Scientology delivers superpowers, and here are the miracles to prove it!

 
It’s that time again! Thanks to one of our correspondents, we have a new column from Scientology’s ‘Advance!’ magazine, its beloved feature, ‘OT Phenomena.’ We can’t get enough of it and we know you can’t either.

For the new folks, here’s our usual introduction to the subject:

As much as Scientology wants the public to think of it as a totally not weird self-help group that offers things like improved communication and business acumen, the reality is much stranger and, frankly, a lot more interesting. What Scientology actually offers is a yearslong pursuit of esoteric practices which is supposed to lead to superhuman powers, granted as a church member reaches the “Operating Thetan” auditing levels.

These upper-level secrets are not cheap. But to entice members to keep forking over the big bucks, for decades Advance! magazine has been printing ghost stories — er, totally true and factual accounts — of Scientologists discovering their new supernatural skills obtained while they are going through their OTs.

The magazine calls them ‘OT Phenomena,’ and we always dig it.

Here’s the new batch. As ever, let us know if you think these stories would be enticing enough to convince you to fork over a million dollars or more to reach the upper OT levels.

Gone With the Wind

I had just completed New OT V and left for the airport to fly home. I boarded my plane, but there was a big storm that day and violent gusts of wind were raging around the airport. The plane’s engines were running, but the pilot couldn’t leave the gate due to the weather. I decided to handle this. I put my attention on the gusts. I felt as though I got in touch with them. Soon I experienced relief. As if by magic, the winds died down and the pilot left the gate and began to taxi down the runway. I was super happy, but I thought, “Oh, that’s interesting, but it was probably just a coincidence.” The plane sped up, but once again the violent winds gusted, preventing our departure. I did the same thing as before, getting in touch with the wind. I perceived it as ridges around the plane, and then, again, I felt relief. Suddenly, we accelerated and the plane lifted off! We departed on time and arrived without delay. I thought to myself, “Two times in a row? That’s no coincidence. That’s OT power.” — C.D.

 
One in a Million

A few years ago I went to visit a friend who was on vacation in one of Italy’s most popular seaside towns. It draws nearly a million vacationers each summer. I arrived in the town planning to meet my friend, but when I looked in my wallet for the card with his address and phone number, I couldn’t find it. That’s when I realised I had forgotten it at home, and there was no one there to retrieve it for me. I wondered how I would ever locate my friend in the midst of all those tourists. Then I thought, “Wait a minute. I didn’t come here for nothing,” and I postulated I would find him, no matter what. With my suitcase in hand, I started walking along the beach through a sea of sunbathers. I came to a small bridge crossing over a canal, and there, right in the middle of the bridge, walking toward me, was my friend. We stared at each other in disbelief. He told me that a moment before, he had gotten the impulse to take a walk along the beach. Once again, a postulate saves the day (and a vacation!). — L.L.

 
Feeling Good

I was in session on New OT V when suddenly a person I love a lot got my attention. She had a lot of physical problems, including difficulty walking. A few hours later she called me and told me she had so much energy that she’d been up and down the basement stairs to do her laundry. She couldn’t explain why she felt so good, but she was very happy about it. In my next session, I realised that I had caused that change, which really made me feel good. The power of New OT V is incredible. — G.H.

 
Night Light

I used to live in an old building with very long corridors. We often had power outages. One night I needed to make my way to a room at the end of a hallway. And just my luck, the power was out again. It was so dark that I couldn’t even see my hands. I started making my way down the hall and then stopped. I decided to go into communication with my surroundings and see what I could perceive. I suddenly noticed a slight light-blue tinge. Then the outlines of the hallway and doors became visible. I wondered where the light was coming from but I couldn’t find its source. Then I realised that I had become the light source. — G.C.

 
A New Beginning

I am New OT V and I have a very stable skill of communicating on a spiritual level as an OT. I recently had an experience with my mother-in-law that I will never forget. She had been going through medical treatment for several months when the doctors informed us that there was nothing more that could be done, so she went home. The following day, after visiting her, I was at work and I knew I needed to be in touch again, spiritually. I reached out and a very strong charge of grief and terror came from her. I simply acknowledged it. This happened again and again. On the third communication, she was completely calm about what she was facing. I told her she should appear at the hospital where she had stayed, go to the maternity ward and find a new body. That same evening, she passed away. I got in communication with her and found her in the middle of a courtyard at the hospital, seemingly confused. So I approached her, gave her a Locational Assist and indicated the building where the maternity ward was. She understood and disappeared. The next day I got in touch with her again. She told me she had found a newborn body and was very happy. She said she had passed the dramatic moment of her death and was ready to start her new life. I am very proud to be OT and very happy to have been able to help her through that difficult situation. — L.C.

