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Ritual Abuse, Sex Trafficking and Mind Control - Neil Brick
Ritual Abuse, Sex Trafficking and Mind Control
Presented at the 20th Annual International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference
September 20, 2023
Neil Brick
This presentation will explain how ritual abuse, mind control, and
different suggestive techniques work to control sex trafficking
survivors (Karriker, 2008). The presenter will describe different
historical examples of how mind control and ritual abuse have been used.
Legal cases will also be discussed from various parts of the world
(McGonigle, 1999; New York Times, 1988). Research studies, like the
Extreme Abuse Survivors Survey, will be presented, as well as examples
of different cults and their techniques (Hassan, 2018). Mental health
diagnoses, like Dissociative Identity Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder, and their origins in sex trafficking survivors will be
explained. The presenter will discuss his personal experiences of being
in a cult as a child experiencing torture, sexual abuse, and mind
control techniques. The forced development of these diagnoses and their
symptoms will be connected to how they are used to control sex
trafficking survivors. Ways to expose and prevent ritual abuse, mind
control, and sex trafficking will be discussed. Finally, there will be a
discussion of the future of advocacy efforts to stop ritual abuse, sex
trafficking, and mind control.
Trigger Warning: This presentation contains information
(written, spoken, or visual) that may be triggering or (re)traumatizing
to attendees.
Presentation Objectives
Discuss techniques used to control sex trafficking survivors
Describe research studies that show how these techniques work
Explain how different mental health diagnoses symptoms are used to help sex trafficking survivors
Discuss ways people can educate others to help stop future occurrences of ritual abuse, sex trafficking, and mind control
Ritual Abuse, Sex Trafficking and Mind Control Presentation Video
1) This presentation will explain how ritual abuse, mind
control, and different suggestive techniques work to control sex
trafficking survivors. (Karriker, 2008).
– Discuss techniques used to control sex trafficking survivors
Definition of Terms:
Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is a type of human trafficking and is a form of
modern-day slavery. It is a serious public health problem that
negatively affects the well-being of individuals, families, and
communities. Human trafficking occurs when a trafficker exploits an
individual with force, fraud, or coercion to make them perform
commercial sex or work. Sex trafficking is defined by the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 as “the recruitment, harboring,
transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a
person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.” It involves the use of
force, fraud, or coercion to make an adult engage in commercial sex
acts. However, any commercial sexual activity with a minor, even without
force, fraud, or coercion, is considered trafficking. Understanding the
shared risk and protective factors for violence can help us prevent
trafficking from happening in the first place. (Sex Trafficking – CDC)
Human Trafficking
There are two types of a severe form of trafficking in persons:
Labor Trafficking — Individuals are compelled to work or provide services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.
Sex Trafficking — Individuals are compelled to engage in commercial sex
through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. When a person under 18
years old is induced to perform a commercial sex act, it is a crime
regardless of whether there is any force, fraud, or coercion. (What is
Human Trafficking)
Ritual Abuse
Ritual abuse has been defined as:
a brutal form of abuse of children, adolescents, and adults,
consisting of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, and involving
the use of rituals. Ritual does not necessarily mean satanic. However,
most survivors state that they were ritually abused as part of satanic
worship for the purpose of indoctrinating them into satanic beliefs and
practices. Ritual abuse rarely consists of a single episode. It usually
involves repeated abuse over an extended period of time. The physical
abuse is severe, sometimes including torture and killing. The sexual
abuse is usually painful, sadistic, and humiliating, intended as means
of gaining dominance over the victim. The psychological abuse is
devastating and involves the use of ritual/indoctrination, which
includes mind control techniques and mind altering drugs, and
ritual/intimidation which conveys to the victim a profound terror of the
cult members and of the evil spirits they believe cult members can
command. Both during and after the abuse, most victims are in a state of
terror, mind control, and dissociation in which disclosure is
exceedingly difficult. (Report of the Ritual Abuse Task Force – Los
Angeles County Commission for Women)
and as
WHAT IS RITUAL ABUSE? (BROAD DEFINITION) Ritual abuse is the abuse
of a child, weaker adult, or animal in a ritual setting or manner. In a
broad sense, many of our overtly or covertly socially sanctioned actions
can be seen as ritual abuse, such as military basic training, hazing,
racism, spanking children, and partner-battering. Some abuse is
private…some public. Public ritual abuse may be either open or secret.
(Survivorship – Frequently Asked Questions)
WHAT IS RITUAL ABUSE? (NARROW DEFINITION) The term ritual abuse is
generally used to mean prolonged, extreme, sadistic abuse, especially of
children, within a group setting. The group’s ideology is used to
justify the abuse, and abuse is used to teach the group’s ideology. The
activities are kept secret from society at large, as they violate norms
and laws. (Survivorship – Frequently Asked Questions)
Pazder (“Michelle Remembers”) introduced the term
“ritualized abuse” in 1980, describing the experiences of an adult
survivor that was disclosing satanic abuse memories. He defined the
phenomenon as “repeated physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual
assaults combined with a systematic use of symbols, ceremonies, and
machinations designed and orchestrated to attain malevolent effects.”
Later definitions came mostly from professionals addressing ritual
abuse in child care settings. Finkelhor, Williams, Burns, and Kalinowski
elaborated on Pazder’s definition, defining ritual abuse as “abuse that
occurs in a context linked to some symbols or group activity that have a
religious, magical or supernatural connotation, and where the
invocation of these symbols or activities are repeated over time and
used to frighten and intimidate the children.” (Sexual Abuse in Day
Care: A National Study – Executive Summary)
Kelley referred to ritual abuse as the “repetitive and systematic
sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of children by adults as part
of cult or satanic worship” (Van Benschoten, Susan C. (1990). Multiple
Personality Disorder and Satanic Ritual Abuse: the Issue Of Credibility –
Dissociation Vol. III, No. 1)
Mind Control
WHAT IS MIND CONTROL?
Mind control, like ritual abuse, has both a broad and narrow definition.
In a sense, all advertising is an attempt at mind control, an attempt
to make people buy certain brands or objects. Propaganda (my country is
right and good and the other country is wrong and bad) is also an
example of attempted mind control.
