By not denouncing the "church" of Scientology and its assorted and sordid corporate entities, you are aiding in leading the lambs to slaughter. Instead you hide behind thugs hired as bodyguards to keep you from even seeing protesters, going so far as to confiscate signs that tell the truth about Scientology. Tom, you are as big a coward as your hero, David Miscavige.
In your films, you generally play an ordinary guy that has been placed in a position where you have to make a decision to pursue that dark path or do the right thing. A hero that ends up doing good and getting the girl too.
In real life, you are the guy who has chosen the dark path. You are nothing but a shill for a greedy, dangerous and deadly commercial enterprise. You still get the girls, but they don't stick around very long. Why? Maybe because you try to shove your false religion down their throats?
Are you proud that people are abused in your name? Don't try to tell us that you don't know that Sea Org Members at the base will take their lumps if you don't like the way your salad tastes.
You may have been protected from the truth in Dublin yesterday, but it will not last for long. The truth will come out soon and you will stand naked in front of the world, accused for the uncaring megalomaniac that you are. Prove us wrong Tom. Speak out.
Sounds like the title of one of those old Hollywood "B" horror movies doesn't it? But for families who have spent over thirty thousand dollars to send their loved ones to Narconon in hopes that they would return happy, healthy and hopeful, only to get those loved ones back in a body bag, life is an endless horror movie with no exit sign in sight.
I know most of you have heard of the recent deaths at Narconon Arrowhead, but there are many more, and there are probably many more than that of which we have not yet heard of. In case you hadn't heard of the four that died recently, I will list them here for you:
March 3, 2009, Kaysie Dianne Werninck, 28, double pneumonia (failure to get medical attention in time) Narconon Arrowhead, Canadian, Oklahoma
October 25, 2011, Gabriel Graves, 32, sauna and vitamin phase, very terrible headache, cause of death undetermined as yet Narconon Arrowhead, Canadian, Oklahoma
April 11, 2012, Hillary Ann Holten, 21, complications of pneumonia and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (adrenal failure), withheld medication Narconon Arrowhead, Canadian, Oklahoma
July 19, 2012, Stacy Dawn Murphy, 20, drug overdose, unattended in withdrawal room Narconon Arrowhead, Canadian, Oklahoma
There are those, though, that you may not have heard of, as there were no mass media reports. I will tell you about a few of them here.
The body of Gregory B. Wisner, age 27, was found in the surf near Indian Rocks Beach, Florida on January 20, 2001. - Gregorys life was a tragedy. He was DISCONNECTED by his father and the rest of his family when he was only 9 years old and he never recovered from this abandonment. His father was R. Michael Wisner, a prominent Scientologist and chief spokesperson for NARCONON. He often appeared on TV touting the benefits of NARCONON.
Gregory Wisner had started to use cocaine in his teens to cope with his problems and, when he was 27, his parents contacted him and coerced him into joining the controversial NARCONON drug rehabilitation program.
NARCONON did not help Gregory in the least and, as a result, his family abandoned him once again. Gregory confided in a friend, I have no one to turn to and that really sucks. I have never been so stripped of my identity. I'm in the middle of nowhere and with no one to turn to. Shortly afterwards, Gregorys body was found washed up on a beach near Clearwater in Florida. postmortem findings found that he had drowned and detected Cocaine (0.70 mg/L) in his blood and urine. His father did not bother to attend the funeral. For the rest of the story, click here.
Pius Keel, a confirmed Scientologist of 22, ended his stay at the Schliersee tragically. He got himself into deep debt for his community. After some time at Narconon he complained to his mother about the barefaced swindle. Narconon is only about money, he said. On September 14, 1990, after less than two months at Narconon, Pius packed his bags and threw himself under a train. - From Narconon Exposed
Grancey-sur-Ource, France - In 1984, a 34 year-old French woman named Jocelyne Dorfmann died from an untreated epilepsy crisis while undergoing treatment at a Narconon center in Grancey-sur-Ource (near Dijon). The assistant-director of that center was convicted[88] of lack of assistance to a person in danger and the Narconon center was closed. Medical experts reported that her death was caused by "an epileptic seizure due to the absence of sufficient treatment at its beginning and of emergency treatment during the seizure". Narconon staff failed to call for medical assistance, as a result of which, Dorfmann died. - From Wikipedia
Next we have a two-fer. That's right. Two guys died within a few days of each other from the same facility:
Paride Ella and Giuseppe Tomba, Valsassina, Italy (1995) - In 1995, two young men, Paride Ella (22) and Giuseppe Tomba (26) died suddenly at the Narconon center in Taceno, Valsassina. Paride Ella died of acute kidney failure (symptoms consistent with a niacin overdose), while the recorded cause of death for Giuseppe Tomba was heart attack. Both patients suffered similar symptoms, vomiting and diarrhea, for days before their deaths. The young men died within a few days of one another, in the so-called 'detoxification' (ultra-high doses of niacin and other vitamins, multi-hour saunas) stage of the Narconon program. The Narconon center had no medical staff and was unable - in either case - to diagnose the seriousness of their condition. Before the deaths, the village's mayor had asked for the Narconon center to be closed. - From the same Wikipedia Article
And another one from Italy:
Torre dell'Orso, Italy (2002) - In Italy, a 33-year-old Italian female patient of the Narconon center in Torre dell'Orso died under similar conditions in 2002. Federica X died from peritonitis, according to her autopsy. She first began to suffer from stomach pains on Monday 7 October 2002, and was driven to the first aid station at Meledugno, which she was given painkillers. She was driven to hospital the following evening, where she died soon after being admitted in a coma. Narconon patient Giovanni Costa later stabbed staff member Rodolfo Savino, whom Costa claimed had ignored Federica's symptoms, and given her insufficient medical aid. Costa was arrested and charged with attempted murder. Also from Wikipedia
April 2, 2007, Fred Oesterreicher, 53, grounds maintenance, heart attack (cause unknown) Narconon Arrowhead, Canadian, Oklahoma
October 12, 2007, Laura (alias), 30, found dead in her bed (cause unknown) Narconon Zutphen, Deventerweg, Holland
June 11, 2008, Patrick W. Desmond, 28, respiratory failure due to heroin and alcohol ingestion Narconon of Georgia, Norcross, Georgia, US
August 27, 2008, Courtney "Cody" Bates, 31, suicide (hanging) while at Criminon San Francisco SBDC New Life Center Criminon, California, US
January 1, 2009, Jean Lafitte, 52, employee, lived on grounds, gunshot wound to the head, suicide (reason unknown) Narconon Arrowhead, Canadian, Oklahoma
My friends, thank you for reading this. You can help by sharing this information with everyone you know. It is too late to help these people, but maybe, together, we can help save some lives.
