Ritual Abuse Survivor Accounts: Biographies and Poetry Books
Adams, Jeanne. (1999) Drawn swords: My victory over childhood ritual abuse.
NOTE: An autobiographical account of healing from childhood ritual abuse as told by an adult woman and her dissociated alter part, Lil' Jeannie.
Alisen, Paige. (2003) Finding courage to speak: Women's survival of child abuse. Northeastern Univ. Press, Boston, MA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Trauma Violence and Women’s Mental Health - Severe Child Abuse and Its Effects - The Body Speaks: Trauma and Multiple Personality - A Societal Perspective - Supporting the Survivors - Working Together to Ease the Suffering - Appendices and Notes
NOTE: From the back cover: "Finding Courage to Speak is a brave and well-written book that addresses a wide range of topics in a clear, knowledgeable way -- including the experience of dissociation, traumatic memory, and the impact of trauma on physical health..." Ellen Bass. The author, herself a ritual abuse survivor, addresses ritual abuse through out the book.
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Anon. (2004) Lessons we have learned: A survival guide. PARC-VRAMC, Hixson, TN.
NOTE: A compilation of advice shared by nine recovering adult, governmental mind-control survivors, most of who are also recovering from ritual abuse. Contains a large resource section.
Anon. The living proof. Young Women’s Centre, Dundee, England.
NOTE: The poetry in this book was written by a group of survivors of ritual and organised abuse during a series of workshops designed to allow them to express their feelings via the writing, raising their self-esteem and lessening feelings of isolation.
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Bain, Donald. (1976) The control of Candy Jones. Playboy Press, Chicago, IL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword by Herbert Speigel, M.D.: Introduction: Part 1: The marriage: The wedding night: The next day: A conscious recollection of childhood: The first tape: Conover('s) Girl: The setup: The triangle emerges: The office in Oakland: The "hatching" of Arlene: The early assignments: Oakland - The programming continues: Taught to hate: Viewing each other: The attack. Part 2: The missions: The return to Taiwan: The subject on display: Attempting to quit: The present, Appendix 1: The hypnotic induction profile. Appendix 2: Report to the President by the Commission on CIA activities within the United States.
Beckylane. (1995) Where the rivers join: A personal account of healing from ritual abuse. Press Gang, Vancouver, Canada.
Brown, Rebecca. (1986) He came to set the captives free. Chick Pub, Chino, CA and (1997) Whitaker House, New Kensington, PA.
NOTE: Story of a nurse's recruitment and escape from satanism. Christian viewpoint, with many scriptural suggestions for fighting satanism.
Buchanan, Laura. (1994) Satan's child: A survivor tells her story to help others heal. CompCare, Minneapolis, MN.
Burke, Susie. (2010) Wholeness: My healing journey from ritual abuse. Authorhouse, Bloomington, IN.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Early Years - Uprooted - Dr Francisco Paoli - Memories - Help My Children - Body Memories - Eye to Eye with Francisco - Little Suzie - Living It - Is There Life Before Life? - Hard to Believe - Gladiators Past and Present - Roller Coaster - Golden Hands - Spiritual Eyes - Dressed for War - Zelda - Hell - The Brass Ring - Acknowledgements – Afterword
NOTE: From the Publisher: “Wholeness (My Healing Journey from Ritual Abuse) is the courageous, unfathomable story of a woman's recovery from a decade of childhood satanic ritual abuse. The book provides hope and inspiration for the estimated hundreds of thousands of victims of such torture. For counselors and other psychology professionals, her journey offers techniques and approaches that should benefit other survivors. And for the general public, the story sheds light on the subjects of ritual abuse, as well as how the mind stores and can recover traumatic memories. Wholeness also demonstrates the undeniable power of repressed memory and disassociation. As a psychology doctoral student, Suzie Burke (pen name) studied how the mind can repress and wall off traumatic events for defensive purposes. The ability of the mind to hide traumatic memories deep within our unconscious mind in disassociated parts of ourselves is well documented with those who have survived early-age sexual abuse, torture and many other instances of severe psychological trauma. In her first-hand experience, Dr. Burke tells how the reality of her own childhood was hidden in her unconscious until events nearly three decades later provided triggers that could not be ignored. Her journey to wholeness was filled with incidents of re-living events which included body memories of physiological shock, choking and vomiting. The account goes beyond the psychological elements of her recovery. It is also a spiritual journey to wholeness in which she discovers that she is indeed a loving, compassionate woman.”
