A new Netflix docuseries is drawing fresh attention to Twin Flames Universe, a group that some have called a cult.
Escaping Twin Flames exposes the world of Jeff and Shaleia Divine (also known as Jeff and Shaleia Ayan), a married couple who run an online community dedicated to connecting people with their twin flames. Through coaching and various exercises, members are told they’ll be guided to the person they are destined to be with. But ex-members and family of current members say that Jeff and Shaleia are abusive and controlling and that the Tfu has scammed followers out of thousands of dollars, encouraged stalking behavior, and even pressured people to transition genders.
‘Escaping Twin Flames’ isn’t the first Twin Flames Universe exposé Shaleia and Jeff Ayan in ‘Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe’ | Courtesy of Prime Video
Escaping Twin Flames might be many people’s introduction to...
Escaping Twin Flames exposes the world of Jeff and Shaleia Divine (also known as Jeff and Shaleia Ayan), a married couple who run an online community dedicated to connecting people with their twin flames. Through coaching and various exercises, members are told they’ll be guided to the person they are destined to be with. But ex-members and family of current members say that Jeff and Shaleia are abusive and controlling and that the Tfu has scammed followers out of thousands of dollars, encouraged stalking behavior, and even pressured people to transition genders.
‘Escaping Twin Flames’ isn’t the first Twin Flames Universe exposé Shaleia and Jeff Ayan in ‘Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe’ | Courtesy of Prime Video
Escaping Twin Flames might be many people’s introduction to...
- 11/10/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Every now and then a subject comes along that seemed compelling enough to the right decision-makers to somehow become the focus of multiple projects. Seeing the competition on the horizon, producers and distributors press their pedal to the metal instead of ceding ground. This is how we end up with two documentaries about the infamous Fyre music festival (Netflix’s Fyreand Hulu’s Fyre Fraud). It’s why the market tries to bear two limited series about Texas ax slayer Candy Montgomery (HBO’s Love and Death and Hulu’s Candy). And now,...
- 11/8/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
What are viewers to make of Twin Flames Universe, the controversial group at the center of Prime Video's new docuseries, Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe? It's been nearly four years since journalist Alice Hines first began looking into the group and its leaders, Jeff and Shaleia Divine (also known as Jeff and Shaleia Ayan), and even she admits the power dynamics within the organization remain "mysterious." But Hines, who met with Jeff and Shaleia while working on a Vanity Fair profile published in December 2020, is certain about one thing: Though Twin Flames Universe operates almost exclusively online, it functions as a cult that manipulates its members into taking extreme measures to find their divine soulmate.
- 10/6/2023
- by Claire Spellberg Lustig
- Primetimer
With the success of long-format cult-exposé documentaries such as Hulu’s “Stolen Youth,” HBO’s “The Vow” and Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country,” it’s not surprising that both Amazon and Netflix greenlit competing docuseries about Twin Flames Universe – an alleged online love cult run by YouTube influencers Jeff and Shaleia Divine.
Amazon’s “Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe” is being released on Oct. 6, a month before Netflix’s “Escaping Twin Flames.”
“Desperately Seeking Soulmate” is based on journalist Alice Hines’ 2020 Vanity Fair article about the “always online, all-consuming world of Twin Flames Universe.” The article and subsequent docuseries, which Hines leads, takes a deep dive into the alleged online love cult, which is still active. Created by Jeff and Shaleia, Twin Flames Universe sells online classes that guarantee to match each member with their “soulmate.” The three-part Amazon docuseries examines how Jeff and Shaleia met and formed...
Amazon’s “Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe” is being released on Oct. 6, a month before Netflix’s “Escaping Twin Flames.”
“Desperately Seeking Soulmate” is based on journalist Alice Hines’ 2020 Vanity Fair article about the “always online, all-consuming world of Twin Flames Universe.” The article and subsequent docuseries, which Hines leads, takes a deep dive into the alleged online love cult, which is still active. Created by Jeff and Shaleia, Twin Flames Universe sells online classes that guarantee to match each member with their “soulmate.” The three-part Amazon docuseries examines how Jeff and Shaleia met and formed...
