numerous changes to this edition of the FAQ include: * breaking up into sections * added section 3.8 What is the Freezone * Yermo's threats to Dennis on IRC in section 1.9 * quotes on racism, money and others in section 3.7 * updated web page summary section 1.2 * updated harassment section 1.8 * added to Tom Klemesrud section 2.0 * updated celebrity section 3.4 * added several FAQ citations for other FAQs section 1.0 * corrected "Diuretics" in cite about Repo Man. section 3.4 * added other newsgroups to section 1.1 * URLs added in book section and therapy aspects section and others * added to section ars origins section 1.5 * moved jimbo's article to the Hubbard biography section 3.0 * added to section 3.1 Alt.religion.scientology FAQ v1.1 Archive-name: scientology/ars-faq Size: 180kb in three sections Posting frequency: every two weeks Index: -alt.religion.scientology, references and the Internet- 1.0 Other FAQ's 1.1 Other newsgroups 1.2 Pointers to web pages on Scientology 1.3 Basic Scientology/Dianetics definitions 1.4 Reference books on Scientology 1.5 Ars origins +1.6 Ars timeline +1.7 Ars running jokes 1.8 Harassment of ars posters 1.9 Who is Dennis Erlich? 2.0 Tom Klemesrud and the "Blood Incident" -Scientology- 3.0 A brief biography of Lafayette Ronald Hubbard 3.1 An overview of Scientology's 3.2 A look at some of Scientology's practices 3.3 What is the E-Meter 3.4 Celebrities involved with Scientology 3.5 The Judges speak; Scientology and the law 3.6 How much does Scientology cost 3.7 Selected quotes from L. Ron hubbard 3.8 What is the Freezone -Aspects of therapy for victims- 4.0 Reference materials on cults 4.1 Cult education and therapy groups 4.2 What can I do to help a family member or friend in Scientology? +4.3 I have just left Scientology; what should I do? ********************************************************************* -alt.religion.scientology, references, and the Internet- ********************************************************************* ===================================================================== 1.0 Other FAQ's ===================================================================== What other FAQ's on Scientology are out there? Since ars's inception, there have been many FAQ's, both pro and con, posted to the newsgroup. Many of these FAQ's are still being posted, while others can be found through gopher searches and other means. Here's a list of current ars FAQ files: --------------------------------------- 1. ARS FAQ, this one From: av282@freenet.carleton.ca (Martin Hunt) Archive-name: scientology/ars-faq 2. ARS Acronym/Terminology FAQ v3.1 From: av282@freenet.carleton.ca (Martin Hunt) Archive-name: scientology/dictionary http://home.pacific.net.sg/~marina/misc/mhuntfaq.txt 3. Celebrities in scientology FAQ From: tilman@berlin.snafu.de (Tilman Hausherr) Archive-name: scientology/celebrities Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology,rec.arts.movies,alt.showbiz.gossip Quote: "Hi there. My name is Tilman Hausherr, and I am the self-appointed maintainer of the "scientology celebrities FAQ", posted from time to time in "alt.religion.scientology". My e-mail address is tilman@berlin.snafu.de, more stuff about scientology can be found at http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/" This faq can be found at http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/celeb.txt Status of FAQ: still active as of February, 1996. 4. A.r.s Week in Review From: Rod Keller [rkeller@voicenet.com] Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review summarizes the most significant postings from the Usenet group Alt.religion.scientology for the preceding week for the benefit of those who can't follow the group as closely as they'd like. Out of thousands of postings, Rod attempts to include news of significant events, new affidavits, court rulings, new contributors, whatever. Like many readers of a.r.s, Rod has a kill file, so please take into consideration that he may not have seen some of the most significant postings. The articles in A.r.s Week in Review are brief summaries of the articles. Many include an excerpt, and all include message IDs for the articles Rod covers. This may or may not be useful to you, depending on how long your site stores articles in the newsgroup before expiring them. Free A.r.s Week in Review subscriptions are available, just email Rod at rkeller@voicenet.com A.r.s. Week in Review is archived at: http://www.amazing.com/scientology/ars-summary.html http://users.aimnet.com/~jdiver/scieno.htm http://www.thur.de/religio/publik/arsfaq.html http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/ars-summary.html http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/~mallen/scn/arswr/ars-summary.html 5. Alt.religion.scientology FAQ for new readers From: rkeller@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Rod Keller) Background: In January, 1995 I decided to compile a Frequently Asked Questions list for the Usenet group alt.religion.scientology. Several previous FAQs had been written and distributed, but none of them seemed to answer the questions of newcomers to the group, which is the real point of having an FAQ. I feel this document does that. I asked the group for suggestions of frequently asked questions by "newbies", and the results were encouraging. Over 15 newsgroup participants responded. I edited and consolidated the questions down to 30 questions, and handed out writing assignments to volunteers. Participants in the group come from several different viewpoints, and I have attempted to include multiple answers for each question, to represent these viewpoints. 6. A.r.s. Frequently UnAnswered Questions List (FUAQ) From: Z5D31@ttacs3.ttu.edu (Padre Martini, OED) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Padre Martini's Official Alt.Religion.Scientology Frequently Unanswered Questions List or Questions Scientology Won't Answer Hubbard is quoted as repeatedly charging Scientology members to answer any and all questions that come to them. By refusing to answer these simple questions of the inquisitive outsider, they are blatantly disregarding the words of their founder. Why? If you have any questions that Scientology just won't answer, send them to me, and I'll add them to the list. And if you're a _Scientologist_ with answers to these questions, please answer them, so I can remove them from this unsightly list, and we can learn more about your organization. 