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Notable Scientology Practices and Scientology Beliefs

«From this experience, I can well believe that scientology was Hubbard's revenge on a world which he saw as his enemy.» — OT V, Father of III

Anti-psychiatry

«There's only one remedy for crime — get rid of the psychs! They are causing it!» — L. Ron Hubbard.

Auditing

«If there will be a long-term threat, you are to immediately evaluate and originate a black PR campaign to destroy the person's repute and to discredit them so thoroughly that they will be ostracized.» — L. Ron Hubbard, "Handling Hostile Contacts/Dead Agenting"

Auditing Process R2-45

«R2-45 - an enormously effective process for exteriorization, but its use is frowned upon by this society at this time.» — L. Ron Hubbard, The Creation of Human Ability

Body Thetan (BT)

«You will now find BTs and clusters being cures for illnesses of the body part. Handle all such BTs and clusters by blowing them off.» — L. Ron Hubbard, "NED for OTs Series 34", 1978.

Brainwashing

«We can brainwash faster than the Russians (20 secs to total amnesia against three years to slightly confused loyalty).» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCO Technical Bulletin of 22 July 1956

Children, Scientology and

«These lockers were small, smelly holes, covered by grates where the chain for the anchor was stored. I saw one boy held in there for 30 nights, crying and begging to be released.» — Tonja Burden, 25 January 1980, "Affidavit of Tonja Burden"

Clear

Over 135 IQ, amazing vitality, etc. (Scientology ad.)

Cost to total freedom

Buy now! Your salvation for $380,000! (well, that's the 1994-95 prices, in US dollars), "voluntary" donations not included.

Dead Agent

«Start feeding lurid, blood sex crime actual evidence on the attackers to the press.» — L. Ron Hubbard.

Destroying evidence

Dianetics

«Any time you write or say Dianetics today, define it — 'Dianetics, that part of Scientology which stresses mental anatomy.' That swings people into Scientology before they think about it.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL 2 October 1958, "Sale and Conduct of Academy Courses"

Disconnection

Breaking up families.

"End of Cycle" ("End Cycle")

«[Ted Cormier] had Parkinson's disease. He was ordered to leave Gilman Hot Springs and go directly to Flag for NOTS 34, auditing to cure his cancer.  When this failed, Ray Mithoff sent him orders in his Pre-Clear folder for him to "end cycle." He died.» — Jess Prince, "Affidavit of Jesse Prince (20 August 1999)"

Ethics

«In short a staff member can get away with murder so long as his statistic is up and can't sneeze without a chop if it's down.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL 1 September 1965, "Ethics Protection".

Fair Game

«May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.» — L. Ron Hubbard.

False imprisonment

Gross Income (GI)

«the solution is to charge whatever the traffic will bear» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL of 11 November 1969, "PROMOTION AND MOTIVATION"

Hard selling

«MAKE MONEY. MAKE MORE MONEY. MAKE OTHER PEOPLE PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MORE MONEY.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL, 9 March 1972, MS OEC 384

Infiltration

«Somebody some day will say ‘this is illegal.’  By then be sure the orgs [Scientology organizations] say what is legal or not.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL of 4 January 1966, "LRH Relationship to Orgs" [ref]

Introspection Rundown (also "baby watching")

«THIS MEANS THE LAST REASON TO HAVE PSYCHIATRY AROUND IS GONE.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOB of 23 January 1974, "THE TECHNICAL BREAKTHROUGH OF 1973! THE INTROSPECTION RD"

Keeping Scientology Working (KSW)

The most important policy for a scientologist: promote Scientology.

Lying: a Scientology practice

«THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM.» — L. Ron Hubbard, "Off the Time Track," lecture of June 1952

Membership

«... is to bring about the following general effect on the broad public and lower course applicants: ... That Scientology is successful and expanding. ...» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL of 16 September 1965, "Foundation"

NOTs

New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans

Operating Thetan (OT)

Trigger an earthquake with your sheer will power... (OT phenomena successes).

Personality test (Oxford Capacity Analysis)

Discover how "ruined" you are, and how scientology can "help" you with that...

Potential Trouble Source Type 3

Also PTS Type 3, PTS Type III, or Psychotic Break

Practicing medicine without a license (illegally)

«The above are the full steps and sequence for handling a physical condition or illness.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOB of 14 November 1978.

Pregnancy and the Sea Org

Coerced abortions.

Purification Rundown (Purif)

A religious practice the Church of Scientology claims as a treatment for drug addiction through its Narconon front.

Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF)

Scientology's gulag.

Running Program

Security check (Sec Check)

Silencing critics

«People who attack Scientology are criminals.» — L. Ron Hubbard, ED 149 INT 2, December 1966, "Branch 5 Project, Project Squirrel"

Statistics (Stats)

«In short a staff member can get away with murder so long as his statistic is up and can't sneeze without a chop if it's down.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL 1 September 1965, "Ethics Protection".

Study Technology (Study Tech)

Suicides

«Former Scientologists had the highest rates of persistent fear, sleeplessness, suicidal and self-destructive tendencies, violent outbursts, hallucinations and delusions, compared to ex-members of other religious groups [...] Conway and her colleague Jim Siegelman found in a University of Oregon study.» — Joseph Mallia. "Why did this brilliant MIT student jump to his death?". Boston Herald. May 21st, 1998.

Suppressive Person

«[Suppressive persons] may be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.» — L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL of 18 October 1967, "Penalties for Lower Conditions".

Threatening, a Scientology practice

"Never fear to hurt another in a just cause" — L. Ron Hubbard, "Code of Honor", The Creation of Human Ability, p. 5

Total freedom

Training Routines

Xenu

«In Scientology doctrine, Xenu (also Xemu or the modern day "Emu" or "Elmo") is an alien ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of aliens to Earth in DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs. Their souls then clustered together and stuck to the bodies of the living, and continue to wreak chaos and havoc today.» — Wikipedia

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