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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