7. Clam FAQ From: William Barwell 8. The Hubbard is Bare From: Joe Harrington Here's a list of FAQ's no longer posted to ars on a regular basis: ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. non-scientologist access faq From: lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) Archive-name: scientology/skeptic/access-faq 2. non-scientologist faq on "Start a Religion" From: lindsay@hosed.cs.colorado.edu (Don Lindsay) Archive-name: scientology/skeptic/start-a-religion-faq 3. Scientology Users FAQ From: Chip Gallo and Brian Wenger 4. alt.religion.scientology FAQ From: Phil Earnhart 5. Codes and Creeds of Scientology, and many others From: Stu Sjowerman 6. CoS PRICES FOR PROCESSING UP TO OT8 AND BEYOND From: an108907@anon.penet.fi (The Leveller) 7. E-Meter FAQ From: (unknown) -------------------< FAQ: E-METER >-------------- 17 june 1994 The following are cutdowns of some past postings on the topic of "what is inside". As to how it works: it is an ohmmeter, measuring the subject's skin resistance -and- how tightly the subject is gripping the terminals. 8. NARCONON FAQ [[skeptics]] From: dmcclain@runet.edu (Dennis McClain-Furmanski) Below is a FAQ I have prepared on Narconon, the Scientology based drug rehabilitation program operating whose main site is a 75 bed residential drug and alcohol treatment facility in Oklahoma. The answers below is based upon my own correspondence with Narconon staff, postings in the Usenet newsgroup "alt.religion.scientology". and promotional material supplied by Narconon themselves. I have also used excerpts from the document "Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law on the Narconon Chilocco Application for Certification', Oklahoma State Board of Mental Health [OSB1992], based ===================================================================== 1.1 Other Newsgroups ===================================================================== What other Usenet Newsgroups discuss Scientology? Well, there are many, including groups on censorship and net abuse. These are the main Scientology-related Usenet groups: ----------------------------------------------------- alt.religion.scientology, ars. The much-publicized, crossposting-ridden and complex newsgroup that is devoted to exposing Scientology's true nature, and the home newsgroup of this FAQ. alt.binaries.scientology. For binary files related to Scientology. nl.scientology. For Scientology discussion in the Netherlands. de.soc.weltanschauung.scientology For discussion about Scientology in Germany. alt.clearing.technology, act. A newsgroup for the Freezone, a group of former Scientologists who no longer trust current church management, but still use some of its "technology" in the form of "auditing" (supposedly a form of therapy.) This newsgroup discusses therapy issues and other cults: -------------------------------------------------------- alt.support.ex-cult These are some of the many "joke" groups created to satirize Scientology: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- alt.scientology.scam.scam.scam alt.religion.scientology.squick.squick.squick alt.fan.poodleboy.not alt.fan.whapper.no-good.lying.clam alt.fuck.the.skull.of.hubbard alt.bad.dead.sci-fi.writer ===================================================================== 1.2 Pointers to web pages on Scientology ===================================================================== Where can I find out more about Scientology? Well, one of the best places to look isn't here on alt.religion.scientology due to the noise and general confusion of a Usenet newsgroup. The World Wide Web has a vast amount of information about Scientology in a much easier to digest format; start with these web pages from Marina Chong's alphabetical listing of all the critics web pages at http://www.cybercom.net/~rnewman/scientology/marina.html Welcome to Marina's A.R.S. Web Page Summary! [last update: 21 Feb 1996] IMPORTANT: Please e-mail and/or post URLs I have missed. Please e-mail and/or post changes to URLs. If you've ever asked: * What is Scientology? * Why is Scientology attacking the Internet, and how? * Why are Scientologists called clams? * What do all these strange abbreviations and terms mean? * Who are all these people who post here? * How does Scientology deal with criticism? * [etc] Take heart, for all is revealed in the following Web pages: ----------------------------------------------------------- MY FAVOURITE PAGES: Modemac: http://home.pacific.net.sg/~marina/modemac/cos.htm http://wit397105.student.utwente.nl/cos.htm (Asasas) [for newcomers to a.r.s.] Ron Newman: http://www.cybercom.net/~rnewman/scientology/home.html [the ultimate page] David Dennis: http://www.amazing.com/scientology/ [a fun page, but with slow updates] Karin Spaink: http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/indexcos.html Xenu's Page: http://www.xenu.org [all hail xenu!] Marina's Manor: http://home.pacific.net.sg/~marina/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICS' PAGES [in alphabetical order]: Bob Bingham: http://www.sky.net/~sloth/sci/sci_index.html http://www.sky.net/~sloth/sci/organized.html Brett Achorn: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~achorn/cos/cos.html Bruce Scott: http://www.ipp-garching.mpg.de/~bds/COS/COS.html Chaos: http://sunbird.sat.net/~lazarus/cos.html Cornelius Krasel: http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/ Daniel Tobias: http://www.softdisk.com/comp/dan/sosueme.html Dave Touretzky: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/ David Carter: http://gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au/~carterd/essaycos.html David D. Rogers: http://www.westworld.com/~gigo/cults David C. Smith: http://starbase.neosoft.com/~dcs/scieno1.html Deirdre: http://www.sover.net:80/~deirdre/secrets.html Don Lindsay: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~lindsay/scientology/ Felipe (XS4ALL): http://www.xs4all.nl/~felipe/cos/ GoofY: http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~goofy/Co$/Co$.html Jerod Pore: http://www.well.com/user/jerod23/clam.html Jessie Blalock: http://www.clark.net/pub/jcblal/jcbcos.html Jeff Jacobsen: http://www.primenet.com/~cultxpt/index.htm Jeff Lee: http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/Co$/ Jim Diver: http://users.aimnet.com/~jdiver/scieno.htm Jim Lippard: http://www.primenet.com/~lippard/pis.html