- 10/6/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
If you’re captivated by cults, Amazon Prime Video’s newest docuseries is right up your alley. This week, “Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe” delves deep into the dark side of the online community and reveals the harmful practices that have gone on behind the scenes for years. Throughout the series, viewers will finally learn the truth by hearing firsthand experiences from former members. The shocking three-part series premieres exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, Oct. 6. You can watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video.
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“Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe” shows the great lengths people will go...
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“Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe” shows the great lengths people will go...
- 10/6/2023
- by Aubrey Chorpenning
- The Streamable
The accused cult leaders Jeff and Shaleia Ayan were internet relationship gurus and the founders of the Twin Flame Universe, a kind of reality show that guides you to find your divine soulmate or the twin flame. Alice Hines, an investigative journalist and news correspondent, is always fascinated by stories based on eccentric subjects. One day, when she was searching through Reddit, she stumbled upon a few posts on this twin flame community. She felt intrigued about the whole community and the concept of twin flames, leading her to begin her research to write an article on it. As she dug deeper into the Twin Flame Universe, she began to unravel some of the darkest truths about this community. The documentary series Desperately Seeking Soulmate showcases the ultimate truth of the Twin Flames Universe by presenting us with some of the interviews of former members of the community as well...
- 10/6/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
Humans are social creatures who need to make connections to survive. Sometimes they desperately search for that profound connection that is driven by the feeling of love. When we fall in love with someone, believing that person to be our ultimate soulmate, an irresistible pull of attraction and obsession works between us. However, if there is a heartbreak in between, that soulmate becomes a traumatic memory. The healthiest decision may be to free ourselves from that trauma, no matter how madly in love we are. Never, if we make that one person the ultimate truth of our lives, will we lose the confidence or the love that we are supposed to give ourselves. In such vulnerable times of heartbreak, human beings find solace when another person comforts them with kind words—the words that can influence them to regain that confidence and the energy that they invested in their relationship.
- 10/6/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
Today, Prime Video released the trailer for the shocking new docuseries ‘Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe’. In the trailer, former members share their personal experiences in the Twin Flames Universe, uncovering the appalling methods of group leaders Jeff and Shaleia Divine. While the two promise that their followers will find harmonious union and the romance of eternity with their ultimate lover, the extreme lengths that members go to spark questions about the alleged cult’s real motives. How far will Jeff and Shaleia go to find their followers’ ultimate true love?
Based on journalist Alice Hines’ investigation, and directed by two-time Primetime Emmy winner Marina Zenovich, the series unveils the dark truth behind the Twin Flames Universe, an alleged online love cult.
From encouraging rabid pursuit of exes, to attempting to influence members’ gender identities, each episode uncovers unimaginable realities behind the popular online community.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe...
Based on journalist Alice Hines’ investigation, and directed by two-time Primetime Emmy winner Marina Zenovich, the series unveils the dark truth behind the Twin Flames Universe, an alleged online love cult.
From encouraging rabid pursuit of exes, to attempting to influence members’ gender identities, each episode uncovers unimaginable realities behind the popular online community.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe...
- 9/27/2023
- by Editorial Desk
Today, Prime Video released the trailer for the shocking new docuseries ‘Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe’. In the trailer, former members share their personal experiences in the Twin Flames Universe, uncovering the appalling methods of group leaders Jeff and Shaleia Divine. While the two promise that their followers will find harmonious union and the romance of eternity with their ultimate lover, the extreme lengths that members go to spark questions about the alleged cult’s real motives. How far will Jeff and Shaleia go to find their followers’ ultimate true love?
Based on journalist Alice Hines’ investigation, and directed by two-time Primetime Emmy winner Marina Zenovich, the series unveils the dark truth behind the Twin Flames Universe, an alleged online love cult.
From encouraging rabid pursuit of exes, to attempting to influence members’ gender identities, each episode uncovers unimaginable realities behind the popular online community.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe...
Based on journalist Alice Hines’ investigation, and directed by two-time Primetime Emmy winner Marina Zenovich, the series unveils the dark truth behind the Twin Flames Universe, an alleged online love cult.
From encouraging rabid pursuit of exes, to attempting to influence members’ gender identities, each episode uncovers unimaginable realities behind the popular online community.
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe...
- 9/27/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Amazon Prime Video has set an Oct. 6 premiere date for its upcoming three-episode docuseries “Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe,” which will spotlight the alleged online love cult run by YouTube influencers Jeff and Shaleia Divine.
