Scientology was presented by L. Ron Hubbard at a lecture in 1952. His definition included, "Scientology would be a study of knowledge." In 1954 today's Church of Scientology (often abbreviated CoS) was established. It presents itself as an "applied religious philosophy," and has been established as a recognized religion in more than 100 countries. The term Scientology is a trademark of the Religious Technology Center, which licenses its use and use of the copyrighted works of Hubbard to the Church of Scientology. The Chu ...

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• Scientology - Beliefs and practices
• Scientology - Auditing
• Scientology - The ARC Triangle
• Scientology - The tone scale
• Scientology - Past lives
• Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident
• Scientology - Scientology and other religions
• Scientology - Origins
• Scientology - The Church of Scientology
• Scientology - Independent Scientology groups
• Scientology - Controversy and criticism
• Scientology - Official Status as a Religion
• Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry
• Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet
• Scientology - Scientology in popular culture
• Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Scientology

See Church of Scientology.

(See also: Scientology, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Although "Scientology" is most often used as shorthand for the Church of Scientology, a number of groups practice Scientology and Dianetics outside of the official Church. Such groups are invariably breakaways from the original Church, and usually argue that it has corrupted L. Ron Hubbard's principles or otherwise become overly domineering. The Church takes an extremely hard line on breakaway groups, labeling them "apostates" (or "squirrels" in Scientology jargon) and often subjecting them to considerable legal and social pressure. Breakaway groups avoid the ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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In 1995, the Church of Scientology unofficially declared war on the Internet. Spaink was one of the first famous Dutch Internet personalities and was one of about a hundred Dutch people to put up pages containing the Fishman Affidavit in protest against the actions of the church. The Church of Scientology responded by suing Karin Spaink and a large number of internet providers, including XS4All, for copyright infringement. Part of the Fishman Affidavit were documents that Fishman had claimed to be the official teachings of Scientology. The defendants responded by challenging the church to prove it was actually the ...

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Karin Spaink, Karin Spaink - Biography, Karin Spaink - Taking on New Age proponents over physical ailments, Karin Spaink - Scientology, Karin Spaink - Effects of this court case, Karin Spaink - Right to Die, Karin Spaink - Bibliography

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Bell has been affiliated with Scientology/Dianetics since 1990 and has achieved what they call "the state of Clear". [1] She has been a very vocal activist for the church, promoting Scientology's Hollywood Education and Literacy Project [2] and discussing her beliefs at length on the Howard Stern show, enduring the host's heckling and ridicule. [3] In December 2005, Bell helped promote the gala opening of Scientology's controversial "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum, which puts forth a conspiracy theory connecting Adolf Hitler to ...

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Catherine Bell, Catherine Bell - Biography, Catherine Bell - Scientology, Catherine Bell - Facts & Stats, Catherine Bell - Quote

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The worldwide "spiritual headquarters" of the Church of Scientology is located in the city of Clearwater, Florida [4]. Officially known in Scientology as Flag Land Base, this international headquarters was founded in the late 1970s when an anonymous Scientology-founded group called "United Council of Churches" purchased the Fort Harrison Hotel for $3 million. The citizens and City Council of Clearwater did not realize that the building's owners were actually the Church of Scientology until after the building's purchase. Clearwater cit ...

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Clearwater Florida, Clearwater Florida - History, Clearwater Florida - Geography, Clearwater Florida - Demographics, Clearwater Florida - Population History of Clearwater from the U.S. Census Bureau, Clearwater Florida - Government, Clearwater Florida - Colleges, Clearwater Florida - Scientology, Clearwater Florida - Trivia

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In the 'religion' of Scientology believers think that various plots (Space Opera) used in Science Fiction are actual race memories of events that happened many millions of years ago...for example Star Trek may be a race memory of a real United Federation of Planets. This idea neatly blends together an unprovable scientific concept with a desire of faith. Main Page: Space opera in Scientology doctrine ...

