The work of L. Ron Hubbard has been surrounded by controversy since he first announced his "modern science of mental health" in 1950. His followers assert that he is not only the reincarnation of Buddha but also Maitreya, who according to Buddhist legend will lead the world to enlightenment.

To Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard is quite simply the wisest, the most compassionate and the most perceptive human being ever to draw breath.

Yet, Hubbard was dubbed "schizophrenic and paranoid" by a California Superior Court judge, and Scientology dismissed as "immoral and socially obnoxious" by a High Court judge in London. Scientologists have been convicted of criminal offences in Canada, the USA, Denmark, France, Netherlands and Italy.

An enormous amount of documented evidence demonstrates that Hubbard was not what he claimed to be, and that his subject does not confer the benefits claimed for it.

The Church of Scientology is an enormously wealthy, global organization, with over 270 churches and missions. Using profoundly invasive hypnotic techniques, Scientology has managed to inspire the at times fanatical devotion of tens of thousands of previously normal and intelligent people

The following is an account of my life in Scientology, a group I was involved in from December 1970 to August of 1976 -- about 5 years and 9 months.

From 1973 to 1975 I lived aboard the Flagship Apollo ("Flag"), the home of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Dianetics and Scientology. On Flag, I trained to be an auditor (a Scientology counselor).

My life on Flag was a continual roller-coaster of ups and downs. One day I would receive a personal commendation from Hubbard and be held up as an example of what a Flag auditor should be and then, just months later, Hubbard would take away all my certificates and send me to the RPF (Scientology's prison camp) for an auditing error I did not even commit.

On Flag as auditors, we were under continuous pressure to be perfect, the standard of perfection being the whim of L. Ron Hubbard.

Cyril Vosper  joined the Church of Scientology when it was still an eccentric, little-known form of psychotherapy in the mid-1950's. In later years he became a senior official at Scientology's British H.Q. in Saint Hill, East Grinstead, Sussex. All other biographical details of interest are in the author's work itself; in part a confession, in the main an individual's self-affirming act of resistance.

Researched to the last chilling detail, clinically authentic yet often ablaze with riotous observations on a world gone mad, the book you have in your hands is now "clear". Following the unsuccessful litigation against it, The Mind Benders invites you to participate in a (legally) mind-bending PDF experience.

A theory to explain the apparent success of Scientology
in raising its members to a  superhuman level of functioning
known as "clear".

Empirical evidence does not support "the state of clear"
as anything but "a social status conferring honor" within
the cult's status system and demanding certain kinds of behavior
from the person labeled `clear'.

Discussion of "Hubbard's social mechanisms used to establish
and defend the status of "clear"

How Scientology caters to those people who suffer from chronic
unhappiness or inability to perform at the level set for themselves.
How Scientology does not solve any underlying problems but merely
"cures the complaints by ending the person's freedom to complain."

Despite numerous legal battles, Scientology has been unable to suppress the online publication of this fine book, the plain awful truth about L Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology cult.

For the reason that Scientology is the most litigious cult on the planet this download is is found hosted on mediafire.

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Bare-faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard is a posthumous biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard by British journalist Russell Miller. First published in 1987, the book takes a critical perspective, challenging the official account of Hubbard's life and work promoted by the Church of Scientology.^[1] It quotes extensively from official documents acquired using the Freedom of Information Act and from Hubbard's personal papers that were obtained via a defector.

Paulette Cooper published this still current book in 1971 which saw her subjected to an organised campaign of harassment by the Church of Scientology's terrorist wing.

Xenu.net - original documents
Wikipedia Article on the harassment campaign
Paulette Cooper writes about the case

Undertanding Scientology by Margery Wakefield

Informative, insightful and an easy read. The author was heavily involved with Scientology for many years and her personal experiences and knowledge makes for fascinating reading.

The author remained objective, it is also not a bitter book - her purpose seems to have been to inform and warn people about cults such as Scientology.

This book comes highly recommended to anyone who wants to know about the beliefs and workings of Scientology.

Preminent Scientolgy expert Jon Attack's amazing book, a must read for anyone who wants to make what sense as can be made from the madness that is Scientology. This book comes on the Highly Recommended List for anyone leaving Scientology, especially the Sea Org.

The Tampa Tribune-Times said that Atack's provision of extensive detail and source notes for each claim sometimes gets in the way of the story, but prevents the book from being just another bitter diatribe against Scientology

Steven Fishman gave some extraordinary ideas to the world.

In this strange autobiographical mix of fact and fiction Fishman tells the story of the lead up to him  joining Scientology right through to him sitting in a jail cell - sentenced for the fraud he'd committed - to fund his participation in this most expensive 'religion'.

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