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Church of Scientology collected Operating Thetan documents
File
scientology-ot-levels.pdf (click to view full file -
http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/scientology-ot-levels.pdf)
scientology-ot-levels.pdf (alternative address -
http://wikileaks.org.uk/leak/scientology-ot-levels.pdf)
Analysis
Scientology threatens Wikileaks over secret cult bibles, Church of
Scientology's 'Operating Thetan' documents leaked online
Summary
The collected secret "bibles" of Scientology, a global cult founded by
science fiction author and con-man L. Ron Hubbard and popularized by
the membership of Hollywood celebrities such as Tom Cruise. The
collation appears to have been smuggled out by a renegade Scientology
group known as "Freezone". The document has been verified by a
Scientology (Religious Technology Center) legal demand to Wikileaks to
remove the material (see 'Note' below). An analysis of the PDF
metadata dates the document collection to 1995. In Scientology
terminology the materials represents OT (Operating Thetan) "levels" I
to VIII and "NOTs". A portion of the material is in Hubbard's
distinctive handwriting. Some of the materials have previously
appeared, most notably in the so-called "Fishman Affidavit" although
the cult has been aggressive and hitherto largely successful in
preventing public dissemination. Others, for example, OT VIII appear
to be original to this collection.
A former Scientologist contacted by Wikileaks and known to have
studied OT8, states that material marked "OT8 (old)" he has seen
before, but that he does not have a recollection of "OT8 (new)" (which
the text describes as having been put together based on the recall of
one or more of the renegade group).
http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/favorite.htm
File
scientology-ot-levels.pdf (click to view full file -
http://file.sunshinepress.org:54445/scientology-ot-levels.pdf)
scientology-ot-levels.pdf (alternative address -
http://wikileaks.org.uk/leak/scientology-ot-levels.pdf)
Analysis
Scientology threatens Wikileaks over secret cult bibles, Church of
Scientology's 'Operating Thetan' documents leaked online
Summary
The collected secret "bibles" of Scientology, a global cult founded by
science fiction author and con-man L. Ron Hubbard and popularized by
the membership of Hollywood celebrities such as Tom Cruise. The
collation appears to have been smuggled out by a renegade Scientology
group known as "Freezone". The document has been verified by a
Scientology (Religious Technology Center) legal demand to Wikileaks to
remove the material (see 'Note' below). An analysis of the PDF
metadata dates the document collection to 1995. In Scientology
terminology the materials represents OT (Operating Thetan) "levels" I
to VIII and "NOTs". A portion of the material is in Hubbard's
distinctive handwriting. Some of the materials have previously
appeared, most notably in the so-called "Fishman Affidavit" although
the cult has been aggressive and hitherto largely successful in
preventing public dissemination. Others, for example, OT VIII appear
to be original to this collection.
A former Scientologist contacted by Wikileaks and known to have
studied OT8, states that material marked "OT8 (old)" he has seen
before, but that he does not have a recollection of "OT8 (new)" (which
the text describes as having been put together based on the recall of
one or more of the renegade group).
http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/favorite.htm