“Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting… — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“…is methodical abuse, often using indoctrination, aimed at breaking the will of another human being. In a 1989 report, the Ritual Abuse… — Chrystine Oksana Copy Share Image
“This book is dedicated to those who have died as a result of mind control and/or ritual abuse, and those who have… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“The memories seem to come in layers. For example, the first memory might be of incest; then they remember robes and candles;… — Glenn L. Pace Copy Share Image
“Lies to induce suicide • Children are told that it is honorable to die for the cause of the abusers (common with… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“I find it disturbing that one anthropologist's readings of transcripts are being listened to more seriously than 40 senior health service clinicians.… — Valerie Sinason Copy Share Image
“Batley insisted that no cult existed but the jury found him guilty of 35 offences including 11 rapes. three indecent assaults, causing… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Many ritually abusive cults deliberately divide the personality system down the middle of the head, making sure that there is no communication… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“How do we find words for describing levels of betrayal and emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual torture that fragment and destroy a… — Valerie Sinason Copy Share Image
“In cases of organized and multi-perpetrator abuse when the abuse occurs in the context of rituals and ceremonies, some elements of the… — Graeme Galton Copy Share Image
“I was increasingly both horrified and sceptical about these memories - I had no recall of these things at all, though I… — Carolyn Bramhall Copy Share Image
“By the time Cheryl Hersha came to the facility, knowledge of multiple personality was so complete that doctors understood how the mind… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“There, there, best to bring it all up,' she said. My memory was in shreds. Imagine a photograph cut into narrow strips… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“In order to establish the narrative that innocent men have been the victims of an epidemic of false allegations, “moral panic” advocates… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“This new co-consciousness brought me to a state of awareness in which my core personality was directly able to experience "her" personality.… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
“This monograph by Special Agent Ken Lanning (1992) is merely a guide for those who may investigate this phenomenon, as the title… — Pamela Sue Perskin Copy Share Image
“Allegations of multi-perpetrator and multi-victim sexual abuse emerged to public awareness in the early 1980s contemporaneously with the denials of the accused… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Denial returned, like a nagging cough you can never quite shake. Actually, it was always close at hand, and even though "satanic… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
“Betrayal is too kind a word to describe a situation in which a father says he loves his daughter but claims he… — Margaret Smith Copy Share Image
“My body was a Pandora’s box of aches and pains. When Grandpa died all the ailments came jumping out. I was forever… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“It is hardly surprising that many survivors of ritual abuse develop DID in order to preserve their own sanity.” — Joan Coleman Copy Share Image
“Although it is important to be able to recognise and disclose symptom of physical illnesses or injury, you need to be more… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, it remains the case that the psychological literature on organised abuse has not provided a coherent explanation for the emergence of… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and… — Judith Spencer Copy Share Image
