⇑ Latest
↑ Later
Earlier ↓
Earliest ⇓
Sep 23, 1974
Scientology — NewsweekMore: link
Type: Press
Source:
Newsweek In the summer of 1950, an unusual book burst onto the best-seller lists and almost instantly became the focus of a national cult. "Dianetics," an extraordinary blend of Eastern philosophy, psychoanalytic technique and futuristic theory, had been concocted by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, a sometime explorer, engineer and science-fiction writer. The book offered a self-help answer to all manner of psychic and bodily ills, and the medical and psychiatric community responded with alarm. Partly for protection from these attacks, Hubbard in 1954 ...
Jun 1, 1974
Fear and Loathing in Sutton: The McLean family's fight to escape Scientology — MacleansMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Saunders Source:
Macleans The
McLean family first became involved in Scientology in 1969, when Nan, an energetic grandmother, joined the cult. Her husband, Eric, their two sons and their daughter-in-law followed. Eric McLean is a soft-spoken, 52-year-old teacher of auto mechanics now on leave to work for the Ontario high-school teachers' federation. He and Nan live in an old farmhouse outside the village of Sutton, north of Toronto. By 1972, the five McLeans were pillars of the Church of Scientology. Nan drove 100 ...
Mar 7, 1974
Counterattack: The response to criticism [last of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s):
James E. Adams ,
Elaine Viets Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) "We are not a law enforcement agency. BUT we will become interested in the crimes of people who seek to stop us ... If you leave us alone, we will leave you alone." - L. Ron Hubbard Founder of the Church of Scientology The Church of Scientology does not turn the other cheek. Said Emily Watson, the church's national public affairs representative: "We tried doing that for years, but the attacks kept growing ...." Two attacks to which she referred were ...
Mar 6, 1974
The reclusive founder of Scientology [second of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s):
James E. Adams ,
Elaine Viets Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be to start his own religion." - L. Ron Hubbard Founder of the Church of Scientology Lafayette Ronald Hubbard tossed off this remark at a lecture in Newark N.J., in 1949. At the time Hubbard was 38 years old, a prolific science fiction writer advising science fiction buffs on the tricks of his trade. The audience ...
Tag(s):
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Arthur Hubbard •
Athena (formerly, Avonriver) •
Bolivar •
Church of Scientology of Toronto •
Diana Hubbard Horwich •
Dianetics •
E-Meter •
Elaine Viets •
Excalibur (ship) •
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) •
Founding Church of Scientology, Washington D.C. •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Income •
James E. Adams •
John McLean •
Jonathan "Jon" Horwich •
L. Ron Hubbard •
Lawsuit •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Nancy McLean •
Operation and Transport Corporation, Ltd. (OTC) •
Quentin Geoffrey MaCauley Hubbard •
Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) •
Suzette Hubbard Mar 3, 1974
Expensive trip to spirituality [first of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s):
James E. Adams ,
Elaine Viets Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) The Church of Scientology of Missouri, a branch of a controversial organization promising total spiritual freedom for all followers, opened in 1969 with a six member staff at a small Brentwood office. Today, the church has a staff of 150 and is in the process of moving from rented, two-story quarters at 4225 Lindell Boulevard to an even larger building of its own at 3730 Lindell. For fees that can total $5700, the staff conducts personal enlightenment and improvement courses for ...
Jan 7, 1974
Flag order 3434RB / The Rehabilitation Project Force More: link , wikileaks.org
Oct 1, 1973
The Awful Truth About Scientology — The RealistMore: ep.tc
Type: Press
Source:
The Realist [Reproduced here with express permission of Paul Krassner — Publisher of The Realist. Thank you! Transcribed from scanned pages at The Realist Project Archive .] Although many people have had some brief acquaintance with Scientology, very few have gotten into the subject far enough to find out what it is really all about. It is a subject which doesn't easily lend itself to study. The courses are many and tend to become quite expensive, not only in terms of money, ...
Oct 26, 1972
Books / Inside Scientology — Rolling StoneMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
William S. Burroughs Source:
Rolling Stone [Picture / Caption: Burroughs using a Scientology E-Meter: "All this time I felt my self-respect slipping away from me and finally completely gone . . . officially removed. . . " ] Inside Scientology by Robert Kaufman Olympia Press. 279 pp. BY WILLIAM BURROUGHS The upper levels of Scientology processing are classified as "confidential," which means that only those who have completed the lower grades, passed security checks, and paid the large fees in advance are allowed to see and run this ...
Mar 4, 1971
Growth of irrational cults — Daily World (New York)
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 07 The Sea Org — Tower Publications, Inc.
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 12 The World of Scientology — Tower Publications, Inc.
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 13 Children and Celebrities — Tower Publications, Inc.
Oct 10, 1970
Ex-Scientologist tells of 'fear' atmosphere // McMaster accuses Hubbard of fostering spiritual tyranny within organization — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Dart Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) One year ago an articulate but soft-spoken man named John McMaster was extolling the virtues of Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the worldwide, quasi-scientific "religion." Appearing on television talk shows and giving lectures as Hubbard's personal representative, McMaster was eminently qualified. He was the first person to achieve Scientology's state of "clear," which purportedly gives a person full control a his mental processes. Now McMaster describes the Church of Scientology and other organizations run by Hubbard as engaging ...
Oct 1, 1970
Scientology can drive you out of your mind — Confidential (magazine)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jane Nellis Source:
Confidential (magazine) Salvation calls for a bit of human programming, computer mind-blowing and lots and lots of money. It all started with Ron. Not the
L. Ron Hubbard who started Scientology back in 1950 when he wrote
Dianetics , but a groovy young cat named Ron who wears those sharp amber glasses and green suede shoes. At least, I think his name is Ron. He's in charge of a mission of the Church of Scientology. That's what they call it, a mission. ...
Sep 19, 1970
Scientology sailors - Girls in this man's navy — Press-Telegram
Aug 16, 1970
Guardian Order 160370 [Flag Order 2516] // Guardian's Office and Sea Org More: link
Type: Document
Author(s):
L. Ron Hubbard GUARDIAN ORDER GO 160370 - LRH All Gdn. personnel Also issued as Flag Order 2516 16 August, 1970 GUARDIAN'S OFFICE AND SEA ORG Efforts to promote Conflicts between the Guardian's Office and Sea Org will not be tolerated. A primary intelligence technique as used by the Japanese in their Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was to carefully study the potential animosities of various groups in a target country and then trigger them off just before an attack. Internal dissent, whipped up ...
Jan 1, 1970
Scientology: the Now Religion - Chapter 4: Scientology — Delacorte Press
Jan 1, 1970
Scientology: the Now Religion - Epilogue — Delacorte Press
Page 1 of 1 :
⇑ Latest
↑ Later
Earlier ↓
Earliest ⇓
Permalink