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It doesn't feel right to start a blog post about cults with a simple "Hello" - it feels better to just get straight into the topic. But I think I may have done myself a disservice in choosing today's blog topic.
Let's go back in time for a minute though, shall we? For some reason, I can't tell you why or where it stems from, I've always been fascinated by cults and collective behaviour and in 2016, I had the opportunity to take a summer paper (yes nerd) on collective behaviour. We even took a field trip to New Zealand's most famous cult - Gloriavale - I wrote a whole blog post on that and even made a cool YT video that people seemed to like? I kinda wish I could make more videos like that and maybe I will, but 2024 is all about experimenting with where I should go career-wise, as well as looking after my health first and foremost.
Anyway, I wanted to write a post about all the cults in New Zealand and I starting research because I swear there are more than just Gloriavale - although they do get all the media attention but I was struggling. It might have been easier to start with Australian cults, but we're here now. I also remember seeing like 60-minute shows about not so known cults in NZ and even heaps of media articles, but as I sat down to research this post, I couldn't find much. And I was led to some very dodgy blog-style websites - what is up with this lack of information on NZ cults/sects??? The first one I came up with was "cults.co.nz" and I remember learning about this in that class I took and it honestly looks like something out of the 1980s but it's meant to be an alphabetised online encyclopedia about cults but it's bloody confusing - like it has EVERYTHING to do with a cult slightly - like all the definitions??? I then found "contentcatnip.com" which has one post about NZ cults "here" that does seem to be just a space for New Age stuff - but it's a start.
Writing this blog post was gonna be a lot harder than I thought.
That got me thinking, especially with all the research I did for my masters. Are they going to be labelled cults still? Or, are we really just looking for New Religious Movements? Move over cults, because NRMs are here to stay. And oh my gosh, they are popular.
I also remembered that I had a book on my bookshelf called "Cultish" (quick disclaimer - this is an affiliate link so I will earn a commission if you buy the book through the hyperlink - ad) by Amanda Montell that I bought in late 2023 and still haven't read, so I am definitely gonna start that (although I'm still currently reading a book lent to me by Luke's dad and I really gotta finish it soon).
Also, I want to be as unbiased as possible when discussing cults, but sometimes that's hard so do be wary of that as you read this post - especially because there always seems to be a negative connotation when you discuss "cults" and the word itself just feels negative (and when we get down to Kosmic Fusion, my bias goes off the charts so please don't come for me).
This is likely going to be a two-parter or even three-parter depending on how long I ramble for, so I hope you're ready.
Let's start with a list of cults/sects in NZ.
Now some of these cults didn't start in New Zealand, but argubly the two most famous ones are Gloriavale and Centrepoint, which did start in Aotearoa - the mainstream media has had a field day with both of these cults. So we'll start with those. There are a few "New Age hippie communes" around but I'll just stick to Kosmic Fusion for the purpose of this blog post. And then, I'll dive deep into some of the cults that have made their way to little old New Zealand but didn't necessarily start there.
But for now, welcome to part 1 where we take a deep dive into Gloriavale, Centrepoint, Kosmic Fusion, and Shincheonji, and in part 2 (coming very soon), we will take a look at Eckankar, Scientology, Gentle Wind Project, the Exclusive Brethren, and maybe Mahana (but idk if that one will be in part 2 or part 3 or if there will be a part 3 - UGHHH I'm rambling).
Enough chatting already Ashleigh, get into the good stuff!
Gloriavale
Yep, we're back at Gloriavale and I've definitely talked about this one A LOT, especially because I've been there (so I literally have first-hand experience). I'll keep this short though because I've already written a bit about these guys already (hyperlinked above).
Gloriavale Christian Community is a commune located on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand (tbh, I don't think they like it when outsiders call them a cult, so maybe we'll stick to the commune). The current estimated population is 700 (last counted June 2023). And as I've mentioned before, cults often collapse when they reach 500 members or their leader passes away. Often, they will participate in a Kool-Aid ideology. Ya know, Jonestown. Although I don't think it was actually Kool-Aid that good ol' Jim Jones used to put cyanide in -I'll definitely write about them soon and make a YT video but I wanted to start close to home. But the point is that it's really interesting how long Gloriavale have survived and I suspect that they will survive for a really long time. I mean, they most likely bring in a lot of revenue for New Zealand with the agricultural game (and I don't see the High Court intervening anytime soon like we'll see how they did with Centrepoint).
