A Victorian cult: inside the strange world of the Agapemone
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In the eighteen forties. A strange secretive community known as the Agape had Set up camp in Spaxton in Somerset. Presided over by a rogue Anglican priest, Who believed he had a hotline to God.
This religious cult attracted wealthy members In search of a deeper connection to the Lord. But once they'd handed over their worldly possessions in order to join the cult, The members soon found out that it was rather harder to leave. Stuart Flinders explores the story of the Agapemanite in his new book, A Very British Cult, and I spoke to him to find out more.
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