Supernatural Support Groups

Supernatural Support Groups: Who are the UFO Abductees and Ritual Abuse Survivors.

In the 1980s two different groups emerged that exhibited a strikingly similar combination of the quasi-religious and psychotherapeutic�UFO abductees and ritual abuse survivors.

Both movements focused upon healing members from victimization they experienced at the hands of beings of often supernatural power.

Further, both movements attempt to use techniques developed in psychotherapeutic circles, such as hypnosis, art therapy, and role-playing, to recover �repressed� memories at the hands of these abusers.

This paper presents the results of surveys of fifty-five UFO abductees and fifty-one ritual abuse survivors. Both UFO abductees and ritual abuse survivors are compared to the general population in terms of their gender breakdown, age, race, marital status, education, and occupation.

It is determinedthat the demographics of these two fledgling movements closely mirror those of other NRMs

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