The gem operation was confined to New York, although von Mierers also used jewelers in Washington, D.C., and Iowa to obtain stones. Write to her and tell her to write about aliens next." The cult was called Eternal Values. The former V.F. There were, additionally, an aspiring actor and several women who run von Mierers's business, a spiritual life-style and astrological organization called the Eternal Value's. Andreadis said. . "He kept saying, 'John is not working hard enough producing the tapes.' Ive also tried to deal with some of the deep-seated family issues that may have made me a bit more susceptible to joining a cult than someone else. They can uplift you, mentally and spiritually. I asked. We've had stones in our family for years. He had mastered enough Eastern philosophy to sound authentic. Were they real? Frederick Von Miers Sciences Education Art Writing & UFO. In my mind I was working him, kind of taking advantage of this guy and all his cool connections. 69-year-old suffers stroke in his home; Realtor showing house leaves him there. Von Mierers called Andreadis his Jesus and allowed him to teach seminars at a Park Avenue church. My relative attended only a few meetings of the group led by von Mierers, but he was intrigued by what he called von Mierers's "gem prescriptions." It was impossible not to notice that von Mierers's friends all wore large gems. We just have to get down and scrub the floors!' After a hard day's work, exhausted young models could be seen in the building spinning von Mierers's laundry and mopping halls. He is currently under criminal investigation for several potential charges. Subscribers have complete access to the archive. With an entire group of new friends who looked up to him as a spiritual guide, he could reject social New York as it had once rejected him. What is a famous model doing here? After that things were pretty crazy. Von Mierers began to talk about the great psychic Edgar Cayce and his gem prescriptions. Plus, I was supporting them. "My gems help me to see things clearly," an IBM executive named Pete Olson told me. In the summers, von Mierers would return to Nantucket. "When I first met Frederick, I was only sixteen years old, and I was so naive I still believed that anyone who said he was spiritual was holy," a young man named John Andreadis told me. Editor's Letter: Tales of the unexpected. By the late 1960s, he had shed his accent and become an energetic walker who trafficked in gossip and his Rolodex. "I have a very large income, and I spend it helping children." "He would cross-reference all these books, and then he began to order sapphires," Andreadis said. Flanked by Catherine Edelmann and John Hoyt, von Mierers pointed his finger and spoke sharply to his host, Richard Bey. As my career picked up, people began calling me the first male supermodel. Years ago, if he said he worked ten days on a modeling job, I knew that meant he worked two days! Finally, on the night of July 3, 1999, I escaped for good. I just took that checkbook to the lawyer and told him, 'Do you know what this guy has been doing?' Did it matter? Richards most recent film is Intersection, a romantic thriller he produced and stars in. The speaker was emaciated, obviously very ill, but swathed in white cashmere, flawlessly groomed. Ha, that seems so simple when you say it. At fifteen, she was discovered by a photographer who sent pictures of her to Eileen Ford. We are here to warn you! So Freddie became a prophet, so what?" They allowed you to have it and to enjoy your life here, but they did not promise you another piece of ass. Andreadis's mother, Barbara, who owns a New York talent agency, began to worry. ", I was staring into the face of Frederick von Mierers. For a time, he supported himself handily as a model. In January 1988, on a television show called People Are Talking, he cried, "Americans, you are going into the most crucial period of earth history! These looked pretty good. Still, they control ourmind. Von Mierers would invite his more attractive and richer clients to his apartment. She retreated from her friends and family, and even her booker at Ford noticed something was wrong. No unity can be achieved here in the physical world. We were supposed to be renouncing vanity and worldly possessions and living in a monastic community. "In ancient Egypt, I trained you to be a healer! . "She left less than $400,000," Williams told me, With access to Mrs. Williams severed, von Mierers retreated more and more into his spiritual pursuits. "Oh, you duchesses and lords!" There were a lot of drugs and greed in the air, but we considered ourselves people who were seeking a greater understanding of the universe. Like anyone suffering from Stockholm syndromewhere a hostage identifies with his captorsI had no ability to objectify my experience. ``I think this place has been very quiet, and all the action was up in New York,' said Alex Karr, the mansion's only year-round neighbor and a member of the Lake Lure Town Council.But when von Mierers, devastated by AIDS, neared death, he left behind the frenetic pace of New York City and headed south to his group's $400,000, Xanadu-like home beside peaceful Lake Lure. Im here. The spirit of Jeremiah walked into my body. Control of diet was an important first step. "He just understands everything about us." We were free to come and go. This is not phenomenalism and five-and-dimestore stupidities!" Many of her fifteen books are still in print, filling the psychic-phenomena sections of the paperback racks. "I come from a very rich family," he once told a TV interviewer. I thought there was the possibility for real violence. In 1984 von Mierers took him to see his old friend Joe Hunter, the president of the Ford modeling agency. In 1977, Helen Williams was in a car crash and had a stroke, which left her unable to speak. "Ramakrishna said, 'When flowers open, bees come of themselves, " von Mierers used to tell his new young friends. Andreadis often did ten astrology charts a week for von Mierers. And no one could control Frederick anymore. and that was the end of that.". He was a "sprite," as one acquaintance phrased it, "cute, cute, cute," the toast of the beaches at Cherry Grove