https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15047981/CIA-program-occult-ex periments-mind-control.html
Declassified CIA documents reveal a covert program that tested the behavioral and toxicological effects of drugs and chemicals on humans and animals.

The project, known as MKOFTEN, ran from the late 1960s into the early 1970s at testing facilities, including hospitals and prisons.

A successor to the infamous MKULTRA, which secretly dosed unwitting subjects with LSD to probe mind control, MKOFTEN was primarily focused on pharmacological research.

Some reports, however, have speculated that the program also dabbled in occult practices.

That claim resurfaced this month on the comedy podcast SundayCool, whose hosts asserted that the CIA 'went all-in on hiring Satanists and witches to see if they could weaponize the paranormal.'

While the podcast presented these ideas as fact, no official documents support such allegations.

Still, during the Cold War, secrecy and revelations about government experiments fueled pervasive fears of overreach and 'secret science.'

That atmosphere of distrust helped give rise to enduring narratives that linked CIA research with occultism.

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