TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Just recently we were sent an older copy of Scientology’s Celebrity magazine we hadn’t seen before, and we realized it gave us a unique situation: To ask someone for the first time, what it was like to be on the cover of this storied publication? We got a fascinating response! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“If a chronic somatic does not release by straight memory, another stage of the case should be entered—reverie directed toward the location of moments which account for his chronic somatic or account, less directly, for his being in another valence than his own. If the chronic somatic is severe the necessity level is usually high and the file clerk can be counted on for immediate assistance in releasing it. In some conditions, such as asthma, the engram containing the chronic somatic is quite ordinarily on the surface and is susceptible to reduction. A very long list of such conditions have been released permanently (as to their specific cause) by running out specific engrams and lock engrams: spontaneous abortion, tooth decay, eye inflammation; and others have been released with considerable ease when they could be released with this technique.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1950
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“Let’s take the smaller goal of what to eat. The person will sit down and look at a menu. What he himself wants to eat is very definitely modified by engrams concerning food, what he should eat and so on. You will find people who would become very upset indeed if you mentioned pickles and ice cream to them. ‘You can’t eat pickles and ice cream. It will make you sick.’ Actually pickles and ice cream mix, but there is a social aberration to the effect that they don’t. So he gets into a state of confusion. He has the goal of wanting to eat pickles and ice cream, but the engram says, ‘No, pickles and ice cream will make you sick,’ so he goes down the line and sees sauerbraten. Sauerbraten is one of those foreign foods, according to the engram in the bank, and ‘You shouldn’t eat this fancy foreign food stuff.’ He can get very confused on this whole line. He is trying to make a minor decision and his mind will go around, and finally rather unhappily he will say, ‘Bring me ham and eggs.’ He doesn’t want ham and eggs, but the engrams don’t forbid ham and eggs so he has got a compromise solution.” — L. Ron Hubbard, July 6, 1950
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“Hey that Rockefeller sure got plastered in Latin America. His foundation finances these ‘National’ (which are private but only use the name) mental ‘health’ groups. He is some of the money back of attacks on us. Wish I knew what groups roughed up his visits to Latin America. They’re our pals! Our enemies don’t have very good luck lately.” — The Commodore, July 6, 1969
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“You are still riding my coattails from last lifetime and that will never change.”
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1995: Martin Poulter, maintainer of the U.K. cos critic’s WWW page, has had his account suspended due to threats from the church. “The complaint is specifically about my posting copyrighted material to alt.religion.scientology. I believe that what I was doing was within my rights, but I will now have to stop doing so in order to protect my system operators. I have told the university that I will do anything necessary to save them from further harassment. This will include taking copyrighted material off my Web page as well as toning down my posts to a.r.s. I have taken care in my postings to make sure that Scientology do not have a leg to stand on legally, but the University does not want any involvement in legal action and I do not want to put the Web service at risk.”
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“I went ‘exterior’ after I’d been up for four days on meth. I’m sure that was a genuine paranormal experience.”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. Appeal now fully briefed, oral arguments scheduled for June 25. Masterson has also submitted a habeas corpus petition.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Pleaded guilty on Nov 10 to a 17-year prison sentence. Now serving time in state prison.
— Aaron Matthes charged for SA of child under 12 years old: OT Scientologist facing multiple mandatory life sentences. Next pretrial court hearing set for June 19.
Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal, which is now fully briefed. Oral arguments hearing set for July 23.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ 15 days of arbitration completed, Val waiting for further word from the IJC.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike upheld on appeal. Scientology expected to file additional petitions before case can return to Kalra’s court.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.
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Other links: The prosecution of Danny Masterson. Leah Remini’s Fair Game Podcast. Leah Remini’s A&E Series. Scientology’s Celebrities, from A to Z. Bryan Seymour’s suppressed series, 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] Scientology opens shrine to L. Ron Hubbard in country he wanted to take over
[TWO years ago] L. Ron Hubbard 2.0 makes huge breakthrough: Scientology finally finds ‘the route out!’
[THREE years ago] Our mission, that we chose to accept: Watching Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt become a cult leader
[FOUR years ago] In court today: Scientology responds to Valerie Haney naming Elisabeth Moss as an arbitrator
[FIVE years ago] Scientology’s cruise ship isn’t going anywhere, but the new hype video is here anyway!
[SIX years ago] Brian Statler’s sister reveals new details in shooting death at Scientology org
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology’s ‘disconnection’ policy plays out in unbelievable scenes in a Florida hospital
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology’s homophobia and its disconnection policy — still producing refugees today
[NINE years ago] Jon Atack: Scientology has a history of flip-floppers, including the founder’s son
[TEN years ago] What happened when one of our readers got into a Scientology ‘Flag World Tour’ event
[ELEVEN years ago] Scientology’s trophy problem: Did David Miscavige lie, or did the IAS?
[TWELVE years ago] Sunday Funnies: Scientology finally starts making its members superheroes!
[THIRTEEN years ago] Best Account of Life in Scientology? Jon Atack Makes the Case for Counterfeit Dreams
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Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,681 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,185 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,691 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,241 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,617 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,112 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,418 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,067 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,285 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,839 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,180 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,751 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,667 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,834 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,420 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,679 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,427 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 3,996 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,307 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,482 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,164 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,501 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,354 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,470 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,832 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,631 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,515 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,088 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,591 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,851 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,955 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on July 6, 2026 at 07:00
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