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BEAST WING 666 Abusive Cults in the U.K. ‘All rites reversed’; the reader is invited to reproduce this book in any form whatsoever, without limit, provided it is for non-profit purposes. Please feel free to embed in your own website, email copies to friends, distribute on social media, and upload to sharing and ‘pirating’ sites of any kind. Please help this book go viral.

DEDICATION To Colin Batley, Elaine Batley, Jaqueline Marling, Shelly Millar, Peter Petrauske, Jack Kemp, Peter Pracownik, Peter Mastin, Julian Vayne, Nicola Ward (aka Nikki Wyrd), Frank Parker, Martin Tucker (aka Martyn Healer, Dr. Love, and ‘Shed Boy’), Tony Stone (aka Tony the Wizard), Angelina Lovecraft, Anton Channing, Denise Channing (Jaq D. Hawkins), Mogg Morgan of Mandrake of Oxford, Robert Harris (aka Szandor Dashwood), Ann & Adrian Bryn-Evans.. and to anyone else I have missed (you know who you are), without all of whom this book would never have been written. May life bring each of you everything you truly deserve. So mote it be. To Peter J. Carroll. May you learn how to divine. A little humility can go a long way. To PC Chris Adams 840 and DS Amy Hewitte 801. Better luck next time in spotting the guilty. We all make mistakes. To social workers Rebecca Mumford and Katherine Marsden of the Welsman Centre, Bristol. May the world recognize your deeds. Children depend upon people like you.

With all sincerity; To Valerie Sinason of The Tavistock Institute, without whose advice and support we might never have survived this far. We are not alone. To Sonia Poulton. If only there were more journalists like you. To my daughter, Rose Ward. May you awaken to the truth and act appropriately. It is the only way you will survive this unharmed. I still love you, and always will. Similarly to my brothers; Jasper, Silas, & Zachary. May you put the pieces together and come over to the right side. I miss you. To Vanessa, the sister I have yet to meet. I hope you read this, and see through all the lies you have been fed about me. To brave young ‘X’, and their mother, who shall receive all proceeds from this publication. May you both be granted full and miraculous recovery. To all survivors of abuse. Know that you are stronger than those who harmed you. Be proud, and help one another. May healing laughter be yours.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................ 1 About the Author .............................................................. 4 ABUSIVE CULTS ......................................................... 13 WHAT IS RITUAL ABUSE .......................................... 16 RITUAL ABUSE IN THE U.K. Convictions so far ........................................................... 20 Colin David Batley, Elaine Batley, Jaqueline Marling, & Shelly Millar ................................................................... 20 Peter Solheim ................................................................. 24 Peter Petrauske & Jack Kemp ........................................ 27 ADVICE TO PARENTS ................................................ 28 WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? ......................................... 30 OCCULT GROUPS IN THE U.K. ................................. 36 Speculative Freemasonry ............................................... 39 Druids ............................................................................. 41 The Golden Dawn .......................................................... 42 Ordo Templi Orientis; Thelema & Aleister Crowley ..... 43 Wicca; The Witchcraft Cult ............................................ 47 The Church of Satan ....................................................... 49 The Temple of Set .......................................................... 53 The Illuminates of Thanateros; Chaos Magic ................ 55 DEATH & HELL DOT COM ........................................ 58 DEATH CULT REJECT Corroboration of Colin Batley & the I.O.T. ................... 61 THE SATANIC ILLUMINATI & other red herrings ....................................................... 68 A MESSAGE TO OCCULTISTS .................................. 74

RITUAL ABUSE & MENTAL HEALTH ..................... 78 FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME & the Paedophile Protection Squad ................................ 81 GANG-STALKING ....................................................... 89 CYBER-STALKING ..................................................... 92 PHONE HACKING ....................................................... 95 HOME INVASION .......................................................100 PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE ....................................... 102 MIND CONTROL ‘Brain Washing’ ............................................................ 104 MULTI-AGENCY FAILURE A Personal Experience .................................................. 112 CONCLUSION ............................................................ 125

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INTRODUCTION “What do you call it when Satanists have children together? Ritual abuse. It’s a reality, my friends. A very sad reality.” - Grobbly the Clown

This book is a first hand perspective on the problem of ritual abuse and mind control cults in the U.K.; much of which is ‘occult’ in theme, and targets children. The author is an insider of occultism whose own family has been torn apart by events directly related to the first ever convictions of ritual abuse in British criminal history; the cult that surrounded convicted sexual abuser Colin Batley, Elaine Batley, Jaqueline Marling, Shelly Millar, Peter Petrauske, and Jack Kemp. Many members of this abusive cult are still at large, some even gaining a significant level of ‘pseudo-fame’ within the occult community. During my twenties, I joined an occult organization. I gained considerable significance within the group, and was granted a number of pompous sounding titles of no significance to the wider public, but meant much within the community I was a part of; Priest, Mentor, and Magister Templi, as well as the official ‘Fool’ of the U.K. and U.S.A. sections. At the time of 2

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my involvement the cult was more or less benign, but later came to harbour a number of abusive paedophiles. My own parents also happened to be heavily involved in Paganism, and remain so at the time of publication. For reasons that shall become clear with time, I no longer have any contact with the cult I joined, or with my parents. It is hoped this book will be of use to professionals who come across this problem in their work; police, social workers, psychotherapists, journalists, and others. It may also be of help to anyone whose own life has been damaged, directly or indirectly, by abusive cults. It is also hoped this book will be read by members of the ‘occult community’. Whilst society as a whole seems to suffer a collective myopia regarding issues such as cults and child abuse, the occult community has been especially groomed to consider any such allegations in terms of ‘Satanic Panic’, and routinely mistake any attempts to address such issues as attacks on the beliefs such communities hold. This book is not an attack on occultism; it is an attempt to address a very real problem within the occult community.

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I also have an entirely personal hope for this book; that it will help lead to the prosecution of the many guilty in the case relating to my own family. Some of the guilty have already been convicted, and are at the time of writing in jail- as has been reported in the mainstream press. Others are still at large.

About the Author To anyone outside of occultism, as well as many who believe themselves ‘insiders’, I am unlikely to be recognized. It seems fair to give some information as to who I am. What follows is a kind of brief C.V. of my involvement in occultism and secret societies, noting some of the better known ‘achievements’. My previous written works, aimed towards ‘occultists’, were commended by the likes of Peter J. Carrol, founder of the once prestigious Illuminates of Thanateros. My long term involvement with Chaos Magic is evidenced by the fact that my artwork appears on the cover of Phil Hine’s free internet book, Prime Chaos. Kenneth Grant, one time secretary of Crowley and founder of the Typhonian Order (previously known as the Typhonian O.T.O.), hailed me as a genius in a private letter to Mary Hedger, 4

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author of The History of Fun, who at the time was ‘Chief Pythoness’ of his order. A photograph of myself with Maxine Sanders, amongst the founders of modern Wicca, appears at the the conclusion of her autobiography, ‘Firechild’ (Mandrake of Oxford), which was taken at the time my most widely available work, Witcha; A Book of Cunning, (Mandrake of Oxford), was published. I have made a small number of television appearances, most notably in Taboo: Witchcraft, a documentary commissioned by National Geographic. First editions of books I have written change hands for at up to £150, accumulating worth in as little as two years. When I have given public lectures, these have often gathered large audiences. I no longer give lectures, and am no longer involved in ‘occultism’, purely because there are currently so many abusers in influential positions, and too many others in denial. Whilst my work was not necessarily to the tastes of the masses, within my own field I was successful. I certainly have never had to ‘make stuff up’ to draw attention to myself or my work, and there is nobody currently involved at any level of occultism that has any achievements I would be jealous of. I am also in the rare position in that members of my family- most notably my mother, stepfather, and biological father- have all been involved in various 5

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forms of Paganism and occultism. On my mother’s side of the family, generations past had local reputations as practitioners of ‘white witchcraft’, whilst my grandmother was well known in her day for holding seances. According to a disclosure my mother made to the lady who has been my partner for (at the time of writing) eleven years, I was conceived at a Black Mass, although my father told me it was on the same night that a seance went spookily wrong; either way, there were whispers of supernatural activity around my conception, however fanciful they might be. With a family like mine, having a ‘normal life’ was never much of an option. My mother’s name is Ann Bryn-Evans, whom many have respected as a ritual leader, and my stepfather is Adrian Bryn-Evans, who has for many years been involved with The Pagan Federation, as well as the Museum of Witchcraft. Together they run The Witches’ Market. My mother’s artwork appears on the cover of my book Witcha, whilst Adrian’s photographs of exhibits from the Museum of Witchcraft appear inside. They are the founders of The House of the Old Ways, of which I was once the ‘Fool’; as it turns out, in more ways than one.. My biological father, Robert Harris, also likes to be known as Szandor Dashwood; taking his psuedonym 6

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from two famous ‘Satanists’, Anton Szandor LaVey and Sir Francis Dashwood. He is well known to many who hang around Treadwell’s Bookshop, London. A computer animator and set designer, he was responsible for the graphics in the sword and sorcery T.V. show Knightmare, as well as working on several famous rock videos, T.V. shows, and films. I do not speak to my parents any more, and never plan to again. Apparently, my father has disinherited me for something between £250,000 to £500, 000. Such can be the price of standing by the truth.. In the mid-nineties, I was invited to join the Illuminates of Thanateros, an occult organization often described as ‘prestigious’ within occultism, becoming their youngest initiate ever at that time. During the seven years before my resignation, I had been the founder and Magister Templi of a number of temples, as well as being the order’s first ever ordained Priest of Chaos, the Mentor and/or initiator of some of the presently higher ranking members of the order in the U.K., and was the official Insubordinate -a kind of ‘shop steward’ whose role is to address and prevent abuses of power- to the then Section Head of both U.K. and U.S.A. (I have been informed by Peter J. Carrol that no replacement was

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found after my resignation, and the order no longer assigns an officer to this role). The mother of my daughter is Nicola Ward, aka Nikki Wyrd, who happens to be the current Magi and U.K. Section Head of the Illuminates of Thanateros (being the highest ranking individual in the U.K.). In recent years, Nicola Ward has ‘partnered up’ with the occult author Julian Vayne. They seem to have the run of the U.K. Illuminates of Thanateros between them, and together wrote The Book of Baphomet, which speaks openly about their drug abuse (justified by posing as ‘shaman’), and contains much that may be interpreted very differently given appropriate knowledge.. As one reviewer put it, they obviously “love their children.” It just so happens, Ann and Adrian Bryn-Evans knew Julian Vayne for some twenty years, having been a part of his ‘Sex Magic’ working group when they all lived in Milton Keynes. It is a small world.. I have also been amongst the founding members of a number of other occult groups, with my privately circulated works gaining modest influence. At no time during my decades of involvement with occultism have I been involved in the abuse of any adult, child, or even animal. Until the prosecution of Colin Batley (see below), I was amongst those who 8

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believed such things did not happen within ‘real’ occult groups, and no ‘real’ occultists would ever participate in such an act. I even said so on television. Since then, I have not only discovered that ritual abuse is a reality, but it was happening much closer to home than I could ever have expected. If anyone has inside knowledge regarding the workings of occult organizations, I am certainly amongst them. Nevertheless, since speaking up about the reality of ritual child abuse in the U.K., as well as other heinous activities clearly wrong to anyone of sound mind, I have been labelled as insane, jealous, vindictive, generally discredited with false allegations of every kind, and become a pariah within modern occult circles. Many of the very same people who originally supported my work, including some ‘big names’ within that subculture, have turned against me. At the time of writing, Mogg Morgan of Mandrake of Oxford publishing says the following about me upon his website; Nathaniel Harris is currently unwell. He is suffering some form of mental illness, one form of which is misdirected rage against former friends and associates. He has been making unpleasant, unsubstantiated accusations on various internet forums. Under no circumstances should any of these accusations be given credence. He is 9

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receiving professional help and we wish him well for the future. He was a talented writer and artist and in the spirit of compassion we will continue to make his work available.

The above statement is over a year old at the time of writing, and amounts to slander. Not only am I in good mental health, but I have made many requests over several years that Mandrake of Oxford cease to publish my material; continuing to do so is far from ‘compassionate’, and nothing more than an attempt to retain control. I do not accept any monies from this publisher, as I consider it tainted. This is just one example as to the ostracism and defamation I have suffered from members of the occult community in their efforts to pretend there are no abusers amongst them; or worse, to attempt to convince people I may be an abuser myself. The guilty also have many dupes that have acted on their behalf. Occultists have a tendency to interpret accusations of abuse made against anyone from within their culture as an attack on occultism itself. Little wonder, then, that other potential whistleblowers have been reluctant to come forward. I have heard that others targeted by the same abusive cult as our case, and by those connected to them, have had similar or worse experiences to our own. Some of 10

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these victims gave up any hope and committed suicide. We must all do everything we can to stop this happening to anyone else. This is not another ‘Satanic Panic’ cooked up to discredit occultism, to further my own ‘fame’, or for any other dishonest motive. I am not another Fundamentalist Christian ranting about Satanic Conspiracies behind the rock music industry and Hollywood. There are no U.F.O.s or lizard people involved in this case. This is not a delusion, a ‘shamanic vision’, or anything to do with ‘False Memory Syndrome’. This is real. Whilst the guilty are still at large, lives are being damaged.

