I spent 20 years in a doomsday cult

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Dar was brainwashed by Frederick into joining the Eternal Values cult

When Dar Dixon first met Frederick Von Mierers, his initial thought was: ‘Who is this asshole?’

Little did he know that he’d just been introduced to the leader of a notorious cult preparing for an alien invasion, who would go on to groom him for more than two decades.

Dar was working as a waiter and was at a crossroads in life. A vegetarian interested in meditation, spiritual practices and alternative lifestyles, his football career had ended with concussion and injury, and he had dropped out of college.

So when he met Frederick, a New York Socialite, at the Hari Krishna restaurant where he worked, Dar was intrigued.

‘He had blue eyes, bleached hair in a crazy straw colour, and he crackled with energy,’ he remembers. ‘Although I thought he was an asshole, I was fascinated by him.’

As they chatted, Dar discovered that Frederick led a New Age collective which believed the apocalypse was approaching. He told Dar he was an alien from planet Arcturus inhabiting a human body and warned of a coming pole shift that would cause floods and earthquakes.

Frederick explained that when it happened, he and his followers would be safe and settled in North Carolina, ready to lead the New Age.

Giving ‘life readings’ to mine people for personal details, the cult leader would provide them with a cosmic profile and gem prescription that he claimed would solve all their problems.

And he was on the hunt for attractive, successful young people, including models, actors and professionals to join his collective.

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