The book also details punitive measures. Davidito was occasionally locked in a dark closet or deprived of food for "disobedience." However, the book reframes these actions as "logical consequences" rather than punishment. One illustration shows Davidito crying in the dark, with the caption: "Davidito is learning that the game has rules. He is not sad, just bored."
The book rejects traditional childhood innocence. Drawing on Raël’s philosophy that pleasure is the purpose of existence, the book instructs caretakers (called "Guides") to remove shame from the child. This includes nude swimming, co-ed sleeping arrangements, and detailed instructions on "sensual massage." In the Raëlian context, this is called "non-violent, loving touch." In the context of modern law, experts call it grooming.
To the outside world, the book looks like a pedophile’s handbook. To the Raëlians, it was a scientific experiment. Raël has always claimed that humanity’s problems (war, neurosis, sexual violence) come from "Judeo-Christian repression." He argued that by raising a child without shame, without the right to say "no" to physical exploration, and without the nuclear family structure, he would create a superhuman. The Story Of Davidito Book
Raël once stated in an interview (defending the book in 2001): "If you see a child touching his sex, you say ‘Stop!’ In our movement, we say ‘Continue.’ Davidito is the model for the future of humanity."
This philosophy, however, has no basis in developmental psychology. The American Psychological Association has stated that the methods described in The Story Of Davidito Book meet the diagnostic criteria for child sexual abuse, specifically the use of a power differential to coerce a child into sexual activity. The book also details punitive measures
In the mid-1980s, Raël announced a radical plan. He claimed that the Elohim had a specific request: to create a child who would be raised from infancy in the "proper" Raëlian way, free from the "corrupting" influences of traditional family, religion, and societal morals. This child would serve as a living model for all future Raëlian children.
Raël selected one of his most devoted French followers, a woman who agreed to conceive a child via artificial insemination using sperm from Raël himself. The idea was not just to create a random child, but a "superior being"—half prophet’s blood, half devoted follower. On November 19, 1984, Kristopher David Walton was born in Quebec, Canada. He is not sad, just bored
Raël named him Davidito—a portmanteau of "David" (beloved) and "ito" (Spanish for little). From birth, Davidito was removed from his biological mother and placed in the care of a rotating team of "guardian angels" (Raëlian hierarchy members). He was not allowed to attend public school, visit doctors outside the cult, or form emotional bonds with any single caretaker. His entire life was an experiment.
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In the shadowy world of cult literature, few books provoke as much morbid curiosity and visceral unease as The Story of Davidito. Part manifesto, part child-rearing journal, part esoteric textbook, this self-published volume offers an unflinching — and to many, horrifying — look inside an experimental spiritual community that believed it was raising the next evolutionary step of humanity.