I'm sure someone won't be happy about this post but I don't know where else to post about it. I was on YouTube looking for educational content about Procyon (a star) and I stumble across this shit. What in the Heaven's Gate fuck am I looking at? This led me to the dude's website. His site, I'm pretty sure is at least partially written by LLM's. I definitely spotted some AI "art". He's peddling his shitty probably AI written book and you can book a session with him for $222 AUD. Genuinely, what the fuck is this? Is it a cult, some scam, or some mentally ill individual?

When a scam grows large enough, it metamophoses into a cult.

I would rate this as a scam still it its larval phase, not yet ready to become a cult.

I was kind of thinking the same thing. I wonder if he's having any success.

I couldn't say for sure, but it's probably spiritual guru scam. He's got some system or whatever he's developed to feed victims the right vibes to keep them hooked. in most of these situations they prey on people with very low self-esteem and he sells them an identity.

It doesn't look like a cult yet, but give this guy time and as soon as he hits a threshold of money he'll have a little compound that "elite" followers will be invited to. I lived next door to a woman that got sucked into the Twin Flames cult and that's exactly how they went. Started with a product exploiting people in a vulnerable state, then grew into online classes and workshops and then finally a compound.

Also on youtube:

The man who worships parakeets and uses them to prophesy. It's weirder than you think.

You can get some info from the size of social media followings. Honestly with prices like what I saw online I would bet on some buyers at least

He doesn't even seem to be buying it tbh. He is clearly trying really hard to keep a straight face while being absolutely smitten with himself.

I'm curious how I could use... Tools, to overwhelm this wannabe cult leader

And when it grows even further it turns into an organized religion (for reference: the Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, etc.).

He could just be high.

i'm not gonna wade thru these ramblings but this type of thing has been around for decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_people_(New_Age) it's a sort of ufo religion

You left off the last ) of your link so it doesn't go anywhere

NGL, this guy has some very meme-able pictures on his website.

Some one should get on that.

https://imgflip.com/i/b3i134

LMAO

Oh that's going right into c/gnostic

Not a cult, just a good old-fashioned charlatan.

People like him have been claiming to have mystical powers of insight for millennia, and there’s always someone dumb enough to pay for it.

That guy probably isn't even real

Of course, Aliens visiting Earth have nothing better to do than get laid!

Are we Risa after all?

Oh I used to see this shit in Facebook reels back when I was still on that platform. The comments used to typically be "people" apparently buying into that crap, most likely bot accounts though.

It's just a straight up scam, hoping to become a cult. These fuckers need to start getting thrown away, imagine preying on the mentally fragile and mentally ill

Looks real to me. Go check out his videos.

You can't just say this and not provide a source! I want my parakeet prophecy!

Although the star origin has been pretty popular basis for many recent exceptionalist cults.

Some of them seem pretty cool, until you inevetably discover who the descendents of the bad aliens are supposed to be. First correct tip gets an upvote!

As requested:
Victor the budgie

Documentary-style interview and discussion

Aangel Scrolls

That guy is an asshole for sure

Do the bad aliens have a star as their symbol?

Somebody posted something of him on lemmy earlier too, I saw the post and wondered what the hell "dreemtime" was and now this makes a lot more sense

Originated from this thread lol

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/27936196

LOL I see that now

The French.

i love how he cant make a straight face cause he has ti read all that funny made up bs in his video

works on default lemmy webui

My fault lol