In the wake of the Lisa McPherson case and the ensuing lawsuit, Scientology management had to come up with a way to not generate any more bad press and to avoid further lawsuits. One thing they could not do is discontinue using the Introspection Rundown (which was responsible for McPherson's death). After all, it was policy written by Hubbard which he had touted as "a technical breakthrough which possibly ranks with the major discoveries of the twentieth century. It is certainly the greatest advancement of 1973 and is now being released after a final wrap-up of research." Hubbard claimed that he had found the definitive cure for Psychosis. What he didn't say was that this type of psychosis is caused by cognitive dissonance brought on by upper level Scientology training and processing.
In 2000, Professor Stephen Kent of the University of Alberta, an expert on the sociology of religion, and Scientology in particular, submitted an affidavit in the wrongful death suit in which he stated that: "Seen in historical context, the Introspection Rundown is the culmination of pseudo-psychiatric and pseudo-medical therapies that dates back to the founding of Dianetics and runs through Scientology up to the present day. Nothing about the Introspection Rundown is religious. Hubbard's stated secular intention was to eliminate psychiatry, and Lisa McPherson fell victim to an organization, Scientology's Flag Service Org, whose members were following Scientology policy."
So instead, Miscavige and his henchmen got together with the legal department and came up with a legal contract (known to us as the Lisa clause) that every Scientologist has to sign before taking courses or processing. Here it is:
Church of Scientology
Flag Service Organization
(hereinafter referred to as "the Church")
Agreement and General Release
Regarding Spiritual Assistance
1. I, ___________________________________, recognize, acknowledge and agree that I am exclusively responsible for my present and future condition in life and for the choices and decisions I make affecting my life. With that in mind, and solely of my own volition and in the independent exercise of my own free will, I am voluntarily signing and submitting to CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY _________________________ (hereinafter the "Church") this AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE REGARDING SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE (hereinafter this "Contract") so that, upon its acceptance by the Church, I may participate in Scientology Religious Services and spiritual assistance under the terms, conditions, covenants, waivers and releases I agree to by signing this contract, and by doing so, I specifically acknowledge and reaffirm all other waivers, releases and agreements I have signed with any Church of Scientology.
2. This contract is my statement of my personal understanding concerning Scientology religious tenets and my statements reflecting my own beliefs and desires. By signing this Contract, I recognize, acknowledge and agree that:
a. Scientology is a religion, the Church is a church of the Scientology religion and all the services and activities of the Scientology religion are exclusively religious in nature.
b. Scientology is unalterably opposed, as a matter of religious belief, to the practice of psychiatry, and espouses as a religious belief that the study of the mind and the healing of mentally caused ills should not be alienated from religion or condoned in nonreligious fields. I am in full agreement with this religious belief. I do not believe in or subscribe to psychiatric labels for individuals It is my strongly held religious belief that all mental problems are spiritual in nature and that there is no such thing as a mentally incompetent person-- only those suffering from spiritual upset of one kind or another dramatized by an individual. I reject all psychiatric labels and intend for this Contract to clearly memorialize my desire to be helped exclusively through religious, spiritual means and not through any form of psychiatric treatment, specifically including involuntary commitment based on so-called lack of competence. Under no circumstances, at any time, do I wish to be denied my right to care from members of my religion to the exclusion of psychiatric care or psychiatric directed care, regardless of what any psychiatrist, medical person, designated member of the state or family member may assert supposedly on my behalf. If circumstances should ever arise in which government, medical or psychiatric officials or personnel or family members or friends attempt to compel or coerce or commit me for psychiatric evaluation, treatment or hospitalization, I fully desire and expect that the Church or Scientologists will intercede on my behalf to oppose such efforts and/or extricate me from that predicament so my spiritual needs may be addressed in accordance with the tenets of the Scientology religion.
c. As I so strongly disagree, as a matter of religious principle, with the use of psychiatric treatment for anyone, including myself, I reject the usage of psychiatric labels and I believe in assisting individuals through religious and spiritual means. Therefore, I am hereby specifying that should I get into a situation in the future, unlikely as it is, where others may think that I need psychiatric treatment of any kind, that I instead desire to receive Scientology spiritual assistance and that it can include, but is not limited to, the Introspection Rundown. Further, I realize that in the future it may consequently be suggested by a senior Scientology minister, should the need arise, that I receive such spiritual assistance, and again, I want to make it clear that under such circumstances I desire to receive Scientology Spiritual Assistance, which may include, but not be limited to, the Introspection Rundown.d. The Scientology religion teaches that the spirit can be saved and that the spirit alone may save or heal the body, and the Introspection Rundown is intended to save the spirit. I understand that the Introspection Rundown is an intensive, rigorous Religious Service that includes being isolated from all sources of potential spiritual upset, including but not limited to family members, friends or others with whom I might normally interact. As part of the Introspection Rundown, I specifically consent to Church members being with me 24 hours a day at the direction of my Case Supervisor, in accordance with the tenets and custom of the Scientology religion. The Case Supervisor will determine the time period in which I will remain isolated, according to the beliefs and practices of the Scientology religion. I further specifically acknowledge that the duration of any such isolation is uncertain, determined only by my spiritual condition, but that such duration will be completely at the discretion of the Case Supervisor. I also specifically consent to the presence of Church members around the clock for whatever length of time is necessary to perform the Introspection Rundown's processes and to achieve the spiritual results of the Introspection Rundown. I understand, acknowledge and agree that the Introspection Rundown addresses only the individual's spiritual needs and I freely consent, without reservation, and without condition or limitation, to Church members conducting the Introspection Rundown, and that I accept and assume all known and unknown risks of injury, loss, or damage resulting from my decision to participate in the Introspection Rundown and specifically absolve all persons and entities from all liabilities of any kind, without limitation, associated with my participation or their participation in my Introspection Rundown.
