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The ARS Acronym/Terminology FAQ v3.5:

The official Scientology glossary (not as complete as this FAQ due
to a lack of inclusion of secret nomenclature and ars-specific
nomenclature) is at: http://www.scientology.org/gloss.htm

See also the OT Levels & Confidential Material Summary List and the
Command Channels Chart by Jonathon Barbera, barb...@primenet.com.
Many thanks to S.S. for all the clarifications and corrections in
this edition.

A:

(*), see Poodle.

{_}, see Chowderpot.

1.1, see One One.

2WC, two-way comm, two-way communication. Hyped-up technobabble for
simply talking between an auditor and a pc or a supervisor and a
student. Also TWC, Two-Way Comm. "Use 2WC on the PC to a win."

AA, attempted abortion. According to L. Ron Hubbard's book
Dianetics, pregnant mothers routinely tried to kill their unborn
babies with knitting needles and douches, thus most people are
filled with AA engrams or hidden memories of pain. "The Preclear
had 51 AA incidents in her bank."

Aberrated, Hubbard's term for derangement or insanity. "The wog
world is heavily aberrated."

Aberration, an instance of insanity. Also, another term for an
engram, or a hidden memory of pain and unconsciousness. "You are
putting Dev-T on my lines because of your fucking aberrations."

ABLE, Association for Better Living and Education. One of many
Scientology front-groups. The purpose of these front-groups is to
escape from the increasingly bad name Scientology has earned over
time by implementing its surprisingly vicious and vindictive
policies such as SP declares (in which perceived enemies of
Scientology are labeled as suppressive or destructive to
Scientology's aims), disconnection (whereby family members are told
to stay away from the rest of their family who are not
Scientologists), Fair Game (in which Scientology's enemies may be
sued, tricked, lied to, or destroyed, as per Scientology policy),
etc. "ABLE Int - Association for Better Living and Education
International - Oversees secular activities such as Applied
Scholastics, Narconon, Criminon, and The Way to Happiness
Foundation." - Jonathon Barbera. Able Int is now located at the
HGB, qv.

Academy, the area in an Scientology organization (known as an Org)
in which the advanced training is carried out. Lower level training
is done in the Div 6, public division course room. "Route the raw
meat out of Div 6 and down into the academy to boost the stats."

Ack, see Acknowledgement.

Acknowledgement, used to end a cycle of communication in Hubbard's
rather stilted communication theory. Usually a "good", "ok", "I got
that", or "thank you." "Give me an Ack, or I'll ramble on and on
until I ARC break."

ACT, alt.clearing.technology. Often in small letters, "act", or
with periods, "a.c.t." The hangout for the relics of the cult who
still practice the strange "technology" or rituals developed by
Hubbard, but who have left the cult of Scientology proper. Of
course, some people have it that the group actually deals with acne
pimple remedies... See also ARS.

Action, an auditing or processing regimen; an instance of the
application of Scientology's "technology" on a person.

AD, after Dianetics. Used on issues such as HCOBs and HCOPLs
(Hubbard Communication Office Bulletins and Policy Letters) to show
the year. It is based on the Christian calendar, but with a base
year of 1950 with the release of Hubbard's book "Dianetics"; thus
AD 15 = anno Domini 1965.

Admin, administration. Detailed bureaucracy taken to new heights;
thousands of green on white issues written by L. Ron Hubbard
(Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letters) cover the design of
this monumental testament to inefficiency that would make IBM
proud. The OEC Vols (Organization Executive Course or Green
Volumes) cover most of the Admin policy.

Admin Dictionary, a large green Scientology dictionary made up of
quotes from L. Ron Hubbard that defines some of the thousands of
new terms Scientology introduced with its massive administration
bureaucracy.

Admiral, L. Ron Hubbard. A final self-bestowed promotion, given
humbly to himself (there was no one else to do it) by Hubbard just
before his death. L. Ron Hubbard was also referred to as Ron,
Source (capitalized), LRH and the Commodore.

Adore, A Divine Operating Religion of Excellence; a splinter group.
See Free Zone.

Affinity, used as a synonym for love or like.

Affluence, a condition or level of high and climbing production.
Aptly named, as higher production means more money. "The stats will
be in screaming affluence again this Thursday at 2:00."

Alter-Is, to alter the way something really is, and thus to create
a persistence. See As-Is. "If the Flag Rep keeps Alter-Ising the
Tech, she'll be K/R'ed!"

Amends Project, a way for a down-stat (not producing enough or
looking less than fixedly happy) Scientologist to get back in good
graces. Usually involves long hours scrubbing toilets and such,
followed by a mass petition collecting signatures of completion to
break down the willpower and personality of the cult indoctrinee
based on group rejection/ acceptance, peer-pressure and milieu
control. "Jan's doing an Amends Project, as part of his Ethics
Cycle; I'm not signing his petition until he cleans my room to
white-glove standards."

ANZO, Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. One of Scientology's
"continents". See CLO.

AO, Advanced Organization. A Scientology group that delivers the
higher parts of the Bridge, such as Operating Thetan (OT) 1-8, the
Ls (lists that are shouted out to the patient), etc.

AOLA, Advanced Organization of Los Angeles - this org has had at
least three different locations in LA over the last 30 years, and
is currently at the Cedars complex.

AOSHANZO, Advanced Organization Saint Hill for Australia, New
Zealand and Oceania.

AOSHEU, Advanced Organization/Saint Hill Europe - in Denmark. Also
referred to as AOSH DK - located in Copenhagen.

AOSHUK, Advanced Organization/Saint Hill United Kingdom - at Saint
Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex, England.

Apollo, was one of L. Ron Hubbard's ships in his toy navy. Ron
loved to play sailor-man. See Flag.

ARC, Affinity, Reality, and Communication; when a cultie meets a
cultie, a comin' through the rye. ARC is used as a synonym for love
or like or general warmth to be applied to raw meat marks (green
Scientologists) to smooth the earlier stages of brainwashing. ARC =
understanding, according to L. Ron Hubbard. The ARC triangle is
inferior to the KRC triangle, which stands for Knowledge,
Responsibility, and Control...which equal money. "Use a little more
ARC when you reg people in, Sam."

ARC break or ARC-X, a break in affinity, reality or communication
between two people causing upset, anger or tears.

ARC breaky, describing someone who is prone to ARC breaks, qv.

ARS, alt.religion.scientology; the newsgroup this FAQ is posed to.
Often lower-case; "30,000 people a month read ars, according to
Arbitron." (ars) after a definition shows that the source of the
term is ars; terms which are sourced from Scientology itself have
nothing after them. (act) is for terms from
alt.clearing.technology.

ARSCC, Alt.Religion.Scientology Central Committee; It is a game.
The OSA Scientologists have tried to represent opposition to
Scientology as emanating from one or other focus - at first, it was
Dennis Erlich. Later, it was FactNet. At other times and in other
contexts the opposition has been represented as 'psychs' and the
now-destroyed 'CAN' (the Cult Awareness Network). ARSCC
(Alt.Religion.Scientology Central Committee) is just a kid's game,
a troll, like the game of 'there is no Cabal' which is played on
newbies on alt.culture.usenet. There is no ARSCC, so it is no use
begging me to send you the Red and Blue codebooks. Even if I had
them, I'd have to deny their existence. There is a real inspiration
for this. At various times, Hubbard would allude in his bulletins
to shadowy organizations such as 'Smersh' and 'The Tenyaka
Memorial'; another example, taken from his mythology, is 'The Fifth
Invader Force'. Another time, he described the opposition as just
twelve highly powerful suppressives (yes, bankers and financiers).
He just loved to spin yarns, and in honor of this, we do the same.
(Tony Sidaway)

ASHOD, American Saint Hill Organization Day - located at same place
as ASHOF in the Cedars Complex, Los Angeles.

ASHOF, American Saint Hill Organization Foundation (night and
weekend org) - located at 1413 N. Berendo Street (now L. Ron
Hubbard Way) LA CA 90027. Previously ASHOF was located at 2723 West
Temple Street, LA (from 1968 until 1977).

ASI, Author Services Inc. 1. A Scientology front-group whose
purpose is to skim money out of the organization and channel it to
the person at the top, formerly L. Ron Hubbard. Also called Author
Services. Jonathon Barbera: "Not officially on the chart. Probably
immediately under RTC. It is senior to all other organizations but
is not part of the command channels. Probably owns the copyrights
and is in charge of LRH PR projects, the vaults of LRH's writings,
and collecting money (through royalties) for LRH." ASI spends its
money on several things: "special properties" ie, prints, rare
books, LRH signed books for the Preservation of the Tech project -
the bomb-proof shelters in the desert. ASI also contributes to
dissemination of Dianetics, and operates the "Writers of the
Future" SF contest held each year. 2. ASI - Applied Scholastics
International, a cult educational front group.

As-is, to look at something and make it vanish like magic. "Jim
as-ised and blew some charge is session today." See Alter-Is.

Auditine, a pun on Scientology's pseudopsychological "auditing"
therapy, likening it to an addictive drug (benzedrINE, etc.)

Auditing, the action of running Scientology or Dianetic processes
on a PC (a preclear; someone receiving Scientology processing).
Auditing usually involves a Meter, with the PC holding onto the
soup cans electrodes, and the Auditor taking down notes and asking
questions. "Auditing in the HGC costs over $500 per hour."

Auditor, the person who uses an E-Meter (a simple, ineffective lie
detector used in Scientology with a needle and soup cans for
electrodes) to find Overts (undisclosed acts) and Engrams
(incidents of pain and unconsciousness) and audits them out of the
person receiving auditing or preclear.

Author Services Incorporated, see ASI.

AVC, Authorization, Verification and Correction, now the AVU,
Authorization, Verifications and Corrections Unit. Set up to ensure
that all the drivel that comes out is "on source" and not "off
policy". AVC is part of RTC, originally it was the approval line
for drivel coming out of the FLB, but now their imprimatur has to
be on everything. The imprimatur means that the issue has been
reviewed by a Scientology authority and has been given "IA", or
Issue Authority (seal of approval).

AVU, see AVC.

B:

B-1, bureau one. A segment of the Guardian's Office (the cult's
intelligence, dirty deeds and strong-arm tactics branch; now called
the Office of Special Affairs or OSA) responsible for covert
intelligence; its functions are now taken over by OSA.

Baby Watch, see Introspection Rundown.

Bank, the reactive mind; supposedly packed with "overts," or
undisclosed acts, and engrams or moments or pain and
unconsciousness. Also, anything negative seen as coming from the
reactive mind. "All you'll find on alt.religion.scientology is just
bank talking."

