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Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America
Revised Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: James Randall Noblitt, Pamela Sue Perskin
Publisher: Praeger Paperback
Category: Book
List Price: $38.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 765770
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0275966658
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8582
EAN: 9780275966652
ASIN: 0275966658
Publication Date: June 30, 2000
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Product Description
A personal but also scholarly journey into the clandestine and confusing world of ritual abuse, this book provides unique insights into the catastrophic experiences of ritual abuse survivors and their efforts to find healing through psychological treatment. This revised edition provides contemporary revelations about cults in existence today and also new therapies developed since the first edition was published in 1995. Co-authored by a clinical psychologist and the executive director of a professional organization dedicated to treating survivors of cult and ritual abuse, this edition will be of interest to both academic and professional markets. The special legal dilemmas, survival problems and day-to-day life experiences of these survivors are examined in a scholarly but sensitive manner. The book presents the idea that ritual abuse is an age-old phenomenon found in many cultures throughout the world. That ritual abuse causes a variety of specific psychiatric symptoms is noted. Special attention is given to the diagnosis dissociative identity disorder that is frequently found among ritual abuse survivors. Suggestions are offered for effectively dealing with the various social and legal problems that result from this severe form of abuse. New diagnoses--cult and ritual trauma disorder--are proposed for this newly identified problem.
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 Highly recommended November 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'd recommend it to healthcare professionals seeking detailed background information on ritual abuse. While Dr. Noblitt presents his findings from a clinical perspective his research leaves little doubt regarding the realities of ritual abuse. His concise historical analysis, clinical observations and objective insights leave little if any doubt ritual abuse is real and highly pervasive in our modern society.
Dr. Noblitt first documents the historical existence of various fertility cults through out Europe, Asia and Africa that practiced ritual abuse and then draws parallels between these groups and modern ritual abuse practices. These can be most clearly seen in various fraternal organizations that encourage secrecy and within members of the Vatican. While ritual abuse isn't limited to these groups, these are common examples taken from our daily headlines. Dr. Noblitt's critical analysis helps the reader understand the nature of ritual abuse from a more grounded historical perspective.
I'd recommend Cult and Ritual Abuse as a suppliment to reading of individual survivors accounts. Dr. Noblitt's clinical perspective while fair and objective, it lacks a more direct connection to ritual abuse. I find reading individual survivors accounts more helpful. For Further reading I'd suggest Unshackled; A Survivors Story of Mind Control by Kathleen Sullivan.
 How can people be so easily fooled? August 29, 2004
11 out of 30 found this review helpful
My brother was a product of satanic ritual abuse, a court case that my father had to fight nearly to his own death. I cannot believe that people would try to associate this stuff with pyscology, and behavorial or even split personallities. My half sister was a part of the brotherhood and can verify that this stuff is for real, whether it can be proved or not. These people are very professional in all aspects of covering their tracks, and just because most of the larger cults haven't been caught does not mean this isn't a reallity. Anyone who want's to allow themselves to believe these are isolated events is living in a fantasy world not willing to believe that just as there are extremists in Christianty, that there are also extememists in satanism as well. I would go into more, but haven't the time at present. Anyone wishing to write me can, but you all must know that even Mike Warnke who has been so badly discredited is not a liar. The only way for this to go anywhere close to away is to take a active stand against it. Merely believing that such horrible things just can't happen is fairytale stuff. What about the horrors that some of our most infamous serial killers have done, we believe this because we caught them, but just because no has been able to penetrate a active coven that operates this style of satanism doesn't mean it isn't happening. These people are very well orginized and know when to move and how to hide any evidence perfectly!!! So don't be so nieve people.
Chilling and Informative August 22, 2004
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a carefully researched and reasonable look at a very volatile topic. The so-called experts at the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (founded by parents whose daughter, Jennifer Freyd, claims they molested her) would much prefer that you don't read this book, which includes evidence that a founding member of the FMSF board, Ralph Underwager, is an advocate of pedophilia. As the author discovers, ritual abuse is often not an act of random sadism, but the deployment of a long-proven technology that uses trauma to create dissociative states and alternate identities for the purposes of mind control and physical enslavement. Apart from a brief mention of the discredited author Mike Warnke, this is a highly credible work that deserves close scrutiny; abuse survivors should be aware that the content could prove triggering for them. Be prepared for dismissive responses from people who should know better and refuse to review any evidence that contradicts their views when you tell them that you are reading this. This is a subject that inspires impassioned screeds and debasement instead of debate. There are varied reasons for this, but fear of discovery on the part of practitioners in high places is definitely one of the them. The Franklin Cover-Up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska is good book to read as a follow-up.
Great book! May 14, 2000
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a great book. It contains a lot of information about a subject that people don't know a lot about. Students, professionals and victims can all benefit from it.
An excellent book on the subject of ritual abuse October 1, 1998
17 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is one of the best books that have been written on the subject of ritual abuse. Along with Valerie Sinasons anthology Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse and David Sakheim/Susan Devines anthology Out of Darkness it is a must for everyone that want to learn about the subject.Ritual abuse is a strange topic - it must be one of the few subjects where psychotherapists had a vanguard role in exposing a hidden problem. In contrast to those sociologists - most of them with only armchair experiences of the subject - that dismiss all evidence and like to talk about "urban myths" Noblitt and Perskin write from their professional contacts with the victims of ritual abuse. It is nuanced and well balanced in its opinions. The book can be highly recommended.
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