I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS CONTRACT AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS AND CONSEQUENCES. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE UNLESS I SIGN THIS CONTRACT. WHILE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT I WILL EVER BE IN A CONDITION WHERE PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTION MAY BE DEEMED AN OPTION, I HEREWITH REAFFIRM THAT IN SUCH AN EVENT I WISH TO RECEIVE ONLY SCIENTOLOGY SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE INTROSPECTION RUNDOWN, AND THAT THIS CHOICE IS AN INDEPENDENT EXERCISE OF MY OWN FREE WILL. I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT BY SIGNING BELOW, I AM FOREVER GIVING UP MY RIGHT TO SUE THE CHURCH, ITS STAFF AND ANY OF THE RELEASEES NAMED IN THE GENERAL RELEASE I SIGNED, FOR ANY INJURY OR DAMAGE SUFFERED IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH SCIENTOLOGY RELIGIOUS SERVICES OR SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE.
I sign this Agreement and General Release Regarding Spiritual Assistance on this __ day of _________, 20__, intending to be legally bound to it, and request that I be permitted to participate in spiritual assistance.
What this means for the poor, unsuspecting Scientologist is that if the flip out on course, on post, or in auditing, or if they are at home when they flip out and their family has them committed for observation is that people from the "church" can come in and take them and hold them against their will for as long as it takes until they are deemed cured of their psychosis.
The Catholic Church may have its problems but you will not have to sign a contract not to sue in order to take communion. Linda Hight, A spokeswoman for Scientology said that the contract is self-explanatory.
"I'm sure you know the English language," she said, "and you know what it means."
She described psychiatry as "barbaric, harmful, and fraudulent." "The contract is drawn up," Hight added, "for those who wish [to use it]." Seriously though, if the Lisa case was the only abuse on the Introspection Rundown it would be bad enough, but there are many other cases of abuse on this rundown that many people are unaware of.
In an interview by FactNet, Jesse Prince had this to say:
L: Rick Clinger's wife, Cat Clinger is her real name.
J: She wasn't his wife at this time, he was married to someone else. Her name was Cat Morrow when I was there. She was the head of the Wolly unit, Wolly World, data collection. They called it Wolly World. She was under extreme pressure at a point in time where she wasn't sleeping, she wasn't eating, she was being screamed at 60% of the day, just working day and night, and she flipped. At which point, you know, it seems like people do just go to a certain point and it's not like you can say, I'm sorry, let's go to bed now. No, they don't sleep anymore, they are over the edge. She got the standard treatment of being locked up in a room by herself to scream and just do everything. No restraint, physically.
L: They physically locked her up when she went psychotic?
J: Yeah. They hold you under guard when that happens.
L: Against your will?
J: Absolutely. Just like Lisa McPherson , the standard practice. You are incarcerated at that point, and you're not going to be un-incarcerated until they think you're OK.
L: So is that all you know about Cat, that she was locked up? Do you know of other people that were locked up, who went psychotic against their will?
J: Yes, well one person that Stacy Young and I had to watch a girl named Teresa, we were watching her together.
L: Teresa, what was her last name?
J: I don't know her last name. She was a staff member at Gold. There was some big deadline about getting up a new Mark 7, and she was a Spanish girl, a cultural girl. She had skin pretty much the color of mine, black hair, very pretty girl, young girl, about 19 or 20. She was made to stay up day and night, soldering wires and crap to the e-meter, like on assembly. She started to loose it. The higher RC was saying she's out ethics, she's making overt products, that's why. Then the next thing you know, this girl is speaking and in a place so different than anyone else. She's gone over the edge, she's babbling. She's talking all out of her head. They immediately took her from the Hemet base and put her in Happy Valley, which is a little compound that they have where the children stay, it's by an Indian reservation. My God, talk about first hand experience. Stacy and I and that girl Susie Watson Taylor and a couple of guys, it was like 5 of us watching this girl, keeping her confined to a house. One time she got out of the house and there was this huge cactus out in the yard, and she pulled with her bare hand, one of the leaves off, threw it on the ground, and jumped up and down on the damn thing. I mean, her body was pierced everywhere. She didn't feel a thing, she was laughing. I along with a bunch of other people, pulled the thorns out of her, put hydrogen peroxide on her, and she had a fever, but still would not sleep, would not sleep. This went on for about 3 days. Then she started getting little cat naps. Now, I am so worried, because this woman is talking in voices. She hit me harder than I think I've ever been hit in my life, and now here comes Dr. Denk out there. He has five of us hold her down and he gives her a shot, to make her go to sleep. Her last words is, before she goes under, she looks me right in the eyes and says, "I'm not going to forget you for this Jesse, I'm going to get you." And she conks out. Me of all people. Everyone watched her, she ways this to me. Well, she slept for 2 hours and she was right the hell back up. They tried to give her pills and all of this stuff. Anyway, to make a long story short, it took about a month and a half for this woman to start sleeping again, and then making her eat again. She was getting introspection run down, passing notes back and forth to the case supervisor. She says she wants to go, no one will let her go.
L: She said she wanted to leave, they wouldn't let her out?
J: No.
L: Did Denk know she had gone psychotic?
J: Yes, that' why he was out there giving her a shot. We were worried that she was going to die because she wasn't sleeping, and was getting wilder and wilder and wilder. She ran off and just ran up a damn mountain. No one could even follow her. She was running faster than the dogs.
L: They have dogs out there, chasing -
J: No, just dogs hanging around, ranch dogs. Dogs couldn't even keep up with her. This woman had super-human strength.
L: She was psychotic?
J: Completely, utterly, totally.
L: Were they worried about the woman or were they worried that the Riverside police might come onto the compound?
J: It goes beyond that, her parents were calling, wanting to know where her daughter is.
L: Were they lying to the parents?