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Racial memory, Racial memory - Racial Memory in Jungian Psychology, Racial memory - Hypothetical biological explanations, Racial memory - Genetic Memory, Racial memory - Scientology, Racial memory - Genetic memory in fiction, Racial memory - Notes and references

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Scientology's doctrines were established by Hubbard over a period of about 33 years, beginning in 1952 and continuing until his death in January 1986. Most of the basic principles of the church were set out during the 1950s and 1960s. Scientology followed on the heels of Dianetics, an earlier system of self-improvement techniques laid out by Hubbard in his 1950 book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. By the mid-1950s, Hubbard had relegated Dianetics to a sub-study of Scientology. A chief difference between Dianeti ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Scientology's doctrines were established by Hubbard over a period of about 34 years, beginning in 1952 and continuing until his death in January 1986. Most of the basic principles of the church were set out during the 1950s and 1960s. Scientology followed on the heels of Dianetics, an earlier system of self-improvement techniques laid out by Hubbard in his 1950 book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. By the mid-1950s, Hubbard had relegated Dianetics to a sub-study of Scientology. A chief difference between Dianeti ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Scientology: Philosophy, quasireligious movement, and system of psychotherapy that elaborated into the Church of Scientology. Science-fiction writer L. (Lafayette) Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), author of the bestseller Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, founded the church in 1953. The aim of Scientology, whose theory posits reincarnation, is to liberate one's essential Self (the true, spiritual self).

(See also: Scientology, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

The Church of Scientology is an organisation founded by the late author L. Ron Hubbard. Its stated aim is to widen the practice of Scientology, which it presents as an "applied religious philosophy." From its earliest days, the Church has been a focus of controversy wherever it appeared, with critics charging the actual methods and goals of the Church sharply contradict Hubbard's stated aims of "A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to ...

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• Church of Scientology - Churches missions and major Scientology centers
• Church of Scientology - Saint Hill Sussex England
• Church of Scientology - Flag Land Base Clearwater Florida
• Church of Scientology - PAC Base Hollywood California
• Church of Scientology - Gold Base Gilman Hot Springs California
• Church of Scientology - Flag ship Freewinds
• Church of Scientology - Sea Org
• Church of Scientology - Volunteer Ministers
• Church of Scientology - Religious Technology Center RTC
• Church of Scientology - Legal waivers
• Church of Scientology - Church or business?
• Church of Scientology - World View of Scientology
• Church of Scientology - Finances
• Church of Scientology - Membership statistics
• Church of Scientology - Scientology splinter groups
• Church of Scientology - Affiliated organizations
• Church of Scientology - A.B.L.E.
• Church of Scientology - CCHR
• Church of Scientology - WISE
• Church of Scientology - Internet Sites
• Church of Scientology - Church of Scientology
• Church of Scientology - Other Sites
• Church of Scientology - Critical Sites

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ARC is a fundamental concept in Scientology doctrine. ARC is an acronym for "Affinity, Reality and Communication" (generally pronounced by its letters, A-R-C), originally coined by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The three components are said by Hubbard to equate to understanding. This concept is a key element of Scientology philosophy, and a great deal of Scientology practices are based on this idea. ARC Scientology - The concept of ARC. It should be noted that the definitions of these terms as used by ...

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• ARC Scientology - The concept of ARC
• ARC Scientology - The ARC Triangle
• ARC Scientology - The ARC Break
• ARC Scientology - Use in conversation by Scientologists

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Clear is a word coming from Dianetics, brought foreward by the Church of Scientology which is responsible for Dianetics technology, patents and copyrights. L. Ron Hubbard took the word from the idea of an addition machine and clearing an adding machine of previous actions on it. As used in describing the mind of a person it is talking about a person being clear of unwanted influences of past memories, unwanted emotion or painful difficulties not existing in present time. A person, Clear, would be a person cleared of those negative inf ...

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• Clear Scientology - The state of Clear
• Clear Scientology - Steps after Clear

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Bridge Publications, Inc. is based in Los Angeles, California, and is the Church of Scientology's North American publishing corporation. It publishes the Scientology and nonfiction works of L. Ron Hubbard. It also published Hubbard's fiction and the annual Writers of the Future science fiction anthologies until 2002, when Galaxy Press was established for this purpose. Bridge was originally ...

