-Caveat Lector-
Below please find another selection from an excellent book for survivors of
ritual abuse. It may be out of print, but I have heard copies may still be
available.
Sincerely, Neil Brick
This may be triggering for survivors of abuse.
>From "Safe Passage to Healing - A Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse" by
Chrystine Oksana, HarperCollins, c 1994 p 47 - 51
Ritual Abuse, Cults, and Organized Crime
...Traditional ritual abuse groups may share the following characteristics
with coercive cults:
they are usually based on dogma
dogma is more important than people
there is a radical separation of good and evil
there is a demand for purity
members are ceaselessly monitored, and their loyalty may be tested
accusations establish members' guilt and shame
the dogma is enacted through rituals
the group convenes regularly to observe the rituals
rituals frequently invoke supernatural intervention
there are staged events such as planned spontaneity...
there are mystical manipulations
cults capitalize on members' fear and ignorance
they promote a sense of separateness through an "us" and "them" mentality
there is a siege mentality with a paranoid view of the outside world
humor is forbidden
resistance of members is worn down through physical and emotional
manipulations
a person's identity is destroyed in order to create a new one
members give up autonomy in exchange for approval and acceptance
mind control is used to indoctrinate the victim into the group's belief system
individuality is uniformly suppressed
there is a well-defined hierarchy
members are exploited for the benefit of the leader(s)...
mind control is used not only to convert the victim to the group's belief
system, but also to insure secrecy...and to carry out cult
instructions...ritual abuse may both create and satisfy and addictive need...
Few religious institutions seem to be exempt from ritual abuse activity by
some of their members...some cult members subscribe to both belief systems.
Others, it appears, simply pretend to be members of a religious faith as a
cover for their real beliefs
...victims accounts indicated ritual abuse practices in the following cases.
All have been successfully prosecuted:
The Manson murders ...1969
The Son of Sam murders...(Terry, The Ultimate Evil)
The March 1987 sexual abuse and neglect case in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
(Marron, Ritual Abuse)
The April 1989 murders in Matamoros, Mexico (Raschke, Painted Black)
County Walk Daycare (Hollingsworth, Unspeakable Acts)
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