J: Yes.
L: The parents were worried and they were lying.
J: She's fine, she's just been working too hard, she's just taking a break. Wouldn't let the parents talk to her, but then, after a while, she was allowed to call her parents. She was told what the hell to say.
L: She was told what to tell them?
J: Yeah.
L: So she was held against her will, her parents were lied to, this was in Riverside County, and Denk knew that she was being held against her will when he administered the shots to her?
J: Right.
L: Did Denk, did you ever hear of Dink going to anyone else who was being held against his will and giving them medication of any kind, anyone that was in a psychotic state or locked up?
J: No, that's the only one that I personally was a witness to. The girl finally came to herself a little better, she was immediately sent away.
And then there is:
The Prisoners of Saint Hill
The Independent
Monday 31 January 1994
by Tim Kelsey and Mike Ricks
The Scientologists call it "baby-watching", but it has nothing to do with looking after infants. TIM KELSEY and MIKE RICKS investigate the potentially dangerous, and possibly illegal, secret treatment that the world's largest cult uses to deal with difficult members.
The middle-aged German student started screaming. He seemed to have lost control. He was a Scientologist, a member of the world's largest cult, on a course of study that, he had been promised, would bring him closer to the secrets of the universe and, eventually, give him the key to eternal life.
According to eyewitnesses, the man, whose name is known to the "Independent", was taken to an isolated room in a communal building not far from Saint Hill, a 17th-century manor house in East Grinstead, West Sussex, and the UK headquarters of the cult.
For two weeks, the room was locked. The German had been placed on an "isolation watch" - or what Scientologists more informally refer to as a "baby watch". It is a treatment that was prescribed by the founder of the cult, L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer, for members showing signs of psychosis or mental ill-health -- people who are, literally, plagued by evil spirits. It is the last resort for dealing with difficult Scientologists. It is a treatment that the organisation has so far kept secret.
The subject of the watch is observed at all times, and not allowed to talk to anybody. He or she is, in the language of the cult, "muzzled". Our witnesses, who have asked to remain anonymous, remember that the German was sometimes incontinent and that they had to wash him down at the sink in the otherwise bare
room. The five people who guarded him were only allowed to communicate with him in writing. Eventually he was allowed to return to Germany.
I think you get the idea. In a sane society, this policy alone should have gotten Scientology shut down a long, long time ago. Please watch the short video below for more information.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CONTAINS VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Almost everyone I have known that has been in a cult has PTSD in some form or another. Just about everybody that has been in Scientology has told me about PTSD symptoms. But Scientology claims to cure PTSD.
"Rather than mask the symptoms of the disorder or attempt to handle it using theories developed by studying rats, Dianetics therapy uses effective techniques based on the case histories of thousands of hours of therapy. In fact, some of the earliest “patients” which were addressed by L. Ron Hubbard in his researches were fellow veterans of World War II. L. Ron Hubbard found effective techniques that could be learned by anyone to handle anxiety, stress and being “stuck” in traumatic incidents. It is also an effective means to address the psychosomatic effects that are caused by past and present trauma."
"The traumatized soldier in the CNN article mentioned above is planning to go to school for 4 years to become a therapist in hopes that she’ll be able to help other people with their stress. However, in a matter of an afternoon, she can be trained in Dianetics techniques which will permanently eradicate the effects of such stress and leave the person alert, and ready to carry out their life with sanity and happiness."
Every Ex-Scientologist I have ever spoken with has at least 4 of the following symptoms:
Symptoms of PTSD: Re-experiencing the traumatic event
Intrusive, upsetting memories of the event
Flashbacks (acting or feeling like the event is happening again)
Nightmares (either of the event or of other frightening things)
Feelings of intense distress when reminded of the trauma
Intense physical reactions to reminders of the event (e.g. pounding heart, rapid breathing, nausea, muscle tension, sweating)
Symptoms of PTSD: Avoidance and numbing
Avoiding activities, places, thoughts, or feelings that remind you of the trauma
Inability to remember important aspects of the trauma
Loss of interest in activities and life in general
Feeling detached from others and emotionally numb
Sense of a limited future (you don’t expect to live a normal life span, get married, have a career)
Symptoms of PTSD: Increased anxiety and emotional arousal
Difficulty falling or staying asleep
Irritability or outbursts of anger
Difficulty concentrating
Hyper-vigilance (on constant “red alert”)
Feeling jumpy and easily startled
Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D. says:
"After exiting a cult, an individual may experience a period of intense and often conflicting emotions. She or he may feel relief to be out of the group, but also may feel grief over the loss of positive elements in the cult, such as friendships, a sense of belonging or the feeling of personal worth generated by the group's stated ideals or mission. The emotional upheaval of the period is often characterized by "post-cult trauma syndrome""
"I escaped from an intimidating and dangerous cult—Scientology—on October 28, 2009. The days and months that followed throughout the past two years have been an ordeal I would not wish on anyone."
For several weeks I was confined to a room on the second floor of the hotel. Meals were brought to my room. One evening I was told to pack. The next morning I was escorted to the airport in Tampa where I was told to pick any place out of the state of Florida, and to go there. I was being given a one-way ticket. I was in shock. I knew what this meant. I was being "offloaded" (Scientology's form of exile). I was no longer welcome in Scientology, which had been my world for twelve years.I flew back to Wisconsin, where my parents were living. My father met me at the airport. Soon I was sitting in the living room of my parents' home, staring at the snow drifting outside the window, trying to assemble my fractured sense of reality into some kind of coherent and workable mental order. For the first week, all I could do was work a huge jigsaw puzzle of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. Slowly fitting the pieces together seemed to correspond to an internal process taking place in my mind. I was still unable to think.I noticed that when my father turned on the television, there were periods of time when I would stare at the screen, yet the words of the announcer were in a foreign language. I knew that was strange, because my father was understanding it just fine. My relationship to reality was tenuous for a long time. I had periods of "floating" when I experienced a strange feeling of being disconnected from everything around me, and felt blissfully apart from it all. The bliss was short-lived. Feelings of terror soon emerged as I began to deal with my predicament. I had been exiled from Scientology and would probably be declared "SP" (Suppressive Person), a death sentence not just for this short lifetime, but for trillions of years to come. It was a scary thought. For the first few weeks, I couldn't go anywhere by myself. I felt too fragile. Even walking around the block by myself became a major challenge. The sudden and unexpected rejection by the cult had caused a complete loss of psychic cohesion that would take months to rebuild. I was, to be blunt, a "basket case."
