When Australian Rosemary Ilic joined the Twelve Tribes religious sect, she had no idea that she would be brainwashed there. She was forbidden to read newspapers, go anywhere, and then ordered to give all her property.
It was only the beginning, then Rosemary was completely intimidated by Satan, as "everyone around was just talking like Satan."
According to news.com.au, the Twelve Tribes is considered a small Christian religious organization, founded in Pennsylvania in 1972 and subsequently spread across the Americas, Western Europe and Australia. In total, there are about 3 thousand followers of the cult.
In Australia, the center of the cult is located in the city of Katoomba in New South Wales. In the building of the center there is a cafe, which is run by the community and the house itself is located in the center of tourist routes. There are always a lot of visitors in the cafe.
If you enter the building in the evening, you can find there men with leather headbands and women in long skirts and light loose blouses. There are many children with long hair next to them. They love to dance in a circle to the sound of tambourines, holding hands.
The official doctrine of the cult is the restoration of "original Christian beliefs," that is, a common belief in the coming of the Mission, whom they call Master Yeshua. Their website says "Our goal is to love each other as he loved us."
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Members of the cult can only marry and marry other members of the cult, and before marriage, men and women are prohibited from kissing. When a woman gets married, her goal is to have as many children as possible.
Rosemary Ilic lived in a cult for 13 years and, according to her, she only managed to escape by some miracle.
"Immediately after that, all the zombies left me and it was like they had poured ice water from a bucket over me."
The Twelve Tribes have been criticized for their views and ways of life, and in 2013 German police removed 40 children from the community after rumors leaked that the children were often and severely beaten. In the United States, the community faced charges of child labor exploitation.
Rosemary retired to the community in 2010, luring her husband and her three children with her. She still does not understand why and why she stayed in the cult for so long, and she blames brainwashing and brainwashing. Her husband and children remained in the cult.
“There you are told that if you have any doubts in your thoughts, it is because Satan is talking to you. They constantly press on us to blame ourselves and you quickly become obsessed with it. You become your own worst enemy."
Rosemary said that all the followers of the cult mostly work tirelessly on farms and in cafes, without receiving any payment for their work and all the time under intense pressure.
“Any critical thinking is squeezed out of you drop by drop. I have had many warnings as this is considered a manifestation of Satan. All all day long they talked only about Satan. "Satan in this" "Satan in that". And you have to believe everything, because you are cut off from the press, from television, from the Internet. You can't go anywhere. Every day is just monotonous work and nothing more."
Within the community, no one has telephones, computers, televisions, any personal belongings, let alone money.
“They say you can leave at any time if you don’t like something, but in fact it’s almost impossible to do,” says another former member of the sect, Greg Kelly.
