Telepathic,
>>I'm curious to know how many times this happened--people calling you at 0300 or at any other time, because of a "restim" of this sort?<<
About five times now - once VERY serious.
>>Do you think that the subject of "body thetans" would have ever come up on a person's case had he/she not first heard of it from LRH's writings?<<
Hell yes, all the time. When in Australia between '86 and '92 I worked with over 100 new public who most had never even heard of LRH & Scn, and certainly never saw OT materials, but most/all had done a lot of new age seminars etc. They had "OT" case alive and well in a high percentage of cases - around 50% if I remember correctly. Some thought it just interesting, others worried by it, and some were seriously frightened by it and very happy to have someone who could help them through it in a stable methodical way.
And once (but only once) I had a new public sit down with me for the initial interview and tell me that I was her last chance, and if I couldn't help her she was going to commit suicide - and then proceeded to tell me all about exact phenomena from OT16...that she had just run into in life! And taken carefully, it was handled all OK.
>How do you reconcile the datum of not evaluating for the "PC" and the "OT" materials?<
I don't see it any different than saying we are going to do Grade One, the first process is..."
If you want to be pedantic, that's also evaluative, but I find it works well.
The OT materials are also only a guide - you are finding your exact connections and handling them with the suggested processes IF THEY READ, and if nothing reads then it's time for a big interview, to see what did happen.
But in my experience, if a person is ready for the level, it runs just fine.
Regards, Allen