Barratry, the use of frivolous lawsuits to harass. "Scientology has
been found guilty of barratry, given the thousands of useless
lawsuits they have brought to court and wasted taxpayer's money
on."

Basher, a person who is critical of Scientology. A Free Zone term,
qv. "Don't listen to him; he's just a basher." (act) See Meatball.

Basic Basic, the earliest incident on a chain of engrams, sometimes
just called Basic.

Beingness, a word Hubbard probably plagiarized from Nordenholz.
Implies the rewarding experience of being something, assuming a
valence (another personality) or hat (an office or post in
Scientology). Hubbard fit beingness into a triptych with doingness
and havingness. "She has so much beingness on her shiny new post!"

Big Win, something seen as being of great benefit, but tends to be
ephemeral or nebulous. A Big Win may be incomprehensible to
Scientology outsiders. "I had such Big Wins all week on the Purif.
I began to see what really lies behind my case!" See "Win",
"Success Story."

Billion-Year Contract, the newly-indoctrinated SO (Sea
Organization; a tough inner core of Scientologists, some of whom
may be found on the cult's ships, while others are settled in land
bases) member signs one, supposedly coming back life after life to
fulfill it. LSD users need not apply.

BIS, Bodies In the Shop. how many people are in the Scientology
organization and on lines; an important Org Statistic.

Black Hats, the bad guys. Ron wrote corny Westerns for a while,
which might explain where the term came from. "Ars is full of SPs
wearing their Black Hats."

Blow, 1. To leave suddenly. Also, the person who does this. "Sam
Blew off post today; he's our third Blow this week!" 2. To get rid
of the charge or mass of an engram (a moment of pain and
unconsciousness). "I blew so much mass in my session!" See MU, M3,
M4.

Body Raisins, a grape name for BTs, or Body Thetans, evil spirits
which permeate our bodies, according to L. Ron Hubbard. See BTs.
(ars)

Body Route, to steer public into a Scientology Organization, get
them on lines, sell them services, and make some money off them.
The idea being that public are such low-toned wogs (a common
Scientology derogation of Scientology outsiders) that they have no
self-determination, and need to be led like sheep to the slaughter.

Body Thaytans, see BTs. (ars)

Body Thetans, see BTs.

B of I, board of investigation. A Scientology kangaroo-court-like
internal Ethics board. "A B of I will be convened for Harry next
Tuesday."

Boo-Hoos, along with clams and Grim Weepers, these are Wholetrack
(a person's last 74 trillion years or so of existence in this
universe) ancestors to Man, and are responsible for the origin of
human belching, gasping, sobbing, choking, shuddering and
trembling. Also called "Grim Weepers", and just "Weepers."

Book One, another name for L. Ron Hubbard's book "Dianetics." Also
describes auditing "therapy" as laid down in "Dianetics." See
DMSMH.

BPC, bypassed charge. Charge that has been turned on, or
restimulated, without being as-ised, blown, or gotten rid of; in
other words, an unpleasant memory that has been recalled, but
hasn't been fully dealt with or erased. See "Charge."

BPI, 1. See Bridge Publications. 2. Broad Public Issue; a
notification on Hubbard Communication Office Bulletins (HCOBs) and
HCOPLs (HCO Policy Letters) showing issue authority and
distribution.

BPL, Board Policy Letter, a precursor to the HCOPL, Hubbard
Communications Office Policy Letter, qv.

Bridge, the bridge to total freedom; the list of auditing actions
needed to get to the highest OT (operating thetan) level, currently
OT 8. The Bridge costs roughly $300,000 US, and is depicted on the
Gradation Chart of Human Awareness and Abilities. L. Ron Hubbard's
"Bridge to total freedom" has two sides. One is auditor or
therapist training classes or classifications, the other is
receiving auditing or "therapy" such as Grades and OT levels, qv.
At the lower levels the grades and classes or classifications
correspond, this pretty much stops after Class 6 (Saint Hill
Special Briefing Course).

Bridge Publications, the cult's publishing business; also called
simply Bridge or BPI (Bridge Publications International.) New Era
Publications in Europe is a part of BPI.

BT, Body Thetan. Usually plural. Evil spirits which need to be
exorcized. "OT 5 consists entirely of running out BTs; what a
bore."

BTB, Board Technical Bulletin, a precursor to the HCOB, Hubbard
Communications Office Bulletin, qv. Hubbard decided that only he
knew the true path of technological enlightenment of the wallet.

Bullbaiting, a training routine involving two students. One is to
sit silent, unblinking and unmoving, while the other does
everything s/he can to get a reaction. The receiving student must
simply accept whatever is done to him or her, in what is basically
a lesson in passivity. The stated purpose is to train the student
to be unresponsive to a PC's (preclear; a person receiving
Scientology "therapy") originations during the auditing or
"therapy" session, while the actual process of bullbaiting itself
flattens a person's emotional affect; it is perfectly natural to
laugh when a person says something funny, whether this occurs in
real life or in an auditing session. In bullbaiting the person is
drilled to not react to what is being said in any way, to not show
any empathy at all, producing a virtual robot, despite Scn's
protestations about not doing robotic TRs. "The noise next door is
coming from the students doing their bullbaiting."

C:

Cadet Org, any of various orgs for warehousing children of Sea Org
parents. Policy is for SO women to abort their babies when ordered,
but when the unfortunates survive to full term, they are placed in
these horrific organizations. Reports are rampant with child abuse
in these places ranging from neglect, to maggots in their food, to
severe under staffing, filthy and smelly conditions, and enforced
parental neglect (SO parents are allowed as little as one hour per
week to see their children, called "family time".) The Cadet orgs
even have their own RPFs, or punishment camps.

Cal Mag, a mixture of calcium and magnesium in water said to have
amazing restorative powers, according to soi-disant "scientist", L.
Ron Hubbard. See Guk Bomb.

CAN, the Cult Awareness Network, formerly a loose-knit educational
and group-therapy association. A Scientology target for special
hatred in the form of Suppressive (describing a person or group who
goals are at odds to Scientology's goals) status, CAN has now been
destroyed through Scientology exercising its policy of using
lawsuits to utterly ruin its enemies, and if you dial the number,
you get a Scientologist on the other end of the line!

Cancelbunny/Cancelpoodle, these refer to the ubiquitous OSA (Office
of Special Affairs; the cult's private CIA/KGB) cancelers who
frequent alt.religion.scientology and visit it with their
censorship of people's posts. (ars)

Cans, soup cans used as electrodes for the Scientology E-Meter or
lie detector. The PC (patient) holds them in his or her hands. "I
was on the Cans for three hours today!"

Case, The sum of one's problems, bad memories, Engrams (moments of
pain and unconsciousness), BTs (Body Thetans or evil spirits
infesting the body), Overts (undisclosed harmful acts), Etc. "My
Case has really improved by doing the Sunshine Rundown." See Bank,
Reactive Mind.

Case Gain, improvement in a PC's (patient's) case (problems) due to
auditing or Scientology-style "therapy." "Paul had tremendous case
gain running Grade Zero."

Case Supervisor, see C/S.

Cave in, to destroy someone by forcing them over into the dark side
of the bank or reactive mind (the sum of one's memories.) "Helena
Kobrin wants to cave in the critics on ars."

CC, Celebrity Center. There are several of these around the world,
incorporated with the intention of luring in actors and other
prominent people to give the cult a shiny PR image, the theory
being that if John Travolta and Kirsty Alley are Scientologists,
other people will want to join up and sign away their life savings.
One large CC is located right in Hollywood, and run as a ritzy
hotel, utilizing the slave labor of Scientology's Sea Organization
staff to provide all the amenities to the first class citizens and
celebrities. "CC Int - Celebrity Center International - Largest
celebrity center which delivers Scientology services to celebrities
and those who can afford the higher donation rates. Also oversees
the other CCs." - Jonathon Barbera.

CCHR, the newspeak-named Citizen's Commission on Human Rights, run
by a Scientologist by the name of Dennis Clarke. CCHR's main
purpose is clearing away the "Psyches" (mental health
professionals; seen by Scientology as evil aliens from the fifth
galactic invader force) to make way for Scientology's advance into
society. CCHR is a front group for Scientology.

CCO, Child Care Org. See Cadet Org.

CCRD, see Clear Certainty Rundown.

Cedars, the short name for the giant blue Scientology Cedars of
Lebanon complex in Los Angeles, formerly the Cedars of Lebanon
Hospital, which moved and became the Cedars Sinai Hospital. Cedars
was the world headquarters of Scientology, and home to many
Organizations including ASHO (the American Saint Hill
Organization), AOLA (the Advanced Organization of Los Angeles), an
EPF and RPF, qv, and many others. IHELP (the International
Ecclesiastical League of Pastors), ITO (the International Training
Org), and OSA INT (the Office of Special Affairs International)
have now moved to the HGB, qv. CCHR has moved elsewhere. See HGB.

CESO, Cedars Estates Service Org, the org responsible for
maintenance in PAC, Pacific Area Command the Los Angeles area.
Similar to the EPF, the Estates Project Force. See EPF.

Celebrity Center, see CC.

Central Committee, see ARSCC.

Central Files, see CF.

CEO, Scientology's Cadet Estates Organization. See Cadet Org.

CF, Central Files. "By policy, the names of any Scientologists at
any org who have ever received a major service at an organization
below Flag must be forwarded to Flag, where the names become the CF
for Flag. A major service is considered paying for and completing a
level or training, technical or administrative, or an auditing
intensive. To sign up for a major service, a member must either
have 6 months free IAS membership in existence, or be on the yearly
paid membership." - Joe Harrington.

Chain, a run of memory incidents or engrams of a similar type, or
with the same content.

Charge, mental mass in restimulation, or constant upheaval,
contained in the reactive mind, or memory bank. This may not make
much sense, but then, many things in Scientology are like that. In
colloquial usage, charge refers to areas a person may be touchy
about. "Jim has a lot of charge on the word 'critic.'"

Chowderpot, {_}, an award given to arscc members who, through their
actions, manage to shut down a cult org or mission.

CI, see Counter-intention, Intention.

Clam, a derogatory term for a Scientologist. See Ronbot,
Hubbardite, scieno. (ars)

Clambake, a westcoast seafood cookout or party. The term was
adopted on ars as the name for the IRC channel #clambake (now
#scientology), and has more recently been applied to any situation
where Scientology suffers a big loss. Also the name of a popular
webpage which exposes the cult's secrets. See clam.

Clams, Man descended from them according to "History of Man" by L.
Ron Hubbard, and the incident gives us painful engrams (memories)
of being dropped onto rocks by birds, and extreme jaw pain from the
bivalve's hinge. This has been a running joke on ars for some time,
with threads about clambakes, clam chowder, snapping clams, clams
in .sig files, etc., although some now see it as a pejorative and
have quit using it.

