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Cults to Consciousness
Stories of claiming independence after leaving high-control groups.
Hi! I’m Shelise Ann Sola— former devout Mormon. On C2C, my husband Jonathan and I dive deep into the nuance of culty organizations. From Extreme Christian Fundamentalism, FLDS Polygamy, Amish, Mennonite, Mormonism, Scientology, Ultra Orthodox, and Jehovah's Witnesses, to cults featured in popular docu-series, we interview cult experts, survivors, advocates, therapists, way-showers, authors, and more, to uncover how they find independence and healing through awareness and true individual sovereignty.
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Cults to Consciousness
Catholic Priest Prescribes KNEELING ON FINGERS to Cast Out Sexual Demons
Homeschooled in a Traditional Catholic co-op, Anthony was given extreme guidance from a priest which has had negative long term ramifications. He explains the difference between traditional Catholicism and mainstream Catholicism and how one operates using common mind controls tactics. We also discuss themes of how purity culture can be damaging to men also, creating an unspoken dutiful contract between husband and wife.
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- Brief history of the Catholic church pre-Vatican 2
- Major changes in the Catholic church after Vatican 2
- Anthony feels the mainstream Catholic church isn't a cult
- Anthony was put into a Catholic co-op homeschooling program
- About the priests who ran his traditional Catholic church
- Anthony's high school homeschool experience at a Catholic church
- Catholic apologetics he learned in school
- Extreme s*xual purity standards
- TW: Clergy directed self h@rm
- The "marriage debt"
- How purity culture can cripple a young person's s*xuality
- Suffering for the Lord
- The distrust of psychiatric help & demon exorcisms
- TW: Su*c*de attempt
- Systems not people
- When his math stopped mathin'
- Emotional break and logical analysis = deconversion
- How Anthony is doing now
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**Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.**