Chris Shelton and Sunny Pereira — two longtime former Sea Org members who really know the subject — today wrap up a series of discussions they’ve put together about Scientology and mental health.

“Scientology’s Introspection Rundown was L. Ron Hubbard’s supposed ‘cure’ for psychosis — his words,” Chris tells us. “This is a long and technical [...]]]>

 
Chris Shelton and Sunny Pereira — two longtime former Sea Org members who really know the subject — today wrap up a series of discussions they’ve put together about Scientology and mental health.

“Scientology’s Introspection Rundown was L. Ron Hubbard’s supposed ‘cure’ for psychosis — his words,” Chris tells us. “This is a long and technical video because we really get into the nitty-gritty details of some auditing methods and I think some folks will find this just as interesting as some of the finer points of the Introspection Rundown itself. I don’t think anyone has gone into such detail about this before, and it will give many never-ins a better look into what actually goes on in Scientology auditing. Sunny was invaluable in helping put this together and I want to acknowledge her for her great assistance with these videos.”

Says Sunny, “Not only do we cover the steps of the Introspection Rundown itself, but I end up talking about how Scientology enables compulsions, like the Dianetics quote about kissing 7-year-old girls. I also talk about what happened in Los Angeles when Lisa McPherson died at the Flag Land Base in Florida. Miscavige covered it up internally too, and not just at Flag,” she says. “I hope this talk helps somehow, for someone.”

 
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Bonus items from our tipsters

That wave of new people didn’t materialize at Scientology orgs after the TV network went online on March 12, but never fear, Scientologists are being told that the big result is happening with online courses. Hip, hip, hooray!

 
Rasha was good enough to send us the new issue of Source magazine, which is setting new lows for propagandistic boredom. We did pull out a few things for your enjoyment, however.

 
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HOWDYCON UPDATE

Wow, we’re now less than two months out, and Chee Chalker is working hard to make sure things are going to run smoothly at this year’s HowdyCon in Chicago, June 21-23. As in past years, we’re looking forward to meeting readers of the Bunker, culminating in Saturday night’s main event.

The biggest difference this year is that our Saturday night event is separate from that evening’s dinner. Chee is setting up an inexpensive pizza dinner that you don’t need to pay for ahead of time, after which we’ll walk over to the theater where our event, hosted by Chicago Fire star Christian Stolte, will take place. Because it’s a separate event, we’re asking that you pay $10 each to get into the Saturday night event, which will help us recoup what the Bunker paid for the venue. (We have never made a penny on our HowdyCon meetups, we only try to break even.)

Please email your proprietor (tonyo94 AT gmail) in order to reserve your spot for Saturday night’s main event. Seating is limited, and we’re going to have some really interesting people on stage and they may make a few announcements that you don’t want to miss.

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on May 3, 2018 at 07:00

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