Anyway, Gloriavale was founded by the late Neville Cooper (aka Hopeful Christian) in 1969, originally being called the Springbank Christian Community and eventually Gloriavale Christian Community. I also forgot to mention why it's called Gloriavale - Hopeful had a couple of wives over his time as a cult leader and Gloria was the name of one of them - hence the name "Gloriavale". Gloria had unfortunately passed away before Springbank became Gloriavale.
The belief system for Gloriavale is that of a Fundamental Christian belief - they are creationists, meaning they do not believe in evolution and fundamentalists take the bible literally rather than metaphorically. This means that they believe everything in the bible is real. To them, the world is only 6000 years old. Like I remember being there and the kids being like "look mummy, they have weird clothes" - which was kinda scary but also interesting to experience someone who has a different worldview to you. The kids were also only allowed to watch certain movies and they were allowed to watch cartoon dinosaur movies but it was made very clear that this was fiction (and dinosaurs were never real, just make-believe). Anyway, if you wanna hear more about my experiences, read my previous blog and watch my YT video because it does more of a deep dive into everything I experienced that day.
Gloriavale is also a very traditional gendered place - with men doing the hard yakka and women in more submissive roles such as kitchen work and raising the children - I mean the whole point of the cult is to keep popping out babies, there's no birth control, and they use very select doctors and nurses.
Interestingly, Hopeful was actually born in Australia and then moved to New Zealand once he was invited by the Voices of Deliervance Evangelists. Hopeful and his family started in Rangiora, Canterbury, but as the commune expanded, they moved out to Cust, and then eventually to the West Coast of NZ because there was way more land and they needed space. The commune is probably exactly what you expect, lots of land like a farm, SO MANY PEUGOTS - I'll never get over that, a lot of buildings - there's a school, church, meathouse (idk what to call it - the butcher area), some animals, although we didn't see heaps of cows around. But yes, it's exactly how you imagine it to be, and it definitely feels like a home - and I can say that because when it was there, I felt like I was invading someone's home - even though we had been invited.
I do feel bad for Gloriavale and what they've been through, especially with the way the media have treated them. It's hard to know what went on behind closed doors - and I do hope that if anyone was mistreated that they got out. I feel so glad to live in the Western world, even if it is still terrifying. I don't think I'd cope well in a cult. Gloriavale also does sleepovers for a select few people and honestly, I don't think I could handle that but for some reason, I kinda think I could do a New Age commune. But I think that's only because I like meditation - maybe I'll have a look at a meditation retreat or just go somewhere and meditate for a few days (surprisingly, it wasn't as expensive as I thought).
If you do want to hear someone's perspective who was in the cult and then got ex-communicated (yeah, you're allowed to leave a cult, but when you do, you get cut off from your family members - it's a way of keeping peole in the cult), then I seriously suggest you watch the below TED Talk from ex-member people Lilia Tarawa:
Centrepoint (TW: s*xual assault)
Let's move on now to Centrepoint - I forgot the name of this cult for so long and I was like I swear New Zealand also has this big one in New Zealand that the media also had a field day with and then I found it - Centrepoint. Now, this one is probably going to be quite triggering for some because there's been a lot of assaults at this particular place. It doesn't exist as a cult anymore, but I think the legacy will live on. Reading about this one was pretty hard.
Centrepoint was founded in 1977 in Albany, North Shore (kinda near Auckland) by Herbert Thomas Potter - "Bert" for short and apparently a few others (Wikipedia says 36 but I don't quite believe that). It also states on Wikipedia that this cult was created "in the model of therapeutic encounter groups popularised in California in the 1960s" - which I'm having trouble paraphrasing. An encounter group is known as a T-group (or training group) where the people participating in the group learn about themselves and the interactions they have with each other - often there are 8 - 15 people involved. To unpack that, we know that the hippie counterculture movement began in the 1960s in California and there was a lot of emphasis placed on communes and living together like that - and there were a lot of people aiming for self-actualization. There is no specific goal for these groups - which is probably why I'm struggling to get my head around this concept but more of an emphasis on how they interact with one another emotionally, and how their own emotions impact someone else's behaviour. If you're interested in reading more about this, see the book "On Encounter Groups" - by Carl Rogers (this one isn't an ad).