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Chase - The Troops for Truddi Chase. (1987) When rabbit howls. Dutton, NY, NY and 1990 Jove Books, NY, NY.
NOTE: The popularity of this books is attested to by the 228 reviews on Google Books. There is no preview, due to copyright issues.
Collins, A. (1988) In the sleep room. The story of the CIA brainwashing experiments in Canada. Lester and Orpen Dennys. Toronto, Canada.
NOTE: A factual account of Ewen Cameron and the Allan Institute.
Cox, Cynthia M. (2010) The I in Me. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN.
NOTE: The author, born in 1976 in West Virginia, recounts her childhood of ritual abuse, the lifting of the amnesia and denial, and her healing process. She writes clearly and explains psychological terms in a way that is understandable to those who are not familiar with the after effects of severe childhood trauma.
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Crowley, Patricia. (1990) Not my child. Doubleday: NY, NY.<
NOTE: A mother's account of discovering her daughter's ritual abuse in day care (Wee Care Nursery in suburban New Jersey) and the struggle to prosecute.
Daymore, Rosie. (2001) Blessed: reclaiming my life from the hidden horror of ritual abuse. Life Path Pub. House, Indianapolis, IN.
Feldman, Gail. C. (1993) Lessons in evil, lessons from the light: A true story of satanic abuse and spiritual healing. Crown Publishers, NY, NY.
NOTE: A therapist's account, with many quotations from the survivor, of healing by an Afro-American survivor of satanic ritual abuse.
French, Joel. (1991) The secret diary of a satan worshipper. New Leaf Press, Green Forest, AZ.
NOTE: Christian biography
Gillmor, Don (1987) I swear by Apollo: Dr. Ewen Cameron and the CIA brainwashing experiments. Eden Press, Montreal, Canada.
Goobie, Beth. (1994) Scars of light. NeWest: Edmonton, Canada.
NOTE: Poetry by a survivor of pseudo-Christian ritual abuse, child prostitution and child pornography. Includes poems about her brother being forced to participate, about his suicide at age 16, and how she was able to finally forgive him.
Gosch, Noreen N. (2000) Why Johnny can't come home. Johnny Gosch Foundation, West Des Moines, IA.
Hayden, Torey L. (1991) Ghost girl: The true story of a child in peril and the teacher who saved her. Little, Brown, Boston, MA.
NOTE: A special education teacher recognizes ritual abuse in one of her students.
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Hersha, Cheryl, Hersha, Lynn, Griffis, Dale, and Schwartz, Ted. (2001) Secret weapons: Two sisters' terrifying true story of sex, spies and sabotage. New Horizons Press, Far Hills, NJ.
Jadelinn. (1997) Spirit alive, A woman's healing from cult ritual abuse. Women's Press, Toronto, Canada.
NOTE: From the publisher: “A clear and moving record of one woman's healing from cult and ritual abuse, Spirit Alive shares the process of healing through understanding of integration, demystifies the meaning of classical Multiple Personality Disorder, and counteracts mainstream sensationalizing of cult and ritual abuse. Releasing the pain and fear locked inside for years and learning to trust her ability to heal, Jadelinn remembers, copes, accepts, denies, rages, learns, feels, challenges, mourns. She reaches beyond survival, beyond a crowded internal passion of many voices. Through courage, honesty, and trust, she finds joy and compassion, and she declares her spirit alive. Spirit Alive is a much needed resource for survivors of cult and ritual abuse, for their children, relations, and friends, for therapists and other social workers, and for general readers.”
Johnson, Anne A. and Jacobson, Matt. (2008) Hell minus one: My story of deliverance from satanic ritual abuse and my journey to freedom. Transcript Bulletin, Tooele, UT.
