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- Subject: non-scientologist access faq
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- Summary: where to find unsanctioned information about Scientology,
- Dianetics, the Church, or Hubbard. Includes book reviews,
- library references, FTP sites. Unsanctioned only means that
- Church publications are not the primary focus.
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- Last-modified: Tuesday 22aug95
- Version: 3.3
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- Access to material about Scientology, Dianetics, the Church, or L.
- Ron Hubbard. The bulk of the material reviewed was written by
- non-Church-members or ex-Church-members, but some Church material is
- covered. All opinions belong to the various reviewers.
-
- This material was collected off the net and edited by Don Lindsay
- (lindsay@cs.colorado.edu). Short contributions, pro or con, are
- welcome. It's impossible to keep up with the net, so please email
- any comments/contributions directly to me.
-
- Table of contents:
-
- Changes, version 3.2 to 3.3:
- Usenet newsgroups:
- BBS:
- World Wide Web:
- Anonymous FTP sites:
- Electronic Mailing Lists:
- AOL:
- Magazines:
- Video:
- Books and library material, mostly sorted in the order:
- - books with multiple reviews
- - items with a review
- - unreviewed items
-
- --------------------------------------
- Changes, version 3.2 to 3.3:
- Added a table of contents.
- More web pages and FTP sites
- including a newspaper, a legal column, a Supreme Court, etc
- Added AOL reference
- Added another address for "Gauntlet"
- Added magazine "Walk Away"
- Added a source of video
- Added references for articles by Roy Wallis
- Added more publishers for "Fads and Fallacies"
- Added two bookstores
- Added ISBN for "The truth about scientology"
- Added review of "Mission Into Time"
- Added fuller reference for "Scientology: A History of Man"
- Added old newspaper/magazine articles:
- 1971 The Realist
- 1991 Chicago Tribune
- 1950-69, a large list.
- 1992 Behavioral Sciences and the Law
- Added a list of early Dianetics books
- Added "Sectarian Healers and Hypnotherapy"
- "How We Know What Isn't So"
- "Captive Hearts, Captive Minds"
- "Belief Systems and Your Personal Power"
- "The Future of New Religious Movements"
-
- --------------------------------------
- Usenet newsgroups:
- alt.religion.scientology
- alt.clearing.technology
- --------------------------------------
- BBS:
- WISENET, for WISE members only. If you are one, ask them for details.
- FACTNet "It has probably the largest publicly available library on
- Scientology anywhere, and word search capabilities.
- 1-303-530-1942 (up to 28.8k)." (as of 6 Jul 1994 post
- to a.r.s. by cultxprt@indirect.com (Jeff Jacobsen))
- F.A.C.T.Net, 601 16th. St. #C-217, Golden, CO 80401,
- 1-303-473-0111 (voice)
- Email to factnet@rmii.com.
- NOTE: Factnet's computers were seized in a raid, 22aug95.
-
- --------------------------------------
- World Wide Web:
- Web lists are always in flux: it's common for URLs to not work.
- Notice that WWW browsers can be used to access Anonymous FTP sites.
-
- http://www.cybercom.net/~rnewman/home.html
- This has a good history of the war on Usenet. Well read.
- http://www.theta.com/goodman/index.htm -- Leisa Goodman
- Note that this page is Church-sponsored.
- http://www.skeptic.com/
- -- the erudite Jim Lippard's doorway to all things skeptical
- http://www.primenet.com/~lippard/ -- his home page
- http://wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us:80/~btcarrol/home/Bobshome.html
- (see his dictionary)
- http://www.primenet.com/~cultxpt/ -- Jeff Jacobsen
- http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~sgoehrin/scientology/home.html
- http://mail.bris.ac.uk/~plmlp -- Martin Poulter
- http://www.sky.net/~sloth/sci/sci_index.html -- "Da Sloth"
- http://www.snafu.de/~tilman -- Tilman Hausherr
- http://amazing.cinenet.net/scientology.html
- http://www.primenet.com/~stevem/ -- Stephen E. Marinick
- http://www.smartpages.com/faqs/
- http://users.aimnet.com/~jdiver
- http://www.tiac.net/users/modemac/cos.html
- http://www.thur.de/religio/publik/arsfaq.html
- http://www.skeptic.com/03.3.jl-jj-scientology.html
- http://www.tezcat.com/~tina/scn-index.shtml
- http://www.clark.net/pub/jcblal/jcbcos.html
- http://www.well.com/user/jerod23/clam.html
-
- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/
- http://www.helsinki.fi/~huuskone/fishman.asc
- http://www.c2.org/~gleonard/fishman.txt
- http://huizen.dds.nl/~andersp
-
- http://iquest.com/~fitz/csicop/ (Skeptical Enquirer page)
- http://www.fys.uio.no/~kjetikj/skeptic/
- http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/aig/staff/toby/skeptic.html (UK Skeptic page)
- http://www.thur.de/religio/start.html - about cults and sects.
- Note: this is in German, not English.
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~fonss/
-
- http://www.eff.org/ -- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- (EFF is involved in the Erlich case etc)
- http://www.asc.org
- http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~llurch/emeter.html
- Emeter blueprints.
-
-
- Newspapers on the Web:
- http://sfgate.com/wais-chron.html -- San Francisco Chronicle
- (search for "Scientology" gets many hits)
-
- Magazine articles on the Web:
- http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/95/apr/bwm1.htm
- http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/95/may/bwm27.htm
- http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/95/may/bwm50.htm
- http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/95/jul/bwmlet.htm
- http://www.zdnet.com/~pcmag/trends/tr0818.htm -- PC magazine
-
- Columns on the Web:
- http://www.portal.com:80/~cyberlaw -- law and cyberspace
-
-
- Law courts on the Web:
- http://info.ic.gc.ca/opengov/supreme.court/sc.home.html
- The Supreme Court of Canada (the full text of
- Casey Hill v COS is online)
-
- I wasn't able to verify:
- http://www.demon.co.uk/castlsys/clambust.html
- http://power.stu.rpi.edu/newfact.html
- http://www.bart.nl/~truus/index.html
- http://www.cistron.nl/~erik
- http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/bbctv/the_net/TN950515/svi.html
- gopher://gopher.etext.org/11/Zines/Scamizdat
- gopher://gopher.msu.edu:3441/0chronological%20comp.org.eff.talk%2060218
- ftp://ugle.unit.no/incoming/factkit.zip
- ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net:/incoming/factkit.zip
- ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ffunch/fhome.html - Free Zone
- ftp://ftp.gmd.de/incoming/text/fishman.zip
- ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/incoming/fishman.zip
- ftp://coli.uni-sb.de/incoming/fishman.zip
- ftp://130.63.249.47/
- ftp://204.181.193.34/temp1/fishman.txt
- ftp://ftp.demos.su/incoming/fishmann.zip
- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/incoming/factkit.zip
- --------------------------------------
- Anonymous FTP sites:
- ftp://ftp.factnet.org/tmp/factkit.zip -- FACTNET (raided)
- ftp.earthlink.net /pub/archives/brianw -- unofficial but sanctioned
- "currently off line" says Wenger's users/welcome faq 1.5
- ftp.pcnet.com /users/brianw replaces earthlink, says Wenger.
- theta.csh.rit.edu - wasn't up when I tried it. Questions to
- ftp-manager@theta.csh.rit.edu or george@theta.csh.rit.edu
- ftp.rmii.com pub2/factnet -- FACTnet.
- ftp.netcom.com /pub/mo/modemac/factnet -- a factnet sampler. see WWW.
- ftp.rahul.net /pub/homer -- Homer Smith
- ftp.primenet.com /users/c/cultxpt -- Jeff Jacobsen
- ftp.primenet.com/users/s/stevem -- Stephen Marinick, see WWW
- ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/incoming/fishman.zip
- ftp://ftp.gmd.de/incoming/text/fishman.zip
- ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/incoming/fishman.zip
- gopher://freenet.hut.fi:79/0scamiz
- ftp://odysseus.uchicago.edu/pub/OTs.gz
-
- If you have "archie", then "archie scientology" will produce a
- list of sites, which typically are just "mirror" copies of the
- Usenet FAQ archive:
- rtfm.mit.edu, pub/usenet/news.answers/scientology
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk /usenet/usenet-by-group/alt.answers/scientology/users
- unix.hensa.ac.uk /pub/uunet/usenet/news.answers/scientology/users
- which is also on some archive CD's, some of which are mounted online:
- freebsd.cdrom.com /.9/internet/rtfm/alt.religion/scientology
- --------------------------------------
- Electronic Mailing Lists:
-
- Email to STUS@PSSI.COM to join a Church-sanctioned list, according
- to Wenger's FAQ.
- Alt.clearing.technology used to have a list called Theta-L, and
- perhaps still does.
- tnx-l the "Theta News eXchange" for Scientologists in good standing.
- Original contact: list moderator (Steve Porter) at stp@Earthlink.net
- Reportedly this list has moved to pvid@theta.com
-
- --------------------------------------
- AOL:
- 11 May 1995 alerma <alerma@DGS.dgsys.com> reported:
- goto Keyword Religion
- Scroll to bottom of window
- select 'other religions'
- goto other religions file area
- scroll back to Oct 25, 94 and you will find many affidavits.
- -or-
- Select''Philosphy'
- then 'philosphy file area'
- and scroll back to March 25, for A fishman and Scaarf affidavit.
-
- --------------------------------------
-
- Magazines:
-
- 15 Jan 1995 ant@ivy.ping.dk:
-
- The name is International Viewpoints, and
- it is _not_ concerned with quarrels or battles between the church and
- others. The editor is 65 year old 'free' scientologist Antony Phillips,
- who first contacted scientology (before it was a church) in 1954 in
- England, worked for a total of ten years in various scientology
- organisations, and was thrown out in 1983. Details can be obtained
- by writing to him at:
- Internet: ant@ivy.ping.dk
- Postal: IVy, PO Box 78, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- ---
- 13 Jan 1995 ladyv <ladyv@cts.com> (Enid Vien):
-
- Free Spirit
- Dept 1934
- PO Box 6905
- Terra Linda
- Ca. 94903-0905
-
- It costs $50.00 for non subscribers. If you wish to subscribe it is
- $15.00 and then the book costs $40.00.
- I am a subscriber and I highly recommend it.
-
- ---
- 9 Mar 1995 "TarlaStar" <bmyers@ionet.net>:
-
- The Gauntlet is a semi-annual publication whose motto is:
- "Exploring the limits of free expression". The particular issue I
- referred to has several articles on why "60Minutes" and "Geraldo"
- backed off of stories that they were doing on CoS. (ISSN#1047-4463,
- ISBN#0-96299659) all letters, inquiries etc. go to: Gauntlet,
- Dept B94, 309 Powell Rd. Springfield, PA 19064.
-
- rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Newman) 23 Apr 1995 reports:
- Gauntlet is an excellent magazine.
- Send $11.95 for one issue, or $22 for two issues. Specify which
- issues you want.
- I've also seen Gauntlet for sale in Boston-area comic book stores. If
- you've got a comic store in your neighborhood, give them a call.
-
- 8 May 1995 julifolo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (watkins julia k):
- _Gauntlet_ No. 9, 1995, has a long Scientology article
- $11.95, Gauntlet, Inc., Dept. SUB9A, 309 Powell Rd., Springfield, PA 19064
-
- ---
-
- 29 Jun 1995 wbarwell@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (William Barwell):
-
- *Walk Away*
- The Newsletter for Ex-fundamentalists
-
- Vol 8, #1 Spring 1995
-
- Another publication from the Institute for First Amendment Rights.
- This one is almost a support network for people who have walked
- away from fundamentalist religous groups. There is an intriguing
- two page report from religous-cult-deprogrammer Rick Ross about his
- legal battle defending himself against the church of Scientology.
