Ritual Abuse Survivors and Supporters, Australia



    These pages have been written for survivors, and their supporters, of ritual abuse. It is also general education and a summary. The pages have a focus on the Australian situation and resources.

    It has been written by David, an Australian, long term ritual abuse survivor. He has done extensive public education on the issue including national television. He also has on going support with other survivors and people concerned about the issue.



    What is Ritual Abuse?

    Ritual abuse is abuse done within a secretive and gratuitous organisation that practices killing, orgies and other very destructive activities. This is its specific aspect. Other activities are organised child and adult pornography, prostitution, human trade, etc and which are similar to general organized crime. They generally are organised as cults and small groups, and abuse anti-societal religions/ideologies such as satanism, nazism, druidism etc or pervert mainstream religions/ideologies such as Christianity and Masonry. The abuse can be current and/or from suffering its effects.



    Main Issues

    The main issues that come up with ritual abuse are understanding the cults/organizations, who believes in its existence, what general recovery from the abuse means and specifically the deprogramming or stopping brainwashing, what support there is for victims/survivors, and what support there is for supporters eg loved ones, non offending family, friends, counsellors, etc.



    Safety

    To read about safety and other guidelines when reading these pages.



    Ritual Abuse Cults/Organisations. Their Aims. Extent. The Abuse/Criminality. Indoctrination

    What is a ritual abuse cult/organization? What style and formation do they take? What does it try and do? Where abouts are they? How large are they? What is the abuse, and how is it criminal? How does the cult/organization indoctrinate its members?



    Belief In Its Existence

    Who believes that ritual abuse cults/organizations exist? How did they come to believe it? Why these people are important in getting support.



    Recovery

    What is the recovery process and its stages?



    Deprogramming-Undoing and Coping with the Brainwashing.

    What is the specific deprogramming process in the recovery?



    Crisis Periods

    What are crisis periods and why do they occur? A calendar of cult/organization call back periods. Ways of stopping the stress.



    External Stressors

    Survivors get triggered by external stressors such as exams, parenting, travelling, etc. There needs to be a perspective on what needs to be deprogrammed.



    Support for Victims/Survivors

    Where you/the survivor can get support in Australia and use overseas resources such as the Internet. This includes counselling; support groups; survivor community groups; media- books/magazines, videos, cassettes and internet; workshops and conferences; etc.



    Support for Supporters

    Where a supporter such as a friend, parent, counsellor, etc can get support in Australia and use overseas resources such as the Internet.



    Australian Webpages of Similar Survivorship

    These webpage addresses are concerned with sexual assault survivors, child protection, multiple personality, etc.



    International Webpages of Ritual Abuse and Similar Survivorship

    These webpage addresses are concerned with both general and specific ritual abuse survivorship. They also list webpages of similar abuse.



    Art and Reviews of Art eg films that Relate to Ritual Abuse

    Artwork- paintings, poetry, stories, scripts, drawings, etc and reviews of artwork from survivors and people generally.





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