THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SATANIC CULT INVOLVEMENT: AN ...

the go.
inside ofhim.
71. You can be walking down the street when 71. E experienced a constant struggle
you have the thought of throwing yourself in with demons, who he experienced as
front ofa car, or jumping offa building. You inflicting spontaneous suicidal impulses
have to keep on fighting against it, keep on upon him.
fighting against the demons. It was like a
power struggle all the time.
72. I couldn't handle the tension inside of me 72. Anxiety about being literally
... Satan and his demons inside of me, eating consumed and destroyed by demonic
me, wanting to kill me. Eventually I couldn't forces inside of him prevented E from
work ... that's how I came to be boarded working, and led to him being boarded
from his iob.
How did you come to get out of Satanism?
73. I was riding past a Baptist church one 73. E's attempts to leave Satanism began
Sunday ... and I just had the urge to go into the when, fearing that he would be killed by
church. I had to find help. Something told me demons, he spontaneously rushed into a
to go into the church and find help or the church and shouted for help.
demons would kill me. I parked the car and
ran into the church and shouted that I needed
help.
74. People came and asked what the matter 74. E confessed to the church members
was. I told them I was a Satanist ... I just had that he was a Satanist, and they began
to have help. From then on they started ministering to him.
ministering to me.
75. I had to go to deliverance services and be 75. E underwent repeated religious
delivered a few times. The first time it didn't exorcism rituals after the first proved
work properly, you know. I got involved again. unsuccessful and he returned to Satanism.
76. They spent something like 20 hours 76. During the exorcism ceremonies E
delivering me. I went bezerk, thrOWing things lost control of himself and exhibited
and going absolutely off my head I was hostile and bizarre behaviour.
crawling up the walls ...
77. and Satan came into the room where we 77. During the exorcism E saw Satan,
had the deliverance. I could see he wanted to who he perceived as wanting to kill him.
kill me.
78. They took me up to F hospital and Dr J 78. E was admitted to the psychiatric
decided to admit me to P ward, which is the ward ofthe local hospital.
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