- No trades/prints letters Subs:$10 Institute
- for The First Amendemnt
- P.O. Box 589 Great Barrington, MA 01230
- Email ifa@crocker.com
- It does not give price per individual copy, but I suspect $3.00 would do it.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Video:
-
- 16 Jul 1995 cultxpt@primenet.com (Jeff Jacobsen):
-
- Watchman Fellowship
- PO Box 530842
- Birmingham AL 35253
-
- ask for the 4 hour video on Scientology from the Clearwater Conference on
- Cults. $25 + $3 postage in the US.
-
- I just finished watching this videotape and it's crammed with great
- information. There is an excerpt from 5th Estate, a Canadian TV show,
- and BBC TV as well. At the conference an OTVI and an OTVII, now
- ex-members, spoke of their experiences in Scientology.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Books and library material are the remainder of this FAQ.
- We begin with the books that have multiple reviews, and slowly tail
- off into various long lists of unreviewed books.
-
-
- "L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?" -- by Bent Corydon and L. Ron
- Hubbard Jr. a.k.a. Ronald DeWolf.(Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1987)
- ISBN 0-8184-0444-2. In 1992, from Barricade Books, Fort Lee, New
- Jersey, dist. by Publishers Group West, $12.95 "expanded and updated"
-
- "Bare-Faced Messiah, The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard", by Russell Miller
- (N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co., 1987) ISBN 0-8050-0654-0. $19.95
- London: Michael Joeseph Penguin Book Ltd, 1987.
- Also reported: ISBN: 0718127641 (for the Penguin, I believe).
-
- Russell Miller is a British journalist who's done several biographies.
-
- A Piece of Blue Sky -- by Jon Atack, 1990 ISBN 0-8184-0499-X
- A Lyle Stuart Book, Published by Carol Publishing Group
- Reportedly:
- 120 Enterprise Avenue, Secaucus, NJ, USA, 07094
- lippard@Primenet.Com (James J. Lippard) 20 Apr 1995:
- A local bookstore gave me a different address, plus a telephone number:
- Carol Publishing Group
- 600 Madison Ave., 11th Floor
- New York, NY 10022
- (212) 486-2200
-
- 13 Nov 1994 Tommy the Tourist (Anon User) <nobody@csua.berkeley.edu> said:
- Or you can order direct from Jon's wife Noella Atack,
- "Avalon"
- Cranston Road
- East Grinstead
- West Sussex
- RH19 3HQ
- Price 15 pounds sterling. This includes p&p if to a UK
- address. Overseas orders will need to add extra....
- If you want the facts, this is the book to get.
- Reportedly it can be ordered from the on-line bookshop http://www.books.com/
- for $21.95
-
- Review by revpk@cellar.UUCP (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano), 1992:
-
- "Messiah or Madman?" is a poorly organized, sloppy piece of work,
- with little sense to its organization or even writing style. Passages that
- skip between various events do so with little reason, and frequently without
- even citing dates or times. There's no index, little sourcing, and much of it
- seems gleaned from court records. Howeveer, it's the only one widely
- available.
-
- "Bare-faced messiah" is better written, better documented, and is
- perhaps the one indispensable biography of L. Ron Hubbard. The problem is, it
- doesn't deal with much of the Church's history; but it does provide lots of
- innarestin' details about life aboard the Sea Org, and it's the best written
- of the three books available.
-
- "A Piece of Blue Sky" is a history of both the Church and Hubbard--
- very well researched, lots of documentation, and well structured. It's too
- bad Atack's not much of a stylist, because the book amounts to a series of
- facts listed after each other for easy access. Still, Atack's book is the
- single best overall guide to Scientology that I've ever read, and I recommend
- it to everyone.
-
- Review by tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook), 1992:
-
- The book is called A PIECE OF BLUE SKY by Jon Atack,
- and it is great! I spent the last week totally absorbed in this
- book, and I highly recommend it. Atack is an ex-Scientologist,
- and he has done a fine job of explaining their beliefs, and also
- he presents a very interesting history of Hubbard and Dianetics.
-
- Review by djb@dberleant.uark.edu (/usr/spool/mail/djb) (Dan), 1992:
-
- "Messiah or Madman" is largely a primary source. Meaning that the
- material is recounted from actual events witnessed by the authors,
- with little interpretation given (what interpretation there is is
- negative, of course). Both the authors were heavily involved in
- Scientology, particularly Corydon who was an important figure in the
- movement. In addition to their own experiences in the movement and
- with Hubbard himself, they provide page after page of quotes from
- other former Scientologists, describing their own experiences and
- events they witnessed.
-
- Russell Miller's excellent book "Bare-Faced Messiah" is a secondary
- source, thoroughly researched and well written, but definitely
- complementary to "Messiah or Madman" rather than replacing it or being
- "better" (whatever that means).
-
- Review in anonymous posting, 20feb93:
-
- The newly-updated version of Bent Corydon's book, _L. Ron Hubbard
- Messiah or Madman_ is now available in trade paperback. Hastings is
- carrying it in their biography section for $15. At least one other
- major chain has it on their shelves also.
-
- Review by ffunch@netcom.com (Flemming Funch), a Free Zone ex-scientologist,
- 11 Apr 1994:
-
- the only book of those that I like and recommend is Miller's book. The
- other two people are very biased and more acting out of revenge and
- self-interest. Miller was never a scientologist and is mainly trying to
- tell the true story as he sees it.
-
- Miller was incidentally mostly using Atack's data to write his book.
-
- Even though Miller is also leaning towards present Hubbard in a negative
- light I think his fairly neutral listing of facts leaves it more up to the
- reader to decide.
-
- For example, Miller sets out to prove how Hubbard's claims of having
- traveled extensively in China was a lie. And he goes ahead to document
- exactly that Hubbard DID travel in China as a teenager. Hub exaggerated a
- bit, but what I got from it was that he did do a lot of interesting things
- at an early age that could inspire him with some unusual wisdom.
-
- In the written opinion of Judge Pierre N. Leval, U.S. District Judge,
- re New Era Publications Intl. v. Henry Holt & Co., as posted 1 Mar
- 1995 by ao579@yfn.ysu.edu (Diane Richardson):
-
- In this case, because Bare-Faced Messiah (in substantially similar
- form) has been previously published in England, Canada and Australia,
- reviews have appeared there to which the court may refer for guidance.
- These credit the book as a serious work of investigation and
- criticism.
-
- A reviewer for the London Sunday Times wrote: "Russell Miller has done
- a service to his readers by surmounting the legal obstacles placed in
- his way by the Scientologists who attempted to discredit him and to
- prevent the publication of his book. It is admirably written, well
- documented and it must have entailed a great deal of painstaking
- research. The evidence...in his book has been gathered carefully from
- witnesses who were once bemused by the cult and who were fearful of
- giving him the information he required. (Gready Aff. Exh. D.) A
- reviewer for Maclean's Magazine wrote, "while scathingly critical of
- Hubbard and his church, Bare-Faced Messiah is, in fact, scrupulously
- fair (Id. Exh. E.) The Spectator, in its review, recommended the
- book for its "admirably detailed documentation." (Id. Exh. C)
-
- The work appears to make responsible use of its material. Although
- plaintiff disagrees with many of Miller's conclusions and argues that
- different interpretations can be drawn from the sources, plaintiff
- does not contend that the biography has dealt dishonestly with its
- sources or is for any other reason to be denied credit as a serious
- work of criticism and comment on a highly newsworthy subject.
-
-
- Review of "A piece of Blue Sky"
- by hutton@pluto.dev.promis.com (Don Hutton) 12apr93:
-
- If you are going to read just one critical book on Scientology, read this.
- It's pretty comprehensive and pretty even-handed (which is unfortunately
- rare in this field). When the evidence supports L. Ron's claims (eg. his
- hydrographics studies) it says so. When Scientology's critics do something
- dumb (like the time it was banned in Australia) it says so. The fusillades
- against other aspects of L. Ron and his creations are heavily annotated as
- to source (eg. Sentencing memorandum in U.S.A. vs. Jane Kember, District
- Court, DC, criminal case no., 78-401, p.25.)
- I've found this, and all other books and articles critical of Scientology
- very hard to find. I had to order "Blue Sky" through the Cult Awareness
- Network (1-312-267-7777, 2421 W. Pratt Blvd., Suite 1173, Chicago, Ill,
- U.S.A. 60645) as I couldn't even order it directly from the Canadian
- publisher. They're sort of your one-stop shopping place for stuff like
- this. They've got some good stuff and some really bad stuff (for the
- latter, check out the "Cults - Just Say NO!" video - narrated by Charlton
- Heston! BWAAA-HA-HA!).
-
- P.S. There was also an interesting article by Behnar (the editor of the
- Time magazine article last year) in QUILL, the journal of the American Society
- of Journalists and Authors, about the aftermath of the article. He was
- eventually given some kind of medal by President George Bush for the article.
- The QUILL article was from one of the fall 1992 issues.
- [Editor's note: that's Behar, see below.]
- ---
- "Scientology from the inside out"
- "How to fool the press",
- Robert Vaughn Young
- Quill, v81n9, 38-41, nov93
-
- A response was published:
- "Another view of Scientology"
- By: Linda Simmons-Hight, Media Relations Director, Church of Sci. International
- The Quill
- Jan, 1994
- ---
- the Catholic Sentinal, March 17, 1978
- "Scientology Leaders Convicted of Fraud"
-
- PARIS- The Paris tribunal has found four leaders of the Church of
- Scientology, including its Amercian founder, guilty of making fradulant
- claims that physical cures and professional success can be acheived
- through Scientology.
- Ron Lafayette Hubbard, the American found of the sect, was condemned
- to four years imprisonment and a fine of 35,000 francs (a little over
- $7,000). Henry Laarhuis, Dutch former executive director of the French
- branch of the organization, was condemned to three years and a find of
- 15,000 francs.
- The article goes on to say Hubbard was convicted in absentia.
- ---
- "The Prisoners of Saint Hill" by Tim Kelsey and Mike Ricks,
- the Independent [United Kingdom], Jan.31, 1994.
- Posted to the Net in April 95, and Reviewed in CAN newsletter April '94
- ---
- A magazine database search turned up
- People Weekly v19 p84(5) 1983 Jan 24 by John Saar
- "Ministry of fear; scandal rocks Scientology as the founder's wife
- goes to prison and his son turns prosecution witness"
- also
- Penthouse feedback, Penthouse v15 p28(6) 1984 Jan
- The other side of L. Ron Hubbard, Jr : Ron deWolf
- also
- "Follow-ups: shamed in Spain. (Heber Jentzsch, head of Church of
- Scientology arrested in Spain)"
- Fortune v119 n2 p16(1) 1989 Jan 16
- also
- "See You In Court", by Russell Miller, Punch, 19feb88 p.46
- (short bit about the Church suing to stop the publication
- of "Bare Faced Messiah")
- ---
- Mind Game -- by Norman Spinrad, Jove Books, copyright 1980.
-
- Review by lindsay@cs.colorado.edu, 1992:
- This is a novel, a "roman a clef", about an author whose wife joins the
- "Transformationalism" cult. Yes, the cult is led by a pulp-era
- science-fiction writer. He even says things like, "We're developing
- the Atomic Age of the mind." Gee, any guesses?
-
- Review by dennis.l.erlich@support.com Mon Jan 23 1995:
-
- Descriptions of Celebrity Center and infiltration of
- entertainment industry are accurate. How the cult tore
- the marriage apart in the early part of the story
- was *too* real for me. The pressures to disconnect from
- family who might say "go slow" were real.
- Spinrad's descriptions of the inside of the cult and the cult
- leader were phony.
- I'd say his discriptions of the outside of the cult were dead
- on. He's never been in one, though.
- The guy had obviously been had by the Celebrity Center scam.
-
- ---
- Heads - by Greg Bear, Tor, 1990 ISBN 0-812-51996-5
-
- Review by lindsay@cs.colorado.edu, 1992:
- This is good science fiction, set about a century from now. The
- relevance is that the villain is obviously the Church of Scientology,
- with just enough details changed so that the author can't be sued.
