Will Allen - Buddhafield

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Episode 3: The girls interview Will Allen, director of the documentary Holy Hell, about his time in Buddhafield, the 80s New Age cult. They discuss how he lived with the group's guru for years, putting on performances, receiving the "Knowing," and filming everything--all while dealing with abuse. Follow Will on Instagram: @will_allen405 If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at [email protected]. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	Trust me.
0:02.0	Dude, you trust me.
0:03.0	Trust me. I'm like a smart person.
0:05.0	Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:08.0	I never have lied to you.
0:09.0	Do you think that one person has all the answers?
0:12.0	Don't!
0:13.2	Welcome to Trust Being the Podcast about Kold's Extreme Belief and the Abuse of Power from two
0:18.8	Phillies who've actually lived it.
0:21.0	Megan tells me this is a real word. My name is Lola Blanc. I'm
0:25.2	Megan Elizabeth and Phillies is a very real word. I have never heard it in my life.
0:30.6	Yeah, I was like from the 20s like people would be like you're a
0:35.0	Philly feels like an insult it was in Disney movies I think it was in Mary Poppins. There were lots of things in Disney movies that were pretty problematic.
0:46.3	That's a really good point.
0:48.0	Today we are talking to Will Allen. He was in a new age group in the 80s called The Buda Field and he made a documentary called
0:55.2	Holy Hell about his experiences using actual footage from the group because he was filming everything at the time.
1:01.1	He's going to tell us about his experiences following the leader, Michelle, down a path that
1:05.8	seemed fun and free with all these young Los Angeles actors and dancers, but then it takes a little
1:11.8	turn for the sinister. Which it takes a little turn for the sinister.
1:14.0	Which it tends to do it all tends to do.
1:18.0	Yeah.
1:19.0	Michelle treated all the Phillies really badly.
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