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for my father, was the idea of being a
missionary and what that entailed. For
him Christianity was at the heart of his
life and he thought he was doing
something noble. We go into these
things and think we’re doing good in
the world and we are sharing some set
of values that will help people and I
feel that is where the vulnerability is. I
explained to her that he was a
teenager, he was trying to look for his
purpose in the world and this group
targeted teenagers and they wanted
young people who could do the
bidding, do the recruitment process
and it worked.
the military. They didn’t have formal
education and the military would take
them and so that is just another
regimented cult type environment and
so the transition is not so stark.
Min: Another place with rules, so you
didn’t really have to think because it
was all set out for you.
Naomi: And being part of the military
adds to a whole other slew of posttraumatic
stress and then they are
having to deal with that. People who
are in these high control groups are
having to leave the military and having
to live with that and it leads to many
things.
"For my father, was the idea of being a missionary and what that entailed.
For him Christianity was at the heart of his life and he thought
he was doing something noble."
Naomi
Morgan: It was the face of the
organisation, young and attractive
people, just like you.
Naomi: For my grandmother, it’s
helping her to understand why he
would do that. It’s what we do, we try
to understand, right? How and why
did they allow themselves to be
branded? I would never do that but
when you’re in a group and you’re the
only one saying I don’t know if this is
right?
Min: Conformity is a powerful state of
being. How do you step away from that
and offer a different opinion?
Naomi: Oftentimes people come from
a familial cult environment and then
join a cult and a lot of people who left
the Family as teenagers, they went into
.
Making The Invisible Visible
That’s what I see from some people in
my family, from people who my father
has helped, after he got out and that’s
really at the heart of it. Once you join
one, it’s easy to join another and the
same with relationships, once you join
one toxic relationship, it’s easy to find
yourself involved in another if you
don’t understand what you’re in and
it’s easy to repeat that pattern.
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult
is available to watch on STARZ which
can be found on Amazon Prime in the
UK. first episode is free.
seduceddocumentary.com