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Index:

• Reason for this initiative of undertaking this research into Scientology
• Introduction, a notice to all readers, disclaimer & fair use of copyrighted work
• How did it all start?  The various pages discussed ...
          - Main projects undertaken
          - A listing of my Scientology pages put in chronological sequence of their release (log)
  
• Various lists or series of references collected  (as used on this site)

The Scientology organization since its founding in the early 50's went through various phases. My experiences and the wonderings that I had motivated me to check out the history on various. My Scientology pages aim to give some perspective on that from a purely historical point of view. Generally this initiative of mine has been very much appreciated, although I have been met with a certain resistance. This from both Scientologists and those that have condemned all of Scientology (anti-Scientologists). It appears that various persons belonging to either of these groups prefer to only have that version of the story published that support their convictions, their aims or their beliefs. For these persons an objective presentation is not an option. Instead it is counteracted, invalidated or simply ignored. Pressure is put on both the site itself, but also on the webmaster of this site. All this is unfortunate, but can not be helped. Through history man has always resorted to doing like that.

I have taken it upon myself to see to it that history is not forgotten!

Michel,

20 May 2007

Any of my findings of more serious nature which you may find on these pages have been reported to the proper church instances, but do not allow this to stop you from responding to your own selfdeterminism!

Any that you will find on my site I believe to be ór (1) in the Public Domain because of expired copyrights ór (2) never registered for copyright ór (3) Fair Use has been made for research and study purposes. If the situation arises that it is found that I am in error regarding any of these as found on my site and I would be in actual violation concerning my use of copyrighted works, then I would expect to be contacted first about this and given specifics before any other action taken.

How did it all start?   The various pages discussed ...

• Main projects undertaken
• A listing of my Scientology pages put in chronological sequence of their release (log)

My approach has always been to present everything as objective as possible with data directly taken from the original sources. People have to be able to figure it out for themselves, just present the data. I have seen various people discussing the subject of Scientology on their sites, and most of the time they are either in favour of Scientology or they are totally against it. But there exist a few exceptions to this also. Most sites however would focus on the data that would support their claim, whatever this claim may be. Then the usual often prejudiced conclusions are being drawn from this. Now, what about an objective approach? I wanted my Scientology pages to be different, I intended it to be a source of data. Don't focus on solely that data that is in favour of your opinion, simply present all of it, and offer various options of how this data could be interpreted! It appears that a majority of Scientologists and various visitors of my pages in fact appreciate my objective approach. I received a variety of very nice responses from them, but some have also been critical. Those not approving of Scientology however appear to have condemned my pages, this according to responses received. To my knowledge there is no anti-Scientology site that links to my pages.

I like to make a notice here that my researches are very thorough. My Scientology pages generally are not very easy reading. In fact they are a result of actual research. I provide also extensive documentation, so that you as the reader basically can verify how I came to certain conclusions. Generally these pages are not for the layman who does know little to nothing about Scientology itself. The question may also be asked: “Who the heck would be interested in all these little details?” The initial reason for having undertaken various of my researches is that I wanted to know for myself how things fit together. What I have done is that I have shared my findings with my readers. The whole point probably is that someone has to answer to the questions being asked. Out on the Internet it seems that you mostly only find bits and pieces. To get the answers then someone needed to have done the kind of detailed research like the one that I have performed. I find it unlikely that another would do as I have done, so that someone became me. The data is here, what you think of it, well, that's your concern. Just keep in mind though that there are always two sides to a coin.

Briefly, what you see here on this site is part of me taking responsibility for the things that I know, have experienced, and have seen. Sometimes you will find yourself in a position that if you are to follow your own integrity that you can not refrain yourself from doing certain things. If this happens it appears then that often you do not really have a choice. Voilà! Let come that will come from it ...

Michel

 
Main projects undertaken

1.  History of a policy letter project
For brief overview how I originally got started on this see here , 3rd paragraph (link will open in separate window). It came about after/during conversions with Caspar de Rijk somewhere early 2003. One thing lead to another. Addresses amongst other Ethics Orders (Declares), Fair Game & Disconnection.

4.  LRH whereabouts project
The 4th and last project (LRH Whereabouts idea) sort of slumbered in the background. Planned as part of the NWO study that turned to a project of its own. The idea being to check out ‘Where is LRH?’ in anything that could somehow be perceived as suspect or seen as a discredit to the subject of Scientology.