Scientology has a lot of nerve to claim that it cures PTSD. Do not fall for their PR campaigns.
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I decided to look into the lives and teachings of some abusive cult leaders and see if there was a pattern and to see if David Miscavige, and of course L. Ron Hubbard fit into these parameters. I found that there has been a lot of work in this area, and indeed, there are many traits that almost all abusive cult leaders have in common. These studies have included the likes of Jim Jones (Jonestown Guyana), David Karesh (Branch Davidians), Stewart Traill (The Church of Bible Understanding), Charles Manson, Shoko Asahara (Aum Shinrikyo), Joseph Di Mambro (The Order of the Solar Temple aka Ordre du Temple Solaire), Marshall Heff Applewhit (Heaven’s Gate), Bhagwan Rajneesh (Rajneesh Movement), and Warren Jeffs (polygamist leader). According to psychologist and ex-F.B.I agent Joe Navarro
"What stands out about these individuals is that they were or are all pathologically narcissistic. They all have or had an over-abundant belief that they were special, that they and they alone had the answers to problems, and that they had to be revered. They demanded perfect loyalty from followers, they overvalued themselves and devalued those around them, they were intolerant of criticism, and above all they did not like being questioned or challenged. And yet, in spite of these less than charming traits, they had no trouble attracting those who were willing to overlook these features."
Let's take an amalgamation of these leaders and see what traits they have in common:
Here are the typical traits of the pathological cult leader you should watch for and which shout caution, get away, run, or avoid if possible:
He has a grandiose idea of who he is and what he can achieve.
Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, or brilliance.
Demands blind unquestioned obedience.
Requires excessive admiration from followers and outsiders.
Has a sense of entitlement - expecting to be treated special at all times.
Is exploitative of others by asking for their money or that of relatives putting others at financial risk.
Is arrogant and haughty in his behavior or attitude.
Has an exaggerated sense of power (entitlement) that allows him to bend rules and break laws.
Takes sexual advantage of members of his sect or cult.
Sex is a requirement with adults and sub adults as part of a ritual or rite.
Is hypersensitive to how he is seen or perceived by others.
Publicly devalues others as being inferior, incapable, or not worthy.
Makes members confess their sins or faults publicly subjecting them to ridicule or humiliation while revealing exploitable weaknesses of the penitent.
Has ignored the needs of others, including: biological, physical, emotional, and financial needs.
Is frequently boastful of accomplishments.
Needs to be the center of attention and does things to distract others to insure that he or she is being noticed by arriving late, using exotic clothing, over dramatic speech, or by making theatrical entrances.
Has insisted in always having the best of anything (house, car, jewelry, clothes) even when others are relegated to lesser facilities, amenities, or clothing.
Doesn’t seem to listen well to needs of others, communication is usually one-way in the form of dictates.
Haughtiness, grandiosity, and the need to be controlling is part of his personality.
Behaves as though people are objects to be used, manipulated or exploited for personal gain.
When criticized he tends to lash out not just with anger but with rage.
Anyone who criticizes or questions him is called an “enemy.”
Refers to non-members or non-believers in him as “the enemy.”
Acts imperious at times, not wishing to know what others think or desire.
Believes himself to be omnipotent.
Has “magical” answers or solutions to problems.
Is superficially charming.
Habitually puts down others as inferior and only he is superior.
Has a certain coldness or aloofness about him that makes others worry about who this person really is and or whether they really know him.
Is deeply offended when there are perceived signs of boredom, being ignored or of being slighted.
Treats others with contempt and arrogance.
Is constantly assessing for those who are a threat or those who revere him.
The word “I” dominates his conversations. He is oblivious to how often he references himself.
Hates to be embarrassed or fail publicly - when he does he acts out with rage.
Doesn’t seem to feel guilty for anything he has done wrong nor does he apologize for his actions.
Believes he possesses the answers and solutions to world problems.
Believes himself to be a deity or a chosen representative of a deity.
Rigid, unbending, or insensitive describes how this person thinks.
Tries to control others in what they do, read, view, or think.
Has isolated members of his sect from contact with family or outside world.
Monitors and or restricts contact with family or outsiders.
Works the least but demands the most.
Has stated that he is “destined for greatness” or that he will be “martyred.”
Seems to be highly dependent of tribute and adoration and will often fish for compliments.
Uses enforcers or sycophants to insure compliance from members or believers.
Sees self as “unstoppable” perhaps has even said so.
Conceals background or family which would disclose how plain or ordinary he is.
Doesn’t think there is anything wrong with himself – in fact sees himself as perfection or “blessed.”
Has taken away the freedom to leave, to travel, to pursue life, and liberty of followers.
Has isolated the group physically (moved to a remote area) so as to not be observed.
When a cult or organizational leader has a preponderance of these traits then we can anticipate that at some point those who associate with him will likely suffer physically, emotionally, psychologically, or financially. If these traits sound familiar to leaders, groups, sects, or organizations known to you then expect those who associate with them to live in despair and to suffer even if they don’t know it, yet.
Two writers on the subject used the label "Trust Bandit" to describe the psychopathic personality.Trust Bandit is indeed an apt description of this thief of our hearts, souls, minds, bodies, and pocketbooks. Since a significant percentage of current and former cult members have been in more than one cultic group or relationship, learning to recognize the personality style of the Trust Bandit can be a useful antidote to further abuse.
The Profile of a Psychopath
In reading the profile, bear in mind the three characteristics that Robert Lifton sees as common to a cultic situation:
1. A charismatic leader who...increasingly becomes the object of worship
2. A series of processes that can be associated with "coercive persuasion" or "thought reform"
3. The tendency toward manipulation from above...with exploitation--economic, sexual, or other--of often genuine seekers who bring idealism from below.