Journalist Alice Hines leads the investigative docuseries, which is directed by Marina Zenovich, an Emmy-winner for her “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired”
Jeff and Shaleia Divine are the founders the Twin Flames Universe, an online group that promises to match each member with their “soulmate” — going to extreme lengths to do so. “Desperately Seeking Soulmate” is based on Hines’ 2020 Vanity Fair article “Everywhere I Went, They Went With Me, Because They Were on My Phone”: Inside the Always Online, All-Consuming World of Twin Flames Universe, which took a deep dive into the alleged cult (which is still active) that Jeff and Shaleia created online.
The group is particularly controversial for urging members to change their gender identities.
Journalist Alice Hines leads the investigative docuseries, which is directed by Marina Zenovich, an Emmy-winner for her “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired”
Jeff and Shaleia Divine are the founders the Twin Flames Universe, an online group that promises to match each member with their “soulmate” — going to extreme lengths to do so. “Desperately Seeking Soulmate” is based on Hines’ 2020 Vanity Fair article “Everywhere I Went, They Went With Me, Because They Were on My Phone”: Inside the Always Online, All-Consuming World of Twin Flames Universe, which took a deep dive into the alleged cult (which is still active) that Jeff and Shaleia created online.
The group is particularly controversial for urging members to change their gender identities.
- 8/31/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit the docuseries the Untitled Twin Flames Universe Project, which will focus on the couple Jeff and Shaleia Ayan (pictured above), who have become self-styled “love gurus” on YouTube — and possible cult leaders. They were the subject of an in-depth Vanity Fair story in December 2020 — “Everywhere I Went, They Went With Me, Because They Were on My Phone”: Inside the Always Online, All-Consuming World of Twin Flames Universe — which inspired the docuseries.
The wild investigation, written by Alice Hines, chronicled the rise of Jeff and Shaleia, as well as the whole idea of twin flames — which is like a soulmate, but you pay a lot of money to try to find them. The couple met in 2012, when he “was running ‘a vegetarian Airbnb’ in Hawaii,” and she was “working in a hair salon and studying with a spiritual teacher in Sedona, Arizona.” Their former names...
The wild investigation, written by Alice Hines, chronicled the rise of Jeff and Shaleia, as well as the whole idea of twin flames — which is like a soulmate, but you pay a lot of money to try to find them. The couple met in 2012, when he “was running ‘a vegetarian Airbnb’ in Hawaii,” and she was “working in a hair salon and studying with a spiritual teacher in Sedona, Arizona.” Their former names...
- 6/13/2022
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
The Critics Choice Association (Cca) announced that Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer will co-host the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards, which air on The CW and TBS on Jan. 9, 2022 at 7 p.m.
Diggs is known for starring as Sam Bennett in the ABC medical drama “Private Practice.” Other prominent credits include appearing in the film “Brown Sugar” and the original Broadway production of “Rent.” Currently, he stars on The CW drama “All American.”
Byer first broke out with her appearance on MTV’s “Girl Code” and has since become known for hosting the competition series “Nailed It!” and “Wiped Out!,” the podcast “Why Won’t You Date Me?,” and appearing in supporting and recurring roles in comedy series such as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Tuca & Berie.” Most recently, she debuted her Netflix comedy special “Nicole Byer: Bbw (Big Beautiful Weirdo).” Up next, she stars on NBC’s “Grand Crew.”
“This is...
Diggs is known for starring as Sam Bennett in the ABC medical drama “Private Practice.” Other prominent credits include appearing in the film “Brown Sugar” and the original Broadway production of “Rent.” Currently, he stars on The CW drama “All American.”
Byer first broke out with her appearance on MTV’s “Girl Code” and has since become known for hosting the competition series “Nailed It!” and “Wiped Out!,” the podcast “Why Won’t You Date Me?,” and appearing in supporting and recurring roles in comedy series such as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Tuca & Berie.” Most recently, she debuted her Netflix comedy special “Nicole Byer: Bbw (Big Beautiful Weirdo).” Up next, she stars on NBC’s “Grand Crew.”
“This is...
- 12/10/2021
- by Selome Hailu and Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
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