NOTE: From Google Books "Hell Minus One is different from other previously published memoirs by victims of satanic ritual abuse. Instead of distressing, heart-breaking accounts without collaborative or corroborative evidence, Anne's parents confessed their atrocities - both in writing and verbally - to clergymen, and to detectives from the Utah Attorney General's Office. Anne's suppressed memories, which erupted when she was in her mid-30s, were fully substantiated by her mother and stepfather.... The steps Anne took to heal and forgive, and to commit herself to a new life of love and purpose, are inspirational and legendary. Her commitment to own and define her own life inspires readers to see their own challenges in a new light."
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Kilroy, Jim, and Stewart, Bob. (1990) Sacrifice: The tragic cult murder of Mark Kilroy in Matamoros: A father's determination to turn evil into good. Word Pub, Dallas, TX.
Kor, Eva Mozes. (1995) Echoes from Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele's twins: The story of Eva and Miriam Mozes. Candles, Inc., Terre Haute, IN.
NOTE: Autobiography of Eva Mozes Kor. A thorough review is found at http://holokauston.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/echoes-from-auschwitz-a-review/
LaBrier, deJoly. (1997) Diary of a survivor in art and poetry Shadowood Publications
Lawrence W. (2005) Rachel. Trafford Pub., Victoria, BC, Canada.
NOTE: Rachel Is the name of an eight year old alter of a thirty-two year old client of Dr. Stanfield. The book is an account of her escape from her cult family and her journey into psychological health. Finally, Rachel, the book, is designed as a training manual and teaching-text for ministers, parents, professionals, teachers, counselors. Christian viewpoint.
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Letulle, Claude J. (1987) Nightmare memoir: Four years as a prisoner of the nazis. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA.
NOTE: Autobiography.
Lieberman, Elizabeth. (2006) The Collective Mind: Poetry From My Multiple Personalities. Publish America.
See http://www.publishedauthors.net/elizabethlieberman/index.html
NOTE: Poetry by a ritual abuse survivor. From the publisher: “A collection of poetry written by the many distinct personalities of one person, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was tortured by both her mother and father, who were members of a Satanic cult. Being so horrifically abused from as early as infancy caused the mind, still in early stages of personality development, to split into distinct alternate personalities. The core personality and alternate personalities are usually unaware of each other until the mind is strong enough to let the memories of abuse into the conscious mind. In the early 1990s, Elizabeth experienced her first flashback of her father raping her. Soon after, she had numerous memories of the sex she was forced to perform with her mother. Then there were the memories of the snakes and the spiders...those damn spiders, they were everywhere, on her, in her...and no amount of showers could get rid of those damn spiders. Anything could trigger a flashback. The smell of burning leaves in the fall brought back the cult members chanting around a fire with their black hoods and robes; cats crying in the middle of the night brought back memories of animals who were tortured needlessly. What you will read are the poems that alternate personalities wrote during the early years of intense therapy with Elizabeth’s therapist Rhonda. They will describe the external and internal torture of a child so very alone...yet not alone.”
Lorena, Jeanne Marie and Levy, Paula, eds. (1998) Breaking ritual silence: An anthology of ritual abuse survivors' stories. Trout and Sons, Gardnerville, NV.
NOTE: Available from http://www.survivorship.org/sale/books.html
Lovelace, Linda and McGrady, Mike. (1980) Ordeal. Citadel Pres, NY, NY.
and Lovelace, Linda. (1986.) Out of Bondage. L. Stuart, Secaucus, NJ.
NOTE: Linda Lovelace, who was forced to star in Deep Throat and did not receive compensation, wrote this autobiography before she died
Malachi, Martin. (1976, 1992) Hostage to the devil: The possession and exorcism of five contemporary Americans. HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, CA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Fate of an Exorcist - The Cases - Zios Friend and the Smiler - Father Bones and Mister Natch - The Virgin and the GirlFixer - Uncle Ponto and the MushroomSouper - The Rooster and the Tortoise - Good Evil and the Modern Mind - Human Spirit and Jesus - The Process of Possession - Michael Strong - Conclusion - The Roman Ritual of Exorcism -Prayers Commonly Used in Exorcisms
Matthew, Laurie. Behind enemy lines. Young Women’s Centre, Dundee, England.
