The Babalon Working was a series of magical rituals performed in 1946 by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, and Jack Parsons, rocket scientist and Lodge Master of the Agapé Lodge of the Ordo Templi Orientis. Read Alexander Mitchell's shocking expose published on 5 October 1969: Revealed for the first time...the odd beginning of Ron Hubbard's career. From the magical record of Jack Parsons: This book contains the record of a magical experiment relating to the invocation of an … [Read more...] about Hubbard and the Babalon Working
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Blog article: ‘Scientology is Security for South Africa’: How L. Ron Hubbard sought to prop up apartheid (2019)
‘Scientology is Security for South Africa’ How L. Ron Hubbard sought to prop up apartheid By Chris Owen | June 6, 2019[1. Retrieved from https://tonyortega.org/2019/06/06/scientology-is-security-for-south-africa-how-l-ron-hubbard-sought-to-prop-up-apartheid/] South Africa is a country of extraordinary contrasts: Fertile savannahs and teeming cities, immense wealth and terrible poverty, multiracial idealism and ethnic violence. It’s also a place of striking contrasts in Scientology’s history. … [Read more...] about Blog article: ‘Scientology is Security for South Africa’: How L. Ron Hubbard sought to prop up apartheid (2019)
The Religion Angle
"...We don’t want a clinic. We want one in operation but not in name. Perhaps we could call it a Spiritual Guidance Center. Think up its name, will you. And we could put in nice desks and our boys in neat blue with diplomas on the walls and 1. knock psychotherapy into history and 2. make enough money to shine up my operating scope and 3. keep the HAS [1. HAS: Hubbard Association of Scientology] solvent. It is a problem of practical business. I await your reaction on the religion angle. In my … [Read more...] about The Religion Angle
Factchecking: Mike Rinder on L. Ron Hubbard (Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9)
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: Buying A Town Season 3, Episode 9[1. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: Buying A Town IMDB] [00:09:18.553] Mike Rinder: I was on board the Apollo with L. Ron Hubbard from 1973 until 1975. The ship had been thrown out of various countries. He tried to bring the Apollo to the United States in 1974. And he discovered that the FBI, IRS, DEA and various other government agencies were waiting on the dock. For the next year or so, we sailed … [Read more...] about Factchecking: Mike Rinder on L. Ron Hubbard (Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Season 3 Episode 9)
Transcript: Marc Headley quotes Hubbard on control (Season 1 Episode 5) (2016)
[00:12:44.259][1. From Leah Remini: Scientology & The Aftermath (Season 1 Episode 5)] Marc Headley: There's a policy letter that L. Ron Hubbard wrote. It's one of the five tapes that you listen to when you join the Sea Org. And it's a lecture that L. Ron Hubbard gave to Sea Org members in the 1960s. Which is, "Whoever controls the public relations, controls the world." If you are going to control or govern or have influence upon an area, you have to make ethnic surveys. You have … [Read more...] about Transcript: Marc Headley quotes Hubbard on control (Season 1 Episode 5) (2016)
Encyclopedia: Joseph Cressman [Cheesman] Thompson (n.d.)
Joseph Cressman "Snake" Thompson, M. D., (1874-1943) was a career medical officer in the United States Navy and attained the rank of commander before retirement in 1929. His nickname, 'Snake' derived from his expertise in the field of herpetology. He was also a cat breeder who helped develop the Burmese breed of cat. "In 1930 Dr. Joseph C. Thompson took a brown cat named Wong Mau from Burma to America. She herself was a hybrid from Siamese and a dark-coated breed named Burmese. Mated to a … [Read more...] about Encyclopedia: Joseph Cressman [Cheesman] Thompson (n.d.)