Academy for Psychic Studies - Foot in Mouth Disease Part II

Dear Lord, I miss Buffy

I've been mulling over the concept of "Slaying in Spirit".

Bill Duby used that phrase often.  His Witches of Ellsworth did - once or twice before they went back to counting up the money they picked from your pocket.

Bill never really explained what the phrase "Slaying in Spirit" meant.  In fact, when asked he usually dodged the question by providing an answer that addressed nothing in particular (especially your question).

I think the concept was to avoid degrading, demeaning or otherwise attacking a person for his or her beliefs, comments, thoughts or anything else.  I had to figure it one out from the context he used that phrase - and from some of his writings that have survived the Academy for Psychic Studies attempt to purge him from their history.

Anyway, treating others with dignity is an honorable and admirable thing.

Too bad neither Bill Duby, Angela Silva or Robin Dumolin had ever followed that simple concept.

If you disagreed with any of them or even had a question (something like "How does this make sense, anyway?) you would find yourself in the spiritual shithouse coughing up toilet water, scared shitless and regretting your mendacity after a waterboarding at the hands of the above.

That's not a projection.  We all saw it over and over and over again.  Many of us experienced it over and over and over again.

While Bill and his henchwomen applied their evil brand of spiritual abuse to another hapless victim, they repeated to those witnessing this horror that the mental torture, the degrading abuse, the demeaning insults and the intentional use of personal humiliation was a warm and nurturing way to provide the healing necessary to a wayward soul.

Of course as men and women of the cloth, they had the power and approval of God behind them.

Uh.... sure.

Isn't it ironic (or more accurately: infuriating) that the above holy and unimpeachable icons of morality conducted their crusade of evil while exhorting their followers to refrain from expressing any kind of moral outrage or opposition?

It's clear: the slaying of spirit actually means you will be slain, reborn, slain again, revived with a bucket of cold water to be slain once more and resurrected so you may be beaten to death.

It also means: tell the truth about what happens at the Academy for Psychic Studies and we will slay your spirit by discrediting you, disparaging anything we can think about you and degrade whatever humanity you may have left.

They did it to Steve Sanchez, posting a degrading and potentially defamatory statement about him on their web site.

They attempted to sue me and my wife for libel, while demanding the names, location and other information of anyone who ever posted a comment here as well as the closure of this blog.  I beat them into a thin red patse but the fact they tried to close this blog tells you a lot.

Several ex-members who have spoke out publicly were branded as evil - their faces posted on the bull's eye of the Academy of Psychic Studies' dartboard.

I had personally witnessed Angela Silva threaten persons with loss of their church privilege, their church-owned apartment and even their children for infractions so petty, you would not believe someone would have even noticed, much less cared about it.

I've seen Bill Duby sit next to a man and explicitly threaten to ruin the man's livelihood, marriage and family, making the man suffer a long period of torture until Bill decided to apply a coup de grace - a simple "Fuck You!".  At other times, Bill would forget about the torture and would just threaten to kill the poor bastard with his bare hands or the rusty old revolver Angela kept under her pillow in case Bill came by for a booty call.

I guess in addition to slaying you in a spiritually acceptable way through mental abuse and exploitation, they would slay your worthless ass for real.  But you'd deserve it, of course.

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All that is an introduction to the following re-post:  Foot In Mouth Disease Part II.

It's the infamous church service of July 2008 where Bill and the whole of the Academy for Psychic Studies is referred to the "the picture, the icon of Jesus.  ...Jesus Effing Christ"

Of course, the wacky Bishop who delivered this perverse sermon couldn't stop there.  She "slay-ed in spirit" a loyal minister for having said something to her she didn't like: I asked the minister to officiate at our wedding.  That's not part of this post but it is part of Foot In Mouth Disease. As she was addressing the wacky Academy for Psychic Studies church service, her method of slaying is somewhat more restrained than when only a couple of her most loyal followers stood near, rubbing their hands together for their chance to waterboard and beat her victim to near death.  However, the intent is the same.

