SCIENTOLOGY
“You take on a matrix of thought that is not your own”, actor Jason Beghe and former scientology believer (video BBC Panorama the secrets of scientology documented by). L. Ron Hubbard was an author of pulp/science fiction and creator of Scientology in 1954. Many of us have heard about Scientology, something that sounds to most like a religious cult, which seemed to take on a new level of focus when the famous actor, Tom Cruise, touted its benefits. Through the media, Cruise told us that it had given him more tools than his teachers had growing up and that it had helped him deal with his dyslexia. To many, Scientology seems like a religion straight out of Star Wars. Scientology believes that humans are immortal, spiritual beings …show more content…
Ron Hubbard. Hubbard had dropped out of college due to failing grades and jointed the US Navy. Later on Hubbard took great interest in writing well known pulp/science fiction novels. Hubbard was struggling with income and soon realized that creating a new religion, would make him rich quickly. Donald M. Grant states, “Hubbard took up ritual magic, the occult and hypnosis, giving demonstrations of hypnosis in 1948 and writing to his literary agent about a therapy system he was working on that had tremendous promotional and sales potential. Piecing together hypnotic techniques, Freudian theories, Buddhist concepts and elements of other philosophies and practices, Hubbard came up with Diabetics. He published DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH in 1950.” (Donald m grant what scientology won’t tell you, published 1982. In his article on Scientology, Grant explains Scientology involves a procedure that has the individual recall a painful experience in hopes to then erase the persons negative effects and attaining a “clear” state, which then can result to free from all sickness. The auditor sitting across from the patient, precisely records all revelations, such as sexual or criminal activities, marital or family troubles, which the auditor then, keeps …show more content…
Hubbard tried other ways to audit people. Eventually, he used a form lie detector called the “electropsychometer” also known as the EMeter, and renamed it the “Hubbard Electromer. He convinced his patients that the electropsychometer would rid them of their bad memories and created them into new subjects. Instead of Dianetics he began to call his movement Scientology and believe that it would free peoples souls and would restore supernatural powers. He often acted strangely and tried to pass himself off as a nuclear physicist and would often write to the FBI complaining of Communist and Nazi persecution. He created a sect-like following and convinced his followers that Scientology was his church. He focused on supernatural abilities and developed levels within Scientology and systems of security check-in whcich members were interrogated to assess their loyalty. He even developed courses that cost upward of $300,000 dollars to complete and created his own line of products to include cleaning supplies and baby food. He also developed a law known as “fair game” which means that anyone involved in the church could be “tricked, sued, lied, or destroyed.” Finally in the 1970s, after buying three ships and developing the “sea organization” Hubbard was investigated by the IRS and they were able to prove that he was skimming money from the Chruch. During the 1980s he went into seclusion and a man named, David Miscavige, took over for Hubbard. At the time, David
“You take on a matrix of thought that is not your own”, actor Jason Beghe and former scientology believer (video BBC Panorama the secrets of scientology documented by). L. Ron Hubbard was an author of pulp/science fiction and creator of Scientology in 1954. Many of us have heard about Scientology, something that sounds to most like a religious cult, which seemed to take on a new level of focus when the famous actor, Tom Cruise, touted its benefits. Through the media, Cruise told us that it had given him more tools than his teachers had growing up and that it had helped him deal with his dyslexia. To many, Scientology seems like a religion straight out of Star Wars. Scientology believes that humans are immortal, spiritual beings …show more content…
Ron Hubbard. Hubbard had dropped out of college due to failing grades and jointed the US Navy. Later on Hubbard took great interest in writing well known pulp/science fiction novels. Hubbard was struggling with income and soon realized that creating a new religion, would make him rich quickly. Donald M. Grant states, “Hubbard took up ritual magic, the occult and hypnosis, giving demonstrations of hypnosis in 1948 and writing to his literary agent about a therapy system he was working on that had tremendous promotional and sales potential. Piecing together hypnotic techniques, Freudian theories, Buddhist concepts and elements of other philosophies and practices, Hubbard came up with Diabetics. He published DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH in 1950.” (Donald m grant what scientology won’t tell you, published 1982. In his article on Scientology, Grant explains Scientology involves a procedure that has the individual recall a painful experience in hopes to then erase the persons negative effects and attaining a “clear” state, which then can result to free from all sickness. The auditor sitting across from the patient, precisely records all revelations, such as sexual or criminal activities, marital or family troubles, which the auditor then, keeps …show more content…
Hubbard tried other ways to audit people. Eventually, he used a form lie detector called the “electropsychometer” also known as the EMeter, and renamed it the “Hubbard Electromer. He convinced his patients that the electropsychometer would rid them of their bad memories and created them into new subjects. Instead of Dianetics he began to call his movement Scientology and believe that it would free peoples souls and would restore supernatural powers. He often acted strangely and tried to pass himself off as a nuclear physicist and would often write to the FBI complaining of Communist and Nazi persecution. He created a sect-like following and convinced his followers that Scientology was his church. He focused on supernatural abilities and developed levels within Scientology and systems of security check-in whcich members were interrogated to assess their loyalty. He even developed courses that cost upward of $300,000 dollars to complete and created his own line of products to include cleaning supplies and baby food. He also developed a law known as “fair game” which means that anyone involved in the church could be “tricked, sued, lied, or destroyed.” Finally in the 1970s, after buying three ships and developing the “sea organization” Hubbard was investigated by the IRS and they were able to prove that he was skimming money from the Chruch. During the 1980s he went into seclusion and a man named, David Miscavige, took over for Hubbard. At the time, David