In the survivor community, however, the definition is much narrower
and more sinister. It means that part of a person’s mind has been
programmed (that is, trained) to obey another person without question,
while other parts of the mind are unaware of this
situation.(Survivorship – Frequently Asked Questions)
Propaganda vs Cult Trauma
Propaganda – Name Calling, Glittering Generalities, Exaggeration,
Emotional Manipulation, Subliminal Commands, Changing the Topic,
Repetition, Testimonials, Logical Fallacies, Unwarranted Extrapolation.
(Propaganda & Mind Control)
Name Calling
This can include being called negative names (used inappropriately) like
liar, psychotic, paranoid, crazy, communist, etc. The purpose,
intentional or unintentional, of the usage of these names is to
discredit the person they are being used on, without discussing the
facts of the debate or topic. Sometimes names are used to shock the
listener, which may put the listener into a more susceptible mind state
and not critically think about the topic but simply accept the negative
name or opinion subliminally.
Glittering Generalities
Democracy, capitalism or other ideas are often discussed in these terms.
These terms may be described positively without a critical analysis of
all sides of the issue. The important thing is to look at the ideas
behind the terms and analyze them critically. A group may also only
discuss the positives of the organization, ignoring any negative
criticism about the group. The important thing is to check out any group
or organization as completely as possible before joining. But I believe
it is also important to trust people when they are safe, so that we can
recover by sharing and connecting.
Exaggeration
A user of propaganda may use terms like “many,” “a lot,” “numerous,” or
“a few” without backing up these numbers or statistics. The usage of
these words may make a person or organization look better or worse
without data or substantial proof.
Emotional Manipulation
Sometimes it is important to look at the argument(s) with as little emotion as possible, and try to see the facts only.
“…there are four elements to a successful fear appeal: 1) a threat,
2) a specific recommendation about how the audience should behave, 3)
audience perception that the recommendation will be effective in
addressing the threat, and 4) audience perception that they are capable
of performing the recommended behavior.” Groups may also use these
techniques on their members. They may say, “If you don’t do this, then
the world will end, we will close our doors, etc.” For members that are
very needy or attached to the organization or person making the
statement, this threat may be very difficult to ignore.
In E-mail, this may be caused by the use of numerous brackets in
bold or the use of capital letters. The writer may say things like,
“apples are always red,” and then, “apples are always blue,” to cause
confusion in the reader and make them more susceptible to the ideas in
the Email. While the mind is trying to figure out which statement is
true, the reader’s mind may become more susceptible to the suggestion or
idea.
Subliminal Commands
These will be discussed more under Suggestive Techniques.
Changing the Topic
Rather than deal with the specific topic, a group or person may try to
change the topic, or discredit the other side, rather than deal with the
criticisms or arguments in the debate. A variety of propaganda
techniques may be used to try and do this. This technique has
occasionally been used by politicians and others.
Repetition
One way of remembering something is to constantly repeat it. This is one
way we learn to remember new words and songs. Rather than debating the
points of the debate, a debater may simply continue calling a person a
liar or crazy or a traitor, etc. (see “name calling”) without backing up
their statements. How often is an idea in an argument presented without
a source or logical backing. This is one place in a debate or argument
where a debater may show their “true colors.” Are they interested in
debating the points of the argument or are they using propaganda and
mind control techniques?
Testimonials
Individuals that are not qualified to discuss the particulars (the
specific facts) of a debate or product may join the debate or ad
campaign and make statements that may have little or no logical backing
or factual basis. Organizations and companies may use a variety of
techniques to encourage such participation.
Band Wagon
The user of propaganda may encourage people to join the cause without
asking them to think about the facts and other side of the argument.
This may include a kind of hero worship, including fancy clothes, high
expenditures, claims of a large following, etc. I think the most
important thing is to follow your instincts and recovery, not someone
else. Other people may have valid and helpful things to say, but I
believe our recovery has to be our own.
Logical Fallacies
These will be intentionally used by the user of propaganda to manipulate opinion.
Example: John likes apples.
Hitler liked apples.
John likes Hitler.
This can be used in politics. Equating communism to fascism because one
or several communist governments may have been fascist is an example of
this. A person may agree with someone on one topic and disagree with the
same person on another topic. The user of propaganda may try to lump
the two people or a group of people together that disagree with them,
suggesting a conspiracy, when it may only be people agreeing on a
certain topic.
Unwarranted Extrapolation
This is another logical fallacy. A person receiving a criticism may
claim that a critique of themselves or their group may cause
divisiveness in society or their movement. (“Love it or leave” is an
example of this.) In all logical fallacies, and in terms of propaganda
in general, try to see the other possible conclusions of the argument,
not simply those presented by the user of propaganda.
Suggestive Techniques
Many triggers or cues are innate. An example of a trigger or cue
could be a hot feeling when going near an oven burner. Almost
instinctively, a person would pull their hand away from the burner. This
would be an unconditioned response. There are conditioned and
unconditioned triggers or stimuli and conditioned or unconditioned
responses. Pavlovian classical conditioning involves pairing an
unconditioned stimuli with a conditioned stimuli to get a conditioned
response.
The famous example of dogs salivating when a bell rings is an
example of classical conditioning. The dogs were conditioned to do this.
The unconditioned stimuli may have been the smell of food and the
unconditioned (normal) response was salivation. The unconditioned
stimuli, the smell of food was paired with the soon to be conditioned
stimuli, the bell. Eventually when one withdraws the smell of food
stimuli, the bell alone produces salivation. This is the new conditioned
response.
Programming is similar to this in several ways. A survivor may be
tortured repeatedly until an new alter is created. This alter will be
given a cue to let them know when to come out, this could be a smell,
word, number, sound, color and so on. This cue is either paired with the
alter’s creation and is given to the alter to listen for or to look
for. (How Cues and Programming Work in Mind Control and Propaganda –
Neil Brick)
William Sargant (Battle for the Mind) first looked at combat PTSD
and compared it to Pavlov’s classical conditioning. He extended Pavlov’s
model to explain how people could change their world view suddenly.
This was caused by intense trauma, followed by a person’s personality
breaking down, followed by the application of new ways of thinking.
Pavlov’s dogs during a flood either forgot or reversed their previous
training.
Current models of PTSD suggest that PTSD can be understood as
learned helplessness, a set of foci in the brain firing repeatedly and
inappropriately. Cognitively, a person’s world view is so changed as to
become untenable. Pavlov’s observations on animals breaking down under
extreme stress could be applied to humans and survivors.
