NCJ Number
150985
Date Published
1991
Length
207 pages
Annotation
Written by a former teenage Satanist who is now the president of Victory Through Jesus Ministries, this volume tells the author's personal story and then details why adolescents are attracted to cults, what steps can be taken to prevent and discourage their involvement in cults, and practical solutions for those who are already involved in the occult.
Abstract
Individual chapters discuss the nature of devil worship, the meaning of specific occult symbols, the reasons that youth do not like church, the nature of rock music, youths' involvement in fantasy role playing games, and ways in which adults can reach these youths with the Gospel and the love of Jesus Christ. Symbols discussed include the pentagram, the inverted pentagram, the Emblem of Baphomet, the hexagram, the thamaturgic triangle, the crescent moon and star, the inverted cross, Arnix cross, the Cross of Lorraine, the ankh, and the unicorn horn. Specific chapters are directed to adolescents and to parents. Notes, list of resource organizations, and appended discussions of suicide as a possible result of occult involvement, ouija boards and other occult toys, and a biblical view of Satan