P.O. Box 149, Creston, California
I clicked on the "hybrid" button to see the satellite image juxtaposed
on the map.
Wow, there's an isolated patch of green just in that area. They must
be wasting a ton of water to keep it that way. Didn't they ever hear
of xeriscaping?
-maggie, human being
Church of Spiritual Technology: An Overview
The Church of Spiritual Technology was formed by Scientology leaders
"as a way to get tax exemptions" for L Ron Hubbard's (LRH's) estate
and other assets, with the goal of construction of a large mausoleum
to store a cache of gold, according to former Scientology members. The
CST properties are known only to a "select group of Scientologists"
and were intended for access by the reincarnated spirit of LRH in his
next life; when he was to return to Earth in the future (some say, 21
years after his death, or in January 2007) to assume power as a
political leader in his quest for world conquest, per Scientology
dogma.
The CST vaults, according to former Scientology PR Spokesman Robert
Vaughn Young, were compared to a "pyramid for the pharaohs," perhaps
as a reflection of the Egyptian origin of the "black magic" practiced
by Hubbard as a follower of the philosophy of the British Satanist
Alestair Crowley (as described by LRH's son, L Ron Hubbard Jr.), and
perhaps as a response to 1977 FBI raids of Scientology headquarters
(where seized documents were used as evidence by prosecutors, which
resulted in imprisonment of top Scientology officials, including Mary
Sue Hubbard, LRH's wife, in the early 1980's).
"Survival" is a theme that runs through LRH's works. It was said to be
the subject of his unpublished manifesto titled "Excalibur" of the
1930's, and a later book was titled "Science of Survival" that was
published in 1951. "The Future of Scientology," was an essay of "Ron's
Journal 34" dated March 13, 1982 (LRH's 71st birthday), in which LRH
wrote:
"(Scientology) will be here for all the decades and centuries that
civilization has left to it (and) right now I am working on plans so
that (Scientology) will be here even when the madmen…have blown this
civilization away…We work in eternity."
The creation of CST was said to follow a LRH directive to secure his
estate, which included the April 1981 hiring of tax attorneys such as
Sherman Lenske. After research was conducted from May through October
1981, LRH reportedly supervised and approved a final version of his
estate plan in early 1982. This coincided with an internal shuffling
of officers within Scientology, as well as a financial redirection
(which reportedly included abuse of an internal financial oversight
official, and diversion of millions of dollars to new projects). The
creation of CST was done at the time of Scientology's internal
reorganization, called the "Mission Corporate Category Sort-out"
(MCCS) effort of 1982, which followed the imprisonment of several of
its top leaders for infiltration and espionage targeting US Government
agencies in the 1970's. The described intent of MCSS was to obscure
the control of Scientology by LRH. A former IRS Assistant Director,
Meade Emory, consulted Scientology in this effort (of which,
audiotaped meetings were said to later reveal an intent to defraud the
IRS). However, Scientology officials have declared, that CST was
always a separate corporate entity, independent of and not answerable
to, other Scientology organizations.
CST was registered as California Corporation #C1074287 on 5/28/1982.
CST's original corporate articles stated a directive of "construction
and maintenance of an imperishable structure, capable of withstanding
the ravages of nuclear warfare to house the essence of Scientology for
the benefit of future generations."
The archive concept was reportedly borrowed from the Mormon Church
(whose records are stored in a granite mountain in Little Cottonwood
Canyon in Utah, originally excavated in 1958-1963). CST property
locations were stated to be chosen for their distance from "the
pollution" of major cities, and in rural areas where constructed
vaults were determined to be "not likely to be a nuclear target," per
a CST official.
The meaning of the CST logo, can be at best only speculated by
non-Scientologists. In the context of LRH's writings and life, the
exterior of the CST logo resembles the numerical symbol for infinity
(the digit "8" transposed horizontally) or a possibly a biochemical
reference to "mitosis," and the interior "diamond" symbols resembles
an overt visual reference to the "twin pyramids" of the altar of his
LRH's mid-1940's "black magic" partner and practicing Satanist, Jack
Whitesides Parsons.
