TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology leader David Miscavige wants to tear up some rural fields for his annual tent party at the church’s UK headquarters. Not surprisingly, environmental groups have concerns. ALSO: Alex Barnes-Ross on yesterday’s emotional event featuring former Saint Hill workers! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“Take away the savage antisocial impulses of Man, of any man or woman or child, and he is FREE, free to act, to be happy, to gain and to be without fear of what
he might do if he let himself loose. Take away these unwanted brutalities and Man’s intelligence rises or even doubles. Take away these impulses and Man’s health of being evidently improves beyond past knowledge. In 1938 I codified certain axioms and phenomena into what I called ‘Scientology.’ Scientology is the science of knowledge or the codification of epistemology. Dianetics was evolved from these. Over two hundred axioms comprise Scientology and embrace Dianetics. Over two hundred new phenomena concerning the human mind have been discovered and cataloged as to their relative importance.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1952
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“I had a psychiatrist reading Dianetics, and he was rushing out every few minutes and putting the electrodes on somebody and coming back in. And he says, ‘Yes. Yes. I’ve looked at this book. This book came in the other day. It came in the other day. And I looked at it, and I’ve looked it over. And I’ve reported it to the association. I think it’s disgraceful.’ And he says, ‘I’m a Horney.’ I said, ‘Well what philosophy do you follow in your psychoanalysis?’ He says, ‘I’m a Horney man myself. I’m a Horney man.’ And he rushed out and strapped and shocked somebody else and came back in again. And he says, ‘I’m a Horney man.’ While he was gone, I saw the book Horney, Karen Horney. So I said, ‘Well, what is Horney? What is the Horney offshoot of Freudian analysis?’ and so on. He says, ‘I don’t know. I never read it.’ It’d be different if I was telling you that for a gag. But actually that’s totally factual. Unbelievably true. He was a Horney man, but he’d never read anything by Horney. I don’t know, how do you get it? Telepathic?” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 7, 1961
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“Hey, on this cruise, where are we going? Any suggestions?” — The Commodore, June 7, 1969
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“I am on Solo Nots outside of the corporate church. I got here by using a highly trained C/S, a tutor and a very experienced auditor. Best decision. It’s just so freeing to be able to do this level without any interruptions and at my own pace. If you’re stalled on training or auditing just find people to deliver. It’s all out here and easy to access. You will be so happy that you are getting the miraculous gains LRH wanted us to receive.”
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2001: Jeff Jacobsen reported the opening of two Scientology missions in the Clearwater area. “Two new Dianetics/Scientology centers have opened in towns south of Clearwater, in Belleair Bluffs in a strip mall in a side walkway where you can’t tell it’s there unless you walk back there, and one in Sarasota.”
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“I have mixed feelings about zoos and especially places like Sea World. To me it’s basically imprisonment and enslavement of other life forms. Unfortunately, by the middle of this century they are probably the only place many of these life forms will exist, so there’s the rub.”
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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, waiting for 2nd Appellate District court to set a hearing date. 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 (eligible for parole in two to three more years). Awaiting transfer to 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 March 9.
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. Awaiting the setting of an oral arguments hearing.
— 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 is on appeal. Appeal fully briefed. Motion to replace Jane Does’ AI-tainted brief denied by court. Oral arguments hearing on March 3.
— 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] Leah Remini answers Scientology’s appeal in legal slugfest over ‘Fair Game’ smears
[TWO years ago] Scientology’s UK headquarters is up for sale! (Well, sort of.)
[THREE years ago] Scientology leak hearing: Who’s falling on their sword today?
[FOUR years ago] Scientology will turn your town’s eyesore into a gleaming cathedral when it feels like it
[FIVE years ago] Reporting from Los Angeles: Danny Masterson’s civil and criminal hearings today
[SIX years ago] The unanticipated pandemic benefit: Nutty Scientology online videos
[SEVEN years ago] Photo evidence which suggests, sadly, that Riley Keough has slipped back into Scientology
[EIGHT years ago] Testimony by the World’s First Real Clear, part two: ‘Scientology is designed to entrap people’
[NINE years ago] Leah Remini’s ‘Troublemaker’ will become a Lifetime movie: Who plays Tom Cruise?
[TEN years ago] NAFC names David Miscavige a witness in Scientology trial scheduled for October
[ELEVEN years ago] When Tom Cruise was one of Scientology’s biggest donors: A look back
[TWELVE years ago] Ryan Hamilton makes it an even dozen federal lawsuits against Scientology’s rehab network
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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 3,652 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,156 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,662 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,212 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,588 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,083 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,387 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,038 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,256 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,810 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,151 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,722 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,638 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,805 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,391 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,650 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,398 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 3,967 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,278 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,453 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,135 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,472 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,325 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,441 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,803 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,602 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,486 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,050 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,562 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,822 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,926 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 7, 2026 at 07:00
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