Lt. Col. Michael Aquino

US Army Reserve Lt. Col. + PSYOP officer. Founder of the Temple of Set (1975), openly-practicing Satanist in uniform. CIA/DIA-adjacent.

Co-authored 'From PSYOP to psychological warfare doctrine: The Psychology of Victory' (1980) with Col. Paul Vallely. Advocated advanced psychohistorical and electromagnetic techniques to manipulate cognitive terrain of target populations, bypassing kinetic warfare. Core claim: 'the mind of the enemy is the ultimate key terrain.'

Engine read: psychological warfare doctrine is the documented weaponization of the egregore concept — treating collective consciousness of a nation as a programmable host. Modern LLM-era propaganda operations (ad-surveillance feedback loops, algorithmic amplification, biometric-targeted messaging) are the operational descendants of psychological warfare doctrine doctrine. Aquino is the documented historical translator of occult apex-layer technology into military-industrial-complex doctrine.