Back to Centrepoint. Now, there's not a lot of history available online about the history of this place and I think that's fair, but what most of the information is about is the victims. There was a lot of s*xual abuse going on at this cult and it's fascinating that some former cult members will tell you about their time of connection, enlightenment, and utopia and then there's others who will recount you the awful abuse they endured and I wish my words had more power on that, but unfortunately they don't. Reading the stories of this place are just awful.
Centrepoint got to 200 members at its largest but on the 25th of April 1990, Bert was arrested for dr*g charges. Bert was also sentenced to 7 years of jail time in 1992 for his assaulting 5 girls (children) between the years of 1979 and 1984 - and it really makes you wonder, why are so many cult leaders like this? Somehow I don't think 7 years was enough for a crime like that, but weirdly enough after Bert was released, he maintained his innocence expressing how he thought it was a good thing to explore intimacy with both children and adults saying it was natural and desirable - I feel sick even writing this and now I need to go throw up. UGH. Other members were also convicted of similar crimes - including Bert's own son - like father-like son I guess. Oh god, don't make jokes now Ashleigh - there's only so many things I can deal with, and sometimes humour helps me get through. Anyway, Bert passed away in 2012 - I wonder if he also thought the world was gonna end then?
The cult didn't collapse until 2000 - after a lot of the members had been sent to prison, which is also really weird - I guess maybe the leader was still alive - just in prison so it's a bit different to Gloriavale.
After the collapse of Centrepoint, Massey University completed a study about the commune (this was a 3-year study that was released in 2010) so maybe it began in 2007 - I'm not too sure, but their findings were pretty interesting. They interviewed 29 people who had spent time at Centrepoint - and very specifically, time during their youth at Centrepoint. I wasn't sure whether I was going to be able to access the article but I managed to find it on Google Scholar (I don't have access to UC's library database anymore) and if you want to read it, you can do so "here." If the hyperlink doesn't work, search for the title "A different kind of family: Retrospective accounts of growing up at Centrepoint and implications for adulthood" in Google Scholar and it'll be the first one that comes up. Anyway, let's take a look at some of the findings of this study:
There was a diversity of experiences - both good and bad and lots of members couldn't differentiate between black, white, and grey - everything was a bit of a grey area
Children were exposed to things like psychological manipulation, dr*g use, parental neglect, watching/witnessing the abuse of others, adult conflict, corporal punishment, bullying, parental neglect, parent imprisonment, and other adverse circumstances
Children were also exposed to some beneficial circumstances such as good adult role models, child-friendly recreational areas, and peer/adult social interaction
Negative publicity and stigma surrounding Centrepoint made it hard for children and adults who were part of Centrepoint
Negative impacts such as substance abuse issues, psychological damage/disorders, lack of direction in education/career, financial difficulties, difficulties in adult interaction later in life (especially intimate), fear of how they would be perceived by others, and also for some members, uncertainty about their own perception of reality (that last one is terrifying)
Positive impacts such as resilience, honesty, social skills, transparency, and independence
"Different experiences, beliefs and coping strategies create a tendency towards factionalised perspectives about Centrepoint with some participants arguing that it was fundamentally abusive and others that it was an ideal place to grow up" - (Gibson et al., 2010, p. 3).
I did enjoy how the authors of the article also tried to include a rehabilitation process to integrate former members back into mainstream society - because you don't often see that with ex-members of cults - I think it's very hard for them to fight the system or find a psychologist that they trust. But the psychologist who wrote this article really wanted these people to integrate into mainstream society and take a holistic approach - I do like that. Apparently, there have been some reports that some of the testimonials were watered down - because they would be "unbelievable" - and that's really sad. I can't find a source for this so I cannot confirm nor deny, but it wouldn't shock me. But also, come on - people believed children were part of satanic cults when the whole moral panic of daycare places was prominent in the 1990s. Now that would be an interesting topic to cover.
