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Breaking the Circle of Satanic Ritual Abuse: Recognizing and Recovering from the Hidden Trauma
The first comprehensive recovery book to address the issues surrounding satanic cult ritual abuse--what it is, what the signs are, how to recover from it, and what is being done to combat this growing problem.
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265 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1992
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March 15, 2019
The satanic survivor topic seems to fall under three major genres: memoir, investigative journal, and how-to guide. "Breaking the Circle of Satanic Ritual Abuse" falls under the latter. How-to guides are generally written by therapists with the aim of supporting others (fellow therapists, family members, kind allies) through the SRA complex.
Daniel Ryder has written a how-to guide that is so. much. more. This book thoroughly covers all aspects of the SRA underground in a way that supports his peers, educates the outsiders, eases the reader's mind, while honoring the victims. If John Wiley & Sons, Inc., current publishers of the "For Dummies" instructional reference books, wanted to tackle this topic for their line of books, they could ask Mr. Ryder to republish his book under their banner. It's incredibly thorough, yet gentle and easy to follow.
I recommend this book as a first stop for any therapists wading into the SRA waters for the first time or to anyone curious, but sensitive to the SRA topic. It's filled with first hand accounts from survivors and it's not only sprinkled with references to other publications throughout, but also has a full chapter on support resources. Very well done.
Daniel Ryder has written a how-to guide that is so. much. more. This book thoroughly covers all aspects of the SRA underground in a way that supports his peers, educates the outsiders, eases the reader's mind, while honoring the victims. If John Wiley & Sons, Inc., current publishers of the "For Dummies" instructional reference books, wanted to tackle this topic for their line of books, they could ask Mr. Ryder to republish his book under their banner. It's incredibly thorough, yet gentle and easy to follow.
I recommend this book as a first stop for any therapists wading into the SRA waters for the first time or to anyone curious, but sensitive to the SRA topic. It's filled with first hand accounts from survivors and it's not only sprinkled with references to other publications throughout, but also has a full chapter on support resources. Very well done.
February 12, 2023
This isn’t a book on how to help ”victims of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA)”. It is a book on how to CREATE them.
* First make practically everything outside of a very narrow understanding of good middle class life - Christian church going, job holding, Bible and newspaper reading and news discussing (but not venturing to poisoning one’s mind with anything more), married (cishet!), strictly vanilla, no drugs but alcohol in socially accepted amounts, sais hello to neighbours sharing the same life… you get the picture - as a potential SRA victim. (Being a every way as culturally normie as possible makes you a suspect Satanic Ritual Abuser hiding in plain sight, though.)
When I say everything outside the most normie of normies, I do mean just that. Too sensitive for horror movies? SRA sign! Like horror? SRA! Question authorities? That’s what SRA makes you do! Always obey? SRA trained you well. You’re neurodivergent? Not born with it, SRA turned you into one. Anxieties, addiction? Oh yes, symptoms of SRA. Kinks? Caused by SRA. Interested in games, metal and/or the occult? I knew it, SRA! Overweight? Yes, yet another SRA caused thing.
* Second, prey on people already in therapy. Ask about their dreams and if there are any mentions of knives, robes, violence, colours white/red/black, somebody chasing you, monsters, caves, symbols (everything from a circle onward can be a satanic symbol, remember that!) or any of the usual nightmare imagery - latch on to that. Tell them the images are important. Suggest repressed memories, talk about inner child trying to tell something, press for age regression session. If this doesn’t cause the therapee to leave, suggest forgotten violence in earlier life and that denying strongly is a sign of having been programmed to forget the abuse.
* Third, if the target hasn’t bolted by this point, give them ”SRA victim autobiography” books to read to ensure they have proper material to draw from come next step. Assure the books are actual, honest to god true stories (spoiler: they are not) and any information stating otherwise is a testament of their truthfulness.
* Fourth, begin ”supressed memories therapies”, like age regression, ”truth serum” assisted sessions, hypnosis, large amounts of psychotropic meds - anything is permissable to get the patient ”remember” abuse. Do not settle for anything less than sexual abuse, torture and human sacrifice.
* Fifth, encourage the target to name everybody closest to them as abusers and watch their families, friendships and communities fall apart.
* Final stage: profit from being this not broken person’s understanding therapist and only one to believe the memories be true. You have now ensured years of income from offering psychiatric help as the only one around knowing how to heal a SRA victim.
* First make practically everything outside of a very narrow understanding of good middle class life - Christian church going, job holding, Bible and newspaper reading and news discussing (but not venturing to poisoning one’s mind with anything more), married (cishet!), strictly vanilla, no drugs but alcohol in socially accepted amounts, sais hello to neighbours sharing the same life… you get the picture - as a potential SRA victim. (Being a every way as culturally normie as possible makes you a suspect Satanic Ritual Abuser hiding in plain sight, though.)
When I say everything outside the most normie of normies, I do mean just that. Too sensitive for horror movies? SRA sign! Like horror? SRA! Question authorities? That’s what SRA makes you do! Always obey? SRA trained you well. You’re neurodivergent? Not born with it, SRA turned you into one. Anxieties, addiction? Oh yes, symptoms of SRA. Kinks? Caused by SRA. Interested in games, metal and/or the occult? I knew it, SRA! Overweight? Yes, yet another SRA caused thing.
* Second, prey on people already in therapy. Ask about their dreams and if there are any mentions of knives, robes, violence, colours white/red/black, somebody chasing you, monsters, caves, symbols (everything from a circle onward can be a satanic symbol, remember that!) or any of the usual nightmare imagery - latch on to that. Tell them the images are important. Suggest repressed memories, talk about inner child trying to tell something, press for age regression session. If this doesn’t cause the therapee to leave, suggest forgotten violence in earlier life and that denying strongly is a sign of having been programmed to forget the abuse.
* Third, if the target hasn’t bolted by this point, give them ”SRA victim autobiography” books to read to ensure they have proper material to draw from come next step. Assure the books are actual, honest to god true stories (spoiler: they are not) and any information stating otherwise is a testament of their truthfulness.
* Fourth, begin ”supressed memories therapies”, like age regression, ”truth serum” assisted sessions, hypnosis, large amounts of psychotropic meds - anything is permissable to get the patient ”remember” abuse. Do not settle for anything less than sexual abuse, torture and human sacrifice.
* Fifth, encourage the target to name everybody closest to them as abusers and watch their families, friendships and communities fall apart.
* Final stage: profit from being this not broken person’s understanding therapist and only one to believe the memories be true. You have now ensured years of income from offering psychiatric help as the only one around knowing how to heal a SRA victim.
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