Jonas Flygare: http://www.algonet.se/~flax/scientology.html Jukka Santala: http://kauhajoki.fi/~jusantal/cos.html Mark Allen: http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/~mallen/scn/scam.html Martin Hunt: http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~av282 Martin L Poulter: http://mail.bris.ac.uk/~plmlp Maureen Garde: http://superlink.net/~mgarde/opinions.html Morten Welinder: http://www.diku.dk/~terra/Co$.html Newkid: http://www.cistron.nl/~newkid Patricia Savenije:http://www.xs4all.nl/~txtbreed/Co$.htm Rod Swift: http://www.nether.net/~rod/html/sub/scienos.html Ramon Kolb: http://eng.bu.edu/~ramonk/pers/scientology/index.html http://eng.bu.edu/~ramonk/pers/scientology/bu/index.html Richard Shand: http://marlowe.wimsey.com/~rshand/streams/gnosis/otiii.html Sam Gorton: http://www.empire.net/~sgorton/co$/ Samuel Kaplin: http://www.skypoint.com/members/skaplin Scott Goehring: http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~sgoehrin/scientology/ Sirilyan: http://www.io.com/~sirilyan/inwo/cos.html Steve A: http://www.demon.co.uk/castle/scientology.html Steve Marinick: http://www.primenet.com/~stevem/scieno_java.html Steven Fishman: http://www.xs4all.nl/~fishman/ Teodor Vaananen http://www.algonet.se/~teodor/Cults/ Taneli Huuskonen: http://www.helsinki.fi/~huuskone/Scn/ Tilman Hausherr: http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/ Tony Bosnakoudis: http://www.eexi.gr/~antbos/SCIENTOL.HTM Triad: http://www.df.lth.se/~triad/Latest_News.html 50 Conspiracies: http://www.webcom.com/~conspire/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ MEDIA: BBC: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/tv/the_net/TN950515/svi.html http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/tv/the_net/TN950703/anonymity.html CNN: http://www.cnn.com/US/scientology/index.html http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9511/scientology/index.html Felipe (XS4ALL): http://www.xs4all.nl/~felipe/cos/ Karin Spaink: http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/indexcos.html New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/0120online.html Skeptic Magazine:http://www.skeptic.com/03.3.jl-jj-scientology.html ARS Week in Review: http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/ars-summary.html (Germany) http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/~mallen/scn/arswr/ars-summary.html (USA) Ron's Media Page: http://www.cybercom.net/~rnewman/scientology/media/home.html WIRED: http://www.hotwired.com/wired/3.12/features/alt.scientology.war.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS: 1. Atack, Jon -- The Total Freedom Trap [Winfried Mueller] http://www.thur.de/religio/atack/ftrap.html 2. Cooper, Paulette--The Scandal Of Scientology [henry] http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~anon2c9e/scandal.txt [Dave Touretzky] http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/cooper-scandal.txt 3. Wakefield, Margery--The Road to Xenu [Steve A] http://www.demon.co.uk/castle/xenu.html [Dave Touretzky] http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/Xenu/xenu.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EX-SCIENTOLOGISTS SPEAK: Most of these stories can be found on Tilman's Hausherr's page. Here's are some of my favourites: Chris http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/chrisjl.txt Kim Baker http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/mystory.html#02 Patrick Jost http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/jost.txt Wayne Whitney http://home.pacific.net.sg/~marina/stories/wwhit01.txt http://home.pacific.net.sg/~marina/stories/wwhit02.txt [Wayne's story is a work in progress] Ted Mayett http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/mystory.html#24 Troy Miranda http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/mystory.html#20 Monica Pignotti http://starbase.neosoft.com/~dcs/factnet/monica2.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL: EFF: http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/CoS_v_the_Net/ FACTnet Legal Page: http://www.lightlink.com/factnet1/pages/memo830.html Faegre & Benson: http://www.faegre.com/scien/scien.html Casey Hill vs. Scn: http://www.droit.umontreal.ca/CSC/arrets/1995/vol2/ascii/manning.en.txt Maureen Garde: http://superlink.net/user/mgarde/opinions.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FACTNET: New home: http://www.lightlink.com/factnet1/ FACTNET kit: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gjansen (courtesy of gjansen) FACTNET kit: http://www.xs4all.nl/~fonss (courtesy of fonss) FACTNET kit: http://www.cistron.nl/~newkid (courtesy of newkid) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PRO-SCIENTOLOGY: Leisa Goodman: http://www.theta.com/goodman (semi-official Co$) Brian W: ftp://FTP.PCNET.COM/users/brianw (FTP site) R E Brooks: http://www.crl.com:80/~rebrooks/relighst.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE ZONE: Free Zone Homepage: http://www.freezone.org International Viewpoints: http://www.oslonett.no/home/trone/IVy.html Scientologie Homepage: http://www.scientologie.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPORT GROUPS AND OTHER RESOURCES: American Family Foundation (AFF): http://www.nosh.com/aff/home.html Cult Awareness Network (CAN): http://www.xnet.com/~can/can.html Ex-Cult Archive: http://www.ex-cult.org/ Ingo Michehl: http://www.channel1.com/users/ingo/ reFOCUS network: http://www.nwrain.net/~refocus/ Steve Hassan: http://virtumall.com/mindcontrol/ Watchman Fellowship http://rampages.onramp.net/~watchman/ Winfried Mueller: http://www.thur.de/religio/engstart.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IRC CHANNEL #SCIENTOLOGY (was #CLAMBAKE): Jessie Blalock http://www.clark.net/pub/jcblal/irc1.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SCARFF DECLARATION: Patricia Savenije http://www.xs4all.nl/~txtbreed/scarff.