I believe there was also a lot of dr*g use occurring at the commune with MDMA being produced onsite and rumours of both LSD and Ketamine also being produced there. Apparently, Bert would teach his members to use these substances in order to learn more about their own psychotherapy - and to me, that sh*t is crazy.
Thankfully in 2000, the High Court of New Zealand ordered Centrepoint to be disestablished and all assets were placed under the administration of New Zealand Communities Growth Trust.
I've also found a few articles with recounts/testimonials of people who survived Centrepoint. They are pretty powerful but also really sad so if you wanna check them out, I'll post a list below:
S*x, Dr*gs - and a Guru called Bert - by Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham
Centrepoint: Albany's Lost Cult - by Alana McConnell
From Centrepoint to Gloriavale, why are we still naive about sexually dangerous cults? by Dr. Caroline Ansley
Centrepoint: Neither free nor loving - by Anke Richter
I also believe there's a documentary called Heaven and Hell but I'll have to do some more digging to see if it's available in Australia (you can definitely find it only easily if you live in NZ). Ohh looks like TVNZ have put a censored version on YouTube so you can watch it below:
I feel for these people who were subject to all the abuse and it's really good to see that the High Court got involved, but I wish there was more information on what led Bert down this little rabbit hole of creating a commune (other than his f*cked up s*xual desires). Why did he want to create an encounter group and why did it lead to so much abuse?
Kosmic Fusion
Kosmic Fusion. When I first heard this name, I thought, huh sounds kinda like something you could buy at Cosmic Corner? But oh boy, I was led down a crazy rabbit hole for this one. This is your average New Age cult SCAM. And it's pretty obvious to tell it's a scam, their literal website has a "False Clams Vs Truth - Reality check on the story of Joy Kuo" an ex-member of Kosmic Fusion who was dissociated from the New Age community in 2018, for speaking out with the support of journalists Steve Kilgalloon and Tony Wall (see "this" article).
The article on Kosmic's Fusion's website makes some bold claims - talking about how the two women who slandered them had traits of NPD and I'm sorry, where is the evidence of this? Now I'm someone who has always been pretty positive about cults (I'm not pro cults, but I do understand the importance of them, why people join them, and why they're good for some and not others) and I do have a bit of experience with dealing with people with NPD, but this is just gaslighting at its finest. And from reading both articles, it's clear to me that labelling people as narcissists is one way this New Age community kept "control" of their members - I say control but it's really more of indoctrination and as I write this I am becoming increasingly scared that this community is going to come for me - and even more scared as I think about writing about Scientology too - sh*t, maybe I should get a lawyer? But there's "evidence" from Kosmic Fusion - but to me, it looks doctored - like it just looks like fake emails (like maybe they've taken out personal details for safety and whatnot, but it looks like they've made these themselves) and I honestly could be completely wrong, I'm really just going with my gut here.
Oh sh*t, what have I got myself into? I'm deep into detective mode here - maybe I should have been a PI because I always seem to catch people out on their bullsh*t - yeah I'm looking at you who hacked my accounts (sorry that's not what we're talking about here). I was absolutely convinced that some of the images on Kosmic Fusion's website were altered - and yes, now I sound like a crazy person but hear me out (and yes, I'm aware of confirmation bias - if I go looking for something, I will find the answer I want to find). But there's just that inkling inside of me that something's not right here. I think it might also be the fact that at the start of the article, there's an intention laid out that it's not meant to be slander - sorry man, this article is definitely slander. To me, it's good that they have "evidence" but the images are blurry, we can't see battery bars or times, and we know they've added in their own boxes so in some ways, the images have been altered - we just don't know how much.
My brain hurts. There's always two sides of every story but if two New Age cult leaders are going to the extreme to slander someone for just trying to expose a cult, it just feels wrong to me. It's messy. And in doing a lot more reading, what if Joy was just saving all that information as proof and wanted to give it to authorities? Maybe she was part of an MLM, but I really don't know. I don't know which side of the story is true, or whether it's all false, I'm obviously leaning a bit more to Joy's side based on what I've read, but let's keep learning about Kosmic Fusion.