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ABUSIVE CULTS An abusive cult may be defined as a group with a closed ‘circular’ belief system, whose followers are recruited and controlled through manipulation and undue influence (blackmail, violence, rape, and mind control). This manipulation is imposed without the informed consent of the individual, with the intent of altering the personality and behavior of its initiates. The leadership of such groups are sociopathic, and ‘all powerful’. Followers will be expected to address them by grandiose titles, such as High Priest, Supreme Magus, or Lord, and subordinate their will to that of ‘the group’. Abusive cults typically set themselves apart through totalitarian and elitist ideology; creating its own values often in deliberate challenge to the morals and ethics of society, as with Satanism and certain Tantric cults, or considering themselves beyond good and evil, as with Chaos magic. Abusive cults engage in all manner of unethical practices, often as a matter of principle. These may include ritual abuse, child abuse- including neglect, torture, rape and murder of children, mind control 13

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(sometimes called ‘brainwashing’, often employing trauma and drugs), human trafficking, smugglingsuch as pornography, drugs, guns, or gems, fraud and deceit, theft, harassment of former members and their families, violent assaults, forced participation in sexual abuse and forced prostitution, kidnapping, torture, extreme psychological and emotional abuse, and conspiracy to commit any or all of these crimes without arrest and conviction. Abusive cults are often lead by hardened, professional criminals. They may be ‘self styled’, as with most supposedly Satanic youth gangs, or they may have infiltrated and taken over an otherwise benign occult group. They may or may not be a paedophile, and they may or may not genuinely hold those beliefs demanded of the cult members- with ritual elements such as Devil worship serving primarily to detract from the credibility of any disclosure, and to control victims through inspiring fear. A sociopathic criminal who does business outside of society’s conventions will do whatever is necessary to ensure the long lasting success of their ‘business’. If there is financial profit in providing brainwashed children as sex slaves to other criminal associates, simultaneously providing grounds for blackmail, the 14

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sociopathic criminal is unlikely to baulk. Laws and morals mean nothing- there only to control the herd, and to be broken by the ‘powerful’. Similarly, they mean nothing to anyone whose own will is subordinated to that of the abusive cult and its elitist philosophy; expressed in Crowley’s Book of the Law as ‘Do what thou wilt.. the law of the strong’ and within the Illuminates of Thanateros as ‘Nothing is true & everything is permitted’. Due to the nature of initiatory occult groups, it is also possible for an abusive cult to form and protect itself within the secrecy of a wider group. There may be many members in the lower grades, for example, who have an honest interest in exploring ‘magical ideas’, but would never knowingly involve themselves with any criminal activity whatsoever. They are as innocent and unknowing as Catholics attending mass lead by a paedophile bishop; and just as unlikely to believe any disclosures of abuse made against him. This provides additional credibility in discounting disclosures, serving to protect the hidden abuser even further.

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WHAT IS RITUAL ABUSE? The information in this chapter may be too upsetting for some people to read. However, it is important for the public to become more informed concerning the reality and extent of ritual abuse. Victims of abuse may be accidently ‘triggered’ by some passages; should this happen, please stop reading, and discuss anything that arises with your therapist- if you are lucky enough to have one that has accepted the reality of ritual abuse. Ritual abuse is an extreme form of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse involving ritual symbolism and behavior, perpetrated against children, adolescents, and adults. Ritual abuse, as with occult ritual generally, is not necessarily Satanic; although for various reasons- perhaps including simply lack of imagination or originality- much of it is. Most occult ritual draws upon the psychological ‘powers’ of the archetypes, and Satan is the most obvious archetype that might appeal to any cult seeking to transgress society’s moral boundaries whilst simultaneously inspiring fear. It is thus the first choice of many criminal youth gangs, or of any cult 16

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seeking to entice members with the promise of sexual promiscuity, illicit drugs, moral license, and power. Ritual abuse rarely consists of a single episode, but will be repeated over an extended period of possibly years or decades. Abusive cults, like most organized paedophile rings or criminal networks, seek to involve themselves in the lives of their victims in every way. The physical aspects of ritual abuse are severe, and may include torture and killing. The victim’s silence will also have been ensured by threats of persecution, including punishment, torture, and murder. Such threats may be very real, with victims already having witnessed the torture and ‘sacrifice’ of people or animals, or even been forced to participate. This included not only making disclosure, but also failure to commit further acts of ‘evil’ at the behest of the cult. The sexual abuse is extraordinarily sadistic, intended to humiliate and ‘break down’ their victim’s resistance to domination by the cult. It is far worse than the abuse normally inflicted by a paedophile in the context of incest. It may include repeated sexual assaults by men, women, or even other children, often in a group. It may include forced prostitution and participation in pornography. Since their ritual abuse 17

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involved children, any films or photographs may be employed to blackmail. The psychological aspects are severe, causing indescribable mental and emotional suffering, and such terror that disclosure is often extremely difficult even decades afterwards. Coupled with the fear of being disbelieved, which is itself an additional trauma, many victims may never disclose at all. Additionally, victims may be so traumatized that they dissociate from their experiences; a fact that is capitalized upon by the abusers in the form of mind control; robbing their victim of their own sense of self and free will. Having been broken down in such a fashion, the victim of an abusive cult may be influenced into giving apparent consent; also serving further to protect against disclosure. Many victims of ritual abuse are infants, as reported in the cases of Batley, Petrauske and Kemp, and particularly susceptible to being terrorized and indoctrinated into whatever the their abuser wishes them to believe. During abuse, and for long after it ceases, victims live with fear, dissociation, and the impact of mind control. They may have been abused over several years, with little or no time during which they were allowed to feel safe. The devastating and

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long lasting damage will most likely blight their entire lives. ____________________________ It cannot be stressed enough that this is not to say that all people who identify as Satanists or occultists are, have been, or will become, ritual abusers. Arguably, much abuse perpetrated within the Catholic church is also ritualized, employing religious ‘mind control’ through guilt. For example, victims are typically told to ‘pretend it is God touching them’. Both Catholic and Satanic abusers will tell their victims that nobody will believe them if they disclose. Just as with Satanic or ‘occult’ themed abuse, it will rarely consist of a single episode, but will be repeated over an extended period of time. Nevertheless, the majority of Catholics do not sexually abuse children.

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RITUAL ABUSE IN THE U.K. Convictions so far.. Although many people still think that ritual abuse is some kind of absurd belief akin to U.F.O.s and Luciferian lizard people, or that all allegations against those in the Pagan movement are akin to the ‘Satanic Panic’, the following individuals (bar one, who is dead) have been successfully prosecuted in the U.K. Colin David Batley, Elaine Batley, Jaqueline Marling, & Shelly Millar Colin David Batley was convicted in 2011 for 35 counts including rape, buggery, sexual assault, forcing prostitution, and inciting a child to have sex. Alongside him were his wife Elaine Batley, his wife, jailed for eight years, Jaqueline Marling, his ‘right hand woman’, jailed for twelve years, and Shelly Millar, a prostitute, jailed for five years (see ‘Ruler of a sick kindgom’: Cul-de-sac sex cult leader Colin Batley is jailed and ‘may never be released’, Mail, 12 March 2011). According to a report made by the BBC, 11 March 2011, reporting on Batley being jailed; 20

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“Batley and his friends were involved in a sex cult that brainwashed and abused children.. has been jailed and warned he may never be released. Colin Batley, 48, was found guilty of 35 offences at Swansea Crown Court.. Three women, including his estranged wife, were also imprisoned. He moved from London to the small town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, where the cult operated in a cul-de-sac. He was given a public protection sentence with an 11-year minimum recommendation.”

On sentencing, Judge Paul Thomas QC is reported as having said the following; “You set yourself up as the ruler in your own sick little kingdom. where three women danced as your willing attendants. You became their master and formed a community within a community involving child abuse, rape, and prostitution. You have been described as evil and that is an entirely accurate statement of your character. It is clear you have dedicated your life to satisfy your sexual urges by any means at your disposal. “The age or sex of your victims was largely a matter of indifference to you. You treated one victim as nothing more than a sexual plaything, dominating and controlling her life, and you persuaded your wife to join in. What happened has besmirched the unsuspecting town of Kidwelly.. “You are, and shall be for the foreseeable future, a danger to children. This has been your life’s work involving 21

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multiple offences over many years. The public needs protection from you- there are very serious concerns and risks for the future if you are released. “You have fully lived up to the ideals of your mentor Aleister Crowley. You used the occult to further your sexual excesses- children were kept as toys for sex purposes. You took a cruel delight into initiating children into sex but their lives have been blighted forever. “It was organised and systemic abuse of children and you dedicated yourself to such depravity. You controlled the women in all ways, sexually and financially- they paid their benefits over to you. But it is an enduring mystery how you were able to control intelligent women.”

The group were connected to a wider cult, whose members were never identified or charged. Despite the protestations of many from within the occult community, it is a sad fact that Batley’s cult included many who are not only recognized for supposed contributions to occultism, but are also trusted and respected members of the ‘community’. Batley’s followers called him ‘Lord’, and bore tattoos of the Eye of Horus as marks of initiation into the cult; those tattoos have not been ‘washed off’ since the scruffy child abusing dog breeder they called ‘Lord’ has been imprisoned. One might wonder if the reason his neighbours did not notice an abusive cult operating in their midst. 22

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They include an ex-bishop, and an ex-police commissioner amongst them. Might they have been directly involved? In any case, it seems Batley’s cult was connected.. An unnamed niece of Colin Batley told of how she was made pregnant by him, prevented from having an abortion, and told her child belonged to the cult. A year later, she became pregnant again, and had her second son. Shortly after his birth, she discovered through another cult member that Colin Batley had abused a child as young as six. She says, “It was the information and power I needed to escape.” (“He stole my life”: How a teenager was forced to join a satanic sex cult.. by her evil uncle, Mirror, 21 July 2012). __________________________ I personally know who the six year old was, and where they are now. Now a teenager, I shall refer to them only as ‘X’. Through their disclosures to me, together with information from other ‘inside sources’, as well as personal encounters with Colin Batley and members of his cult, I can identify many other guilty parties yet to be arrested and prosecuted. 23

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It took three years before police took allegations against Colin Batley seriously, during which time he remained free to abuse. I am reliably informed that the officers who successfully prosecuted him had to go against orders from ‘higher up’, and were passed up for promotion. Doing the right thing, it seems, proved bad for their careers.

Peter Solheim Peter Solheim, a 55 year old parish councillor turned pagan, was ritually tortured to death -see Sex, witchcraft, and the murder of a Druid, Daily Mail, 6 July 2006. Drugged, and with his limbs bludgeoned to a bloody pulp with a machete, his body was dumped in the Channel off the coast of Cornwall and left to drown. What the newspaper does not tell you is that his body also had magical glyphs carved into its flesh, and his penis had been severed and sown up inside his mouth. His lover of nine years Margaret James was convicted at Truro Crown Court of masterminding the plot to kill him, and jailed for twenty years. However, she was not convicted of actually committing the murder herself- to this day, her accomplice(s) have 24

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never been identified. Those involved in the ritualistic torture and murder of this man are still at large.. unless they happen to be in jail for other crimes, of course.. My mother and stepfather, Ann and Adrian BrynEvans, gave ‘evidence’ in the trail. My mother is quoted in the Daily Mail as having spoken about Peter Solheims constant flirting and obsession with sex, saying, “He spoke about it frequently. At first it was amusing but then there was too much of it. Margaret smiled and smirked as if she felt proud about it. But as time went by she became uncomfortable if he mentioned other women and said he was attracted to them. He was a boaster. He described himself as hot stuff. He felt he was very attractive to women and had no trouble in attracting them.”

Their friend Peter Petrauske, High Priest of a Wiccan coven in Falmouth of which Peter Solheim was a member, (see below) also gave evidence in this trial, doing all he could to make Peter Solheim sound ludicrous. He is quoted as having told the court that whilst the coven would meet in plain white robes, Peter Solheim would insist on wearing a horned helmet and breastplate; 25

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“He wanted to be known as Thor’s Hammer. He was following the Norse way and was far more interested in that side of things.”

Personally, I do not trust the ‘evidence’ given by these people. In the end, the conviction of Margaret James was based almost entirely on evidence gained through her mobile phone, all of which could have been fabricated by a hacker skilled in ‘pranging’ (see my chapter on ‘Phone Hacking’). She has maintained her innocence even after prosecution, and the court admitted she could not have committed the murder herself.. was she really involved it at all? Might she have been a ‘patsy’? (When someone is prosecuted for a crime they did not commit, the investigation is over, and the real criminal can relax. This is a fairly standard tactic amongst successful organized criminals, and far more common than the general public are aware of.) And why is it that the court trial concerning Peter Solheim’s horrific and clearly ritualistic murder consisted of so much defamation against his character? Nobody had anything nice to say about him. Even Professor Ronald Hutton joined in.. Peter Petrauske & Jack Kemp 26

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Peter Petrauske, who gave evidence alongside my mother and stepfather in the above trial, would later turn out to have been a ritual abuser himself, alongside another man called Jack Kemp (see Pair jailed over witches’ coven ‘ritualistic’ sex abuse, The Independent, 14 December 2012). Jack Kemp and Peter Petrauske spent years tormenting their victims, one said to be as young as three. Unsurprisingly, both denied their involvement in abuse, claiming they were victims of a ‘witch hunt’ or conspiracy. Peter Solheim was also identified as having been part of the same paedophile ring. ___________________________ Considering the unusual nature of their crimes, as well as their geographical proximity, what are the chances of all these people not knowing each other and being in the same ‘circle’? I can certainly tell you they had plenty of friends in common..