Pavlov (Beyond freedom and dignity) was able to build up and break
down behavior patterns in dogs. Pavlov’s work seems to have influenced
confession getting and brainwashing techniques….Each type reacted
differently to stress. Pavlov could cause a dog to break down by
increasing the intensity of a signal (electricity), delaying the time
between the signal and food, confusing them with positive and negative
signals interchanged or tampering with its physical condition. If a dog
of stable temperament acquires a behavior after extreme stress, it is
hard to break this behavior. This could be compared to a person of
strong character becoming a one-track minded fanatic.
According to Sargant, various types of beliefs can be implanted in
people after brain functioning has been disturbed by fear, anger or
excitement. These cause heightened suggestibility and impaired
judgement. These group manifestations may be classified as the herd
instinct, they appear most strongly in wartime and periods of common
danger. (Battle for the Mind)
The implications for survivors of ritual abuse and their symptoms
are obvious. Increased trauma could cause dissociation, making a person
more susceptible to suggestion. The delay of gratification could also
make one more suggestible. Positive and negative signals interchanged,
like praise and insults given rapidly can cause a break. Or the lack of
sleep, food or drugging can also make one more suggestible. And once a
survivor becomes suggestible, they are easier to program or reprogram.
(How Cues and Programming Work in Mind Control and Propaganda – Neil
Brick)
Sutphen in his article talks about “Shock and Confusion,” how people
go into a meditative state when scared and are more likely to be
compliant to the second suggestion. If people are made to feel guilty
that they were given something, they are more likely to follow the next
command, like give money, etc.
The Birth of Conversion
CONVERSION is a “nice” word for BRAINWASHING….Jonathan Edwards
accidentally discovered the techniques during a religious crusade in
1735 in Northampton, Massachusetts. By inducing guilt and acute
apprehension and by increasing the tension, the “sinners” attending his
revival meetings would break down and completely submit. Technically,
what Edwards was doing was creating conditions that wipe the brain slate
clean so that the mind accepts new programming. The problem was that
the new input was negative.
Once a preacher, cult leader, manipulator or authority figure creates
the brain phase to wipe the brain-slate clean, his subjects are wide
open. New input, in the form of suggestion, can be substituted for their
previous ideas. (THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND by Dick Sutphen)
2) The presenter will describe different historical examples of how
mind control and ritual abuse have been used. Legal cases will also be
discussed from various parts of the world (McGonigle, 1999; New York
Times, 1988).
Mind Control
“Between 1953 and 1966, the Central Intelligence Agency financed a
wide-ranging project, code-named MKULTRA, concerned with ‘the research
and development of chemical, biological, and radiological materials
capable of employment in clandestine operations to control human
behavior.’ The program consisted of some 149 subprojects which the
Agency contracted out to various universities, research foundations, and
similar institutions. At least 80 institutions and 185 private
researchers participated. Because the Agency funded MKULTRA indirectly,
many of the participating individuals were unaware that they were
dealing with the Agency.” (The Law and Mind Control)
“MKULTRA was established to counter perceived Soviet and Chinese
advances in brainwashing and interrogation techniques. Over the years
the program included various medical and psychological experiments, some
of which led to untoward results. These aspects of MKULTRA surfaced
publicly during the 1970’s and became the subject of executive and
congressional investigations”. Id. 162. (The Law and Mind Control)
“MKULTRA began with a proposal from Richard Helms, then the Agency’s
Assistant Deputy Director for Plans. Helms outlined a special funding
mechanism for highly sensitive Agency research and development projects
that would study the use of biological and chemical materials in
altering human behavior. MKULTRA was approved by Allen Dulles, then the
Director of Central Intelligence, on April 13, 1953”. (The Law and Mind
Control)
“Several MKULTRA subprojects involved experiments where researchers
surreptitiously administered dangerous drugs, such as LSD, to unwitting
human subjects. At least two persons died as a result of MKULTRA
experiments, and others may have suffered impaired health because of the
testing.” (The Law and Mind Control)
In 1977, the Agency located some 8,000 pages of previously
undisclosed MKULTRA documents. These consisted mostly of financial
records that had inadvertently survived the 1973 records destruction.
Upon this discovery, Agency Director Stansfield Turner notified the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and later testified at a joint
hearing before the Select Committee and the Subcommittee on Health and
Scientific Resources of the Senate Committee on Human Resources.
Although the Joint Committee was given a complete list of the MKULTRA
researchers and institutions, the Committee honored the Agency’s request
to treat the names as confidential. Respondents sought the surviving
MKULTRA records that would provide this information. (The Law and Mind
Control)
The US Supreme Court again confronted issues related to MKULTRA and
the use of LSD on unwitting human subjects in United States vs Stanley,
483 U.S. 669 (1987). In February 1958, James B. Stanley, a master
sergeant in the Army stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, volunteered to
participate in a program ostensibly designed to test the effectiveness
of protective clothing and equipment as defenses against chemical
warfare. He was released from his then-current duties and went to the
Army’s Chemical Warfare Laboratories at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in
Maryland. Four times that month, Stanley was secretly administered doses
of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), pursuant to an Army plan to study
the effects of the drug on human subjects. (The Law and Mind Control)
“During the war, Cameron was part of an international committee of
psychiatrists and social scientists who studied the origins and nature
of nazi culture. He published numerous articles on mass psychology
during wartime”. Congressional Record – Senate, 99th Cong. 1st Session,
Volume 131 No. 106, Part 2, 131 Cong. Rec. S. 11008 quoting The
Experiments of Dr. D. Ewen Cameron, Washington Post July 28, 1985. (The
Law and Mind Control)
“To erase or ‘de-pattern’ personality traits, cameron gave his
subjects megadoses of lsd, subjected them to drug-induced “sleep
therapy” for up to 65 consecutive days and applied electroshock therapy
at 75 times the usual intensity. To shape new behavior, cameron forced
them to listen to repeated recorded messages for 16-hour intervals, a
technique known as ‘psychic driving,’ Cameron and the CIA were
interested in brainwashing and the ability to redirect thought and
action. The patients did not consent to the treatment and were never
told they were being used for research”. Congressional Record – Senate,
99th Cong. 1st Session, Volume 131 No. 106, Part 2, 131 Cong. Rec. S.