Kosmic Fusion is run by a husband and wife - Shri Ji and Sree Maa in 2003, it started in India and the teachings of Kosmic Fusion were taken all around the world in "Mind, Body, Spirit" festivals. It was brought to NZ in 2010 and then became a prominent community by 2013.
The principles this cult follows are three: honesty, integrity, and authenticity and they claim that they have no New Age undertones or religious indoctrination to their members, just that they follow their path to self-realization and God-consciousness (I'm sorry, that's literally what the New Age is). The wording on their information pages really rubs me the wrong way for some reason - because it's exactly how narcissists talk - ironic right?
So what goes on here? Well, the leader Sree Maa and her followers believe that she is the reincarnation of an Indian deity (I cannot find which one) and that she has the ability to tune into people's souls through "special frequencies" and in turn, heal them and help them. I mean I love meditation, but I also believe in healthcare. I think they also use quantum physics jargon to explain these processes to people but I don't think it's legitimately "scientific".
According to ex-members, there were "public confessionals" which involved lengthy sessions of getting someone to confess something - and in front of people. Just by thinking about that makes me think of torture - like imagine if someone did that to you and you had nothing to confess and then you just make something up and then you start to believe that you actually did that? This sounds oddly familiar - oh yeah, it's what Scientology does, just in a different way. However, Kosmic Fusion still to this day claims that no public confessions or any in front of other people went on. That's kinda dodging the real question though, isn't it? And yep, I think my bias is pretty heavy here but I can't help it when something doesn't sit right with me like this.
I can't seem to find much more information on this one, but I have found one other "ex-member" story that I want to share here and I urge you to make your own judgements and opinions about this place - don't let mine impact you - because to be honest, even though I am leaning one way, there's not enough evidence for me as a social scientist to fully commit to one side of the story to the other.
Kosmic Fusion - the Quantum Vortex Scalar Wave Photon Pulse - by Iphigenie Amoutzias: this article sheds some light on "A" who I believe is Joy and also says how confessionals were held (and in front of people - very interesting). After reading this testimonial, I also learned about another Public Notice from Kosmic Fusion slandering Iphigenie (it's weird for a community to publish things like this - especially if they say people are allowed to come and go). And even weird that people get "disetablished".
I legit have no idea what to make of this "cult" but they label themselves as not a cult and not New Age so I have no idea what to call them. And this is not a slander piece - it may have some bias, but I am very scared of publishing this article, so I really hope you enjoy my thoughts.
Shincheonji
Have you been scrolling on social media, maybe TikTok or Instagram and seen people talking about a cult where they recruit members by going up to them in shopping centres and try and sell them this course? Well, I sure have, and this definitely happens in Melbourne - I almost thought this happened to me when I was sitting in Melbourne Central one day on the top floor just by myself - two ladies came up to me wanting to do a survey about my experiences in Melbourne, nothing else. I had nothing better to do so I obliged. They asked me questions about where I was from and what I liked to do in Melbourne but there was no bible speak - I also told a friend of mine who thought these people were this cult but I'm not convinced - they didn't try to sell me anything or ask for my phone number or tell me about an opportunity - and if they were the cult, they did a good job at hiding it. There is also the other idea that they were the cult and they just didn't vibe with me - it was probably the weirdest thing I've experienced in Melbourne. But anyway, what's Shincheonji and why does it have a chapter in New Zealand?
According to Wikipedia, Shincheonji is an NRM that began in South Korea by leader Lee Man-hee (I've just learned this guy is 92, whaaat). This cult or pseudo-religion as some might say has very religious underpinnings with the full name being "Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (SCJ)" and the teachings of this cult, church, religion, whatever you think fits best, are that Lee is the pastor in the New Testament. According to Lee, the Book of Revelation is full of metaphors that only he can untangle (that's a fun way to get followers haha jk). This is absolutely a doomsday cult - with the teachings of the cult being that they will achieve salvation at judgement day and then, those who aren't in the cult will be destroyed (that's a bit much innit?)