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So, some of you want to hear the recording of the infamous church sermon of July 2008. That's the one where the bishop of the Spiritual Rights Foundation elevated the status of SRF and Bill Duby to the level of "Jesus Effing Christ" and also informed the members they must avoid people who don't agree with their practices.

What I hear is members of the one of the advanced level mind-control classes asked their teacher why the Bishop of SRF said what she did. Instead of giving an answer, the teacher excused herself to check in with Angela Silva. Angela was said to have instructed the teacher to announce: "Angela reviewed the entire MP3 recording of the church service. There is no reference to "Jesus Effing Christ" in the sermon."

So with that, Angela pronounced the matter a figment of the imagination. A wild, fantastic claim. A projection of one's spiritual shortcomings on the beatific images of  Angela Silva, Robin Dumolin, Bill Duby and their henchmen.

I've got some excerpts of the infamous church sermon for your listening pleasure. But remember: according to the Spiritual Rights Foundation, this MP3 not only never existed, the Bishop never said "Jesus Effing Christ". Ever. And Angela Silva has decreed the Bishop never compared Bill Duby to "Jesus Effing Christ".

But as they say, "listen with your golden ear". See if you can recognize the voice in the recording. See if you can recognize the words that are spoken.

And decide for yourself how real these recordings are.

Because if you don't, Angela will tell you what does exist and it won't look pretty.


Bill Duby and SRF represent "Jesus Effing Christ":




Brush off your shoes and walk away from ex-members:





I'm sure if the internet nazis of SRF discover these recordings, they will have quite a reaction to them. They like to discredit those who expose their ludicrous practices and destructive relationships rather than address the issues directly.

That's not conjecture: the Spiritual Rights Foundation made an announcement on their website titled "Regarding Steve Sanchez" making claims that Steve, through his writings and objections to the improper and destructive practices at SRF, was mentally ill and in need of treatment. While SRF was eager to attack Steve personally, they never addressed Steve's allegations in any public publication, mass media or in any internal meeting or announcement.

It's much easier to kill the messenger. And SRF is quite accustomed to doing just that. I'm waiting for those threats and unfounded statements.

Just keep in mind these guys want you to think that they never said what they said. Or, they will try (with all the grace and aplomb of a crack addict) to spin their mendacity's into sacred prophecy or to turn themselves into victims.

They are victims, though - victims of the truth.

As more is exposed about the Spiritual Rights Foundation, the closer that organization will come to extinction. And certainly, it's not me who is doing the extinction. The public is smart enough to see a fraud, once a fraud is exposed.

So, I'll keep exposing the truth so the public can do as they should.

But even in the face of such negative publicity, could there be a hope for SRF to turn themselves around? It takes some amount of courage, imagination and intelligence to pull that one off. In the words of one ex-member: "They have only one problem - they have no imagination.". I'd add "no courage". I think I'd add "no intelligence" as well. Gee, that makes three problems.

Even the FLDS was smart enough to make a public mea culpa after their child bride fiasco saying that they will no longer conduct marriage of under-age girls. Whether the members of the FLDS followed through on that pledge is anyone's guess. But the point is that they publicly announced the abandonment of a reviled practice. Their single statement, about thirty seconds in length effectively ended the scrutiny and poured a bucket of cold water on the public's interest in the FLDS. As a result, they were left alone. And being left alone is what all cults really desire.

Would SRF even consider the same course of action the FLDS took? Probably not.

But there's no real point in it, is there? Why come to shore when you are swimming in the river named denial?

Foot in Mouth Disease

Awesome!

The following was originally posted in September of 2008. Since then, recordings of the church service this article is based upon has been removed from the SRF web site. Most likely because they embarrassed themselves. Oddly though, they posted it on their perverted Live365 channel.  Anyway, I added some information to this article and updated a few things. Otherwise, it's basically the same as it was back then.



