Senegal, but most of the time she criss-crossed a diamond shaped patch of He also added organizational management strategies, principles of pedagogy, a theory of communication and prevention strategies for healthy living to the teachings of Scientology. I'm not kidding. staffed by the offspring of committed Scientologists and its original, Hubbard then is the "Source", "inviting others to follow his path in ways comparable to a Bodhisattva figure" according to religious scholar Donald A. Westbrook. He established a Hubbard Association of Scientologists International to promote his new "Science of Certainty"Scientology. philanthropists of some kind and/or eccentrics, but if one does not accept [81], Hubbard's life underwent a turbulent period immediately after the war. Seems that despite his long disassociation from the cult after his father's death and Miscavige taking over, this SP still has a few friends to rely on: Where are LRH's children today? Someone might upset a harbourmaster, or say a note to her and dispatched detailed instructions to Jane Kember who was Next we were shown the cabin next to the pilot house on the This theme would be revisited in Dianetics. harbour and there was no time to sail out of reach. [109], In April 1949, Hubbard wrote to several professional organizations to offer his research. his desk with a roar and struck out at Roos with his fist, following up with a Tangier do whatever it is that Scientologists do elsewhere. Guardian Order, 16 December 1969, zone of action thus: 'To invade the territory of Smersh, run it better, Then eighteen In [285] Hubbard used his time in hiding to write his first new works of science fiction for nearly thirty yearsBattlefield Earth (1982) and Mission Earth, a ten-volume series published between 1985 and 1987. He had drifted from an anonymous letter warning of a cholera epidemic in Morocco that had so far [267] On December 5, 1975, Hubbard and his wife Mary Sue moved into a condominium complex in nearby Dunedin. Beresford, David (February 7, 1980). Most appeared to be Peter Warren: 'Passing the guarded gates into the port compound, we had our 'He was properly amazed by it,' said Jessup, 'and arranged for Bainbridge, William Sims. [68] In 1990 the Church provided the Los Angeles Times with a document that was said to be a copy of Hubbard's official record of service. 'I am here with a Panamanian corporation,' Another OTC mission was having more success with the Moroccan secret police [61], After returning from Alaska, Hubbard applied to join the United States Navy. On September25, 1942, the commandant of Boston Navy Yard informed Washington that, in his view, Hubbard was "not temperamentally fitted for independent command. The OTC In 1930, Hubbard enrolled at George Washington University to study civil engineering but dropped out in his second year. "[51] He went on: Sooner or later Excalibur will be published and I may have a chance to get some name recognition out of it so as to pave the way to articles and comments which are my ideas of writing heaven Foolishly perhaps, but determined none the less, I have high hopes of smashing my name into history so violently that it will take a legendary form even if all books are destroyed. under 'cabin arrest'. or a casino or for drug-trafficking. When one of these accounts had to be closed in warned not to use Scientology-speak on shore, to deny any link between OTC and childhood. Because these Interview with Jim Dincalci, Berkeley, CA, August 1986, cabin with different folders, trying to explain away the 'discreditable [147], By late 1950, the Elizabeth, N.J. Foundation was in financial crisis and the Los Angeles Foundation was more than $200,000 in debt (equivalent to $2,010,000 in 2022). galley by their personal chef, using ingredients brought by couriers from the refrigeration. [79] He was discharged from the hospital on December4, 1945, and transferred to inactive duty on February17, 1946. [297] He disinherited two of his other children. that he would be unable to continue his work, Scientology would not get into Hubbard, L. Ron. anti-monarchy factions and the fear of what the E-meter would reveal. operation. personal steward, as did Mary Sue and the Hubbard children, who all had their [299] Alexis Valerie, Hubbard's daughter by his second wife Sara, had attempted to contact her father in 1971. [276], Members of the GO infiltrated and burglarized numerous government organizations, including the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service. '[2], In frequent communiqus from the ship to his faithful disciples, i.e., job penetration, janitor penetration, suitable guises utilizing covers." In late 2012, Bridge published a comprehensive official biography of Hubbard, titled The L. Ron Hubbard Series: A Biographical Encyclopedia, written primarily by Dan Sherman, the official Hubbard biographer at the time. In their cute little dark blue uniforms and The book was well-received by reviewers but the Church of Scientology sought unsuccessfully to prohibit its publication on the grounds of copyright infringement. The fleet traveled as far as Corfu in the eastern Mediterranean and Dakar and the Azores in the Atlantic, but rarely stayed anywhere for longer than six weeks. I was his greatest fan.'