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Introduction

This book, an exposé, focuses mainly on illustrating that the element of envy can be a far greater problem in adult life than any lingering sore spots from childhood. The writing reflects somewhat on improperly disciplined sibling rivalry and other childhood problems. Yet it shows that even with the damages of these overcome in adulthood, the evil of envy, more widespread and injurious than is recognized, can be a far more damaging problem particularly for some types of people.

Fine, dignified, often highly intelligent, well-charactered and cultured people who have to live in the unsheltered ebb and flow of everyday life bear the brunt of that envy far more than most people. Since they are a minority, their plight is not widely known. This book seeks to serve the purpose of bringing into common knowledge the cruel mental abuse some types of good people have to endure; having their lives and careers and characters stymied, blocked, and disrupted quite significantly. It is also a story of victorious, though difficult living on the part of the victims, despite the cruelty inflicted upon them.

Some of the tactics, maneuvers and mind-games used by envy’s perpetrators, either openly or subtly, according as circumstances permit without them revealing themselves for what they are, are illustrated with true to life stories of the victims, as told in a fictitious support group on a university campus. The idea for this setting was conceived in the writer’s mind many years earlier as he studied evening courses at a university and at that time attended a support group with a different agenda. This first book was written twenty years ago and recently revised so as to take care of some of the technicalities of society which have changed with time. But the essence of the content is still as valid as ever. In fact, due to the continual worsening of the problems herein portrayed, the need for such an exposé is ever greater.

The author is not a psychologist per sé, although he is widely read in the subject. In fact, he has many disagreements with formal psychology and psychiatry. These are backed by his uniquely wide experiences in many occupations and industries, rubbing shoulders with people in all walks of life.

However, not from personal experience only has the writer gained his insights, but from observations of others and listening to the stories of numerous people, as their work mate, or, as their minister in the church, each over a period of decades.

This book is followed with another by the same author and on the same topic, but with more relevance to adult life in the present time when the problem is grossly worsening and spreading in North America. The second writing shows more vividly the sheer cruelty and often brazen mental abuse with deceptive cover-up that is that is inflicted on fine, well charactered, cultured and intelligent people, not only by individuals as in the first book, but by groups of people - birds of a feather acting together.

Also the types of people who practice this malady are described and characterized, with stories to illustrate their behavior, including breaking the law by, often intentionally, inflicting emotional distress on adults; which law, to date, has been generally applied to spousal and child abuse.

Places and people have been disguised for the usual reasons. Simple Latin names have been used for locations. Names of characters have been chosen for their meaning, and coincide with their general character make-up. This was, more or less, a matter of convenience in finding suitable names, though it adds authenticity to the characters and the story.

The writer makes no claim to academic excellence, much less to what he sees as the over-sophistication of psychological theory. On the contrary, considering his background as a constantly assailed fine person he regards himself to be very fortunate indeed to have attained even one university level degree. He has only the intention, in both books, to have the problem exposed so that it may be more adequately dealt with both on a personal level and legally through litigation.

The books are written within the Christian perspective of the author, although there is much in them for people of other faiths, and more expressly for people in all of life’s occupations.

Cleon E. Spencer