Structural Parallels Between CIA MKUltra Depatterning and Childhood Religious Belief Formation

This paper conducts a formal structural analysis comparing five core operational mechanisms of the CIA MKUltra program (1953-1973) with corresponding mechanisms in childhood religious belief formation. Using the Claverie-du Cluzel (2022) cognitive warfare framework, five structural homologies are identified: depatterning/blank-slate formation, psychic driving/liturgical reinforcement, unwitting testing/pre-consent socialization, records destruction/doctrinal suppression, and concealed funding/patronage-based epistemic control. The analysis identifies structural parallels only and does not claim moral equivalence.