Foreword
Raphael (US) ................................................................................................................ 9
Dana Raphael, PhD, is a medical anthropologist, co-founder with Margaret Mead of the Human Lactation Center, a non-governmental organization, in Westport, Connecticut.
(danaraphael@earthlink.net)
Introduction
Noblitt (US) ................................................................................................................ 11
Chapter 1: Rituals: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Noblitt (US) ................................................................................................................ 17
Randy Noblitt, PhD, (Editor), is the Director of the Clinical PsyD Program and Professor, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in Los Angeles, California and co-author of Cult and Ritual Abuse. (rabuster@aol.com)
Chapter 2: Redefining the Language of Ritual Abuse and the Politics that Dictate It
Noblitt & Perskin-Noblitt (US) ................................................................................... 21
Pamela Perskin Noblitt, editor, is a researcher and survivor advocate in Los Angeles, California and co-author of Cult and Ritual Abuse. (rabuster@aol.com) & Randy Noblitt, PhD, (Editor), is the Director of the Clinical PsyD Program and Professor, California School ofProfessional Psychology at Alliant International University in Los Angeles, California and co-author of Cult and Ritual Abuse. (rabuster@aol.com)
Chapter 3: Exploring Commonalities Reported by Adult Survivors of Extreme Abuse: Preliminary Empirical Findings
Rutz, Becker, Overkamp, & Karriker (US & GER) ..................................................... 31
Thorsten Becker is a researcher, activist, and cult counselor/social worker in Lueneburg, Germany (mail@BeckerTho.de), Wanda Karriker, PhD, is a retired psychologist in North Carolina, and author of Morning Come Quickly. (sandime@twave.net), Bettina Overcamp, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of (complex) dissociative disorders in a hospital setting and since 2006, Board Member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD), & Carol Rutz is a survivor, survivor advocate, and author of A Nation Betrayed. (casey@dmci.net)
Chapter 4: Guidelines to Differential Diagnosis between Schizophrenia and Ritual Abuse/Mind Control Traumatic Stress
Lacter & Lehman (US) ............................................................................................... 85
Ellen P. Lacter, PhD, is a psychologist in San Diego, California. (ellenlacter@earthlink.net)& Karl Douglas Lehman, MD, is a psychiatrist in Evanston, Illinois.
Chapter 5: Out of the Shadows: Re-envisioning the Debate on Ritual Abuse
Salter (Australia) ....................................................................................................... 153
Michael Salter is a social worker and PhD candidate in Australia. (msalter@asca.org.au)
Chapter 6: The Politics of the “False Memory” Controversy: The Making of an Academic Urban Legend
Raschke (US) ............................................................................................................ 175
Carl Raschke, PhD, is the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado, and author of Painted Black. (crascke@DU.edu)
Chapter 7: Interrelated Moral Panics and Counter-panics: The Cult Brainwashing Panic and The False Memory/ Ritual Abuse Moral Panic
Katchen (US) ............................................................................................................ 191
Martin Katchen, PhD, is a sociologist, researcher, teacher and author who contributed to Out of Darkness. (katchen@inreach.com)
Chapter 8: Re-Searching for New Perspectives: Ritual Abuse/Ritual Violence as Ideologically Motivated Crime
Becker (GER) ........................................................................................................... 235
Thorsten Becker is a researcher, activist, and cult counselor/social worker in Germany. (mail@BeckerTho.de)
Chapter 9: Terrorism is the Ritual Abuse of the Twenty-first Century
Yoeli & Prattos (Israel & Greece) .............................................................................. 259
Frances R. Yoeli is a psychotherapist and EMDR specialist in Israel yoeli@maoz.org.il & Tessa Prattos, PhD, is a psychologist and EMDR specialist in Athens, Greece. (tessapra@otenet.gr)
Chapter 10: The RAINS Network in the UK (Ritual Abuse Information Network and Support)
Buck (England) ......................................................................................................... 305
Sandra Buck, MD, is a community pediatrician working in an inner city area in Nottingham, England. (sandrabuck2003@yahoo.co.uk)
Chapter 11: Ritual Abuse—A Personal Account And the Unpublished Police Guidelines
Mallard (England) ..................................................................................................... 325
Carole Mallard is a retired police officer in Hertfordshire, England.
