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[religious brainwash] Money for Nothing The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the... #10/177

But the toll dropped during the winter, and stayed low, with only 2,000 more deaths from the disease tallied through all of 1666. Then, just as it appeared that

[religious brainwash] A Piece of Blue Sky Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed #12/189

He was a veteran Sea Org member who had taken Manchester from the verge of collapse, and turned it into a thriving Organization with 38 staff. He listened to my

[religious brainwash] Lets Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky Hubbard, Dianetics and Scientology #10/195

Fortunately, a few non-staff Scientologist carpenters, a decorator and an electrician volunteered their help. We had to build partitions, completely rewire, put

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #10/57

As a child, he had little interest in religion, but at King’s he was approached by a recruiter for the UK chapter of an eastern religious group that was soon afterwards

[religious brainwash] Money for Nothing The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the... #9/177

Most important, this new quantitative approach to nature offered the gift of prophecy: calculate now, and you can find where the moon or Jupiter or whatever will

[religious brainwash] A Piece of Blue Sky Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed #11/189

I explained that the remainder of the fine was less than £40, and that it was all due to an administrative mix-up. I was amazed when she told me that she was removing

[religious brainwash] Lets Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky Hubbard, Dianetics and Scientology #9/195

Chapter threeOn to OT“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”—Kurt Vonnegut, Jnr, Mother NightIn September 1977, I started

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #9/57

3 manufacturing fanatics‘Cults are far from marginal, and those who join them are no different from you and me.’ Robert Jay Lifton.9When Mao gained control of China

[religious brainwash] Money for Nothing The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the... #8/177

After his death, the original at Woolsthorpe was still known in the neighborhood as Sir Isaac’s tree. Every effort was made to preserve it as long as possible, until

[religious brainwash] A Piece of Blue Sky Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed #10/189

So areas of upset are found with the "fall" of the needle, and their resolution is shown by a "floating needle."1 The E-meter is used in most

[religious brainwash] Lets Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky Hubbard, Dianetics and Scientology #8/195

If an attitude given by the Preclear “reads” on the E-meter, the Auditor sets about “running” Dianetics on it.Having asked the Preclear to locate an incident of

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #8/57

Scientologists are urged to cease any communication with critics – Suppressive Persons – and such ‘shunning’ is commonplace in totalist groups; indeed, it is a defining

[religious brainwash] Money for Nothing The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the... #7/177

He wasn’t completely free of the older view as he pondered the tricks that schoolmasters used to construct the canonical curves without bothering with any algebra:

[religious brainwash] A Piece of Blue Sky Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed #9/189

In 1967, Hubbard had put to sea with a group of devoted followers, who became the "Sea Organization." I was shown photos of Hubbard dressed up as the "Commodore."

[religious brainwash] Lets Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky Hubbard, Dianetics and Scientology #7/195

As a therapy I felt it might have a world-changing impact.Completely exasperated, the recruiter retreated into the argument that anyone who did not join the Sea

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #7/57

I’m happy to report that towards the end of my involvement with Scientology, I refused to accept a money-lender’s cheque, even after a 13-hour interview. The demanded

[religious brainwash] Money for Nothing The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the... #6/177

Some of the works Newton had already read used infinite series to attack a variety of questions—for one, chasing down ever more precise values for that bane of middle

[religious brainwash] A Piece of Blue Sky Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed #8/189

From their comments it was obvious that the pay was very low. Even so, I wanted to work with them. I was told that I would have to "petition" the Guardian's

[religious brainwash] Lets Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky Hubbard, Dianetics and Scientology #6/195

Chapter twoSaint Hill“My purpose is to bring a barbarism out of the mud it thinks conceived it and to form, here on Earth, a civilization based on human understanding,

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #6/57

The recruit is exploited to feel discouraged about the ‘ruin.’ ‘I’m sure you’ve tried everything, but nothing has worked.’ Confessionof troubles usually shifts the