Another classic text, 'L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman?', available at your local library or at Amazon books.
Muldoon
246co...@excite.com
think it's got potential!
Zinj
246co...@excite.com says...
Here's a good start:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/
I highly recommend 'The Road to Xenu' and 'My 9 Lives in Scientology' to
newbies, but they're all worth reading.
I also recommend:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=bent+corydon
Zinj
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You Can Lead a Clam to Reason; but You Can't Make Him Think
Muldoon
Unfortunately, only the 1987 1st edition of 'Messiah or Madman?' is
available on the Net - This is, essentially, a rush-to-print rough
draft, which even has an emergency make-shift front cover. The expanded
and revised 2nd or 3rd editions are preferred. However, there is no
other book that examines, not only the terrible and bizarre, but also
the somewhat dry areas of Dianetics and Abreaction therapy, and the
Scientology "Lower Grades" and Alfred Korzybski's "General Semantics,"
plus other areas that would probably never make it into a movie, but
are important to know, particularly if one is encountering, and trying
to dissuade, someone who is being lured into Scientology.
Simply telling someone that Scientology is "bad" or "kooky" does not
necessarily innoculate the person from involvement, and how to deal
with someone already partially under Scientology's sway can be a
challenge.
A recent book by Steven Hassan, linked through Amazon Books, covers the
problem well:
246co...@excite.com
it. What an eye opener!
Muldoon
For someone newly pulling back from involvement in the Scientology
organization, obtaining and reading an old fashioned book, which can be
read in a comfortable chair, is sometimes a good choice. No pressure.
Just quite time, alone.
'Messiah or Madman?', published in the mid 1980s, and updated in the
1990s, was written specifically for those newly moving beyond
involvement in the Scientology cult experience. It examines all aspects
of that experience - both positive and negative.
It consults dozens of individuals who worked closely with Hubbard, many
of whom have since been silenced, one way or another, by Scientology
Inc.
There are many follow up books to read. One of which is an earlier text
from 1971, Paulette Cooper's little paperback, 'Scandal of
Scientology':
Muldoon
The first book to publish confidential materials was Robert Kaufman's
'Inside Scientology', which appeared in 1972.
And by "Confidential materials" is meant parts of the Clearing Course
and OT levels. The _other_ confidential materials, covering areas such
as finance, PR and propaganda, Intelligence ("Scientology Intelligence
tech"), various Sea Org writings, and the about to be born RPF and
RPF's RPF were still unknown - to most.
Amongst the important years to come were: 1980, with the court ordered
release of "Scientology Intelligence tech" writings, and related covert
operations materials; and, then, 1984, with the revelations provided by
the "Armstrong trial" of that summer.
Then came more books.
Then, finally, in the 1990s, came the Internet.
In 1995, Robert Kaufman updated his book, and that update is available
on the Net.
Scamology
library.
Muldoon
Around 1970, Author William S. Burroughs was interviewed by the
'Rolling Stone', and later wrote a book entitled 'Naked Scientology'
and supported Robert Kaufman in his efforts to publish his book.
The following is a brief discussion of the e-meter, followed by several
excerpts from Burroughs' comments on Scientology.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.clearing.technology/msg/df047b18f9289a9a
And then there is the text of 'Naked Scientology' itself:
Muldoon
Comments by Franklin Jones, from the late 1960s, regarding his
experience with Scientology:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/b21d8aaaae818fcd