My candle making mentor turned out to be a real cult leader

I joined a small candle making class in Austin last spring because the lady who ran it had this amazing lavender scent, but after three weeks I noticed everyone had to call her 'Mother Flame' and we were all chanting during the pouring phase. I finally caught on when she tried to sell us her 'energy wax' for $120 a block and said our normal Walmart supplies were 'blocking our spiritual light'. Has anyone else accidentally joined a hobby group that was secretly recruiting for something way darker?

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samrodriguez22d ago

Man, I used to roll my eyes at folks who said hobby groups could get weird like that. Then a buddy of mine got sucked into a "free meditation circle" that turned out to be run by some guru who wanted $500 for a "cleansing crystal" and made everyone cut ties with family. So yeah, that energy wax stuff sounds like step one, not the whole scam.

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