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When someone loses their faith in Mormonism, there are several paths\\xa0 often followed.\\xa0 One is to become agnostic or atheist, and never to rejoin a religion again.\\xa0 One is to re-join a Christian church.\\xa0 One is to follow a more fundamentalist Mormon path (e.g. Denver Snuffer, Preppers, Julie Rowe).\\xa0 And one is to become susceptible to new age beliefs and other gurus or cult leaders.\\xa0 Today we will be talking about the last option.

Teal Swan (born Mary Teal Bosworth) is described on her web site as an American spiritual teacher, author, and social media personality.\\xa0 She was raised in Logan, UT, and as a teenager was connected to controversial Mormon therapist Barbara Snow, who was at the center of the Satanic Ritual Abuse panic in the 1990s and 2000s.\\xa0 After a very turbulent childhood, which involved self harm and suicidality, Teal pursued modeling for a time, and eventually began pursuing the path of becoming a spiritual guide.

Teal\'s teachings on how to manage mental health issues have often been described as unconventional and she has received criticism for how she attracts fans, with some critics nicknaming her "The Suicide Catalyst".\\xa0 At present she has 700,000 followers and has been covered by the BBC, and in several documentaries, including a recent documentary on Netflix.

Her history of work is highly controversial because it incorporates various super controversial and problematic ideologies and practices such as:

• The cultivation of repressed/recovered (false) memories.
• Claims of Satanic ritual abuse.
• Energy healing.
• Clairvoyance.
• Numerology.
• The Law of Attraction.
• A belief in a "Third Eye."
• The usage of crystals to "raise your vibration or frequency."
• A belief in multiple lives.
• A belief that she is an alien from another planet.
• A belief in spiritual projections/possessions.
• When dealing with suicidal clients, referring to suicide as "pushing the reset button" for a future life.
• Communal living.

Jared Dobson was raised LDS, served an LDS mission, got married and divorced, became suicidal, and started searching for answers in New Age Spirituality.\\xa0 He came across Teal Swan, and became a follower in her movement (a "Tealer") for 2 years.\\xa0 He ended up moving in with Teal and became a part of her communal family in Park City, Utah.\\xa0 They were romantically involved for 5-6 months, were set to have a child together, and as the relationship began to fray, Jared was kicked out of the commune and checked himself into a psychiatric ward (UNI at the University of Utah).

He has been recovering ever since.

This is Jared\'s story of his experiences with Teal Swan.\\xa0 This story also has important connections to other cult-like phenomena occurring in recent times, including the Lori Vallow/Chad Daybell/Julie Rowe/Prepper phenomena.\\xa0 It also is an insider\'s view into the emergence of a modern cult.