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Scientology and the Presidential Election

Hey, it’s Election Day here in the US, and we hope our American readers go out and vote.

On this historic day, we have just a few thoughts about how this election intersects with our interests in Scientology watching at this []

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Dianetics Read Aloud: Let Ron’s Wisdom Wash Over You

Lots going on here at the underground bunker this morning, and we didn’t have time for a regular Monday post. While we check up on other developing stories, we’ll share with you this entertaining homage to L. Ron Hubbard’s masterpiece, Dianetics.

Looking forward to your thoughts. [h/t: WWP]

It’s Official: Tommy Davis No Longer a Scientology Spokesman

Tommy, where are you?

One of our eagle-eyed commenters pointed out something yesterday: Tommy Davis has suddenly vanished from Scientology’s media relations web page.

Sure enough, it’s true. The church’s website which lists its official spokespersons is now bereft of Davis and his wife, Jessica Feshbach. The two people who were behind them, Karin Pouw []

Scientology’s Sea Org Application: What Are Your Crimes?

One of our tipsters briefly considered joining Scientology’s Sea Organization — the hardcore group of workers who toil for almost no pay and often do menial labor from dawn to midnight, day after day.

This person had second thoughts and didn’t join, but they still had a copy of the Sea Org’s application form and thought []

When L. Ron Hubbard Rocked the World: The OT 8 Release!

On Friday mornings we leave our bodies and travel back in time to stand on the bridge of the Apollo with L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1968-1971, to watch the Commodore run Scientology as he sailed the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

We have an excellent set of excerpts from Hubbard’s shipboard dispatches this week, but we ran into []

A Yoga Master’s Question For Scientology OT 8’s: Can You Show Cause Over Matter?

 PLEASE SEE THE UPDATE BELOW…

Brian Culkin sent over an interesting message this morning. Culkin, a yoga master and business consultant, was featured last year in the landmark Tampa Bay Times investigative series about Scientology’s cash-hungry methods, “The Money Machine.”

Although Culkin was only in Scientology for about a year, he provided some stunning testimony about []

Scientology Metaphysics: How Do Thetans Work?

We’ve been away from the bunker this week, and we apologize that we don’t have this week’s installment of Scientology on the High Seas. We will make it up to our readers later. In the meantime, we’ll follow up yesterday’s amazing output by our commenting community by posing what we hope will be a provocative []

L. Ron Hubbard Explains Your Life “Before Earth”

We have a treat for you today from a new copy of Advance! magazine. Yes, the same magazine whose issues from the 1970s we’ve been mining for their excellent “OT Phenomena” testimonials. We’re happy to say that Advance! is still ticking along in 2012, and virtually in the exact format as it was 30 to []