A report by Alex Mitchell fastest growing religion in the world'

Scientology, beside science fiction writer who founded one of the ships of his fleet. TYTANAIT IA TAIIT AIANUYDITT Not least of his astonishing adventures has been his trips to heaven, Venus and elsewhere in the universe.

When asked what he made of heaven, Ron replied: 'Like a bush garden in Pasadena.

His war experiences were pretty unnerving. He died twice and was miraculously revived— that almost goes without saying. One of his followers once told a hushed meeting in Edinburgh: 'When he [Hubbard] was discharged from the American navy after the war, Ron was blind and crippled. Now he is a cured man.' More recently Hubbard has discovered The incredible wall of fire' and he has been encouraging his followers to dive through it after him.

Over the years Hubbard's publicity machine has variously described him as an explorer, film producer, US naval officer and writer.

He is credited with mighty intellectual powers although a check of his academic recora reveals little evidence of brilliance.

Setbacks

could be transferred. Apparently duction to Hubbard and his you might well wonder how he's fully among the middle classes.

Whatever the reasons for the success of the 'church', it is clear from official sources that scientology runs a Elm business in Britain.

Hubbard is credited with large personal wealth, owns and operates a fleet of church ships (called the Sea Org), and has upward of 200,000 followers in this country.

Not bad for a man who appeared in the 'Daily Mail five years ago in an article headlined: 'This man is bogus.' Jargon ANY ATTEMPT at understanding scientology is made difficult by the heavy use of jargon.

For example, what do you make of this directive from the prolific pen of L. Ron Hubbard: 'So when an org is low-Find out where its statistics are laid down and who is a PTS or an SP and act. That's the job of Ethics. Thus little by little we take off the breaks for a cleared Earth' Or perhaps you'd like to fathom this one: If you see a horizontal line as the Estate Statistic, I & R'iyou know the Dept of Estate probably isn't either?

What about this sharp rebuke from Ron: 'Auditors who add to the Auditing Comm Cycle never make Releases. So; that's Suppressive. Don't do it!

In a memo to his Ethics Officer Hat, Hubbard Older is purpose Ron clear orgs and the public if need be of entheta and enturbulation so that scientology can done. The sanity of the planet is all that is at stake.' The purpose of this article is not to disentangle this mumbojumbo. What is necessary now, however, is some simply put explanation of how Hubbard's 'religion' works.

The big breakthrough for Ron was in 1950 when he published 'Dianetic: The modern science of mental health'.

Dianetics, the forerunner of scientology, is described by one follower as "a science of the mind.

'It takes care of the aches and pains and psychosomatic ills of the body!

The book itself claims: "The creation of dianetics is a comparable his discovery of fire and superior inventions of the wheel and arch.' Two years later Hubbard had of the reaction mind and is responsible for most psychosomatic illnesses.

The somatic mind does not play a prominent role in scientology theory.

The basic problem with most of us is that our reactive minds are loaded with these tiny engrams. Ron's job is to winkle them out—for a fee, of course.

Scientology courses are, in the first instance, free.

The promise is that the pupil will 'learn to achieve success' in his life. Another leaflet asks: 'Why be tired? Why be in pain? Why feel bad?' If you happen to give your name and address after the free course, you stand a good chance of being bombarded with recruitment literature. One standard enrolling letter says:

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Questions

THE CHIEF piece of apparatus in acquiring the benehits of scientology—apart from a decent sized bank balance - is an E-meter.

A recent advertisement in the scientologists' newspaper declared: "The Hubbard Mark V E-meter is a priceless aid for measuring the mental state and change of state of Homo Sapiens.

The mystical E-meter nothing more than a crude galvanometer. Clients who hold in 1963.

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you a table? Have you ever blackmailed anybody? Have you ever had anything to do with pornography? Have you ever committed arson? Have you ever peddled dope? Have you ever raped anyone? Have you ever practised sodomy? Have you ever committed culpable homicide? Have you ever slept with a member of a race of another colour? Have you ever kidnapped anyone? Have you done any illicit diamond buying? Have you ever had anything to do with communism or been a communist? Have you ever had anything to do with a baby farm? How could you help mankind? Have you any unkind thoughts about LRH [Hubbard]? Do you have any overts on Mary Sue [Hubbard)? Have you ever bombed anything? Have you ever had intercourse with a member of your family? Have you ever hidden a body? Have you ever been a newspaper reporter? Do you . know any communists personally? Have you ever sexually coerced a, servant? Are my questions embarrassing?' After hours on the E-meter the auditor (the person asking the questions) strives to find the engrams and destroy them.

Once released of these un'fortunate memories a person is call to per ed. From there • From there it's pretty plain sailing : to The Incredible Wall of Fire.

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