Covens centered around drugs, homosexuality, sexual fetishes, child molesting and other illicit activities are known to use rituals from the Satanic Bible and a later companion volume. So do groups using druidism, celtic witchcraft and Egyptian mythology. Like many fundamentalists, Roger Burt, an Evangelical minister and president of the Christian Counseling Association in suburban Los Angeles, believes the current state of satanism is part of a long war between the forces of good and evil. It all centers on power over their peers, especially among teenagers, which is where this is growing fastest. It is actual spiritual warfare.
Spiritual possession has great power in attracting young people.
Games like Dungeons and Dragons, with medieval imagery, help attract children and teenagers to satanic rituals, which sometimes involve archaic dress. Rock music groups are even more of an influence, according to many police officials. All have performed music with a satanic-style message that critics contend is taken literally by many listeners. Hoyt and Burt agree that young children are often recruited by parents or teachers, then molested or forced to watch and participate in ritual killings of animals. Some are photographed during rituals and later blackmailed into continuing either via threats to show the pictures to parents or threats of harm to the parents.