To construct CST vault locations, estates, probate assets and other
distressed properties were quietly purchased, sometimes through
intermediaries, in mid-1983 through 1984 in Northern California, the
San Bernardino Mountains, the Sierra Foothills, and in North-East New
Mexico. A 5,000-acre ranch near Livermore, California, was also
purchased, but later sold, and court records also mentioned an intent
to acquire an additional property outside the USA. Ongoing efforts
from 1987 included inquiries and acquisitions of bordering properties,
from the US BLM and local neighbors, through at least 2002.
Gaining tax exemptions for the CST was pursued through an IRS
application in 1983 (denied in 1988), and court cases at the US Claims
Court in 1988 and at the US Supreme Court in 1992 (all lost). During
what Scientology termed a "war" with the IRS, a former Scientology
official (Vicki Aznaran, in a later statement) quoted current church
leader David Miscavige as saying that the only way to resolve
concurrent investigations by the IRS Criminal Division was "if the
'old man' (L. Ron Hubbard) dies," shortly before LRH's actual death in
January 1986. In the early 1990's, the head of Scientology, David
Miscavige made an unusual in-person appearance at IRS headquarters to
request meetings with IRS Commissioner Fred T. Goldberg Jr, to settle
outstanding issues to gain tax-exempt 501(c) (3) status. (A March 9,
1997 New York Times article by Doug Frantz, later detailed the
Scientology's use of private investigators, to pressure IRS personnel
into granting these tax exemptions in 1993).
Once IRS tax-free status was obtained, per its charter, CST also
assumed control over all the copyrights held by other divisions of
Scientology (including books, courses, auditing programs, etc.),
making it the most powerful corporation within the complex Scientology
legal structures. This is in line with CST's stated mandate to assure
Scientology's "orthodoxy" by preserving the original works of
Scientology scripture, beyond the death of L. Ron Hubbard and for at
least the next millennium.
CST also registered a trademark named the "Star of Trust (an inverted
pentagram) and a patent for a titanium box (as a "time capsule").
CST funding was provided through start-up grants from the "Flag
Service Organization" of over $17 million in 1983, with other large
grants from "Religious Technology Center" in the 1980's and $5 million
from "Author's Family Trust-B" which handled L Ron Hubbard's estate;
totaling over a declared $82 million when CST was granted IRS tax
exemption in 1993. (Unacknowledged assets include a reported $500
million, apparently drawn from accounts in offshore Luxembourg banks
such as "Banque Indo Suez" in the fiscal year following L Ron
Hubbard's January 24, 1986 death).
Despite its considerable wealth, CST has sought to minimize operating
expenses. Properties purchased in the 1980's were involved in estate
sales tied to probate actions and bankruptcy. On properties with
luxury residences or multi-million dollar vault structures, CST has
used its federal tax-free status to try to bully county assessors into
granting local property tax exemptions.
Perhaps CST's greatest economy has targeted its workers. Per details
of a 1990 CST court filing; CST staff comprised a mere 5% of CST's
operating expenditures, with an average wage far below US federal
poverty levels. The CST staff, said to have been recruited via mailers
to Scientologists in 1986, is comprised entirely of Scientology's
elite "Sea Org" members.
CST staff was stated to be required to work a 830am to 11pm daily
schedule (averaging over 90 hours weekly, with one day off every 2nd
week) after signing a "billion-year" contract, all for a described $30
"weekly allowance." Although living quarters and communal kitchens are
provided, this "subsistence level" compensation has left members with
no personal cash reserves to handle "rainy day" expenses (such as
vehicle repairs or travel required to attend to family emergencies).
This appears consistent with court documents of one of LRH's
"affirmations" of the 1940's, which stated that "all men shall be my
slaves." This also contrasts with reports of the lifestyles of
top-level Scientology executives and their celebrity associates, who
are said to enjoy church-provided privileges such as travel by private
jet and who have use of luxury residences at Scientology properties.
Despite the P O Box address in Los Angeles for its corporate officers,
CST's main administrative building is in the Twin Peaks postal
district in the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California.