11008 quoting The Experiments of Dr. D. Ewen Cameron, Washington Post
July 28, 1985 (The Law and Mind Control)
The CIA stonewalled and despite pleas by Senate members to settle
the claims, the suit dragged on for years settling in 1988 for the
relatively modest sum of $750,000.00, split among the remaining eight
plaintiffs. (The Law and Mind Control)
The Justice Department announced today that it had settled a lawsuit
by nine Canadians who charged that the C.I.A. made them the subjects of
mind-control experiments involving drugs.
In a statement, the department said the plaintiffs would share $750,000.
The plaintiffs were patients of D. Ewen Cameron, a psychiatrist at
McGill University in Montreal who received money from the C.I.A. to do
research into drugs that could be used to control human behavior.
According to Government records, the nine were not told that they
were the subjects of the experiments, which were conducted in the
1950’s. The plaintiffs were subjected to heavy doses of the hallucinogen
LSD. They were also given shock treatments and large doses of
barbiturates…The statement said that in 1957, the C.I.A. gave Dr.
Cameron a grant of $60,000, which Dr. Cameron used along with a $200,000
grant from the Canadian Government to finance his experiments. ”His
treatment was not designed, directed or controlled by the C.I.A.,” the
statement said. (U.S. to Pay $750,000 In Suit on LSD Testing – New York
Times)
Gottlieb admits that he made approximately six trips to New York in
1952, and that he “visited George White on two or three occasions in
1952 to discuss his becoming a consultant for the CIA in LSD research.”
Gottlieb Declaration P4. White, a Bureau of Narcotics Agent, conducted
LSD tests on unsuspecting persons in New York, including one experiment
in which he gave LSD to a group of his friends in his New York apartment
in November 1952. The record also reflects that beginning in June 1953,
White covertly administered LSD to people in New York with whom he came
into contact in his role as a narcotics agent. Gottlieb testified
before the Kennedy Committee that White may have conducted his tests on
one or more occasions by administering the drug to an unsuspecting
person in a bar. (The Law and Mind Control)
Ritual Abuse
The Dublin Hellfire Club (Montpelier Hill)
“The Irish Hellfire Club quickly gained notoriety by their open mockery
of the church, that took the Enlightenment’s questioning of organised
religion to a new level. An interesting letter from 1738, that purported
to be written by a member of the club who used the pseudonym ‘Molock’,
describes the Hellfire Club and its practices, including ‘the sacrifice
of maidens’. . .”
The Dublin Hellfire Club (Montpelier Hill)
“The Hellfire Club soon became notorious for its excesses, which were
often conducted in public. Its heavy drinking sessions were sometimes
attended by sexual assault and violence, ending in murder on at least
one recorded occasion”. (A History of Ritual Abuse 2) (Chapter 6 –
Empirical Evidence of Ritual Abuse)
The following cases describe legal proceedings held in Juvenile,
Family, Civil and Criminal Courts around the world where there have been
allegations of Satanism or the use of Ritual to abuse others. Any
religion or organization can be used as a front to hide ritual abuse
activity, including Christianity, Buddhism, Shamanism, Hinduism,
Masonry, Mormonism, Pagan and Satanic religions; however, not all
Satanists commit crimes and not all occultism is Satanism. It is
imperative that investigators and professionals familiarize themselves
with cross-cultural belief systems so as not to target any particular
group. (Satanism and Ritual Abuse Archive)
Entire families have been implicated in the ritual abuse of children
which proves the fact that generational Satanism exists. See the
following legal cases: Parker (1995), Figured/Hill (1994), and Gallup
(1991). Perpetrators have been found to be professionals who work in law
enforcement, the military or daycare, and Christian fronts have been
used in some instances as a means of hiding the satanic motivation of
the perpetrators. See Cannaday (1994), Wright (1992), Gallup (1991), and
Orr (1984). In several cases the perpetrators have confessed to the
satanic element of the crime or participation in prior satanic offenses.
See Helms (2006), Cala (2003), Smith (2003), Delaney (2002), Morris
(2001), South (2000), Page (2000), T. Kokoraleis (1999), Bonacci (1999),
Brooks (1996), Hughes (1996), Penick (1995), Alvarado (1995), Ingram
(1992), Rogers (1992), and Fryman (1988). (Satanism and Ritual Abuse
Archive)
In addition to court documents this archive also references news
articles that document the ritual elements of the crime which include
perpetrator confessions, cannibalism, murder, mutilation in the context
of Satanism, and there is ample evidence to prove the existence of cult
groups who sacrifice their victims as an offering to Satan. This proves
beyond doubt that unusual occult belief systems exist and the bizarre
acts committed by these individuals are not only not unusual, they are
commonplace. (Satanism and Ritual Abuse Archive)
McMartin
February 1984 Seven defendants are arrested and charged with 207
counts of child molestation and conspiracy. Over 90 McMartin parents,
file a civil suit against Virginia McMartin, Peggy Buckey, Betty Raidor,
Babette Spitler, Peggy Ann Buckey and Ray Buckey for assault and
battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress with one
attorney. Others file suit with other attorneys. All suits are
eventually dropped by civil attorneys after the 6 year statute of
limitations expired before the trial ended. Civil suits by families are never refiled.
March 11, 1984 A number of other daycare centers in the Los Angeles
area are closed by the California State Department of Public Social
Services. Ten additional schools are closed in the South Bay area.
March 22, 1984 Teachers Peggy Buckey, Virginia McMartin, Ray Buckey,
Peggy Ann Buckey (Ray’s sister), Mary Ann Jackson, Betty Raidor, and
Babette Spitler are indicted on 115 counts of child sexual abuse.
April 2, 1984 The L. A. Times reports that students at McMartin have
been fondled, raped, drugged, photographed nude, forced to witness
animals being slaughtered and threatened to keep silent.
May 23, 1984 The prosecution files 93 new counts. The indictment count reaches 208, involving 40 alleged child victims.
Fall 1983 to March 1984 Nearly 400 children were interviewed at
Children’s Institute International. Forty-one children are listed as
victims in a complaint filed by the State. The count of those diagnosed
as sexually abused reaches 360 students. DA Robert Philibosian announces
the 1976 Karen Klass murder case will be reexamined to determine if it
could be linked to the McMartin case. Klass was the ex wife of Righteous
Brother Bill Medley. She had been murdered approximately an hour after
leaving her 5 year old son at the pre school. Klass’ husband also died
shortly after the McMartin indictments in March 1984. His death was
ruled an accident after he drove off a mountain road one afternoon in
Oregon.