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHMAN AFFIDAVIT: Sorry! There are so many of these sites (>100) that I can no longer include them in this list. Check out Dave Touretzky's ClamBed for a list of Fishman sites: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/ClamBed.html And Goofy's page: http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~goofy/Co$/FishBowl.html And these: http://www.iaehv.nl/users/paul/fishman/ (The FishPond) http://www.iaehv.nl/users/paul/fishman/fishnet.html (The FishNet) ===================================================================== 1.3 Basic Scientology/Dianetics definitions ===================================================================== What do all these strange words and acronyms mean? This list of definitions is an abstract from the 130kb+ ARS Acronym/Terminology FAQ v3.1: There is an acronym FAQ available from Martin Hunt. The current version is 3.1; you can get it from him or find it on the WWW at http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/acronym3.txt This version is not yet HTMLized (I am working on it). An older, HTMLized version (2.7) can be found at http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/acronym.html And a newer version at: http://home.pacific.net.sg/~marina/misc/mhuntfaq.txt ACT, alt.clearing.technology. Often in small letters, "act", or with periods, "a.c.t." The hangout for the relics of the cult who still practice the strange "technology" or rituals developed by Hubbard, but who have left the cult of Scientology proper. Of course, some people have it that the group actually deals with acne pimple remedies... See also ARS. ARS, alt.religion.scientology; the newsgroup this FAQ is posed to. Often lower-case; "30,000 people a month read ars, according to Arbitron." (ars) after a definition shows that the source of the term is ars; terms which are sourced from Scientology itself have nothing after them. (act) is for terms from alt.clearing.technology, while (Eng) indicates the term is plain English, with no special Scientology meaning, included because of frequent use, topicality, or confusion with Scientologese. (net) refers to terms gleaned off the Internet. ARSCC, Alt.Religion.Scientology Central Committee; It's a game. The OSA Scientologists have tried to represent opposition to Scientology as emanating from one or other focus--at first, it was Dennis Erlich. Later, it was FactNet. At other times and in other contexts the opposition has been represented as 'psychs' and 'CAN' (the Cult Awareness Network). ARS CC (Alt.Religion.Scientology Central Committee) is just a kid's game, a troll, like the game of 'there is no Cabal' which is played on newbies on alt.culture.usenet. There is no ARS CC, so it's no use begging me to send you the Red and Blue codebooks. Even if I had them, I'd have to deny their existence. There is a real inspiration for this. At various times, Hubbard would allude in his bulletins to shadowy organizations such as 'Smersh' and 'The Tenyaka Memorial'; another example, taken from his mythology, is 'The Fifth Invader Force'. Another time, he described the opposition as just twelve highly powerful suppressives (yes, bankers and financiers). He just loved to spin yarns, and in honor of this, we do the same. (Tony Sidaway ) Auditing, the action of running Scientology or Dianetic processes on a PC (a preclear; someone receiving Scientology processing). Auditing usually involves a Meter, with the PC holding onto the soup cans electrodes, and the Auditor taking down notes and asking questions. Auditor, the person who uses an E-Meter (a simple, ineffective lie detector used in Scientology with a needle and soup cans for electrodes) to find Overts (undisclosed acts) and Engrams (incidents of pain and unconsciousness) and audits them out of the person receiving auditing or preclear. Bridge, the bridge to total freedom; the list of auditing actions needed to get to the highest OT (operating thetan) level, currently OT 8. The Bridge costs roughly $300,000 US, and is depicted on the Gradation Chart of Human Awareness and Abilities. L. Ron Hubbard's "Bridge to total freedom" has two sides. One is auditor or therapist training classes or classifications, the other is receiving auditing or "therapy" such as Grades (q.v.) and OT levels. At the lower levels the grades and classes or classifications correspond, this pretty much stops after Class 6 (Saint Hill Special Briefing Course). BT, Body Thetan. Usually plural. Evil spirits which need to be exorcized. CAN, the Cult Awareness Network, a loose-knit educational and group-therapy association. A Scientology target for special hatred in the form of Suppressive (describing a person or group who goals are at odds to Scientology's goals) status. Cancelbunny/Cancelpoodle, these refer to the ubiquitous OSA (Office of Special Affairs; the cult's private CIA/KGB) cancellers who frequent alt.religion.scientology and visit it with their censorship of people's posts. Clams, Man descended from them according to "History of Man" by L. Ron Hubbard, and the incident gives us painful engrams (memories) of being dropped onto rocks by birds, and extreme jaw pain from the bivalve's hinge. This has become a running joke on ars, with threads about clambakes, clamchowder, snapping clams, clams in .sigs, etc. Clear, a person audited enough to be free of the "bank," or reactive mind. (The sum of the memories of pain and unconsciousness the person has) A low-level superman-type person; a baby OT (Operating Thetan). CoS, Church of Scientology. Also, C of S, CofS, COS, Co$. Some people on ars take "Co$" to mean "Cult of $cientology." D/A, verb. Dead Agent; to spread malicious lies and rumors about an Anti-Scientologist person or organization, in an attempt to so thoroughly discredit them that everyone concerned will be disgusted with them, and not listen to the information they have to give about the cult. Many attempts to Dead Agent CAN (the Cult Awareness Network) and FACTnet (Fight Against Coercive Tactics network; a BBS that supplies information about the cult) have been posted to ars. (alt.religion.scientology) Declaring, the act of blacklisting within the cult; the result is an "SP" (Suppressive Person, someone who does not like Scientology) who can be "Sued, tricked, lied to, or destroyed" as per the cult's policy. Dianetics, Hubbard's derivative (of Freud's abreactive therapy, among others) mental healing therapy; scorned by the mental health profession as being unscientific nonsense. Strangely, even though Hubbard used mainstream psychiatry as a source for Dianetics, he went on to vehemently attack psychiatry and its practice with paranoid fervor. E-Meter, or Meter, electrometer or electropsychometer. A crude battery -powered analog ohmmeter used to locate Overts (undisclosed acts), Body Thetans (evil spirits), and Engrams (moments of pain and