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ADVICE TO PARENTS Some important advice to any parent whose child discloses concerning ritual abuse, which may make the difference between successful prosecution and not. Many abusers escape prosecution because of what are, in essence, failures of the system. Firstly, do not ask any leading questions at all. This is counter-intuitive for any concerned parent; it is natural to want to know everything needed to keep a child safe. It is normal for disclosures of extreme abuse to come in ‘bits’- it may take considerable time before your child tells you the ‘whole story’. It might even be as innocent a question as to who was involved, how often it happened, or where other responsible adults that might have intervened were at the time. Unfortunately, this also opens you up to accusations of having dictated or influenced your child’s disclosure. Secondly, do not tell the abusers that disclosure has been made. If they know they are in danger of discovery, they will adapt their behavior, and possibly destroy what might otherwise prove useful evidencesuch as any films or photographs they have made. 28

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Finally, they may have a plan in place for such an eventuality; after all, they have known about the abuse all along, even if to anyone else it was unimaginable. An investigation may be hindered by almost any communication between yourself, your child, and those guilty of abuse. In our own case, it was advised to have no communication of any kind, and to tell absolutely nobody. Hearing disclosure of abuse is itself extremely traumatic. Although this is secondary to the trauma suffered by the victim, it can still be extreme enough to cause lasting post traumatic stress in the listener. If the abuse was by someone the listener held trusted and dear, they will also suffer trauma and grief of their own. It is often harder to hear such things than it is to deal with the death of a loved one. Every memory of them, however cherished, becomes tainted by what they have done. A further concern is how such disclosures might effect other members of the family. Any form of abuse holds the potential to tear a family apart. Brothers, sisters, even one’s own children, may turn against each other. Some may side with the victim,

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but sadly in the majority of cases they will not; simply because the truth is too traumatic. In our own case, since police waited two months to appropriately respond to disclosures, all this advice came too late. Furthermore, my natural anger at the guilty, mixed with fear at having nobody hearing us, and extreme disenfranchised grief, was all held up as ‘evidence’ of an unstable and abusive character; something the abusers capitalized on by writing letters to the police, social services, and even my doctor. The psychological effect of having heard the disclosures was not understood or considered by any professionals involved. Indeed, it seems that the fact I did not kill anyone, or myself, was considered as ‘evidence’ that none of it was real. Of course, if I had killed anyone, I would have been discredited as a murderer.

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WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? Ritual abuse is a crime many still refuse to believe happens, despite the convictions of Batley, Petrauske, Kemp, and others. No doubt people suffered similar problems a hundred years ago if they tried to speak up about paedophilia in the Catholic church. There almost seems to be a conspiracy in place to make sure things stay that way, and why would there not be? .. But to say such a thing outright would have me labelled a ‘conspiracy theorist’, and the social stigma of speaking out would increase even further. Any society not registered with the Crown may be considered a ‘conspiracy’ under U.K. law, at least according to a high ranking Freemason I met whilst I was a member of the Illuminates of Thanateros, but never mind.. Getting away with any crime whatsoever is simply a matter of ensuring nobody believes you are guilty. If arrest is unavoidable, evidence must be discounted, and juries swayed. If the blame can be shifted to somebody else (a ‘patsy’), and they are successfully prosecuted despite their innocence, any investigations into the matter will be closed. Even surer is to 31

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convince people no crime was committed in the first place; that it is unbelievable, and anybody speaking up must be deluded, a vindictive liar, or otherwise ‘deeply troubled’. All these methods are employed whenever abusers of any kind are exposed by their victims. It is wholly expected this book will attract deeply unpleasant accusations regarding the motives and credibility of its author. These will come not just from the guilty, but from others with invested belief that ritual abuse is a myth; be they Satanists, Thelemites, Druids, Wiccans, or Chaos Magicians. I would like to make it clear this book is not an attack on occultism, any more than exposing paedophiles in the church is an attack on Jesus. Yet also, to say that abusers within these circles are not ‘real’ occultists is like saying paedophiles in the church are not real Christians, despite being priests and bishops, if not popes. One should not dismiss disclosures from victims of ‘Catholic abuse’ simply because one personally does or does not believe in God. Similarly, we should not dismiss the disclosures of ritual abuse based upon our own beliefs- or lack thereof- regarding occultism. One does not have to personally believe in ‘the occult’ to recognize that plenty of people do, or that 32

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these people often join groups, and that any grouphowever benign, naive, or just plain kooky at the outset- can turn malign under the wrong leadership. Nor should it be assumed anyone believing in ‘occult forces’ must be deluded, any more than belief in Jesus should provide grounds to dismiss the possibility of ‘Catholic abuse’. One might personally believe ‘occultism’ and Jesus both about as likely as toothfairies, but one does not have the right to condemn another’s sanity for their own belief in any of these things. Furthermore, abusive cults employ techniques of ‘brainwashing’; to make someone believe you can do malign sorcery is as an effective method of control as actually being able to. To all practical ends, both amount to the same thing; mind control. Nor should we dismiss claims of those believing their abuse is linked to government mind control experiments. There is evidence that government agencies have performed many illegal and transgressive psychological experiments on its own citizens in the past, such as those conducted in Nazi Germany, or the MK Ultra experiments of the C.I.A., both of which involved links to occult orders and symbolism.

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It may also be that some victims are made to falsely believe in such government connections as part of their control, so they believe their abusers wield greater influence than they really have. For example, members of Colin Batley’s cult were apparently brainwashed into believing assassins would kill them if they were disobedient. Anonymous whistleblowers, posting on internet forums, have often assumed connection between the cult and MK Ultra. It is probable that they were encouraged to believe these things, in order to frighten them into silence. This does not mean the abuse itself never happened, even if it stretches the credibility of disclosure. For example, the Illuminates of Thanateros have no links to anyone that might be responsible for the eye-inthe-pyramid that appears on the American dollar bill, but anyone unknowing enough to suspect they do might also be persuaded the order is secretly protected by the government. It is unlikely they would be disavowed of such belief by anyone in the organization. Whatever unusual beliefs someone may -or may nothold, this should never provide reason to dismiss disclosures of abuse. If such happened as a result of membership within a cult, we should expect them to hold beliefs corresponding to those held by other 34

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members of that cult. This is a very important point for professionals to recognize. Religious, spiritual, and political beliefs- including the most outlandish conspiracy theories- are a freedom in the U.K., and protected against prejudice by the Freedom of Belief Act 2010. The fact that someone holds unusual beliefs does not in itself give us any clues as to the validity of their disclosures, whether they believe in Satan, Santa, little green men, government mind control, a universe that turns out not to exist if you look at it close enough, or a bearded old man that lives on a cloud and created the world in seven days. All beliefs- be they spiritual or political- seem equally absurd, given the appropriate alternative perspective. It is to an abuser’s advantage to target victims of minority groups already suffering misunderstanding and persecution within wider society. A mother whose child was abused at a smoke-weed-and-protest-forpeace camp, for example, would get a very different reaction from the police than a conventional, middle class, presumed law abiding parent. Now imagine trying to tell the police your child was abused by a cult of black magicians, and that you are an occultist yourself.. What kind of a reaction do you think you would get? 35

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OCCULT GROUPS IN THE U.K. Occult groups are generally secretive, even if their existence is public knowledge. As a rule, membership requires initiation; a ritual whereby grave oaths are made to keep any secrets within the group, such as its membership, and anything that happens during its rituals. Anyone who breaks their oaths of initiation will be excommunicated. Often the oath itself will contain dire warnings of persecution, such as the warning given during admittance into the I.O.T., “Should I ever break this oath, may I be stripped of all protection.” Initiates are usually taught that such oaths serve to protect against prejudice from outsiders; for example, secrecy may be the difference between having a good job or finding oneself next to unemployable. Belief in occultism, let alone the practice of it, attracts much scorn from the wider public, few of whom even understand what occultism actually ‘is’, or spend the time to learn what it is that occultists actually believe or do. In the past, churches and governments have rounded up occultists and executed them, declaring the practice of magic to be a threat to society. Wiccans, 36

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for example, are taught about the ‘Burning Times’ of the Inquisition, the Malleus Malificarum, and the days of Mathew Hopkins- The Witchfinder General. The ‘Satanic Panic’ of the late 1980s is interpreted as a continuum of such persecutions. The fact that most Wiccans are middle class and white, and unlikely to have ever been persecuted for anything, is neither here nor there. Such oaths can also make life very difficult for anyone investigating such a group, be they police or journalists. It is clear that any such group, however benign at the outset, could be easily exploited by an abusive leadership due to these oaths. Anybody whistleblowing from within such a group would be betraying their oaths of initiation. Persecution by the group, and possibly ostracism from ‘occultism’ generally, would inevitably follow. Furthermore, most groups have ‘grades’ which may only be attained through progressive initiations. For example, in an order with three degrees, there will be secrets held by the second that are not revealed to the first, and secrets held by the third that will not be revealed to the first or second. It is perfectly possible for the higher ranking members of such an organization to be involved in activities in which the

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lower ranking members have no knowledge whatsoever. It has to be observed, above all, that whilst the ‘norm’ for individuals is to act in a responsible, intelligent, and entirely sane manner, the ‘norm’ for groups can be entirely different. It is almost as if groups of people can become subject to a ‘third mind’, which over-rules the person they are as an individual; the most obvious example being the way ‘mobs’ can sweep everyone involved along with it, driving them to behavior they would never otherwise exhibit. Initiation within one occult group does not necessarily preclude membership of another. The different groups are not exclusive arms of one religion, as with Catholicism and Protestantism, where someone chooses between one or the other. For example, someone might be an initiate of Druidry, Wicca, and the Illuminates of Thanateros. Indeed, there are many individuals who seem to collect initiations like badges. Occult groups spring up, and die out, regularly within occultism. Many have a ‘public face’, whilst others do not. Some of the most influential groups currently active in the U.K. are;

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Esoteric Freemasonry Druids Golden Dawn Ordo Templi Orientis Wicca The Church of Satan The Temple of Set The Illuminates of Thanateros

Speculative Freemasonry Although much of Freemasonry seems to consist of charitable businessmen, there are inevitably going to be others drawn to the symbol laden rituals of the fraternity due to an interest in occultism; there is much that the two have in common. Indeed, almost all occult groups are influenced by the initiatory grade system of Freemasonry, and are in this sense pseudomasonic. Membership of Freemasonry is dependent on a ritualized initiation that includes an oath to keep silent upon the membership, rituals, or other secret matters of the organization, on pain of a whole litany of punishments from having the tongue cut out to the body being torn into pieces. Within the order, 39

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members are organized by a hierarchic structure of three progressive ‘grades’, each recognized by further ritual initiation. Whilst Freemasonry exists as a single organizing principle, groups of individuals meet in separate lodges, membership of which may or may not overlap. Similarly, those involved in Esoteric Freemasonry may also be actively involved with other ‘occult’ groups. Where I have met Freemasons operating within other organizations, they tend to be present amongst the higher degrees. Nevertheless, contrary to some conspiracy theorists, the occult organizations of the world are not all secretly controlled by the Masons, and they do not all lead ultimately to the Illuminati. Many allegations have been made over the years of ritual abuse perpetrated by members of Masonic lodges. I myself once had an acquaintance who alleged such abuse, telling me his doctor, the head teacher at his school, and his father were all a part of the same lodge. There was nowhere for him to turn to for help, and everyone treated him as if he were delusional. Not long after I met him, he killed himself.

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Druids The original druids were the priestcraft of the ancient Britons. The term appears in Irish as druidh, in Welsh as derwydd, and in Gaelic as druidh; meaning an augur- someone able to ‘read signs’ for knowledge. Although the ancient druids practiced human sacrifice, most modern druids are quite harmless. Modern druidry is a ‘revival’; there is no unbroken link between any modern order of druids and the priestcraft of history. Its rituals, however well researched, are modern constructs based on speculation. Nevertheless, the chief concern of druidry is connection with ancestry, and the spiritual history of the land. Although there is no clear evidence of what the ancient druids really believed, modern druidry tends to be an eclectic ‘earth’ based religion whose rituals commemorate the turning of the seasons. As with other occult organizations, the various orders of druidry require initiation, and oaths of secrecy. Famous druids of history include the poet William Blake. In the modern day, the most famous member of any druid order is probably Prince Charles, although most druids are not so well connected to have ever met him. 41

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The ritually murdered paedophile Peter Solheim was a modern druid, and also a Wiccan. A number of the active abusers within Batley’s cult, those I can identify who are still at large, identify as druids. My mother and stepfather, whilst also involved in Wicca, ‘traditional’ witchcraft, and other forms of Paganism, are also ‘druids’.

The Golden Dawn The original Golden Dawn was a turn of the century co-Masonic organization largely dedicated to the spiritual mysteries of ancient Egypt, drawing from the legacy of Eliphas Levi, the Theosophical Society of Helena Blavatsky, and the Societas Rosicrucian in Anglia (S.R.I.A.). Its membership included many upstanding and respectable members of society; most notably the poet W. B. Yates, George Bernard Shaw, Major General C. Fuller, MacGregor Mathers, and the actress Florence Farr. The Golden Dawn arguably became the prototype for initiatory occult orders to follow. Nevertheless, an over-emphasis on personal intrigue, to the neglect of magical development and research, ultimately led to the extinction of the order. 42

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Various modern groups claim direct links to this original Golden Dawn, none of which can be demonstrated. As with the original organization (i.e. the ‘real’ one), membership of these pseudo-groups usually requires initiation and oaths of secrecy.

