What was “mannequin cult” Everlasting Values?
In Deliver Me the Beauties, former Everlasting Values members described a liberating, then more and more stifling ambiance, as von Mierers put them on strict diets, inspired them to chop ties with their households and—after initially encouraging them to abstain from intercourse—insisted they’ve informal sexual encounters.
And, as he monetized his teachings by promoting cassettes and movies, books, dietary supplements, psychic readings, and so on., he inspired his acolytes to purchase “gem prescriptions,” sapphires and different treasured stones he claimed had therapeutic properties.
In 1990, the Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace began investigating von Mierers for promoting gems utilizing inflated value determinations.
Mannequin Jacki Adams, who spoke to prosecutors on the time, says she paid von Mierers greater than $100,000, noting in Deliver Me the Beauties, “It was wonderful how a lot spirituality value.”
Von Mierers was by no means charged with any crimes earlier than his loss of life, telling Self-importance Honest that former followers who accused him of dishonest them had been “jealous, sick, twisted folks.”
