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Summary: I'm sorry, but...
Review: ...I've seen too much damage come out of the trumped-up ritual abuse hysteria of the '80s/'90s. Thank God (yes, I'm a Christian), that this mostly-imagined phenomenon is no longer "happening." This book, while well-intentioned, is not based in reality.
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Summary: I'm sorry, but...
Review: As one who has experienced Ritual abuse, I found this book to be most helpful in understanding my questions and feelings that have been traveling through my mind. I found many of the exercises in the book to be practical and was thankful that the author put warning notations on sections that could potentially be unsafe for those of us in various stages of our healing process. This is a great book for anyone who is starting out on that healing trail.
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Summary: One of the best books for survivors
Review: I am a survivor of ritual abuse and have been searching for books and resources to help me complete my healing. It is extremely difficult to heal from ritual abuse because it is so painful and there are few therapist who truly understand how to guide your healing. This book is one of the best and most uplifting of all the books I have read about the process of healing in a way that empowers you and frees you from the fear and pain. It has many helpful and uplifting suggestions to bring more 'light' in your life too like building a garden of courage. As a survivor I highly recommend this book to other survivors healing from ritual abuse. Unfortunately, the wonderful book, "Safe Passages to Healing" by Chrystine Oskana is out of print. I found a used copy and it is also one of THE best for therapists and survivors. I am very grateful to the author of this book. It gave me wonderful ideas of how to use my own creativity to help me heal and overcome. Chrystine Oskana wrote that a survivor needs the 3 C's: Courage, Creativity and Commitment. This book certainly follows in this tradition and also gives very important information to help dispel the lies and the programming from the cults. With the guidance of this book, I finally feel I can heal, overcome and build a newer and better life. I can finally learn to live free.
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Summary: Needs to reflect greater diversity
Review: I work with a client who survived ritual abuse from a Christian cult. Although this book describes the different types of ritual abuse, it only gives examples from Satanic abuse. This is where the book suffers greatly. In order to be more accesible to the wide range of ritual abuse survivors, the author could have done more interviews with people who survived the other types of ritual abuse that she defines. There is a lot of good advice for therapists that can be applied to various clients in this book, but the narrow scope of the examples impedes its application. A lot of issues around ritual abuse is overlooked because of the book's focus on evil and Satanism. Hopefully, the author would consider a rewrite of the book with a more general focus. Discussions on the role of religion in healing and work with people who experience anxiety at a specific time of the day are among the topics that could be addressed.
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Summary: My Bible
Review: My spouse is MPD from Satanic ritual abuse. This book has helped me more than any other so far in dealing with it. I have shared the book with our therapist. I need it so often, I must buy another for him. I gently read a page here or there to my spouse as needed. It has been a God-send. We will try to plant our garden next Spring if we are far enough along by then. Thank you and God bless.
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Summary: Some quesions answered
Review: This is a great book for any one who has suffered from ritual satanic abuse as it answers many questions. The author has indicated in the margin when the text may be of a sensitive nature. I to loved the description of the garden, and hope to have one myself one day.
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Summary: Powerful book
Review: This is a very powerful book dealing with a subject that is very controversial -- but true. There are few resources available on the subject of ritual abuse and spirituality. This book addresses both in a very sensitive and insightful way.
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