Botabag — 5 years ago(October 19, 2020 10:19 AM)

This comes from a story about India Oxenberg, daughter of Catherine Oxenberg, who was taken into the NXIVM cult by Allison Mack. Allison's job was to procure women for the cult leader, Keith Raniere, and have them branded with his initials and made into sex slaves. This was a legit cult.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/escaped-modern-sex-cult-spending-eight-years-slave/
It was Mack, India explains, who facilitated her rise through the NXIVM ranks. The actress forced her into a master-slave relationship, luring her to join DOS (Dominus Obsequious Sororium; rough translation Master over Obedient Women), a secret cult within the cult, whose 150 young female members were encouraged to reveal their darkest secrets, then blackmailed into servicing Raniere’s sexual needs and branded with his initials.
Mack, says India, now 29 “was there when I was branded. And she was the one who commanded me to be branded.” She continues: “But we were never told that they were Keith’s initials. We were told it was a symbol of the elements. The justification was that this was going to be a bonding experience between the women in the ‘pod’, as it was called.
Any disobedience would be punished via “penances”, from standing outside in the snow to being hit with a paddle or – as India was by Mack – made to wear a medieval chain covered in needles.
Mack – with whom India was living in Albany, New York, as her servant – commands her to seduce Raniere, something she claimed would make India even stronger.