Steve Hassan (former cult member turned psychologist) says, "It's shocking to me that so many people today have not even heard of Jonestown". But Hassan observes the lasting psychological effects every day in his work with former cult victims, and he says cults are growing more powerful and more cunning in their deceit--often by using psychological research findings--while the public remains largely unaware of them.
If cults are going to abuse lessons from social psychology, psychologists must study how they are doing this, Cialdini says. More attention to researching and working with cult victims is needed, Hassan adds. For example, psychologists need specific training to work with former cult members, who often suffer from dissociative or panic disorders, he explains.
"There are lots of individuals who are suffering," Hassan says, "and they need our help."
Referring back to Hubbard and Miscavige, I think you can see that they share too many of the above traits to be ignored and that indeed, people who have loved ones in the "church" of Scientology should have grave concerns for the well-being of those loved ones.
Thanks for dropping by. I will be interested in your views. If you have the time, please see the video below to look into some of the mind of L. Ron Hubbard.
STOP! BEFORE YOU OPEN THIS BOOK, CHECK YOUR COMMON SENSE AT THE DOOR!
As a science fiction writer, Hubbard knew about cognitive dissonance, the feeling of discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs. Like when you are trying to make some scientific data fit in with what you know is right and it doesn't quite go together. Hubbard handled it by telling us that if you are having a hard time grasping his information, or if you disagreed with one of his theorems, that you have a misunderstood word. He makes you responsible for your own discomfort and tells you how to fix it. You just have to re-define everything you know and you will be alright.
The problem with Dianetics is, you must negate common sense, medical fact and true intellectual thought in order to accept Dianetic theory. He makes you believe his statements by saying, "All these things are scientific facts, tested and rechecked and tested again. And with them can be produced a clear on whom our racial future depends.", but he provides no documentation. Let's just take a look at a few examples.
This first one stretches the imagination a bit:
"A patient is urgent in her insistence that her father raped her when she was nine and that this is the cause of all her misery. Large numbers of insane patients claim this. And it is perfectly true. Father did rape her, but it happened she was only nine days beyond conception at the time. The pressure and upset of coitus is very uncomfortable to the child and normally can be expected to give the child an engram which will have as its content the sexual act and everything that was said."
Of course to accept this, you have to believe that an embryo 4 days past the zygote stage is capable of intellectual thought and is able to determine sexual activity from rape, as well as biology. Actual science tells us that these concepts are not available to us until several years after birth.
Or there is the case of the male negro who had convulsions when audited on prenatal life:
"The convulsion proved to be twenty engrams nearer birth than the basic which lay on another chain and which was discovered by dream technique. The convulsion was caused by the dramatization of an engram involving the injection of turpentine into the uterus by the mother in an attempted abortion. The main engramic chain consisted of the mother's efforts to abort herself. From engramic content it was gathered that the mother was a prostitute, for as many as twenty experiences of coitus succeeded two of these abortion attempts. . . The basic chain contained many quarrels about money between the mother and her customers. The basic incident. . . was found to lie about twenty days after conception, when the mother first discovered her pregnancy."
Hm. It seems like Hubbard was hung up on abortion. Look at these:
"The basic proved to be a mutual abortion attempt by the mother and father. The mother said she would die if anyone found out.... The father said the baby was probably like her and he didn't want it. Eighteen penetrations of the head, throat and shoulders with a long orange-wood stick - probably in third month. Several similar incidents completed this chain. Coitus followed each attempt at abortions. Another incident proved to be basic without a chain and with innumerable locks: an attempted abortion by a professional abortionist who used some form of needle and scraper."
And this.
"Attempted abortion is very common. And remarkably lacking in success. The mother, every time she injures the child in such a fiendish fashion, is actually penalizing herself. Morning sickness is entirely engramic, so far as can be discovered, since clears have not so far experienced it during their own pregnancies. And the act of vomiting because of pregnancy is via contagion of aberration. Actual illness generally results only when mother has been interfering with the child either by douches or knitting needles or some such thing.... morning sickness evidently gets into a society because of these interferences such as attempted abortion, and, of course injury."
And lastly:
"And in the case of the ulcers, here was baby poked full of holes (Mama is having a terrible time trying to abort him so she can pretend a miscarriage, and she uses assorted household instruments thrust into the
cervix to do it) and some of the holes are through and through his baby's abdomen and stomach : he will
live because he is surrounded by protein and has a food supply and because the sac is like one of these puncture-proof inner tubes that seals up every hole. (Nature has been smart about attempted abortion for a long, long time.)"
Hubbard has come up with the cause and cure of morning sickness. Right. If you really believe that, I have a bridge in San Francisco that I would love to sell you. Also, if you poke holes through a baby's stomach or any of its vital organs, it is going to die. It is not going to live to be audited 20 years down the line. And last, the amniotic sac is not some self-sealing inner tube. If the baby is not well sufficiently developed to be born, it will die without some surgical assistance.
Let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks for dropping by. I hope to see you soon.
In Hubbard's 1952 Philadelphia Doctorate Course Lectures, he states:
"The magical cults of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th centuries in the Middle East were fascinating. The only modern work that has anything to do with them is a trifle wild in spots, but is a fascinating work in itself, and that's the work of Aleister Crowley - the late Aleister Crowley - my very good friend.... He signs himself 'the Beast,' mark of the Beast 666..."
And even as late as 1958, he was trying to tell us where he got his OT information:
"But mysticism/occultism isn't our source. Our source, actually, is magic. Magic is something that, today, is performed on a stage with prestidigitation. But magic actually has a much more vivid and noble history than a stage magician. It is quite remarkable that the magician attempts directly to use spirits to perform his will. And that is his basic modus operandi. That is his goal in practicing magic." from a Lecture given on 29 January 1958, The History of Clearing by L Ron Hubbard.