Ordo Templi Orientis; Thelema & Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley was, arguably, the worst thing that ever happened to occultism. Others might say he was the point where occultism gained its ‘rock & roll’. A sociopathic narcissist, Crowley was in his own day evicted from the Golden Dawn, and despised by almost every fraternity in Europe. Hence it was that that he decided to found his own group; the Ordo Templi Orientis. He then went on to plagiarize and publish research and rituals he had stolen during membership of these older esoteric fraternities. Crowley’s most influential text is The Book of the Law, which he claimed was dictated to him by an extradimensional being. Part prophecy, part philosophy, this book became the Bible of his own religion, which he called Thelema; meaning ‘Will’ in ancient Greek. The central tenets of his religion are 43

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that ‘there is no god but man’, whilst simultaneously ‘every man and every woman is a star’. Its adherents concern themselves with the discovery of their own True Will, in the understanding that this ‘greater purpose’ will bring them into correspondence with the Will of the universe. Thelemic doctrine is expressed thus; Do what thou will shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, love under will. This is our law, the law of the strong, and the joy of the world. Crowley liked to identify himself as the Great Beast 666, and was an active bisexual. Proclaiming himself Magus of the Aeon, he saw himself as a prophet. Few people took his claims seriously whilst he was alive, at least compared to his popularity in the modern day. Nevertheless, he left behind him a ‘lineage’ of initiation. When Crowley died, there were bitter arguments as to who was to take over the leadership of the O.T.O. As a result, the organization split into two, both claiming the right to be considered the ‘real’ O.T.O. whilst scorning the other. The Caliphate O.T.O., remained dedicated to following the strict rituals left by Crowley, such as the Gnostic Mass. This organization is still going strong in the modern day, having lodges in Britain, America, and Europe. They essentially consider themselves to 44

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be a kind of church, with rituals and a hierarchy of priestcraft similar to that of Catholicism- but with considerably less budget. Their Gnostic theology includes consecrated hosts that contain semen and menstrual blood; ‘cakes of light’. The better known members of the modern Caliphate O.T.O. include the film maker Kenneth Anger, and the musician David Tibet. The Typhonian O.T.O., formed by Kenneth Grant, dedicated themselves to a more creative occultism, with members doing much original research. Grant published three influential texts, called The Typhonian Trilogy, which introduced the work of various lesser known occultists to the wider world; most notably Austin Osman Spare. In the early years of the new millennium, a biter legal battle between the Caliphate and Typhonian O.T.O. resulted in a decision against Kenneth Grant’s order being allowed to call themselves a satrap of the O.T.O., and they became known instead as the Typhonian Order. Since the death of Kenneth Grant, the Typhonian Order seems to have gone into decline, although there may be a resurgence in the future; occultists having a particular fascination with the revival of dead things. The Caliphate O.T.O. appears to be going strong, 45

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with its main centre in Hastings. Membership of the O.T.O. or Typhonian Order does not preclude membership of other occult organizations. Both groups identify as Thelemite. In the modern day, Crowley is heralded as the most influential magician of British history. His books continue to influence thousands if not millions of people. The fact that some of these people have interpreted Crowley’s words as justification for abusing others is no reflection upon the huge number of perfectly rational people inspired by his books. Convicted ritualistic child abuser Jack Kemp, jailed in December 2012, identified himself as a Thelemite, despite also being part of a Wiccan coven. Colin Batley also claimed to have been a Thelemite; although my own ‘insider knowledge’ places him as a member of the Illuminates of Thanateros (see below), whilst membership of his cult seems to have drawn from many tentacles of contemporary occultism; some were also druids, Wiccans, Setians, or members of other groups. Orgies taking place at his house in Kidwelly, Wales, often began with a reading from The Book of the Law. When my partner and I were being stalked and targeted by Batley as part of a conspiracy to murder, 46

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we encountered him at an event commemorating the life of Crowley.

Wicca; The Witchcraft Cult Often claiming to be a continuation or revival of an ancient fertility cult indigenous to Britain, for which there is scant evidence for ever having existed in the first place, Wicca is a modern religion dating to the 1950s. Its two main branches; Gardnerian and Alexandrian, take their names from their original charismatic leaders, Gerald Gardner and Alex Sanders. Although originally a distinct group requiring initiation for membership, many people today identify as Wiccans and witches without any initiation or connection to either Gardnerian or Alexandrian covens. Wiccan ritual is a mixture of religion and magic (witchcraft). Religious ritual focusses on a dualistic theology of God and Goddess, and is largely nature based. Witchcraft ritual tends to focus on divination (crystal balls, Tarot cards, etc., employed to tell the future or gain otherwise hidden information) and spellcasting (the raising of an imaginary ‘cone of 47

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power’, or the arranging of objects in sympathy with a desired outcome, in an attempt to manipulate future events). Initiated Wiccans meet in ‘covens’, usually during one of the eight agricultural festivals on the ‘wheel of the year’, which they call Sabbats, or during nights of the full moon, which they call Esbats. Such meetings may take place in the outdoors, or around each other’s houses. Rituals may be ‘robed’ or ‘skyclad’ (a term Wiccans use to mean naked). Wiccans tend to identify one another through the symbol of the pentagram, although individual covens may also employ different symbols. Initiation into a Wiccan coven involves the oath to Know, to Will, to Dare, and to Keep Silence regarding the membership, rituals, or other secrets of the group. It is understood that the breaking of such an oath will bring dire consequences, not the least of which being malign curses thrown by its leadership. Within covens there are three progressive grades of initiation, being the first degree, whereby the member is recognized as Witch, the second degree of Priest or Priestess, and the third degree of High Priest or High Priestess, recognizing the right to lead a coven.

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Convicted paedophile and ritualistic abuser Peter Petrauske was an initiated third degree Wiccan High Priest of a coven based in Falmouth.

The Church of Satan Modern Satanism is essentially an American phenomena, beginning in 1966 when Anton LaVey formed The Church of Satan on Walpurgisnacht (April 30th). For the first four years, this organization remained based around LaVey’s own home in San Franscisco’s Richmond District. Group rituals were held on Friday nights, whilst Anton LaVey gave lectures during the week. The initial membership was around fifty people. The organization soon gathered interest from others around America and abroad, who wrote to San Franscisco asking how they, too, could become Satanists, and so in 1970 LaVey summarized the tenets of his philosophy and published The Satanic Bible; the foundation stone for most modern Satanists, whose popularity has only increased with the passing years. The Satanic Bible does not portray Satan as an actual supernatural entity; rather he is employed as a symbol 49

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for hedonistic self indulgence, whilst the philosophy itself is atheistic. Nevertheless, the text also includes many simplified and standardized Satanic rituals, invoking the names of many demons with names drawn drawn chiefly from medieval grimoires and mythological traditions, intended to produce magical results. Membership within the Church of Satan became formalized through initiation, recognizing five progressive grades; the first conferring the right to call oneself a Satanist, the second being Warlock or Witch, the third being Priest or Priestess of Mendes, the fourth conferring the title of Magister, and fifth being Magus. Anton LaVey’s daughter, Zeena LaVey, has spoken up many times concerning the immature, selfish, and violent behavior of her sociopathic father. There have been many unconfirmed rumors of incestuous abuse between Anton LaVey and his daughter, Zeena, who became pregnant at thirteen and gave birth to Stanton LaVey. Although Church of Satan representatives were quick to claim Stanton is not a member of the surviving organization when he was accused alongside ‘Sharon Hate’ of false imprisonment and rape- for which he was never charged- Stanton has been reported to 50

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consider himself of the ‘First Family of Satanism’, and intent on continuing from where his forebears left off. The Church of Satan has had undeniably abusive characters amongst it members during its history. They include the serial killer Richard Ramirez ‘The Night Stalker’, who drew heavily on CoS literature, although the Satanic nature of his murders is largely played down. Another was Tom Creech, who was sentenced to hang in the state of Idaho in 1976 for the murder of two men. Third and fourth are Susan Atkins and Bobby Beausoliel of the Manson Family. It is of note that Atkins was present during the brutal murders in the homes of Hinman, Tate, and Labianca. LaVey had recently played the role of Satan in Rosemary’s Baby, in which Sharon Tate played the lead. Newspaper reports at the time were rich with claims that the Polanskis were Satanists who hosted drug fueled orgies. Norren Gosh, author of Why Johnny Can’t Come Home (2000) names Anton LaVey and his ‘second in command’ Michael Aquino as having been amongst the ritual abusers of her son. During a court hearing on the behalf of Paul Bonnacci she made the following statement;

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“There was a man by the name of Michael Aquino. He was in the military. He had top Pentagon clearance. He was a pedophile. He was a Satanist. He’s founded the Temple of Set. And he was also a very close friend of Anton LaVey. The two of them were very active in ritualistic sexual abuse. And they deferred funding from this government program to use this experimentation upon children …where they deliberately split off the personalities of these children into multiples so that when they’re questioned or put under oath or questioned under lie detector, that unless the operator knows how to question a multiple personality disorder, they turn up with no evidence.  “They use these kids to sexually compromise politicians or anyone else they wish to have control of… they were taken to be used by professional pedophiles. People that have the money to buy what they want, take the kids wherever they want... and by splitting the children’s personalities they could then train each one of the personalities to do a different function. And the rest of the personalities within that host personality would not be aware of it or remember it.”

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Scientology for aging rock stars. Amongst its better known members are Boyd Rice, an originator of the ‘industrial music’ movement, and the anti-christ superstar Marilyn Manson.

The Temple of Set Another organization of American origin, with scattered membership in the U.K., founded in 1975 by Michael Aquino and a small number of disgruntled members from the Church of Satan who were unhappy with some of LaVey’s decisions. They take their name from the Egyptian god of Chaos, Set, who is considered to be the earliest manifestation of the archetype we would later come to call Satan. Upon founding the order, Aquino revealed his ‘channeled’ work The Book of Coming Forth by Night, effectively pulling the same trick as Crowley did with The Book of the Law. A controversial and very well connected figure, Michael Aquino is the son of Betty Ford. A Lt. Colonel, Politico/Military Affairs, Military Intelligence Branch, U.S. Army (retired), and a specialist in Psychological Operations, he is the

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author of the military paper, From PsyOp to MindWar,; the Psychology of Victory. The Temple of Set is taken far more seriously in the U.S.A. and U.K. than the Church of Satan, and propounds a far deeper, and to many more disturbing, philosophy of Black Magic and the ‘Left Hand Path’. As with most occult groups, membership requires initiation and oaths of secrecy. In 1987, Michael Aquino and his wife, who went by the name Lilith (the Hebrew demon of infant death), were accused of sexually abusing three year old boys and girls in day care programs at the U.S. Army’s Presidio. No prosecution was made, due to intervention from the military in the interest of national security. Cathy O’Brian, in her book Trance-Formations of America, and David Shurter in Down the Rabbit Hole; A Satanic Ritual Abuse Survivor’s Story, both claim to have been abused and brainwashed by Michael Aquino. Both tell also of mind control comparable to that in the testimony given by Gosch, and the kidnapping and ritual abuse of her son.

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The Illuminates of Thanateros; Chaos Magic. Formed by Peter J. Carrol- a wealthy real estate investor and co-proprietor of Amphora Aromatics in the 70s, the I.O.T. (Illuminates of Thanateros) has grown to become amongst the most influential groups in modern occultism, with membership spread across the U.K., U.S.A. and Europe, and rumors of sections now existing in Russia. They practice what has come to be called Chaos Magic, the central tenet of which is expressed in the couplet Nothing is true & everything is permitted. Despite the philosophy and name of the group, there is no connection between the I.O.T. and the Illuminati of popular conspiracy theory, although it is unlikely any member would disillusion you from thinking there is. Members argue that Chaos Magic itself is not a belief system, but rather a meta-belief which allows for ‘paradigm shifting’; what they believe may shift from one day to the next, so that Chaos Magicians might practice rituals from any other occult system, adapting them to suit their own needs. I.O.T. members consider their spirituality to be a manifestation of a millennia-old tradition, claiming relation to everything from witchcraft to the 55

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Illuminati, and ultimately dating back to the earliest shamans. Their central ritual is an invocation of their ‘god’ of Chaos; a goat headed and behooved hermaphrodite deity, often identified with Satan, which they call Baphomet. Temples of the I.O.T., and Chaos magic groups in general, typically include members of other occult organizations, such as the Church of Satan or Temple of Set. Indeed, infiltration of other organizations is actively encouraged, especially if there is potential to move through the grades and gain influence. As with other occult groups, membership of the I.O.T. is recognized by initiation through progressive grades. These are numbered backwards as follows; the first level of membership is called the 4°, Novice, during which time the aspirant is expected to train themselves in entering trance (mind control). The 3°, Initiate, recognizes full membership, and confers the rights to act as Mentor (teacher), Magister Templi (leader of an individual satrap or ‘Temple’), or Priest (a kind of ‘outreach’ for Chaos Magic). The 2° is Adept, conferring further responsibilities. The 1° confers leadership of a ‘section’ (i.e. U.K. Section, U.S.A. Section, German Section). The current leadership of the I.O.T. in the U.K. are Nicola Ward, aka Nikki Wyrd, and Julian Vayne- the 56

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mother and step-father-outlaw to my daughter. An exmember of the I.O.T. myself, I can tell you that Colin Batley was a Magister Templi of the I.O.T., and that his group were recognized and supported by members of the larger order. I have spoken to Peter J. Carrol face to face concerning the problem of ritual abuse, only to be treated with high handed arrogance. When I asked him why, if he was the magician he claimed to be, he could not just divine the truth, he responded with the words, “Divination is not my strong point.” There you have it. Since divination is, by definition, the asking for wisdom, I am not of the opinion that Peter J. Carrol is everything he has been made out to be. Another quote from the same conversation throws much light on his attitude; “Magical orders are a bit like sausages. If you want to enjoy one, it is best not to watch it being made.” I also have received countless emails from Peter J. Carrol which read like something the B.B.C. might have said during the days of Jimmy Saville. This truly is shameful behavior from someone supposed to be an example to the occult community. May his shame, if he has the wit to admit to any or not, condemn him and all his works to the Abyss.

