Testimony

In another example of how Scientology uses its faithful members as parts in its paranoia machine, former Scientologist Vibeke Daman gives revealing testimony in court against the Church. This document is an excerpt from the case transcript. The truths people will tell under oath can be a dangerous thing for an organization like this.

Crowley and Hubbard

One aspect of L. Ron Hubbard's life that Scientologists prefer not to discuss is his relationship in the mid-1940's with British occultist and heroin-addict Aleister Crowley. Mr. Crowley was a groundbreaking, if disturbed, artist and thinker who recorded many of his drug-induced experiences in his book The Diary of a Drug Fiend. Hubbard lived under Crowley's guidance for a time, practicing the dark arts with his good friend, Dr. Jack Parsons. The excerpt below is from a ritual performed by Jack Parsons with the assistance of L. Ron Hubbard in January of 1946 called the "Magic Masturbation":

On every occasion before sleep let the Adept figure his goddess before him, wooing her ardently in imagination and exalting himself with all intensity toward her.

Therefore, with or without an assistant, let him purge himself freely and fully, at the end of restraint trained and ordered unto exhaustion, concentrating ever ardently upon the Body of the Great Goddess, and let the Offering be preserved in Her consecrated temple or in a talisman especially prepared for this practice. And let no desire for any other enter the heart. Then shall it be in the end that the Great Goddess will descend and clothe Her beauty in veils of flesh, surrendering her chaste fortress of Olympus to that assault of thee, O Titan, Son of Earth!

Psych Vendetta

It has been long known that Scientologists, and more specifically L. Ron Hubbard, have an intense disgust and rejection of psychiatry and all that it stands for. The reason they give for this is that the mind should be able to heal everything, but my personal belief is that psychiatry is one of the only fields producing tangible results for human health and well-being that Scientology generally does not.

Whether their stance on psychiatry is genuine or inauthentic, the way the CoS tries to exploit this field of medicine is immoral and wrong. I will once again allow this document, written by L. Ron Hubbard, to speak for itself.

The Rumors are True

In so many interviews and conflicts, the CoS has been continually accused of stalking and threatening any reporter trying to expose the organization for what it is. David Miscavige and the higher-ups have flatly denied this in the face of clear proof to the contrary. I sometimes think their denial is not so much intended for the public, who is already skeptical; rather, their denials seem to be aimed at practicing Scientologists who usually aren't interested in or don't have access to interviews and reports against the CoS. Therefore, the only thing they see are the higher-ups' repudiation of a "ridiculous claim" that Scientology threatens challenging reporters.

This is a document from the Church's Office of Special Affairs. See for yourself.

Lying Classes

The Church of Scientology is an organization built on the foundations of falsity, secrecy, and an intense fear of exposure. This document is from an Intelligence Specialist Training Routine written by L. Ron Hubbard. In it, he instructs Scientology's faithful employees how best "to output false data effectively". Now, I don't know about you, but I certainly don't remember being given a "how to lie" pamphlet very often.

Member Tracking

The CoS is notorious for asking its members to undergo intense interviews (Auditing sessions) for hours on end in order to rid the members' head of "engrams", traces of pain or suffering from a prior trauma or incident that occurred in their life. The real purpose of the sessions, as you will see, is to gain as much detailed information about the member as possible. The system is flawless because the auditors (minimally paid members of Scientology) believe wholeheartedly in what they are doing, and the people being audited truly trust that the sessions will eventually clear them of all pain and suffering. Therefore, the process is allowed to work by itself, the members fueling the members.

In this document, however, we see what the CoS is really looking for from these auditing sessions. One would think that there would be progress reports of some kind, detailing the positive or negative advancement of the member's career as a Scientologist through auditing. But in this document, which was confiscated by the FBI in a raid on the Church of Scientology's main offices in 1977, we see the real information that the Church keeps in their files.

Cutting to the Chase

I don't want to waste anyone's time with a welcome message; what I'm going to try to do is post one piece of interesting or enlightening information about Scientology every day. If this pattern can be kept, then hopefully a small, self-compiled record of Scientology's actions can be made and commented upon.

The first thing I want to post is a set of questions from a 1961 Security Check document that is still used to this day in the CoS. A Security Check (Sec Check for short) is a questionnaire designed for Pre-Clears (PCs) which is intended to force the PC to confess if they have any unclean thoughts about or against the Church. The purpose of a Sec Check (and of many auditing sessions) is to gather personal information about a Church member in case said member decides to turn against the Church at some point in the future. It's a fascinating list of questions to read, and it shows just how much knowledge Scientologists have about each of their members. It also shows quite clearly the track-covering and paranoia present within the organization.