In a published US embassy cable, Ursula Caberta, the Director of the Working Group on Scientology ( created by the Hamburg State Parliament to address all " destructive groups " which endanger society ), obtained a booklet that contained the Hamburg mayor's photograph and signature, yet was actually a publication from Scientology's " The Way to Happiness Foundation.

For someone unfamiliar with Scientology publications, the booklet looked very much like information brochures from the City of Hamburg.

The Church of Scientology disapproves of Free Zone activities and has prosecuted them in court for misappropriation of Scientology / Dianetics copyrights and trademarks.

(" Postulate " in Dianetics and Scientology has the meaning of " a conclusion, decision or resolution made by the individual himself ; to conclude, decide or resolve a problem or to set a pattern for the future or to nullify a pattern of the past " in contrast to its conventional meanings.

To date, no regular scientific agency has established the validity of his theories of prenatal perception and engrams, or cellular memory, or Dianetic reverie, or the effects of Scientology auditing routines.

This has come into question, though, that confidential information has been used to blackmail possible defectors ( see Fair Game ( Scientology )) However, a few transcripts of auditing sessions with confidential information removed have been published as demonstration examples.

Other critics and medical experts have suggested that Dianetic auditing is a form of hypnosis, although the Church of Scientology has strongly denied that hypnosis forms any part of Dianetics.

Melton has also stated that the Church of Scientology welcomes both genders equally at all levels from leadership positions to auditing and so on since Scientologists view people as spiritual beings.

* Preclear ( Scientology ), a person who has not overcome the " reactive mind "

The contest enjoys a favorable reputation in the science fiction community, although its connection with the Church of Scientology has caused some controversy.

Entering or winning the contest does not require or imply endorsement or membership in the Church of Scientology, and the contest itself has been endorsed by a wide range of well-known speculative fiction writers ( see Judges and Winners above ) who have no relationship to Scientology.

The Church of Scientology has objected to the Xenu story being used to paint Scientology as a mere science fiction fantasy ( see Space opera in Scientology doctrine ).

Tom Cruise insists that Narconon is the world's only successful drug rehabilitation programme, saying that he " has personally helped hundreds of people get off drugs ". Professor Stephen A. Kent | Stephen Kent, a sociologist who has interviewed numerous former Scientologists, says that " The connection between Narconon and Scientology is solid.

The program has garnered considerable controversy as a result of its origins in Scientology and its methods: its drug rehabilitation treatment has been described as " medically unsafe ", " quackery " and " medical fraud ", while academic and medical experts have dismissed its educational programme as containing " factual errors in basic concepts such as physical and mental effects, addiction and even spelling ".

" Narconon has said that criticism of its programmes is " bigoted ", and that its critics are " in favor of drug abuse ... they are either using drugs or selling drugs ", while Scientology head David Miscavige attributes criticism to Scientology's " war " with " the mental health field ".

Narconon has its origins in Dianetics. Even before Narconon became established, Scientology and Dianetics were promoted as providing a cure for drug addition.

" The program has been expanded and is used in all Scientology churches and missions ".

The newsgroup has become the focal point of an aggressive battle known as Scientology versus the Internet, which has taken place both online and in the courts.

Scientology has used this argument in its requests to have the entire newsgroup removed from Usenet, but this argument has been nearly unanimously rejected by system administrators and ISPs alike.

" Narconon, with the Scientology program, is another example of the workability of Dianetics and Scientology ", said an adherant in 1970.

The fiancé concerned said " it was a personal decision " and a Church of Scientology spokesman was quoted denying that there is a policy to split up relationships.

" The Buffalo News report consulted Stephen A. Kent of the University of Alberta, who said that hostility towards critics, including the member's own family, is an ingrained part of Scientology Ethics, according to which the survival of the Church is all-important.

The act of using Scientology techniques in a form different than originally described by Hubbard is referred to within Scientology as " squirreling ", and is said by Scientologists to be " high treason ".

The case had been brought by two ex-members who said they had been pressured into spending large amounts of money on Scientology courses and other services.

Commenting on the verdict, the plaintiffs ' attorney said, " It ’ s the first time in France that the entity of the Church of Scientology is condemned for fraud as an organized gang.

