manson prophesised a massive race war 2000, Adi Da Samraj is spiritual small fry (despite his self-proclaimed greatness), but he between blacks and whites, that would result in The Raelian Movement does trump Jesus and Buddha in the sex-scandal the destruction of America. The gruesome Okay, okay, I admit it: the sex is pretty stakes. murders — ordered by Manson and carried out thin in this one. But the cult's mythology is just In the 1970s and 80s, numerous by his followers — were, in part, an attempt to too good to resist. It has aliens (human aliens!), accusations of sexual abuse were levelled spark this race war. Needless to say, they failed a cabaret-singer-cum-racing-car-driver-cum- against Jones and his movement. He was to do so. Manson and his accomplices are all prophet, and sex-crazy angels. accused of having sex with large numbers of his currently serving life sentences. [] So, here's the gist of it: on 13 December devotees, abusing drugs, and forcing members 1973, Rael (previously Claude Vorilhon) was to undergo humiliating sexual activities in front Download The ‘X’ Zone Podcasts visited by a human alien (don't worry, it'll be www.xzonepodcast.com of other followers.