Morris Cod
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You asked for it…..
This story is compiled from facts and events I discovered after the damage was done, so there’s more that I don’t know, or can’t remember but I will try to keep it as accurate as possible.
In the early ‘90’s, myself, my wife, who I loved dearly, and my gorgeous daughter were befriended by a married, childless couple. They seemed wonderful, happy and caring people, and, as a group, we had the best of times, summer days at the beach, endless partying, all manner of madness, and we spent nearly all of our waking hours with them. I considered him my best friend. He was charismatic, he was trusted. After a while, we all became involved in a more spiritual aspect of life, first an interest in aromatherapy, a bit of tarot, séances, visits to mediums, astrology etc., and although I was mildly sceptical of these things, it seemed to do no harm, and at times enhanced our lives to some degree (novelty value,perhaps?), and , as I said, he was very charismatic. Before all this, my wife and I were inseperable and insanely in love with each other. I could never even contemplate life without her, or my daughter.Then it happened. A visit to a medium by my wife and him, (as friends at the time), revealed that our star signs were “totally incompatibleâ€. Her soulmate was in the room with them,(ie: Him!), and soon, all things would come to pass, and they would be together. It was’nt a hard stretch for him to initiate the affair that followed. Just to add to the problem, he turned out to be a practicing “Wizardâ€, he and his wife had an “Open relationshipâ€, his wife was a “White Witchâ€, and I was a blind naeive fool, easily deceived by all. The methods used to keep me in the dark, were amazing, well planned , and deliberate. When his wife got uncomfortable with the “sleeping arrangementsâ€, he would cut a slice of apple, a walnut, give it to both of them, cast a “spell of reconciliation†(robes, wand, the lot), and, with some slick talking and emotional blackmail, the disquiet would evaporate for a while.Oh yeah, he was good.This would take place once every couple of months, as his wife was getting slowly but surely left out of the picture. It got ridiculous. As this mad affair grew,got more complicated, and I got more suspicious,moves were afoot to eliminate me altogether, as by now things had come to a head and I developed depression, triggered by suspicions and suggestions made to me by the charismatic wizard. I had numerous spells cast upon me, I was to die of cancer, heart disease, by accident (shotgun approach!). The bone was pointed in my direction-it must have been absurd to witness all this crap-but I still hung around. All the while he befriended my daughter, and started to turn her against me, and head her down the mystic road. I cannot over emphasize the charisma of this person-he seemed to know my every move, he would hijack any attempts to revive my marriage, and his wife never gave any clues. She was being emotionally and sexually blackmailed as well.
CUT TO THE CHASE MORRIS!!!!
On new years Eve 2000, (spooky!) I discovered the affair. I was shattered. As low as you can go.I attempted suicide, I could not cope with the reality of what was happening. After lengthy discussions and soul searching with my wife, there seemed hope for us (when he was not around), but keeping his influence out was nearly impossible. He also had spiritual allies, more deluded hippies that would help out with a bit of information gathering when needed. Things got stranger. I had to move away from my family.My blackest day.He did’nt stop. He would send her crystals, talismans, plagiarised poetry, used his influence to get her a job in a “holistic healing and massage studioâ€, just to keep her in the woo loop and reinforce his message, and send her presents, like “Blessed elixirsâ€,basically Sambucca in another bottle, and generally went full on to claim his prize as foretold. For 8 months, my time was taken up playing amateur detective finding out where he was and what he was up to.Yes, I became obsessive and paranoid to boot.The straw that finally broke the camels back came ,when, on her birthday he delivered to her, at work, a fully framed, naked portrait of her in some spiritual type pose, complete with blessing spells he performed in front of everybody. He had exposed himself as the loony he was. She came to me for advice, I told her to get in the real world and get a restraining order on him, or he would need one on me!! We went to court, had a 2 month battle to get rid of him, finally, the magistrate stopped entertaining the new age arguments he tried to produce.It was only a restraining order, but he fought it tooth and nail, just wasted everybodies time.
ALL OF THIS CAME FROM SOME DOPEY ASTROLOGER/MEDIUM, and his influence on 2 believers. The affair had gone on for 3 years before I discovered it. I have only scratched the surface with the absurd mystical claptrap involved. I found his almanac-a journal he kept of all he’d done-it was incredible-he had networks of allies, some of them our friends who unwittingly helped him.It just went on and on.
Now the good bit.
5 years on, with a lot of patience, counselling reflection and forgiveness, my family and I have been reunited. We are financially better off than we were, we are rebuilding what we had, I am full time in my wonderful daughters life, I am sane (I think!!), and our health is terrific.
Oh, and, although I am not a violent person, the opportunity arose for me to wave my magic fist and cast a particularly effective spell on his nose.Cried like a girl.
Perhaps the wizard should check the warranty on those spells.
So there it is, alls well…..Problem is I had spent nearly 7 years, either depressed, paranoid and fearful of some mystical unknown , nearly lost all that I love in life, my own life,and my sanity. What a waste. Next idiot that asks me what harm it can do……
AND I am now a skeptic, one who asks questions, and seeks evidence.
Thanks to Randi, Shermer,Gould and everyone who has made me think….
And Thinkers like you guys.
