It's Maiden Voyage season again -- "A celebration so spectacular it will take your breath away" -- and the hype-o-meter is peaking. Actually, it's that time of year David Miscavige makes a scuba diving trip to the Caribbean and "the elite" (used to be OT VIII's only, but there are no longer enough of them with enough money to fill the ship) are told to attend to listen to 4 events "up close and personal." Each year it is the same pattern. They start with an event recognizing the "amazing work" of the "OT Ambassadors" doing crazy fundraising events, along with some false stats they manage to cobble together "The OT Ambassador force in Atlanta handed out 456 booklets containing 4,352 pages and 14,876,477 words across 7052 acres of … [Read More...]
Groups, Collaboration, and the Bank
I know there are some withdrawal symptoms accompanying the end of the Sunday Serial. To help, here is another of Terra's signature essays. Groups, Collaboration, and the Bank In Keeping Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard wrote, “The … [Read More...]
Make Money (So We Can Sucker You In)…
Companion to the post of a couple of days ago Make More Money (So We Can Take It)... This is another twist on the "prosperity doctrine" that informs everything in scientology. Creflo Dollar and his prosperity theology have nothing on … [Read More...]
Regraded Being
RB has a family commitment this week, so I have pulled out a crowd favorite from 2015 -- the timeless nature of these RB strips is a great reflection on the "stuck in time" nature of scientology. Wedded to the words of L. Ron Hubbard, it's Groundhog … [Read More...]
Classics
Apollo Tales
Gary on duty as a "Lookout" aboard the ApolloMy friend Gary … [Read More...]
The Real Way To Happiness
My good friend Ray Jeffrey sent this to me, explaining that on … [Read More...]
Is Scientology A “Terrorist Group”?
Scientology has for many years made outrageous claims about … [Read More...]
On David Miscavige’s Behavior
Another in what will be an ongoing, if sporadic, series of … [Read More...]
New Years Email from Debbie Cook
Debbie Cook was the Captain of the FSO for 17 years and was a Sea … [Read More...]
A Letter From Garcia
This is a letter written to David Miscavige in November of 2010 … [Read More...]
Featured Articles
Unnamed Sources
What are they afraid of by never including anyone's name? I'll … [Read More...]
Scientology’s “MeToo” Sick Joke
Jeffrey Augustine has been doing a wonderful job of documenting … [Read More...]
Schmoozing And Losing
That's Pat Clouden, scientology whale and Lynn Posyton, … [Read More...]
WTF WOTF
Truth is stranger than fiction (though the Mission Earth series … [Read More...]