- ---
- EVANS, Dr. Christopher, _Cults of Unreason_, Harrap, London, 1973.
- Evans, Christopher. Cults of Unreason. New York: Dell Publishing, 1975.
-
- From: paj@mrcu (Paul Johnson), 1992
- Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK
-
- I have just read "Cults of Unreason" by Christopher Evans. Most of
- the book is devoted to a history and discussion of Dianetics and
- Scientology. This is readable and at times very funny. As Evans
- says, "A rich vein of unconsious humor runs through the official
- publications of the cult" (or words to that effect). The book is old
- and somewhat out of date, but it is detailed and impartial
- ---
- VOSPER, Cyril, _The Mindbenders_, Neville Spearman, London, 1971, 188 p.
-
- From: andrewd@chook.adelaide.edu.au (Andrew Dunstan), 1992:
- See also "The Mind Benders" by Cyril Vosper. (I think this is right!)
- The Scientologists went to a GREAT deal of trouble in the UK to try
- to suppress this book.
- ---
- "Bigger Secrets", by William Poundstone, 1986, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN
- 0-395-45397-6. PP 58-62 are titled "The Secret Teachings of L. Ron
- Hubbard". Summarizes Zemu. Dirt on Hubbard's war hero status.
- Claims they pull in $100M/yr and have dummy corporations in "no tell
- countries like Leichtenstein, Luxembourg, and Liberia".
- ---
- From: lippard@uavax0.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard), 1992
- [quoting] The Arizona Skeptic, vol. 5
- no. 2 (September/October 1991), pp. 1-5.
- "Parts of Dianetics, for
- example, have striking resemblance to two articles found in
- Volume 28 (1941) of the Psychoanalytic Review."
-
- Dr. J. Sadger, "Preliminary Study of the Psychic Life of
- the Fetus and the Primary Germ." Psychoanalytic Review
- July 1941 28:3. p.333
- Grace W. Pailthorpe, M.D., "Deflection of Energy, as a
- Result of Birth Trauma, and It's Bearing Upon Character
- Formation." Psychoanalytic Review July 1941 28:3 pp.
- 305-326, p.326.
- Nathaniel Thornton, D.Sc., "What is the Therapeutic Value
- of Abreaction?" Psychoanalytic Review 1949 36:411-415. p.411.
-
- Albert I. Berger, "Towards a Science of the Nuclear Mind:
- Science-fiction Origins of Dianetics", Science Fiction Studies, 1989,
- vol. 16:123-141 p.135
-
- S.I. Hayakawa, "From Science-fiction to Fiction-science", Etc.: A
- Review of General Semantics, 1951 Vol. 8 (4) 280- 293. p. 293.
-
- ---
-
- Jack Fox, Alvin E. Davis, and B. Lebovits, "An Experimental
- Investigation of Hubbard's Engram Hypothesis (Dianetics),"
- Psychological Newsletter 1959, 10, 131-134.
-
- The above is discussed in Jeff Jacobsen's article "Science and
- Dianetics" in _The Arizona Skeptic_, vol. 6, no. 1, July/August 1992,
- pp. 1-3. It is available for anonymous FTP from ftp.netcom.com in
- /pub/an/anson/Skeptical_Newsletters/Arizona_Skeptic. It is also on
- the World Wide Web at
- http://www.primenet.com/~cultxpt/jj-science.html.
-
- ---
- Roy Wallis, _The Road to Total Freedom: A Sociological Analysis
- of Scientology_, 1977, Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-0420000
- London : Heinemann Educational, 1976
-
- Review by lucey@hpwin088.uksr.hp.com (Peter Lucey) 12 Jul 1994:
- ...excellent book.
- Wallis did his homework.There's very little sociologese; and lots of facts.
- Its fair, too. (Though critical; how could it not be?) He seemed to
- have some support from the CoS when examining Scn; though not of
- his conclusions:). Highly recommended
- ---
- Wallis also had an article in the first issue of The Skeptical Inquirer
- (then known as The Zetetic) titled "'Poor Man's Psychoanalysis?'
- Observations on Dianetics."
-
- The Jacobsen article may be obtained from Jacobsen (who also has other
- stuff on Scientology) at P.O. Box 3541, Scottsdale, AZ 85271, or from
- the Phoenix Skeptics, P.O. Box 62792, Phoenix, AZ 85282-2792.
- ---
-
- WALLIS, Dr. Roy, _The Road to Total Freedom_, Heinmann, London,
- Columbia University Press, New York, 1977, according to Atack. That's
- slightly different from the above.
-
- 6 May 1995 rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Newman):
- Wallis tells his own story of harassment by Scientologists in
- an essay entitled "The Moral Career of a Research Project", in the
- book _Doing Sociological Research_ (ed. Colin Bell & Howard Newby, 1977).
- He later reprinted this essay in his own book _Salvation and Protest_.
- See also his essay "Religious Sects and the Fear of Publicity" in
- the UK magazine _New Society_, 7 June 1973.
-
- ---
-
- There was a cover article on Scientology in Time Magazine, 6may 1991:
- "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power", by Richard Behar. v137 p50-7
-
- By the same author:
- "The prophet and profits of Scientology"
- Forbes v138 p314(6) 1986 Oct 27
-
- "Scientology: a dangerous cult goes mainstream"
- Reader's Digest v139 p87-92 October '91
-
-
- Also in Time:
- "Mystery of the vanished ruler." Time v121 p64(4) 1983 Jan 31
-
- lafayette ronald hubbard scientologist. 2/10/86. covers his death
-
- ---
- Los Angeles Times ran a 6-part series, June 1990, by
- Welkos, Robert W. and Sappell, Joel.
- "The Scientology Story: A Special Report"
- #1 24june: The Making of L. Ron Hubbard
- The man in control. (David Miscavige)
- Burglaries and lies paved a path to prison
- Defining the theology
- #2 25june: Church markets its gospel with high-pressure sales
- Shoring up its religious profile
- #3 26june: Defectors recount lives of hard work, punishment
- #4 27june: Reaching Into Society
- #5 28june: Costly strategy continues to turn out bestsellers
- #6 29june: On the offensive against an array of suspected foes
- Suits, protests fuel a campaign against psychiatry
- (Scientology opposes anti-hyperactive drug Ritalin)
- A lawyer learns what it's like to fight the church
- (Joseph Yanny harassed by the Church of Scientology)
- ---
- From: sheaffer@netcom.com (Robert Sheaffer), 1992:
-
- One excellent book written at a popular level is "Psychobabble" by
- R.D. Rosen (Avon Books, 1979). It takes a skeptical look at EST,
- Scientology, etc., as well as a number of odd practices in psychology
- such as Rebirthing, Primal Scream, etc.
- ---
-
- "Dianetics: A Doctor's Report", J. A. Winter, M.D., ISBN 0-517-56421-1
- Copyright 1951, The Julian Press (1987 Edition), Crown Publishing Group, NYNY
-
- Review by lindsay@cs.colorado.edu 1993:
-
- Dr. Winter met Hubbard through the science fiction community in
- 1949, and became the Medical Director of the Hubbard Dianetic
- Research Foundation when it was formed.
-
- A lot of this book discusses therapy, and how dianetics, as a body of
- therapeutic techniques, has a lot to offer. Dr. Winter speaks quite
- highly of it.
-
- The rest of the book discusses his experiences, his disillusionment
- with the Foundation, and his resignation in protest. Partly he
- felt that the state of "clear" did not give the anticipated benefits:
- but also, he was unhappy that the Foundation was becoming
- authoritarian, and disparaging of anyone who actually did research.
- ---
- GARRISON, Omar V., _The Hidden Story of Scientology_, Arlington, London,1974.
- Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1974.
-
- Review by a Scientologist, isds11990012@memstvx1.memst.edu (John Holifield)
- 5Dec92
- ... for a non-scientology book to read, I suggest "The Hidden Story
- of Scientology". This is a true book by a non-scientologist that has
- investigated many of the lies told about Scientology.
-
- rnewman@mit.edu (Ron Newman)2 Mar 1995:
- You should note that this is a pro-Scientology book Still worth a
- look, however. At that time, Garrison believed Scientology was a
- persecuted minority group under attack from government agencies, and
- he believed Scientology's statements that they were ending the fair
- game policy, disconnection, etc. Later Garrison changed his mind,
- after he got involved in trying to write an official biography of
- Hubbard and discovered the Church's many lies about LRH's history.
-
- ---
- MALKO, George, Scientology: The Now Religion, Delacourte Press, New York, 1970.
- or New York: Uell Publishing Company. 205 pages.
-
- Review by rudnick@cfatrw.harvard.edu (Bret Rudnick) 27 Dec 1993:
- I would also recommend _Scientology: The NOW Religion_
- by George Malko, which is rather less than complimentary.
-
- Review by av282@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Martin G. V. Hunt) 28 Aug 1994:
-
- An easy read by virtue of Malko's fluent, lucid, albeit dated style,
- "The Now Religion" presents no problems to the reader, and flows by as a
- river of insight and information. Malko's book is an even presentation,
- well balanced and thoughtfully written; but be prepared for an attack on
- such loose-flung terms as "cult" and "brainwashing", as Malko will not
- permit any direct derogation of what he obviously considers a religion
- engaged in by its victims willingly.
-
- Chapters include a general overview of the cult, some biographical
- material on L. Ron Hubbard, the beginnings of Dianetics, an exploration
- into Scientology, an analysis into what lies behind these two, an
- explication of techniques, drills, and processes, a look at the subject
- "Ethics", and how it is often misapplied, and finally a summary of
- conclusions. What the book unfortunately lacks is both an index and a
- bibliography, for Malko has quite obviously researched his sources quite
- well, and references many, both textual and personal, in the body of the
- book.
-
- ---
- Cooper, Paulette. _The Scandal of Scientology_, New York: Tower
- Publications, 1971. 220 pages, with appendix.
-
- Review by rjk7m@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Richard John Kwiatkowski), 1993:
- I would highly reccommend that anyone who is involved or thinking about
- becoming involved with Dianetics or Scientology read Cooper's book.
-
- Review 10 Apr 1995 by av282@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Martin G. V. Hunt):
- Scandal is laid out in 25 sections, including a preface, an
- introduction, 21 chapters, a conclusion, and an appendix. Chapters
- describe the early days of Scientology, the confessional, Hubbard's ideas
- about life in the womb, Scientology's ideas about reincarnation,
- proselytizing, cult Organizations [Class IV Orgs], the Sea Org, the policy
- of attacking attackers, suppressives, security checks [Sec Checks],
- Scientology's emphasis on children and celebrities, the business and
- political aspects of the cult, the war between Scientology and medicine,
- a taste of higher levels [albeit very brief], the "E-Meter", Scientology's
- high cost, a brief biography of L. Ron Hubbard [touching on his fabricated
- past], and a look at the workability of Scientology.
-
- As an interesting aside, the prices quoted in Scandal include $162 for
- a meter, $4,625 to get to clear, and $2,850 for the final step to OT 8.
- These prices were deemed to be very expensive, and contributed to a
- decision to remove the cult's tax-exempt status in America; yet when
- compared to 1995's prices, they seem almost reasonable.
-
- The Scandal of Scientology is factual, interesting, and well- written,
- in a transparent and fluent language. It delivers its points with a punch
- that makes understandable the consternation that the publication of the
- work brought to the cult of Scientology, and its subsequent vicious
- attacks against Paulette Cooper. Cooper's work is an important historical
- document that will be talked about and written about and used as a primary
- reference for many years to come [...] Highly recommended reading.