Clamspeak, see Scientologese.

Class, a means of defining how high an Org (Scientology
organization), Auditor (Scientology therapist), C/S (Case
Supervisor, a person who oversees Auditors), etc. is on the Bridge
(Scientology's chart of levels of enlightenment); corresponds to
Level or Grade, qv. See Bridge.

Class IV Org, now called Class V Org. See Class V Org.

Class V Org, the most common Scientology organizations; most major
urban centers in the Western world have one. They are senior to
missions or franchises, but otherwise at the bottom rung of the
command channels. They can deliver services up to and including
Class V auditor training and processing through to New Era
Dianetics and clearing. Once Clear, PCs must move on to higher
orgs, such as ASHOs, AOs, or FLAG, all qv. See also Org.

Class XII Org, see Org.

Class 0, A Class 0 auditor (therapist) can audit a person on Grade
0 after which they can supposedly talk to anyone about anything
(except that Scientology says they shouldn't talk to suppressives,
or criticize the church, or talk about their auditing except to
certain people, or talk about OT levels and the material on them
(etc. etc. etc.) See Grade 0.

Class 6, Saint Hill Special Briefing Course. See SHSBC. Also Class
VI.

Class 8 auditor, A class 8 auditor is highly "trained" and can
audit anyone on repair stuff up to OT 4 (or the grades, etc.) Also,
Class VIII.

Class 8 C/S, a Case Supervisor, qv, trained to C/S folders up to a
high level. Also, Class VIII.

Class XII Auditor, trained to deliver the very expensive L Rundowns
or Ls at Flag in Clearwater, FLA, that use a form of auditing
involving yelling listing items at the PC. Tree! Oak? Elm?
Cottonwood?

Clay Demo, a Scientology Study Tech method of training involving
making little figures out of Plasticine (tm) on a table. "I've done
54 clay demos so far this week on the Pro TRs."

Clear, a person audited enough to be free of the "bank," or
reactive mind. (The sum of the memories of pain and unconsciousness
the person has) A low-level superman-type person; a baby OT
(Operating Thetan). "Samantha just had her Clear Certainty Rundown,
and is now considered a clear!"

Clear Certainty Rundown, CCRD. Verifies and validates a person's
state of Clear. Available at some Class V Organizations and all
higher organizations. - Jonathon Barbera.

Clearing Course, Grade VII. Solo audited by PCs who did not go
Clear on NED, New Era Dianetics. This level is directed at implant
materials (GPMs) which keep the reactive mind in place. Available
at Advanced Organizations and higher. - Jonathon Barbera.

Clear-L, an email discussion list for the clearing field or Free
Zone, qv. Koos was banned from it by the members. Homer is the
administrator of the list.

CLO, Continental Liaison Office - in charge of the internal
management of middle management organizations. - Jonathon Barbera.
There's one of these for each Scientology "continent"; the world
according to the cult is cut up in a rather bizarre way, eg, EUS
and WUS (East and West United States) are separate "continents", as
is ANZO (Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania), Africa, and others.

Cluster, a bunch of Body Thetans, evil spirits inhabiting the body,
all stuck together. "I had a cluster blow from my forehead during
session!"

CMO, the Commodore's (L. Ron Hubbard) Messengers Organization. A
Sea-Org run power center within the cult, started by the
teenyboppers in hot pants who used to serve as Hubbard's
mouthpieces on board his ships. CMO PAC (Pacific Area Command) is
based in LA, in a large building across the street from the Cedars
of Lebanon Center. The CMO IXU, the Internal eXtension Unit, is in
the HGB, qv. CMO INT and CMO Gold are at the INT base.

CMO INT, Commodore's Messenger Organization INT - Senior-most CMO
and is in charge of overseeing all CMOs. The CMOs are in charge of
getting the management and service organizations producing and
complying with upper management orders. - Jonathon Barbera.

CMO IXU, Commodore's Messenger Organization Internal eXtension Unit
- this organization is part of upper middle management and acts as
the CMO for the managements organizations grouped with Flag Command
Bureaux. This organization started requiring INT security
clearances for its crew in 1992 or 1993. - Jonathon Barbera.

CO, Commanding Officer.

COB RTC, Chairman of the board for the Religious Technology Center,
the copyright holding body of Scientology, currently former
Commodore's Messenger David Miscavige.

Coffee Grinder Incident, this is where some evil implanters, people
or aliens who instill bad memories, used a little box to play a
push-pull wave of energy over you and lay in a bone-deep somatic or
pain, remember?

Cognition, a sudden realization about oneself having to do with
Scientology. "Fanny had a cognition about how her father was a big
Suppressive during Session; now she's on the PTS/SP course."

Cognitive dissonance, a psych (disparaging Scientology slang for
psychiatrists) term! Horrors! It simply means the inability to fit
two disparate concepts into one's mind. For example, a dichotomy
like "I spent $360,000 dollars for all this" and "It is all a bunch
of garbage." The flip side of cognitive dissonance is that if you
get someone to do something, it is easier to make them believe
something, and vice versa. Actions influence thoughts, and thoughts
influence actions. One person adds: "I thought this was more akin
to warping reality to maintain a belief system. For instance you
buy a car that has all the features you consider to be good in a
car, but your friend buys a superior car which costs the same
amount. You have cognitive dissonance and berate the other car by
warping factual information to make your purchase more appealing
than perhaps it factually is." In this sense, it is a component of
the psychological influence that keeps people in Scientology; they
warp the reality of the utter worthlessness of the auditing
"technology" after paying so much for it. It becomes very hard to
let go of something after making such a huge to commitment to it,
whether that commitment is psychological, spiritual, monetary, the
investment of time, or something similar. Webster's 9th New
Collegiate says: "cognitive dissonance n (1963) psychological
conflict resulting from incongruous ideas and attitudes held
simultaneously." The conflict is resolved via the distortion of the
perception of reality. Eric Bohlman: "...it is almost a textbook
example of attempts to resolve cognitive dissonance. A classic
social psychology experiment is to take a bunch of people who have
just bought new cars and present them with product brochures from
various car companies. Inevitably they'll spend most of their time
reading the brochures for the cars that they bought, and will give
only cursory glances to the brochures for the competing models.
Somebody who has just made a major commitment (such as spending a
lot of money) is likely to seek out information that would portray
the commitment as a good decision and avoid information that would
call the decision into question, because the alternative is to
believe that they've been duped, which would be damaging to their
self-images."

Command Intention, what upper management wants done; meant to imply
that Scientology's management is able to "make it go right",
infallible, and quite capable of achieving anything. The peons only
worries are seeing to it that they jump high enough when ordered.
See Intention, Counter-intention.

Commodore, the name Hubbard gave himself, no doubt based upon his
stellar naval career. "A picture of the Commodore hangs in every
Academy." See "Ron."

Comm Ev, a Committee of Evidence; a cult "justice" action. "Fred
was declared at his Comm Ev; now he's an SP, and subject to Fair
Game."

Conditions, the Ethics formulas of Scientology. They are, in
descending order, Power, Power Change, Affluence, Normal Operation,
Emergency, Danger, Non-Existence, Liability, Doubt, Enemy, Treason,
Confusion. All the conditions have formulas, and they are designed
to get cult members to produce more, ie, make more money for
Scientology. Thus, conditions are deemed very important, and
Scientologists are often seen scurrying about trying "improve their
condition."

Control, a metaphysical Scientology construct. Control is worked
into low-level therapy like Op pro by Dup to get the "raw meat"
used to the idea of someone controlling him or her to a high
degree. Control is exerted on every action and step taken by the
Scientology newcomer; with what amounts to supreme arrogance,
Scientologists assume that ordinary people, (whom it disparages as
mere "wogs"), are simply incapable of wiping their own ass, and are
therefore subject to full control by them. This is manifested as
"body routing", and it is the justification for hard-selling the PC
onto his or her next level immediately after taking a "therapy"
session. See Tone 40, Intention, Postulate.

CoS, Church of Scientology. Also, C of S, CofS, COS, Co$. Some
people on ars take "Co$" to mean "Cult of $cientology."

COSRECI, Church of Scientology Religious Education College
International, incorporated in Australia. It shares the "castle" at
Saint Hill with AOSH (Advanced Organisation Saint Hill).

COST, Church of Spiritual Technology. Also, CST, LRH Archives.

Counter-intention, resistance to authority, disobedience; the last
thing an SO member would want to have to Command Intention, qv.
"Any more CI on my lines from you, buster, and I'm routing you to
Ethics to get your overts standardly handled." See Intention.

Cracked, describing a Case Gain (qv) of such proportions that one's
Bank or Reactive Mind (memories of pain and unconsciousness) is
knocked back forever. "I finally had my case cracked on OT 2; it
was a big win!"

Cramming, an action taken to remedy a small Scientology tech
"outpoint", a failing of some kind. "I had a cram cycle on my
metering after failing to get VGIs on my PC."

Crutch, a pun on Church, as in Church of Scientology. Clams tend to
lean on the crutch; they need it, so bad. "The Crutch has been
losing turf in Germany recently."

C/S, noun. Case Supervisor. The person in charge of assigning
auditing regimens to Preclears or patients; s/he tells the Auditor
or Scientology therapist what processes to run on the mark, and
reviews the written worksheets of processing sessions.

CSG, Commodore's Staff Guardian (Mary Sue Hubbard).

CSI, Church of Scientology international. Officially a non profit
501 (c) organization. The offices of el presidente are at the HGB,
qv.

CSIINTB, Church of Scientology International - International
Base/Bureau.

C/Sing, verb. The action of reviewing and prescribing Scientology
processing or "therapy" actions. "The C/S at AOLA C/Sed my case
this week."

CST, Church of Spiritual Technology. Also, COST, LRH Archives.

Cult, (definition from the Cult Awareness Network, now taken over
by Scientology after bankruptcy brought on by Scn litigation). A
serious problem exists in our society as a result of the emergence
of groups, popularly called cults, using mind control (undue
influence) and unethical means to recruit and retain followers.
Association with these groups can be harmful to followers and
disruptive to families, friends and society. MARKS OF A DESTRUCTIVE
CULT: -Mind Control (undue influence): Manipulation by use of
coercive persuasion or behavior modification techniques without
informed consent. -Charismatic Leadership: Claiming divinity or
special knowledge and demanding unquestioning obedience with power
and privilege. Leadership may consist of one individual or a small
core of leaders. -Deception: Recruiting and fundraising with hidden
objectives and without full disclosure of the use of mind
controlling techniques; use of front groups. -Exclusivity:
Secretiveness or vagueness by followers regarding activities and
beliefs. -Alienation: Separation from family, friends and society,
a change in values and substitution of the cult as the new family;
evidence of subtle or abrupt personality changes. -Exploitation:
Can be financial, physical, or psychological; pressure to give
money, to spend a great deal on courses or give excessively to
special projects, or to engage in inappropriate sexual activities,
even child abuse. -Totalitarian Worldview (we/they syndrome):
Effecting dependence, promoting goals of the group over the
individual and approving unethical behavior while claiming
goodness.

