New book uncovers the hidden history of a Victorian cult based in Spaxton, on the Quantock Hills
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JOURNALIST Stuart Flinders unveils the obscure and provocative story of Victorian Britain’s most eccentric religious sect in his upcoming book, A Very British Cult: Rogue Priests and the Abode of Love.
Flinders dives into the mysterious and hard to understand world of the Agapemone, a secluded sect led by the flamboyant Anglican priest Henry James Prince.
Known as the Abode of Love, the cult, based in Spaxton, on the Quantock Hills, was notorious for its unorthodox beliefs and practices. His teachings led to a controversial lifestyle of free love and sexual relations with his predominantly female followers.
The cult’s notoriety continued under his successor, John Hugh Smyth-Pigott, the so-called Clapton Messiah.
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