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Please note that these are not complete (or well organized) lists.

Alleged Occult Symbols^[1]

• Circles are “used for protection from evil and to contain power.”
• Triangles “represent fire or male virility when pointing up, or water or female sex when pointing down. It also symbolizes where conjured demons will appear”
• The Islamic crescent and star “represents the moon goddess Diana and the morning star of Lucifer. This symbol may be found in both witchcraft and Satanism, when the moon faces inside, it is primarily satanic.”

Symptoms and Indicators of Ritual Abuse^[1]

• Medical disorders, in particular:
  • Sleep disorders.
    • Insomnia.
    • fear of sleeping.
    • Light sleeping.
    • Frequent waking.
    • Nightmares and/or night terrors.
  • High pain tolerance.
  • Seizures and/or epilepsy.
  • Liver problems.
  • Adrenal gland problems.
  • GI trouble.
  • Genitourinary problems, including:
    • Chronic bladder or kidney infections.
    • Genital scarring.
    • Frequent, persistent vaginal discharge.
    • UTIs.
    • STDs.
    • Sterility.
  • Frequent skin irritations or disorders.
  • Headaches and migraines.
  • Asthma.
  • Overweight.
  • Unusual scars.
  • Exaggerated reactions to scents of blood, excreta, alcohol, formaldehyde, burning hair, smoke, and/or incense.
  • Allergies.
  • Missing digits.
  • Chronic pain.
  • Pain-seeking behaviors.
  • Sexual dysfunction.
    • Hypersexuality/nymphomania.
    • Frigidity.
    • "Perversions".
    • BDSM tendencies.
• Aversion to drinking water (i.e., a strong preference for tea, coffee, juice, or pop).
• Extreme fluctuation in behaviors and skills.
• Self-harm.
• Seeking abusive relationships.
• High-speed or dangerous driving.
• Artwork or poetry with themes of death, pain, or the occult.
• Suicidal thoughts or attempts.
• Speaking in tongues or with extremely varying intonation.
• Substance abuse.
• Eating disorders.
• Vague memories of childhood.
• Overreaction to violent or supernatural films.
• Extreme mood swings.
• Doodling of occult symbols.
• Fascination with supernatural, paranormal, or psychic phenomenon.
• Multiple psychiatric hospitalizations without alleviation of symptoms.
• Easily induced into trances.
• Fear of being photographed or recorded.
• Frequently switches therapists.
• Avoids or seeks out physical contact.
• Frequent unexplained crying or laughter.
• Frequent regressive behavior.
• A sense of panic when one becomes the focus of attention.
• Compulsive hygiene.
• Bedwetting.
• Aversion to circles.
• Fear of talking to therapists or authority figures.
• Extreme reactions to roadkill.
• Diagnoses of mental illnesses, specifically:
  • Multiple personalities.
  • Dissociative disorder.
  • Paranoid schizophrenia.
  • Borderline personality disorder.
  • Manic depression and or / bipolar.
  • Psychosis.
  • Addiction.
  • Depersonalization.
  • PTSD, with an emphasis on the following symptoms:
    • Exaggerated startle response.
    • Easily triggered “fight or flight” response.
    • Hypervigilance.
  • Panic attacks.
  • Amnesia, fugue states, or unexplained losses of time
  • Intense paranoia or dreams of family being hurt or killed.
  • Auditory or visual hallucinations.
  • Being drawn too, or repulsed by, occult-themed books, art, etc.
  • Imagined taste of blood in the mouth
  • Pervasive sense of impending doom
  • Convinced they are “possessed,” “evil,” or externally controlled.
• Imaginary friends
• A sense of surrealism or unreality.
• Binary thinking.
• A sense of “being dead”.
• Contempt or rage at Christianity.
• Different handwriting styles.
• Exaggerated trust issues.
• Bizarre displays of cruelty.
• Marked decline in grades.
• High truancy rate.
• Compulsive interest in fantasy role-playing games (e.g., Dungeons & Dragons).
• Claims of seeing hauntings.
• Acquired items they cannot account for.
• Referring to themselves with the plural “we” instead of the singular “I.”
• Denial of behavior witnessed by others
• Obsessions with:
  • Death.
  • Corpses of people or animals.
  • Costumes and masks.
  • Metal music.
  • Fire.
  • Violent movies and books.
  • Mutilation of self or others.
  • Telephones.
  • The colors red, white, or black.
  • Raw meat
  • Blood.
  • Feces/urine.
  • Satan/Demons.
  • Knives and other sharp objects.
  • Menstruation.
• Unusual fear or phobias. Usually, these are fears of:
  • Christian symbolism and artifacts.
  • Churches.
  • Authority figures.
  • Abandonment and/or institutionalization.
  • Prisons.
  • Hospitals.
  • Medication.
  • Surgery.
  • Bones.
  • Needles.
  • Blood.
  • Feces/urine.
  • Cemeteries.
  • Rope, chain, wire.
  • Raw meat.
  • Crying babies.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Pits or holes.
  • Birthdays and other holidays.
  • Certain letter or number configurations.
  • Confined spaces, especially Coffins, boxes, or cages.
  • Animals, in particular:
    • Goats.
    • Cows.
    • Pigs.
    • Spiders.
    • Rabbits.
    • Cats.
    • Dogs.
    • Birds
    • Rats.
    • Snakes.
  • Cameras or video equipment.
  • Electric shock.
  • Hypnosis or relaxation techniques.
  • Mirrors.
  • Receiving mail or phone calls.

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} D. Ryder, Breaking the Circle of Satanic Ritual Abuse: Recognizing and Recovering from the Hidden Trauma (Compcare Publications, 1992).