March 22, 1984, Los Angeles Grand Jury issues indictment charging 7 former teachers with 115 counts
April 7, 1984 Bail revoked for 5 defendants who had been free on bail when 400 additional sex acts are presented.
May 24, 1984 An additional 92 counts of child molestation are filed
against all 7 defendants. A charge of conspiracy to commit lewd and
lascivious acts by force or threat of force on a child under 14. Count
is now 207 against 42 children….
January 18, 1990 The jury returns its verdict in the first McMartin
trial. Peggy and Ray Buckey are acquitted on 52 counts. The jury
deadlocks on 13 counts, all against Ray Buckey. The jurors are polled
and say they believe molestation took place at the preschool but that
the prosecution did not prove the case. The expressed disappointment at
not hearing more from the children.
January (late) 1990 District Attorney Reiner announces that he will
retry Ray Buckey on eight of the 13 counts involving three girls.
February 5, 1990 Deputy District Attorneys Joe Martinez and Pam
Ferraro are assigned to the case. Incredibly, after the trial, it is
discovered that Pam Ferraro was a former student of the McMartin
Preschool. Photographs of her sitting on Peggy Buckey’s lap reading a
book, sitting at a table with Peggy, Virginia and several of other
students as well as a McMartin preschool class picture including Peggy
and Virginia.
April May, 1990 Tunnels are found under the foundation of the
McMartin preschool building by a team of Archaeologists headed by Dr.
Gary Stickel. Ground Penetrating Radar recently developed by the U.S.
Army is used to define the location of anomalies under ground. Three
segments of tunnel, one over 45 feet in length with a 9 x 9 room area
are found exactly where the children said they were. District Attorney
does not use the evidence because of time and money constraints and the
fact that they would have to start a new investigation of their own at
the site as they did in 1985. The discoveries are widely reported in the
news.
May 30, 1990 With the entire team of archaeologists, geologists
still uncovering evidence of filled in tunnels, the McMartin Preschool
is demolished by a bulldozer ordered by the new owner, developer, Arnold
Goldstein. Final cost of the archaeological project, paid for by
parents and donations, exceeds $53,000.
July 27, 1990 On their 15th day of deliberations, the jury tells the
judge they are hopelessly deadlocked on all 8 counts. The judge
declares a mistrial. Juror L. I., a 64 year old treasury department
employee said , “I don’t know how you could get 12 people to be
unanimous in this case. There are too many unanswered questions. Too
much time has passed.” Again because of money and time constraints, DA
Ira Reiner decides not to ask for a third trial of Ray Buckey. The first
two prosecutions have consumed over $15 million and seven years of
court time. He is under tremendous political pressure because he has
failed in prosecuting the case. (McMartin Preschool Case – What Really
Happened and the Coverup)
3) Research studies, like the Extreme Abuse Survivors
Survey, will be presented, as well as examples of different cults and
their techniques (Hassan, 2018).
– Describe research studies that show how these techniques work
– Discuss techniques used to control sex trafficking survivors
The Extreme Abuse Surveys (EAS) were created to develop a
qualitative and quantitative base of data regarding the accounts of
survivors of extreme abuse.
The international online survey was divided into three parts. The
Extreme Abuse Survey for adult survivors (EAS), was conducted between
January 1 and March 30, 2007. The Professional-Extreme Abuse Survey
(P-EAS) was conducted between April 1 and June 30, 2007. This survey was
for therapists, clergy, counselors and other persons that had worked
professionally with at least one victim of extreme abuse. The
Child-Extreme Abuse Survey (C-EAS) was conducted between July 8 and
October 8, 2007. This survey was for caregivers of child survivors of
extreme abuse and mind control. (Extreme Abuse Surveys)
The main objective of the surveys was to gather preliminary data on
the nature and extent of extreme abuse….The target population of the
study was defined as all survivors of extreme abuse.
Fourteen hundred and seventy-one participants from more than thirty
countries answered at least one question of the EAS. The survey was
given in both German and English. Sixty-four percent of 985 participants
reported memories of incest and 48% of 977 participants reported
memories of extreme abuse before they sought therapy. Sixty-nine percent
of 257 respondents that reported secret mind control experiments on
them when they were children also reported that they were abused in a
cult. (Extreme Abuse Surveys)
Of 1007 participants in the EAS, 65% stated that they had been
diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Higher percentages were
found in the C-EAS and the P-EAS. High percentages of physical abuse,
sexual abuse from multiple perpetrators and child pornography were found
in all three surveys. In the C-EAS, medical evidence consistent with
extreme abuse was found in 53% of 80 respondents, psychological symptoms
consistent with extreme abuse were found in 91% of the 88 respondents
and the symptoms abated when the child was able to tell about the abuse
in 78 respondents (Extreme Abuse Surveys)
What is a Cult?
Here is a summary of 10 themes of cult membership Stephen Hassan listed in “Combatting Cult Mind Control”
1) The Doctrine is Reality – The cult’s beliefs allow no interpretation or other theories.
2) Reality is Black and White, Good Versus Evil – no outside group is valid, “no room for
interpretation”
3) Elitist Mentality – they are the chosen ones
4) Group Will Over Individual Will – “the self must submit to the group” “conformity is
good”
5) Strict Obedience: Modeling the Leader – the leader is imitated by everyone
6) Happiness through good performance – behaviors are controlled by shaming,
competition
7) Manipulation through fear and guilt – includes exit phobias, the devil, God, communism,
etc. will hurt you
8) Emotional highs and lows – from great productivity to crashing (due to individual’s
inadequacies)
9) Changes in Time Orientation – pre-cult life is bad, the present is crucial (pressure to meet
quotas, etc.)
10) No Way Out – There is never a legitimate reason for leaving
(Combating Cult Mind Control)
Cults also use “love bombing,” lots of flattery early on to “suck
people in”. In ritual abuse, fear is used much more often, especially
with children. Torture is often used to control peoples’ minds (allowing
suggestions to enter the mind), causing DID, instead of fatigue and
lectures, though fatigue and starvation may also be used. Ritual abuse
suggestions are planted in alternate personalities. A person in the cult
may have one belief system for work and day-time society and another
for the cult at night.
