The 2023 Online Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference August 19 – 20, 2023
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Research and Information on Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder) https://ritualabuse.us/research/did/
Judith Herman: “In order to escape accountability for his crimes,
the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If
secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If
he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one
listens.” Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Conference Goals
– To help stop future occurrences of ritual abuse
– To help survivors of ritual abuse
– To name the groups that have participated in alleged illegal activities
– To unite those working to stop ritual abuse
Please note: S.M.A.R.T. has no paid employees and all money paid to
S.M.A.R.T. goes toward efforts to educate survivors and the general
public about survivor issues and research.
Conference Information
Conference Participants
The conference will include those either recovering from ritual
abuse and/or helping those recovering from ritual abuse. This includes
survivors, co-survivors and therapists working with ritual abuse
survivors. Members of secret organizations, acting out perpetrators,
and/or members of unsympathetic organizations are excluded from the
conference. This is for the protection and safety of those in
attendance. S.M.A.R.T. recommends that you try to bring a support person
that is familiar with mind control techniques.
S.M.A.R.T. 2023 Conference Schedule – August 19 – 20
(Please note : this schedule may be subject to change. Please write us for the latest schedule.)
Saturday
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Conference Speakers
These descriptions may be heavy for survivors to read. You may want to read them with a support person.
Artificially Rooted in the Natural
Wendy Hoffman
Many of us wonder why recovery from criminal mind control takes so
long and is so painful and consuming. This workshop explores one aspect
of the difficulties we experience. Perpetrators don’t pull mind control
programs out of the blue. They have studied and continue to study what
is natural to human emotions, behaviors and motivations. Their mind
control tactics stem from those observations. Perpetrators artificially
root their commands in the natural tendencies of the human brain,
personality and soul, such as dissociation, the need for love and many
others. The purpose of this workshop is to help survivors understand
some of the unwanted potency of programming and relieve some of the
shame and suffering they may feel as they go through their recovery, or
even decide whether to start their investigation of themselves, their
brains and hearts.
Wendy Hoffman has published three memoirs, The Enslaved Queen (Karnac Books, 2014, new edition by Aeon Books, 2019), White Witch in a Black Robe (Karnac Books, 2016, new edition by Aeon Books, 2019) and A Brain of My Own (Aeon Books, 2020). The Enslaved Queen has been translated and published in Germany (Asanger-Verlag, 2021). Her book of poetry, Forceps, was also published (Karnac books, 2016) along with a book of essays, From the Trenches, written with Dr. Alison Miller (Karnac Books, 2018, re-issued Routledge Books, 2019). Her fourth memoir, After Amnesia, is published on the SmartNews and Survivorship websites (2022). It also has been translated into German. https://ritualabuse.us/smart/wendy-hoffman/
Child Trafficking through Family Court Proceedings: A UK Case Study – Dr. Rainer Hermann Kurz
This presentation builds on a decade-long investigation into two
index incidents that led to the transfer of parental responsibility for a
toddler from a mother to a Local Authority, and eventually adoption by
the foster carer in suspicious circumstances marred by procedural
irregularities. Index Incident 1, dismissed as untrue by a Family Court
Judge, concerned the mother’s claim that she gave birth to a baby as a
young teenager that succeeded from incestuous rape by her father and
‘disappeared’. Index Incident 2, that was also dismissed in the same
judicial process, concerned a daytime sexual assault on the toddler in
broad daylight. The presentation draws on a 60-minute audio recording
describing the two index incidents and information submitted to a
document review by complex trauma specialists in the process of
preparing an appeal application. The content of the presentation is
potentially triggering but provides rare insights into the workings of
an Organized Ritual Crime Abuse Network (ORCAN) in the midst of society.
Rainer Kurz is a Chartered Psychologist based in
London. Since 1990 Rainer has worked in Research & Development roles
for leading test publishers. His PhD dissertation was on enhancing the
validity and utility of ability testing. Rainer developed 50+
psychometric tests and authored more than 100 publications. He is a
Consultant Editor for Test Reviews at the Psychometric Testing Centre
(PTC) of the BPS. Rainer has been investigating complex trauma
assessment problems since 2012. He presented 30+ posters on trauma,
dissociation and healing at international peer-reviewed conferences that
are available here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rainer_Kurz2
The Effects of Social Movements on Survivor Support Systems and Survivor Recovery – Neil Brick
Neil Brick will speak about the history of ritualistic abuse and the
effects of social movements on survivors. He will present historical
information regarding the literature of clinicians and researchers. He
will describe the effects of social and historical movements on survivor
support systems and survivor recovery.
