Violet Pryor told her followers that she was God. They gave up their money and possessions to keep her in comfort. David Ayliffe became one of her key Pillars, a right-hand man. After her death, he became the leader of the cult she had created in Sydney, Australia – the Zion Full Salvation Ministry.

Guest: David Ayliffe

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Links:

My Brother’s Eyes — by David & John Ayliffe, John Garratt Publishing, 2009
David Ayliffe’s website — with links to the audiobook of My Brother’s Eyes
The development of, and opposition to, Healing Ministries in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, with special reference to the Healing Ministry at St Andrew’s Cathedral 1960-2010 — by Paul Francis Egan, PhD thesis for Macquarie University, 2012
Full Salvation Fellowship — Peter and Verlie Hobson’s website, accessed February 2021
Omegaman Internet Radio Station — accessed February 2021
Violet Dorothy Pryor — gravesite listing, Kangaroo Valley Cemetery
Wedding Bells: Wills-Pryor — Sunshine Advocate, 25 February 1944
Violet Dorothy Wills — Victorian marriage listing with the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, accessed February 2021

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