How the Korean JMS Cult Brainwashed and Hospitalized Her

An unsuspecting 18 year old Aussie girl was intentionally recruited and manipulated to eventually become one of cult leader's Jung Myung Seok thousands of spiritual brides. The self-proclaimed reincarnated Messiah and convicted r*pist was in jail when she met him through the plexiglass in Korea. Forced to restrict her food intake to please Jung, she lost so much weight her health deteriorated and she was hospitalized. Learn how her near death experience saved her life, by helping her escape the dangerous cult. Find her next episode here: How Being Pentecostal Primed Her for Korean JMS Cult    • How Being Pentecostal Primed Her for Korea...   Support Shelise Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast Patreon   / cultstoconsciousness   Venmo @sheliseann The Cult Next Door Documentary:    • The Cult Next Door: Chilling stories from ...   In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal | Official Trailer | Netflix:    • In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal | Offi...   Cut Information and Family Support: https://www.cifs.org.au/ Find and Support Liz! IG @liztheformer   / liztheformer   TikTok @liztheformer   / liztheformer   Linktree https://linktr.ee/liztheformer Find Shelise on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness   / cultstoconsiousness   Host Instagram @sheliseann   / sheliseann   TikTok @cults.to.consciousness   / cults.to.consciousness   Twitter @cultstocon   / cultstocon   00:00:00 Intro 00:02:56 Liz previously received extreme threats for speaking out 00:04:25 TW:SA Who is JMS and what are his crimes against women? 00:10:56 How they lure in the victims 00:13:34 How the cult recruited Liz at 18 years old 00:17:04 Intentional deception to get them deeper into the cult 00:19:19 Some parallels between JMS (cult leader) and Joseph Smith 00:24:00 Systems not people. Mostly good intentions 00:26:40 Liz became more devoted to the Bible studies which resulted in huge lifestyle changes 00:31:40 How they targeted and groomed Liz to become one of JMS's brides 00:33:53 JMS starting sending Liz letters from prison 00:35:08 How Liz felt when they told her JMS was the Messiah and wanted to marry her 00:37:57 Cognitive dissonance war- no one is immune to a cult 00:43:56 Learning how to reconnect with our intuitions 00:48:07 The progression leading up to meeting JMS 00:51:07 The first time her parents tried to save her from the cult 00:57:19 Liz had to pick a way to torture herself to become closer to God/JMS 01:01:10 Her experience visiting JMS in prison 01:04:48 How the cult amplified her eating disorder & put her in the hospital 01:12:47 The start of her professional deprogramming intervention 01:16:33 Her 3 day deprogramming! 01:25:13 Liz wants to become a deprogrammer! 01:31:20 Linda, Listen Theme Song Produced and Composed by Christian Guevara *Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.*