Oh, I forgot to add I have a page displaying excerpts of the actual church sermon where the Bishop of SRF utters the infamous "Jesus Effing Christ", and gives the prouncement to just blow off your non-cult friends.


And the whole "Effing" thing is right here:


Happy Listening!



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I still host regular gatherings at my home that are open to all. In addition to our friends and neighbors, we invite ex-members and leave the door open for current members to attend. It's all about enjoying each other's company and having a social space. We do not conduct active attempts to draw people out of the Spiritual Rights Foundation and are not de-programmers or exit counselors. We are hosts.

I still follow the activities of the Spiritual Rights Foundation.

SRF has a web presence with recordings of church services, radio shows and other material.

Looking at the church page at celestia.com, I found a link to a church service in July 2008. I decided to listen in as they made the effort to post it. I think they posted it so people would listen to it. In this recording of the July service, the bishop of SRF delivered a sermon that you probably never heard at church before.

It it, she rails against speaking with people who do not accept what the Spiritual Rights Foundation practices or have left as a result of how they were treated. Using biblical references, she went on to say how members should walk away if they are speaking with someone who "can't have the teaching" and advised that members should not "hang out" with anyone who is not interested in what SRF teaches.

You see, if members spend time with people like us who are not followers of SRF, they risk losing their information. And, they risk serving two masters (!).

She railed against people left SRF and particularly those ex-members who have contact with current members who want to leave.

Some have asked ex-members for moral support via conversation. But I can tell you that those outside SRF who contact current members were only responding to conversations initiated by discontented current members. No one has gone in guerrilla-style to create a mass defection or even initiate an individual one.

After some more ranting and raving the bishop says that people who couldn't make the teaching work for themselves have a problem with "Jesus Effing Christ" because the Spiritual Rights Foundation and it's founder Rev. William Duby (Rev. Bill). are "the picture, the icon of Jesus. It's not Rev. Bill. It's not SRF. Jesus Effing Christ."

Wow. SRF and it's founder are the icon of Mr. Jesus Effing Christ himself! And all this time, I thought that the icon of Jesus Christ was, you know, Jesus Christ.

Anyway, she spoke of how everyone wants the good feeling that comes from SRF. That's fine. That is why people join and that is why people stay. (by the way, if you listen to the service you may notice that the people who speak sound awfully flat. I guess it shows how good they feel). However, her sermon states that if you were to socialize with anyone who has had a bad experience at SRF, you are saying that "the bible is not true in that all their complaints are OK".

And quoting Matthew 7:6 (don't cast your pearls before swine or your words will be trampled and turned against you) she says that anyone there will be insulted by the ex-member if they associate with that person out of loyalty. And that leads to people doubting their lives with SRF and they will start complaining about their lives at SRF. Doubt and discontent leads to departure.

Of course, the ex-members the bishop alluded to were highly offended. The current members initiated the conversation regarding their doubt about SRF. The ex's were just being a friend during a time of need. Offering a friendly ear and support. Clearly, it was the members who were looking for counsel outside the church - the ex-members were not attempting to pull a member out.

The difference between the SRF faithful few and the rest of the world is that the world is content letting the average SRF-ie believe what they want and do as they please. As long as those SRF believers are acting within the law and are behaving in a way that follows regular and established morals and ethics (which, I understand, is difficult for them) we would all just leave them alone.

In fact, we would be happy to overlook a lot of crazy behavior just for the opportunity to continue the friendship that existed before or during our lives with the Spiritual Rights Foundation.

There are people there who have had close relationships with people before their "sojourn" at SRF. And because of the message to keep ex-members and in fact, anyone who isn't at the SRF "vibration" away from their feel-good lives, I wonder how many of them are maintaining those relationships. One person wrote a comment here saying she knows a person at SRF who has been there a decade and claims to have seen the "warm and nurturing" environment SRF provides. Of course, she didn't say how long ago that visit took place. Probably a decade ago.

