My Brother's Eyes: The True Story of Surviving 16 Years in a Destructive Cult - Softcover

Ayliffe, Mr David Stephen; Ayliffe, Mr John Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1920721924 ISBN 13: 9781920721923

Publisher: John Garratt Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

John: My brother drifts away When David informs me that he has not only found God but now it is the Christ re-incarnated, I advise him even more strongly to get that second opinion. But I am soon forced to change my humour. He is serious. I can see it in his eyes. His eyes are full of horror, horror at my reaction... Our Uncle Terry, the old warrior, has warned me not to expect too much, that I will be disappointed in fact: 'It's impossible to hold a conversation with someone who is 'gone with God''... It seems at St Michael's there is a lot of goings on about our evil world, and casting out of devils. It is being touted as the only way of getting into heaven for those possessed. The trouble is: it isn't kosher, is not Anglican dogma and apparently most church-goers agree. My little brother is out on a limb, with a Minister who has gone mad and a woman who says she is Christ. It is bizarre! < > So begins David Ayliffe's 16 years of enslavement to the destructive cult called the 'Zion Full Salvation Ministry' and to 'the Woman', Violet Pryor, who rants: 'If you ever leave me, I will kill you!...God has informed me that the Lord's Anointed is the chosen one and the purpose of the end-time ministry is to prepare the Bride for the coming of the Bridegroom. ...The Father has also issued a confirmation: do not by-pass the Woman!' Psychological pain, drama, control and secrecy: all were trade marks of Zion. Friend was set against friend, families deliberately broken up, and assets appropriated. But as David, the insider, interlaces his journey with John, his brother on the outside, a strange thing happens. The two brothers re-discover each other in a way that belies their early separation, and the tale of horror becomes one of enduring love and true redemption.

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About the Author

David Ayliffe is a former journalist. Thirty years’ married, he and Meg live on Melbourne's fringe. They have four children, two boys and two girls. After Zion Full Salvation Ministry and five years’ active involvement in the local Southern Highlands (NSW) community, David headed International Needs, a Christian overseas aid organisation based in Melbourne. He is now employed in fundraising and has just completed a year as President of his Rotary Club. His current writing includes a novel that has the working title of “Redeeming Lucifer” and is about a young man’s journey to freedom, set in a cemetery. David can be reached (as can John) via his website, www.goodsects.com.au. John Ayliffe fell into advertising by chance and stayed 35 years, scribbling on the side. Married to Helen for four decades, they live in Sydney’s northern beaches, where they have brought up four children, all boys. His published writing includes another true story, Blind Man’s Bluff and shorter biographies. He is currently engaged in preparing a book of short stories on modern Catholic life. John’s favourite author is Kurt Vonnegut who, in his 82nd year declared “I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment’.”

Edition details

• Publisher: John Garratt Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1920721924
• ISBN 13: 9781920721923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296