" A Scientology spokesperson likened the judgment to " an Inquisition for modern times " and said the Church would appeal.

" They said that no Scientology staff members attended the funeral of their son.

Corea said that Scientology became a profound influence on his musical direction in the early 1970s:

In 2005 Hendry said that the Church of Scientology " are not a cult ", adding that his statement was on the behalf of constituents subscribed to the Church.

Robotology is a play on the name Scientology, and series creator Matt Groening has said that he received a call from the Church of Scientology concerned about the use of a similar name.

These forces are said to be manipulable by the practitioner of LaVeyan Satanism, a trait of the religion that has been compared with Christian Science and Scientology.

According to Scientology, thetan powers are said to remain potent and restorable.

Scientology practices often have to do with addressing implants taking place prior to the current lifetime — one of the most notable is the large R6 implant, said to have been placed in the human mind 75, 000, 000 years ago by Xenu — but in some cases current life implants are addressed.

" Former Scientologist Gerry Armstrong said that the screenplay story is identical to the Scientology space opera theology, and in his book Bare-faced Messiah author Russell Miller described Revolt in the Stars as "... a dramatization of high-level Scientology training about events which happened seventy-five million years ago when an evil ruler by the name of Xenu massacred the populations of seventy-six planets, transported their frozen spirits back to earth and exploded them in volcanoes ".

Referring to Dr. Minkoff's affirmative testimony of McPherson described with " hollowed-out eyes ... thin skin ... and did she look dehydrated, yes ", the plaintiff said even still the abovementioned Scientology experts " opine Lisa McPherson was not dehydrated in appearance and therefore it is error to look at the post mortem chemistries.

He said that Vitkovic probably brooded over the results of a Church of Scientology personality test given to him 8 October 1987.

In their 1991 appeal, the Church of Scientology said that " Fair Game " was a " core practice of Scientology ", and protected as " religious expression ".

Free Zone ( Scientology ) offers a version of it in the Internet.

* Scientology v. the Internet: Free Speech & Copyright Infringement on the Information Super-Highway, Skeptic vol.

In the end, however, he abandoned Scientology and publicly criticized it in an editorial for the Los Angeles Free Press in 1970.

The Free Zone ( or independent Scientologists or Scientology Freezone ) comprises a variety of groups and individuals who practice Scientology beliefs and techniques independently of the Church of Scientology ( CoS ).

Skeptic Magazine described the Free Zone as: ".. a group founded by ex-Scientologists to promote L. Ron Hubbard's ideas independent of the Church of Scientology.

" A Miami Herald article wrote that ex-Scientologists joined the Free Zone because they felt that Church of Scientology leadership had: ".. strayed from Hubbard's original teachings.

The Church of Scientology has used copyright and trademark laws against various Free Zone groups.

Accordingly, most of the Free Zone avoids the use of officially trademarked Scientology words, including Scientology itself.

One Free Zone Scientologist identified as " Safe ", was quoted in Salon as saying: " The Church of Scientology does not want its control over its members to be found out by the public and it doesn't want its members to know that they can get scientology outside of the Church of Scientology ".

A 2006 Channel 4 documentary, The Beginner's Guide to L Ron Hubbard, presented by Sikh comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli explored Free Zone Scientology after the Church of Scientology declined to take part.

* Church of Scientology views on the Free Zone

* Gabriella Coleman and Finn Brunton, 17 July 2010, " Net Wars Over Free Speech, Freedom, and Secrecy or How to Understand the Hacker and Lulz Battle Against the Church of Scientology " at The Next HOPE conference-includes discussion of Blissett among precursors of Anonymous

Individuals applying Hubbard's techniques who are not officially connected to the Church of Scientology are considered part of the " Free Zone ".

Category: Free Zone ( Scientology )

Some Free Zone Scientologists believe that the Church of Scientology has been hijacked by undercover agents of the Marcabian Confederacy.

This page contains Wikipedians who have identified themselves ( at least on Wikipedia ) as being Scientologists, including both those who practice within the Church of Scientology and those who practice outside it ( see Free Zone ( Scientology )).