Thembi Buthelezi came to America from South Africa, becoming very successful in New York City. Her sister back home was deeply involved in a cult there, who told her she could syphon her sister’s life through magic and sacrifice. Thembi’s life started falling apart the minute her sister arrived in her home and she knew something was wrong. Thembi distanced herself from her sister, went to ministerial school and ended up in Los Angeles at the famous mystical church called Agape. Little did she know, she would end up falling for the charms of a charismatic South African “Prophet” who was preaching at Agape on healing ancestral trauma. The same cult leader her sister had been involved in. A trip to Ghana to the cult headquarters would end up revealing a dark world riddled with secret sex magic and coercive techniques to trick white American women into giving up their marriages, fortunes and mind to the cult. The damage done took Thembi years as a buddhist nun to unravel and piece her life back together. Now, she is determined to warn everyone about this false prophet.
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Chapter Marks
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:12 Thembi Introduces Herself and Her Background
00:08:50 Comparisons Between Churches in Africa vs America
00:13:44 The Areas of Your Life The Cult Targets
00:18:21 When Thembi Was Initially Targeted By the Cult & Her Sister's Involvement
00:25:32 Thembi’s First Introductions to the Cult & Her Spiritual Journey
00:34:09 Thembi’s First Introductions to the Leader of the Cult
00:38:41 Beginning Initiations into the Cult & Recognizing Strange Behaviors
00:43:23 What the Cult Leader Asked Thembi To Do - S*xual Rituals & Other Cult Practices
00:48:08 More of the Witchcraft Practices Present in the Cult
00:50:30 The Cult's Tactics to Increase Followers
00:55:38 Sat*nic Practices Within the Cult
00:59:07 The Goals of the Cult
01:02:51 CW: Mentions of Human Sacr*fice, the Darker Aspects and Practices of the Cult
01:10:01 CW: Mentions of Su*cide, How Thembi Escaped the Cult's Influence and Her Time as a Bhuddist Nun
01:16:38 Thembi’s Healing and Beginning to Expose the Cult
01:24:04 Thembi’s Life Today
01:26:28 Final Thoughts and Linda Listen
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