Forward: For a systematic, detailed, professional exposure of
Scientology's "Narconon" front group, visit the
Narconon Exposed web site.
One more quote:
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Eight weeks ago I was sent undercover to investigate the
Scientologists at their new headquarters near St Paul's
Cathedral in the City of London, writes a Sunday Times reporter.
My experience shook me. What I had expected to find was an
eccentric but largely harmless organisation. What I discovered
was a paranoid and dogmatic group which — through a mixture of
pyramid selling techniques and subtle intimidation — preys on
the vulnerable to expand and enrich itself.
After introducing myself to one of the organisation’s "body
routers" or "greeters",
I was taken inside, shown a series of videos depicting happy
Scientologist families and then given a "personality test".
This marked the start of a common theme: a constant digging to
establish and mark out my insecurities and character flaws.
I was told the test had revealed that I had problems with
"concentration", "depression" and "confidence". But I was not to
worry -- with only a bit of work Scientology would sort me out.
Over the following weeks I progressed through various courses at
a cost of about £200. At the same time they recruited me to
become an "expeditor" -- the first rung on the ladder to being
given a full-time post with the organisation.
I was part of a team that would be paid according to how much
money the organisation made each week — a figure partly
dependent on how many people we recruited.
I witnessed a number of highly unorthodox tactics and practices:
# The use of a type of lie/stress detector called an "e-meter"
to test recruits with a view to finding their "ruins" or
vulnerabilities.
# Pressuring new members of staff to divulge and document the
minutiae of their sex lives, including the names of all those
they had slept with.
# Encouraging members to identify "suppressive persons" in their
lives — people who had a negative impact on them, including
parents and other family members.
Perhaps the most troubling were the four e-meter tests that I
had to undergo. Hooked up to the device, I was grilled on my
background, my views on Scientology and my past employment. It
felt as if I was being turned inside out so that they could
assess the potential for me to become a compliant member.
In another episode I was told to try to concentrate on counting
a series of numbers out loud while another student shouted
questions at me about my sex life.
The idea was to get me to learn to ignore distractions while
focusing all my energies on a single enterprise. It was at
around that point that I decided I had had enough.
[END QUOTE]
Best wishes,
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