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THE SCANDAL OF SCIENTOLOGY

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Back Cover of the Paperback Edition

Scientology -- The World of the Totally Free?

Scientology has been called the "now religion" and claims to be one of the world's fastest growing religious sects. Just what is Scientology? What kind of people does it attract, what does it do for them, and how does it hold them? This fascinating study of a group that already exercises influence over many Americans and is growing rapidly reveals the truth about:

• L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology's patron saint;

• the Sea Org, Scientology's lavish yacht on the Mediterranean;

• the E-meter, Scientology's lie detector;

• auditing sessions where people reveal their most intimate sexual experiences;

• the criminal security test;

• Scientology's political ambitions and how Scientology relates to celebrities.

Is Scientology therapeutic and helpful, or does it toy dangerously with blackmail, tyranny, and hypnotism?

You must read this book before you are charmed into "the world of the totally free."

Inside the Front Cover

Scientology

• Is it really a religion?

• Why does it cost so much?

• Why do so many attractive young men and women join?

• Do Scientology reverends become sexually involved with their clients?

• Was Charles Manson a Scientologist?

• Why was Scientology banned in Australia?

• What qualifications do Scientology "auditors" have?

• What happens to people who leave Scientology?

• What do doctors say about Scientology's therapeutic claims?

An alarming exposé that will tell you the truth about Scientology. 

A [Scientology] "clear" can be tested for any and all psychoses, neuroses, compulsions and repressions (all aberrations) and can be examined for ... psychosomatic ills. These tests confirm the clear to be entirely without such ills or aberrations. Additional tests of his intelligence indicate it to be high above the current norm. Observation of his activity demonstrates that he pursues existence with vigor and satisfaction.
-- L. Ron Hubbard {1}

I find that I have seen very little, if any, result from Scientology processing that I would consider to be demonstrable results in the physical universe.... I have yet to see a stable "clear" that could operate better continuously in the physical universe.
-- L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. {2}

About the Author

Paulette Cooper launched her career as a freelance writer in 1968, after she completed an M.A. degree in psychology and a summer at Harvard studying comparative religion.

Her first book, The Scandal of Scientology came out three years later, and has been followed by eight others, along with hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. These she wrote, part-time, to support her full-time crusade to expose Scientology, at a time when few outsiders knew much about the cult, and those who did were generally afraid to speak out.

In 1982, the American Society of Journalists and Authors recognized the high personal price she paid to fight Scientology and awarded her the prestigious Conscience in Media Award -- one of four writing awards to her credit.

She withdrew from the cult-fighting front in 1985, after having endured a 15-year ordeal of harassment by the Church of Scientology, including nineteen lawsuits. She married, and co-wrote three books with her husband, including 277 Secrets Your Dog Wants You to Know, and the sequel, 277 Secrets Your Cat Wants You to Know. To date, the dogs have yet to file a lawsuit against her, and the cats haven't slandered her.

She makes her home in Manhattan, but reaches the world on the Internet, where she answers to [email protected].

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Notes:

{1} (2 in Introduction) quote by Hubbard [6]
{2} (3 in Introduction) second quote by his son [255]

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