{"id":147573,"date":"2023-04-28T02:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=147573"},"modified":"2023-04-28T02:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:40:41","slug":"vf-the-medical-medium-and-the-true-believer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=147573","title":{"rendered":"VF: The Medical Medium and the True Believer"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Vanity Fair<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When Stephanie Tisone met Anthony William, a cult-famous, self-billed clairvoyant, she felt an instant connection. Her belief in his abilities was unwavering. Her life would never be the same.<\/p>\n

…William has said that negative energy can be a source of disease and that he can teach you to clear it; that he can give followers emotional support to rewire their brains and souls after post-traumatic stress disorder from long-term illness; that he can speak to the entity he calls the \u201cSpirit of Compassion\u201d on their behalf. He has said that his information is decades ahead of science, that he knows if objects are hidden in the walls of old homes, and that he fell into a long coma after running past a chemical spill from an overturned truck. His former associates say that much of his follower base is made up of women dealing with chronic illness and pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Vanity Fair: When Stephanie Tisone met Anthony William, a cult-famous, self-billed clairvoyant, she felt an instant connection. Her belief in his abilities was unwavering. Her life would never be the same. …William has said that negative energy can be … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t