At any rate, there is discontent in the SRF ranks. There was a year ago and there is even now.

My impression is the church sermon is a sign of desperation and an attempt to stem the flow of departing members - nothing more. The bishop was trying to instill some fear and doubt about contact with people on the outside. But the way the sermon was presented ruffled some feathers and got a few people inside the SRF gulag thinking about themselves and their situation.

I started thinking as well.

I believe that sermon is a way to tell the members that all the real experiences people had at SRF, those who suffered abuse (Steve Sanchez's book speaks of that more strongly than I) those who exhausted life savings, lost spouses, lost children, lost their lives were just unfounded complaints and that their experiences should be ignored or minimized.

It seems that people who left, fed up with the dysfunction, are non-persons and their real experiences are non-events. Congratulations everyone! By the power vested in the holy Bishop of the Spiritual Rights Foundation, we don't exist and all the things so many people wrote and spoke about in all the media we have available to us in this modern world are mere projections and figments of our imaginations.

But the sermon is real and the message is real and it came from the real lips of the real bishop of the presumed real Spiritual Rights Foundation's MP3 recording of their monthly church service. That service is SO real, when the Spiritual Rights Foundation finally found out I listened to their church broadcast and commented on it in an unflattering manner, they promptly removed it. And they didn't stop there. Presently nearly all recordings of SRF radio shows have been removed, and all church services are removed. They followed-up by removing their videos from YouTube.

Considering how the Spiritual Rights Foundation is removing their audio and video recordings from the airwaves and internet and also considering how they are having less and less public contact, I'd say they are becoming more and more fearful of the blowback that will happen when the public discovers what that content really stands for.

Their attempt to change history by erasing it, won't have the effect they want. Not for as long as this blog is active. And this blog will be active for a long time.

That's no projection.

Matthew 7:6, it seems, was an appropriate verse to quote. No matter how much they are confronted with the real experiences of real ex-members and no matter how SRF is confronted with the real effect of their conduct, the more SRF tries to discredit the people who speak out.

Ask Steve Sanchez. He wrote a book on his experience. SRF called him mentally ill (in a public statement on their website - Google it using: Steve Sanchez SRF).

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Others who spoke out faced retorts as well. Those who speak about their true experiences at SRF have their words trampled and turned against them only because those experiences are not of the kind that SRF would like the world to hear.

And because those experiences are the truth.

Ask me and Joy. We speak truthfully of our experiences with the Spiritual Rights Foundation. I have strong observations and commentary based on those experiences. I speak honestly about the experiences of others who are still too frightened to speak and give them support. I provide a public service, like Consumer Reports, where those seeking their own spiritual path can find information on the Spiritual Rights Foundation and decide for themselves if they want to travel with SRF or not.

But to SRF, we are infidels. They tried to sue us. They lost. Badly.

To know how badly, all you have to do is to read this blog.
It's still here, unabridged.
No retractions.
No apologies.
No limits on the truth.
No limits on our First Amendment right to speak.

And not one penny paid to the Spiritual Rights Foundation, Robin Dumolin or Angela Silva.

Steve, Joy, myself and several other courageous ex-SRF members have spoken out and cast our pearls onto the world. We have been released from the bonds that have imprisoned us in our own silence. And we know that message is being heard by seekers and the Spiritual Rights Foundation alike, whether they like it or not.

You see, in the toxic waste dump of the SRF mind, the freedoms of the First Amendment applies only to the Spiritual Rights Foundation. Not you. To SRF your pearls of truth not only don't count, they don't even exist.

Was that an "oink" I heard?

Since that sermon, I have learned that more members are now ex-members. I believe there will be more exits. Probably not many more as there aren't many left. And I can't see too many others wanting out. I could be wrong, though. Every time I think the departures will end, more happen.

I wonder what effect that sermon had on those who since left. Probably not what the bishop intended.

But I guess that illustrates something: SRF is their own worst enemy. When they open their mouth, their foot goes in.