CXI, the Church of Xenu International. A mocking take-off of CSI
"set up" by "General" Martin Ottmann, "Chairman of the Board" CXI.
Other members include: "Admirals" Alvin Brattli, Birgitta Dagnell,
and Andreas Heldal-Lund. See Admiral, COB, CSI.

D:

D/A, verb. Dead Agent; to spread malicious lies and rumors about an
Anti-Scientologist person or organization, in an attempt to so
thoroughly discredit them that everyone concerned will be disgusted
with them, and not listen to the information they have to give
about the cult. Many attempts to Dead Agent the recently destroyed
CAN (the Cult Awareness Network) and FACTnet (Fight Against
Coercive Tactics network; a BBS that supplies information about the
cult) have been posted to ars. (alt.religion.scientology)

Day, one of the two divisions Class V (a lower-level Scientology
Organization) cult centers are cut up into. Hours roughly are from
8am - 6pm, Monday to Friday. See Foundation.

DB, Degraded Being. Someone so infested with Body Thetans, evil
spirits, as to be in-auditable or insane. Also used as a general
derogatory term. "These psychs are all DBs; without the tech, they
won't make it."

DC-8, Douglas jet aircraft resembling the Boeing 707, and used for
trans-Atlantic flights starting in the late 1950s. Hubbard said
they were used millions of years ago as spaceships to ferry people
about the galactic confederation. Perhaps someday Scientology will
apply for a patent, and sue Douglas for copying their design?

DCSI, Dianetic Clear Special Intensive, a a five hour auditing
block (as opposed to the usual 12 1/2 hours that auditing is
usually sold in) that is essentially a date locate procedure for
finding the moment of the clear cognition for those going clear on
Dianetic auditing, which is said to happen in 2% of cases.

Dead Agenting, see D/A.

Declaring, the act of blacklisting within the cult; the result is
an "SP" (Suppressive Person, someone who does not like Scientology)
who can be "Sued, tricked, lied to, or destroyed" as per the cult's
policy. "Eric was declared Suppressive at his Comm Ev."

Ded, another name for an overt, a harmful act one does to another
that comes before justification of the act.

Dedex, another name for a motivator, an instance of blaming another
for a crime you have committed yourself, or finding some
justification for your aggressive or harmful actions that you are
committing at present in your victim's previous actions.

Degraded Being, see DB.

Deprogramming, a desperate ploy to recover lost children involved
in a cult, usually at the parent's behest; employs kidnaping and
coercive persuasion to re-invoke the cult victim's former
personality from before involvement. Now largely discredited in
favor of exit counseling, which is only done on a consensual basis.

Dev-T, Developed traffic. A particle (a person or form) sent
unnecessarily to the improper terminal; a waste of time or an item
which slows down the all-important production inside Scientology.

Dianazene, a formula combined with vitamins and other materials
(such as benzedrine) to make the intake of nicotinic acid more
effective. Dianazene runs out radiation - or what appears to be
radiation. It also proofs a person up [sic] against radiation to
some degree. It also turns on and runs out incipient cancer. (All
About Radiation, pp. 123-124) Strangely, Hubbard thought that drugs
were destructive enough to warrant a Purification Rundown to try to
eliminate them. See also Guk Bomb, Purif, Drug Rundown.

Dianetic auditing, a quack therapy process based on Hubbard's book,
_Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health_ (DMSMH), written
in 1950, and later volumes. Also called book one auditing.

Dianetic Clear Special Intensive, see DCSI.

Dianetics, Hubbard's derivative (of Freud's abreactive therapy,
among others) mental healing therapy; scorned by the mental health
profession as being unscientific nonsense. Strangely, even though
Hubbard used mainstream psychiatry as a source for Dianetics, he
went on to vehemently attack psychiatry and its practice with
paranoid fervor.

Disconnection, the act of severing ties with family, friends, and
loved ones that the cult often forces its victims to do when these
same loved ones are declared SPs, Suppressive Persons, (often for
expressing doubts about the victim's involvement in the cult) which
the victim then supposedly becomes PTS, a Potential Trouble Source
for Scientology, to. "I was ordered to disconnect from my wife
after she was declared." See SP, PTS.

Divisions, sections of the Org Board, the Scientology Organization
layout showing positions within the bureaucracy that Hubbard used
to define all the posts in an Org. Various Org Boards were
utilized, some with seven Divisions (Divs), some with nine; they
are kept on a wall in the Organizations, and drilled each morning.

Div 1, HCO; Hubbard Communications Office. Also, Div One, etc.

Div 2, Dissemination.

Div 3, The treasury; money being so important it deserves its own
special division in Scientology.

Div 4, Tech. Where the Academy courses and HGC, Hubbard Guidance
Center, auditing are done.

Div 5, Qual. Where one attests to "therapy" actions, and gets
certificates for courses in Scientology. Also, where corrections
are done.

Div 6, the public division; deals with routing people into the
Organization (Org), low level raw meat (fresh converts) courses,
showing hokey '50-ish L. Ron Hubbard movies, selling books,
reception, etc.

Div 7, Executive Division.

DM, David Miscavige; the leader of the cult of Scientology,
presently on the run from process servers. Also called the poodle.
(ars)

DMSMH, Dianetics [sic, should be dianoetics], the Modern [sic,
outdated] Science [sic!] of Mental Health [sic!]; Hubbard's first
foray into his newly invented "Science" of mental health, and the
launchpad for the cult of Scientology, misspelled from dianoetic,
meaning intellectual; pounded out in a few weeks on a typewriter in
1950 without even a hint of research. Also called Book One. Should
be: Dianoetics, the old fashioned pseudoscience that creates mental
problems.

Dn, Dianetics. See Dianetics.

Doingness, the act of doing something. See Beingness.

Downstat or Down Stat, 1. Describing the horrible condition of
losing that all-important production statistic; also, a general
term of derogation. "My local Class V looks so Down Stat; it is
dark, dingy, dirty, and squalid, not to mention grotty." 2. Noun;
referring to Down Stat individuals; people who are not doing well
in a Scientological sense, that is, cranking out enough product.
"Farnham is a real downstat; look at how miserable he looks on
post. Route him to Ethics." See Up Stat.

Dreamball, a Free Zone term. Describes people who are superior to
meatballs, qv, or ordinary people. (act)

Drug Rundown, there are two of these, one at the bottom of the
Bridge, one near the top. While the Purification Rundown is meant
to remove the drugs residues supposedly stored in your fat, the
Drug Rundown is meant to audit out the harmful effects of drugs on
your mind. It is all very spiritual. (Or is that medical? Or should
that be financial?) See Grades, OT 4, Purif. See also Dianazene,
Guk Bomb, for comparison. Two things seem to be pulling in
different directions here; on the one hand you have Hubbard trying
to cleanse drugs out of the system with his Purification Rundown,
and on the other hand there is his admitted use of drug compounds
on his guinea-pig followers.

DSA, the Department of Special Affairs, an office that acts as the
local outlet for OSA in Class V orgs. See OSA.

Duplicate, to make an exact copy of; to fully understand in order
to obey. "You are Out-Ethics, Mr.! You need to do your Conditions!
Do you duplicate me?"

Dynamics, the eight Scientological subdivisions of life. Self, Sex,
Group, Mankind, Animals and Plants, Universe, Theta, God.

Dynamism, Enid Vien's breakaway movement from Scientology; a part
of the Free Zone, qv.

E:

ED, 1. Executive Director, the chief officer of a Scientology
organization. 2. Executive Directive, an issue type; EDs may be
written by Executive Directors at the local level. L. Ron Hubbard
EDs were written by L. Ron Hubbard himself.

ED INT, Executive Director International, the head of the Exec
Strata, currently Guillaume Lesevre. This is not the head of the
cult, despite the title; the head honcho is David Miscavige. The ED
INT can be written to at: Executive Director International, 4833
Fountain Avenue Los Angeles, California, 90027. There are also
message boxes for the ED INT in each org. He replies, too, or
someone does in his name. This is the SO-1 line (qv) now that
Hubbard is dead.

E-Meter, or Meter, electrometer or electropsychometer. A crude
battery -powered analog ohmmeter used to locate Overts (undisclosed
acts), Body Thetans (evil spirits), and Engrams (moments of pain
and unconsciousness). The PC or patient holds the soup-cans
electrodes, while the Auditor or Scientology therapist watches the
needle on the dial. Circuitry is based on the Wheatstone Bridge.
The meter was designed by Volney Mathieson. Current "top of the
line" models sell for about $4,000 US in a plastic case. Actual
parts list is about $50-$100, making it a good money earner for
Scientology, particularly since every auditor is required to own
two in case one breaks down.

End Words, words that act like mental locks to keep the reactive
mind, the chain of memory incidents of a harmful nature, keyed-in
or in an active state.

Engram, a posited memory trace that remains after a moment of pain
and unconsciousness. Hubbard didn't coin this word; it can be found
in Webster's, and is part of the ISV, the International Scientific
Vocabulary.

Entheta, enturbulated theta. Bad Vibes. "This Usenet newsgroup is
so full of entheta that it is restimulating my bank."

Enturbulated, Hubbardese for being upset. "Suzy found ars so
enturbulating, she ran away."

EOC, 1. End of Cycle, the end of a cycle of action (start, change,
stop.) 2. Suicide. "After your mission to infiltrate the FBI, do an
EOC to prevent leaks."

EP, End Phenomenon. The result of a Scientology processing action.
"The EP for OT 15 is cause over the universe."

EPF, Estates Project Force, where new recruits are first placed so
that they may receive indoctrination into the Sea Org echelons of
the cult and prove themselves worthy of being into the Sea Org. Per
policy, all recruits must finish a course called "Product Zero" and
a 7A Security Check.

Ethics, a section of a Scientology Org (organization) that keeps
people in line, and the Hubbardian policy that deals with it. "Keep
your nose clean, or I'll route you to Ethics, Mr.!"

EUS, Eastern US. See CLO.

Evil Purpose, an implanted evil goal given to us millions or
billions or trillions of years ago in Implant stations (there is
one on Mars, you'll be interested to know) and still influencing
our everyday lives, according to Hubbard.

Exec Strata, see Senior Exec Strata.