-
- ---
- Renunciation and Reformulation: a Study of Conversion in an American
- Sect -- by Harriet Whitehead, 1987, Cornell University Press, Ithaca
-
- Review by acarvin@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Andy Carvin), 1992:
-
- Whitehead, who is a sociologist, actually joined a Church in order to
- get firsthand knowledge of the members and practices. Anyway, it's
- interesting, informative, and non-biased. I would think that it can
- be obtained in a good research library.
- ---
- Hubbard is mentioned in "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science",
- by Martin Gardner. Dover, New York, 1957.
-
- in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd and in the UK by
- Constable and Company, Ltd.
-
- ---
- Fads & Fallacies in the Name of Science. Gardener, Martin.
- Dover, New York. 1952.
-
- Have you read "The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher" by Martin
- Gardner(BTW it has a lovely photo of L Ron Hubbard measuring the
- emotions of a tomato). "Fads and Fallacies" is also a great book.
- --ph36@unixg.ubc.ca (Richard Nistuk)
- ---
- Flo Conway and Jim Seigelman's "Snapping" is a good, though
- pop-psych-influenced, account of the conversion experience that members of
- so-called 'cults' report; it compares similar experiences among Moonies,
- Scientologists, Krishnas, and many others, and also addresses the methods
- used by such organizations to _manufacture_ religious experiences.
- -- revpk@cellar.org (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano)
- Atack's bibliography lists this book as: Dell, New York, 1979.
- Wollersheim's lists it as: Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden
- Personality Change. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1978.
- ---
- In posting by rogue@ccs.northeastern.edu (Rogue Agent), 1993:
-
- I'm reading 'Flim Flam!' by James Randi, and came upon a reference to
- Scientology. Apparently back in the 70's Scientology set out to discredit
- CSICOP by painting it as a front organization for the CIA.
-
- Response to the above from lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard):
-
- Check out Kendrick Frazier, "A Scientology 'dirty tricks' campaign
- against CSICOP," _Skeptical Inquirer_ vol. 4, no. 3, Spring 1980, pp.
- 8-10. This news report indicates that Scientology documents outlining
- proposals to portray CSICOP as a CIA front were discovered by John
- Marshall, a reporter for the _Toronto Globe and Mail_, among thousands
- of documents entered as evidence into U.S. District Court in Washington,
- D.C.
-
- ---
- Francis King's RITUAL MAGIC IN ENGLAND (I think that's the right
- title) gives extracts from several letters written by Aleister
- Crowley dealing with L. Ron Hubbard.
- -- [private email, 1992]
-
- The letters are apparently also in
- _The Great Beast_ by John Symonds [MacDonald, London, 1971]
-
- For background,
- Book of the Law. Crowley, Aleister. Thelema Publications,
- King-Beach, California. 1976.
-
-
- ---
- "The Encyclopedia of American Religions" (J. Gordon Melton, Gale Research)
- has a short section on Scientology, and also short sections on several
- offshoots.
- ---
- In posting from mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson), 1992:
-
- ...Lashley coined the term "engram".
- In his book _Studies_in_the_Dynamics_of_Behavior_
- (University of Chicago Press, 1932), Lashley and his students
- Stone, Darrow, Landis, and Heath report on their early work.
- What caught my attention is how intensively they used one
- particular analytical tool, namely galvanic skin response (GSR).
-
- ----
- Reviews from mkkuhner@phylo.genetics.washington.edu (Mary K. Kuhner) 30jan93
-
- I went to the public library and read the two Scientology books they
- happened to have. Here are my capsule reviews. They represent only my
- own opinions.
-
- _Introduction to Scientology Ethics_.
- This book consists of several lists: ethical principles as they apply
- to people in general, to Scientologists, to auditors, and to
- supervisors, and a long section on various types of "crimes" against
- Scientology. The various lists struck me as somewhat contradictory--
- for example, freedom of speech was praised in general, but several of
- the lists gave specific things which must not be said by Scientologists.
-
- The list of crimes was very interesting reading. It corroborated many
- of the statements made by critics of the CoS. Any kind of public
- questioning or criticism of the CoS, justified or not, is a High Crime
- (the most severe category). Superiors are protected from criticism by
- their underlings. There is also a disturbing failure to distinguish
- between "crimes" by Scientologists and non-Scientologists. I have been
- told on the Net that the High Crimes apply only to Scientologists, but
- several of them (i.e. penalties for leaving the CoS) by their nature
- must apply to non-Scientologists.
-
- Recommended reading--as this book was apparently used as a practical
- guideline within the CoS (though it may now be obsolete) I think it
- provides a useful look at the way the organization operates.
-
- _Scientology 8008: the Book of Basics_
- This is also mainly a collection of lists, presented with very little
- explanatory text. A major part of the book is taken up with a kind of
- cosmology or creation story about the origin and nature of human beings.
- I found this turgid and unreadable. There are also lists which organize
- emotional states into a linear order, list the components of
- communication, etc. Without discussion, I found these lists completely
- useless. What does it mean that enthusiasm is higher than contentment--
- higher on what? Why?
-
- This books reminds me vividly of notes from some kind of pop-psych
- seminar, without the seminar to give them any meaning. Despite its
- title, it is quite useless to an outsider. Someone within the field
- might possibly find it useful as a reference.
-
- Not recommended.
- ---
- homer@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Homer Smith) responded to the above:
-
- There are 3 books by Hubbard with 8's in them.
-
- Scientology 0-8 The book of Basics
- Scientology 8-80
- Scientology 8-8008
-
- The first one is a compendium of scales.
-
- The second one is about dichotomies and how to produce
- energy from them and use them in auditing. This is the one
- that mentions Beautiful Cruelties.
-
- The third one is a detailed discussion on the nature
- of facsimilies and how to audit them.
- ---
- Homer Smith later commented about 8-80:
- >in 8-80, he gave the 'frequencies' of various emotions and things,
-
- > He also made the outrageous statement that the speed of light
- >is NOT constant, but depends in fact on the frequency of the light,
- >for which there is exactly zero physical evidence for and TONS against.
-
- ---
- >From lenngray@netcom.com (Lenny Gray) 27 Nov 1993:
-
- 1) An entry-level book published in paperback by the church itself is:
- "Scientology -- The Fundamentals of Thought" the bulk of which, I
- believe, was written in 1956. Though its goal is to present just
- the ideal, it does give a nice overview.
-
- 2) The book "Scientology -- 8-8008" is indeed the notes from a lecture,
- the lecture actually being their tape-series "The Philadelphia
- Doctorate Course Lectures", which was recorded in 1952-1953. It
- represents a stage when LRH thought he had something that could
- even be used solo, and he even said so, in tape 54:
-
- "Auditors will ask you this question and so I'll answer it for you --
- _Can you audit yourself up to theta-clear?_ Well I don't know how
- long it would take you, and I don't know how fouled up you'd get, or
- how flat you'd spin, or anything -- but _it could be done_, with just
- using SOP issue 5.
-
- ---
- zazen@austin.ibm.com (E. H. Welbon) 18may93:
-
- I suggest that any one still convinced that there is a soul in the
- human body (or any other species for that matter) pick up D.
- Dennett's recent book "Consciousness Explained". Dennett argues
- that the evidence in favor of the existence of a soul is essentially
- non-existent, while the argument for the non-existence of a soul is
- very good.
-
- Dennett also gives a method for evaluating "subjective" experiences
- that he proposes tests for in an appendix (i.e. he gives methods by
- which his tests can be falsified).
-
- ---
- Religion Inc.: The Church of Scientology, Stewart Lamont.
- Pub. Harrap U.K. ISBN 0 245-54334-1 1986 192 p.
-
- Apparently it describes Level III OT and the "Wall of Fire" (pp 50-52).
-
- Review by Peter Lucey <lucey@hpwin088.uksr.hp.com> Wed, 6 Oct 93:
-
- An open-minded (to start) look at Scn. He has visited the US Orgs
- in LA and Clearwater. He ends up puzzled and critical. Not much
- new. You'd be better off with A Piece of Blue Sky, by Jon Atack.
-
- Oh, he states that many Scientologists smoke, as LRH was a chain-
- smoker so it must be OK.
-
- Stewart's best insight is on Scn as a religion: if Scn postulates
- that all human errors are engram-related, and can be erased
- "scientifically" using auditing and an E-Meter, so Scn differs
- fundamentally from all the major religions as they require
- Grace, karma, or whatever to help the human through.
-
- But Religion, Inc. has a priceless picture of LRH posing, in leathers
- and stetson, astride a cine camera. I have'nt seen this before. It's
- almost as good as the famous tomato/E-meter photo. And its in colour.
-
- 22 May 1995 mjacksone@aol.com (MJacksonE):
- ...can be ordered thorough
- EDWARD R. HAMILTON, Bookseller
- Falls Village, CT 06031-5000
- It is item #36245X, and costs $4.95 plus $3.00 S+H. (Send
- personal check or money order, as Hamilton doesn't accept
- credit cards.)
-
- [Editor: Stock was limited]
-
- ---
- From: jerry.ladd@support.com
- Here are excepts from last Sunday's LA Times:
- FILM CLIP / A look inside Hollywood and the movies
- MEDIA WATCH
- The Church and The Magazines
- Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY October 17, 1993
- By: JANE GALBRAITH
- Edition: Home Edition Section: Calendar Page: 27
- Word Count: 1,088
-
- ...Premiere, which in its September issue ran an
- 8,700-word piece by writer John Richardson that examined the growing
- influence of Scientology in the entertainment industry. The piece zeroed in
- on the activities at the church's Celebrity Centre, outlining some of the
- members who've come and gone, others who've stayed--and why.
-
- ...Under threat of a libel suit, Premiere decided it would be prudent to
- allow Scientology to respond to Richardson's article, resulting in a
- 2,000-word essay about Scientology by David Miscavige, chairman of the
- board of the Religious Technology Center.
-
- ---
- mcgrath@capella.math.uiuc.edu (Robert E. McGrath) posted on 5 Nov 1993:
- _Some Books and Articles by Susan Blackmore_
-
- 1. _Beyond the Body_. Heinemann, London, 1982. American paperback
- edition, Academy Chicago Publications, Chicago, 1992.
-
- 2. "A Psychological Theory of the Out-Of-Body Experience", _Journal of
- Parapsychology_, Volume 48, 1984, pp. 201-218.
-
- 3. "The Adventures of a Psi-Inhibitory Experimenter", in _A Skeptic's
- Handbook of Parapsychology_, Paul Kurtz, ed., Prometheus Books,
- Buffalo, 1985.
-
- 4. _The Adventures of a Parapsychologist_. Prometheus Books, Buffalo,
- 1986.
-
- 5. "The Lure of the Paranormal", _New Scientist_, Volume 127, September
- 22 1990, pp. 62-65.
-
- 6. "Lucid Dreams", _Skeptical Inquirer_, Volume 15, Number 4, 1991, pp.
- 362-370.
-
- 7. "Near Death Experiences: In or Out of the Body?", _Skeptical Inquirer_,
- Volume 16, Number 1, 1991, pp. 34-45.
-
- 8. "Psychic Experiences: Psychic Illusions", _Skeptical Inquirer_, Volume
- 16, Number 4, 1992, pp. 367-380.
-
- 9. _Dying to Live: Near-Death Experiences, Prometheus Books, 1993.
-
- McGrath also posted a long review, praising these highly.
-
- ---
- "One Nation Under God", Barry A. Kosmin and Seymour P. Lachman of the
- City University of NY, 312 pg, Harmony Books, $25
-
- Based on a random sample of 113,000 Americans.
- It estimates there are 45,000 Scientologists,
- according to the 29nov93 Newsweek, P.81.
- ---
-
- Author Hershey, Robert D Jr
- Title SCIENTOLOGISTS report assets of $400 million
- Source New York Times, Oct 22, 1993, A, 12:1
- Abstract According to documents filed with the IRS, the Church of
- SCIENTOLOGY has assets of about $400 million and appears to
- take in nearly $300 million a year from counseling fees, book
- sales, investments and other sources. The financial
- disclosures came after the church applied for tax exempt
- status.