unconsciousness). The PC or patient holds the soup-cans electrodes, while the Auditor or Scientology therapist watches the needle on the dial. Circuitry is based on the Wheatstone Bridge. The meter was designed by Volney Mathieson. Current "top of the line" models sell for about $4,000 US in a plastic case. Actual parts list is about $50-$100, making it a good money earner for Scientology, particularly since every auditor is required to own two in case one breaks down. Engram, a posited memory trace that remains after a moment of pain and unconsciousness. Hubbard didn't coin this word; it can be found in Webster's, and is part of the ISV, the International Scientific Vocabulary. (Eng) Entheta, Bad Vibes, enturbulated theta or disturbed life force. Enturbulated, Hubbardese for being upset. Ethics, a section of a Scientology Org (organization) that keeps people in line, and the Hubbardian policy that deals with it. FACTnet, Fight Against Coercive Tactics network; a cult information BBS with numerous files on the Scientology cult and others. Fair Game, the notorious Scientology policy describing how to deal with critics, ex-members, and other undesirables dehumanized with the label "Suppressives"; they may be "Sued, tricked, lied to, or destroyed," as per policy. A more recent policy has banished the WORDS "Fair Game", but the policy of what to do to these "SPs" or "Suppressives" cannot ever be cancelled, as it's Hubbardian scripture, and his words cannot ever be altered in any way per Scientology's policy. Folder, an Ethics (Scientology's corrections section) folder or Auditing "therapy" folder in which Scientology collects all the dirt on people obtained from auditing sessions and Ethics actions which can be used as blackmail to keep critics quiet. Culled information from folders of former Scientologists who have turned into critics has a habit of showing up on ars. Freezone, a loose affiliation of people who still believe in some of the ideas of Scientology auditing procedures, but who have left the formal structure of the cult, in a type of Scientology Reformation. The Freezone is a little more liberal than the hard-core Churchies, as they like to call people in the cult proper, yet they often still have the trappings of Scientology, for example, the E-Meter, the concepts of Ethics, Overts (bad deeds), Conditions, and the use of disparaging terms for outsiders, (Meatballs, Bashers, Wogs, etc.) HCOB, Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin, a red on white directive containing Hubbardian "tech" for auditing or "therapy" procedures. HCOPL, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, a green on white issue containing administrative policy. KoX, Knights of Xenu. They found the evil galactic overlord Xenu of Hubbard's quaint Scientology philosophy locked up in a box, and let him out, the naughty net.surfers! Lazarus, a program written by Homer to tell posters to ars when their posts have been cancelled by the cult censor on Netcom known affectionately as the "Cancelpoodle." Thanks, Homer! L. Ron Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard. Mediocre pulp-sf writer. Said in 1947 "If you really want to make millions, the fastest way is to start your own religion." Scientology cult founder; author of the turgid "Dianetics"; born 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska, USA; died 1986. Also called Ron, the Commodore, Source, and the Admiral. Marcab Confederacy, a galactic confederation and the denizens thereof. It's a star system in the astronomy charts. It is also supposed to be the source of most of the destructive suppressive influences attacking the Earth at this time and in the past. For the last 100,000 years they've been driving cars, wearing business suits and fedora hats, using telephones, and flying spaceships. Remember that episode of Star Trek? One One or 1.1, someone stuck at 1.1 on Hubbard's emotional Tone Scale, an SP (Suppressive Person; someone who disagrees with Scientology and deserves to be destroyed because of their beliefs.) Operation Freakout, a plan to carry out the Fair Game policy, the policy of attacking perceived Scientology enemies, on Paulette Cooper, the author of the book "The Scandal of Scientology." The GO (Guardian's Office, the cult's KGB-like security organization responsible for covert operations and dirty tricks of all kinds) operation involved framing Ms. Cooper with a bomb threat made to the Arab Consulate, among other things. Org, Noun. Organization; a cult group, internally called a "Church." Org usually refers to a Class IV Org; Higher up than a low level Mission or franchise, but lower than a Class XII Org, or Advanced Org, (AO), or Saint Hill Org. ASHO stands for the American Saint Hill Org, while AOLA stands for the Advanced Org, Los Angeles. Both ASHO and AOLA are higher up the power chain than a Class IV Org. OSA, Office of special affairs. The "dirty work" department, the cult's KGB. Took over from the GO, Guardian's Office, when the GO's leaders went to jail for infiltrating government offices, stealing and altering official files that put the cult in a bad light. OT, Operating Thetan, one who is above Clear, a state of partial enlightenment, and who is not just free of unconscious impulses, but is free of other things too so that they can operate, and be causative over the physical universe. OT levels are solo-audited (self-metered; the soup-can electrodes of Hubbard's crude ohm-meter are held in one hand, and notes are jotted down with the other; saves money (for Scientology) over having an auditor do it) and expensive processes at the top of the Scientology "Bridge." The levels currently run from OT I to OT VIII. Overt, an evil or Suppressive (damaging to Scientology) act. Of course, it's only an Overt if it hurts Scientology; shooting an SP (Suppressive Person; an anti-Scientologist) under the Fair Game Law (Suppressives may be tricked, sued, lied to, or destroyed, as per policy) could be redefined as not being an Overt, as you did it to help to "clear the planet", and it "did the least harm to the least number of dynamics." PC, preclear. Someone who is getting auditing (spiritual counselling) who is not yet "Clear," Clear being that state of being free of unconscious impulses that cloud your judgement, and not having any memories of pain and unconsciousness (engrams.) PC or Preclear is also used loosely to mean anyone