Mind Control: 51 Systematic control of people’s memories, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors by others. It may involve ritual abuse. Ritual Abuse: Methodical and severe abuse of people with deception, training, and exploitation by others. It always involves mind control. Control and Abuse Sources Governments Individuals and Groups Mind-Controlled People Cults and Secret Societies Gangs and Organized Crime Control and Abuse Basics1 Deception: Hidden and disguised recruitment, training, and activities. Debility: Physical, biological, and psychological attacks weaken individuals. Dependency: Tactics and drugs employed destroy self- sufficiency and force reliance on manipulators. Dread: Cruelty and confusion techniques create depression, uncertainty, numbness, fear, and rage. Dysfunctions: Methods cause memory loss (amnesia), blocking of awareness (dissociation), hypnotic trance, and mindless obedience. Double Amnesia: Procedures make people unaware of their lost memories (amnesia for amnesia). Desensitization: Diminished thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are replaced with induced responses. 52 Control and Abuse Methods 1 Individuals are manipulated, isolated, and debilitated. 2 People are conditioned by disguised training, torture, drugs, electroshock, and hypnosis. 3 Tactics cause amnesia, dissociation, trance, and automatic compliance. 4 Controllers manage the people and situations. 5 Imposed behaviors are reinforced and events covered up. Continuous Cycle Control and Abuse Results Controllers Mind-Controlled People Dominate people by concealed methods. Molded into roles such as informer, enforcer, courier, performer, lover, etc. Use signals (post-hypnotic cues) to trigger conditioned responses. Repeatedly react with controllers’ prepared behaviors. The signals include gestures, lights, symbols, words, sounds, smells, touches, substances, etc. Made to obey but don’t know the signals and believe abusers’ ideas are their own thoughts and motives. Coordinate the exploitation and secrecy. Usually unaware of the hidden conditioning, control, and activities.