- ---
- Hartwig, Renate:
- Scientology - ich klage an!/Renate Hartwig. - Augsburg: Pattloch, 1994
- ("Scientology - I accuse")
- ISBN 3-629-00637-X
- 288 pages, all in german
- Review by Volkmar Grote <vg@ranahh.hanse.de>, 15 Jul 94:
- Renate Hartwig is a member of "Robin Direkt", a consumer protection
- organisation, which has kind of specialised in Scientology, and
- she is an admirable fighter.
- It is about her personal experiences with the CofS in Germany
- and some well documented cases of the "churches" nasty sides.
- This includes some people who felt ruined by the church and some
- very interesting business practices. The way the CofS tried to
- silence Renate Hartwig is revealing...
- ...nearly all evidence is backed up by sworn or original statements.
-
- ---
- Liane v. Billerbeck, Frank Nordhausen
- "Der Sekten-Konzern: Scientology auf dem Vormarsch"
- Christoph Links Verlag, Berlin, Germany
- ISBN 3-86153-051-1
-
- Review 25 Dec 1994 by tilman@netmbx2.netmbx.de(Tilman Hausherr)
- (now tilman@berlin.snafu.de):
-
- The title means in englisch: "The cult conglomerate: Scientology goes
- forward".
- Der Book is written by two journalists in cooperation with the
- "Berliner Zeitung", a leading Berlin daily newspaper.
- Because both Authors are journalists and not ex-Scientologists, the
- book is easy to read and without emotions. It mainly examines
- the business practices of members of the "Church", especially the rise
- in the former east, where much money can be made because of the
- rebuilding there. Different business scams are examined, including
- the scam of the "Chernobyl children".
- The book has a person-, company-, and a location-index; contact
- adresses and a quick Scientology acronym guide.
-
- tilman@netmbx2.netmbx.de (Tilman Hausherr) 17 Mar 1995
- (now tilman@berlin.snafu.de):
- ["Der Sektenkonzern"] has been updated and has now also a legal adviser
- included. In the intro, the authors tell that they have been sued
- four times (each time a suit was dismissed, papers of a new suit
- were in the mailbox). The authors have also been dead-agented after
- the book came out - proof of quality.
-
- [new book by Tom Voltz] is written by the guy who is sueing the church because
- of their constant copyright inflictions on the "personality test"
- that he owns.
-
- I also got a book list at the german store. The list had exactly
- 20 books, 2 were double, and 1 was "Dianetik", so this list has "only"
- 17 books:
-
- Anonymous Entkommen. Eine Ex-Scientologin erzaehlt rororo
- Billerbeck/Nordhausen Der Sektenkonzern Knaur
- Doenz Im Netz der Scientology verstrickt HAAG+HERCHEN
- Koch Gehirnwaesche (Video, 45 min) CALVER
- Haack Scientology, Dianetik und andere Hubbardismen
- EVANG. PRESSEVERB. BAYERN
- Hartwig Scientology, die Zeitbombe in der Wirtschaft DIREKT
- Hartwig Scientology: Ich klage an HEYNE
- Herrman (Hg.) Mission mit allen Mitteln rororo
- Nietsche Alptraum Scientology WICHERN (4/95)
- Redhead Der teure Traum vom Uebermenschen CLAUDIUS
- -missing- Scientology. Mehr als ein Modetrend ? AUSSERGE.PERSPEKT
- Valentin/Knaup Scientology. Der Griff nach Macht und Geld HERDER
- -missing- Scientology. Kirche aus Irrwegen oder
- Spirituelle Mogelpackung ? AUSSERGE.PERSPEKT
- Steiden/Hamernik Einsteins falsche Erben OESTER. STAATSDRUCKEREI
- -missing- Stichwort Scientology HEYNE (5/95)
- Thiede Scientology, Religion oder Geistesmagie BAHN FRIEDRICH
- Voltz Scientology und k(ein) Ende WALTER
-
-
- ---
- Atack's bibliography also gives:
-
- FOSTER, Sir John, _Enquiry into the Practice and Effects of Scientology_,
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1971.
- ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, _Scientology -- An in depth profile of a new
- force in Clearwater_, Florida, 1980.
- "Pulitzer Prizer Winning Expose (34 pages.)"
- ---
- cultxprt@indirect.com (Jeff Jacobsen) 15 Apr 1994 posted material from
- the FACT BBS by Larry Wollersheim:
-
- Bromley, David G. and Shupe, Anson D. Strange Gods: The
- Great American Cult Scare. Boston: Beacon Press, 1981.
-
- Burrell, Maurice C. The Challenge of the Cults. Grand
- Rapids, Michigan, 495~6: Baker House, 1982.
-
- Larson, Bob. Larson's Book of Cults. Wheaton, Illinois:
- Tyndale House Publishers, 19~2.
-
- Petersen, William J. Those Curious New Cults. New Canaan,
- Connect]cut: Keats, Publishing Company, 197~.
-
- Rudin, James and Marcia. Prison or Paradise? The New
- Religious Cults. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980.
-
- Conway, Flo and Jim Siegelman. "Information Disease: Have Cults Created
- a New Mental Illness?" Science Digest. January 1982 pp87-92
-
- Singer, Margaret. Coming out of the Cults. Psychology Today. January 1979.
- Singer, Margaret. Cults What are They Why Now. Forecast for
- Home Economics. May/June 1979.
- Ofsche and Singer. Attacks on Peripheral versus Central
- Elements of Self and the Efficacy of Thought Reform. (Available
- through American Family Foundation.)
-
- Lifton, Robert Jay. The Future of Immorality. Chapters
- Called: "Religious Totalism and Civil Liberties" and "Doubling
- the Faustian Bargain". Bosie Books Inc.
-
- Lifton Robert J.: Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A study of
- "Brainwashing" in China. New York, WW Norton and Co, 1961
- cultxpt@primenet.com (Jeff Jacobsen) 1 Jan 1995 mentioned this book:
- "See chapter 22. He discusses "loading the language" pretty well.
- To my mind it does a few things;
- 1) is a good marker for who is and who is not a follower
- 2) gives one the feeling of being an Insider
- 3) clearly seperates Us from Them
- 4) reinforces the idea that Scientology "tech" is unique and better."
-
-
- Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry III. The Sections on Dissociation
- and Hypnotism.
-
- Miller. The Utilization of Hypnotic Techniques in Religious
- Conversion. (Available through Richard Ofshe PhD.)
-
- Schein, Edgar H. with Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker: Coercive
- Persuasion. New York, W.W. Norton, 1961
-
- Delgado. Gentle and Ungentle Persuassion Under the first
- Amendment. (Available through American Family Foundation.) 51 So
- Cal Law Rev 1, 1977.
-
- California Appeal Court Decision Wollersheim vs. Church of
- Scientology of California C.A. 2nd No. B023193 July 18, 1989 By
- Johnson J. (57 pages.)
-
- Also see reviews below by Charlie Rubin.
- ---
- reviews by Charlie Rubin <falconsys@delphi.com> on alt.recovery.religion:
- Best books on cults and mind control
-
- ...
- Even if you're not interested in cults, you should still read #3.
-
- (1) _Combatting Cult Mind Control_ by Steven Hassan (Park Stree Press, 1988)
- (lSBN 0-89281-243-5)
- -- This is the best one. Clear, concise, and powerful. Author is a
- former top level Moonie who now does professional exit-couselling
- for cult members. He really understands what's going on.
-
- (2) _Cults in America: Programmed for Paradise_ by Willa Appel (Holt,
- Rinehart and Winston, 1983)
- -- Also a good overview of the phenomena, but by an outsider (an
- anthropologist). Very interesting discussion of the psychological
- needs fulfilled by fairy tales, and how cult doctrines are very
- similar to fairy tales (good vs. evil, very simplistic). Lots of
- other good stuff as well.
-
- (3) _Influence: How and Why People Agree to Things_ by Robert B. Cialdini,
- Ph.D. (Wm. Morrow & Co., 1984)
- -- An incredible book. I can't recommend it enough. The author is a
- social psychology professor who spent 15 years studying the
- tactics used by "compliance professionals," including salesmen,
- fundraisers, marketing pros, cult leaders, Chinese brainwashing
- camps, etc. He carefully details the underlying psychological
- mechanisms that make all these tactics work, and how everyone
- is vulnerable to them because they take advantage of instinctual
- responses. Very enlightening!
-
- (4) _The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering Patterns of Cult Behavior in American
- Society_ by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D. (Beacon Press, 1990)
- -- Also fascinating. The author is a clinical professor of psychiatry
- who started studying cults, and then realized that the methods of
- manipulation used in them are found throughout society, in many
- types of groups -- corporations, political parties, schools,
- and traditional religions. Cults simply take them to the n-th
- degree. This is a real eye-opener.
-
- ---
- av282@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Martin G. V. Hunt) reviewed:
-
- about a 1934 book:
- "Scientologie 34!" by A. Nordenholz, translated into the English by
- W. R. McPheeters.
- it provides insight into hubby's plagiarized coining of such terms as
- "beingness", "havingness", etc., as well as the use and development of
- his "axioms".
-
- Inside Scientology: How I Found Scientology and Became Superhuman
- Kaufman, Robert. Olympia Press, New York. 1972.
- [Reported elsewhere as "how I joined scientology and became superhuman"]
-
- Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing.
- Sargant, William. Doubleday, Garden City, New York. 1957.
-
-
- Dianetics in Limbo. O'Brien, Barbara. Whitmore Publishing Co.,
- Philadelphia. 1966.
- [editor: a library search found
- AUTHOR: O'Brien, Helen E.
- TITLE: Dianetics in limbo;
- a documentary about immortality,
- PLACE: Philadelphia,
- PUBLISHER: Whitmore Pub. Co.
- YEAR: 1966
- PUB TYPE: Book
- FORMAT: xiii, 80 p. 21 cm.
- ]
-
- [for background]
-
- Science and Sanity. Korzybski, Count Alfred Habdank Skarbek.
- Institute of General Semantics, Lakeville, Connecticut. 1933.
-
- Thought Reform of the Chinese Intellectuals. Chen, Theodore H.
- E. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1960.
-
- The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind
- Control. Marks, John. Times Books, New York. 1979.
-
- Youth, Brainwashing, and the Extremist Cults. Enroth, Ronald.
- Zondervan Press, Kentwood, Michigan. 1977.
-
- Rape of the Mind. Meerloo, Joost A. Grosset & Dunlap, New York.
- 1961.
-
- Radical Departures: Desperate Detours to Growing Up. Levine, Saul
- V, M.D. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando, Florida. 1984.
-
- Destructive Cult Conversion: Theory, Research, and Treatment.
- Clark, John G., et al. American Family Foundation, Weston,
- Massachusetts. 1981.
-
- Cults and Consequences: The Definitive Handbook. Andres, Rachel,
- and Lane, James R., eds. Jewish Federation of Greater Los
- Angeles, Los Angeles. 1988.
-
- Let Our Children Go! Patrick, Ted, with Tom Dulack. Thomas
- Congdon Books/E. P. Dutton, New York. 1976.
-
- All God's Children: The Cult Experience; Salvation or Slavery?
- Stoner, C., and J. Parke. Chilton Books, Radnor, Pennsylvania.
- 1977.
-
- Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell, George. Penguin, Middlesex, England. 1954.
-
- [magazine articles]
-
- "Scientology Plot Against State Official." Henderson, Bruce.
- Los Angelel Herald-Examiner, 29 May 1980.
-
- "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.
-
- "How Cults Bilk Us All." Williams, Carson. Reader's Digest, November 1979.
-
-
- ---
- tonym@jolt.mpx.com.au (Tony McClelland) suggested, 17 Nov 1994:
-
- For a better understanding of Scientology beliefs and techniques, see
- Hubbard's Volunteer Minister's Handbook (lSBN 0-88404- 039-9).