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NOTE: Anthology of twenty-seven ritual abuse survivor stories.
McKenna, Annie. (1999) Paperclip Dolls.
See http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/befree/WaltsAnnieHome.html
NOTE: Annie McKenna’s story about healing from being placed into a government program known to her as Project Monarch at birth by her father who was military intelligence. The book is her personal account as relayed through her journaling, supportive research, and other writings of exactly how her memories revealed themselves, their impact on her life, and how she was able to understand and gain control of her multiplicity.
McMoneagle, Joe. (1993) Mind trek: Exploring consciousness, time, and space through remote viewing. Hampton Roads Pub Co, Charlottesville, VA.
NOTE: Autobiography of one of the first military/CIA remote viewers. From the publisher: “Remote Viewing (RV) is the ability to perceive and describe detailed information about a remote place, person, or thing--regardless of the normal boundaries of time and space. For over 25 years it has represented the cutting edge of research into the powers of the mind. "Mind Trek" provides us with insight into new perceptions and realities and gives us an understanding of how to deal with the doubts and fears of the RV learning process. By showing the effects research has had on the author as a subject, it points to consciousness as the ultimate time-machine and the mind as the gateway to human creativity. It also establishes our own clear responsibility for the design of our future. This book also provides excellent guidelines for how to begin your own journey toward perfecting the art of Remote Viewing.”
Morehouse, David. (1996) Psychic warrior: Inside the CIA's Stargate program: The true story of a soldier's espionage and awakening. St. Martin's Press, NY, NY.
NOTE: A first-person account of the Pentagon's remote-viewing project "Stargate." Morehouse was a whistleblower on the development of weaponry in this project. After numerous attempts on his life and a court-martial, he resigned from the military. After his Internet web site was blocked, Morehouse wrote this book. From the publisher: “David Morehouse, a highly decorated, third-generation army officer, special-operations infantryman, and one of the army's elite airborne ranger company commanders, was labeled "destined to wear stars" by his superiors. But a mission in a remote desert valley in the Kingdom of Jordan changed his life forever. Wounded by a stray machine-gun bullet, he began to have inexplicable visions and haunting nightmares. His experiences redirected his brilliant future and led to a series of frightening glimpses into another world. When Morehouse disclosed these occurrences to military authorities, they earmarked him for recruitment into Stargate, a top-secret clan of psychic spies backed by the Central Intelligence Agency. Psychic Warrior is the true story, told for the first time, of one man's journey into the CIA's most top-secret and successful psychic warfare operation. Soon after being recruited into Stargate, Morehouse realized that the government's eventual purpose was to take "remote viewing" into the realm of weaponry. Determined to prevent his gift from becoming an instrument of war, Morehouse embarked a campaign to blow the lid off the top-secret government program. The consequences to his family included numerous attempts on his life and the lives of his wife and children, as well as phone taps and alarming calls in the night, culminating in a court-martial that resulted in his resignation under duress. Yet Morehouse persevered in his quest to reveal the chilling lengths to which certain factions of the U.S. government will go to hide the truth. Psychic Warrior is a fascinating examination of the untapped power of the human subconscious and a moving story of one man's crusade to ensure that it is used for peace.”
Nickson, Elizabeth. (1994) The monkey-puzzle tree. Knopf, Toronto, Canada.
NOTE: A fictionalized account of the author's mother's experiences at Allan Memorial Institute, under the care of Dr. Ewen Cameron.
O'Brien, Cathy and Mark Phillips, Mark. (1995) Trance formation of America: The true life story of a CIA slave. Reality Marketing, Las Vegas, NV.
NOTE: Cathy O'Brien alleges she was a MKULTRA Presidential Model (e.g.: slave to presidents and other heads of state). If you have had these kinds of experiences, you might consider not reading Cathy's book until most of your memories have been independently recovered and documented. Good reference list and index.