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DEATH & HELL DOT COM The website deathandhell.com, which provides a manual on trauma based mind control (‘brainwashing’ by rape hypnotism and similar), as well as many references to child abuse, child sacrifice, murder, and necrophilia. The site purports to be run by a group calling itself the Church of Latter Day Satanists, with a sub-groups calling themselves the Feral Light University and Temple Dahmer, claiming links to the order of A.T.W.A. (‘All the Way Alive’) founded by Charles Manson. Clear links may be shown between deathandhell.com and the Illuminates of Thanateros. Although often dismissed as ‘humorous’, only an abuser would find any of this material funny. Any victim of abuse would be further traumatized by the many open references to the kind of abuse they may have suffered, and what appear to be confessions of extreme abuse. Much of it seems specifically designed to ‘trigger’ the lasting effects of trauma, and so ‘increase distress’. The website promises to be able to supply the reader with child abuse images (which is referred to on the site as ‘kiddy porn’), such as 58

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victims of ritual abuse may have been forced into participating in. There are many references to paedophilia on its message-board, such as a comment reading ‘Even in Hell I want to **** a nine year old girl’. The 'language' of Chaos Magic is used throughout the site. High ranking IOT member Dave Lee, whose work is also published by Mandrake of Oxford, is reffered to on the messageboard; A post on the Deathandhell message board reads; http://www.deathandhell.com/wwwboard/messages/ 59.html "Posted by infek bin Laden (207.202.173.244) on May 13, 2001 at 16:04:31: In Reply to: Bubastis Sactuary posted by Jaq D Hawkins on May 08, 2001 at 11:22:02: : Hi, : Dave Lee tells me that his Bubastis Sactuary is posted somewhere on this site. Any hints where or if it's still here? : ~ Jaq Greetings JD ! Dave Lee's "Bubastis Sanctuary" is located at http://www.deathandhell.com/corpus/sstories_index.html up from the skies, (infek bin Laden" 59

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And who is 'JD'? Is it by any chance Chaos magic author Jaq D. Hawkins? http://www.jaqdhawkins.co.uk/ Deathandhell.com seems to originate in Seattle, USA; there is even information concerning a purported ‘Satanic Pride Day’, where like minded sadists could meet and visit a hardware store to buy potential torture implements. The Section Head for the USA during the early period of the new millennium, when Mastin was 'in charge' in the UK, was Douglas Grant; whom I met only once, when he presented a sado-masochistic ritual at an international meeting of the Illuminates of Thanateros, centered around a young lady in a master-slave relationship with him. http://ashejournal.com/index.php?id=166 "Douglas Grant is a retired Section Head of the occult organization The International Pact of the Illuminates of Thanateros."

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DEATH CULT REJECT Corroboration of Colin Batley & the I.O.T. “What do you call a Chaos Magicians who’s lost control of their ego? An Id I.O.T.” - Grobbly the Clown

Unsurprisingly, others have attempted to ‘blow the whistle’ on abusive cults within the U.K. These have usually been made anonymously, for reasons that should by now be obvious. The following posts by someone calling themselves deathcultreject are of direct relevance to our own case. http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php? t=47620&page=5 "Originally Posted by deathcultreject “I live opposite a school, and I've only caught one person there who was a definate paedo trying to ingratiate himself with the parents. “Here's a list of things which led me to that conclusion. “he has . . . “1) Close involvement with a gang which routineley intimidates and blackmails people who report sex crimes to the police, and also harasses their family. 61

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“2) Close involvement with people who gang stalk me (I have Multiple Personality Disorder, so they regard me as a paedophile victim who is giving evidence just by existing) “3) Harassed me with such gangs and claimed to have blackmail pictures of me. “4) Repeated things which have been leaked from a black magic order called "Illuminates of Thanateros" and were leaked by the pro mind control pro paedophile contingent of that order. He repeated a distortion of a ritual which was distorted exactly the same way the nonces had distorted it. “5) He was pointed out to me as someone who had 'shagged' a friend's under age niece. “6) I remember seeing him with two men in a bar who had very young terrified girls with them (about age 10) whom they were feeding Ouzo and snogging and groping. “So I decided it would be a good idea to beat him up a bit . . . “The stalkers didn't like that. They became more desperate to spike me because their standard methods weren't working. When I caught them in the attempt twice, I had the whole thing proven."

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Who are they? If that's true, you have a moral duty to warn people. The Illuminates of Thanateros. Their British isles section has / had a leader who advocates semen from 12 year old boys as having rejuvinating qualities. They also have a full blown Sociopath who was expelled from the Catholic church. During Illuminates of Thanateros gatherings he drops all pretence of non predation, and he drops all pretence of civilised agendas and does nothing but batter everyone with paedophile mind control no matter what is going on, or what commitments he has made otherwise. He's the one who has been caught sending written formulars intended to damage and control people with MPD problems. He has cronies in the IOT who are care workers in South Wales, and I've seen one of them talking to herself in a little girl voice. She has been responsible for presenting rituals intended to silence child abuse / MKULTRA victims claiming that it's bad for people's mental health to hear about them. When these people talk about 'healing' they really mean 'protecting' people from 'bad news' which would upset 63

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them. In other words, keeping the public ignorant of child abuse. Edited to correct and say that the predator has been made to leave the Catholic priesthood. I don't know about the church.

The Section Head and ‘Magus’ of the I.O.T. in the U.K. during the period deathcultreject writes about was a man called Peter Mastin; someone well known to me, but far from liked. Within the Illuminates of Thanateros, his paedophile interests are not only an open secret; they are amongst the reasons he was awarded the grandiose title ‘Bishop of Chaos’. Despite police failing to find evidence that he is a peadophile, it remains my opinion that Mastin is wholly capable of extreme abuse. http://www.davidicke.com/forum/archive/index.php/ t-21103.html "In early 2006 in South Wales, the Illuminates of Thanateros posthumously initiated a young man who had hanged himself to death and gave him the new name of 'Frater Photographer'. Most people are not aware that you can join the IOT order by hanging yourself. Later that year, two particularly sociopathic members bullied and lied their way into adding a ritual of their

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own to the proceedings of the 'dead to rights campaign' whilst it was active at Pavilan cave in South Wales. The original intention of the dead to rights campaign was to return grave robbed remains to their original resting place respectfully and with dignity. Despite protest from people who knew what was going on, the two psychopaths claimed to have talked to 'the spirits of the cave' and been given permission to plant an 'artifact' called 'the red arrow of chaos' in order to recruit more initiates. From then on there was a spate of suicides and suspicious deaths over South Wales, many deaths were by hanging. The red arrow of chaos signifies war, and psychological warfare.

Is ‘Fra. Photographer’ the dead son of Colin and Elaine Batley? Compare the above disclosure to this report in the Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ news/article-1364583/Evil-paedophile-guiltyrunning-cul-sac-sex-cult-seasidehome.html#ixzz2FhHToU00) "The Batleys had four children, one of whom, Damian, died of strangulation three years ago when a bizarre sex game went wrong. He was found hanging from his bedroom door at the family home and had been filming himself."

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assassins, and the philosophy of the Illuminates of Thanateros; supposedly the last words of Hassan ibn Sabbah, founder of the original spiritual order of Hashishim (the origin of the word ‘assassin’); Nothing is true and everything is permitted. Whilst police and newspapers reported these assassins as fictional, presumably believed in by victims because of mind control, there remains the strong possibility that real murders were indeed committed by the cult; such as the ritual torture and murder of Peter Solheim. Having met Colin Batley in person, it is apparent to us that he thought of himself as an ‘Assassin’.

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THE SATANIC ILLUMINATI & other Red Herrings “Nothing is true and everything is permissabubble. The philosificum absurdus abyssus of the illuminated gnoses. Except that it isn’t actually true..” - Grobbly the Clown

According to the anti-Satanists, most but not all of whom are Christian organizations, there is an international conspiracy of black magicians abducting children and abusing them. The reasons they are doing this are apparently manyfold; from mind control experiments through to actual demons demanding ‘sacrifice’ in order to manifest on the physical plain. The reason we are all ignorant of this conspiracy is that it goes right to the top, and the dark sorcerers of the Illuminati are secretly running a one world government. According to Satanists and their sympathizers, this conspiracy is actually between Christians and therapists, who are implanting false memories in their patients to accidently or deliberately support the hypothesis of a worldwide conspiracy of child abusing Satanists. The reason for this is simply that we live in a Christian culture; unconsciously or not, all these people are acting with an essentially 68

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Christian agenda, having its roots in the ‘witch hunts’ of history. Where will it all end? I suggest there is no conspiracy. I suggest the reason why these thousands of disclosures all show so many similarities is simply that abusive cults tend to behave in similar and fairly predictable ways; that is, once their existence has been recognized as a reality. In the same way that sociopaths tend to behave predictably, once one has insight into their psychology, so do groups that have sociopaths amongst their leadership. It must also be recognized that some group dynamics, as do some philosophies, encourage sociopathic traits in their members; in such cases, it is not simply a case of removing the leadership; like a hydra, if you cut off one head another grows in its place. Abusive cults, whether they are Wiccan covens that become infiltrated and taken over by paedophiles, spontaneously arising amongst American college kids, drug dealing street gangs mixed up with black magic, or Haitian cults of the Loup-Garou, do not have to be involved in any kind of conspiracy to all hold common traits in their behavior. All seek to persecute, abuse, control, torture, and ultimately kill their victims in a ritualized manner. 69

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This behavior is clearly wrong, and it is not difficult for even the perpetrators to recognize it; in spiritual terms as they are commonly understood, it is evil. Since ritual serves to evoke the power of archetypes, it should come as no surprise that abusive ritual cults, in many but not all cases, tend to identify with archetypes of evil; most commonly personified in Western culture as Satan. This same archetype is known by occultists by many other names, as is apparent through even the most cursory examination of the literature; Cernunos, Pan, Set, Lucifer, the Hidden One, and Baphomet all being essentially the same archetype. This remains so even if occultists identifying with it might argue they are not Satanists, and do not ‘worship evil’. The fact that confusion between ‘real occultism’ and abusive Satanism is so common that the difference has to be explained to outsiders is demonstration of this fact. Since real occultism, and abusive cults, both commonly identify with the same archetypes, and both perform rituals, is it not inevitable that we will come across abusive cults apparently practicing certain aspects of ‘real occultism’? Is it not also inevitable that some real occult groups will become abusive?

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Ritualized behavior may be found in all cultures. It is humanity’s natural expression of our spiritual nature; our ‘consciousness in relation to cosmos’. All religions exhibit this trait. Whilst many superficial differences may be found between the religious rituals of human culture, it is inevitable that we shall also find many similarities. Most, for example, build altars upon which the symbols of deity, or other spiritual principle, are displayed. Most have prayers, which are easily comparable to each other in style and purpose. Similarly, the rituals of occultism are rooted in this same, universal human behavior trait. Most are centered around an altar. Whilst the prayers of exoteric religions are offered to transcendent deities presumed to exist in some ‘other place’, the rituals of occultism are aimed towards immanent deity whose presence may be evoked into ‘presence’, or invoked to take possession of a celebrant. There are many other similarities between the rituals of all occult groups, such as the casting of the circle, as explained in almost any book on the subject. Is it not also inevitable that amongst ritually abusive cults, we would find similarities in the manner that abuse is ritualized? People are the same all over the world, and their rituals have changed very little in all history. Once this is understood, there is no need to 71

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resort to any kind of conspiracy theory to explain the similarities between one abusive cult and another. It is all simply the lowest human behavior, wherever it is found, and as such highly predictable. Hail Satan, indeed.. Which is not to say that criminals do not conspire. With the advent of the internet, this has become easier and more likely that ever before. The internet made possible a paedophile ring with 7,000 members, who acted to enable and protect one another. An abusive cult could easily find a market for images made during ritual abuse. Is it not also inevitable- given that abusive cults arise all over the world- that a similar network might arise amongst those who ritualize their abuse? That, sooner or later if not already, there will arise an international conspiracy of ritual abusers? And might not such a group, just as they exploit belief in magic, spirits etc. exploit any already existing bizarre yet strikingly common beliefs about Satanic Illuminati, sacrifices to Moloch by the Bilderberg Group, MK Ultra and government mind control, or alien reptiles controlling our world leaders, to further terrorize and confuse their victims- regardless of there being any truth -or lack of thereof- to these conspiracy theories?

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Whether we choose to believe it or not, it seems this is exactly what has happened.