Right, you can wake up now.
This story is compiled from facts and events I discovered after the damage was done, so there’s more that I don’t know, or can’t remember but I will try to keep it as accurate as possible.
In the early ‘90’s, myself, my wife, who I loved dearly, and my gorgeous daughter were befriended by a married, childless couple. They seemed wonderful, happy and caring people, and, as a group, we had the best of times, summer days at the beach, endless partying, all manner of madness, and we spent nearly all of our waking hours with them. I considered him my best friend. He was charismatic, he was trusted. After a while, we all became involved in a more spiritual aspect of life, first an interest in aromatherapy, a bit of tarot, séances, visits to mediums, astrology etc., and although I was mildly sceptical of these things, it seemed to do no harm, and at times enhanced our lives to some degree (novelty value,perhaps?), and , as I said, he was very charismatic. Before all this, my wife and I were inseperable and insanely in love with each other. I could never even contemplate life without her, or my daughter.Then it happened. A visit to a medium by my wife and him, (as friends at the time), revealed that our star signs were “totally incompatibleâ€. Her soulmate was in the room with them,(ie: Him!), and soon, all things would come to pass, and they would be together. It was’nt a hard stretch for him to initiate the affair that followed. Just to add to the problem, he turned out to be a practicing “Wizardâ€, he and his wife had an “Open relationshipâ€, his wife was a “White Witchâ€, and I was a blind naeive fool, easily deceived by all. The methods used to keep me in the dark, were amazing, well planned , and deliberate. When his wife got uncomfortable with the “sleeping arrangementsâ€, he would cut a slice of apple, a walnut, give it to both of them, cast a “spell of reconciliation†(robes, wand, the lot), and, with some slick talking and emotional blackmail, the disquiet would evaporate for a while.Oh yeah, he was good.This would take place once every couple of months, as his wife was getting slowly but surely left out of the picture. It got ridiculous. As this mad affair grew,got more complicated, and I got more suspicious,moves were afoot to eliminate me altogether, as by now things had come to a head and I developed depression, triggered by suspicions and suggestions made to me by the charismatic wizard. I had numerous spells cast upon me, I was to die of cancer, heart disease, by accident (shotgun approach!). The bone was pointed in my direction-it must have been absurd to witness all this crap-but I still hung around. All the while he befriended my daughter, and started to turn her against me, and head her down the mystic road. I cannot over emphasize the charisma of this person-he seemed to know my every move, he would hijack any attempts to revive my marriage, and his wife never gave any clues. She was being emotionally and sexually blackmailed as well.
CUT TO THE CHASE MORRIS!!!!
On new years Eve 2000, (spooky!) I discovered the affair. I was shattered. As low as you can go.I attempted suicide, I could not cope with the reality of what was happening. After lengthy discussions and soul searching with my wife, there seemed hope for us (when he was not around), but keeping his influence out was nearly impossible. He also had spiritual allies, more deluded hippies that would help out with a bit of information gathering when needed. Things got stranger. I had to move away from my family.My blackest day.He did’nt stop. He would send her crystals, talismans, plagiarised poetry, used his influence to get her a job in a “holistic healing and massage studioâ€, just to keep her in the woo loop and reinforce his message, and send her presents, like “Blessed elixirsâ€,basically Sambucca in another bottle, and generally went full on to claim his prize as foretold. For 8 months, my time was taken up playing amateur detective finding out where he was and what he was up to.Yes, I became obsessive and paranoid to boot.The straw that finally broke the camels back came ,when, on her birthday he delivered to her, at work, a fully framed, naked portrait of her in some spiritual type pose, complete with blessing spells he performed in front of everybody. He had exposed himself as the loony he was. She came to me for advice, I told her to get in the real world and get a restraining order on him, or he would need one on me!! We went to court, had a 2 month battle to get rid of him, finally, the magistrate stopped entertaining the new age arguments he tried to produce.It was only a restraining order, but he fought it tooth and nail, just wasted everybodies time.
ALL OF THIS CAME FROM SOME DOPEY ASTROLOGER/MEDIUM, and his influence on 2 believers. The affair had gone on for 3 years before I discovered it. I have only scratched the surface with the absurd mystical claptrap involved. I found his almanac-a journal he kept of all he’d done-it was incredible-he had networks of allies, some of them our friends who unwittingly helped him.It just went on and on.
Now the good bit.
5 years on, with a lot of patience, counselling reflection and forgiveness, my family and I have been reunited. We are financially better off than we were, we are rebuilding what we had, I am full time in my wonderful daughters life, I am sane (I think!!), and our health is terrific.
Oh, and, although I am not a violent person, the opportunity arose for me to wave my magic fist and cast a particularly effective spell on his nose.Cried like a girl.
Perhaps the wizard should check the warranty on those spells.
So there it is, alls well…..Problem is I had spent nearly 7 years, either depressed, paranoid and fearful of some mystical unknown , nearly lost all that I love in life, my own life,and my sanity. What a waste. Next idiot that asks me what harm it can do……
AND I am now a skeptic, one who asks questions, and seeks evidence.
Thanks to Randi, Shermer,Gould and everyone who has made me think….
And Thinkers like you guys.
Right, you can wake up now.