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The newsgroup alt.religion.scientology (often abbreviated a.r.s) is a Usenet newsgroup started in 1991 to discuss the controversial philosophy known as Scientology, as well as the Church of Scientology, which claims exclusive intellectual property rights thereto and is viewed by some as a dangerous cult. A.r.s has become the focal point of a violent, aggressive battle known as Scientology vs. the Internet, which has taken place both online and in the courts. The original Usenet newgroup message used to create the ...

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• Alt.religion.scientology - Rmgroup controversy

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World Institute of Scientology Enterprises is an organization that educates and assists businesses in the use of Scientology management techniques. WISE is the organization which uses the management technology (methods, techniques) used by Scientology. Scientology has grown rapidly, by observation its organizational methods work. It uses what it calls "standard admin" (administration) and that is a fairly large volume of information. WISE applies this information into the busi

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Scientology

A religion based on the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universe and other life; thru its drills and studies one may find the truth for oneself; not expounded as something to believe, but something to do. Founded by L. Ron Hubbard

(See also: Scientology, Body Mind and Soul)

SCIENTOLOGY

L. Ron Hubbard's religion, based on sci-fi, psychology and occultism. It attempts, after clearing the psyche of engrams, to place one in touch with former incarnations in order to put the information to further spiritual growth as an Operating Thetan who no longer depends on the body for spiritual effects. The church patterns its worldly foundation on the proven techniques of the Catholic Church, Christian Science, etc.

(See also: SCIENTOLOGY, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

In the 1990s certain Hollywood celebrities who belong to the Church of Scientology were rumored to be gay. These rumors arose at the same time as accusations that Scientology, especially the Sea Org seeks to control nearly every aspect of members' lives. As a result, Scientology and its handling of issues involving homosexuality began to come under some scrutiny. In 1998 Michael Pattinson (former member of the Church of Scientology) sued the organization, claiming that the organizations's leadership lied about their ability to ...

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Homosexuality and Scientology, Homosexuality and Scientology - Context of Hubbard's writings, Homosexuality and Scientology - Homosexuality as an illness, Homosexuality and Scientology - Homosexuals 1.1 on Scientology's tone scale, Homosexuality and Scientology - Homosexual segregation institutionalization and rehabilitation, Homosexuality and Scientology - Hubbard's later writings, Homosexuality and Scientology - Scientology celebrities, Homosexuality and Scientology - Current Church of Scientology viewpoints

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Scientology churches and missions exist in many communities around the world. Scientology calls its larger centers orgs, short for "organizations." The major Scientology church of a region is known as the local org, e.g., "the New York org", or "the Washington, D.C. org". Members of the public entering a Scientology church or mission are offered a free personality test followed by a suggestion of which Scientology courses and "auditing" would benefit them. Courses, books and counselling are available for a fixed donation. Thoug ...

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Church of Scientology, Church of Scientology - Churches missions and major Scientology centers, Church of Scientology - Saint Hill Sussex England, Church of Scientology - Flag Land Base Clearwater Florida, Church of Scientology - PAC Base Hollywood California, Church of Scientology - Gold Base Gilman Hot Springs California, Church of Scientology - Flag ship Freewinds, Church of Scientology - Sea Org, Church of Scientology - Volunteer Ministers, Church of Scientology - Religious Technology Center RTC, Church of Scientology - Legal waivers, Church of Scientology - Church or business?, Church of Scientology - World View of Scientology, Church of Scientology - Finances, Church of Scientology - Membership statistics, Church of Scientology - Scientology splinter groups, Church of Scientology - Affiliated organizations, Church of Scientology - A.B.L.E., Church of Scientology - CCHR, Church of Scientology - WISE, Church of Scientology - Internet Sites, Church of Scientology - Church of Scientology, Church of Scientology - Other Sites, Church of Scientology - Critical Sites

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