Exit counseling, an ethical method of recovering people from
destructive cults, involving talking and giving out information in
a non-coercive manner. "Combatting Cult Mind Control" by Steve
Hassan best exemplifies the methodology. Compare Deprogramming.

Ex-Scientologist, a former member of the Scientology cult who has
left and has gained a greater understanding of what was done to
them in Hubbard's brainwashing machine, and who has a desire to see
the hidden truth behind Scientology's carefully constructed PR
facade exposed to the public. Most Ex-Scientologists do this for
the public interest, despite personal risk of harassment and
groundless defamation lawsuits from Scientology's Office of Special
Affairs department and its small army of lawyers, agents, and PIs.
We have little or nothing to gain by going public with what we know
about the cult from the inside, and some of us will pay dearly for
our devotion to the truth. We were lied to and ripped off by L. Ron
Hubbard, in both a spiritual and monetary sense, and we don't want
to see anyone else manipulated the way we were. Scientology has in
many ways destroyed our lives; we would be less than human to stand
idly by and watch as more "raw meat" public are ripped to shreds in
Scientology's money-making mill.

Exteriorize, to leave the body. Scientologists believe we can step
outside our bodies in the form of a disembodied "Thetan" or spirit,
and hover about looking at things. This is deemed to be a very
important goal of every Scientologist, usually only obtained at the
highest "OT level." OT VIIs and VIIIs who have left the cult claim
it is an induced hallucination. "Exteriorization is the goal of the
End of Endless Int Rundown." See "Interiorization."

F:

Facsimile, a mental image picture. "June has a facsimile of a dog
biting her leg."

FACTnet, Fight Against Coercive Tactics network; a cult information
BBS with numerous files on the Scientology cult and others operated
by Lawrence Wollersheim, and various other directors at various
times including Bob Penny, Kim Baker, and Arnie (Arnaldo) Lerma.
FACTNet has undergone a shift toward carrying the torch for free
speech on the Internet more recently after lengthy and expensive
litigation with Scientology.

Fair Game, the notorious Scientology policy describing how to deal
with critics, ex-members, and other undesirables dehumanized with
the label "Suppressives"; they may be "Sued, tricked, lied to, or
destroyed," as per policy. A more recent policy has banished the
WORDS "Fair Game", but the policy of what to do to these "SPs" or
"Suppressives" cannot ever be cancelled, as it is Hubbardian
scripture, and his words cannot ever be altered in any way per
Scientology's policy. "Dennis Erlich, being an SP, is subject to
Fair Game."

Fall, a Meter read of about an inch movement to the left.

F&F, the name of the mission that was sent to execute the programme
targets establishing the "United Churches" front (Flag) in
Clearwater, Florida.

Fastflow, able to zip through course checksheets because of
superliteracy obtained from M1 word clearing and the Student Hat.

FB, Flag Bureaux - Oversees all Sea Org service organizations and
all Class V (formerly Class IV) organizations. - Jonathon Barbera.

FCB, Flag Command Bureaux - In charge of internal management of
upper middle management. - Jonathon Barbera.

FDN, Foundation, qv.

FDSing, False Data Stripping. Brainwashing 101; an auditing
("therapy") procedure involving stripping away "bad" thoughts or
wrong ideas and replacing them with the proper cultic dogma. The
ideas are located, cleansed, and replaced with the "true data".
"Success Story: today I had a big win using FDSing to get rid of
the False Datum that Psyches are trying to help people!"

FEBC, the Flag Executive Briefing Course. A top-level training
course for EDs and other executives delivered at ITO and possibly a
few other high training orgs. The FEBC used to incorporate strange
events like the Kali ceremony, the ritualistic destruction of model
orgs.

Field, noun. The "wog world" (disparaging term for everyday society
and the non-Scientology world) outside the Org. "The field is
getting so muddy that it is hard to get new Raw Meat in and onto
our lines!"

Field Auditors, roaming Scientology recruiters and auditors who are
meant to channel people into missions and Class V Orgs. See FSM.

Fifth galactic invader force, insect-creatures with horrible hands.
Psychs (Scientology's derogatory term for psychiatrists) are from
these galactic invaders who threaten our very existence on this
planet, according to L. Ron Hubbard.

Finance Dictator, the person in charge of extracting money from all
the little people or peons in Scientology. An Apt name, given the
brutality with which this all-important function is carried out.
"The Finance Dictator went after the Mission-Holders in a big
money-grab in the early 1980s."

Flag, the former name of the ship Hubbard was Commodore on, the
Apollo. When the Sea Org (high level Scientologists who sign
billion-year contracts) came ashore in Clearwater, Florida, they
set up the Flag Land Base, an upper-level Class XII Org, now just
called Flag. "I got my Ls at Flag, and my case was really cracked!"

Flag Executive Briefing Course, see FEBC.

FLB, see Flag.

Flub, a mistake made in the auditing "therapy."

Flubless, perfect auditing without errors; a "star-high goal" that
is never achieved, as numerous therapy "repairs" point up.

F/N, Floating Needle. A rhythmic swinging of the Meter needle back
and forth indicating end of session, or completion of a "therapy"
process. Also commonly used to indicate good vibes, as in "I've
been F/Ning all day!"

FO, Flag Order, a blue-on-white written directive similar to
Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letters, HCOPLs, for Sea Org
members. There is a Sea Org Briefing Course which consists of all
non-confidential FOs still in use. Flag Orders are a vital policy
line, as the Sea Org is the commanding and controlling organization
in Scientology which runs as a thread throughout the entire cult.

Folder, an Ethics (Scientology's corrections section) folder or
Auditing "therapy" folder in which Scientology collects all the
dirt on people obtained from auditing sessions and Ethics actions
which can be used as blackmail to keep critics quiet. Culled
information from folders of former Scientologists who have turned
into critics has a habit of showing up on ars.

FOLO, Flag Operations Liaison Office. See Flag.

Foundation, one of the two groups inside a Class V Org, which is a
Scientology organization that delivers lower level services.
Foundation works the night and weekend shift, while Day works days.
"Sally works for Foundation, while Sam is Day." See Day.

FPRD, False Purpose Rundown.

FR or F/R, Flag Rep. A minor post in a Class V or lower level Org;
a liaison with Flag, an upper level Class XII organization. "Ronald
was the FR from HAW FDN."

Franchise, an old name used before the more appealing Newspeak
"Mission," qv. Franchise connotes the financial business aspects of
Scientology too much, and so the term "Mission" is now used to add
more religiosity. A Mission is a low level Scientology money making
organization; a franchise, in other words. See Mission.

Freedom, Scientology's newspeak-monikered propaganda newsletter,
used for PR dissemination. See PR, good roads fair weather.

Freeloader debt, a debt incurred by staff members who break their
3, 5, or one billion year (in the Sea Org) contracts, and are thus
required to pay for every auditing action and training course done
to them while on staff. The freeloader debt usually runs into the
tens of thousands, but cannot be collected in most cases as the
contract in not considered to be in good faith.

Freewinds, the SO-run (Sea Org) ship that cruises around tropical
ports and gives the OT-8s (top level Scientologists) a hangout
while they proceed with their auditing. Ah, how nice it must be to
be at the top of the Bridge on a Clear day!

Free Zone, (also Freezone); a loose affiliation of people who still
believe in some of the ideas of Scientology auditing procedures,
but who have left the formal structure of the cult in a type of
Scientology Reformation. The Free Zone is a little more liberal
than the hard-core Churchies, as they sometimes like to call people
still in the cult proper, yet they often still have the trappings
of Scientology, for example, the E-Meter, Auditing, the concepts of
Ethics, Overts (bad deeds), Conditions, and the use of disparaging
terms for outsiders, (Meatballs, Bashers, Wogs, etc.) The cult
proper hates these splinterers and labels them "squirrels". Their
newsgroup is alt.clearing.technology; they also have their own
periodicals, such as the _Free Spirit_ and others. "The "Free Zone"
was a term first used by Bill Robertson in the early 80s. Robertson
was a fan of LRH and set up a network of organizations that
delivered the CofS's upper and lower levels grades, including the
Clearing Course, OT levels and NOTs, at a cut-rate." - Joe
Harrington.

Free Zoner, (also Freezoner); a member of the Free Zone, qv.
Opinion is split on whether this term is or is not derogatory. Some
people are happy to be called Free Zoners, and apply the term to
themselves. Others claim it is derogatory when used by critics, but
this may be a confusion with attitudes as expressed in sentences
and simple nouns. Does a sentence like "Canadians are politically
stupid liberals" make the term "Canadian" a derogatory term? Free
Zoners have been called deluded for still adhering to Hubbardian
views and holding the vile man in high regard; I do not believe
that this can make the term itself derogatory, but others feel
differently about it. The term did not arise within the critical
arena, which sheds further doubt on the derogatory label
hypothesis.

FSM, Field Staff Member. Mercenaries who recruit people using
selection slips for Scientology and get a 15% profit of the value
of services purchased by their recruits in return.

FSO, 1. Flag Ship Organization. In reality this has been various
ships and locations over the last 30 years. 2. FSO also means Flag
Service Org which is in Clearwater, FL and is usually referred to
as simply Flag. "FSO - Flag Service Organization - Highest level
training organization in the world and can deliver the processing
side of the Bridge up to New OT VII. Located in Clearwater,
Florida, USA." - Jonathon Barbera.

FSSO, Flag Ship Service Organization, Clearwater, FL. The Flag Ship
was the Apollo in Hubbard's day, now it is the Freewinds out
cruising the Caribbean. OT 8 is done on the FSSO, the Freewinds.

FZ, see Free Zone. (act)

G:

Gang-Bang Sec Check, a cruel process involving getting the victim
to confess to "crimes" or Overts while on a meter and in front of a
group of people. Used as a heavy brainwashing technique when a PC
threatens to blow. "Three people in the past year have said they
have had Gang-Bang Sec Checks recently."

GE, Genetic Entity. A low-grade soul that stores whole track
engrams (memories of pain and unconsciousness from the last few
trillion years of the patient's life) like the clam incident
(people descended from clams, according to Hubbard.) The concept of
the GE can be hard to understand until one realizes that it is
unadulterated nonsense, like much of Scientology.

GI, 1. Gross Income. One of the most important Stats (statistics)
for cult groups. 2. Good Indicators; a smiling face after an
auditing or "therapy" action.

GO, the Guardian's Office. The cult's KGB, responsible for
attacking SPs, (qv) publishing Dead Agent materials (largely
manufactured dirty laundry on perceived enemies), framing political
figures and judges, intimidating witnesses, etc. Now renamed OSA,
the Office of Special Affairs, qv.

