The Mind Benders Scientology by Cyril Vosper THE BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN A fast, furious, funny, violent exposure of a major global cult "Indicates quackery of a type which might be dangerous behind closed doors ..." HIS LORDSHIP, THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS "... capable of such danger that the public interest demands that people should know what is going on" LORD DENNING INDEX Frontispiece: Declaration of an Enemy Prologue 1. Why Scientology? 2. Assumptions 3. The Thetan 4. The Mind 5. Past Lives 6. Auditing 7. Training 8. Clear 9. Operating Thetan 10. Ethics 11. Promotion 12. The Organisations of Scientology Epilogue Appendix Acknowledgements Plates (from the 1971 Neville Spearman edition, SBN 85435 061 6) The author's experience of Scientology stretches over a period of 14 years from when it was a little known and interesting form of psychotherapy, to September 1968 when he was declared an S.P. (Suppressive Person). This meant that he was considered 'Fair Game'. As Sir Elwyn Jones Q.C. said in the recent Scientology libel case, S.Ps. 'could be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist. He could be tricked, sued or lied to, or destroyed.' The direct cause of this action was the breakdown of the author's marriage and separation of his children. Mr. Vosper, who was a senior official at the Scientology H.Q. at Saint Hill, East Grinstead, Sussex, believes that it is time for a close and accurate inspection of Scientology so that people know the full facts before they consider joining it. This is less a book than a stick of dynamite. Never before has there been an inside report on Scientology. The public have, so far, only vague newspaper reports and rumours to put against the sophisticated propaganda of the Scientologists. In Scientology, sometimes conveniently referred to as the Church of Scientology, the former science-fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard has constructed a world-wide network of organisations in such a manner as '... to pull the society under us'. Meaning that his long-term goal is for the entirety of the human race to be controlled, albeit benevolently, by him and his followers. Unlike other fads and eccentricities of the past, Scientology is not a purely comic subject that appeals to those who need some sort of belief. It is far more comprehensive and frequently harmful. First published in Great Britain by Neville Spearman Limited 112 Whitfield Street, London, W1P 6DP © Cyril Vosper 1971 SBN 85435 061 6 Set in 11pt Pilgrim 2pt leaded and printed by the Northumberland Press Ltd., Gateshead, Durham. Bound by W & H Rawlinson, London. (from the 1973 Mayflower edition, SBN 583 12249 3) After 14 years and a senior officer posting in the Church of Scientology Cyril Vosper investigates and condemns SCIENTOLOGY was founded by former science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. It has grown into an international cult whose network of cells is devoted to 'pulling the society under us'. At the end of the Sixties, Cyril Vosper was declared a SUPPRESSIVE PERSON to his fellow Scientologists, whereby he could be 'deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist - tricked, sued or lied to, or destroyed'. Finally he was declared in a condition of ENEMY. His marriage broke down and he was separated from his children. Vosper has struck back with this book. It immediately became subject to a writ from the Scientologists seeking to restrain its publication. After a bitter court action, the Scientologists have lost their case. ILLUSTRATED Cyril Vosper joined the Church of Scientology when it was still an eccentric, little-known form of psychotherapy in the mid-1950's. In later years he became a senior official at Scientology's British H.Q. in Saint Hill, East Grinstead, Sussex. All other biographical details of interest are in the author's work itself; in part a confession, in the main an individual's self-affirming act of resistance. Researched to the last chilling detail, clinically authentic yet often ablaze with riotous observations on a world gone mad, the book you have in your hands is now "clear". Following the unsuccessful litigation against it, The Mind Benders invites you to participate in a (legally) mind-bending paperback experience. Granada Publishing Limited Published in 1973 by Mayflower Books Ltd Park Street, St Albans, Herts First published in Great Britain by Neville Spearman Limited 1971 Copyright © Cyril Vosper 1971 Made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd The Phillips Park Press, Manchester Set in