Neil Brick is a survivor of ritualistic abuse. His
work continues to educate the public about child abuse, trauma and
ritualistic abuse crimes. His child abuse and ritualistic abuse
newsletter S.M.A.R.T. https://ritualabuse.us has been published for over 28 years. http://neilbrick.com
Ongoing Work by Survivor Led Non-profit Organisations in Scotland – Dr. Laurie Matthew OBE
This presentation will explore the ongoing work carried out by
survivor led non-profit organisations based in Scotland. Ritual Abuse
Network Scotland (RANS) has provided support and information to adult
survivors of ritual abuse for the past 20 years and Eighteen And Under
has provided support services for young abuse survivors for the past 30
years. Both organisations have been at the frontier of raising awareness
about ritual abuse in the UK and beyond. She will also share findings
from recent survivor led participatory research highlighting the
importance of involving survivors as researchers with lived experience
in all aspects of research from deciding the research question, to
agreeing methodology, gathering data, analysing results and
dissemination of the findings..
Dr. Laurie Matthew OBE is founder and Manager of
Eighteen And Under an award winning charity providing confidential
support services to young people who have been sexually abused. She is
also a founder member and advisor to Ritual Abuse Network Scotland the
UK’s leading charity for survivors of organised and ritual abuse. She is
the author of several books about ritual abuse and the
multi-award-winning Violence Is Preventable abuse prevention programmes
for children and young people. She has over 40 year’s experience of
directly supporting abuse survivors. Her published research includes
participatory research with adult ritual abuse survivors and
participatory research with young survivors of sexual abuse.
http://www.18u.org.uk http://www.rans.org.uk
The Identification and Use of Trauma Triggers in the Treatment of Extreme Abuse Survivors – Dr. Randall Noblitt
Extreme abuse survivors sometimes seek psychotherapy services
because of the overwhelming consequences of previous or ongoing
incidents of abuse. Repeated severe circumscribed abuse often leaves
survivors with trigger-responsive dissociation of identity and
traumagenic amnesia, including initially impaired awareness of the abuse
and its effects. This workshop will discuss methods for safely
exploring, identifying, and desensitizing triggers where the goal is to
assist clients in reclaiming effective self-regulation, autonomy, and
quality of life.
Randy Noblitt is a professor of Clinical Psychology
at Alliant International University, Los Angeles and a licensed
psychologist in Texas. He has evaluated and treated extreme abuse
survivors clinically since 1979. He has authored three editions of the
book Cult and Ritual Abuse with Pam Noblitt (1995, 2000, 2014). Together they also edited Ritual Abuse in the 21st Century (2008) and they have authored a recent book, Navigating Social Security Disability Programs: A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates (2020). https://ritualabuse.us/smart/randy-noblitt/
False Memories – The Deception That Silenced Millions – Lynn Crook
Lynn Crook explains why accused child molesters
needed a defense, why they selected false memories and how they sold it
to the media. She’ll explain how the media then sold false memories to
the public with rhetoric and false, false memory research results.
Prevalence rates were forgotten. As the media coverage slowed, FMSF
recruited therapy patients for lawsuits against therapists. Today,
psychology students learn about false memories in their textbooks.
Although false memory claims are no longer making headlines except when
celebrities are on trial, they have become a “given” as reporters
paraphrase memory researcher Elizabeth Loftus.
Lynn Crook received an M. Ed. from the University
of Washington. She worked at a sexual assault agency in eastern
Washington as a community educator and treated clients in crisis. She
admired the courage of her clients and soon discovered that she, too,
was molested as a child. She sued her parents for damages in 1991. The
judge declared in her favor in 1994, as false memories were making
headlines. She discovered an oddity in the deposition of her parents’
expert, Elizabeth Loftus. That investigation led to her recent book, “FALSE MEMORIES – The Deception That Silenced Millions LLC.” http://www.lynncrook.com
The conference is sponsored by S.M.A.R.T., a newsletter that
examines the possible connections between ritual abuse and secretive
organizations. SMARTNEWS@aol.com http://ritualabuse.us/
The conference is co-sponsored by Survivorship.
Survivorship is one of the oldest and most respected organizations
supporting survivors of extreme child abuse, including sadistic sexual
abuse, ritualistic abuse, mind control, and torture. Survivorship
provides resources, healing, and community for survivors; training and
education for professionals who may serve survivors; and support for
survivors’ partners. https://survivorship.org
Please note: None of the material on these pages or at the conference is meant as therapy, or to take the place of therapy.
