According to the China Anti-Cult Network Comprehensive Foreign Media Report, the AMERICAN pyramid scheme company NXIVM has been accused of being a "sex cult", and the leader, Keith Raniere, was arrested last year and charged with 7 counts. Recently, a jury in Brooklyn, New York, united States, convicted the leader of 7 counts of extortion, sex trafficking and other crimes, the court will pronounce a verdict on September 25, Lanier may be sentenced to life imprisonment.
For the majority of victims, this is really good news. The innocent prince will come to pick a pickpocket today, what is the origin of this American cult that is known for "cultivating sex slaves" and has also attracted Hollywood stars to join.
Cult leader Ranier
Who is Keith Lanier?
Keith Lanier, the founder of the NXIVM organization, describes himself as an extremely legendary figure. His online biography is said to be as follows —
Graduated from Rensselaer Institute of Technology in New York in 1981 with three major degrees in mathematics, physics and biology, and two minor degrees in philosophy and psychology.
He has a super high IQ, at the age of 12 he taught himself high school mathematics in 19 hours, and at the age of 13 he has completed 3 years of college mathematics and computer language courses;
In 1989, he was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for "the highest IQ" and said that he would help members to transform and finally present the noblest civilization of mankind.
Just looking at the above resume, you will think that this person is simply too powerful! But in fact, the real Keith Lanier is completely different from the so-called resume.
He was born in Brooklyn in 1960 to a father who was an advertising agency manager and a mother who was a dance teacher. His parents divorced when he was 8 years old, and Keith grew up in the suburbs with his mother and later read at a private school.
Running NXIVM
According to the New York Times, NXIVM is nominally a women's training organization that claims to eliminate psychological and emotional barriers through the design of relevant courses, help promote women's empowerment, and enable members to achieve better self-realization.
In July 2017, the NXIVM Success Study Program was held in Albany (Source: The New York Times)
NXIVM also has a secret group, Dominus Obsequious Sororium, or DOS for short.
DoS latin means "female partner who obeys the master". Mark is the number two person in the NXIVM organization, and its management mechanism is similar to that of the "pyramid", including "master" and "slave".
Keith is the only male in DOS and the topmost "master", and Mark belongs to the first class below him, also known as the "master".
"Slaves" can recruit new "slaves" and, to a certain extent, can become "masters" after a certain level. The "slave" is subordinated not only to his "master" but also to all those above the "master".
The main purpose of DOS is to develop a sexual partner for Keith, and the women who join him are branded and forced to have sex with him.
It was reported that the women involved in the organization were taken into a room and asked to repeat like a mantra, "Master, please brand me, this is my honor," and then a female doctor held up a scalding branding tool and branded a symbol of about 5 centimeters under the hip of the person. That symbol is actually capitalized by the initials of Keith's name.
Canadian actress Sarah Oldmondson shows off her imprint
Not only that, but the organization forces them to watch bloody and tyrannical videos, and any betrayal of the organization is threatened.
How do you ensure that believers don't sell out the organization?
In terms of ensuring that believers do not betray the organization, NXIVM will require members to "clock in" to greet the host in the morning and evening during the "training" period to achieve brainwashing purposes. At the same time, Keith asked members to upload their nude photos, personal financial information, or various "ugly things" hidden in their hearts through dropbox accounts to prove loyalty to the organization.
After learning this information, NXIVM can blackmail and exploit members, and if someone dares to betray the organization, these private "collateral" may be disclosed.
If the female believers did not obey, Keith would force them to wear cow breast models to class, and others would humiliate them with words and even threaten to put them in cages.
According to former members and investigators of the group, Keith called on women to adhere to a near-starving diet to get the slim body type he found attractive. Women are forced to eat foods that are extremely low in calories to become more bone-like. In order to maintain his body shape and please Keith, Mark also runs 40 miles a week and diets strictly.
At night, the women devotees offer their love, thoughts, and flesh to Keith.
As recently as May of this year, Hollywood actress Allison Mack personally admitted that she conspired to force women to provide sexual services.
This incident caused quite a stir, and many women stood up and spoke out, saying that they had been seduced and brainwashed by the organization.
Kristin Kreuk, also an actress in "Superman Prequel," also tweeted that she did join the group in 2005, but fortunately quit in 2012.
India, the eldest daughter of American actor Catherine Oxenberg, joined NXIVM in 2011. In 2017, Oxenberg confessed to People magazine that he thought his daughter had been "brainwashed" by Lanier's organization. After joining NXIVM, my daughter became estranged from her.
Oxenberg (left) and daughter (right)
The paper wrapper can't hold the fire
Cults will one day fall
Over the years, the US media has never stopped exposing this cult organization.
In October 2003, Forbes magazine published an article revealing a wealth of information about NXIVM, detailing the weird rituals of NXIVM. According to some people who once attended NXIVM courses and then had a near-mental breakdown, they were separated from their families, slowly collapsed psychologically, and eventually brainwashed.
In 2010, Vanity Fair exposed the horrific organization with the theme of the Bronfman sisters ( daughter of Erdega Blounfman , the director of one of the world's largest liquor companies ) being devoured by a cult for $150 million.
Vanity Fair magazine reports
And NXIVM has been cracking down on those who criticize them through various means. On November 18, 2014, the nation.com published an article titled "How a Fancy, Secret, Cult-Like Company Waged a Lawsuit Against Journalists, Exposing NXIVM's Indiscriminate Prosecution of Critics."
Even more arrogantly, Keith reportedly absconded at the end of 2017 after his crimes were exposed and was arrested on March 25, 2018, when he was living with multiple women in an upscale residence.
The FBI said Lanier used female believers as sex slaves. These people can't discuss their relationship with Lanier, and they can't have sex with people other than Lanier.
Now, this mischievous cult leader is finally going to accept the punishment of the law. But what makes people sigh is that those painful memories will still be forever engraved in the hearts of these poor women who have been deeply involved in the cult like the indelible brand, and they will not be able to disperse for a long time...
This article is the original weChat public account "China Anti-Cult", please indicate the source when reprinting. Author: Li Li