I well recall a conversation I had with a Dr. Center in Savannah,* Georgia, in 1949. It well expresses the arrogance and complete contempt for law and order of the psychiatrist. A man had just called to inquire after his wife who was “under treatment” in Center’s hospital. Center asked him, “Do you have the money...? That’s right, thirty thousand...well you better get it or I’ll have to send your dear wife to the state institution and you know what will happen then!” I was there doing work on … [Read more...] about Web article: Today’s Terrorism (n.d.)
Scientology Zero
HCOB: Assists in Scientology (1971)
HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 21 OCTOBER 1971 REISSUED 21 SEPTEMBER 1974 Remimeo ASSISTS IN SCIENTOLOGY DEFINITION: AN ASSIST: AN ACTION UNDERTAKEN BY A MINISTER TO ASSIST THE SPIRIT TO CONFRONT PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES. An assist is not normally done in a formal session. The way the term has been used is a very simple activity to relieve an immediate troublesome difficulty. An assist is much more specifically and definitely … [Read more...] about HCOB: Assists in Scientology (1971)
Book: The True Story of Scientology (1965)
THE TRUE STORY of Scientology is simple, concise and direct. It is quickly told: 1. A philosopher developed a philosophy about life and death. 2. People find it interesting. 3. People find it works. 4. People pass it along to others. 5. It grows. When we examine this extremely accurate and very brief account, we see that there must be in our civilization some very disturbing elements for anything else to be believed about Scientology. These disturbing elements are the … [Read more...] about Book: The True Story of Scientology (1965)
Lecture: Scientology Zero (1963)
In this 1963 lecture, Hubbard announces an undercut to Scientology philosophy; discusses the actions of merchants of chaos in society and how they sell solutions to a dangerous environment; patterns Scientology's entry level technology as solutions to the dangerous environment; uses a boa constrictor and its prey to illustrate the activity of some religious activities with respect to reality; implies Scientology is a boa constrictor, but that it delivers coping mechanisms for victims being … [Read more...] about Lecture: Scientology Zero (1963)