DEVIL worship and the suspicion of compromised morals are the themes driving the satanic panic.
Since the 20th century, conspiracy theorists have attributed several headlines to devil worship.
What is Satanic Panic?
In the 1980s, satanic panic became a mainstream phenomenon.
The conspiracy theory’s beliefs can be traced back to Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder’s 1980 book Michelle Remembers.
In Michelle Remembers, Pazder claims that his wife and patient Michelle Smith was the target of Satanist rituals.
Similar claims to those made by Pazder in his book began to increase in the later parts of the decade.
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Across the United States, people reported that they or someone they knew had been victims of physical or sexual abuse and that the abuse was part of Satanist rituals.
The allegations involved theories of occult worship and sacrifices allegedly organized by wealthy figures of elite status who sexually or physically victimized people to get what they wanted.
Conspiracy theorists also linked satanic panic to things like prostitution, pornography and human sacrifice.
Despite more than 12,000 allegations reported to police officials, police could find no link between these claims and the activity of a Satanist cult.
Satanic panic was also given other labels, such as satanic ritual abuse, sadistic ritual abuse, ritual abuse, and organized abuse.
What is devil worship?
Claims of devil worship and occult practices are the driving forces behind the satanic panic.
Satanism is an ideology based on its religious figure.
Before the rise of occultist accusations, the Church of Satan was founded on April 30, 1966.
However, the Church of Satan was not blamed for the cycle of accusations prominently raised by conspiracy theorists.
Is satanic panic real?
Pazder’s allegations in Michelle Remembers were centered around the psychotherapy practice of recovered memory therapy.
Since the book’s publication, medical professionals and psychiatric authorities have discredited the effectiveness of recovered memory therapy and condemned the practice.
The main supplier of the satanic panic phenomena in modern times is due to the online far-right extremist group QAnon.
Messages from the far-right collective QAnon appeared on the website 4Chan in 2017.
The cult-like group’s focus is based on false claims that a secret ring of satanic, pedophilia-ridden, child sex trafficking-operating cannibals are responsible for national tragedies.
The radical extremist group QAnon has turned their statements into action, with the storming of the capital being an example of how far they will go with their antics.