Godwin's Law, a rhetorical construct that postulates that the mere
mention of the holocaust in an argument renders it null and void,
as the slaughter of seven million Jews in WWII is a singularly
momentous and ghastly historical event. Some people stretch the law
to apply to mentioning Nazis and the Third Reich generally in any
debate, but this is a dubious over-extension at best. "You are
comparing the RPF to Nazi concentration camps? I hereby invoke
Godwin's Law!"

Gold, this has been used to refer to both Golden Era Studios and
Gold base, now usually referred to as INT, as most INT orgs have
relocated there. In the Sea Org we used to refer to GOLD as "over
the rainbow", and meant a "secret" location in Hemet. - Miss X.
"Golden Era Productions, in charge of producing e-meters, films,
television advertisements, and lectures on cassettes. Includes PDO
(Planetary Dissemination Org)." - Jonathon Barbera. Note: E-Meters
were also produced by Bridge. Grady Ward: "My first impression of
Gold Base as Keith Henson drove me through it on Monday is that it
looked exactly like a Nazi theme park. A delightful little
caricature of a Scientology 'church' with a flowering bed in front
of it - surrounded by the nastiest razor wire, floodlights, and
video observation cameras I have ever seen."

Golden Age of Tech, the. Releases from 1996 reportedly sharpen up
auditing. Apparently the "100% Standard Tech" sold to public over
the last several years was not standard after all. The changes to
unalterable tech include: a revamping of the E-meter with a
variable gain; a student certainty course covering the barriers to
study, parts of the student hat, the TRs, and the metering courses;
the Golden Age of Tech Drills which are rote handlings compiled
from HCOBs and put in quiz/drill form for training on a twin basis
for grades and solo auditing courses; a read generator has been
added to the E-meter; and more emphasis on study and drilling to
the point of not having to think about what to do in a particular
situation.

Good roads, fair weather. A PR technique which all Scientologists
are instructed in to automatically handle criticisms with bland
statements about other things. The idea is to discuss something
"non-reactive" to the person, and also steer the topic away from
Scientology, a topic Scientologists are indoctrinated to not
discuss in any depth for obvious reasons. See PR.

GOSA, see OSA.

GPM, Goals Problems Mass. A supposed mass which develops when one
is thwarted from reaching a Goal by a Problem or stop.

Grades, preliminary steps to the true enlightenment and
understanding of Body Thetans (evil spirits inhabiting the body) on
the OT (Operating Thetan; a person as a spirit able to operate free
of the body) levels. The Grades range from 0, learning to talk, to
VII, clear certainty, and come before clear (a person who is freed
from the effects of the Reactive Mind; the place where all the
memories of pain and unconsciousness are stored) on the Bridge.
Actions before the Grades usually include Life repair, Purification
rundown (which involves sweating in a sauna, running, and taking
vitamin overdoses for a fee of $2,000) and the Drug Rundown, said
to remove the harmful effects of drugs by using the E-Meter. The
typical sequence for processing then goes up the numbered Grades.
See also Class, Bridge, Level.

Grade 0, learn to communicate with anyone about anything. Too bad
no one in Scientology has reached this level! See Class 0.

Grade 1, (I) learn to handle your Problems, as long as they don't
include being a victim of a money-grubbing cult.

Grade 2, (II) Overts and Withholds, your dirty laundry aired in
public. Don't tell them anything you wouldn't mind posted to Usenet
or given out in pamphlets to your neighbors, co-workers and
friends.

Grade 3, (III) deals with Upsets.

Grade 4, (IV) Service Facsimiles, "I'm right and you're wrong" type
of blaming behavior. Guess that lots of people in this "church"
need it. See Ser Fac.

Grade 4.5, (recently, last decade or so, New Era Dianetics (NED,
qv) was put here. If the mark 'goes clear' on new era dianetics
then grades 5, 6, and 7 are skipped. The person does a simple
process called the sunshine rundown, and goes on to OT 1) (No; the
cult doesn't call it Grade 4.5. This is where it would be
logically.)

Grade 5, (V) Power, awareness of self as source. I got the Power,
yeah, yeah. Just keep repeating it; you couldn't really be wasting
thousands of dollars, could you? After all, this is America! You
should be able to buy spiritual freedom! (God knows, you can buy
everything else.) See Power processing.

Grade 6, preparation for the Clearing Course. R6EW, Routine Six,
End Words. Meant to release the locks from the reactive mind. End
Words are a kind of verbal lock that keeps the reactive mind or
whatever in restimulation; more pseudoscience on parade. See R6EW.

Grade 7, Clearing course. Wow! At last you can throw away your
glasses, a la Bates! You'll have perfect recall of what you ate for
dinner! Your IQ will zoom! Your eyes will become glazed! Your
pockets will be feeling a severe drain! (Unless your last name is
Gates.) You're now ready for OT 1; last chance for cognitive
dissonance before the railroad to Total Freedom (tm) routes you
straight to hell, or a close approximation thereof, and all for
just $129.99$! (Oops! I mean $129,000.99!) Visa or Amex accepted,
but cash preferred. Loans available at 25% per week. Financial help
with getting a mortgage on your house free of charge. See Clear
Certainty Rundown.

Gradient, a gradual approach to brainwashing that Scientology
employs so as not to scare off potential recruits. Things like
OT-III, widely available over the net, are deemed to be
"out-gradient", as they drive away raw recruits because they look
like insane gibberish sputtered from the foaming mouth of a
brain-fevered baboon. Also called a "gradient scales approach".
Deviating from this tech is called going "out gradient"; a serious
error.

Green Vols, the green volumes of the OEC (Organization Executive
Course; a high-level and very expensive course that teaches
executives how to manage an organization. Used to siphon money from
Class V Orgs, lower level Orgs, uplines to higher level Orgs that
run the course) that contain Scientology policy. See "Red Vols,
OEC."

Guk Bomb, a mixture of benzedrine, vitamins, and glutamic acid
Hubbard thought helped the auditing "therapy" go smoothly. See also
Dianazene, Purif.

H:

Handle, to fix something up or solve a problem. "Helena Kobrin and
Elaine Siegel were assigned to handle the situation in ars."

HAS, the HCO (Hubbard Communications Office) Are Secretary; a petty
executive in charge of HCO, one of the nine divisions in an org.
The HAS (pronounced like has), is often the person who recruits for
staff; personnel is one of their duties.

HASI, Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. A
precursor to the IAS, qv. Just another way to make money; all
Scientologists must buy memberships in the IAS for about a $1,000.

Hat, noun. A post or job. "She's wearing the Ethics Hat now."

Hat, verb. To train for a post or job. "He is fully Hatted as the
MAA."

Havingness, a feeling of ownership or possession; something quite
unfamiliar to SO (Sea Org) members. "Pete had such Havingness after
he bought his Tech Dictionary." See beingness.

HCO, Hubbard Communication Office. The center of power while L. Ron
Hubbard was in command of the cult (1950-1986); produced the
HCO-policy letters and HCO "tech" bulletins.

HCOB, Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin, a red on white
directive containing Hubbardian "tech" for auditing or "therapy"
procedures.

HCOPL, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, a green on
white issue containing administrative policy.

HES, the Hubbard Communications Office (HCO) Executive Secretary,
one of the three executives directly under the ED, the Executive
Director, along with the PES and OES. Also called the HCO Exec Sec.

HFA, Held From Above. HFA is added to a post title when there is no
one posted to a position. A post is then "held from above" by the
next person up the chain of command on the org board. - Miss X.

HGB, the Hollywood Guaranty [sic] Building, a twelve story office
building at Hollywood Boulevard and Ivar formerly owned by the Bank
of America. It is an old building that was constructed in the 1920s
and purchased by Scientology with cash in the mid-'80s. All
International management (upper middle management above continents
and below *INT* - see Int) is located in this building. It is a
twenty minute walk from the Cedars Complex, and houses IHELP, OSA
Int, and the CMO IXU (Internal eXtension Unit), WISE Int, ABLE Int,
and more. The various orgs on different floors in 1993 looked like
this: 12th floor - OSA Int (includes office of the President of
CSI). 11th - CMO IXU, AVU Int, confidential space. 10th - FCB,
Networks. 9th - FB. 8th - FB, IHELP Int, SMI Int. 7th - WISE Int,
ABLE Int. 6th - Dining room, canteen. 5th through 1st - ITO. 1st -
LRH Exhibit, lobby. Basement - HGB Estates, FB's mimeo collection,
INCOMM office.

HGC, the Hubbard Guidance Center; the place where the expensive
auditing of Scientology processes or crude psychotherapy is done.
"The HGC is down the hall on the right."

High Crime, a serious offense within the cult. "Going by a
misunderstood word is a High Crime."

Hill 10, a serious situation or problem area for Scientology
requiring immediate attention. "OSA now considers ars to be a Hill
10 situation."

HoM, History of Man; an L. Ron Hubbard book which purports that the
Piltdown Man hoax was the ancestor of modern man, and that we
evolved from clams, among many other absurdities. Recommended
reading.

Ho' of Babylon, a nickname given to Helena Kobrin, a lawyer for the
cult of Scientology who sent out threatening letters to numerous
net.surfers in a crude attempt to silence them. (Ho means whore,
prostitute.) See Kobrigram.

Hollywood Guaranty [sic] Building, see HGB.

HQS, Hubbard Qualified Scientologist course.

Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard. See "Ron."

Hubbardese, see Scientologese.

Hubbardite, a humourous term for a Scientologist, coined by
Science-Fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein. See Clam.

Hubborg, (also Huborg) a pun combining Hubbard + Star Trek's
"Borg", as Scientologists are seen to have a collective hive
mentality at times akin to the science-fiction Borg. It has also
been claimed that it is a combination of Hubbard + Org [anization],
with an earlier genesis; it is possible that it has had two
distinct origins. "They've been assimilated into the Hubborg
Collective."

I:

IAS, International Association of Scientologists. The first six
months is free; after that, it gets very expensive. To receive
Scientological services, IAS membership is mandatory; even staff
are required to pay up, thus sacrificing their entire meager salary
for the fee, frequently. See HASI.

I/C, In Charge. Someone running a Program or project. "She's the
Tech Field Hatting I/C."

I-HELP, International Ecclesiastical League of Pastors; a cult
front-group headquartered in Los Angeles, formerly just across the
street from the main building of the old blue Cedars of Lebanon
complex, now relocated to the HGB, qv, on the 8th floor.