taking Scientology "therapy," whether Clear or not. Psychs, psychiatrists and psychologists. Seen by the paranoid cult as being the ultimate in evil and corruption on Earth; out to destroy us all by cutting out our brains with transorbital leucotomies, or zapping us into submission with electro-convulsive therapy (ECT), or zombifying us with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI's) like Ritalin and Prozac. The cult front-group called the Citizen's Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a la Orwell, is dedicated to destroying these evil beings known as Psychs, but who are really members of the fifth galactic invader force from outer space. PTS, Potential Trouble Source. Someone who is in contact with an SP, a Suppressive or anti-Scientology person, and therefore may cause trouble to the cult. "Mary is a PTS type III." Adjective; "She is PTS to that Wholetrack SP on her lines." Purif, the Purification Rundown. A cleansing process, intended to remove drugs supposedly stored in body fat through running, taking megadoses of vitamins and minerals, and sweating in a sauna for hours every day. The Purif costs roughly $1,500, and takes about two weeks to do. There is no scientific evidence to back up the cult of Scientology's claims about the supposed benefits of the Purif. Raw Meat, A derogatory term for the ordinary public or non-Scientologists. Reactive Mind, the place where Engrams, memories of pain and unconsciousness, are stored. On a higher level, Engrams are revealed to be none other than Body Thetans or evil spirits infesting our bodies by the thousands. Also called the Bank. RPF, Rehabilitation Project Force, the cult's internal gulag where bad people are sent for punishment or "rehabilitation"; a brain washing and penal organization. RTC, Religious Technology Center. David Miscavige is COB, Chairman of the Board, of the RTC, which holds the cult's "trademarks" and "copyrights." That's right; "trademarks" and "copyrights!" Scientology is the only "religion" (so it claims) around to try to patent spiritual freedom. Of course, it's all a money-making scam; if the laughable "tech" was made free and public, on the Internet for example, who would pay $300,000 for it? Scientology, Hubbard's money-making venture into religion; started after Dianetics. Word comes from Nordenholz's book "Scientologie 34." Sec Checking, Security Checking. Running lists of questions on a PC or patient using the Meter to find criminal behavior that can be used as potential blackmail, should the PC ever blow or become critical of the cult. Similar to a confessional; the PC is lied to and told the revealed secrets and Overts will remain confidential, yet the cult often publishes and distributes the items found by Sec Checking, which are written down in folders at the time of the session. Term comes from Hubbard's extreme paranoia about Communist, governmental, or psychiatric infiltration of Scientology, and the need to run Security checks on new Scientologists. Session, an auditing or "therapy" regimen; PC patient holds the cans, Auditor "therapist" behind the Meter. Also called Processing or Auditing. Snow white, the code name for a cult espionage operation. Snow White's goal was to infiltrate government offices and purge their files of incriminating material that made the cult look bad. 30,000+ documents were stolen from the IRS, the DEA, the Coast Guard, and the US Attorney's office. Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue, was sentenced to four years in jail for the operation, which was carried out by operatives in the GO (Guardian's Office; a precursor to OSA, the Office of Special Affairs, the cult's answer to the KGB.) SO, the Sea Org, the commanding and controlling element in the cult, partly working off ships, partly land-based at Flag in Clearwater, FLA, and other places, most notably the Cedars Complex in Los Angeles. SP, Suppressive Person, an evil person; someone who criticizes Scientology in any way. Squirrel, a person who subverts Hubbard's "Tech" by alteration. The name probably came from the idea of squirrels burying, or being associated with, nuts. In the cult jargon, Squirrel refers to someone who is too insane to follow Standard Tech. "Mayo was a Squirrel because he altered Source." May also be used as a verb denoting the action of subversion of Scientology "Technology," as "Koos has been squirrelling auditing tech." Stats, Statistics. Each Scientologist has to monitor his or her success, which is transmitted to control organs, e.g. the EO, Ethics Officer. Stats must be up every Thursday by two (pm), or the hapless cult indoctrinee is punished by being made to do Conditions or extra work. Study Tech, the cult's training methodology, involving ensuring the student never goes past a word he or she doesn't understand, making little Plasticine (tm) figures, and demoing by shuffling a kit of small blocks and toys about with the hands. Success Story, a coerced write-up required to complete any auditing "therapy" action. Success Stories are usually filled with bland, often meaninglessly nebulous statements about "blowing mass", "having cognitions", and "big wins." Tech, short for "technology", the quasi-scientific auditing "therapy" processes and actions of Scientology, as found in HCOBs, Hubbard Communication Office Technical Bulletins, collections of which are found in Scientology's Red Volumes. Teegeeack, Earth. Its old name. 75 million years old, according to Hubbard. Theta, 1. Uptone. "That was a really Theta speech Miscavige gave about how we are stopping the Psyches from taking over the world." 