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Episode 33: "The Family" Australia's Most Notorious Cult (Part 1)
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In the mid-1960s, an Australian yoga teacher by the name of Anne Hamilton-Byrne had wanted a fresh new start. In doing this she found peace in yoga, nothing bad about that. Although, fast-forward to years later and this woman would have started what would be Australia's most notorious cults through simply becoming a yoga teacher.
In part one find out what horrors that Anne had to commit in order to convince her followers she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
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Sources:
Haworth, Abigail , November 2016 Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult
Stice, Joel , March 2023 Inside The Family Cult, The Australian Doomsday Group Started By A Yoga Teacher
https://allthatsinteresting.com/the-family-cult-anne-hamilton-byrne
Glassman, Thea , December 2018 , 6 of the most infamous cults in history
https://www.insider.com/most-infamous-cults-in-history-2018-8
Doku, The Cult Of Family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UxQU7acAVk&t=91s
Dr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, Yoga: Its Origin, History and Development
https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/Yoga-History/
Johnston, Chris, The Morning Herald , Family Ties https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/family-ties/
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