It’s important to understand where The Body was created. The environment found on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska where the church was founded turned out to be a highly hospitable to an underground religious group. Maybe the story would have broke sooner if headquarters were somewhere else. Another thing to keep in mind is the […]

This review is definitely about The Body, and it was harder to find than you might assume. The two stars here took a lot of digging to uncover despite tips from a direct source linking Satech to The Body. An interview with a former member revealed that a man named Gary P (we’re still withholding […]

Two members of The Body were arrested in Washington on April 8th, 2022. A six-year-old was recovered at the scene. In a separate incident involving the police and CPS, a three-year-old was rescued. Both children are safe and are now with their mother who has been out of the cult for years. This is a […]

The sect of The Way that Susan joined in college had been established a few years before it found her. People going through transitions in their lives are at the highest risk of falling prey to coercive control, and whether or not Victor Wierwille knew this, he encouraged his missionaries to set up shop and […]

 Is there any overlap between your mission and that of Sonic’s? Is there a bridge between these concepts?Well, there is no concept of MLM’s in the Sonic Universe, but, like I said, Sonic will fight for what’s right and will take down any bad guy and that is my mission. I want to expose these […]

The Body International is a website about cults originally conceived as a means of shining light on a destructive organization from Nikiski, Alaska called The Body. The URL was secured when word got out that The Body was splintering and had spread internationally. Unfortunately, ubiquitous keywords like “the” and “body” made it difficult to reach […]

This is the third essay in a series by Lisa Mildred about getting up close and personal with cultic groups. In her last essay, Lisa paid a visit to Amish country. I’ve had a cursory knowledge of the group commonly called the “Moonies” for years, and had always dreamed of going to one of their […]

When Patrick Ryan entered the world of deprogramming it was still in its kidnapping and holding cult members against their will stage, which was popularized by Ted Patrick in the ‘70’s. Ryan now sees this as a process that was barbaric, but such were the tools of the time. After adopting a gentler form of […]

Children were rescued from The Body, Chris Coombes was arrested and given a twelve year restraining order to protect his ex wife and children. Who came to defend Chris and the cult? The US~Observer, a pay-to-play newspaper that traffics in goofing with the cases of the guilty. Read More Is The Body’s Australian sect a […]

Morgan DamerowAG Ombudsman Washington State 0 1 / 1 4 / 2 0 2 4 Hello Morgan, I’m Syran Warner, the journalist from Minneapolis you spoke with on Friday, January 5th. There’s still an open issue concerning delinquent public record’s request #23-523 filed with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office[1] on November 12th, 2023. The FOIA […]

The Body International Inc. Team Syran Warner– EditorMinneapolis, MN, USASyran Warner wrote stories at the alternative weekly City Pages in Minneapolis for over 12 years. Loves working with enthusiastic writers, talking about basketball, and watching old episodes of Dateline before bed. Connie Coppersmith– Copy EditorMinneapolis, MN, USA Connie Coppersmith is a filmmaker and art school […]

There’s a used extension cord for sale at cultcollectibles.com for $300. You could find a similar one at a hardware store for 5 bucks, but that’s not the point. This common cord is collectors item, despite its modest appearance, because it came from the Heaven’s Gate house where 39 people took their lives in a […]

Next, we’ll observe Dr. Alexandra Stein’s list of warning signs a cult will display which was adapted from the godfather of cult experts, Robert J Lifton. These signs are critical if you want to understand the methods commonly shared by cults that allow us to define them. Even more important is that if you can […]

I was a member of Sukyo Mahikari for nearly six years. No, you won’t have heard of it. Practically no one has.   It’s a Japanese New Religion. A lot of these groups started after World War II— Sukyo Mahikari started in 1959 and eventually reached beyond Japan. I wasn’t searching for anything when it […]