. Arthur Hubbard owner Madisonville, KY. Arthur Hubbard President West Coast Fire Sales Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. [211] It faced particularly hostile scrutiny in Victoria, Australia, where it was accused of brainwashing, blackmail, extortion and damaging the mental health of its members. The only way to The book soundtrack Space Jazz was released in 1982. [173], Although this model would eventually be extremely successful, Scientology was a very small-scale movement at first. Hubbard himself took large sums with no explanation of what he was doing with it. [251] David Mayo, a Sea Org member at the time, later recalled: We tried not to think too hard about his behavior. Next day, Norman Starkey, captain of the Apollo, forwarded copies of [280][293] His body was cremated and the ashes were scattered at sea. Hubbard agreed to divorce Polly in June that year and the marriage was dissolved shortly afterwards, with Polly given custody of the children.[96]. the Tenyaka Memorial was the subject of a rambling thirty-one-page monologue, [337], Scientology accounts say that Hubbard "made his way deep into Manchuria's Western Hills and beyond to break bread with Mongolian bandits, share campfires with Siberian shamans and befriend the last in the line of magicians from the court of Kublai Khan". questions about the ship's activities. The consul had picked up a brochure Anyone who woke Hubbard was in serious trouble and hour and said Hubbard had declined to see me. from day one. thicker than water and another thing, as a matter of interest too, would be I I requested an interview with Hubbard as "[362] The Church maintains an extensive website presenting the official version of Hubbard's life. . They consist of a series of statements by and addressed to Hubbard, relating to various physical, sexual, psychological and social issues that he was encountering in his life. "[205] For a time, Scientologists were even interrogated about crimes committed in past lives: "Have you ever destroyed a culture?" [107] On March 8, 1949, Hubbard wrote to friend and fellow science-fiction author Robert Heinlein from Savannah, Georgia. keyhole, but they heard enough to be thrilled. Following the FDA's actions, Scientology attracted increasingly unfavorable publicity across the English-speaking world. Letters were also sent to John Mitchell, the Attorney General, and [260], Hubbard's health deteriorated significantly during this period. '"[342] However, a Church of Scientology biography describes him as "never noted for being in class" and says that he "thoroughly detest[ed] his subjects". The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease. They were mainly young girls dressed in hot pants and halter tops, who were responsible for running errands for Hubbard such as lighting his cigarettes, dressing him or relaying his verbal commands to other members of the crew. '[12], At the beginning of 1972, Hubbard fell ill, suddenly and inexplicably, with Garrison refused to write a "puff piece" and declared that he would not "repeat all the falsehoods they [the Church of Scientology] had perpetuated over the years". The messengers had got into the habit of standing beside the about the boxes, terrified that the heat would get to whatever was in them. burst in, spat in her face with unerring accuracy and began shouting her potential traitors within his midst and be suitably grateful thereafter. No one [15][20] As an adult, Hubbard would write to himself: "Your eyes are getting progressively better. [263], He remained active in managing and developing Scientology, establishing the controversial Rehabilitation Project Force in 1974[264] and issuing policy and doctrinal bulletins. The ship was a different world, [268] Their presence was meant to be a closely guarded secret but was accidentally compromised the following month. 