-
- For a better understanding of the manipulative nature of Scientology,
- see [...] Thomas and Jacqueline Keisers' The Anatomy of lllusion
- (lSBN 0-39805295-6).
-
- Margery Wakefield 's The Road to Xenu is an excellent first-hand
- account of membership, and includes Bob Penny's thought
- provoking Social Control in Scientology. The Road to Xenu is
- available via P.0. Box 290402, Tampa, Florida 33687.
- ---
- "Countercultures: a sociological analysis", Zellner, W. W.
- St. Martin's Press, New York, N.Y. 1995 ISBN 0312080840
-
- Review by rnewman@mit.edu (Ron Newman) Thu, 2 Feb 1995:
-
- One of the six chapters, 32 pages long, is on Scientology.
- (The other chapters are about skinheads, survivalists, Satanism, the
- Ku Klux Klan, and the Unification Church of Rev. Moon.)
-
- Anyone collecting books about Scientology should get this one too.
-
- ---
-
- "BRAIN-WASHING; A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Psychopolitics."
- Review by cultxpt@primenet.com (Jeff Jacobsen) 29 Jan 1995:
-
- Kenneth Goff wrote the editorial note in front. Goff says he was
- formerly a communist in the US. He also says the text in this manual
- "contains the address of Beria [head of the KGB] to the American
- students in the Lenin University prior to 1936."
-
- So, to expose the Communist/psychiatrist connection, in the public
- service Scientology printed this manual. My opinion, however, is that
- Hubbard wrote this, and there are many tipoffs within the work to prove that.
- [List of reasons removed by editor]
- ---
-
- an127900@anon.penet.fi (Ricki) 9 Feb 1995:
-
- ...it's a Canadian film and I think it was produced by the "Canadian
- National Film Board". It's called "Ticket to Heaven"
-
- The film is quite effective at portraying how someone can be drawn
- into a group which, at first glance, is really bizarre; especially if
- the person is in a vulnerable emotional state.
- [the family eventually hires a professional deprogrammer to kidnap him]
-
- the book is "Crazy For God: the Nightmare of Cult Life", by
- Christopher Edwards (the ex-Moonie himself), and was published in 1979
- by Prentice-Hall in America, London, Australia, Canada, India, Japan,
- and Southeast Asia, and Whitehall Books in New Zealand.
-
- The movie was great; I recommend it highly
-
- p.d.coates@support.com (Priscilla Coates) 10 Feb 95:
-
- The name of the book on which that movie is based is
- actually "Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult." It
- was written by Josh Freed who is an award winning Canadian
- journalist. It was published in Canada in 1980 by Dorset
- Publishing, Inc., 355 Marham St., Toronto (paperback).
-
- The book was better and funnier than the movie, IMO.
- ---
-
- Scientologist koreenb@aol.com (Koreen B) 11 Feb 1995:
-
- Two excellent books on the subject of psychiatric abuses are:
-
- "Toxic Psychiatry" by Peter Breggin. This covers in detail generous
- amounts of scientific research and studies which clearly show the dangers
- of current psychiatric treatments of choice, such as ECT, and
- psychotropic drugs. It also gives an excellent and well documented insight
- into why these treatments are used (bottom line basically) as opposed to
- less damaging methods. Its very readable as well, even for a layperson, in
- my opinion.
-
- "Bedlam: Greed, Profiteering, and Fraud in a Mental Health System Gone
- Crazy", by Joe Sharkey, is also an excellent and well documented account
- of the rampant greed, abuse and fraud to be found in the US mental health
- system today. "Bedlam" was published in 1994 and includes many
- contemporary examples of abuse. The chapters regarding the gross
- exploitation and sometimes even kidnapping or torture of children and
- adolescents for profit are especially chilling. Any parent or loved one or
- mental health care recepient should read this book. This book is extremely
- readable and engrossing.
-
- [A rebuttal was posted but I seem to have mislaid it]
-
- Review by Robert Canner (robert@ucl.ac.uk) Wed, 29 Mar 1995:
- [Mr. Canner is "involved in Co-Counselling International, Codependents
- Anonymous (CODA)"]
-
- ["Toxic Psychiatry"] is a very interesting book which raises a lot of
- questions about psychiatry, drugs, electro-convulsive therapy
- (electroshock) and our preconceptions about mental illness. However,
- the alternatives which Breggin talks about are very different from
- Scientology. I found it fascinating and recommend it very highly.
-
- ---
-
- cultxpt@primenet.com (Jeff Jacobsen) 19 Feb 1995 references some reviews
- of _Dianetics_:
-
- S.I.Hayakawa reviewed the book in "Etc.: A Review of General Semantics"
- (vol. VIII #4)
-
- The Zetetic (Vol. 1, #1, 1976) had a review by Roy Wallis.
-
- Publisher's Weekly March 1, 1985 had a review by Lisa See
-
- And as and extra *bonus answer*; read "Scientology: To Be Perfectly
- Clear", by William S. Bainbridge and Rodney Stark, in Sociological
- Analysis, 1980, 41.2:128-136.
-
- ---
-
- cp@panix.com (Charles Platt) 23 Feb 1995:
-
- I conducted the last known interview (by mail) with
- L. Ron Hubbard, which was published in my book DREAM MAKERS vol II, now
- out of print. Hubbard mainly talked about science fiction in this
- interview. I believe that in the last years of his life, he was mainly
- interested in resuming his literary career, and might have become bored
- with CoS matters.
-
- ---
-
- "Cults In Our Midst: The Hidden Menace in Our Everyday Lives," by
- Margaret Thaler Singer with Janja Lalich. (Jossey-Bass Publishers, San
- Francisco; 1995) Forward by Robert Jay Lifton. 381 pp.
-
- review by anonymous:
- What is different about this book is that it does not concentrate on
- religious or psycho cults but shows how cults work in businesses, in
- college, etc.
-
- review by "Barbara J. Snow" <barbsnow@umich.edu> Wed, 29 Mar 1995:
-
- I bought "Cults in Our Midst" [...]. It was readily available in a
- major bookstore; published 1995 and an excellent source of information
- on the definition and dangers of cults. I highly recommend it.
-
- The author, Margaret Singer, is articulate, insightful and
- concise in her presentation.
-
- ---
-
- rnewman@mit.edu (Ron Newman):
-
- A search through the University of California's MELVYL database
- (telnet melvyl.ucop.edu) for subject "Scientology" locates the
- following three books that I've never heard of before
-
- Author: Meldal-Johnsen, Trevor.
- Title: The truth about scientology / Trevor Meldal-Johnsen &
- Patrick Lusey. New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1980.
- Description: 273 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Notes: "Tempo books."
- Other entries: Lusey, Patrick, joint author.
- ISBN: 0441825303 (pbk.) :
-
-
-
- Author: Samuels, Jim.
- Title: The official handbook for ex-scientologists / Jim Samuels.
- Limited ed. [Hillsboro, Ore. : Mentat School, c1980.]
- Description: 115 p. ; 22 cm.
-
-
- Author: Townsend, Eric.
- Title: The sad tale of scientology : a short history, 1950-1985 / by
- Eric Townsend. Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, England
- : Anima Pub., c1985.
- Description: 90 p. ; 21 cm.
- Subjects: Scientology -- History.
-
- ---
-
- Review by (I think) Herzliche Grisse, posted by homer@math.cornell.edu
- (Homer Wilson Smith) 9 Mar 1995:
-
- Buchkritik
-
- LIKE A CRIME NOVEL ON ECONOMICS
-
- The book by former Scientologist Tom Voltz unmasks the
- psycho-cult.
-
- He was a devoted Hubbard-follower for over 20 years,
- indoctrinated and euphorized: After shocking experiences Tom Voltz
- broke through the spell of the cult and on 290 pages now shows up a
- mirror to Scientology:
- [long summation omitted]
- ---
-
- The Wall Street Journal, 22 March 1995, had a front-page headline:
-
- "How Allstate Applied Scientology Methods to Train Its Managers - Led
- by a Church Member, Classes Elevated Profits Above 'Reasonableness"
-
- ---
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-
- Ali's smile : naked Scientology William S. Buroughs. 1 Aufl. 1978. Bonn
- : Expanded Media Editions, c1978.
-
- review by newman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Newman) 16 Apr 1995:
-
- Naked Scientology" is not a novel. It is a collection of essays
- regarding Scientology that Burroughs published in various
- places during the 1970s:
-
- LA Free Press, March 6, 1970
- The East Village Other, July 7, 1970
- Rolling Stone, November 9, 1972: Burroughs reviewed Robert Kaufman's
- book "Inside Scientology"
- The book also includes an official Scientology letter to the editor
- of Roling Stone, responding to the above, and a long response
- by Burroughs to that letter (apparently not previously
- published)
- A short story called "Ali's Smile"
-
- The small book was published by the German company "Expanded Media Editions"
- in Bonn, (West) Germany in 1985. It is in both German and English,
- with the German translations actually taking up the first half of
- the book. The ISBN is 3-88030-011-9. Even though it's only 10 years
- old, Harvard University shelves it in its "rare book" library!
-
-
- 26 May 1995 davidson@sfsu.edu (Daniel Davidson):
- To get _Naked Scientology_ by WS Burroughs contact:
- Small Press Distribution
- 1814 San Pablo Avenue
- Berkeley, CA 94702
- (phone) 510.549.3336
- (fax) 510.549.2201
-
- Ask for the free, complete catalog of 5,000 titles, 300 publishers.
-
- BOOKSELLERS (toll-free) 800.869.7553 M-F 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Sat. 12:00 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- Pacific Time.
- Burroughs, William S.
- ALI'S SMILE / NAKED SCIENTOLOGY
- Expanded Media (Germany)
- 3-88030-011-9 US$11.95
-
- ---
-
- davidson@sfsu.edu (Daniel Davidson) 4 Apr 1995 did a UC MELVYL search,
- that is, he looked in the U-California library database for "scientology":
-
- Braddeson, Walter.
- Scientology for the millions. Los Angeles, Sherbourne Press [1969].
- Series title: For the millions series, FM 30.
-
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-
- A new way of looking at the universe : scientology revisited
-
- Chagnon, Roland.
- La scientologie, une nouvelle religion de la puissance
- Ville de LaSalle, Quebec : Hurtubise HMH, c1985.
- Series title: Cahiers du Quebec ; 82.
- Series title: Cahiers du Quebec ; Collection Sociologie.
-
- Intentions / by Julian Cooper. London : H.A. Webb, 1959.
-
- Two disparate philosophies : the Scientologists versus the NAMH / by
- David R. Dalton. London ; New York : Regency Press, 1973.
-
- Enquiry into the practice and effects of Scientology: report, by Sir John
- G. Foster. London, H.M.S.O., 1971.
- Series title: Great Britain. Parliament, 1971-72. House of Commons.
-
- Child scientology / Denver Frater. 1st American ed. Los Angeles :
- Southern California Institute Press, 1969, 1975 printing.
-
- Playing dirty : the secret war against beliefs / Omar V. Garrison. 1st
- ed. Los Angeles : Ralston-Pilot, c1980.
-
- McGowan, Harold The thoughtron theory of life and matter: how it
- relates to scientology and transcendental meditation. [1st ed.]. New
- York, Exposition Press [c1973].
-
- Miracles for breakfast / Ruth Minshull. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Scientology, 1968.
-
- Commission of Inquiry Into the Hubbard Scientology Organisation in New Zealand.
- Wellington, A. R. Shearer, Govt. Printer, 1969.
-
- Rolph, C. H. (Cecil Hewitt)
- Believe what you like; what happened between the Scientologists and the
- National Association for Mental Health [London] Deutsch [1973].
-
- A religious happening of the twentieth century : a psychosocial and
- theological study of emerging religion : as represented in the Church of
- Scientology / dissertation by James L. Smith. 1984.