Chapter 12: The Orkney “Satanic Abuse Case:” Who Cared About the Children?
Nelson (Scotland) ...................................................................................................... 335
Sarah Nelson, PhD, is a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
(Sarah.Nelson@ed.ac.uk)
Chapter 13: Our Father Who Art in Hell: A Factual Account
Fröhling (Germany) ................................................................................................... 353
Ursula (Ulla) Brigitte Fröhling is a journalist in Hamburg, Germany.
(froehling@microglobe.com; www.ourfatherinhell.com)
Chapter 14: Where are We Now? Ritual Abuse, Dissociation, Police and the Media
Sinason, Galton, & Leevers (England) .............................................................. 361
Valerie Sinason, PhD, is a psychologist in London, England and author of Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse: An Invisible Trauma, Graeme Galton is a is a Consultant psychoanalytic psychotherapist who works at the Clinic for Dissociative Studies & David Leevers, MSc.,is an engineer and inventor who worked on the European Commission Sustainability Projects and focused on the interface between technology, invention and psychology.
Chapter 15: A Therapeutic Relationship: Shifting Boundaries in the Service of Healing
Brown (South Africa) ................................................................................................ 379
Lorna Joan Brown, PhD, is a psychologist, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (ljwbrown@iafrica.com)
Chapter 16: The Use of Prayer for Inner Healing of Memories and Deliverance with Ritual Abuse Survivors
Ball (US) .................................................................................................................. 411
Thomas Michael Ball, EdD, is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Communication at Spring Arbor University and a pastoral counselor in Spring Arbor, Michigan.
(righteousoaks@comcast.net)
Chapter 17: Recognizing and Treating Survivors of Abuse by Organized
Criminal Groups
Miller (Canada) ........................................................................................................ 441
Alison Miller, PhD, is a psychologist in British Columbia, Canada. (dralison@shaw.ca)
Chapter 18: Ritual Abuse Survivors: Diverse, Yet Similar
Riseman (US) ............................................................................................................ 477
Jean Riseman, is a survivor, survivor advocate, and the editor of Survivorship in
San Francisco, California. (www.survivorship.org, rahome@ra-info.org)
Chapter 19: Patterns in Mind-Control: A First Person Account
Fotheringham (Canada) ............................................................................................ 489
Trish Fotheringham is a survivor in Canada. (rainbowtrish@myself.com)
Chapter 20: Case Studies of Ritual Abuse Survivors: From Abuse to Activism
Adams (US) .............................................................................................................. 539
Jeanne Adams is a survivor who has devoted her energies to educating law enforcement agents and agencies and others and advocating for survivors through the organization, Mr. Light and Associates and author of Drawn Swords. (mrlightorg@gmail.com)
REVIEW:
Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-First Century
By: Randy Noblitt and Pamela Perskin Noblitt
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake
richard330@yahoo.com
The Consequences and Ramifications of Ritual Abuse
Randy and Pamela Noblitt have brought together, in this one book, important writings from two dozen international, multidisciplinary team members. They are experts on the psychological, forensic, social and political consequences and ramifications of ritual abuse. These authors provide background information and stories of individuals to help give the reader a clearer understanding of ritual abuse in modern times.
The book explores cross-cultural reports of abusive ritual life threatening abusive ordeals, a redefining of the confusion of language toward the end of moving toward a greater clarity and uniformity in terminology, and an informed discussion of available literature regarding international reports of abuse.
Diagnosis, controversy, cult brain washing, satanic abuse, police and media handling, prayer, inner healing, patterns in mind control, and therapy are also discussed in detail.
I found the case studies to be insightful, informational, and helpful. The work is thoroughly researched and well documented. The final thoughts and conclusion at the end of each chapter are significant both in questions answered and in unanswered questions raised. I found the chapters on prayer, healing, and survivors to be pertinent and significant to me.
This is a book that should be read by mental health workers, pastors, professional counselors, political leaders, and concerned laymen.
