Etikett: cult
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House of Night
TRIGGER warning – child sexual abuse, cult abuse. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Guinevere: It’s a solemn looking house, old stone towering so high it blocks out the sun. You’re standing on the first step of stairs leading up to an ornamented door. It’s cold…
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Circles
TRIGGER warning – cult abuse, cult information. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Link to previous post: Bianca, almost 6 years old: First time I stood on the porch outside Elijah’s house, I felt a little nervous – I had never played with him outside kindergarten…
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Baby
TRIGGER warning – references to sexual abuse, mind control, manipulations. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Ball is bouncing Up, up, to the sides So high Ball is happy! It bounces, it’s happy I am the ball, flying I am happy! Baby’s feelings when she sees…
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Magical children
This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Giselle, 4 1/2 years old: ”Bianca, say hello to James.” I wave my right hand. ”What’s wrong with her?” The boy wearing the name James asks. Timothy ushers me forward. ”She has a Silent Self. That’s the next step for…
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Cultograph
TRIGGER warning – manipulation, death threats. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. In The Society, information spread quickly through the bush telegraph or on the grapevine. Neither expression embodies the full truth, which is messages were sent and received within a cult. Of course, Society members…
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Christmas Day
BIG TRIGGER warning – child sexual abuse (not explicit), rape, sleeping draughts, suicide attempt. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Bianca, 5 years old: Camilla opens the door when Mother and I knock on it. She is overjoyed: ”It’s Day today!” She heralds, arms flung wide…
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Off the hook
BIG TRIGGER warning – child trafficking, learning to kill animals. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Bianca, 5 years old: ”Can’t you lie for our sake?” Eric is upset. ”You always lie, about everything! Why can’t you lie about this?” He’s keeping himself together while tears…
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After
TRIGGER warning – child sexual abuse, trafficking, cult abuse. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Guinevere, 5 years old: ”If someone asks whether you belong to The Society or The Family, you say The Family”, Eric’s mother instructs me. ”What is The Family?” I ask. We’re…
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Out of the ashes, into the fire
Trigger warning – drunkenness, threats of sacrifice, cult abuse This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Guinevere, 5 years old: There is still warmth in the air at noon when the sun shines over all of the playground. We played until I got really hungry and then…
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Yearly torment
TRIGGER warning – hypnosis. This is out of context unless the blog has been read in a chronological order. Each cult has some peculiar traditions. Our family had a yearly torment designed only for Eric and me. It started about a week after the horrors in the barn. Guinevere, 5 years old: Auntie, Grandma and…
Writing our heart out 