THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SATANIC CULT INVOLVEMENT: AN ...

to get three people involved, and then I
would get initiated I eventually got three
people, and then I got initiated
42. The group consisted of about thirty
people, some high up, school teachers, a
principal. Then ordinary people, like
telephone clerks. I know there was a
minister as well. I was the youngest at
thirteen, the high priest was about fortytwo.
43. But you don't know a lot about the
people. Like when you get initiatedyou get
a new name, no-one knows your real name,
keeping secrets.
initiation was her successful recruitment of
other potential members.
42. S was the youngest in a heterogeneous
group comprising individuals from diverse
occupations.
43. The ritual renaming ofinitiates signifies
secrecy, the masking of identities and a
sense of knowing little about fellow
participants.
Where did you meet?
Natural meanine units
Central themes
44. Different places. Sometimes on plots, 44. Satanic meeting places varied, and there
sometimes in houses. The high priest's were few outward SignS distinguishing
house was like a normal house. There was Satanists' houses from "normal" houses.
a red carpet, but ifyou. rolled the carpet up
their was a five-pointed star. We'd met in
different places. There weren't specific
signs you could see that this was a
Satanist's house.
Before your initiation, how did you view Satanists?
Natural meanine units
Central themes
45. I thought they were macho, the coolest 45. S, awed by tangible evidence that
people out. They can control people. I Satanists could magically influence objects
knew the girl who got me involved, and she and people, wanted to participate in this
could sit andjust look at something and it power.
would move. She'd be sitting in a room
and say "Watch this". She would
concentrate and the next thing someone
would burst into th"e room and say, "Yes,
what can I do for you". She was mindcontrollinf(
people. She had enormous
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