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Summary: Read this book and sleep better at night!
Review: Thank you, Jeffrey S. Victor for your voice of reason. This was the first book I found while I was researching a paper on the myth of Satan for school. Having been raised Catholic (and hearing Bob Larson on the radio in my heavy-metal listening days as a teenager), I still in the back of my mind worried that maybe these satanic cult rumors I heard were true. This book completely debunks the idea and explains how the legend began and why it works. Reading this book sheds the light on a dark topic that others are quick to explain with biblical quotes. I'm really glad that there are people out there like Mr. Victor who care enough to write such a book.
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Summary: Read this book and sleep better at night!
Review: Thank you, Jeffrey S. Victor for your voice of reason. This was the first book I found while I researching while doing a paper on the myth of Satan for school. Having been raised Catholic (and hearing Bob Larson on the radio in my heavy-metal listening as a teenager), I still in the back of my mind worried that maybe these satanic cult rumors I heard were true. This book completely debunks the idea and explains how the legend began and why it works. Reading this book sheds the light on a dark topic that others are quick to explain with biblical quotes. I'm really glad that there are people out there like Mr. Victor who care enough to write such a book.
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Summary: Read this book and sleep better at night!
Review: Thank you, Jeffrey S. Victor for your voice of reason. This was the first book I found while I was researching a paper on the myth of Satan for school. Having been raised Catholic (and hearing Bob Larson on the radio in my heavy-metal listening days as a teenager), I still in the back of my mind worried that maybe these satanic cult rumors I heard were true. This book completely debunks the idea and explains how the legend began and why it works. Reading this book sheds the light on a dark topic that others are quick to explain with biblical quotes. I'm really glad that there are people out there like Mr. Victor who care enough to write such a book.
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Summary: A lucid, rational view of an emotionally charged issue
Review: The author does a wonderful job of dissecting the nature of the "panic" that had many Americans believing in the existence of a Satanic "underground" movement in the eighties and early nineties. Extremely readable and not couched in overly academic language, the book is useful for anyone who needs solid, reasonable information on the subject--the lay public, academics, the clergy, or police officers will all benefit from reading this work and keeping an open mind. Victor follows the panic from a number of angles; religious, sociologic, folkloric, and so on. For each he presents a balanced case that seeks not to ridicule anyone who "bought into" the stories of widespread Satanism, but simply to understand why they did so. He also shows how some people (psychologists, police, and so on) actually thrived on the notoriety they achieved in their capacity as "witch hunter" and sought to keep the panic alive in order to further their own agendas. Excellent reading, and a book that shows the danger of blindly believing rumors and unverified conspiracy tales.
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Summary: A lucid, rational view of an emotionally charged issue
Review: The author does a wonderful job of dissecting the nature of the "panic" that had many Americans believing in the existence of a Satanic "underground" movement in the eighties and early nineties. Extremely readable and not couched in overly academic language, the book is useful for anyone who needs solid, reasonable information on the subject--the lay public, academics, the clergy, or police officers will all benefit from reading this work and keeping an open mind. Victor follows the panic from a number of angles; religious, sociologic, folkloric, and so on. For each he presents a balanced case that seeks not to ridicule anyone who "bought into" the stories of widespread Satanism, but simply to understand why they did so. He also shows how some people (psychologists, police, and so on) actually thrived on the notoriety they achieved in their capacity as "witch hunter" and sought to keep the panic alive in order to further their own agendas. Excellent reading, and a book that shows the danger of blindly believing rumors and unverified conspiracy tales.
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Summary: MUST read for all, including believers in SRA
Review: This is one of the few books published that deals honestly with the whole satanic ritual abuse/cult crime hysteria, and does so in some detail. There are books written by biased people claiming a satanic cult conspiracy but this book lays out the details and seems to leave nothing out. I reccomend this book for those who believe the satanic cult crime/ child sacrifice claims of certain self-proclaimed experts ( biased and geared to promote a certian religious view and not the simple truth) because ignorance of the facts harms themselves. Another good author is Debbie Nathan. The hysteria from SRA did a lot of damage to many people. While I would have mentioned details of the hysteria culprits, the author did a good job. My copy is dog eared.
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Summary: Excellently researched, objective, and engrossing.
Review: We aren't in the middle ages. Englightened people shouldn't believe "survivors" who have "incredible" (literally) excuses for why there is no physical evidence for this allegedly commonplace phenomenon. Using comparisons to "real" secret societies, Victor makes it clear that it would not be possible to hide "all" evidence of a "ritual abuse organization". His conclusive and insightful research is presented with riveting examples in a very logical manner.
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Summary: Excellently researched, objective, and engrossing.
Review: We aren't in the middle ages. Englightened people shouldn't believe "survivors" who have "incredible" (literally) excuses for why there is no physical evidence for this allegedly commonplace phenomenon. Using comparisons to "real" secret societies, Victor makes it clear that it would not be possible to hide "all" evidence of a "ritual abuse organization". His conclusive and insightful research is presented with riveting examples in a very logical manner.
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