Some Dynamics of Cults & Abuse

Searching for Meaning

When I became concerned over accounts of ritual abuse, I went to lectures, mixed around, got a shed-load of books, my usual efforts towards getting answers to questions. I sat at a talk where suddenly the lecturer said he thought some experiences of multiple personalities were likely to be when people got 'stuck in their archetypes', and we spoke afterwards. It is over my head and not my usual way of thinking. However I feel it worth considering. Also people can act as though they are influenced by characters on-screen or in books, and emulate people they come across. So what really is character or personality, today and many years down the line?

Just as we do different things at different times in the day, we will have different emphasis or purpose at different times of life, handling things as best we can. There are likely to be a few people who tend to help, or some who hinder. The stuff of myth and fairy tales perhaps.

Why Have I Done this?

Recently, someone who has known me a long time said: 'You know, you can be virtually anyone's fool, because you are too inclined to believe what people tell you.' Yes, and the World would be a poorer place if we did not make some allowances. What I can say, is that had I known or suspected certain things to be true, there are some people I would have distanced myself from, forgoing anything I gained. I'd probably have made the mistake then, of trying to explain it to them directly, or to other people; I was more naive and forthright then. Hopefully there is something in these pages that helps you in any such dilemma. Over the years I have respected or admired certain people, who seemed decent and committed to ideals. I cannot answer for some of their actions, though they have since been called into question over child sexual abuse. Nothing has been proved about them, so the main problem seems to be rumours about their colleagues, generalising to others associated with them. There is an Internet looseness or hyper-alacrity, where things are repeated, passed on and taken as proof. That can happen to anyone.

Two people whose conduct also came into question were involved in counselling or training, I had no inkling about them, and literally found out by accident: Too good to be true perhaps? Or some people may have had an axe to grind over them. I did wonder about the power motivation of some of our tutors, when things slipped out that they said, but we did not have the full picture. Before anyone claims that, if one has any questions or doubts about adult behaviour towards children, they should speak up, until 6 or 7 years ago, many people, even with training, did not consider adults would engage in sexual behaviour with young girls, and quite predominantly taking advantage of boys in vulnerable situations such as children's homes. Now, it seems that any organisation comes under scrutiny, with the inference that people should have known or done something. Some people must have known, and things were kept under wraps, but it was not in books in the UK till the 1990's, mainly dealing with what was happening in other countries. PIE held local meetings in the late 70's trying to spread their beliefs.

People were aware that abuse happened to some pupils at boarding school, with a few teachers considered deviant. A few priests or nuns might be sexually deviant, or just cruel. Incest was known to happen in some families. Some boys were forced to sell themselves to survive. The matter of ritual abuse in children's homes was raised. But all these issues were relatively confined. As survivors became more willing or able to speak up, they were wanting more help and, in some cases, notoriety or vendetta. Whether there was some design to stir things up, while not providing enough services, I leave to your imagination. Now everyone is deluged with allegations or insinuations, sometimes very publicly reaching court, and we have a maelstrom into which anyone dives, splitting into factions. You may disagree with me, or on some points, but please don't just discredit them wholesale. We need to start somewhere.

There does seem to be a convergence between some cultlike behaviour or leaders, and the sexual and other abuse or control of members, particularly women and children. Of interest to me is that some female cult members or associates get kudos from enforcing cult rules, even procuring people for victimisation or trafficking. I do not know to what extent they are put up to it by someone high in cult ranks, or through other pressures they may be subject to. There could even be a genetic factor. Some people who hear gruelling accounts about ritual abuse, may believe it is widespread. If they are called upon to engage with perpetrators involved with those victims, they are unlikely to think that it never happens. The dynamics of ritual abuse seem to underpin more general cultlike or manipulative behaviour - of any kind, and including some crimes or coverups.

And there I will leave it, lest you may think I am really losing the drift! Fuller information can be found on the main Website, particularly http://www.measures.we.bs/meaning.html

Two further Blogs on consensus beliefs, memes/viruses are now up at https://endishtimes.blogspot.com and https://mindcluk.blogspot.com

Mindcluk = cuckooing the Mind!

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