on Fire Island in the 1960s. a city detective recently asked a Ford model who had fled from the group. "When I owned a modeling agency, Freddie was always around. Fabulous emeralds. One of the aspects that troubled Andreadis was Frederick's increasing desire to find members who were rich. He and his friends would go to Freddys parties for the free beer; for a moment, at least, Hoyt was using him. "Why do you have to be a gem salesman? Artist: Frederick Von Mierers, John Andreadis, & IasosTitle: The Eternal Values: Karma & DestinyLabel: The Eternal Values Corporation & Inter-Dimensional Mus. "Her eyes were blank, emotionally blank. von Mierers told me. They are essential for every sincere seeker of the Truth. ") But little did the world know that he was deeply involved in a terrifying cult. Pay the money or you're out.' Her office was filled with poinsettias; she wore layers of red wool and plaid Christmas stockings. I bought an emerald. One night, in a fit of insomnia, von Mierers thumbed through the book of Revelations. Eternal Values was my reality. There are allegations that he, like the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, was able to persuade his followers to sign over their paychecks, houses, even furniture, to further his cause. I gave them $28,000 in cash and traveler's checks. "All the people here went to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton!'' It was Helen Kress Williams who had brought von Mierers and Billy Baldwin together, according to Ruth Montgomery. ", "Terrible storms will destroy the world," von Mierers told me gravely. Who Am I? We all lived together in the same apartment building. You see everything like it is. Instead, they sent the body to Chapel Hill for autopsy by the state medical examiner. "I thought I was in love with Jacki," he told me. Suddenly, von Mierers noticed that a pillow had fallen on a spotlight on the floor. Splintered family relationships of the type familiar to anyone who has had experience with cults. I looked over at the owner, Cipriani, and got the distinct impression he would have thrown him out if I hadn't been there. Just a few things that come to mind, working from memory of course. "I have just heard the wildest story from a makeup artist who works on many Ford models," she said. Although not a member of the group, the great New York arts patron Alice Tully reportedly had a life reading, as did Sylvester Stallone, the actress Rae Dawn Chong, and the daughter of an Iranian Cabinet minister close to the Shah. "By fourth grade I just buried myself in books," she told me. No matter what I did, I couldnt seem to measure up. From a folder, she pulled out a sheaf of receipts and gem appraisals which appeared to show that during a four-month period she had given von Mierers more than $100,000 for gems and the cost of fixing up her apartment, most of it in cash. " One night in January, Andreadis conducted a seminar in the Park Avenue church. At night he held court and gave his friends cleaning chores to help them to work on their inflated egos. Who neededmoney? But I know one thing: If I do bring it up, nobody ever finds my story boring. Von Mierers told anyone who asked that Andreadis had left the group because of an experience he had had with a black Marine. .. Frederick says that he realized 'even then' that Helen Williams had been his mother in several previous lifetimes, and they were almost inseparable. . "Don't ever carry a Vuitton bag!" In 1992, the Italian mens magazine Mondo Uomo did a 58 page spread onme. Recently, odd sexual practices have been encouraged by the group. I have so many fabulous, fabulous things.". He's saying, 'Don't hit me!'.. Eternal Values is unusual in that many of its young devotees have a lot of cash to spend on von Mierers's healing gems. Gunzenhausen (German pronunciation: [ntsnhazn] (); Bavarian: Gunzenhausn) is a town in the Weienburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany.It is situated on the river Altmhl, 19 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Weienburg in Bayern, and 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Nuremberg.Gunzenhausen is a nationally recognized recreation area. Ask yourself, who am I? She once wrote a syndicated column called "Capital Letter," until, as she says, "Arthur Ford told me that I could do automatic writing." What a dummy I was. Frederick von Mierers almost ruined my life." Within the group, the number of gems and carats possessed was treated as a sign of devoutness. And we are they!" He was a fringe player who appeared "to know everybody," as he might have said. The terrible earthquakes, the storms that will beset humanity! . "I decided not to let the moment pass," Adams told me, ''and I introduced myself to John.". You have to do all the therapy and the research. It is through such negative thoughts that the dark forces work. Purely by coincidence I met a modeling agent; the next summer I was cast in a big ad campaign for Geoffrey Banks. The model, who was involved with Eternal Values for almost a year, has given a sworn secret statement to the Manhattan D.A. ' If anyone in the room argued with him, von Mierers would scream, "You either come to my way of thinking or the dark forces will destroy you.". Helen Kress Williams's will, filed in Manhattan in 1981, did not mention Frederick von Mierers. For that offense they shaved my head. I don't know anything about this!" "He would say to us, 'You look fabulous, but inside you really are a mess. Every few moments, the birds spread their wings. He knew what was at stake. In fear, Andreadis and Adams went to Jamaica. But I know one thing: If I do bring it up, nobody ever finds my storyboring. . An endorsement by Ruth Montgomery would confirm everything he had told his young followers about his life. He had impeccable manners, if a bit too studied to be natural, and, more, he had mastered the art of making facile remarks at dinner parties. "Don't become a cock worshiper! I believe in the master race!". New members of the group, such as a model who had met John Hoyt on a photo shoot, were gradually told about the sexualinitiation practices, including the multiracial sex rite which members called "the treatment."