In 2020, there was a bunch of controversy about Shincheonji because they gathered in large groups and spread COVID-19 rapidly with 231 cases coming from the cult specifically, in South Korea. Thankfully, Lee stopped gatherings very quickly when all this came out. But, he did get in trouble with law enforcement for violating the Infectious Disease and Control Act AND embezzlement (do people just start cults so they can commit crime?) There are also a lot of other controversies that this cult has been involved in, but WAY too many to list here.
The history of this cult isn't all that exciting - Lee had gone to a few other religions but nothing worked for him and on the 14th March 1984, Lee founded Shincheonji, and then its first temple in June of 1984. The cult has been expanding ever since. As of 2020, this cult had over 200,000 members around the world - whoa, that's extreme.
You're probably still wondering how this cult made its way to NZ? Well, you can take a look at their website for NZ "here" as a start. I've been reading the FAQ page for a while now and I've definitely noticed a pattern of how words are phrased on cult's own websites - there's never a simple "yes" or "no" answer - they're really good at dodging questions, kinda like they've been media trained and as I write this, a spam call just came up on my phone, that is freaky. I haven't been able to pinpoint an exact date as to when they started to operate in New Zealand, but they have had a presence in New Zealand since January 2022 (and this was the year I moved to Melbourne and met with those girls at the mall). I don't want to cite Reddit for this blog post but I'm gonna have to. "Here's" a really good outline of what the cult has been doing in New Zealand (it's a little biased but it is really educational).
This is one cult that is actively recruiting members - it's not the same as living on a hippie commune together and kinda being aware that you're in a cult - this cult downright psychologically manipulates members into joining. It's terrifying. And they pry on people who won't look them up - in NZ, they are targeting a lot of Pasifika Peoples (Samoa, Cook Islands etc.) Apparently, the cult has spoken out to say that this is disappointing but tbh, I think they're really lapping it up.
So what will happen is someone from Shincheonji will go up to someone, start talking to them about things, and they'll gain their trust, and eventually, they bring up this bible course without actually mentioning what it is - they gain the recruitee's trust and then manipulate them into joining. One person in New Zealand even gave up 5 years of her life and she wasn't allowed to see her friends (probably because they'd tell her she was in a cult) AND HAD TO ASK PERMISSION to see her family. You can read Jasmine's story "here" - I don't know her real name, I'm just using the fake name that the article used. I think some of their recruitment tactics are similar to what MLM's use - using social media apps, apparently even dating apps (nowhere is safe), and new members had to get as many phone numbers and people to sign up for the "bible studies" classes as possible - YEAH WE ARE DEFINITELY IN MLM TERRITORY.
Ahh, a bit of backtrack but I have just learned from "this article" that Shincheonji missionaries arrived in New Zealand in 2015. This article also talks about Jasmine (from above) but calls her Laura - I hope both these names are pseudonyms.
The New Zealand media and a lot of Korean Protestant movements in New Zealand have tried to warn people about how dangerous Shincheonji is, but it's still managed to expand and a cult expert at Massey University is also surprised.
I think they are very clever and manipulative with their tactics - some of these articles that I've been reading where I've seen notes on people they target say things like "dig deeper into her loneliness" or "just broke up with her boyfriend" - like this is ample territory for relative deprivation theory. They are also going to people who are already "religious" in some way - mostly Christians and going to other churches to recruit members - and these churches are warning others - it's a pretty bad sign if another church is badmouthing you. They also target university-aged students - and in Melbourne specifically (I know it's not NZ, but important to mention).
I've included some interesting blog post-style articles that discuss more in-depth the recruitment and manipulation of Shincheonji:
Shincheonji: A Cult Engaged in World-Wide Deceptive Recruitment - by Steven Hassan
A Warning About Shincheonji - by Chara Community
There's also not a lot about this cult on YouTube - only a few Vice videos, some interviews with former members from small channels but there are a lot of videos from the cult themselves and that's terrifying. I wonder if they have a monopoly over on YouTube - would they come for me if I made a video about them?
I'll leave you with that for part 1 of exploring the secretive world of New Zealand's cults and I will see you again very soon for part 2.
Much love,
Ash xx
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