A former English teacher has described how she used to get up at 3.30am, wear white clothes and meditate as part of a spiritual “cult” – all before she started work. Anthea Church, from Tunbridge Wells, has released a new book inspired by her 20-year experience in the group Brahma Kumaris. Brahma Kumaris believe in complete celibacy, early morning meditation and wearing white clothes to symbolise purity. Members have to stick to a lacto-vegetarian diet, cooked only by themselves or those in the group. They also follow the discipline of bathing or showering after every bowel movement. “In the f…
