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Sep 23, 1974
Scientology — NewsweekMore: link
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Newsweek In the summer of 1950, an unusual book burst onto the best-seller lists and almost instantly became the focus of a national cult. "Dianetics," an extraordinary blend of Eastern philosophy, psychoanalytic technique and futuristic theory, had been concocted by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, a sometime explorer, engineer and science-fiction writer. The book offered a self-help answer to all manner of psychic and bodily ills, and the medical and psychiatric community responded with alarm. Partly for protection from these attacks, Hubbard in 1954 ...
Jul 22, 1974
Probe of religious sect's practices sought by ex-members — Globe and Mail (Canada)More: groups.google.com
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John Marshall Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Directors from the Church of Scientology in Ontario and Alberta are seeking Government inquiries into its practices. One of them,
Lorna Levett , was the head of the Scientology mission, a franchise operation in Calgary. After 12 years in the movement she walked out and took all but a few of her Calgary disciples with her. A Scientologist franchise, Mrs. Levett said, is a charter granted by the Scientology head office. The holder agrees to send 10-3/4 per cent of the ...
Jun 6, 1974
The costly search for 'Total Freedom' — North Hill News (Calgary, Alberta)More: link
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North Hill News (Calgary, Alberta) The rev. Lorna Levett, Australian born counsellor, who has faced the wrath of the Church of Scientology by her defection in Calgary, says the resigned because she did not think some students were getting their money's worth. She told the News this week that she had persuaded people to spend over $200,000 in Scientology since she opened her Calgary franchise (later called a mission) in 1968. "Well over $100,000 they sent to the Los Angeles organization," Levett said in a prepared ...
Apr 27, 1974
Scientology's new face // A query in the street to start you talking — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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Author(s):
Ian Hicks Source:
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) "Scientology is a religion which deals with the increase of awareness of the spirit and the achievement of higher spiritual standards." The Reverend Mrs Helen Pickett, of the Church of Scientology, April, 1974. "Scientology is evil; its techniques evil; its practice a serious threat to the community medically, morally and socially; and its adherents sadly deluded and often mentally ill." The Victorian Anderson Report on scientology, October, 1965. "How many shoes do you have on your feet?" '''Scientology worker at George ...
Mar 22, 1974
Scientology renews the spirit — Today's Post (Pennsylvania)
Mar 5, 1974
A system of engrams and thetans [third of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
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Author(s):
James E. Adams ,
Elaine Viets Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) From 10 a.m. to midnight almost any day of the week, there is constant activity at 4225 Lindell Boulevard, the headquarters of the Missouri church of SCientology. The St. Louis office is one of about 300 branches of what has become one of the most controversial of all contemporary religious movements. The center resembles a vocational training school more than a traditional church. There are books, charts, diagrams, desks with headphone sets for listening to tape recordings, small instructional cubicles and ...
Mar 3, 1974
Expensive trip to spirituality [first of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s):
James E. Adams ,
Elaine Viets Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) The Church of Scientology of Missouri, a branch of a controversial organization promising total spiritual freedom for all followers, opened in 1969 with a six member staff at a small Brentwood office. Today, the church has a staff of 150 and is in the process of moving from rented, two-story quarters at 4225 Lindell Boulevard to an even larger building of its own at 3730 Lindell. For fees that can total $5700, the staff conducts personal enlightenment and improvement courses for ...
Feb 1, 1974
Far out / Scientology visited — Human Behavior (magazine)
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