-
- Seele im Wurgegriff : Scientology : Ubermenschen zwischen Ausbeutung und
- Psychoterror / Hugo Stamm. 1. Aufl. Horgen [Switzerland] : Gegenverlag ;
- Lollar : Vertrieb BRD, Prolit Buchvertriebs GmbH, 1982.
-
- The total freedom trap : scientology, dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard / by
- Jon Atack. 2nd ed. East Grinstead, England : Theta Communications, c1992
-
-
-
- The library search also found material by the Church:
-
- Can we ever be friends? : a documentary supplement appeal / by ministers of
- the Church of Scientology to reconcile former friends and families. 1977
- The background and ceremonies of the Church of Scientology of California,
- World Wide. 1970
- The Guardian Office of the Church of Scientology. 1979
- The American Inquisition : U.S. government agency harassment, religious
- persecution and abuse of power
- False report correction : [a response to] the Scandal of Scientology by
- Paulette Cooper. 1975
- [etc]
-
- and books by L. Ron Hubbard:
-
- Advanced procedure and axioms
- All about radiation / by a nuclear physicist and a medical doctor. 1967
- Axioms and logics
- The basic Scientology picture book
- The book introducing the E-meter
- The book of case remedies
- The book of E-meter drills
- Ceremonies of the founding Church of Scientology
- The creation of human ability
- Dianetics and scientology technical dictionary
- Dianetics: the evolution of a science
- Dianetics: the modern science of mental health
- The dynamics of life
- Handbook for preclears
- Have you lived before this life?
- The H F notebook
- How to live though an executive
- How to save your marriage
- The Hubbard apprentice Scientologist course
- Hubbard Communications Office policy letter subject index 1976
- Introduction to scientology ethics
- Mission into time
- Modern management technology defined
- The Phoenix lectures
- The problems of work
- The research and discovery series
- Science of survival
- Scientology 0-8; the book of basics
- Scientology 8-80: the discovery and increase of life energy in the genus
- homo sapiens
- Scientology: a history of man
- Scientology; a new slant on life
- Scientology abridged dictionary
- Scientology: group auditor's handbook
- Scientology: the fundamentals of thought
- The second dynamic : introduction to Scientology ethics
- Self analysis, a simple self-help volume ...based on .. dianetics
- The study tapes
- The technical bulletins of dianetics and scientology 1976
- Understanding the E-meter
- The volunteer minister's handbook
- When in doubt, communicate
-
- ---
-
- 3 May 1995 ao579@yfn.ysu.edu (Diane Richardson) posted:
-
- But it you want evidence of a drug-wasted psychotic mind at work, you
- haven't seen anything until you've read Hubbard's "Mission Into Time"
- (copyright 1968).
-
- Hubbard wrote this book while he was leading his Sea Org crew aboard
- the Apollo in search of his past lives in the Mediterranean. It's the
- Founder dispensing his wisdom to his disciples; rambling, largely
- incoherent, and incredibly funny in a painful sort of way. NO ONE
- could have written such a book without having been under the influence
- of mind- altering drugs.
-
- After each of his amazing discoveries, Hubbard has one of his
- disciples *verify* his find. Sadly, one of the most frequently used
- of the affirmers was Hana Eltringham, whom we have seen bitterly DA'd
- on this newsgroup.
-
- [Editor's note: DA means "Dead Agent", that is, a personal attack.]
-
- ---
-
- 3 Jun 1995 sl@newton.texel.com (Georle):
- "Scientology: A History of Man", copyright 1952, 1961, 1968 by LRH
- Formerly published as "What to Audit"
- British Museum Shelf No. 8633 H49 Library of Congress No. RC461, MCAT
- Page 20:
- Cancer has been eradicated by auditing out conception and mitosis.
-
- ---
-
- 9 Apr 95 Martin Poulter's WWW page lists:
-
- Maurice Burrell Scientology: What It Is And What It Does,
- Lakeland, London 1970 64 p.
-
- Poulter also reported
-
- "Scientology: The Sickness Spreads" by Eugene H. Methvin. (September
- 1981 Reader's Digest)
- ---
-
- Diane Richardson dianer2263@aol.com (DianeR2263) 15 Apr 1995
- posted the reference:
-
- AUTHOR: Manning, Martha
- TITLE: Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning with Depression
- EDITION: 1st ed.
- PLACE: San Francisco:
- PUBL: HarperSanFrancisco
- YEAR: 1995
- PUB TY: Book
- FORMAT: 197 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN: 0062511831 (cloth)
- 006251184X (paperback)
-
- "written by a psychotherapist which relates her battle with clinical
- depression, including her ECT treatments."
-
- ---
-
- 10 May 1995 rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Newman) suggested some reading:
- Sectarian Healers and Hypnotherapy, by John A. Lee
-
- court dockets of "Paulette Cooper v. Church of Scientology
- of Boston et al." and "Garrison vs. Flanagan et al", cases
- 81-681 and 81-2608 respectively in the Boston U.S. District Court.
-
- ---
-
- 22 May 1995 rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Newman):
-
- ...the back page (p. 56) of Realist #90, dated May-June 1971. This
- page consists entirely of an article describing Scientology's suit
- against The Realist, and quotes the above text from Realist #87.
-
- By the way, this suit apparently did not faze The Realist much, as they
- published an 8-page article entitled "The Awful Truth About Scientololgy",
- by-lined "By Another Hired Stranger", in Realist #97-B (October, 1973).
-
- ---
-
- 2 Jun 1995 rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron Newman):
- ...the Chicago Tribune article in question. It is the "Media Watch"
- column by James Warren, published on Sunday, June 16, 1991, section 5,
- page 2. The headline is "Turning up the heat: Scientology's
- counterattack on Time brings windfall for USA Today".
-
- ---
-
- 10 Jun 1995 Ron Newman <rnewman@mit.edu>
-
- The following is a list of *early* newspaper and magazine articles
- concerning Dianetics and Scientology
-
- This list covers only the period from 1950 to 1969. After that,
- the number of relevant articles goes up substantially.
-
- Advancement of Science, June 1966, pages 60-64:
- Two contemporary cults: Aetherius Society and Scientology,
- by John A. Jackson
-
- American Mercury: August 1951, pages 74-81:
- Boiled engrams: an elegy to dianetics,
- by Willard Beecher and Calder Willingham
-
- American Psychiatric Association Psychiatric News: March 1969
- (I haven't been able to track this one down for more specifics)
-
- Better Homes and Gardens, April 1951, pages 6,9,209,211:
- Peace of mind in dianetics? by Frederick L. Schuman, a professor of
- government at Williams College. Schuman is an enthusiastic
- advocate of dianetics and describes how it has helped people in his
- small town of Williamstown, Mass. His does temper his claims with
- some acknowledgment of the critics' positions, unlike his earlier
- letters to The New Republic (September 11, 1950) and
- The New York Times Book Review (August 6, 1950)
-
- CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, vol. 16, no. 4, July-August 1966:
- "Unproven Methods of Cancer Treatment: Hubbard E-Meter and Hubbard
- Electrometer"
-
- Christianity Today
- August 30, 1968, p 42: LRH refused entry to UK
- November 7, 1969, pp 6-9: Scientology: Religion or Racket? part 1
- November 21, 1969, pp 10-13: Scientology: Religion or Racket? part 2
- December 19, 1969, pp 35-36: Cult wins round one (in battle with
- the UK's National Association for Mental Health, which they
- were trying to take over by running candidates for office
- in their annual election)
-
- Consumer Reports: August 1951, pages 378-80:
- anonymous, unfavorable book review of "Dianetics"
-
- Dissertation Abstracts, 1954, volume 14, page 390:
- Abstract of a Ph.D. thesis by Harvey Jay Fischer at
- New York University, 1953, entitled "Dianetic therapy:
- an experimental evaluation. A statistical analysis of the
- effect of dianetic therapy as measured by group tests of
- intelligence, mathematics, and personality."
-
- Fischer took three groups of 36 subjects each. One group got 36
- hours of dianetic therapy over 60 days, one group got 18 hours
- (supposedly the recommended amount at the time) and one group got 0
- hours. He subjected all the groups to a battery of tests of
- intelligence, mathematical ability, and ability to handle personality
- conflicts (because he said these were the only 3 claims being made for
- dianetics at that time).
-
- Fischer's result? Dianetic therapy had no positive or negative
- effect on any of the three characteristics tested.
-
- Economist (UK)
- August 3, 1968, page 40: Scientology: to be a thetan
- (Anderson report from Australia, ban on visiting Scientologists
- in the UK)
- February 1, 1969, page 44: Scientology: what has changed?
- (UK orders Foster inquiry; Scientology claims to discontinue
- coercive measures, security checks, and the writing down of
- confessions)
-
- ETC, A Review of General Semantics, Summer 1951, pages 280-293:
- From science-fiction to fiction-science, by S. I. Hayakawa
- (unfavorable book review of "Dianetics")
-
- Harper's magazine, January 1951, page 101:
- "After hours" column by "Mr. Harper"
-
- Life magazine, November 15, 1968, pages 99-100 and 100B-114:
- "Scientology: a growing cult reaches dangerously into the mind", and
- "A True-Life Nightmare", by Alan Levy, about the author's
- brief but intense journey through Scientology, where he traveled
- to Saint Hill Manor to audit out a non-existent engram,
- and nearly destroyed his marriage in the process.
- This is a truly chilling article.
- December 6, 1968, page 30A: letters to the editor from L. Ron Hubbard
- and others
-
- The Listener (UK -- published by the BBC)
- May 19, 1966, pages 715-16: Two contemporary cults, by John Jackson
- (about the Aetherius Society and Scientology. Jackson claims that
- such cults may possibly have a therapeutic value in modern society)
-
- Look magazine, December 5, 1950, pages 79-85:
- Dianetics: Science or hoax? by Albert Q. Maisel
-
- Maclean's magazine (Canada), August 20, 1966, pages 22, 36-38
- by Wendy Michener.
- Maclean's published a second piece (quite a good one) in the June 1974
- issue, starting on page 25, entitled "The weird world of Scientology."
- This one incuded a whole page about the Church's <spit> harassment of the
- McLean family (no relation to the magazine!) in Sutton, Ontario.
-
-
- Mademoiselle, December 1969, pages 136-7:
- Jai Baba! Hare Krishna and all that, by Peter Rowley
- (article about a number of cults, including Scientology)
-
- Mayfair magazine (UK): William S. Burroughs wrote a number of essays
- regarding Scientology some time between 1969 and 1972,
- but I have not seen any of them and don't know the exact dates.
-
- The Nation:
- August 5, 1950, page 131: unfavorable book review of "Dianetics",
- by Milton Sapirstein
- September 29, 1969, pages 311-315: Total freedom and beyond, by Donovan Bess
-
- The New Republic, August 14, 1950, pages 20-21:
- unfavorable book review of "Dianetics", by Dr. Martin Gumpert
-
- New Society (UK), August 22, 1968, pages 259-261:
- Scientology: A Visit to Saint Hill Manor, by Anne Lapping
-
- New Statesman (UK):
- March 17, 1967, page 358: The Scientologists and their critics,
- by Donald Gould. (Anderson commission in Australia, Health minister
- Kenneth Robinson in UK, etc.)
- August 23, 1968, page 220: Why pick on Scientology? by C.H. Rolph
- October 18, 1968, page 493-4: Now I know what I know, by Donald Gould.
