“Now, Kendra realized, leaving Scientology was about much more than simply deciding not go to church or use language developed by L. Ron Hubbard. It was about learning to live in a world that hadn't in some way been designed… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“Thetans, Hubbard explained, existed long before the beginning of time and had drifted through the eons, picking up and then discarding physical bodies as… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“In 1958 the FDA confiscated, and then destroyed, a shipment of twenty-one thousand Dianazene tablets, which Hubbard was selling as a substance that prevented… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“Now, Kendra realized, leaving Scientology was about much more than simply deciding not go to church or use language developed by L. Ron Hubbard.… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“But rather than indoctrinate them more deeply, Donna Henderson, a plainspoken woman, said the Sea Org experience served to "wake us up." Public members,… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“A truly Suppressive Person or Group has no rights of any kind, and actions taken against them are not punishable," Hubbard wrote. He later… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“Having come up with the idea that thetans could move objects with their minds, Hubbard and some of his acolytes sat around the kitchen… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“Virtually every meeting with Miscavige involved an element of fear: the initial summons required that those called to it drop whatever they were doing… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“Hubbard admitted it: “I’m drinking lots of rum and popping pinks and greys.” — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“No longer was a defection, a leaked document, or some other treasonous act a prerequisite for being deemed an SP, though only serious offenses… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“Scientology, a fundamentally narcissistic philosophy that demonizes doubt and insecurity as products of the "reactive mind," is a belief system tailor-made for actors. The… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“It's very, very subtle stuff, changing words and giving them a whole different meaning—it creates an artificial reality," said Walter. "What happens is this… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
“The real and, to me, inexcusable danger in Dianetics lies in its conception of the amoral, detached, 100 per cent efficient mechanical man—superbly free-floating,… — Janet Reitman Copy Share Image
