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Many of the Processeans come from the same drug-strewn, rootless backgrounds from which the Jesus people have fled. But The Process preaches more psychological self-realization than faith. One of the movement's key practices is a weekly telepathy session in which "contact and communication" are emphasized in much the same way as they are in encounter therapy. At the core of Processean psychology is the gloomy and negative conviction that human enterprise is a futile escape from the painful contradictions of a world in which most men are pawns in the game of the gods. Only...
...January 1970, three London Processeans arrived in Boston; they were later joined by a few others in founding the first American chapter. In comparison to the original London chapter, the Process in Boston has thrived remarkably; apparently there is still something in the American climate to nourish transplanted dissenting religions. At one point the Boston chapter had 150 members in its community, many more than the Church ever had in London. They have since sent out members to begin chapters in Chicago, Toronto, and New Orleans, so that the number in this area is now set at about 100 members...
...next step in the hierarchy is to become either a "Disciple" (one who has a commitment such as a job outside the Church) or a "Messenger," one who devotes all his energies to the Process. Messengers can make the change of status from "Outer Processean" to "Inner Processean." Some of the 15 "Inner Processeans" who are living in the headquarters of the Boston chapter are married and have young children...
Above the position of "Inner Processean Messenger" is that of "Prophet," one who is preparing to be ordained as a Superior. The Superiors are divided according to function: "Priests" are responsible for the administration of the chapter; "Evangelists" evangelize; the "Matriarch" sees to the spiritual well-being of the chapter. Above them all, concerned not only with running the chapter but also with running and deciding the policy of the Church as a whole, is the "High Master...
...first contact with members of the Process, many people suspect that the Church is an organization of Satanists. The fact that Satan and Lucifer are two of the "three great gods" of the Processean universe helps people to confirm that suspicion. Aside from their belief in recognizing the qualities that they assign to these two gods, and aside from their use of the Satanic goat of Mendes in their Church symbolism, there is hardly anything suggested in the activities of the Process to link them with the much publicized Satanic cults. If anything, they suggest the opposite; scrupulously polite...