fascination wrote:nippletwister wrote:
Thank you, every bit helps. I hadn't seen Shermer's input, and the Sagan book refernced the FBI guy...at least there's some leads. I'm no research wizard, and I've tried to look a bit, but it seems there isn't much solid stuff on the subject, especially satanic ritual abuse, ritual sexual abuse, and false memory stuff, and it is NOT a subject that will get you very far on any feminist oriented sites, I think because of the connection with female psychosis and false rape/false abuse accusations.
I would probably distance myself from the subjects as well for political expediency, but the effect it has had on my life was bad enough, and I was never really even closely involved.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
I wasn't aware that Sagan mentioned John Douglas in his book. I haven't read Douglas in a long time but I don't think he delved too deeply into the subject matter. He did say that the satanic panic crap was bullshit and that the FBI found no evidence of it or any of the allegations.
I did a few Amazon searches using the phrases "Satanic Ritual Abuse", "False Memory Syndrome", and "Satanic Panic". There were quite a few books that came back in the search that you would probably be interested in. I found a few interesting myself.
I'm pretty sure it was the same guy, he referenced an FBI researcher finding no evidence. He didn't do any theorizing or further investigation, just enough to debunk the myths. I'll have to double check later. (funny shit, in preview I caught a typo, I spelled "incestigation")
My own ignorance and I suppose a bit of laziness has been in my way on this issue....I don't generally have much in the way of funds for book shopping, and tend to rely on free online materials and second-hand or library books(and for a somewhat affluent area, our public libraries are crap), but there doesn't seem to be a lot of that available on the subject. Then again, I just started really looking after being re-inspired by The Demon Haunted World last week. Luckily, I happen to have received a $100 Amazon card for my recent B-day,....looks like I'll actually be able to make some headway!
Thanks again! I try avoid asking others to do my homework for me, but it is a very touchy and politicized subject and I wanted to get as many perspectives as possible. I figured the Pit would be a good place to ask, and I think I thought right! Although the downside is, if I go asking on other skeptic/atheist websites now, I could be opening myself to a doxxing......good thing I'm a broke nobody!