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Yoga Cults Pt. 1
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Nov 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How do quests for enlightenment get so sinister? In this three-part special from Cults, a Spotify Original from Parcast, we’re looking at three stories of yoga gurus who were loved — then loathed — for their practices. We start in Romania, charting the rise of Gregorian Bivolaru: an allegedly all-powerful mystic who remixed religions for an ever-expanding cache of followers across Europe. But the price of following him was more than devotion… If you like this episode, search and follow Cults to delve into the minds of more notorious cult leaders every Tuesday.
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Released:
Nov 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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