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Lure of the celebrity sect / During an exclusive tour of Scientology's Celebrity Centre, Jamie Doward quizzed personnel about the church's teachings

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Title: Lure of the celebrity sect / During an exclusive tour of Scientology's Celebrity Centre, Jamie Doward quizzed personnel about the church's teachings
Date: Sunday, 16 May 2004
Publisher: The Observer (London, UK)
Author: Jamie Doward
Main source: guardian.co.uk

Tags: Applied Scholastics • Body thetans (BTs) • Celebrity Centre • Christopher "Chris" Brightmore • Jamie Doward • Janet Kenyon Laveau • Membership • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Schools • Scientology's "Clear" state • The Observer (London, UK) • United Kingdom (UK) • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)

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For a second or so the needle proceeds smoothly along the dial. I watch its progress while clutching two can-shaped metal devices, wired to the small machine housing the dial. Suddenly, the needle jerks violently. 'What was that?' asks Janet Laveau, head of the UK Office of Special Affairs, the Church of Scientology's PR machine. I'm disturbed and temporarily impressed - the needle jumped just as I was thinking of a friend who is seriously depressed. How could the machine 'know' ... [Read the rest at guardian.co.uk]