Illegal PC, a Preclear who cannot be audited by virtue of actually
needing some kind of help. Auditing is only for the able, or people
who don't need help, as per policy; it is for making the able more
able, or bilking them for more money. This paradox is explained by
the fact that people who actually need help are harder to turn a
profit on. Specifically, an Illegal PC is one who has had
psychiatric treatments in the past, or appears to Scientologists
like they have (a streetperson or prostitute, for example) and is
deemed too damaged to touch, and a serious security risk to boot.
"Jack Farmer is an Illegal PC; he may not receive the next auditing
level he needs and wants."

Implant, a hypnotic suggestion smashed into one's mind millions or
billions of years ago in Hubbard's Space-Opera Scientology
Cosmology. "One Implant was installed using giant movie screens."

Incident One, 4 quadrillion years ago we were implanted with
visions of cherubs blowing horns, chariots, and blackness. That's
right; 4 *quadrillion* (4*10^15th, or 4,000,000,000,000,000 years!)
What's that you say? 250,000 times the age of the universe? Don't
let that stop you from believing, and anteing up the hundreds of
thousands of dollars it takes to get to this level of brainwashing.

Incident Two, 75 million years ago Xenu, the evil galactic
overlord, froze us, then blew us up with H-bombs on Hawaii,
remember? Also called the wall of fire, or the OT 3 incident. The
cover of Dianetics is meant to symbolize this cataclysmic event,
and compel Wogs to buy the book by restimulating them.

INCOMM, Shown on the official Command Channels chart as Central
Computer Banks (CCB), but this is a part of INCOMM's Division 4
(Tech/Production). This organization is in charge of computerizing
Scientology and management. INCOMM does not have a CMO as it is
directly managed by RTC. - Jonathon Barbera. Now in the HGB, qv.

Indicate, to read on the E-Meter. Generally used as a synonym for
ringing true. "Boy, that really indicates for me!"

In-Ethics, describing a person who is upstat (increasing his or her
production) and not violating any of the crimes of Scientology.
"The new ED of VANF is very In-Ethics on her post."

Int, the International Management level of Scientology's massive
bureaucracy, upper middle management above continental level and
below the INT level. Much of it is now located in the HGB, qv. INT
and Int are not the same thing; Int stands for International
whereas INT refers to the higher INT level organizations. Crew
members of INT level organizations are required to have an INT
security clearance which is somewhat difficult to acquire.

INT Base, see Gold.

Intention, a metaphysical Scientological concept of being able to
project theta into physical objects and other people to exert
mystical control over them. "Put your intention into that ashtray
and make it do what you tell it."

Interiorization, the unfortunate condition of being stuck in one's
body. "I was so Interiorized yesterday; my sinuses ached from it!"

Introspection Rundown, a therapy for handling psychotic breaks in
the cult. Involves locking the person up to prevent bad PR with the
isolation step, also called baby watch. Sometimes instilling such
wacky ideas as Xenu, Body Thetans and OT III can make people a bit
unstable; the IRD is used to contain people when they flip out.

Invalidation, to belittle or make nothing of. "Andy felt so
invalidated by the SPs on ars, he caved in, and left."

Iso, see Introspection Rundown.

Isolation, Isolation Step, see Introspection Rundown.

Issue Authority, the right to publish certain of L. Ron Hubbard's
works.

ITO, International Training Organization - located at Flag in the
late '70s. Formerly located in the Cedars Complex in LA, taking up
several floors of the HGB, qv. Course taught there include the
HPCSC, the FEBC, the KTL, and many others. The org is basically
just a large academy with many courserooms. Almost all the students
are from America, Canada, and Mexico. The Org is run by Sea Org
crew. See HGB.

J:

J&D, Joker and Degrader. According to Hubbard, joking and degrading
about Scientology are signs of a suppressive personality. Worn as a
badge of honor on ars due to one Scientologist labeling certain
people Jokers and Degraders.

JBG, Johannesburg, South Africa Scientology organization. The AOSH
(Advanced Org, Saint Hill; for upper level bridge auditing, ie,
clear and OT) and CLO (Continental Liaison Office) for Africa are
there.

Joburg, a lengthy sexual and criminal security checklist performed
on staff as an auditing action on the E-meter, commonly seen as the
roughest "sec-check" in the cult. The results are used as blackmail
to keep departers silent about the abuses they've seen in the cult.

K:

Key-In, to restimulate (make active) and turn on an engram or
memory incident of pain and unconsciousness so that the PC
(Preclear) patient manifests behavior from it. "John was Keyed-In
by the sound of the plane crash."

Key-Out, to be released from the bad effects of one's Reactive
Mind; the section of the mind, according to Hubbard, where painful
and unconscious engrammatic memories are stored. "Dianetics can
really Key you out, man!"

Kha Khan, an award supposedly given by Hubbard to those who did him
a great service. The awardee gets spared the death sentence ten
times.

Kobrigram, a threatening letter sent to a net.surfer or sysop from
Scientology lawyer Helena Kobrin, also know as the Ho' of Babylon.
Also Kobragram, Kobringram.

KoX, Knights of Xenu. They found the evil galactic overlord Xenu of
Hubbard's quaint Scientology philosophy locked up in a box, and let
him out, the naughty net.surfers! (ars)

KR or K/R, Knowledge Report, a write-up of a cult member's supposed
"crimes" given to the Ethics division; cult members are encouraged
to report each other's transgressions a la Orwell's "1984."

KRC, Knowledge, Responsibility, Control. The senior of the two
Scientology triangles, ARC/KRC (ARC stands for Affinity, Reality,
and Communication.) Control is senior to Affinity, get it?

KSW, Keeping Scientology Working. A series of HCOPLs, Hubbard
Communication Office Policy Letters, designed to ensure Scientology
lasts for hundreds of years, and also that Hubbard's fondest wish,
that his name be smashed violently into the history books, becomes
a reality. (Didn't Manson have a similar desire?)

KSW course, a course based on the KSW, Keeping Scientology Working,
policy letters.

KTL Course, the Key To Life course. Involves lots of pretty
pictures to drive home the brainwashing. Quite expensive.

L:

L10, List ten, a series of processes directed at doingness. Audited
by Class X auditors. Available on Bridge after Grade IV Expanded at
FSO (Flag) only. Over 20 or 30 individual rundowns. A few include:
Lie Rundown, 2D Rundown, Groups Rundown, Enemy Rundown, and
Greatest Overt/Motivator Rundown. Most of these rundowns deal with
overts and evil intentions which the being is using to restrain
himself from doing more. - Jonathon Barbera. See Ls.

L11, List eleven, The New Life Rundown. A series of processes
directed at havingness by handling ridges and masses around the
person. Audited by Class XI auditors. Available on Bridge after
Grade IV Expanded at FSO (Flag) only. - Jonathon Barbera.

L12, List twelve, (The Flag OT Executive Rundown). A series of
processes directed at beingness and exteriorizing the person with
full perceptions. Audited by Class XII auditors. Available on
Bridge after Grade IV Expanded at FSO (Flag) only. Three steps
include: handling why the person is pinned to the body as well as
handling old PTS situations including the phenomena of being PTS to
self, handling identities, and handling a unique phenomena
involving stability and its past, present, and future consequences
(this phenomena may be stuck attention beams on self from others).
- Jonathon Barbera.

Lawn Ornament, David Miscavige. He's a dwarf, geddit? See Poodle.

Lazarus, a program written by Homer to tell posters to ars when
their posts have been canceled by the cult censor on Netcom known
affectionately as the "Cancelpoodle." Thanks, Homer! (ars)

LDNF, London Foundation Org, evenings and weekends.

Level, see Class, Grade.

LF, Long Fall. A swing of the Meter needle to the left of a couple
inches.

LFBD, Long Fall BLow Down. An E-Meter read involving a swing of the
needle to the left, and a consequent need to move the Tone Arm
(potentiometer) of the Meter to keep the needle on the dial.

Life Repair, see Grades.

Lines, the cult's auditing ("therapy") and academy (training)
services. "Ken isn't on lines at Flag anymore."

List One, a sec-check list for overts against Hubbard or
Scientology; see RS.

Locational, a light auditing ("therapy") technique that gets the
thetan (spirit or soul) centered in the MEST (Matter, Energy,
Space, and Time) universe, so he knows where he is. Technique
involves making the PC (Preclear; patient) look at trees, cars,
people, touch books, etc. "Gary is outside doing a locational on
Robert."

LRH, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, founder of Scientology cult. See
Ron.

LRH Archives, CST, Church of Spiritual Technology. Also, COST.

L. Ron Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard. Mediocre pulp-SF writer.
Said in 1947 "If you really want to make millions, the fastest way
is to start your own religion." Scientology cult founder; author of
the turgid "Dianetics"; born 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska, USA; died
1986. See "Ron."

Ls, L10, L11, and L12. Special, extremely expensive Lists or
Rundowns developed in 1970-71 and delivered at Flag. They are done
by Class X, XI and XII auditors (Scientology "therapists") who
shout at the PC (patient) holding the soup cans electrodes of the
Scientology E-Meter. These were designed to handle psychosis,
although now they are used for all Scientologists who are wealthy
enough to afford them. The Ls material mentions the fact that the
Reactive Mind, the storehouse of engrams or memories of pain and
unconsciousness, is composed solely of Body Thetans or evil
spirits. See the individual Ls.

M:

M1, or M1 Word Clearing, one of the 9 methods of the endless word
clearing used in Scientology. M1 is done on a Meter, and locates
charge or upset on words chains by subject, taking each back in
time (often to fabricated past lives). M1 supposedly makes the
recipient "Superliterate", able to "fast flow" through course
checksheets without doing demos or checkouts. See also M8.

M2, metered word clearing done by having the student read aloud,
then look up each word stumbled over or that reads on the meter.

M3, verbal word clearing done by the supervisor in the classroom
and used whenever a student says s/he doesn't understand something.
The sup then asks them to look earlier for a word that isn't
understood, (the implication of Hubbard's perfection being
implicit; if Hubbard wasn't clear or used the wrong word, this is
just not acknowledged) has the student look it up in a dictionary,
and then use it in sentences in the usual way. M3 is one of the
most commonly-used methods of word clearing, along with M4 and
self-study. In self-study, every word found is looked up, used in
sentences, and cleared in each definition, pronunciation, and the
derivation, as in all word clearing. "Set" is checked in all its
permutations that were known already since childhood. "To" is
diligently looked up, although it has little or no intrinsic
meaning. "The" and "a" and "an" are all checked repeatedly,
"definitions" memorized without being understood for the next
supervisor star-rate checkout. For all their word-clearing,
Scientologists are not particularly adept at language, missing the
fact that most words are learned via context and use, not endless
consultation of dry, dead, dictionaries. The average student in
Scientology may spend hours each day flipping through the
dictionaries, yet they don't seem to benefit from the activity at
all. "Word clearing" is an integral part of the brainwashing in the
cult. Its real aim is to make people compliant by doing absurd and
meaningless repetitive tasks while instilling the cult's twisted
semantics and thousands of neologisms and redefinitions from the
two large cult dictionaries of such key terms as "critical
thought", redefined as a completely negative activity. It is
Orwell's _1984_ brought to life by another, albeit inferior,
Science Fiction writer.