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A MESSAGE TO OCCULTISTS Abusers may be found in any institution, from the B.B.C. to government, psychiatry, the police, social services, or religion. Wherever an institution is accused, they will defend themselves to the teeth. Occult orders are no different. To any occultist who happens to be reading this book, I ask the following; Operation Yew-Tree has recognized and investigated links between Jimmy Saville and a Satanically themed sex club, and some of his victims have disclosed their abuse to have been Satanically themed and ritualistic. Nevertheless, these facts have not been widely reported, and where they have those reports have been attacked by other journalists. Why is it possible for us to believe that Jimmy Saville abused so many children, in so many settings, and betrayed so much trust.. but impossible for us to accept that he wore a black robe and chanted ‘Hail Satan’ when he did it? It seems any child abuser might get away with his crimes simply by employing the right paraphernalia, 74

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and ritualizing the violation- thus making the crime ‘Satanic Ritual Abuse’, which many people remain adamant does not exist, rather than mere child abuse, which is a widely recognized reality. If that was all it took to rob a bank, do you not think we would have gangs of black robed criminals regularly turning over Barclays with cries of “Don’t move, and nobody gets sacrificed to Satan?” Would we all be arguing that Satanic Bank Robbery does not exist, whilst all this was going on? Or supposing a ring of child abusers chose to dress up as something else, such as clowns or cowboys? Would we then be arguing that ‘Circus Themed Abuse’ or ‘Wild West Abuse’ does not exist? Would the disclosure of their victims be just as easily discredited? Is that really all it would take? Do you really believe that occultism is the only spiritual culture in the world that harbours no paedophiles? How likely is it really that abusers exist in the Church, in Buddhism, Hinduism, indeed every religion, but not within Paganism, and certainly not Satanism? Why? What makes occultists so different from the rest of humanity? For all their grandiose titles and posturing, occultists are just as human as anyone else. Of course there are 75

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abusers amongst the occult community, just as there are in other walks of life. To deny this for any reason is to allow those abusers to prosper, and to become enablers. Knowingly or not, it is to become responsible for child abuse due to having protected the perpetrators. Those who have acted to discredit or otherwise attack those making disclosures of abuse have become directly involved in the persecution of innocent people. It is my unhappy experience that occultism in the U.K. not only harbors paedophiles, but is thoroughly infected with them. The Pagan community will invariably rally around member against whom allegations of abuse are made, always assuming another ‘Satanic Panic’ persecution, and rarely -if ever- considering such allegations might actually be true. What better place, then, for a paedophile to hide, and to find the support they need should they ever be discovered? Just as the B.B.C., the Catholic Church, and corrupted local authorities, all have to take responsibility for having allowed paedophiles to prosper in their midst, so must occultism. Convictions have been made, and ritual abuse has been proved a reality. We can no longer pretend. We can no longer gloss over the failings of the 76

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community. One cannot make compromises with abusers without becoming tainted by them. Abusers must always be exposed; anything less is to protect and enable them. Yes, the first few of us to take a stand will find ourselves ostracized, as I have been. What value is our community if it means rubbing shoulders with child abusers and murderers? Is keeping such company really very wise? Would it not be wise to expose these people, and prevent them from prospering? Is not the quest for wisdom supposed to be the whole point in occultism? There are bound to be the occasional convulsions in any culture, however ancient or new, uncovering abuses of trust or power. At first, these may cause a great sensation. If the situation is favorable on the whole, such abuses can be easily concealed from the public; everything is forgotten and complacency reigns once more. Yet to the wise, such occurrences are grave omens that cannot be ignored. This is the only way of avoiding further tragedy.

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RITUAL ABUSE & MENTAL HEALTH It should be expected that anyone targeted by an abusive cult will have been traumatized by the experience. They may exhibiting extremely unusual behavior. It may be their abuse has resulted in P.T.S.D. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), or possibly even actual brain damage, such as with D.I.D. (Dissociative Identity Disorder). Too often, such conditions have provided reason to dismiss the disclosures of those who have suffered extreme abuse, resulting in no justice being served. It is important to make the distinction that P.T.S.D. and D.I.D. are both symptoms of what has happened to someone, rather than something that is unexplainably wrong with them. It is also important to recognize these conditions are often misdiagnosed if there is no knowledge of their cause, or if disclosures are dismissed; D.I.D., for example, is often misdiagnosed as autism, whilst P.T.S.D. may become confused with any number of different anxiety disorders.

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Nor should we allow abusers free reign to target anyone who already has these conditions, or for that matter any other kind of disorder, illness, or disability. Furthermore, abusive cults will work hard to discredit anyone speaking up against them. Believe it or not, they will conspire to make it seem their victim is a delusional paranoid conspiracy theorist. They will do this in a number of ways, from making ‘concerned’ reports about their target to the local authorities, to organized gang stalking. It is a rare person indeed who would not be reduced to a nervous wreck by such behavior. We should also expect anyone being targeted by an abusive cult to be hyper-vigilant. Events that seem innocuous to anyone else will have fearful implications. They may have been gang-stalked, for example, and therefore -at least occasionally - suspicious of completely innocent people they see on the street. The first thing almost any abuser responds when they have been found out is, “You are mad.” This is as true of the unfaithful spouse as it is the wife beater, or predatory peadophile. We should expect the same accusations to be made against anyone speaking up against an abusive cult, and recognize that many people will be making discrediting one individual,

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who may themselves have been socially isolated as a result of the cult’s activities. Indeed, we should hold anyone making such unfounded accusations of ‘mental illness’ as suspect, considering their actions potential proof for involvement in abuse.

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FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME & the Paedophile Protection Squad Victims of ‘occult’ ritual abuse are most likely to find themselves facing another misdiagnosis; F.M.S. (False Memory Syndrome). That is to say, it is assumed their memories are at fault, and although they clearly recall being severely abused, traumatized, and ‘brainwashed’ by an abusive cult, none of it actually happened. Uniquely amongst ‘syndromes’, nobody has ever been diagnosed with F.M.S. during any form of therapy; the term only ever arrises during court proceedings as a defense against accusations of child abuse. Such ‘diagnoses’ are made almost invariably by untrained lay persons, based solely upon the denials of the accused. ‘False Memory Syndrome’ was the conclusion in all those cases that have become known as the ‘Satanic Panic’; apparently what actually happened was that incompetent therapists somehow implanted these memories using hypnosis. Furthermore, over the past three decades, this unlikely accident has apparently been repeated by hundreds of therapists working with thousands of clients. 81

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The irony is that it is indeed possible for false memories to occur regarding extreme abuse; real memories are so harmful to recall that the brain dissociates from them entirely, refusing to ‘bring them to mind’ as a matter of psychological self preservation. As a further layer of defense, actual false memories may occur in order to prevent the truth being recalled at all. In extreme cases, the mind will actually ‘honeycomb’ and become a multiple personality, so that in psychological terms the abuse was not suffered by the ‘primary self’ but by an alter or ‘subpersonality’. This is what is known as D.I.D., and is an effect that some ritual abusers are well aware of, and have learnt how to exploit. Where abusers see their victim in distress, including psychologically, they will seek to increase this distress. They may also seek to exploit the symptoms of D.I.D. and turn them to advantage; mind control. The phrase ‘False Memory Syndrome’ was coined by Professor Peter Freyd and his wife Pamela, step siblings who married, in response to allegations of the sexual abuse of their daughter, Jennifer Freyd, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. After successfully discrediting the claims made

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against them, Pamela and Peter Freyd went on to establish the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. Another founding member was psychologist Dr. Ralph Underwager, who was interviewed in 1991 by the editor of the Amsterdam based magazine Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia. When asked, “Is choosing paedophilia for you a responsible choice for the individual?”, Underwager replied, “Certainly it is responsible..” Amongst the loudest voices of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation in the U.S.A. is currently Doug Mesner, who has been equally vocal about his leadership of his aggressively Satanic group. He seems to put considerable effort into online attacks upon the credibility of those who speak up about ritual abuse. There are, unfortunately, no shortage of people like him. In 2000 the British government refused to publish the results of a specially commissioned report by Valerie Sinason focussing on the experiences of fifty survivors, concluding that they suffered real Satanic abuse and are not suffering ‘false memory syndrome’. It may be no coincidence that the report reopened the debate started a decade earlier concerning children in Rochdale, Nottingham, and Orkney, and that these centers all had links to leading political figures. (See 83

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Satanic abuse no myth, say experts, ‘The Independent’, 30 April 2000). Furthermore, if False Memory Syndrome were widely known to have been discredited, then the ‘Satanic Panic’ of the 80s might just turn out to have been not such a ‘panic’ after all.. There has been no systematic research documenting False Memory Syndrome, and is not recognized by any professional psychiatric or psychological organization. The British Psychological Society performed a survey of 108 therapists whose patients had recovered suppressed memories of abuse, and found no convincing evidence for its existence. In response, the False Memory Syndrome Foundation were lead to admitting that F.M.S. cannot explain most examples of recovered memories of trauma. The assumption that repressed memories are in fact False Memory Syndrome induced during therapy is challenged by the fact that a substantial proportion of survivors have not participated in any kind of therapy. Further research has shown that, even where there has been the intervention of a therapist, most such memories are recalled without the use of hypnotism or other recall techniques, and most usually outside of therapy session.

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The idea that therapists could be accidently implanting false memories of extremely unusual traumatic events is further challenged by the fact that this is extremely difficult- if not impossible- to achieve even deliberately. Whilst it has not been found impossible to implant false memories, including memories that would have been traumatic experiences had they been real, these memories have to be believable- they must not produce cognitive dissonance, or shatter the subject’s ‘world view’. After using extensive suggestive techniques, Porter, Yuille and Lehman (1999) reported success in getting some research subjects to ‘recover’ a false memory of a stressful event (e.g., dog attack). 26% of participants ‘recovered’ a complete false memory, and another 30% recalled aspects of the false experience. Note that being attacked by a dog, although traumatic, is not an unusual or ‘unbelievable’ event; it does not stretch credibility, and produces no immediate cognitive dissonance. In a similar study, Pezdek, Finger and Hodge (1997) implanted false memories in adults that they had been lost in a shopping mall as children. Again, this is entirely ‘plausible’, yet only 3 out of 20 subjects could be influenced into ‘recovering’ such a memory. They also tried to convince subjects they had been given 85

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rectal enemas as children- far more analogous to abuse, indeed sometimes featuring in the genuine sexual exploitation of children. No subjects could be falsely lead to believe this. The techniques involved in inducing these false memories were advanced; they included the ‘hijacking’ of the parental figures in their subjects. Subjects were convinced their own parents clearly recalled the false event. Nevertheless, the event still had to seem credible to the subject. Had they really been given enemas during their childhood, the irony is that such a memory could indeed become repressed. Thus, empirical evidence exists that it is impossible for therapists to implant false memories of extremely bizarre and traumatic events, and extremely likely such ‘mind blowing’ events when real would be ‘forgotten’; conversely, it may even be that the ‘unbelievable’ qualities of Satanic ritual abuse serve to further their repression- they are as unbelievable to the victim as they are to anyone they might give disclosure to, should the memory be recalled. Furthermore, the effectiveness of ‘hijacking’ the parental figure in such experiments suggests that it is fairly easy for real parents to influence the creation of ‘false memories’ that do not include abuse. Since it is often a natural self defense to ‘forget’ traumatic 86

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memories, this might allow such abusive parents to exploit the tendency to create ‘cover’ memories that serve to prevent real memories arising; a further self defense against further trauma caused by recollection. Any abusive family intent on completely messing up a child’s reality with false memories of not being abused has every chance of succeeding. Even more difficult for the F.M.S.F. to dismiss is the steadily increasing number of people who have come forward whose testimonies do not involve any level of repressed memories. Despite this, those making disclosure still find themselves having to fight off the F.M.S. label. As should be expected, a number have also been diagnosed as suffering P.T.S.D., D.I.D. or similar trauma related conditions, and so go unheard; despite that there condition is itself proof that extreme trauma of some kind occurred. F.M.S. is itself a form of psychological abuse. Being heard and believed is crucial in healing from abuse. It is therefore disturbing to discover that many individual psychotherapists have been influenced by F.M.S. rhetoric, despite this lack of evidence for the syndrome’s existence, and the disproving of its central assumptions. The problem is that since F,M.S. has been accepted in the legal courts, it has become possible for those who successfully counter 87

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disclosures of abuse with claims of F.M.S. to then go on to sue any therapist who supposedly implanted such memories. This has had tragic consequences. As one bereaved mother stated to a London newspaper, after the suicide of her daughter; My daughter has been abused by her father from the age of seven until 15. She had developed psychiatric problems and was admitted voluntarily to a clinic, where she was seen by the therapist. She rang me afterwards and was in a terrible state. She had been told her abuse was part of false memory syndrome. Two weeks later she took an overdose of prescription medication and died. I believe that had my daughter been believed, she would have stayed at the unit and would be alive today. (Dobson, 1998)

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GANG-STALKING “I used to have a large cult following. They call it gangstalking..” - Grobbly the Clown

Another problem we have encountered directly, as have others according to online disclosures by those who had trouble with the same cult(s), is gangstalking. This is a method whereby the cult work together to stalk their target in the streets, following them wherever they go, often keeping in touch with one another using mobile phones. In essence, it is the same technique employed by investigative teams when a subject is ‘tailed’. When the same tactics are employed by churches, perhaps targeting members of the community they deem to be ‘deviant’ (anything from sexual deviancy to playing loud music late at night), it is more commonly known as ‘cause stalking’. It is not a new phenomena, although modern technology has meant communication between stalkers is now easier, and the technique does seem to have grown more popular as a result. When those same people tailing you happen to be guilty of child abuse and murder, have no problem allowing you to notice them, and have already 89

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prejudiced local police against their target, the experience is highly unpleasant. If none of them have been arrested and prosecuted, what they are doing is hard to pin down as illegal, even if it is a form of intimidation. If they manage to provoke an extreme reaction, this is reported and held up as evidence of irrational and possibly violent behavior. Should their target report to police concerning being followed around by members of a cult, they will of course sound like they are paranoid and delusional, and the cult will capitalize upon this. My most important advice to anyone with reason to believe they are being stalked is, firstly, to stay out of any areas where you might be vulnerable. Do not take risks, and gamble with your well-being; possibly even your life. Carry a camera with you at all times, preferably with the ability to record video and sound, and collect evidence. In most cases this will put the frights into your stalkers, and they will back off. Stalkers may threaten with legal action unless footage is erased, perhaps claiming rights to any photographs of themselves; this is an empty threat. They are also likely to respond by taking photographs and footage of us with cameras of their own. Whilst this is unnerving, it should not be allowed to deter from taking evidence of their behavior. 90

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All this is very frightening, and it is meant to be. The most important thing is not to rise to this behavior. Realise how much effort the abusers are putting in to discomforting you, and recognize this is in direct proportion to the discomfort you are causing them. The more intense the stalking, the more afraid the abusers of discovery and imprisonment. Prove to them that this method of psychological abuse will not get them the results they are looking for, and their efforts will all have been in vain.