Oke, Isaiah, and Wright, Joe. (1991) Blood Secrets: The true story of demon worship and ceremonial murder. Berkeley Publishing Group, NY, NY.
NOTE: A Nigerian describes his experience as a priest of traditional and perverted juju, from which Voodoo and Santeria are derived.
Post, Connie. (1997) The House on Survival Avenue.
NOTE: Poetry about surviving incest and ritual abuse.
Reid, Gregory R. Nobody's angel: A true story of satanic ritual abuse, occult bondage and redemption. Youthfire Publications, El Paso, TX.
NOTE: (From the publisher) True account of a survivor of childhood satanic rituals and sexual abuse who became a teenage occultist before breaking away. Part one, "Forget", details childhood traumas, occult practices, and eventual extraction from the occult. Part two, "Remember", details recalling the past and recovering from the trauma. Christian viewpoint.
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Reid, Gregory R. Diary of a devil hunter: A ten year odyssey of a satanic crime investigator. Youthfire Publications, El Paso, TX and The American Focus on Satanic Crime: Vol. 28, American Focus Publishers, Edison, NJ.
Reynolds, M. (1991) The reality: The truths about satanic/ritualistic abuse and multiple personality disorder. Privately printed, P.O. Box 68l83, Portland OR 97268.
NOTE: An excellent introduction to the recognition of satanic abuse, with a glossary, lists of phobias and holidays, etc., and a first-person account of several rituals.
Rich, Mary and Jose, Carol. (1996) Evil web: A true story of cult abuse and courage. Horizon Press, Far Hills, NJ.
NOTE: This is Mary Rich's story of her involvement, along with her husband and children, with an abusive Christian-based cult. It details the emotional and physical horrors of abuse, which they lived through, her own escape, her fight to find and reclaim her children, and the successful criminal prosecution against the cult leader, Ronald Larrinaga. It can be very triggering, especially for those who react to Biblical verses coupled with abuse, and mothers who do not, or cannot, protect their children from abusive religious authorities. A short after word on cults is provided by Robert T. Cross.
Richardson, Anna (1997) Double vision: A travelogue of recovery from ritual abuse. Trilogy Books, Pasadena, CA.
NOTE: A first-person account of remembering and healing from severe trauma in a cult setting. From the publisher: "Double Vision is the story of a woman remembering the torture she suffered during childhood at the hands of an organized, secretive network of adults, and about her struggle not to become one of the abusers; it is about organized cruelty and the necessity of naming evil. And it is also about loving another woman, building a house and a garden, and the moments of connection that enabled her to endure. Interweaving current observations with excerpts from journals she kept during the three years when the forgotten incidents of ritual abuse were surfacing, the author explores the nature of remembering, the thawing of experiences the psyche had kept in deep freeze, and the processes by which experience is transformed into memory."
Rutz, Carol. (2001) A nation betrayed: Secret cold war experiments performed on our children and other innocent people. Fidelity Publishing, Grass Lake, MI.
See http://my.dmci.net/~casey/
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface Part I Mind Control Experiments on Children Prologue 1 The Spoils of War 2 A Star is Born 3 Home Sweet Home 4 Men Behind the Shadow Government 5 Training for the Agency 6 Dr. Black 7 Conclusion MKULTRA Documents Part II Radiation, Biological and Chemical Experiments Radiation Experiments Human Research at the Bomb Tests Flashblindness Experiments Research On Protective Clothes Human Radiation Experiments Infants, Children and Pregnant Women The Iodine 131 Experiment in Alaska The Oregon and Washington Experiments The Green Run Other Biological and Chemical Experiments Sea Dumping of Chemical Weapons Human Testing The Incapacitant Program LSD Testing Biological Weapons and Testing Open Air Testing Army Contracts with Outside Agencies FOIA Requests Appeal to Lawmakers by MKULTRA Targeted Individuals End Notes Index
Ryder, D. (1992) Breaking the circle of ritual satanic abuse: Recognizing and recovering from the hidden trauma. CompCare Publishers, Minneapolis, MN.
NOTE A book on healing from ritual satanic abuse that combines current therapeutic approaches to post-trauma states with the 12-step philosophy of Survivors of Incest Anonymous.