Hassan’s book explains how to recognize and avoid cults. They are often
dishonest, having a hidden agenda. (Ritual Abuse and Secret Societies
Information Outline)
Mind control refers to a specific set of methods and techniques,
such as hypnosis or thought-stopping, that influence how a person
thinks, feels, and acts.
Steven Hassan developed the BITE Model to describe cults’ specific
methods to recruit and maintain control over people. “BITE” stands for
Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control. The BITE model
should be used within the Influence Continuum Model to help determine
authoritarian control. Not every group or relationship uses every one of
these. Some are universal such as deception (Information control),
indoctrinating people to distrust critics and former members, or
installing phobias to make people afraid of questioning or leaving.
(BITE Model of Authoritarian Control)
Cults
Cults have made headlines around the world for many years and continue
to fascinate in documentaries and popular podcasts. The stories behind
these cults’ origins, leaders and demises are riveting — and often
disturbing. (The most terrifying cults in history)
NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was accused of running an abusive sex cult through his Albany-based seminar company.
He denied the charges after his March 2018 arrest, but a judge ordered him held without bail until trial.
Before Raniere’s arrest, in 2017, a New York Times exposé accused
NXIVM of fronting a cult called “DOS” or “The Vow.” The Times reported
that female cult members were branded, used as sex slaves, punished by
their “masters” and blackmailed.
Here, attorneys representing Raniere prepare to hold a news
conference after he was arrested on sex trafficking charges in March
2018. He pleaded not guilty.
Actress Allison Mack Arrives At Court Over Sex Trafficking Charges
“Smallville” actress Allison Mack (seen here) was subsequently
accused of recruiting “DOS” slaves by convincing women they were joining
a female empowerment group that would help them overcome weaknesses.
Mack was arrested and indicted on federal charges, including sex trafficking. She initially pleaded not guilty.
Raniere at a hearing in April 2018. The following March, Raniere
faced new charges of exploiting a child and possessing child
pornography.
He was found guilty on all counts on June 19, 2019. In October 2020,
a judge sentenced him to 120 years in prison. (The most terrifying
cults in history)
4) Mental health diagnoses, like Dissociative Identity
Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and their origins in sex
trafficking survivors will be explained. The forced development of these
diagnoses and their symptoms will be connected to how they are used to
control sex trafficking survivors.
– Describe research studies that show how these techniques work
– Explain how different mental health diagnoses symptoms are used to help sex trafficking survivors
– Discuss techniques used to control sex trafficking survivors
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality
Disorder or MPD) is defined as the presence of two or more personality
states or distinct identities that repeatedly take control of one’s
behavior. The patient has an inability to recall personal information.
The extent of this lack of recall is too great to be explained by normal
forgetfulness. The disorder cannot be due to the direct physical
effects of a general medical condition or substance.
In DSM-5, dissociative identity disorder (DID) is described as a
disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality
states or an experience of possession. The clinician may observe or the
patient may report that these personality states demonstrate marked
discontinuity in sense of self and/or agency, accompanied by changes in
affect, behavior, consciousness, memory, perception, cognition, and/or
sensory-motor functioning. In addition, the person experiences
dissociative amnesia (DA), a disruption in autobiographical memory (see
Chapter 26, “Dissociative Amnesia”) that includes gaps or difficulties
in recall of everyday events, important personal information, and/or
traumatic events.
DID entails a failure to integrate certain aspects of memory,
consciousness and identity. Patients experience frequent gaps in their
memory for their personal history, past and present. Patients with DID
report having severe physical and sexual abuse, especially during
childhood. The reports of patients with DID are often validated by
objective evidence. (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
PTSD
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that may
occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event,
series of events or set of circumstances. An individual may experience
this as emotionally or physically harmful or life-threatening and may
affect mental, physical, social, and/or spiritual well-being. Examples
include natural disasters, serious accidents, terrorist acts,
war/combat, rape/sexual assault, historical trauma, intimate partner
violence and bullying,
People with PTSD have intense, disturbing thoughts and feelings related
to their experience that last long after the traumatic event has ended.
They may relive the event through flashbacks or nightmares; they may
feel sadness, fear or anger; and they may feel detached or estranged
from other people. People with PTSD may avoid situations or people that
remind them of the traumatic event, and they may have strong negative
reactions to something as ordinary as a loud noise or an accidental
touch. (What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)
Research Studies
10 Extreme Abuse Survey Findings Helpful to Understanding Ritual Trauma
1. Ritual abuse/mind control (RA/MC) is a global phenomenon.
2. A diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder is common for persons who report histories of
RA/MC. (84% of EAS respondents who answered that they have been
diagnosed with DID [N=655] reported that they are survivors of RA/MC).
3. Ritual abuse (RA) is not limited to SRA, i.e., satanic ritual abuse, sadistic abuse, satanist abuse.
4. RA is reported to involve mind control techniques.
5. Some extreme abuse survivors report that they were used in government-sponsored mind control experimentation (GMC).
6. RA/MC is reported to be involved in organized “known” crime.
7. RA/MC is reported to be involved in clergy abuse.
8. Most often reported memories of extreme abuse are similar across all surveys.
9. Most often reported possible aftereffects of extreme abuse are similar across all surveys.
10. In rating the effectiveness of healing methods, therapists tend to
favor stabilization techniques; survivors are more open to alternative
ways to cope with indoctrinated belief systems. (10 Extreme Abuse Survey
Findings Helpful to Understanding Ritual Trauma)
Secret Weapons is a well-documented, verifiable account of
not one, but two childrens’ long untold stories of being CHILD subjects
of Project MKUltra. Quotes from the book: “By the time Cheryl Hersha
came to the facility, knowledge of multiple personality was so complete
that doctors understood how the mind separated into distinct ego states,
each unaware of the other. First, the person traumatized had to be both
extremely intelligent and under the age of seven, two conditions not
yet understood though remaining consistent as factors. The trauma was
almost always of a sexual nature…” p. 52 “The government
researchers,aware of the information in the professional journals,
decided to reverse the process (of healing from hysteric dissociation).
