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The Great White Brotherhood

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The Family, otherwise known as The Great White Brotherhood, was a cult led by yoga teacher Anne Hamilton Byrne. The basis of the cult was that Anne was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and a living God.

The Austrailian New Age group had the goal of creating a perfect race. Hamilton-Byrne would acquire children at a young age, bleach their hair blonde and inject them with LSD, among other things. The kids would often be starved and refused access to the outside world. At one point there were 500 members of this cult. This cult leader just ahead would cut off the toes, fingers, and brains of his victims.