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S., Joe. (1991) Out of hell again: Satanic ritual abuse and recovery. Available from: State of the Art Publishing, Carmel CA.
NOTE: Excerpts from the journal of a survivor who is helped by his Christian faith, therapy, and the Twelve Steps of ACOA.
Smith, Michelle, and Pazder, Larry. (1980) Michelle remembers. Pocket Books, NY, NY.
NOTE: While in therapy, a Canadian woman relives fourteen months of satanic childhood abuse. Catholic viewpoint. One of the first first-person accounts of ritual abuse.
Spencer, J. (1989) Suffer the child. Pocket Books, NY, NY.
NOTE: A readable account of satanic abuse that resulted in multiplicity.
Spencer, J. (1997) Satan's high priest: A true story. Pocket Books, NY, NY.
NOTE: Biography of a small-town high priest, his family, and his loss of power within and outside of the cult. Good descriptions of the psychological processes of each family member.
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Stardancer, L. J. Returning to herself. Available from Stardancer, P. O. Box 1284, Lakeport, CA 95453. $9.00.
NOTE: Poetry on healing from ritual abuse.
Stardancer, L. J. Turtleboy and Jet the Wonderpup: A therapeutic comic for ritual abuse survivors. Available from Stardancer, P. O. Box 1284, Lakeport, CA 95453
NOTE: Comics on multiplicity, family life, therapy, and healing from ritual abuse.
Stratford, Lauren (1988) Satan's underground. Harvest House, Eugene, OR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: A Little Girls Terror -Behind Closed Doors -Deeper Evils -The House of Victor -Basement of Death -Brainwashed and Broken -Halloween Night -Secret Pains -Turning Point -With Tender Love -Miracles Do Happen -Free at Last -A Letter to Victims -The Divine Prescription -The Big Picture -The Ritualistically Abused Child -The Adult Victim of Ritualistic Involvement -Still They Cry – Afterword
NOTE: First-person account of a woman's recruitment into satanism and escape. Christian viewpoint.
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Stratford, Lauren (1993). Stripped naked. Pelican: Gretna, LA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Branded - Hiding Inside the Mind - PART TWO: The Birthing of Baby - To Baby with Love - The Menagerie - The Wit and Wisdom of Baby - PART THREE: Mind Control - Cult Alters - David and the General - Winning the War - PART FOUR: The Macabre - The Devils Workshop - Fact or Fiction? - PART FIVE: The High Cost of Survival - Will We Survive? - The Final Word By Baby et al - I Whispered - Appendix - Notes - Recommended Reading
NOTE: Survivor's account of coming to terms with child prostitution and pornography, ritual abuse memories and multiple personality diagnosis. Christian viewpoint.
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Sullivan, Kathleen. Unshackled: A Survivor's Story of Mind Control. Dandelion Books, Tempe, AZ.
NOTE: A non-fictional account of Kathleen Sullivan's experiences as part of a criminal network that includes Intelligence personnel, military personnel, doctors and mental health professionals contracted by the military and the CIA, criminal cult leaders and members, pedophiles, pornographers, drug dealers and Nazis.
Excerpt at www.dandelion-books.com/support-files/unshackled_excerpt.pdf
Taylor, Brice. Starshine: One woman's valiant escape from mind control. Available from Brice Taylor Trust, P.O. Box 655, Landrum, SC 29356.
Taylor, Brice. (1999) Thanks for the memories ... The truth has set me free! The memoirs of Bob Hope's and Henry Kissinger's mind-controlled slave. ISBN-10: 0966891627 | ISBN-13: 978-0966891621 |
Thomas, Anna F. (2009) Fire and water: A safe journey through multiple personality disorder. Robert D. Reed POB 1992, Bandon, OR 97411.
NOTE: "A true account of discovery, validation, and healing from sexual and ritual abuse. Anna Thomas writes her therapeutic memoir with deep insight from a Christian perspective about the emotional, physical, spiritual, and psychological aspects of coping with multiple personality and the reality of ritual abuse. This book reads like a mystery novel with clues coming along a little at a time in an effort to solve the whole puzzle."
