Marvel Parsons
Patron
Daimongnome,
There are indeed many indications that at the root of scientology there are various occult practices. I would encourage you to check out http://www.lermanet.com/scientology-and-occult/tape-by-L-Ron-Hubbard-jr.htm if you are interested in the views of Ron jr....aka Nibbs. The penthouse interview is also an eye opener http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/penthouse-LRonHubbardJr-interview-1983.htm
In my opinion one of the best jumping off points on this subject is http://www.lermanet.com/scientology-and-occult/
Of course "A Piece of Blue sky" is a must read as is "Hubbard and the occult" both by Jon Atack
I think Corydon has already been recommended but I will mention him again.
Although many here will disagree with me I think the steven fishman interviews are also quite relevant to this particular subject as they show the disdain for Christianity that scientology holds as well as some good descriptions of the first and second walls of fire that mesh quite nicely with Crowley's descriptions of crossing the abyss (athough fishman never did the OT levels within the church he had the largest personally held library of lrh writings and lectures). Regarding Fishman though I must go ahead and state that many well reputed and more knowledgeable people than myself have raised serious concerns over his interpretation of the belief structure.
The end of part three and beginning of part four is particularly interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roN9C--bg-w
I would also recommend looking into John Whiteside Parsons and the Babylon Working. Sara Northrup is worth looking into as well. Interesting fact is that her mother moved the family to Pasadena when she was a child on the advice of her Ouija board http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Northrup_Hollister
I could go on and on....but this is my particular area of interest and if I get started I wont be able to stop....then I'll have to break out my notes and cite sources.....it'll get crazier than I want to defend here....suffice it to say you can go as deep down this particular rabbit hole as you can stomach and only find you must go deeper still.......there IS a dark power inherent in scientology and hubbard tech.....
There are indeed many indications that at the root of scientology there are various occult practices. I would encourage you to check out http://www.lermanet.com/scientology-and-occult/tape-by-L-Ron-Hubbard-jr.htm if you are interested in the views of Ron jr....aka Nibbs. The penthouse interview is also an eye opener http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/penthouse-LRonHubbardJr-interview-1983.htm
In my opinion one of the best jumping off points on this subject is http://www.lermanet.com/scientology-and-occult/
Of course "A Piece of Blue sky" is a must read as is "Hubbard and the occult" both by Jon Atack
I think Corydon has already been recommended but I will mention him again.
Although many here will disagree with me I think the steven fishman interviews are also quite relevant to this particular subject as they show the disdain for Christianity that scientology holds as well as some good descriptions of the first and second walls of fire that mesh quite nicely with Crowley's descriptions of crossing the abyss (athough fishman never did the OT levels within the church he had the largest personally held library of lrh writings and lectures). Regarding Fishman though I must go ahead and state that many well reputed and more knowledgeable people than myself have raised serious concerns over his interpretation of the belief structure.
The end of part three and beginning of part four is particularly interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roN9C--bg-w
I would also recommend looking into John Whiteside Parsons and the Babylon Working. Sara Northrup is worth looking into as well. Interesting fact is that her mother moved the family to Pasadena when she was a child on the advice of her Ouija board http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Northrup_Hollister
I could go on and on....but this is my particular area of interest and if I get started I wont be able to stop....then I'll have to break out my notes and cite sources.....it'll get crazier than I want to defend here....suffice it to say you can go as deep down this particular rabbit hole as you can stomach and only find you must go deeper still.......there IS a dark power inherent in scientology and hubbard tech.....