Intertype Times This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. This book is published at a net price and is supplied subject to the Publishers Association Standard Conditions of Sale registered under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1956. Australia - recommended price only Notes from August 1997 Electronic Edition This edition has been reformatted and the text re-checked and re-proofread from the 1971 hardback edition by David Gerard. Important: The Cult Awareness Network, listed below, has been taken over by Scientology. In 1997, the Cult Awareness Network was bankrupted and all assets, including the name (but excluding the files with personal information), purchased by the Church of Scientology. It is presently run as a front group for Scientology. If you contact this organisation at the present time, you will be dealing with the Church of Scientology. Beware. Notes from April 1996 Electronic Edition Cyril Vosper acknowledges the work of the Cult Awareness Network and CultAware in providing education and supporting ex-cultists and their families. Donations of any amount will be gratefully accepted by these organizations. Cult Awareness Network 2421 W. Pratt Blvd., Suite 1173 Chicago, IL 60645 United States of America Telephone: 312-267 7777 CultAware Locked Bag 1000 Granville NSW 2142 Australia Telephone: 02-9682 3888 Fax: 02-9682 3009 1996 HTML conversion and notes by andii and Marina Chong. Original scan, proofreading and ASCII art by Martin G.V. Hunt, April 1996. Acknowledgements Quotations are used from the following books by L. Ron Hubbard: * Scientology Abridged Dictionary * Creation of Human Ability * Axioms and Logics * Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health * A History of Man * How to Save Your Marriage * Scientology: 8-80 * Introduction to Scientology Ethics Other quotations are taken from The Auditor magazine, pamphlets and Policy Letters. HCO ETHICS ORDER TO: Those Concerned E.O. No. 729 WW, 388 SH, FROM: HCO Exec Sec WW 9 EU, 1 SH FND. SUBJECT: Declaration of Enemy. 2nd September, 1968 Recommendation of Comm Ev convened on EO 727 WW 1. CYRIL VOSPER, 8 Newlands Crescent, East Grinstead, is declared in a Condition of ENEMY. 2. He put stops in the way of mounting a Guardian Mission. By his own admission before a Committee of Evidence he was guilty of failing to immediately produce plans, and of failure to pass completed orders to Exec Council and Alert Council members before copying or duplicating, thus permitting a mission to depart with incomplete orders and causing Dev-T to seniors and Mission Efficiency Experts. 3. He put stops on mission training of WW personnel by failing to take responsibility for his post of Dissem Sec WW in that he a. Failed to assign a deputy for his week end Foundation post or make arrangements so that he would be free to take the training he needed to become efficient in getting out missions. By failing to be part of the WW training team he also effectively stopped remaining WW staff from carrying out dummy missions and the resulting situation had to be handled by a Sea Org member. b. Failed to take responsibility to see that an Efficiency Expert was trained for the Guardian Mission, sending the Expert home to "study in leisure". 4. Vosper is to apply the Enemy formula which is: "Find out who you really are". 5. He is not to be processed or trained. 6. Anyone connected to him is not to be processed or trained until he or she has disconnected from him in writing. Ken Urquhart, HCO EXEC SEC WW, [signed] Convening Authority. [seal] Prologue God! Was I tired! I'd been working for eleven solid, ghastly days. And not just days; eleven nights too. With maybe two hours' sleep on a hard floor in Saint Hill every twenty-four hours. I hadn't had a bath or a square meal in all that time either. I felt like death. It was Saturday, 30th, August, 1968. August Bank Holiday. I had two jobs at Saint Hill - Dissemination Secretary, World Wide and Dissemination Secretary, Evening and Weekend Foundation. For all the big titles, I still felt like death. An Open Weekend was going on at Saint Hill over the holiday and I conned my way into getting home because I was beginning to look and act like a zombie. It's not at all good for Scientology's public image for visitors, newcomers and newspaper reporters to see a zombie walking about the place. Why had I been there for 264 hours non-stop? Because on one or other of my jobs I had been in a Condition of Liability and under the justice system of Scientology, when you are in a Condition of Liability, you just stay there and work your way out of it.