- (reporter takes personality test, reads some of their books)
-
- New York Herald Tribune Book Review, September 3, 1950, page 7:
- unfavorable book review of "Dianetics", by Erich Fromm
-
- New York Times
- September 9, 1950, page 19:
- American Psychological Association questions dianetics
- March 30, 1951, page 15:
- Dr. Gregory Zilboorg denounces dianetics
- April 24, 1951, page 32:
- LRH's wife Sara seeks divorce, claims LRH is paranoid schizophrenic,
- and that he tried to beat her, strangle her, and deny her sleep
- (very short United Press article)
- May 15, 1951, page 29:
- Printer attaches Dianetic Foundation bank account & furniture
- for unpaid bill; complaint in New Jersey state medical board
- (very short AP article)
- June 13, 1951, page 18:
- LRH wins divorce; Sara gets custody of daughter Alexis,
- plus $200/month child support (very short AP article)
- December 8, 1963, page 30: Victoria (Australia) opens probe into Scientology
- August 1, 1968, page 9: Scientology & UK
- August 18, 1968, page 65: more Scientology & UK
- February 6, 1969, page 39: Court rules FDA must return E-meters
- February 15, 1969, page 21: Scientology sponsors piano concert
- March 19, 1969, page 33: Scientology expelled from Greece
- November 13, 1969, page 11: Scientology tries to take over UK's
- National Association for Mental Health
- December 7, 1969, page ??: Charles Manson and Scientology
-
- New York Times Book Review
- July 2, 1950, page 9: "Dianetics" reviewed (unfavorably) by Dr. Rollo May
- August 6, 1950, page 22: Letters to the editor from L. Ron Hubbard and
- Dr. Schuman, and reply by Rollo May
-
- Newsweek
- August 21, 1950, page 85:
- Best seller (about the success of the book "Dianetics")
- October 16, 1950, page 58:
- Poor man's psychoanalysis (Dianetics denounced by Dr. Morris Fishbein)
- August 26, 1968, page 6
- A farewell to Scientology? ("Where are they now" column: about
- the UK's ban on visiting Scientologists, and LRH living on a ship)
-
- Parents magazine, June 1969, pages 48-49, 82-86
- The dangerous new cult of Scientology, by Arlene and Howard Eisenberg
- This may be the first article ever that reported the quote from LRH,
- "If you really want to make a million, the quickest way is
- to start your own religion"
- The article gives as its source Sam Moscowitz [sic], who claims LRH made
- the statement at a 1948(?) Eastern Science-Fiction Association convention
- in Newark, New Jersey.
-
- Postgraduate Medicine, October? 1950
- Editorial by Dr. Morris Fishbein denouncing dianetics. (I haven't yet
- tracked this one down.)
-
- Punch (UK), August 14, 1968, page 230:
- Science - falsely so-called, by Quentin Hogg.
- Questions UK government treatment of Scientologists.
-
- Psychological Newsletter, volume 10, 1959, pages 131-134:
- An experimental investigation of Hubbard's engram hypothesis (dianetics)
- by Jack Fox, Alvin E. Davis, and B. Lebovits. This study was done with
- the cooperation of the Dianetic Research Foundation in Los Angeles.
- A subject was knocked out with sodium pentothal and read a 35-word passage
- from a physics text while receiving pain, in an attempt to create an engram.
- Subsequent auditing failed to retrieve any of the contents of that text.
- (Note: this publication was subsequently renamed
- "Journal of Psychological Studies"
- and may be indexed that way in your library catalog.)
-
- Publisher's Weekly
- June 17, 1950, page 2627:
- At American Bookseller's Association convention, Dr. Fredric Wertheim
- denounces Dianetics as "neither a good book nor a hoax," but a "harmful
- mixture of science and science fiction".
- July 15, 1950, pages 200:
- Report on New York Science Fiction convention of July 1-3, which found
- SF fans divided about Dianetics. The publication "Science Fiction
- Newsletter" demanded that _Astounding Science Fiction_ fire Campbell for
- publishing Hubbard's "Dianetics" article
- July 15, 1950, page 214:
- report on sales of the Dianetics book
- September 16, 1950 page 1124:
- Psychologists hit "Dianetics"; new title due this winter
- September 2, 1968, page 61:
- "Dianetics" released in paperback
-
- Saturday Evening Post, March 21, 1964, pages 81-85:
- Have you ever been a boo-hoo? by James Phelan, who interviewed LRH
- at Saint Hill Manor
-
- Science Digest: October 1950, pages 45-46:
- What about dianetics? (question & answer column)
-
- Scientific American, January 1951, pages 57-58:
- unfavorable book review of "Dianetics"
-
- The Spectator (UK), August 16, 1968, pages 217-18
- Scientology under the microscope
- (cover editorial: asks UK government to start an inquiry)
-
- The Sunday Times (London, UK):
- July 25, 1968
- August 8, 1968 page 2
- August 25, 1968 page 3
- February 2, 1969
- August 10, 1969
- November 17, 1969
- October 5, 1969
- December 28, 1969
-
- Time magazine:
- July 24, 1950 page 64, 67:
- Of two minds (all about "Dianetics")
- August 14, 1950, pages 2 & 4:
- letter to the editor from LRH -- suprisingly modest!
- September 3, 1951 page 51:
- Departure in dianetics
- (Dr. Joseph Winter breaks ties with LRH, publishes his own book)
- December 22, 1952 page 34:
- Remember Venus? (LRH introduces the word "scientology", the E-meter,
- and the idea of past-life engrams, possibly on other planets)
- August 23, 1968 page 40:
- Meddling with minds (Scientology's troubles with the UK government)
- February 14, 1969 pages 76 & 79:
- Victory for the Scientologists (U.S. federal court orders FDA
- to return confiscated E-meters)
-
- Today's Health, December 1968, pages 34-39:
- Scientology -- Menace to Mental Health, by Ralph Lee Smith
- This magazine is published by the American Medical Association, and
- I think that Scientology sued the AMA over this article.
-
- Training School Bulletin, January 1951, pages 220-229:
- A critique of the evolution of dianetics, by Parker Davis, Ph.D.
- This journal is published by The Training School at Vineland, New Jersey
- and publishes articles "dealing with all aspects of mental retardation".
- They published this one because LRH's Dianetics claims that "a large
- proportion of allegedly feebleminded children are actually
- attempted-abortion cases" whose mental growth is inhibited by "engrams"
-
- Wall Street Journal:
- August 21, 1968, page 1, column 5 (Tax Report)
- July 30, 1969, page 1, column 5 (Tax Report)
- Both short articles about Scientology being denied a tax exemption,
- because it is too commercial and is operated for the private profit
- of its founder (LRH), his family, and others.
-
-
- ---
-
- 3 Jun 1995 cultxpt@primenet.com (Jeff Jacobsen):
- Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Vol. 10, 103-116 (1992) has an article
- called "Scientology and its 'Clear' Business" by Nikos Passas, Ph.D. and
- Manuel Escamilla Castillo, Ph.D. It looks pretty interesting and its
- main point is that Scientology is a "successful commercial enterprise"
- rather than a religion.
-
- ---
-
- 4 Jun 1995 Ron Newman <rnewman@mit.edu>: a database search turned up:
-
- AUTHOR: Van Vogt, A. E. (Alfred Elton), 1912-
- TITLE: Lectures on effort processing;
- a transcription of a course given to the Phoenix Dianetics Group,
- Nov. 15-19, 1951,
- PLACE: Phoenix,
- PUBLISHER: Psychological Research Foundation,
- YEAR: 1951
- PUB TYPE: Book
- FORMAT: 39l.
- NOTES: Typescript.
- SUBJECT: Dianetics.
- OTHER: Effort processing.
-
-
- AUTHOR: Dianetics Study Group (London)
- TITLE: A brief symposium by four psychotherapists and a scientist giving
- an outline of dianetics including the latest developments /
- alt-title: An outline of dianetics, including the latest developments :
- a brief symposium by four psychotherapists and a scientist.
- PLACE: [London :
- PUBLISHER: Dianetics Study Group (London)
- YEAR: 1952, 1953
- PUB TYPE: Book
- NOTES: Cover title.
- Introduction / R.G. Miles -- The original basis of dianetics / by
- Denis O'Connell -- A summary of the latest developments in
- dianetic therapy / by Jean Kollerstrom -- A psychotherapist
- comments on dianetics / by Oscar Kollerstrom -- Some therapeutic
- results of dianetics / by George Hay -- The psychometric
- evaluation of dianetics / by Richard Benjamin.
- SUBJECT: Psychotherapy
- Psychological Theory
- Psychology, Experimental
- OTHER: Dianetics Study Group (London).
- An outline of dianetics
- FORMAT: 20 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
-
-
- AUTHOR: Dianetics Conference ( 1951 June 25-30 : Wichita, Kansas)
- TITLE: Dianetics conference report /
- PLACE: Phoenix, Arizona :
- PUBLISHER: Gordon Beckstead,
- YEAR: 1951
- PUB TYPE: Book
- FORMAT: 44 p. ; 28 cm.
- SUBJECT: Dianetics -- Congresses.
- OTHER: Beckstead, Gordon.
-
-
- TITLE: The Bulletin :
- a quarterly report from the Dianetic Research Foundation.
- PLACE: Witchita, Kan. :
- PUBLISHER: Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc.,
- YEAR: 1953 9999
- PUB TYPE: Serial
- FORMAT: v.
- FREQUENCY: Quarterly
- NUMBERING: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1953)-
- NOTES: Title from cover.
- ALT TITLE: Bulletin (Dianetic Research Foundation)
- OTHER: Dianetic Research Foundation.
-
-
- AUTHOR: Powers, William T.
- TITLE: Logical development of dianetics,
- PLACE: Chicago, Ill.,
- PUBLISHER: Dianetic Processing & Research Foundation
- YEAR: 1951
- PUB TYPE: Book
- FORMAT: 37 p. 31 cm.
- SUBJECT: Dianetics.
-
-
- AUTHOR: Faunce, William Ervin.
- TITLE: Dianetics: a theory, therapeutic process, and social movement.
- YEAR: 1951
- PUB TYPE: Book
- FORMAT: 104 l. 28 cm.
- NOTES: Thesis (M.A.)--Wayne University, Dept. of Sociology and
- Anthropology.
- Bibliography: l. [96]-99.
-
-
- AUTHOR: Lent, Constantin Paul, 1909-
- TITLE: Psychonetics, a neo-psychiatry;
- dianetics and psychotherapy [sic].
- EDITION: [1st ed.]
- PLACE: New York,
- PUBLISHER: Pen-Ink Pub. Co.
- YEAR: 1954
- PUB TYPE: Book
- FORMAT: 128 p.
- SUBJECT: Psychotherapy.
-
-
- AUTHOR: De Mille, Richard, 1922-
- TITLE: Introduction to scientology;
- an introductory survey and evaluation of thirty years' work in
- the field of human thought by L. Ron Hubbard, C. E., PH. D., D.
- SCN., with special attention to technical publications dealing
- with dianetics and scientology.
- PLACE: Los Angeles,
- PUBLISHER: Scientology Council
- YEAR: 1953
- PUB TYPE: Book
- FORMAT: 116 l. 28 cm.
- NOTES: Includes bibliography.
- SUBJECT: Hubbard, L. Ron -- (La Fayette Ron), -- 1911-
- OTHER: Scientology.
-
-
- AUTHOR: Colbert, John
- TITLE: An evaluation of dianetic therapy
- YEAR: 1951
- NOTES: Thesis (M.S.), City College of New York
-
- ---
-
- 10 Jun 1995 slitvin-@uceng.uc.edu (Sharon B Litvin-Schramm):
- May I suggest reading the chapter on psi in *How We Know What Isn't So*
- by Thomas Gilovich (The Free Press,1991)? The whole book is highly
- recommended.
-
- ---
-
- 31 Jul 1995 luvalle@primenet.com (jam):
-
- _Captive Hearts, Captive Minds
- Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Abusive Relationships_
- by M. Tobias and J. Lalich
-
- _Belief Systems and Your Personal Power_
- Alice Vieira, Ph.D.
-
- ---
-
- 09 Aug 1995 rnewman@cybercom.net (Ron Newman):
- check out William Sims Bainbridge's
- book chapter "Science and Religion: The Case of Scientology" in
- the book _The Future of New Religious Movements_ (ed. David Bromley
- and Phillip Hammond, 1987).
-
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