And even in the OT materials he claims that he came to fulfill the prophecy of the Anti-Christ. Wow! It won't come as a big shock to anyone who has researched Hubbard's life. Many of us already know about the time he was involved in the Babylon Workings. In case you haven't heard about it:
Hubbard was clearly involved in the occult. In 1945, L. Ron Hubbard met Jack Parsons, who was a renowned scientist, protegee of occultist Aleister Crowley, and a member of the notorious Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), an international organization founded by Crowley to practice sexual black magic. Parsons had Hubbard move onto the property of Parsons' Pasadena, California, home. It was there that Hubbard began to practice the occult and sexual magic. Parsons' mistress, Sara Northrup, left him for Hubbard and later became Hubbard's second wife, even before Hubbard had divorced his first wife (The Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1990, p. A37). Biographer Russell Miller wrote, "Parsons considered that Ron had great magical potential and took the risk of breaking his solemn oath of secrecy to acquaint Ron with some of the O.T.O. rituals.... Parsons wrote to his 'Most Beloved Father' (his term for Aleister Crowley) to acquaint him with events: 'About three months ago I met Captain L. Ron Hubbard.... Although he has no formal training in Magick, he has an extraordinary amount of experience and understanding in the field. From some of his experiences I deduced that he is in direct touch with some higher intelligence, possibly his Guardian Angel. He describes his Angel as a beautiful winged woman with red hair whom he calls the Empress and who has guided him through his life and saved him many times. He is the most Thelemic [self-willed, independent] person I have ever met and is in complete accord with our own principles'" (Russell Miller, Bare-Faced Messiah: the True Story of L. Ron Hubbard, 1987, pp. 117-8,). "Parsons wanted to attempt an experiment in black magic that would push back the frontiers of the occult world. With the assistance of his new friend, he intended to try and create a 'moonchild' - the magical child 'mightier than all the kings of the earth,' whose birth had been prophesied in The Book of the Law more than forty years earlier"
And former high ranking Scientologists Bent Corydon and Hubbard's son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr., wrote, :
"In order to obtain a woman prepared to bear this magical child, Parsons and Hubbard engaged themselves for eleven days of rituals ¼ on January 18th, Parsons found the girl who was prepared to become the mother of Babylon, and to go through the required incantation rituals. During these rituals, which took place on the first three days of March 1946, Parsons was High Priest and had sexual intercourse with the girl, while Hubbard who was present acted as skryer, seer, or clairvoyant and described what was supposed to be happening on the astral plane" (Bent Corydon & L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, 1987, pp. 256-7).
Hubbard's oldest son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr, said in the 1983 Penthouse interview:
"There was no other religion in the house! Scientology and black magic. What a lot of people don't realize is that Scientology is black magic that is just spread out over a long time period. To perform black magic generally takes a few hours or, at most, a few weeks. But in Scientology it's stretched out over a lifetime, and so you don't see it. Black magic is the inner core of Scientology --and it is probably the only part of Scientology that really works. Also, you've got to realize that my father did not worship Satan. He thought he was Satan. He was one with Satan. He had a direct pipeline of communication and power with him. My father wouldn't have worshiped anything. I mean, when you think you're the most powerful being in the universe, you have no respect for anything, let alone worship."
It just keeps getting better. Hubbard Jr. says in a taped lecture in 1984:
"As an interesting sidelight, the same individual that transmitted the various Magick tech to Adolf Hitler as a young man also transmitted them to Dad. And like Dad, Hitler, when he came to power, promptly had his teachers and the occult field in general wiped out. This might answer for you in some small way the similarities of the Sea Org and the Guardian's Office to the S.S. and Gestapo. Remember the old revolutionary rule which states one has to, the moment one comes to power, suppress those very things that achieved the power. You must not allow the populace or anyone else to do the things you did to get you there. Which is one of the reasons there has been a great vocal suppression of hypnosis, because that is an entrance point to the Magick which my father used a great deal of, clear up through the fifties and clear up to the point he died."
And more from the same lecture:
"Truth in itself is its own power source. Truth IS. Any is-ness doesn't need exterior power, it is self-powered. It just kind of sits there and glows a little bit and it will do it forever because it has done it forever. But to maintain a lie, a falsehood, a fiction, one needs to really pump the juice into it and keep pumping. The more you pump the more it needs. And the more it needs the more it needs and the more it demands until it finally just implodes. And implodes right on Dad's head. And this is precisely what happened. Dad always felt that he was above any law and felt he had to take the shortcut. He was in a hurry and so therefore he was not a respecter of persons, minds or people (people defined as thetans). The Magick tech itself has quite a number of very basic rules and regulations that demand to be met or what happens to you is what happened to L. Ron Hubbard. Crash! Again he did not practice what he preached and did not follow a gradient and he paid for it. He was a Master Adept of the Mysteries, but he broke the rules. He first became involved in the Magick at the age of sixteen, when he read Aleister Crowley's book, The Book of the Law. And because of that Book of the Law, he also started his heavy drug usage trail which led to heavier and heavier use of drugs on himself and of course others in order to reach his goals - to be the most powerful being in the universe. If L. Ron Hubbard had a great deal of knowledge and very little wisdom, then Aleister Crowley did too. The difference between the two men was that Aleister Crowley had very little motivation. Aleister felt rather contented to just quietly be the Beast 666 instead of implementing the Magick for personal gain. This lack of drive and ambition, I think, pushed Dad onward, because to him the only reason and purpose for power was the exercising and the using of it. When Aleister Crowley died in 1947 that's when Dad decided he would take over the mantle of the Beast and that is the seed and the beginning of Dianetics and Scientology. The Magick tech transcends Scientology tech, but there again, Dad felt that he was above any and all law. Well, one can't be above the Magick laws or one is going to find himself in oblivion and that's exactly what happened. It's extremely foolish for man or beast to think they can contain an exploding hydrogen bomb in their hip pocket."
I hope you found this informative. You can find more great information on Scientology by visiting Arnaldo Lerma's great website. Thanks for being here. I hope you come back soon.
The state of Clear, OT levels and Super Power, are a fraud. Hubbard knew it and Miscavige, as well as top level management, knows it. Logic dictates that this is true. I will give you Hubbard's statements on these first then I will explain why I believe he knew he was perpetuating a fraud.
The state of Clear:
"A Clear is a being who no longer has his own reactive mind, and therefore suffers none of the ill effects the reactive mind can cause. The Clear has no engrams which, when restimulated, throw out the correctness of his computations by entering hidden and false data."
