Thanks for the thumbs up - yes we do seem to have similar views.

I would like to drop the anonymity and post something on Journeys perhaps, but I am sure this exposure would have a financial impact I can't afford at the moment (rather not go into more detail than that!).

I was only ever your bog standard member of the ranks. I have no inside knowledge that would spice up the usual story of youthful idealism captured by the romantic notion of gaining the knowledge of all knowledges. Others have told their stories well, and I have enjoyed their forthrightness. When I can write under my own name, I will likely add my story to the pile. There might be nothing new in it, but at least I can add to the pile. I don't like those insinuations on the prem site faq that the 'few' people who post here are fewer than it seems (we each post under several aliases apparently!), that many have criminal tendencies or are lunatics of some sort. I see some anger and resentment on these pages, and that is very understandable, but for the most part I see well reasoned debunking, and I think that provides a valuable service to people leaving the cult and others researching it.