I have made some progress. I checked out some books from the library and started doing more research on psychotherapy cults in the 1980s... I feel more certain than ever that Jane was part of a cult. She mentions things like the Gestalt Ritual and someone called an "Orlock" in her diary. Also, "Al" who I at first presumed to be her lover, now seems ( Read more... )

*I found a journal several months ago. It had no name on it, just pages and pages of dense and tortured words. I believe she was on the verge of losing her mind. These are the first few entries.

6/22/83

Mon -

Session on Tues. - don’t know wherefore it came…

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6/23/83

Street fair -

Seemed that, to me,  didn’t feel like we had ( Read more... )

In a box of abandoned books somewhere in Park Slope, I found the journal of a woman named Jane. It is from 1983. Jane seems psychologically off balance. She talks about daily therapy. Of multiple parts ( Read more... )