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The Reality of Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Call for Awareness

The Reality of Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Call for Awareness

Last updated on: May 14, 2025 at 6:17 pm by Arguay-Wenner M.A.

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The Reality of Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Call for Awareness 2025-05-14T18:17:30-04:00 Arguay-Wenner M.A.

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There are an undocumented number of people in the United States who have been victims of ritual abuse or Satanic Ritual Abuse. The term satanic is interchangeable with Luciferian as both groups often embrace the same values.

In the realm of the occult, this often-overlooked form of abuse frequently goes unnoticed by family, friends, the general public, and lawmakers. Ritual abuse involves manipulation and psychological conditioning, serving as a means to maintain coercive control over the victim until their will is broken.

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Twenty-five years ago, I was forced to comply with the demands of my abusive ex-fiancé. I was terrorized until I surrendered large sums of money and property from my family inheritance while enduring ritual abuse that violated my will and Christian beliefs.

Despite the profound challenges, my abuser did not expect me to resist the programming the way I did, therefore, some of it was performed when he thought I was sleeping. So, some of his psychological tactics did not go as planned. Nonetheless, the experiences exposed me to a much darker world.

Ritual abuse often involves psychological manipulation, coercion, and emotional degradation, using intimidation and fear as tools. | Image created in Dalle for Patheos.

Ritual abuse often involves psychological manipulation, coercion, and emotional degradation, using intimidation and fear as tools. As a result, victims experience significant and lasting psychological harm.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have anyone to help or mentor me during my childhood or adulthood. As a result, I lacked support and didn’t know how to cope with the extreme trauma I had experienced. Consequently, it took me 25 years to effectively heal myself. Yet, at the same time, this experience will always stay with me.

Rosemary’s Baby

Although Roman Polansky’s movie from 1968, Rosemary’s Baby, might seem a little far-fetched, satanic rituals are real. So it’s not as implausible as one might think. One truly has to experience satanic ritual abuse to know that numerous groups and individuals work with or worship Satan/Lucifer. It is especially prevalent with men and women who are considered part of the Elite group. Most, if not all, Satanists and luciferians who engage in SRA fly under the radar, unnoticed. They are the most manipulative, clever, and dangerous

Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby

Amend the NY Domestic Violence Law to Include Ritual Abuse

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This proposed amendment to the current domestic violence bill makes it an illegal act in New York for individuals in domestic partnerships and marriages to use ritual or spiritual abuse, coercion, force, mind control, psychological tactics, and hypnosis without consent.

I ask all New Yorkers, lawmakers, and social justice advocates to back this amendment and ensure no one else suffers from ritual abuse.

What is Ritual Abuse?

Ritual abuse combines structured rituals with the damaging elements of abuse, which harm an individual’s physical, emotional, sexual, mental, or spiritual well-being. This type of abuse is systematic and deliberately designed to weaken a person’s autonomy and resolve. It often involves psychological manipulation, coercion, and emotional degradation, using intimidation and fear as tools. As a result, victims may experience significant and lasting psychological harm, leading to a prolonged sense of helplessness that complicates recovery.

Types of Abuse: SRA includes emotional abuse (terrifying threats, deliberate heightening of fear, etc.), sexual abuse (incest, mutilation of genitals, etc.), other physical abuse (beating, cutting, etc.), and spiritual abuse (taunts that God has rejected them, He won’t forgive them, Jesus is defeated, etc.).

The issue of satanic ritual abuse continues to be neglected unless current domestic violence laws help raise awareness about the severity of these situations. The rise of occultism and the promotion of occult practices are increasing, exposing younger individuals to the world of the occult.

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