Scientology Watch - Marc Headley and the Ross Institute
20090714 at 20:49 The Ross Institute archives are a very useful resource for investigating cults and cult-like groups of all sorts:
The Ross Institute page for Scientology is here:
Curbed LA has some photos of the large Scientology building in Los Angeles that was recently adorned with a massive sign:
The following testimony by Scientology insider (and former Sea Org member) Marc Headley is revealing:
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Scientology Electrometer - Wikipedia Commons
Latest news from The French Scientology Trial (Digital Journal)
Published June 9, 2009 by Michael Cosgrove
But the service that is being most talked about right now is the Scientology Electrometer, pictured above. An electrometer is an electrical instrument designed to measure electric charge or electric potential differences. There are different types of electrometers on the market, ranging from simple-to-build kit models to sophisticated electronic versions.
The one used by the Church of Scientology is said to be a relatively simple model which is produced in Taiwan. Scientologists claim that it explores and analyses emotions and they consider it as being a religious instrument of scientific value.
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A Scientology Church witness quoted by Le Figaro said “The electrometer helps us to decide in which direction questioning should go. This questioning allows the member to know himself better, to improve and grow stronger.”
The person is then audited, starting at level zero and has to reach level OT8. The Church is said to organise the result attribution process in such a manner that some members fail to reach OT8, which means they have to begin, and pay, again.
The machine costs 5000€.
Reuters/June 15, 2009
(emphasis mine)
Paris - A French prosecutor on Monday recommended a Paris court should dissolve the Church of Scientology’s French branch when it rules on charges of fraud against the organization.
Registered as a religion in the United States, with celebrity members such as actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, Scientology enjoys no such legal protection in France, where it has faced repeated accusations of being a money-making cult.
The Church’s Paris headquarters and bookshop are defendants in a fraud trial that began on May 25. Summing up her views on the case, state prosecutor Maud Coujard urged the court to return a guilty verdict and dissolve the organization in France.
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