Natchez Police Department

233 D'Evereaux Drive, Natchez, Ms 39120
Telephone: 601-445-5565  Fax: 601-442-3487
Criminal Justice Center Task Force on Organized Occult Crimes & Gang Violence
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF INVOLVEMENT IN SATANIC OR OCCULT PRACTICES

Natchez Police Department

General Information

Believe The Children

The First Level of Involvement

The Second Level of Involvement

What Can Parnets Do?

Warning Signs of Occult Involvement

PHYSICAL SIGNS
  • Symbology of Satan on clothing or skin, such as: 666, inverted cross, tatooing of demonic groups and symbols, crescent moon with five stars, pentagram with goat symbology
  • Dominant clothing in colors of black, red, and purple
  • Physical signs of abuse, including self-mutilation or dismembering. Drug use.

EMOTIONAL SIGNS

  • Isolation from family and peers-spending hours alone
  • Extreme fear at times-sense of omnipotence at other times
  • Depression with suicidal ideation
  • Obsessed with religiosity
  • Extremely rebellious attitude coupled with need for immediate gratification
  • Enjoyment of cruel or abusive behavior.

BEHAVORIAL SIGNS

  • Desire for extreme privacy with personal items and self.
  • Chanting-speaking in different language sounds (sometimes Scripture recited backwards.)
  • Carrying Anti-Christ items, such as inverted crosses, Satanic bibles.
  • Reading material about occult practices, witchcraft, New Age phenomenon.
  • Extreme involvement with heavy metal music to the exclusion of any other music or entertainment.
  • Involvement with peers using drugs and satanic practice.

Steps to Satanic Involvement in Teenagers
Characteristics of Teen-Age Targets
Low Self Esteen

need for acceptance possibly physically and or sexually abused

Power-Seekers

driving or abnormal needs for power and or recognition

Excitment Seekers

always looking for something above and beyond

Religious Experience

dissatisified or dillusioned with past experience searching for something to satisfy

How They are Lured into Involvement

Heavy Metal Music

Venom Slayer, Satan, Megadeath, Possessed, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC etc

Infiltrators

spotting recruit targets, tactics similar to naracotics agents

Satanic and Occult Fads

flashing "signs of Satan" pentagrams, Ouija boards, tarot cards, new age teachings (be your own god etc), Dungeons & Dragons' game

Videos and Movies

"slasher" films (torture-sexual-decapitation horror mutilation etc.."snuff" films including "faces of Death" in four sequels

The First Hook: Entrapment
Indulgence

"anything goes" "If it feels right, do it"

Elementary Supernatural

levitation objects moved without physical aid materialization

Drug and Alcohol

desired effect is to lower or eliminate inhibitions

The Second Hook: Victimization
Association and Participation

threats, guilt, shame

Deeper Supernatural

curses, see evil spirits or apparitions, hear demonic voices, take

satanic oaths,sell soul by signing a pact with Satan, receive spirit guide

Objective

overthrowing parental control dismissing parental and religious values submitting to satanic control

Ultimate Goal

SATAN WORSHIP

Author Lauren Stratford had identified these steps to satanic involvement in teenagers. While the ultimate goal is actual worship of Satan himself, vulnerable teens can be swept easily into the movement. "Lures" center on peer pressure and the need to fit in with the rest of teen culture. Mass media has done an excellent job of selling the satanic package. In addition to children recruiting children, hard rock stations play indecent lyrics round the clock. Cable television's 24-hour-a-day MTV, network late night heavy metal concerts and syndicated shows on local stations promote the message. New Age teachings come across in many television programs. Sadomasochism is featured in prime-time shows and late-night movies. Add to this pressure to concorm in dress, language, thoughts and interests and the lure is set. A lack of moral absolutes at home and school feeds the "anything goes" philosophy and the trap is sprung. Drug and alcohol abuse makes middle schools prime recruitment territory. Initial fascination with the occult leads to fear and captivity in its victims, building to open rebellion and rejection of religious and societal values.

copyrighted 1988, Lauren Stratford

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