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CYBER-STALKING Gang-stalking may also impinge on the lives of targets through the internet, and cyber-stalking; collecting information through forums and social media such as Twitter and Facebook. It is often a simple matter to look up who someone is friends with, who their family are, where they work, and even where someone plans to be over a weekend. Social media is a stalker’s dream come true. They can collect information from their targets, and even engage with them for further information through ‘sockpuppets’; false online identities. We suggest anyone with reason to believe they are being targeted by an abusive cult be very sparing of their use of social media; if at all. Paedophile rings and abusive cults, as well as organized criminal networks generally, are also likely to have skilled hackers amongst their numbers. These will be employed to gather further information on their target. On the whole, such activity will be kept clandestine, giving as few indications as possible that security has been breached.

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At other times, and I have certainly experienced this, they may take noticeable control of the target computer as a form of intimidation. A further danger is that hackers connected to paedophile rings may attempt to place incriminating material in the hard drive of anyone threatening them. Do not do anything that would make such a task easier for them, such as clicking links that arrive in any emails, or using easily breached video messaging software. Be entirely vigilant in who you communicate with over email. It is unwise to send and receive emails over a wap-enabled mobile phone, as these seem to be very easy to hack indeed. Many computers these days are connected to microphones and video cameras, which can give hackers insight into their target’s home and life. It is also a good idea to disable any cameras or microphones connected to any laptops, tablets, or other computers. It is probably best not to have such equipment connected at all. The internet can be a powerful tool for anyone exposing an abusive cult. It is therefore in their interest to deter you as far from possible, through hacking and online attacks. It is advisable to make all the same precautions as any informed campaigner for 93

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rights and justice with well connected enemies that seek to undermine them.

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PHONE-HACKING As technologies have progressed and converged, mobile phones have become increasingly complicated. From a hardware perspective, they consist of the following components; the battery, the SIM card, and the phone itself. The battery is the main power supply for the phone. People often assume that taking the battery out will mean a phone cannot work, but this is not necessarily the case. Many models carry secondary slimline batteries to keep some functions active. Considering the increasing miniaturization of surveillance devices in general, it is wholly plausible for such secondary batteries to provide enough power for a mobile phone to still be used as a ‘bug’ or tracking device. The SIM card is a microchip carrying various details such as the number of the phone itself. It is relatively easy to remove and replace from the back of most mobile phones. This does not prevent the phone itself being identified, however; each phone has its own IMEI serial number. Although this number can be changed, it is illegal to do so in the U.K.

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The phone itself is a complex device performing many functions, including microphones and listening devices as a bare minimum. With the addition of cameras, i-players, internet browsers, and so on, most modern telephones are computers in their own right. The more sophisticated these computers have become, the more features have been added. Another aspect of mobile phones is the software their computers run. Various manufacturers and networks include additional software to the advertised features. Manufacturers, networks, and the final distributor, all apply their own software, and this will vary from one model to the next, as well as between countries. There is a lot going on in our mobile phones that we are unlikely to have any clue about. Thanks to this computerization, mobile phones are increasingly open to being ‘hacked’; software technology exists which can scan the mobile devices in a room to identify the various makes and models present, carefully tailoring signals to prompt devices into making updates or security patches which are actually intrusive programs (‘malware’); thus putting the phone under the control of a third party. One feature of various Nokia phones, sometimes sold by specialists in surveillance equipment but otherwise very common, is that they are easily activated by 96

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remote without alerting anyone. It may be called by another phone, and employed as a hidden microphone or ‘bug’; listening in to any conversations in a room. It is often a simple matter for a hacker to gain access not just to messages, but activating the phone’s microphone and effectively bugging the target, listening into conversations. Video cameras may also be accessed. This takes the average hacker less than fifteen minutes to achieve; any wap enabled mobile device is an easy target. All that is required is knowledge of the phone number, a ‘bounce’ to hide the whereabouts of the hacker via ‘hidemyass.com’ or similar, and a from there to somewhere like ‘cracker.com’. Anyone whistleblowing, or otherwise experiencing cyber-stalking and/or gang-stalking, should be aware of just how easy this is. The kids these days call it ‘pranging’. In our own experience, phone hacking may have been employed to remove information from our phones- such as abusive texts that could have provided evidence in court- rather than to plant it. Nevertheless, it is an easy matter to send messages from a compromised mobile to anyone in its address book, as well as to fabricate messages from anyone the owner has contact with.

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Another feature which may be hacked and employed against a targeted individual is the GPS system, which allows accurate positioning of a phone’s location. This is measured through the proximity of mobile phones masts; for a mobile phone to send or receive a message or make a call it needs to send out a transmission to locate its nearest mast to communicate with, so that the network can route it directly. A log will also be made, according to UK legislation such as the 2001 Anti-Terrorism, Crime, & Security Act, recording the SIM and IMEI numbers associated with the phone, its make and model, the location triad, time and duration of any calls, the phone number called, and the content of any text messages. If other features are enabled, such as backups of the address book, these will also be recorded. A mobile phone left in proximity of stereo speakers may cause them to ‘hiss’ as it transmits all this information. This is what makes the mobile phone useful as a tracking device, and may be employed by police during prosecution, just as it may be abused by hackers. There are firms that actively track mobile phones on behalf of employers, thus ensuring they are where they are supposed to be, or to parents wishing to keep an eye on their children. Another tracks the mobile 98

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phones in shopping centers, to track the patterns of shoppers using it; although this does not apparently identify the phone user, this information might be easily matched to CCTV footage. All I can suggest for anyone being targeted by an abusive cult is to be very careful who you give your number to. It is probably not a good idea to use a wap enabled mobile phone, or one with a camera. I have also been shocked by how few law enforcement agencies seem aware of this possibility. Whilst the cult were still able to dupe the police into doing their bidding, I had the experience of being raided by the Metropolitan Police, who took away my computer and mobile phone to search for evidence. It was a frightening experience- especially given that the paedophile ring targeting me could easily have hacked any of my equipment and planted incriminating materials on my hard drive. None of the Metropolitan Police had even heard of ‘pranging’, despite being specialists in the investigation of cybercrime.

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HOME INVASION Members of the cult may have gained access to a target’s home; for purposes of spying, petty theft, to ‘creepy crawl’ in the manor of the Manson family whilst their target is asleep, or to murder. They may be careful enough to leave no signs of their transgression, or they may inform their target in any number of ways to cause trauma. In the worst case, cult members may rape, torture, and murder their victims in their own homes, and/or setting fire to the property. Make no mistake; what we are dealing with is psychopathic behavior. I have heard confession (boasting, in fact) from an abuser and a cult member of disturbing ‘mind games’ that have taken years to unfold, starting with a home invasion and the copying of private photographs, and ending with the gift of a one-hundred piece jigsaw. Such cruel patience may seem incomprehensible, but is typical of the obsessive and sadistic personality type. If their target has placed trust in the wrong people, the cult may have their own copies of the target’s front door key, or for any other lock. They may have 100

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given copies to family members, allowed someone to sleep in their home overnight, or merely left keys unattended and in sight whilst out of the room for just a few seconds; all it takes to make an imprint from someone’s keys using two pieces of warm sealing wax, and copies can easily be made from these. If children have been groomed and targeted, and had their own house keys, their abusers will probably have made copies. I would advise anyone breaking away from, or speaking out against, abusive cults to change all their locks, and take all precautions against home invasion they can.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE Abusive cults are well aware that driving their target insane is as final as murder. They are also aware that there are no laws under which they might be successfully prosecuted. Those involved in my own case have certainly sought to exploit this loophole; with varying degrees of success. Anyone speaking out against abusive cults is likely to suffer the same manner of abuse. There are many forms this might take. What magicians call ‘cursing’ is itself a form of psychological abuse. Its nature is exemplified in the Egyptian heiroglyph for ‘curse’; a man hitting himself in his own head with an axe. That is to say, the purpose of psychological abuse (cursing) is to turn the victim’s own thought processes against them. The first wall of defense against such an attack is to understand what the abusers are doing, and why. Abusers know that certain phrases can be ‘imprinted’ in a person’s mind to ‘trigger’ unpleasant and fearful associations. For example, if a victim has been consistently threatened with being murdered and barbecued, any reference to ‘having a barbecue’ will 102

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have a completely different connotation than it might do to anyone else hearing or reading the same message. Although they may personally register a message as a horrific death threat, anyone they try and explain this to will suspect they are paranoid.

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MIND-CONTROL ‘Brain Washing’ “I washed my brain. Now I can’t do anything with it.” Grobbly the Clown

Anyone dealing directly with the victims of abusive cults needs to have at least a cursory understanding of the mind control- sometimes called ‘brainwashing’they may have been subjected to. It is well reported that the cult surrounding Colin Batley employed brainwashing techniques to control its victims, as well as others who considered themselves to be ‘initiates’ of the group. Mind control might be understood in terms of hypnotism. Altered states of consciousness are induced in the subject, which allow for psychological manipulation. For example, a command might be given to someone whilst they are in trance, of which they are completely unaware upon return to normal consciousness, and yet will be carried out upon the deliverance of a certain ‘trigger’. The main tools employed by abusive cults in brainwashing are drugs, rape, and other forms of trauma. These methods may be usefully categorized as ‘Trauma Based Mind Control’ (T.B.M.C.). They 104

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are completely different, for example, than those methods we tend to think of as ‘hypnotism’, which involve far more gentle trance inducing techniques. Nevertheless, the results can be very similar. Commands can be imprinted into the subconscious minds of the subject, of which they may be entirely unaware. One particularly brutal method of T.B.M.C. might be described as ‘rape hypnotism’. When someone suffers a traumatic experience, the conscious mind may completely refuse to call that experience to memory. Thus, any command given to the victim during their abuse may only be recalled by subjectively reliving the trauma. Nevertheless, this command may be associated with a ‘trigger’, as with what we might consider ‘conventional’ hypnotism. The employment of dissociative drugs also opens the victim up to various forms of mind control. An example of the kind of mind control that has been reported as employed by abusive cults is the ‘programming’ of a victim to make phone calls in the night, of which they have no memory of in the morning, leaving messages on answering machines that tell their abusers exactly where they are. Such a program is employed should the victim ever escape the cult and go into hiding. 105

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Not all psychological abuse requires the target to be induced into an altered state of consciousness. There are other techniques, such as those gleaned from N.L.P. (Nuero-Linguistic Programming). I do not have enough space here to explain what N.L.P. is or how it works, and suggest anyone dealing with abusive cults takes the time to search out the most respected works in this field, such as Bandler and Grinder’s The Structure of Magic. Such techniques have been successfully employed by therapists worldwide; so much so that many psychiatrists and psychologists seem to consider N.L.P. a serious threat to their livelihood. As with any healing knowledge, in the wrong hands it may be used to cause harm. Most sociopaths quickly learn that their own personalities have the potential to subdue those of ‘normal’ people they meet; often entirely by accident. Their behavior proves disturbing, even unpsetting and traumatic, to those who experience normal levels of empathy; it is ‘out of line’, and we do not know how to respond. This confusion is easily exploited by any sociopath also trained in N.L.P., who employs any moment of ‘mental blankness’ to imprint or lead their target’s own responses and decisions. The most famous technique of ‘malign N.L.P.’ is The October-Man Sequence. From my understanding, this 106

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is a method for inducing what is otherwise called Stockholm Syndrome in a victim, making them emotionally dependent on their abuser, considering them to be protection from a harsh and dangerous world rather than the source of threat itself. The ‘handler’ effectively acquires god-like status in the mind of their victim. Most groups practicing ‘magic’ require participants of ritual to willingly enter trance states. Initiation may require the aspirant to train themselves, usually through meditation, to enter trance at will. The ‘training manual’ of the Illuminates of Thanateros, for example, begins with a book entitled Liber MMM; Mind Control. The program is essentially one of meditation, and experiments in a techniques of self hypnosis such as sigils; a kind of d.i.y. subliminal. The very name of the order, Thanateros, is a combination of Thanatos- the god of death- and Eros -the god of sex. The techniques of attaining trance, or ‘gnosis’ as it is referred to within the cult, are divided into two categories accordingly; Thanatos for ‘the death posture’, meditation, visualization, chanting, and any other quiescent trance, and Eros for sexual magic, orgasm, pain, dancing, any extreme emotion,

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and any excitatory trances that work the participant ultimately into a frenzy. Both routes to altered states of consciousness may be employed in brainwashing (i.e. Mind Control). The advantage to any malign leadership in such a group is that all they have to do to put their following into a trance is tell them to do it for themselves. Occultists call this ‘third mind’ effect the egregore. It is spoken about as if it is, in itself, a sentient being. Claims may be made by the leadership of the group of having communicated with this egregore, and so are in a position to know, or direct, the ‘will of the group’. Combined with rituals that involve all participants voluntarily entering suggestible trance states, ‘Possession’ rites, such as those typical of the Illuminates of Thanateros, are similarly employed to manipulate the psychology of the group. Such invocations are typically imagined to call on the god of Chaos Magic; Baphomet. Typically, a ‘priest/ess’ will have been chosen to embody this ‘possession’; which is to say, to ‘method act’. At the culmination of the ritual, the priest/ess pretending to be Baphomet makes a proclamation, and consecrates a sacramenttypically wine, which may have been ‘laced’ with hallucinogenic drugs such as L.S.D. 108

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In The Book of Baphomet (whose opening dedication is to ‘The Children of Baphomet’), as well as on their related blog and elsewhere, Nikki Wyrd (Nicola Ward) and Julian Vayne write openly about their employment of mind altering ‘sacraments’ to ‘commune’ with the patron demon of the Illuminates of Thanateros, justifying themselves with ludicrous claims to being ‘shaman’. They profess to using L.S.D., ‘magic mushrooms’, ketamine, toad venom, and d.m.t. amongst other drugs. It should be clear to anyone that substances such as these may also be abused by those intent on mind control and psychological abuse. Through ritual, occult groups effectively brainwash themselves into ‘believing’, by all acting ‘as if’. What may seem ludicrous to any individual, such as the idea that someone might be possessed by the demon Baphomet and thus acquire god-like supernatural abilities, becomes entirely believable to the participants in the midst of the sustained psychodrama that is ‘occult ritual’. This ‘as if’ psychological principle may also be witnessed in Christianity; it is why, during any crisis of faith, religious adherents are advised to pray more often- and more fervently. In doing so they are acting

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‘as if’ their faith is stronger; more often than not, this paradoxically serves to strengthen their faith. It cannot be said often enough that repetition is a common feature of many brainwashing techniques. This effect applies also to the ‘as if’ principle. Whilst recently initiated members may harbor doubts about the ritual’s validity, these will be worn away over repetition during continued membership and their own persistent behavior ‘as if’. Should they remain involved in the group from an early and impressionable age, or over a period of many years, this ‘as if’ principle will be all the stronger. For example, by the time an initiate of the Illuminates of Thanateros has progressed through the progressive initiations that finally put them in charge of the order, and thus regularly leading such possession ritual themselves, they may be so used to acting ‘as if’ that they honestly believe themselves possessed by Baphomet. Such progressively acquired delusions of self deification are unlikely to have happy results.