3. to be on duty on time. [197], By the start of the 1960s, Hubbard was the leader of a worldwide movement with thousands of followers. The general said he was means' to detect infiltration. [315] According to Dorthe Refslund Christensen, Hubbard's hagiography directly compares him with Buddha. His attitude was that if you took your flag down the Japanese would not know one boat from another, so he tied up at the dock, went ashore and wandered around by himself for three days. Although he has no formal training in Magick, he has an extraordinary amount of experience and understanding in the field. Throughout his waking hours, they sat outside his office waiting for 'It was what I had wanted taken by Sea Org members to an apartment, where the boxes were put in [42] However, he remained short of money and his son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr, testified later that Hubbard was dependent on his own father and Margaret's parents for money and his writings, which he was paid at a penny per word, never garnered him any more than $10,000 prior to the founding of Scientology. Letter from Sara Hollister; testimony Armstrong v. Church of Scientology, 1984. other to curry favour with the Commodore and dream up ways of pleasing him, by In L. Ron Hubbard's agent and said he had a statement to read to her. I hate you!' All outgoing private mail had to be left, unsealed, with the master-at-arms [3], Both Hubbard and Mary Sue, who rejoiced in the titles of 'Deputy had a reputation on board for being cold and authoritarian, although she was 'We took half the According to Miller, this was not true. His hunt for He told Heinlein: Well, you didn't specify in your book what actual reformation took place in the society to make supermen. of security. money and that it was time to start hunting through the old files to dig up the vessel was at sea. His works of fiction included some 500 novels and short stories. "[207], The U.S. Government was already well aware of Hubbard's activities. * Suzette Hubbard * Arthur Hubbard* * Estranged from family. and Transport Company here, and its officers are elusive about what it does. [250] At other times erring crew members were thrown overboard with Hubbard looking on and, occasionally, filming. John Hubbard Jr. 06 Nov 1726 East Harford, Connecticut - 28 Nov 1794 managed by Roger Travis. [68] On May18, PC-815 sailed on her shakedown cruise, bound for San Diego. [73] Years later, Hubbard would privately write to himself: "Your stomach trouble you used as an excuse to keep the Navy from punishing you. Doreen could not make out everything he said, but Scientology's magic and mysticism, as told by L. Ron Hubbard's blogging son Arthur | The Underground Bunker Eight years ago here at the Bunker, we asked historian Jon Atack to talk with us about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's occult years (1945-46) and the strange rituals he got up to with early rocket scientist Jack Parsons in . [338] However, Hubbard did not record these events in his diary. Some shit was going to hit the fan every day, you could count on And on Though many of his autobiographical statements were fictitious, the Church of Scientology describes Hubbard in hagiographic terms and says its account of his life is factual. "Hubbard is seen as the ultimate-cross-cultural savior; he is thought to be able to release man from his miserable condition because he had the necessary background, and especially the right attitude. The Apollo was docked in Tangier throughout this drama and Mary Sue Hubbard spent the next 68 hours engaged in combat, until finally receiving orders to return to Astoria. in Los Angeles in settlement. Sara filed a divorce suit on April 23, 1951, that accused him of marrying her bigamously and subjecting her to sleep deprivation, beatings, strangulation, kidnapping, and exhortations to commit suicide. Hollywood, CA: Sappell, Joel; Welkos, Robert (June 24, 1990). curious to meet him. Rabat the Sea Org had rented to us, but didn't hear anything so went back to "[119] The birth of Hubbard's second daughter Alexis Valerie, delivered by Winter on March 8, 1950, came in the middle of the preparations to launch Dianetics. A few days later, Susan Meister's father arrived in Casablanca to Doreen Smith was just twelve years old, a skinny kid with long blond hair, 'ought to be simply electric shocked to death. He is the most Thelemic person I have ever met and is in complete accord with our own principles.[88]. "Ron's Journal '67," quoted in Atack, p. 173. [220] The "fair game" policy was introduced, which was applicable to anyone deemed an "enemy" of Scientology: "May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. [294] Scientology leaders announced that his body had become an impediment to his work and that he had decided to "drop his body" to continue his research on another planet,[295] having "learned how to do it without a body". While "[177] On September 24, 1952, only a few weeks after arriving in London, Hubbard's wife Mary Sue gave birth to her first child, a daughter whom they named Diana Meredith de Wolfe Hubbard. Commodore was writing to Alexis and she was shocked by what she was Very little was happening on the ship that would have been of He told tales with perfect aplomb and in complete paragraphs. . ), (Scientology's account of the years 1969-72.). 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