frank moore/eroplay/luver
Date: February 13, 2013 10:53AM
hi, wondering if anyone here has any experience of frank moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Moore_%28performance_artist%29)? he presents himself as a "shaman" and "performance artist" but a friend of mine got sucked into his little commune and ended up spending 2 years living illegally in california, completely isolated from all friends and family, until she got out. before she went down (she was involved from a distance for a number of years before moving there to be a part of it), i remember her saying "it's not a cult, because they don't try to suck you in, it's hard to get in. they'll push you away if they think you're not serious" etc., which i wonder if it wasn't just some very clever reverse psychology...
they were all very nice/open/loving until they got her away from her partner (they'd been together for a solid decade or so) at which point they prevented her from being in direct contact - he was only allowed to communicate with frank - and persuaded her that he was an egotist (so not true) and "not ready" and "not on our level" and stuff.
the more ensnared she became, the more the hippy-love stuff peeled back to reveal an undercurrent of pure meanness.
she finally started waking up after being there two years, when an outsider (she worked under the table as a personal care assistant) gave her a gift (a book) and it was confiscated for inspection, and eventually all that was returned to her was the wrapping paper.
anyway i'm sure i'm remembering some of the details wrong, just wanted to get this out here though, just in case someone else is looking for spiritual guidance, and comes across frank moore's name, and decides to look him up. i want this part of the story to be one of the things they find.