Weinstein, Harvey. (1988) A father, a son, and the CIA. James Lorimer, Toronto, Canada.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Nightmare -The Canadian Al Jolson - Memories of the Beginning - When Al Jolson Lost His Voice - Becoming a Psychiatrist - Discovery - My Awakening - Ewen Cameron M D - The Experiment - Supply and Demand - Stitching the Pieces Together -Opportunities Lost - The Pain of a Physician - The Fight - Learning the Law - Psychiatry and Politics - Medical Ethics and Human Experimentation: Nuremberg, Montreal, and Now - A Story With No End - After word - The Settlement - Sources
NOTE: Dr. Weinstein's account of his father's abuse at the hands of Dr. Ewen Cameron, and the successful fight to win judgments against the Canadian government. This is the Canadian edition of Psychiatry and the CIA: Victims of mind control. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC.
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Weinstein, Harvey M. (1990) Psychiatry and the CIA: Victims of mind control. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part 1: Loss -- The nightmare -- The Canadian and “Al Jolson” -- Memories of the beginning -- When “Al Jolson” lost his voice -- Becoming a psychiatrist -- Part 2: Discovery -- My awakening -- My father's doctor: Ewen Cameron, M.D. -- The experiment -- Supply and demand -- Stitching the pieces together -- The story of Jeanine Huard: Opportunities lost -- The story of Dr. Mary Morrow: The pain of a physician -- Part 3: The fight -- Learning the law -- Psychiatry and politics -- Medical ethics and human experimentation: Nuremberg, Montreal, and now -- A story with no end -- Part 4: The aftermath -- After word: The settlement -- Sources -- Index.
NOTE: (from the jacket) “It was more than 20 years later that Dr. Weinstein realized what had actually happened to his father, while reading an article about secret mind-control projects funded by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). These research experiments had been conducted between 1957 and 1960 at the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal under the direction of Dr. Ewen Cameron -- the same time period and place that Dr. Weinstein's father, Lou, was being treated for anxiety by the world-renowned psychiatrist. This program (really mind-control experiments) was funded by the CIA and the Canadian government, and was carried out by Dr. Ewen Cameron without the knowledge or informed consent of the patients or their families. Dr. Weinstein chronicles how he spent eight years fighting to help obtain justice for his father, who, along with eight other Canadians, was suing the CIA for negligence in its sponsorship of Cameron's experiments. That program included lengthy periods of multiple electroshocks, hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), prolonged sensory deprivation, forced sleep induced insulin comas, and psychic driving -- an attempt to alter behavior by forcing patients to listen to taped messages over and over again. Dr Weinstein describes his feelings of horror and helplessness while watching his father's health and personality be destroyed as he underwent Cameron's experimental protocol.”
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Wood, Wendy Ann (193) Triumph over darkness. Beyond Words Publishing, Hillsboro, OR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Perceptions -SEEING THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE LIGHT - TANGLED SCARS - LOOKING BACK FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS - LETTER UNMAILED - MY FEELINGS - TOLD MY MOTHER -A SYMBOLIC ACT - THIS IS A POEM ABOUT INCEST - PEOPLE DO NOT REALLY WANT TO KNOW - IF NOT FOR GROUP - NASTY WORDS - TOLD GOD I WAS ANGRY - OTHER - REMEMBERING - NOT REMEMBERING - TELLING - LIVING OUT LOUD - BUILDING - MY DREAM - SILENCE - WHO ARE YOU? - EVIL - EXPECTATION - REMEMBERING - SEEING THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE LIGHT - MOVING BEYOND THE DARKNESS - TELLING ABOUT IT - Letters Between Mother And Daughter - MY RECOVERY - SUGGESTED READINGS - ON MALE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE - THERAPY- VOICES OF MALE SURVIVORS - SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE - BROKEN -WITH RITUALLY ABUSED SURVIVORS – Insights - PARTNERS IN HEALING -AND/OR COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP -Those Who Go Through Our Pain With Us -SURVIVORS - A Tool To Journey Inward
NOTE: Poems and essays.
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