They decided to use selective trauma on healthy children to create
personalities capable of committing acts desired for national security
and defense.” p. 53 – 54 (Secret Weapons)
Twenty-Two Faces documents how the only known
survivor-intended-victim of a modern-day human sacrifice ceremony six
year-old Jenny Hill, overcomes multiplicity resulting from brainwashing,
her perpetrators having subjected the child to insidious mind-control
techniques culled from Nazi Germany. As is the case for thousands of
children across the globe unfortunate enough to be born into families
still practicing these aberrant religious rites. Using a lone resource:
faith in God, Jenny tries to make sense of a life where she jumps from
one day to the next. Eventually with help of a psychologist: she takes
charge of her divided mind by facing alter personalities and their
traumatic repressed memories, overcomes family-society rejection,
confronts and forgives abusers, showing an ability of the human spirit
to overcome against all odds, profound emotional shock and miraculously
healing from severe childhood trauma.
(Twenty Two Faces)
A new book, Twenty Two Faces: Inside the Extraordinary Life of Jenny Hill and Her Twenty-two Multiple Personalities,
by retired, Saratoga Springs-based psychiatrist Judy Byington, tells
the story of Hill, who, according to Byinton, was the victim of sexual
assaults by both her father and by neighborhood boys. Hill told Byington
that on June 21, 1965, in Garden Grove, Calif., she was tortured on an
altar and forced to watch the murder of a 6-year-old by a satanic coven.
Subsequently, Hill was subjected to mind control experiments which
resulted, Byington says, in Hill having 22 personalities. Hill moved to
Utah County and ended up spending a year in the Utah State Hospital
under the care of Weston Whatcott between 1984 and 1985. In a press
release by the book’s publisher, Whatcott acknowledges that Hill’s
multiple personalities were a result of childhood trauma, “namely
repeated sexual assaults coupled with ritual abuse.”
Byington says Hill “really wanted her story told.” Byington drew on
journals Hill and some of her other personalities kept from when she was
5 to 24. “We could all be multiple personalities if we have gone
through all the trauma that these people have gone through,” Byington
says.”Children under tremendous torture, their minds can separate into
different personalities.”
Hill went to the FBI looking for the parents of the child she had seen
killed, Byington says. While an FBI agent who looked at Hill’s medical
records told Byington that there was confirmation that horrendous
torture had occurred, “he wouldn’t open up a case for her.”
Byington has also investigated local satanic covens in Utah, she
says, and talked to a special-investigations unit at the Utah Attorney
General’s office in 2006 on ritual abuse cases. “”It’s still very much
of a problem,” Byington says. “These covens are very active and it’s
very difficult to prove what’s going on.” (22 Faces revives ritual sexual abuse controversy)
5) The presenter will discuss his personal experiences of
being in a cult as a child experiencing torture, sexual abuse, and mind
control techniques.
(Please use caution reading this if you are survivor. It may remind people of their traumatic memories.)
2001 presentation:
All of the pieces of memories I had been having the last few years came
together more for me. I have been having a fair amount of lab and ECT
memories and men in white coats. I realized I was programmed to go on
missions. I was very small and I was kept small and thin by programming
until the age of 9, when a primary perpetrator went into the hospital
for a while and I was no longer afraid to eat. This programming started
around the age of 3. This is why I am so small today and I am smaller
than my siblings. I was kept small to fit into vents and ducts to work
on missions to go into places to open doors, to let others in, steal
materials or records, spy on meetings or kill people. I have memories of
internally going on missions (at least one as an adult in my 20’s), but
am unsure if it was internally or externally, I was triggered by people
having sex in the next room.
I have one memory of killing someone in Eastern Europe, it felt like
that part of the world. He was sort of asleep and he knew this would
happen, it must have been in the late 60’s by the way he looked. He was
some sort of up and coming political person the CIA/Illuminati didn’t
want in power. He knew it was his time though. He said (in his own
language) go ahead and do it, or at least I perceived this. So I did it.
I have memories of being on lab tables with men in white suits and
their assistants, sometimes perps, sometimes sort of decent (though
cautious).I also have memories of going on missions by looking at maps
and learning the plans. I was taught the triggers necessary to open the
necessary alters to do the perps work. They used ECT afterwards to make
sure I’d forget and to punish me if I told or made a mistake. Drugs were
sometimes used to control me if I became stubborn of if I needed to be
put into a meditative state to be programmed. I believe that I would be
brought to a Masonic meeting late at night and/or driven to a lab in
Boston late at night. My primary perps received money for this since
they were having financial difficulties at the time. (My Most Recent
Memories and My Personal Growth)
2002:
From all this, I have remembered specific rituals and programming
sessions. The hemisphere signal (double hand signal) was in a laboratory
setting with lights flashing on both sides. It was meant to program
both sides of my brain. The hand signal was meant to turn off or close
the program(s) that I had opened up and remembered. The sleep
programming signal was from both lab settings and Masonic ritual abuse
settings. In the lab, I would be cued to remember something and drugged
to purposefully fall asleep whenever I did. In the ritual abuse
settings, the training for this would be done late at night after
rituals when we were very tired and they would ask us to tell them what
we remembered, then they would say it is easier to fall asleep and
forget it. Being so tired from the horrible rituals, we did. Of course,
it isn’t easier. It is better to remember and heal.
These are examples of how I have learned a lot about myself, while
speaking at conferences and trying to help others. By learning a lot
about myself, I have learned how to educate other survivors.
Another thing I have learned is how to recognize some programming
triggers in writing, either in newsletters or on the web. I did this to
help others. But it also taught me to recognize the triggers in my own
writing and some of the programs in me that would cause me to put them
in my writing. An example of this is the use of the words “current” and
“currently.” For me, this is from electroshock programming, either
programming to scare me into silence or to destroy a particular memory.
The use of the word was meant to remind me of what would happen if I
talked. Since this is only programming, none of this happened when I
talked and I actually got healthier sharing my feelings and memories
when I spoke. So the cult was wrong.
I also had a tendency to follow heroes. This is cult programming.
Following the cult leaders or head programmers in the laboratory was
necessary for the success of the cult. I have discussed hero worship and
its dangers at other conferences. By giving our power to others, we
lose our own power and are more easily controlled by other people. I
have noticed that the safest survivor advocates with the most recovery
are the most human and the least power hungry. They don’t have an
entourage traveling around them. They don’t feel the need to tell others
how to recover and they don’t need to ask for money for themselves.