M4, metered classroom word clearing. The student is asked to focus
on sections of text of about paragraph to page size and asked if
there's an MU, then the meter is checked for any reaction. The word
so metaphysically located is then looked up and cleared in the
usual way. M4 is one of the most common forms of word clearing,
along with M3 and self-study, as the students works by themselves
to "clear up their MUs". Not clearing up one's own MUs may result
in ethics actions being taken for going by MUs, a serious offense.
This is another cult catch-22 situation, as all students can be
asked for definitions of words like "be" or something equally
ridiculous, hesitate, and end up in trouble. During star-rate
checkouts, definitions are often demanded out of the blue. "What's
the definition of 'too'?", "The number 2?", "Flunk!" being a common
occurrence with no recourse given. Any opposition to the obvious
unfairness of the situation just gets the person in more hot water
in the totalitarian system. Any opposition or complaints are, after
all, a sign of 'natter' produced by, you guessed it, MUs! Word
clearing is an integral part of Scientology brainwashing.

M5, the student is asked what words mean from a list, as in
auditing commands. The ones the person can't define quickly and
accurately are flunked.

M6, key word clearing. The most important words relating to a
specific post are looked up and word cleared in a dictionary upon
any hint of slowness or hesitancy on the part of the staff member.
This is based on the idea that so-called "MUs" can thwart someone's
production on post; an untested idea, to put it mildly.

M7, used for illiterates, children, and foreign-language persons.
The student is made to read aloud, and at each omission or stumble
or hesitation or frown, the word is explained to the person
verbally or looked up for him or her by the twin or word clearer.

M8, part of the Primary Rundown, its end product is superliteracy.
An alphabetical list of every word in the materials being studied,
such as a book or tape, is looked up. This is the most thorough
methods of W/Cing. Its requirement for the exalted state of
"superliteracy" has been superseded by M1, or was at one time in
the cult.

M9, unmetered word clearing action. Student is made to read the
text aloud while the word clearer follows along in another copy of
the text. When the student stumbles or frowns or coughs, etc., the
word is thoroughly looked up and "cleared" by the usual method.

MAA, Master At Arms. A Sea Org (highly indoctrinated Scientologists
who sign billion-year contracts) Ethics Officer, responsible for
keeping Ethics in (keeping the all-important production up; someone
who produces well in Scientology is almost always regarded as being
in-Ethics; the ends justify the means is policy.) Their lower org
equivalent is called an Ethics Officer, or EO.

Marcab Confederacy, a galactic confederation and the denizens
thereof. It is a star system in the astronomy charts. It is also
supposed to be the source of most of the destructive suppressive
influences attacking the Earth at this time and in the past. For
the last 100,000 years they've been driving cars, wearing business
suits and fedora hats, using telephones, and flying spaceships.
Remember that episode of Star Trek? "The Marcabians are coming to
Earth, and they're going to lay waste to it, according to Captain
Bill."

Meatball, A derogatory Free Zone (qv) term for people who don't
believe in their strange ideas. (act) See Basher.

Mental Image Picture, a picture in the Reactive mind, the
repository of memories of painful and unconscious moments. "Bob has
a stuck mental image picture of an atom bomb going off on top of
his head 200 trillion years ago."

Merchant of Chaos, a cult synonym for an anti-Scientologist or
Suppressive Person. A bad person; a person who speaks ill of
Scientology, and should therefore be punished.

MEST, Matter, Energy, Space, and Time; the constituents of the
physical universe, or the physical universe itself. Seen as a
lesser domain than the spiritual or Theta realm.

Milgram Experiment, the; a psychological influence process. "A very
famous psychology experiment with a rather depressing result.
Milgram's subjects were put in front of a device that was supposed
to administer electric shocks to someone in another room (the other
person was actually an actor who responded as if he were being
shocked) and were then ordered by Milgram to administer increasing
levels of shocks, even levels that were marked as 'dangerous' on
the device and that elicited a simulation of agony from the actor.
He found that most of his subjects obeyed him, even when they
generally believed that they were injuring the other person. The
experiment basically showed that the 'Nuremberg defense' mindset is
alive and well in the US; people are conditioned to obey authority
and will compromise their own principles to do so. The experiment
was done in the late '60s or early '70s; I doubt things have gotten
better since then. Remember that most Americans now think of the
late '60s and early '70s as one of the worst periods in American
history, and cite 'lack of respect for authority' as one of the
main reasons for why it was so terrible." - Eric Bohlman. Read
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View, by Stanley Milgram
(Harper & Row, 1974).

Misemotional, describing a display of inappropriate emotion; for
example, crying for no reason. "Mary has been misemotional since
her last action; she needs a repair."

Mission, 1. the Newspeak-corrected term for a cult franchise, as
Hubbard originally and more accurately called them before the
"religious angle" was adopted to garner tax breaks for his company.
Last heard, the package used to set up a Mission could be bought
for US $56,000. A year or two ago, the Co$ management gloated that
1,000 mission franchises had been sold at $56,000 each. That works
out to $56,000,000 all told. If the cult's total annual gross is
$300,000,000, then this one source accounts for nearly 1/5. These
franchises are meant to pay their owners 15%, trouble is, if your
Mission ever makes it, it will be taken away from  you. Missions
cannot train auditors, but they can deliver low-level courses and
processing; they are meant to send their "products" on to the next
higher org on the ladder, the nearest Class V Org. 2. A set of
orders given to Missionaires (Sea Org members sent to clay demo and
then carry out some orders) to go out and do an action, usually
gathering money from low-level Scientology Orgs, getting back
"blown" staff members, and so forth. Missions are notoriously
violent in their methods, and lower-level orgs live in fear of
getting a set of these Sea Org bully-boys with their daggers and
uniforms in to "put in their ethics" (make them fork over more
money) and "get their stats up" with intimidation tactics. Missions
are sometimes given absolute ethics authority, meaning they are
allowed to do anything to "get ethics in".

Missionaire, a Sea Org member specially trained to do a Mission,
and given orders, (which are often clay-demoed) and sent out to get
something done. "The Missionaires from Up-Lines arrived, and
demanded $25,000 from our local Org."

Misunderstood, misuderstood word, see M/U, M3, M4.

Mock Up, to make up; particularly mental imagery, but may also
apply to physical things. Scientologists may often confuse external
reality with imagination or fantasy, and may well not see the
difference between imagining a wall, and taking a hammer and nails
and building one. "Mock up a wall. Thank you. Now destroy that
wall. Thank you."

Motivator, a nasty thing that one "pulls in" as a result of having
prior overts, undisclosed naughty acts. In other words, anything
that happens to you is your own fault; you deserved it because you
are essentially evil. "The cult of Scientology has lots of
motivators; they keep saying 'look what they did to us!'"

M/U, Mis-U, or MU; a misunderstood word, meant to cause everything
from blows (sudden departures) to overts and withholds, and
actually being the root cause of SPs. Because of the centricity of
"MUs" and their destructive potential it is a crime to go by them
when studying, and subjects the student to the risk of getting a
kangaroo "court of ethics". The cult is fanatical about not going
by one, and insists that everyone look things up endlessly in
dictionaries and go through every definition. This becomes quite
tedious with words like "to", "set", and "be." Extensive pieces of
the "tech" are devoted to "word clearing", qv, and so the hapless
student ends up trapped in a arbitrary system which may punish or
help, punish or help, alternately, with the word clearing or the
ethics actions. The very definition of "MU" is mutable and
arbitrary in that it is a word that makes one frown or blink or
stumble on or slow down on reading, etc., as spotted by others -
all of this adds to the coercive, conforming, and group- pressure
nature of the beast. See M3, M4 for more on this topic. "Look up
your M/Us and quit your nattering Mister, or I'll have you busted
down to Ethics!"

M/U Phenomena, the emotional upset leading to Blows, disappearances
from the organization, that follows going by a misunderstood word,
according to the cult's "study tech." M/U Phenomena is the only
reason someone gives up on Scientology, according to Hubbard. If
you think it is all nonsense, it is because you went by a word you
didn't understand. If you think it is dangerous, and that the RPF
(Rehabilitation Project Force; the cult's gulag) is repressive and
sick, you just have an M/U. If you think the Purification Rundown
is bizarre, you have an M/U, and it is your problem. Get it?

N:

Narconon, a cult front-group that purportedly cures drug addition.
Narconon is used for cult recruitment; its techniques have been
called unscientific, medically unsound, and possibly dangerous.

Natter, to say negative things; to give off bad vibes. Natter is
said to be caused by going past Misunderstood words, and having
Overts or undisclosed bad acts, and can thus lead to Blows. "If you
don't stop Nattering, you're going to the RPF!"

NED, New Era Dianetics. Dianetics on the wholetrack, your last 75
trillion years. NED for OTs is abbreviated NOTS, and as this is
done solo, with the soup-can electrodes of the E-Meter in one hand
so the other is free to write up the session, it is then called
Solo NOTS. See Grade 4.5, OT 5.

New OT I, II, etc. See OT I, II, etc.

Newspeak, George Orwell's "1984" explication of applied semantics.
"1984" provides much insight into the cult of Scientology, by the
way.

NLSCC, the Netherlands branch office of the ARSCC, which also does
not exist.

Non-E, Non-Existence. A production level; someone is said to be in
Non-E when they are new on their post, not known to all the other
Org terminals (people), and not producing anything. There is a
formula for getting out of Non-E all the way up to Power, the best
condition, or measure of an individual's production. It is all
about making more money. See Conditions.

NOTS, NED (New Era Dianetics) for OTs (Operating Thetans). See NED,
OT 5.

NYF, New York Foundation Org, evenings and weekends.

O:

Oat Tea, what the bus driver sometimes calls the OT or Operating
Thetan levels of Scn's bizarre space-opera auditing "technology" in
which body thetans are removed from the mark for a few thousand
bucks.

Obedience to authority, see Milgram experiment.

Objectives, low-level "therapy" procedures meant to instill
pliability and sheep-like passivity in new Scientologists. Most
involve physical manipulation of the body, on the premise that the
"raw meat" is too "low-toned" to be run or real auditing. See
Control.

OC, see Orange County.

OEC, Organization Executive Course. An executive training course
and its associated policy in HCOPLs, Hubbard Communication Office
Policy Letters, collected into a set of eight large numbered green
volumes, also called the "Green Vols." A person knowing the da