The author [Lawrence Wright] contacted me when a high church official [1. Church spokesperson Tommy Davis] said the biography confirmed that Heinlein as Hubbard’s naval intelligence handler sent Hubbard to Jack Parsons to break up “black magic” practice. The author of the article[1. The New Yorker article: The Apostate] noted that the biography doesn’t say anything about this. He contacted me by email and we had a short exchange a couple of months ago in which I said I had investigated that … [Read more...] about Blog article: William H. Patterson, Jr.: “The New Yorker knows who I am” (2011)
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Book: Of The Main Types Of The Operations Of Magick Art And Of The Powers Of The Sphinx (n.d.)
As was said at the opening of the second chapter, the Single Supreme Ritual is the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. "It is the raising of the complete man in a vertical straight line."Any deviation from this line tends to become black magic. Any other operation is black magic.[1. The goal in Scientology is not the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, but to be "the living embodiment of LRH technology." See Welcome to the … [Read more...] about Book: Of The Main Types Of The Operations Of Magick Art And Of The Powers Of The Sphinx (n.d.)
News: The Man Behind The Religion (1990)
LA TIMES: The Mind Behind the Religion From a life haunted by emotional and financial troubles, L. Ron Hubbard brought forth Scientology. He achieved godlike status among his followers, and his death has not deterred the church's efforts to reach deeper into society. By Joel Sappell and Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writers[1. Retrieved from: http://www.latimes.com/la-scientology062490,0,7104164,full.story] June 24, 1990 Hubbard's intense curiosity about the mind's power led him … [Read more...] about News: The Man Behind The Religion (1990)
Legal Decision: The Latey Decision Re: B & G (Minors) (1984)
To promote himself and the cult [Hubbard] has made these among other false claims: […] That he was sent by U.S. Naval Intelligence to break up a black magic ring in California. He was not. He was himself a member of that occult group and practised ritual sexual magic in it. […] There is no dispute about any of this. The evidence is unchallenged.[1. Source: http://xenu.net/archive/audit/latey.html] Notes … [Read more...] about Legal Decision: The Latey Decision Re: B & G (Minors) (1984)
Essay: The Babalon Working by Michael Staley (1989)
In 1969, the "Sunday Times" newspaper published an article on the lines of "Founder of Scientology involved in Black Magic", in which they recounted details of the Babalon Working. The article was based on details gleaned from the Gerald Yorke Collection at the Warburg Institute, to which the reporters had gained access. Hubbard instituted legal proceedings for libel, and the "Sunday Times" for reasons of their own decided not to fight it. Subsequently, Yorke withdrew from the Warburg … [Read more...] about Essay: The Babalon Working by Michael Staley (1989)
Book: L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman? (1987)
One definition of magic is, "Total commitment to get, to achieve, to win - with such totality that one's life itself becomes the ritual of that commitment." (It has been noted that, when that commitment "is malevolent, the magic is black.") For Hubbard, morality was a straitjacket worn by fools. Morality was utilized only when it aided him in reaching his objective. (He gave lip service to all sorts of noble humanitarian sentiments, but he also visibly, especially from the mid-sixties on, … [Read more...] about Book: L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman? (1987)