2. Life force. "This universe was constructed by Theta." Thetan, Spirit, Soul. "I now realize I am a Thetan, not a body." TR's, Training Routines. Designed to train the auditor "therapist" to be unresponsive to the PC patient. Side effect is creating a cold and distant "thousand-mile stare" in Scientologist's eyes. Up Stat, describing a condition of having the all-important production statistics going up, indicating increased output and more money coming in. Also, a general term of goodness or cleanliness, showing a kind of Scientological glow. After all, what could be better than having more money? Wall of Fire, the OT 3 (Operating Thetan) incident with atomic bombs being dropped on our frozen souls on volcanoes such as Hawaii 75 million years ago. Ignores the geological fact that Hawaii isn't that old. Wholetrack, the timeline of trillions of years of memory Scientologists claim to have. Win, a success from a Scientology perspective. "David Miscavige announced some Big Wins we had destroying the reputations of some psychiatrists in Germany in 1994." Withhold, after committing an Overt (undisclosed bad act), people try to hide it or Withhold it; thus a Withhold is what you're hiding. Wog, a derogatory and racist term the cult co-opted from British slang, and now uses to refer to people outside of Scientology's purview. Xenu, sometimes spelled Xemu, the evil galactic ruler that packaged us all up, put us on Hawaii, and blew us up with H bombs 75,000,000 years ago, according to L. Ron Hubbard, author of Dianetics. The picture on the cover of Dianetics is meant to restimulate this incident implanted by Xenu, and force us to buy a copy. What's that you say? Hawaii didn't exist 75,000,000 years ago? Shhh! You'll wake him! ===================================================================== 1.4 Reference books on Scientology ===================================================================== What books have been written about Scientology? These are some of the major critical works on the subject; with a few exceptions the only positive books about Scientology are written by Hubbard himself, and these are all recommended reading for insight into Hubbard's philosophy. The book references are taken from "Martin's Book List." See also section 4.0 Reference materials on cults for books on recovery/therapy aspects. *** Books on Scientology *** A Piece of Blue Sky - Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed. Atack, Jon. Carol Publishing Group, New York. 1990. Bare Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard. Miller, Russell. Henry Holt, New York. 1988. L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? - Revised, Updated and Expanded Edition. Corydon, Bent. Barricade Books, Fort Lee, New Jersey. 1992. The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis of Scientology. Wallis, Roy. Columbia University Press, New York. 1977. Religion Inc. Lamont, Stewart. Harrap, London. 1986. Inside Scientology: Or How I Found Scientology and Became Super Human. Kaufman, Robert. Olympia Press, New York. 1972. The Mindbenders. Vosper, Cyril. Neville Spearman, London. 1971. The Scandal of Scientology. Cooper, Paulette. Tower Publications, New York. 1971. Cooper's book is available over the web at: http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~anon2c9e/scandal.txt and at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/cooper-scandal.txt Scientology: The Now Religion. Malko, George. Dell/Delacorte, New York. 1970. The Road to Xenu. Wakefield, Margery. Available over the web at: http://www.demon.co.uk/castle/xenu.html and at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/Xenu/xenu.html Magazine articles on Scientology: "Scientologists Plotted to Frame a Critic as a Criminal, Files Show." Gordon, Gregory. Boston Globe, 24 November 1979. "Scientology: Anatomy of a Frightening Cult." Methvin, Eugene H. Reader's Digest, May 1980. "Scientology Plot Against State Official." Henderson, Bruce. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 29 May 1980. "Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power." Behar, Richard. Time, May 6 1991. ===================================================================== 1.5 Ars origins ===================================================================== Who created alt.religion.scientology, and why was it created? Who created alt.clearing technology? Article #55523 (56396 is last): From: sgoehrin@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (scott goehring) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: The History of Alt.Religion.Scientology Date: Sun Apr 16 14:34:13 1995 In article , James Parker wrote: > Let's put it more simply. and while we're at it add a bunch of nonsense... > A few people see an opportunity to persecute the Church of Scientology >and through the use of a forged name, ARS is created. wrong, entirely wrong. _one_ person (me) decided that it was high time that there be a place to talk about the lunacy that is the Church of Scientology. in the spirit of the times and of the entity that is the CoS, the newgroup was issued with an obviously forged name, but one that might actually make some of the more gullible scienos believe it was real. there was no intent to "persecute", and no "conspiracy". it has always been my opinion that the CoS has always been its own worst enemy; there is simply no reason for anyone outside of it to do anything beyond expose it for what it is. if this is "persecution", so is scientology's burblings about prozac, ECT, psychiatry, and everything else it holds in contempt. > These persecutors then have it all to themselves for awhile. They get to > do their persecution, in their fraudulently created newsgroup. this is alt.*. there's no such thing as a "fraudulently" created alt newsgroup. a.r.s has good propagation because after it was created, it seems to be a popular group with a significant non-joke content, so most admins chose to carry it. a.r.s is exactly as legitimate as any other alt group--perhaps more. > Well, Scientologists believe in their religion, so they come on to the >scene to get this persecutory newsgroup removed. the only attempt (which failed) to "remove" a.r.s was instigated by helena kobrin, less than six months ago. the group has been around, what, 2 1/2 years? something like that. there have been scientologists in it sporadically almost from its inception. Here's the actual newgroup command from Scott Goehring: >From miscaviage@flag.sea.org Wed Jul 17 12:46:28 1991 Path: rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab! flag!miscaviage From: miscaviage@flag.sea.org (David Miscaviage) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology.ctl Subject: newgroup alt.religion.scientology Message-ID: <80235@flag> Date: 17 Jul 91 08:06:31 GMT Control: newgroup alt.religion.scientology Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Lines: 0 Approved: miscaviage@flag.sea.org -------------------------------------- To: milne@crl.com,sgoehrin@indiana.edu Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: The true story behind the creation of a.r.s From: CROCKWEL@indiana.edu Date: 12 Oct 1995 21:27:22 GMT milne@crl.com (Andrew Milne) asks