Super Power:
"A super fantastic, but confidential series of rundowns that can be done on anybody whether Dn [Dianetics] Clear or not that puts the person into fantastic shape unleashing Super Power of a thetan. This means that puts Scientologists into a new realm of ability enabling them to create a new world. It puts world Clearing within reach of the future."
And OT 8:
"Section VIII OT - Ability to be at cause knowingly and at will over thought, life, form, matter, energy, space and time, subjective and objective."
“A thetan who is completely rehabilitated and can do everything a thetan should do, such as move MEST (Matter, Energy, Space and Time) and control others from a distance, or create his own universe; a person who is able to create his own universe or, living in the MEST universe is able to create illusions perceivable others at will, to handle MEST universe objects without mechanical means and to have and feel no need of bodies or even the MEST universe to keep himself and his friends interested in existence.”
Ok, first off, if Scientology had all these powerful, winning parishioners, why aren't they out there screaming it from the rooftops? Well, even after all these years, Super Power has yet to be released to the Scientology public. And that too tells you something. If Super Power, as well as these other super states worked, it would have been released long before now if only to have happy customers talking about it.
Next let's look at Scientology Staff and Sea Org members. Shabbily dressed, underfed and underpaid, most with a look of fear or distress on their faces, seeming only to say, have to, have to, now, now, now, get the product. Again, if these states were as powerful as touted, people would be flocking in like Canadian Geese to get on service. You wouldn't have to sell them anything. They would be screaming to buy.
And lastly, speaking of Staff and Sea org, if you had the technology that Scientology claims to have, and wanted to get everyone in the world "cleared", wouldn't you drive you staff and dedicated Sea Org members up to the top of the "Bridge to Total Freedom" first? See what I mean?
Thank you so much for being here today. I hope you come back often.
Kyle Brennan's death (you can read about it here) is one of too many deaths of young people at the hands of Scientology. Scientology and the Clearwater Fl. Police Dept. (who are somehow controlled by Scientology) claim that he committed suicide. I as well as many have doubts that it was suicide but, if it was indeed suicide it was, in my opinion, a case of Depraved Indifference Homicide. You see, Kyle's father, at the command of Scientology, took Kyle's anti-depressant/anti-anxiety medication away from him and locked it in his trunk. This left Kyle in a state of instant withdrawal with no medical, or any other, supervision. Anyone with a brain could see that this was an invitation to disaster. Kyle's father was afraid that as he was connected to a person (His Own Son), who was on psychiatric drugs, and if he didn't handle his son, (get him off of the drugs), he might not be able to continue to receive services from Scientology. Kyle's mother, Victoria Britton, spoke publicly for the first time last night with God Discussion on Blog Talk Radio.
This by Denise Brennan:
Below is a podcast of a three-hour radio show last night, February 15, 2013. In my opinion it is one of the most important recordings ever made about the dangers of organized scientology and how it can hurt any of our children. There were several very helpful panel members and people who called in but the main person speaking for the first time publically was Victoria Britton, the mother of Kyle Brennan who died tragically at the "mecca" of scientology in Clearwater, FL. Victoria's love, compassion, goodness and pain shown through to tell a story that we all need to hear. I highly recommend that people listen to this and pass it on to all possible media contacts so it can be spread even further.Kyle Brennan could have been the child of any of us. And what happened to Kyle could happen to any of our children. I wish every mother and father in the world could hear this.
Contact your State representatives and senators and ask them to enact laws against depriving children and young charges of medical attention or medication in the name of religion or faith healing. Recently the state of Oregon in the U.S. passed a law that makes it illegal for parents to deprive their children of medical attention because of religious beliefs:
"Lawmakers said if parents don't get medical attention for their kids, they will be charged with manslaughter if not murder.
"That they do not seek medical care when their child is suffering much less dying is just inexcusable. They have a right to practice their own beliefs on themselves but the state of Oregon says you don't have the right to practice your belief on your children," said State Representative Carolyn Tomei." You can read the full story here.
Thanks for coming by today. I hope you will be back.
I am going to try to be fair here, and give Scientology the benefit of the doubt. I will forget, for a moment, what was done to me at the hands of Scientology Upper Management in the interest of a fair challenge. Also, just to be fair, we will use only the words of Hubbard written before 1986. No re-writes. In the book Scientology 8-8008, Hubbard writes:
“A thetan who is completely rehabilitated and can do everything a thetan should do, such as move MEST (Matter, Energy, Space and Time) and control others from a distance, or create his own universe; a person who is able to create his own universe or, living in the MEST universe is able to create illusions perceivable by others at will, to handle MEST universe objects without mechanical means and to have and feel no need of bodies or even the MEST universe to keep himself and his friends interested in existence.”
And, of course, I am going to add the abilities gained from the Scientology Grade Chart from 1986:
Section VIII OT - Ability to be at cause knowingly and at will over thought, life, form, matter, energy, space and time, subjective and objective.
Scientology has claimed that the fall of Communism in Europe is directly related to the release of OT 8 and as far as I can determine, since OT 8 was released, there have to be a couple of hundred of them at least. So if you got just a few of them together, their postulates would have to come true, wouldn't they? My challenge is not even as difficult as the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Here is my challenge. To Mr. Miscavige and the Upper Management of the "church" of Scientology. If you accept this challenge, at a place and time of my choosing, you may bring up to six (6) OT 8's for a simple test of their combined OT abilities. They are to levitate (without ever having touched it) an ashtray that I will provide. It will be in a public place and the media will be invited.
The terms are simple. If your OT's manage to pull off this amazing feat, I will retract every negative thing I ever said about Scientology and will no longer protest Scientology publicly or privately.
If, on the other hand, your OT's are not able to perform, David Miscavige must publicly apologize to me for my treatment by Scientology Upper management and must admit that the OT levels are a fraud.
Mr. Miscavige, I await your response.
Thank you everyone for reading my posts, I hope they are informative. I would ask you all to share this post everywhere you can so that it goes viral. That way D.M. might even see it and respond. Wouldn't that be a kick?
