Cults to Consciousness4 Sep 2025

Daughter of a Polygamous Prophet: Secrets, Rage & Neglect in the AUB

In the Apostolic United Brethren, a break off from the mainstream Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), polygamy is not only expected, but a requirement to get into the highest level of heaven per the original prophet Joseph Smith. Women are also expected to “multiply and replenish the Earth”. Emily’s mother (the second wife) had 11 chiIdren and had to work 3 jobs to put what little food on the table she could. Even with the best of intentions and all the love she gave her chiIdren, it often left them hungry, delirious and malnour*shed. Emily was babysitting infants and toddlers at just 7 years old with no milk to properly care for them. On top of this, the man who would later become the prophet of the AUB, her father, would come home and rage on all his chiIdren. An emotional and physical tort*re that left them scared and scarred for years to come.

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Chapter Marks

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:00 Emily explains the AUB

00:06:42 Rac*sm when it's convenient

00:12:19 Emily's family unit- How many moms/sister wives?

00:16:37 CW: Depictions of CA- How Emily's father treated his chiIdren

00:21:10 How their father's ab*se affected them long term

00:27:13 Did Emily's mother try to step in to help?

00:30:23 Core memory babysitting infants at 7 yrs old

00:35:39 Limited access to food

00:38:49 Effects of malnour*shment

00:40:21 CW: CSA- why there is a high rate of CSA in the AUB

00:51:13 Emotional dam*ge from purity culture after CSA

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