There, materials including L Ron Hubbard's works were reportedly
prepared to last a minimum of 1,000 years by the estimated 45 members
of the CST staff. This includes over 500,000 pages of original
Scientology manuscripts, many donated from private collections during
an acquisition effort of the mid-1980's, as well as audio recordings
and films by L. Ron Hubbard. It was stated that procedures developed
in conjunction with the National Archives determined preservation
techniques for paper, audio, video, and other written materials,
frequently involving metals such as stainless steel, titanium, and
gold. An IRS filing reportedly described these efforts to produce 1.8
million stainless steel plates and 187,000 nickel records. Patents
were acquired by CST for various preservation objects, such as a "time
capsule" composed of titanium and filled with argon gas.
Construction on the first "vault" in New Mexico began with a tunneling
project about 1986. Work in Northern California and San Bernardino
followed, with the most extensive project being the Petrolia vault on
the "Lost Coast" of Northern California. The most recent vault is
located in the Lady Washington gold mine near Tuolumne in the Sierra
Foothills in Central California. (Other rumored sites are near
Paradise Bay in "Kattlehong" of South Africa, "Crow's Nest Landing" in
("New South Wales") or Australia, and at Creston in California).
Where available, local building records detail remarkably similar
installations of a "nuclear survival" infrastructure, including:
Off-the-grid electrical generator buildings, disproportionately large
water, gasoline, diesel and propane tanks, unusual mechanisms for
piping in filtered and pressurized air, and extensive security
apparatus including cameras and electrical fences.
The use of bronze and stainless steel metal interior themes, per
descriptions provided by a few non-Scientologist visitors to these
vaults, corroborates repeated "metal themes" of LRH's books like
Battlefield Earth and Mission Earth, as well as Scientology locations
and operations titled "Gold Base" (near Gilman Hot Springs,
California) and "Operation Goldmine" (targeting Clearwater, Florida).
Architectural renderings also detail weird occult designs including
triangular rooms and markings. To some, these triangular designs are
reminiscent of the triangular castle at Wewelsburg, Germany, which was
constructed in the 1930's by Nazi SS official Heinrich Himmler
(reportedly as a site for initiation of high-level SS officers).
Another triangular-based design, of a triangle within a circle, is
used at a building entrance, and resembles that of the Scientology
logo for their "New World Corps" organization (which is a triangle
within a circle, superimposed upon the Earth). It is noted that this
"triangle within a circle" symbol, appeared earlier in 1920, on the
cover of a Rosicrucian book titled "The Way to Happiness." It appears
that LRH, who was a Rosicrucian briefly in 1940 (his membership
expired from non-payment of dues), may have appropriated this symbol
and the title of that book, from the Rosicrucian group (whose
followers, include the 19th century Emperor Napoleon).
Aerial and satellite imagery of CST sites also captures where the
unusual CST logo has been carved into the earth (perhaps as aerial
signposts for landing aircraft, or in conjunction with LRH's
science-fiction writings, as land markings for alien spaceships).
An ultimate intent of the Church of Spiritual Technology (which is not
a church itself, but a corporation) may have been
described by former Scientologist Steve Fishman, said to be a former
financial courier for Scientology, who was at the time of
correspondence was imprisoned (in 1991).
Fishman described an "Operation Paper Chase," as "the largest money
laundering operation in the world." As part of LRH's "dream to gain
control of the planet economically," Scientologists were said to be
planted as low-level administrators to Risk Analysts at various
"quasi-governmental agencies" (such as the World Bank, the
Export-Import Bank, the Council on Foreign Relations, and others), to
report on governments that were in risk of loan defaults. Scientology
financiers were said to then buy highly leveraged "short" sales
positions on these currencies (so that a $100 million dollars could
place pressure on $10 billion of foreign currency). It was said that
each 1% drop of an affected currency, would result in a doubling of
profits from the currency option positions. The proceeds were said to
be held in various banking houses tied to small European nations like
Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino, and used to purchase gold.
Fishman also stated that these currency pressures precipitated world
events, such as the Iranian government collapse of 1979 and the
Iraq-Kuwait war of 1991. If this account is accurate, it would support
a theory that the "stainless steel plates" inscribed with LRH's
writings, could internally be filled with gold. An account of
converting gold to other objects (coffin lids) to avoid detection by
others, was a significant plot point of the character of the evil
alien "psychlo" named "Terl," within LRH's 1982 novel "Battlefield
Earth." This would also seem to justify extraordinary construction
designs and extensive security system installations, at the vault
sites.