Scott Goehring: >Are you not the guy who founded this hate group in order to get your >ex-girlfriend out of Scientology after she left you? ex-girlfriend?!?! boy are you confused buddy!! i think the indianapolis news has the best article which discusses the group's creation (and they should since they interviewed the source... novel idea, eh?) this group was created by scott, after being discussed by me, scott and a third party (not scott's non-existent ex-girlfriend... trust me on this). this group was not created as a hate group. this group was created as a means to let scientologists (like you milne) to spout their views in a forum that the world can see. it was also meant for people like me to tell what we have seen about scientology. if any "ex" was involved in any way in the creation of this newgroup it was *my* ex-husband. at the time the group was created we were legally seperated and i had filed for divorce. my ex was sending me harassing email. as best i could tell he was trying to (mis?)apply hubbard's technology in order to get what he wanted from me (which was not a divorce). you'll have to trust me on this one, but i was *not* trying to get my ex-husband out of scientology. by the time the group was created what i cared about was not my ex-husband, but actually other people who could avoid getting suckered into scientology by reading this newsgroup. btw: scott where are you hiding this ex-girlfriend? i was under the impression that i was your first girlfriend... ;-) ------------------------------------ Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: Fishman's reply to Milne From: sgoehrin@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (scott goehring) Date: 12 Oct 1995 20:58:36 GMT In article <45jpb2$blt@crl13.crl.com>, Andrew Milne wrote: >Are you not the guy who founded this hate group in order to get your >ex-girlfriend out of Scientology after she left you? once again you demonstrate that you still need to learn how to evaluate data, Milne. you've managed to take a number of facts and twist them together into something completely ridiculous. this newsgroup (which is not a "hate" group--i have no reason to hate scientologists), was co-founded by me and my then-girlfriend (now my wife) for a number of reasons, not the least of which was to find out more about scientology and scientologists. i have no ex-girlfriends; i am one of the lucky few who score on the first try. my wife's first husband was an scientologist, and my pointing her toward critical writings about Scientology (at the time i met her, she was very unhappy in her marriage to him) was one of the factors in her decision to divorce him. we founded the newsgroup nearly a year after their separation, and over a month after the divorce filing. at the time i met her, all i knew about Scientology was what i had read in a Reader's Digest article from 1981. our joint research at the Library of Congress was, shall we say, enlightening, for both of us. for the record, my wife and i have been married for three and a half years, have a two year old son, and are expecting a daughter in february. ------------------------------------ Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: Origin of alt.religion.scientology From: crockwel@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (christi l rockwell) Date: 26 Oct 1995 20:25:44 GMT In article <46nk3l$f2q@crl14.crl.com> milne@crl.com (Andrew Milne) writes: >scott goehring (sgoehrin@copper.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote: >: yes, i know; i "forged" it. [the newgroup message that created this >: wonderful group] >With the intention of developing an anti-Scientology hate group so as to >get your girlfriend, who was interested in Scientology, to come back to >you. Not so? ok boys and girls. once is funny. more interesting than my cs lab even (but don't tell jonathon, please :-). but twice is... well.... stupid is the kindest word that comes to mind. first, this newsgroup was *my* idea. trust me boys and girls i was not trying to get back any girlfriend. come to think of it, i don't think i've had anything that would come close to being a girlfriend (disappointing isn't it... :-) second, scott has never lost me and thus had never had any reason to try convince me to "come back to [him]". scott and i have been seeing each other (in the real life) since april 13, 1990 (a friday even :-) (we met online shortly before that). we are currently very happily married with approximately 1 6/9 children, 2 cats and several kittens on the way. third, this group was not designed to be, developed as, or created to be a hate group of any sort. certainly scott and i have our own opinions about scientology which we are more than willing to share with the kind people here, but that did not influence the creation of the group. if anything this group was created so that scientologists, like my ex-husband, could show their true colors in a world wide forum. fourth, i have never been in scientology. milne, you, of all people, should know this, or be able to check on this quite easily. please stop this lying about both me and my husband. it's getting quite annoying. c. --------------------------------------------- Homer's viewpoint on ars's and act's origins: From: homer@poly.math.cornell.edu (Homer Wilson Smith) Subject: Re: Cancelpoodle replaced by rabid lawyers Date: Tue Jan 10 17:28:57 1995 Actually I had nothing at all to do with the starting of a.r.s., it was quite alive when, much to my chagrin, I first ran into it. The full story is documented in 'EXM-29B The Story of Electra'. [...] I also feel somewhat responsible for providing a datum of comparable magnitude to a.r.s. and the church and Scientology by creating a.c.t. which I did do. However I feel that the quality of a.r.s. has gone WAY up since the old days, not because of much of what I have done, but because of all the players that came to this playing board, once the rest of us made it more real that this was a game worth playing. -- Homer ===================================================================== 1.6 Ars timeline ===================================================================== What is the time line for ars? ===================================================================== 1.7 Ars running jokes ===================================================================== What are some of the running jokes on ars?