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MULTI-AGENCY FAILURE A Personal Experience

Imagine you are a single mother, and one day your child discloses that whilst they were in the care of their father they had been sexually abused. These disclosures are completely convincing, but the father has been cunning and there is no physical evidence. The police can do nothing. Now imagine social services become involved, and say you made your child say all they disclosed, because you are a vindictive and want to damage the life of the father. That it is all lies, and that you have emotionally abused your child. Now imagine they take your child away, and you find yourself in the Family Law Courts, with social services moving to send your child to live with their father, and remove your rights as a parent. You are told that if you ever say the father is an abuser, to anyone, that you will be sent to jail. This is a situation that arrises in the U.K. with disturbing regularity. Campaigners calling attention to the problem call it Court Ordered Abuse.

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Now imagine all of the above, but your child also tells you their father was involved with an abusive cult who made films of the abuse to distribute on the ‘black market’. That your child had been deliberately brain damaged, and subjected to ‘mind control’. Imagine this horrific criminal conspiracy includes members of your own family and many people you trusted, over a period of a decade. Imagine some of those involved have already been convicted, that you have actually met them, and that however shocking these disclosures may be you know your child is telling the truth. In September 2012, I was present during the first disclosures by a teenager I shall call ‘X’. These disclosures concerned events ten years preciously, when they had been ritually abused, psychologically manipulated (brainwashed), and sexually exploited by the cult of Colin Batley. They had been only six years old when this abuse happened, and it was so horrific it took a decade to speak up. Their disclosures identified many people I had once been friends and associates with, as well as close members of my own family, to be amongst their abusers. There are many things X recalls, despite having never read the newspapers or any books on occultism, 113

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which coupled with my own knowledge means I am personally more than 100% certain as to the identities of a large number of his abusers. Some of these people I once loved, most have had my respect at one time or another. Only a few would I ever have suspected of being capable of abuse; but then again, what abuser does not know how to exploit trust? Betrayal is their kick.. All these people were/are connected, effectively if not ‘officially’ (i.e. by initiation, which cannot be ruled out) in the same cult operating in the West Country, Cornwall, Wales, as well as having cross county links to other groups around England, some of whom in turn have links internationally. Until they have been successfully prosecuted, I am not in a position to directly name all the guilty-atlarge in a work such as this without risking further legal troubles of my own. Furthermore, any information made public may hinder police investigation; it is my sincere hope that one day there will be a thorough investigation into this matter. X also made disclosures concerning abuse that had occurred far more recently and locally. It turned out that one cult member was an immediate neighbour. Another, a convicted child killer, also lived somewhere close by. They had continued to target X 114

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even after they had come to live with their mother. X had been groomed, and sexually assaulted by a startling number of people throughout the summer holiday of the previous year, and whenever they had been staying with their father. X took their disclosures to the police. Unfortunately, due to their extremely unusual nature, they were not taken seriously. Indeed, it took two months before anyone was assigned to their case. Even then, the Crown Prosecution Service concluded, without further investigation, that there was no case. None of the accused were ever even interviewed, apart from one- X’s biological father, and the worst betrayer of all- who voluntarily entered his local police station and convinced the local carrot crunching officers of his rural abode that he was a nice friendly harmless hippy. From then onwards it became apparent that X’s disclosures had not only been unfairly dismissed, but massive errors had been made by the assigned Child Protection officer in interpreting events. Those that were guilty then had all written letters to the police and social services, weaving a clever illusion that made it appear I was behind the allegations, due to a vendetta and/or delusional paranoia. Despite that no such complaints had ever been leveled against me 115

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before, and this landslide of complaints only happened after X made his disclosures, and all came from the very people identified as abusers, this proved very effective in discrediting X’s disclosures and provoking negative attention upon myself. The fact that I had been directly involved with occultism was in itself interpreted by four out of the seven psychiatrists I have been interviewed by during all this as proof of delusion; as was my claim that family members, ex-lovers, lost friends, and even neighbours (believe it or not!) were also all involved in occultism, and were furthermore members of a cult guilty of ritual abuse and the making/distribution of child abuse images. At one point, I even found myself being sectioned in a psychiatric facility. This was rescinded after only four days of observation. (Ironically, one of the nurses on the ward I was in happened to be a practicing Pagan, who liked to stand in the smoking area in the morning and invoke the Horned One in Gaelic; although it was not they who made the decision I should be released). Nevertheless, the fact I had been sectioned at all went some way to ensuring there was no police investigation. Despite having been judged in good mental health, the stigma remained.

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That there was no investigation was then held up as evidence there had been no abuse, which in turn was proffered as further evidence that I must be delusional- since I continued to believe there had been. This misinformation then went back to the police, and we all three fell to the mercy of an abusive cult with effectively no recourse or protection from the law. The fact that X continued to stand by his original disclosures, as did their mother, meant that they too had their sanity questioned. It was effectively claimed I had them both under some kind of mind control. During the time of the court-case I was attacked in the street by some of those directly involved in X’s abuse a number of times. I was also attacked and knocked down by strangers misdirected by the guilty into believing I deserved it. I was even attacked on my own doorstep. Meanwhile, the police acted as if it has all been some feud they could make sense of; continuing to believe that our allegations of involvement in a paedophile ring and abusive cult were false. Frightening times indeed. All this lead, inevitably, to a social worker enforcing contact between X and his sexually abusive biological father, who had also allowed his ritual abuse by Colin 117

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Batley’s cult. Indeed, when concerns had first been raised some years before, another social worker had already enforced contact and prolonged extreme child abuse for a further three years. Social Services did everything within their power to deny their mistakes, which resulted in further trauma to X- whose disclosures were discounted due to a social worker’s decision that X’s mental condition meant his word could not be trusted. A case was held in the Family Law Courts. Social Services accused me, and the mother of the young man who made his disclosures, on trial for apparently making him say and write everything he had told the police, and attempted not only to enforce contact with his abusive father but to send him back to live with him. Although I was not initially a part of the court case, I was mentioned so many times- with Social Services continually claiming I was somehow behind the X’s disclosures, for a number of presumed motives from having some personal vendetta, to trying to boost my book sales, to having accidently implanted memories or otherwise influenced X during imagined amateur therapy sessions that never, in reality, took place (supposedly validating their hypothesis of False Memory Syndrome). 118

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A message was delivered to me through a mutual friend of X’s mother, and so I applied the case as an intervener, and was granted permission by the judge. As the case progressed further, they attempted to place the burden entirely upon X’s mother and myself to prove that the paedophile ring really existed, and everything he had said was true; i.e. to do everything the police should have been doing, had the social worker not acted towards closing down any investigation in the first place. In a bid to protect her son, X’s mother agreed he should be placed in temporary foster care. Members of the paedophile ring not only knew where they were living, but had already targeted X locally, with many instances of stalking and further sexual assaults including gang rape. Since she had no money to move home, and was receiving no help or protection from local authorities or police, placing her son somewhere where even she did not know where he was seemed like a sensible, if somewhat traumatic, decision to make. It would also mean nobody could say X was being made to say things, so it was hoped this could go some way towards his disclosures being taken seriously. It was also understood that X would receive appropriate therapy- the judge ordered it, although Social Services did not arrange for any. 119

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All manner of assumptions were made, largely based upon slanderous ‘concerned disclosures’ made to police and local authorities by the very people guilty of abuse. The cult had a plan in place, and knew how to misdirect local authorities, police, and others. There are members who have already gotten away with murder, quite literally, as well as the abuse of both children and adults over decades. They know the law as well as any barrister, having come up against it many times, and have never been successfully prosecuted. Others, including a child killer who served 48 years in jail, have learnt from their experiences and are cunning enough to avoid being captured again. Much was made concerning my having been sectioned, and references made to ‘deteriorating mental health’. I had never needed to be psychiatrically assessed before any of X’s disclosures, and had no history of mental illness, but was assessed once again; bringing the total number of psychiatrists I had spoken to that year to seven. It was, quite honestly, enough to send anyone crazy. Painfully, the fact that my mother had been treacherous and I had experienced abuse during my own childhood was proffered as evidence that I would 120

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be more likely to suffer the delusion that X had been abused. Social Services called one of those accused of abusing X in his disclosures, raping them in a local park at the bequest of X’s father and possibly others in the abusive cult, as a witness against us. They made all all kinds of outrageous lies, saying they had witnessed my bullying X, and that- on first meeting him- I had spontaneously told him I had myself been involved with child abuse as a members of the Illuminates of Thanateros and was attempting to detract from my own crimes by whistleblowing on other abusers in the cult. A friend of X’s father over many years, he pretended not to know him in the court room. A 150 page document was delivered to X’s father from a prominent member of the Illuminates of Thanateros attempting to give the impression that I had a vendetta against them going back several years. In reality, I had nothing against this person until X informed me of their role in ritual abuse. This material also failed to convince the judge, since it included a letter I had written in good faith due to their involvement with X’s father, and their insistence upon taking my own daughter to X’s father’s house

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house. This clearly showed I had no vendetta, but had been attempting to act as a responsible adult. My own daughter took the stand and did all she could to undermine our integrity with numerous lies. She revealed that she had also continued to have contact with X’s father, and others who had been involved in the conspiracy of abuse. The whole process took nine months, and wasted several thousands of pounds of public money. During this time, Social Services wore X down, and successfully arranged contact with their abusive father; the very man who had arranged their ritual torture, sexual exploitation, stalking, and further rapes. They even allowed this vile ‘man’ to photograph and film X, and almost allowed him to visit the foster carer’s home, despite the location still being a secret to his mother. In short, almost exactly the opposite of everything they should have been doing to protect them. The social worker could not have acted more inappropriately if she had secretly been a member of the cult; if at any point we wondered if she was part of the conspiracy, it was because she acted as if she may as well have been. Information from an anonymous whistleblower ‘deathcultreject’ suggests there were/are social worker within the abusive cult, 122

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and she just happened to come from Wales- not far from where Colin Batley and his cult were active. If there is one thing I have learnt throughout all this, it is that no possibility can be discounted, however improbable it may seem at the outset. After all, the cult had ten years to plan and prepare for the eventuality of X’s disclosures and it is a simple matter to ask for a transfer. She certainly seemed more interested in winning than getting to the truth.. the lies she told are countless. In the end, the court gave a residency order to the abusive father. Since there was no proof that anybody had deliberately made X ‘say these things’, it was concluded that X had been accidently induced to have false memories.. something expert hypnotists have proved impossible to do intentionally, let alone accidently! It was traumatizing enough that these things happened. To be treated as we were by police, local authorities, and the family law courts increased this trauma considerably. It is no exaggeration to say this situation could have killed all three of us. It still might. Since ‘X’ is now in the ‘care’ of their abuser, it should come as no surprise that they have retracted their original disclosures. They are once again being 123

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effectively brainwashed and groomed. We can only hope that they will disclose again in the future. Thanks to the actions of incompetent police and social workers, the vile scum who abused them are free to continue, and to target others.

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CONCLUSION We cannot tell you how common ritual abuse is in the U.K., because we do not know, but we can tell you it definitely happens, and what we have seen so far in the news is just the tip of the iceberg. We can also tell you the problem is hugely misunderstood by police and local authorities, who invariably respond with misplaced incredulity and act inappropriately. This results in danger to victims being increased, just when they most need protection. It is hoped this book will help raise awareness, making it easier for victims to come forward and be heard. There are a greater number of us out there than most would expect, perhaps even including ourselves. Having seen others so bravely speaking up for the truth, despite all the antagonism thrown at them, has helped us find the strength to do the same. It is also only fair to warn anyone ‘stepping in’ as to some of the problems they may face; the danger, threats, tricks, legal loopholes, and institutional corruption their abusers might exploit.

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To step in is to enter a fight, and we must be prepared to receive a few punches back. As it says in the IChing; One must go through the water. It goes over one’s head. Misfortune. No blame.

Which is to say that sometimes heading into danger is the correct action. One incurs no blame in giving up one’s life that the good and the right may prevail. There are some things that are simply more important than life. The only way to survive all this is to find laughter in the darkness. Let us never lose the ability to laugh, however ‘inappropriate’ our humour may seem to those who have never been effected by such tragedy. Laughter heals, and aids in the assimilation of difficult information. This is why, after any major tragedy, people make ‘sick jokes’. It is, in fact, a healthy sign that the tragedy is being assimilated and ‘moved through’. As Grobbly, my own ‘inner clown’ (and self created pseudo alter personality), often reminds me; “Life is a joke, and death is its punch-line.” Life is too short for too many tears. 126

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