(Reference: http://www.whyaretheydead.net/misc/Factnet/FISH6.TXT)
These analyses, taken together, could conclude that the vaults
constructed by the Church of Spiritual Technology may represent a gold
repository, from which Scientology intended to leverage the paper
currencies of various governments, ...as both a moneymaking venture
and as a vehicle for acquiring future political power over Earth.
http://www.lermanet.com/CST/
Arnaldo Lerma
Lermanet.com Exposing the CON
WE COME BACK FOR OUR FRIENDS and FAMILY
to get them out while they are still alive!
I'd prefer to die speaking my mind than live fearing to speake
If the Borg were to breed with the Ferengi you'd get Scientology!
http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com
http://ocmb.lermanet.us/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=381
"it's incredible how much money the hypnotized disciples of a clever and ruthless operator will plead and beg of him to accept from them"
http://www.lermanet.com/exit/hubbard-the-hypnotist4.htm
"Scientologists believe that most human problems
can be traced to lingering spirits of an extraterrestrial
people massacred by their ruler, Xenu, over 75 million
years ago. These spirits attach themselves by "clusters"
to individuals in the contemporary world, causing
spiritual harm and negatively influencing the lives
of their hosts"
[Judge Leonie Brinkema 4 Oct 96 Memorandum Opinion]
29 November 1995
Memorandum Opinion Judge Leonie Brinkema
"the Court is now convinced that the primary motivation..
in suing Lerma, ...is to stifle criticism of
Scientology in general and to harass its critics. "
What do we get from getting people out of scientology?
We create an individual who has become a Houdini of
all mind traps.. folks who won't be fooled again.
People who can DE-program, People who can spring mental
traps..
We create, by freeing someone of scientology, a being
who has the ability to break the strongest slave chains
of all.
Those forged of lies. (c) Arnaldo Lerma
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
"He exuded evil, malice, and stupidity"
Gore Vidal on meeting L Ron Hubbard
Looks like the "Church of Spritual technology" owns the property now.
How could the IRS not have picked up on this, in order to find Hubbard?
Heh. I doubt they could even spell it, let alone define it.
--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)
"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
produce."
--Molly Ivins
I just corrected the subject line.
--
The Wikipedia gang lies that I edited their article on me. This should
suggest that this article is correct as I contributed to it. In fact,
no word in this wrongful article is mine.
Number one suspect of being Wikipedia (Wikipiggi) smearer, defamer,
abuser, harasser, and hate monger "Orsini" is Canadian Kady O'Malley.
She defamed not only Mark (Marty) Rathbun and I - but according to
below website, fanatical O'Malley is specialized of harassing other
Scientologists too. What she is doing could be also defines as
stalking:
http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.com/anti-religious-extremists/kady-omalley/
Copurights violations are also involved. Immediately after it was
published that Kady is the main "Orsini"-suspect, "Orsini" removed a
few copyright violating items but not all - but under the law, she is
also legally responsible for past copyright violations, current
copyright violations, defamation, abuse, harassment and libel.
"Orsini" teams up on Wikipedia with defamer, forger, and harasser
"Vivaldi", who drug rehab hating Korey Jerome Kruse from Olathe,
Kansas. He was recently in jail and is, according to the court, a
habital offender:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS210US211&q=korey%20Kruse&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg
Official records on him:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/4bdb5044754f611f
These fanatical people are protected by a Wikipedia administrator from
England, with name Christopher Owens. Chris Owens is biased towards
Scientology and Scientologists and uses his bias to protect defamers
and harassers on Wikipedia and assist them in defaming Scientology and
Scientologists. He never bans any fanatical and harassing anti-
Scientologist from Wikipedia but Scientologists are banned for nothing
else but being Scientologists. Even non-Scientologists are banned from
Wikipedia, if they don't hate Scientology or Scientologists.
According to this website, Wikipedia administrator Christopher Owens
admires Osama Bin Laden.
http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.com/anti-religious-extremists/david-touretzky/terrorism/
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Barbara Schwarz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Schwarz
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/barbara_schwarz.html
http://www.ahbl.org/notices/barbschwarz.php
http://www.xenu.net/
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