Born Into and Married in the Moon cult with Elgen Strait

Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan

Dr. Steven Hassan

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Want to know more about the Moonies? This week, we talk with Elgen Strait, who was not only born into the Moonies but participated in an arranged mass marriage ceremony (the so-called “blessing”). His parents were active members when I was in the cult in the 1970s. He’s a fellow survivor. Strait hosts Falling Out with Elgen Strait, a podcast focused on the experiences of second-generation survivors of the Moonies. This episode goes into not only the abuse of children but also the trafficking of people. There are many “second generation” cult members now exiting and speaking up. This is a valuable episode. Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit freedomofmind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Steven Hassan with another episode of the influence continuum.
0:09.0	And this episode is special to me in my heart.
0:15.0	As you all know, I was recruited into the moon cult in 1974, dropped out of college, quit my job, bowed with my head to the floor before pictures of Moon and his wife, the so-called true parents, bowed to the floor in person many times in leadership meetings, got deprogrammed, and anyone who's heard me before,
0:42.2	I've interviewed many former members who've been raised in different authoritarian cults,
0:47.8	but I have a very special guest with me today, Elgin Strait.
0:53.1	And Elgin, I heard you being interviewed by Andrew Golds on the podcast
0:59.7	and listened to your story. And I asked Andrew to introduce me to you. And I honestly didn't
1:06.7	realize you had your own podcast called Falling Out, which I've since started listening to episodes.
1:13.9	In particular, I just listened to two episodes with an ex-member, Lima, a woman.
1:20.3	Actually, Leamy.
1:20.9	Leamy.
1:21.8	Thank you for the correction.
1:23.7	No, I think Brazilian, in any case.
1:27.4	And there's so much I want to share with the public.
1:30.6	So I'm very grateful.
1:32.0	And I just want to introduce you, Elgin Strait, second generation member of the Moon cult.
1:39.5	And based on hearing you do interviews, you have no problem with using that term, right?
1:46.1	No, I don't.
1:47.3	I think, you know, I don't like the term X Mooney, particularly for me, because I never
1:53.4	chose to become a Mooney to begin with.
1:55.6	But in terms of X, in terms of X second generation, but we sort of get lumped together into
2:00.4	this greater
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