Janet Reitman

“Thetans, Hubbard explained, existed long before the beginning of time and had drifted through the eons, picking up and then discarding physical…

— Janet Reitman

“In 1958 the FDA confiscated, and then destroyed, a shipment of twenty-one thousand Dianazene tablets, which Hubbard was selling as a substance…

— Janet Reitman

“Now, Kendra realized, leaving Scientology was about much more than simply deciding not go to church or use language developed by L.…

— Janet Reitman

“But rather than indoctrinate them more deeply, Donna Henderson, a plainspoken woman, said the Sea Org experience served to "wake us up."…

— Janet Reitman

“A truly Suppressive Person or Group has no rights of any kind, and actions taken against them are not punishable," Hubbard wrote.…

— Janet Reitman

“Having come up with the idea that thetans could move objects with their minds, Hubbard and some of his acolytes sat around…

— Janet Reitman

“Virtually every meeting with Miscavige involved an element of fear: the initial summons required that those called to it drop whatever they…

— Janet Reitman

“Hubbard admitted it: “I’m drinking lots of rum and popping pinks and greys.”

— Janet Reitman

“No longer was a defection, a leaked document, or some other treasonous act a prerequisite for being deemed an SP, though only…

— Janet Reitman

“Scientology, a fundamentally narcissistic philosophy that demonizes doubt and insecurity as products of the "reactive mind," is a belief system tailor-made for…

— Janet Reitman

“It's very, very subtle stuff, changing words and giving them a whole different meaning—it creates an artificial reality," said Walter. "What happens…

— Janet Reitman

“The real and, to me, inexcusable danger in Dianetics lies in its conception of the amoral, detached, 100 per cent efficient mechanical…

— Janet Reitman