In Part Two of Donna’s interview with Elgen, she talks about being kicked out of New Eden Academy and the pressure and problems of purity within the church. Summary of content: 4. Falling is worse than Hitler. 7. Camp Sunrise and older blessed kids, blessing seniority. 10. Dae no. Nim and cheong pyeong. 14. FearContinue reading “Eternity in a Box: Donna Cervelli Part 2 on Falling Out Podcast”
Category Archives: Ex-Moonies
Miseducation: Donna Cervelli Part 1 on Falling Out Podcast
Elgen Strait talks to Donna Cervelli about her time in the church’s New Eden Academy Summary of contents: 1. Intro Donna and New Eden Academy. 11. Press release of Eden Academy different from reality – no heating etc. 15. Learning Korean but no proper academic classes. 23. Unification Theological Seminary. 27. Similarity to Children ofContinue reading “Miseducation: Donna Cervelli Part 1 on Falling Out Podcast”
Hideo Higashibaba on Preach podcast
Following Hideo’s podcast series Growing Up Moonie, Lee Hale interviews Hideo on his podcast Preach. https://preachpod.org/listen/growing-up-moonie
Children of the Moon
A documentary created by Tymon Brown and Will Klein about growing up in the church. ‘Children of the Moon is a documentary short about the consequences of leaving an all-consuming way of life, and the lasting effects of a radical paradigm shift on one’s relationship to themselves and others.’ Children of the Moon — WillContinue reading “Children of the Moon”
Cults, Explained: Netflix documentary
In this useful episode exploring a range of cults, The unification church is included, with comments from Teddy Hose. What makes a cult? 1: Charismatic Leader revered as a godlike figure. 2: Doctrinated System of thought control. 3: Exploitation of members. Problems with the term cult. Cults rose to help people through social turbulence. USAContinue reading “Cults, Explained: Netflix documentary”
Our politics remind me of the Moonies: Teddy Hose on IndoctriNation podcast
Teddy speaks about ‘a mix of summer camps, banquets, and close bonds in an international community. These pleasant memories came along with parental abandonment, paranoia around sex and the outside world, and prioritizing loyalty toward the super wealthy, sometimes violence from the Moon family.’
I Was Best Friends with the Messiah’s Children: Lisa Kohn on IndoctriNation podcast
Lisa Kohn, author of To the Moon and Back, tells her story on growing up in a controlling environment, perfecting “that Moonie smile”, developing her own point of view, and breaking free.
Growing Up Moonie: Teddy Hose in the Nib Magazine
Teddy illustrates growing up in the Moonies in his cartoon that featured in the Nib Magazine.
Growing Up Moonie: Hideo Higashibaba
‘Hideo Higashibaba left the cult he was born into when he was 22 years old. The Unification Church, also known as the Moonies, was founded in Korea by a man named Sun Myung Moon who proclaimed he was the Second Coming of Christ. In Growing Up Moonie Hideo asks people he grew up with whatContinue reading “Growing Up Moonie: Hideo Higashibaba”
‘Whisked Away by the Moonies’ and ‘A Bond that was Life Saving’: Cynthia Lilley and Cathryn Mazer on Indoctrination podcast
Indoctrination podcast features Cynthia Lilley and her struggle to get her daughter Cathryn out of the Moonies when she joined in 1993. Subjects covered include magical thinking, similarities with the 12 step program of AA, suspending disbelief, the need to belong. Cathryn describes the CARP front group that she joined, the workshop and Divine Principle lecturesContinue reading “‘Whisked Away by the Moonies’ and ‘A Bond that was Life Saving’: Cynthia Lilley and Cathryn Mazer on Indoctrination podcast”
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