 
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Technology Cocktail

“The pc says ‘headache.’ You assess headache, you try to run ‘headaches’ and all you ever get is times a pc had a headache. Well, the headache is a symptom caused by a head injury. The engram must have contained a shot in the head or a crushed skull or some actual injury. The word ‘headache’ would describe only how the head feels later when the engram occasionally goes into restimulation. So you would get only locks and secondaries to audit and only by chance and an alteration by the pc of the command to find an earlier headache would you ever get to an engram in which the head was crushed or injured. ‘Headache’ is the result of a head injury, and it doesn’t describe the injury which, in engram form, is now giving the pc headaches.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1969

 
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Source Code

“Several things need clarifying. And one is the length of the time track. And a lot of you have had considerable protest on the subject of the length of the time track. Because trillions of trillions of trillions of trillions of trillions of years, you know, T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T, you know and, ‘Oh, my God, ho, ho, ho! Oh, ho, ho dear! Getting so long. Da, dsa, dya, dya, dya, oh! Uh!’ You hear that around every once in a while. You probably felt like that yourself, you know. Well, I just have good news for you in that particular department. What I would choose to call ‘modern times’ extends from trillions – thirteen till now. That’s modern times. The stuff that’s more likely to influence the preclear in present time. Well, this is very germane.” — L. Ron Hubbard, September 11, 1963

 
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Avast, Ye Mateys

“The Russian Cholera spread has altered our sailing schedule. The Eastern Med is crawling with Cholera bugs with red hammers and sickles stamped on them and certified to be lethal by the World Health Organization who needs a PR push to grab a quick buck from governments. It really isn’t dangerous but we’ll stay away from such areas. All ships except the Russian vessels carrying the disease are subject to Quarantine. Coming from a cholera port could get us one month quarantine which would mean no Couriers. So we just don’t risk being in a port that can be declared a cholera port or is one. Simple.” — The Commodore, September 11, 1970

 
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Overheard in the FreeZone

“List of subversive 1.1 Scientologists, ex-Scientologists (OTs) leaders supporting the Marxist Biden-Harris-Bernie campaign. The influential Scientologist most pandering the drum for Bernie Sanders’ commie agenda is a Type 3 PTS. The influential ex-Scientologist pandering the drum for Biden’s destruction of the USA agenda has also gone through gruesome events, including cancer, and better not mentioned here so as not worsen the case.”

 
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Past is Prologue

2000: Mark Bunker posted an update on the Scientologist who attacked him with a hammer during a video assignment in Clearwater, Florida. “Richard Barnard is now serving a one year jail term in Key West for skipping bail on a cocaine trafficking charge. He lied about his identity to the police at the scene and later when Sgt. Zegzdren went to do a follow up report. The first officer at the scene of the attack, Terrance Kelly, was ordered to do an investigation of the hammer incident but he never even asked Barnard for an I.D. When Sgt. Zegzdren arrested Barnard weeks later, Barnard told him that Scientology had offered to provide him an attorney. A friend of Barnard’s also assured him that he had nothing to worry about since 85% of the Clearwater police force are Scientologists. Zegzdren told him he thought that number was a little high. Barnard was working for Joe Duncanson, a member of the OT Committee.”

 
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Random Howdy

“You would think a Scientology connection would be enough to kill any political campaign if it was really played up in the media.”

 
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:

Civil litigation:
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Complaint filed April 28 in Tampa federal court, Scientology moving to compel arbitration. Plaintiffs filed amended complaint on August 2.
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ Selection of arbitrators underway. Next court hearing: February 2, 2023.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: Appellate court removes requirement of arbitration on January 19, case remanded back to Superior Court. Stay in place, next status hearing October 25. Scientology petitioning US Supreme Court over appellate ruling.
— Brian Statler Sr v. City of Inglewood: Third amended complaint filed, trial set for December 6.
— Author Steve Cannane defamation trial: New trial ordered after appeals court overturned prior ruling.
— Chiropractors Steve Peyroux and Brent Detelich, stem cell fraud: Lawsuit filed by the FTC and state of Georgia in August, now in discovery phase.

 
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THE PROSECUTION OF DANNY MASTERSON

We first broke the news of the LAPD’s investigation of Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on rape allegations in 2017, and we’ve been covering the story every step of the way since then. At this page we’ve collected our most important links, including our four days in Los Angeles covering the preliminary hearing and its ruling, which has Danny facing trial and the potential sentence of 45 years to life in prison.

SCIENTOLOGY: FAIR GAME

After the success of their double-Emmy-winning, three-season A&E series ‘Scientology and the Aftermath,’ Leah Remini and Mike Rinder continue the conversation on their podcast, ‘Scientology: Fair Game.’ We’ve created a landing page where you can hear all of the episodes so far.

LEAH REMINI: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH

An episode-by-episode guide to Leah Remini’s three-season, double-Emmy winning series that changed everything for Scientology watching. Originally aired from 2016 to 2019 on the A&E network, and now on Netflix.

SCIENTOLOGY’S CELEBRITIES, from A to Z

Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!

 
Other links: SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

 
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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] On 9/11, Scientology leader’s ‘wake-up call’ was supposed to expand the church
[TWO years ago] SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Episode 3 leaks online, with bizarre kidnap attempt in broad daylight
[THREE years ago] After 3 years of Hurricane Leah: ‘Scientology today is light years ahead of what it was’
[FOUR years ago] A visit from a private investigator has us wondering if Scientology is behind it
[FIVE years ago] HURRICANE LEAH: ‘The defenses are crumbling. Scientology in Los Angeles is dying.’
[SIX years ago] How Scientology repackages itself and takes in the New York Police Department and NY schools
[SEVEN years ago] US Army catches Scientology ‘detox’ study rigging results, government document shows
[EIGHT years ago] DOX: Scientology drug rehab center found deficient after a 2010 California death
[NINE years ago] Scientology Slackers: How to Audit Away Your Passive-Aggressive, Dominating Deviancy!
[TEN years ago] Scientology President’s Son Died of Prescribed Methadone While Sick With Pneumonia

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on September 11, 2022 at 07:00

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