They don’t act like movie stars or try to impress others. By working
with survivors and seeing others follow “heroes,” I learned that I to a
lesser extent I did also. This was a very deep part of my programming,
to always follow orders unquestioning. I do this at work, I am always
obedient. But I am learning to question things and speak up as I break
my programming more and more. For me, it wasn’t a conscious fear of
authority, but more a need to follow or allegiance to power. Now I know I
do not need to follow others. I can be free and make decisions for
myself.
People in the survivor of other movements may say they have the
answer or they have information that can help everyone. I’ve learned
that I need to find my own answers, my own truth. If I follow someone
else (without thinking), I am being mind controlled. (My Healing and
Helping Others)
6) Ways to expose and prevent ritual abuse, mind control, and sex trafficking will be discussed.
– Discuss ways people can educate others to help stop future occurrences of ritual abuse, sex trafficking, and mind control
The Importance of Prevention
Red flags that everyone should know and watch out for:
A predator:
is mean,
is outwardly charming and pretends friendship,
likes to humiliate others,
enjoys pushing others into risks,
brags about hurting others,
thinks life is a game that they must win.
(Opening Our Minds – on Predators and Prevention)
Not all predators openly do this.
For survivors, I think the important thing is to realize when these
techniques are being used on us. To fight the second suggestion and not
follow it blindly. This may entail leaving the area immediately and
going to a safe spot. Online this may mean reading certain E-mails with
support people present. And to avoid those that may use these
suggestions on us whenever possible. Learning how to develop safe
support systems and safe resources can help with this. I believe it is
dangerous to believe that we can’t be mind controlled.
Guilt may also be used as a technique, especially on survivors.
Making people feel like they haven’t done enough for a particular group
or organization, asking people to do things without considering all
sides of the issue or their own needs.
Neediness can also be used. Survivors may be looking for approval,
acceptance and a place to discuss their feelings. So they may not be
able to critically decide what support systems may be the safest for
them. Groups will first be very nice or overly nice to them (love
bombing), but this will often disappear later and emotional manipulation
and threats or guilt may be used to try to cause the desired behavior.
Abusers will often apologize after their behavior, but I believe a
sincere apology would be to try and change the behavior. (Propaganda
& Mind Control)
Becoming Aware of Trance States
How to Avoid Blindly Accepting Propaganda and Being Mind Controlled
(Please note: these are only suggestions. You may want to analyze each
of them to see if they have any value to you and if necessary, add some
of your own.)
“The subjects easiest to influence are usually young, trusting,
gullible, and noncritical people from protective backgrounds or people
who may be particularly vulnerable because of some recent unsettled
transition (my note: survivors may also fit in this category)… the
rejects are likely to be individuals who have easy access to accurate,
critical, or counterbalancing information. Insolent, self centered,
streetwise, highly critical or recalcitrant individuals are generally
culled out…” Though everyone is susceptible to some degree.
1) Try to find out both sides of the story.
2)Learn about propaganda and mind control techniques and learn how
to recognize them. If necessary, learn to avoid those using these
techniques (this may be online or offline.) The media and advertisements
may be a good place to start either learning about these techniques or
avoiding them. At times, advertisements don’t even discuss the product
or its attributes at all.
3) When in a potential situation where you can be MC’ed or
propagandized, learn how to recognize the feelings of going into a
meditative state and learn some of the techniques for getting out of
these states. I believe that avoidance of these situations is usually
the best way to keep from being MC’ed or propagandized.
4) The user of propaganda or mind control techniques may exhibit a
“lack of morals,” lying and/or disregarding the rules of the debate,
list, group or society. This is similar to the “us vs them” or may be
justified by “the ends justify the means” arguments organizations may
use.
5) Try to use your gut feelings. If something doesn’t feel right, step
back or remove yourself from the situation. I believe that a legitimate
group or organization will give an individual the time and room to make
their own choices.
I believe the following statement also applies to being MC’ed and/or
fooled by propaganda. “No one “joins a cult.” People recruited into
destructive groups think they are doing something else, something
beneficial and worthwhile. Anyone can be recruited given the right sales
pitch and the right conditions in one’s life. We are all potential
victims.” While I believe it is necessary to learn from our mistakes, I
think that feeling too much guilt doesn’t help. It may be necessary to
make an amends when safe. This may be simply by getting healthy and
possibly educating others.
As always, please use your own judgement and try to research
everything as fully as possible. Don’t accept anything anyone says
simply because they say it or claim to be an expert or whatever. Try to
check it out for yourself. I am not an expert, and I am continually
learning new things about myself and the above topics. (Propaganda and
Mind Control)
(Please use caution reading this if you are survivor. It may remind people of their traumatic memories.)
Trigger management is one of the keys to recovery.
It may be as important as memory retrieval, or at least connected to it.
By being able to manage one’s triggers, one can hopefully keep from
being triggered into alter states that could possibly be used to get
people to return to the cult. This entails knowing the trigger and the
feeling accompanying the trigger, the memory connected to the trigger
and the action required of the trigger. An example could be, when one
sees ice cream, they are to walk down the street and touch a light pole
on the corner. The memory could be being put into a deep hypnotic state
and then having a picture of ice cream flashed in front of one’s eyes
with the instruction constantly being whispered in your ear, walk to the
light pole on the corner.
Trigger management in this case could be having the memory and
learning the accompanying trigger (ice cream) and subliminal instruction
(walk to the light pole). Or it could be from the trigger, losing time
after the trigger and not knowing why, and realizing that somehow you
are at a light pole. Eventually, remembering the memory for all this.
Trigger management could also be learning the feeling of falling or
going into a deep hypnotic state, and then trying to figure out why.
Also, learning how not to fall into these states while feeling the
“pull” of them. One technique I use is: I shake my head side to side
(fairly hard) or walk around. (Trigger Management and Conference Safety
Presentation)
Using grounding techniques, taking breaks, talking to a safe support person to work with triggers.
7) Discussion of the future of advocacy efforts to stop ritual abuse, sex trafficking, and mind control.
– Discuss ways people can educate others to help stop future occurrences of ritual abuse, sex trafficking, and mind control
Media bias and recent progress in our field.
Critical Thinking Skills
How to avoid cults?
How to educate others?
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