Alongside the above 4 main projects I did separate studies into freeloaders, HASI, Mary Sue, Cramming Series, pricing policies, works of fiction and various.

 
A listing of my Scientology pages put in chronological sequence of their release (log)

Alright, for a long time (since 1998) all that I had was a brief introduction to the works of one L. Ron Hubbard on my site. But not much more was happening with the subject until ...

‘L. Ron Hubbard vs Dictionaries’ (released at least 29 April 2003) - One thing that had bothered me for a long time was the traceless removal of the ‘World Book Dictionary’ reference from the present version of that HCOB “Dinky Dictionaries” as found in the new red volumes*. During many years I had attention on that. Once I had read about this recommendation for this dictionary when I did the Student Hat Course. And then I could not find it anymore. The details about this are laid out on this page.

‘L. Ron Hubbard on the matter of evolution’ (released at least 15 April 2003) - A minor issue was the agreement of many Scientologists that believed that L. Ron Hubbard was in favour of the theory of evolution. This they were basing on the book‘History of Man’. I located all the relevant information about that and put it all out on this page.

‘Scientology Question & Answer session’ (released at least 12 April 2003) - This page offers a collection of questions & answers from email discussions. Simply a miscellaneous collection on various subjects. I also discuss the controversy about Xenu on that page. I have been criticized for having that there, the argument was that I was giving a searchword to people that they can search for on the Internet. But people seem to have forgotten that this word is on the Internet about everywhere, search for the word ‘Scientology’, and Xenu will pop up all over the place, it simply needed to be addressed and clarified!

‘L. Ron Hubbard vs Alterations (introduction)’ & ‘Based on the Works of L. Ron Hubbard publications’ (released 27 November 2003) - Here I am addressing the Scientology material that is being based on the writings of L. Ron Hubbard. An argument here is that supposedly the technology will only work if it remains unaltered. This is something that is pushed very, very hard by L. Ron Hubbard himself, and this we can see when we consult page ‘LRH vs Alterations (introduction)’. There are obvious dangers involved when doing compilations of material. The page ‘Based on the Works of L. Ron Hubbard publications’ gives some more detailed information about the rules to be followed, and examples are given from which we learn how subtle this is and how easy it can go wrong.

‘Scientology Membership: HASI vs IAS’ (released 7 March 2004) - This was a subject of personal interest. I've attempted to figure out the differences and similarities between these 2 organizations. I found that few Scientologists were thoroughly acquainted with the details about this. Various persons told me different things.

‘Scientology® and L. Ron Hubbard® - An Introduction’ (rewritten released 7 March 2004) - General introduction and addressing Keeping Scientology Working.

‘Scientology: History of a Policy Letter - Introduction’ (added 4 July 2004) - Originally this data was a prologue to my HCO PL 23 Dec 65 analysis (see below). Then I was adding more and more information to it until it became too long and too confusing to have it on the same page, and is now presented as a separate page (since April 2005). It explains and lays out various background data about especially policy letters, its distribution, cancellation proces, its relation to the Qual Library and various other relevant information.

This page was split later into 3 separate pages, re-released as such:
	‘Scientology: The History of a Policy Letter (2) - A detailed study  or      ‘Ethics Orders’ & ‘Declares’ and what can be done about them’        (includes: The transformation of HCO™ PL 23 Dec 65, versions analysis)’ (re-released 6 February 2007)
	‘Scientology: The ‘Fair Game Law’ - A detailed study  or      What it is about and misconceptions regarding clarified’ (re-released 6 February 2007)
	‘Scientology: The ‘Practice of Disconnection’ - A detailed study  or      What it means and how it has been dealt with through the years’(re-released 14 April 2006) . The last few months I have extended the information about the subject of Disconnection very extensively. The page simply became too long and kinda inaccessable (it was mixed in with the discussion of Fair Game and various other), an so I extracted the Disconnection information from its original location and gave it a page of its own in April 2006. I added a Prelude to it and reworked the Index.

‘An overview of my Scientology pages & Disclaimer’ (released March 2005) - It was about time that I did this one. There is an initial reason for why one writes about things. This page goes in little detail about how, when and why I created any of these pages.

‘Non-LRH turns into LRH? - What happened here?’ (released March 2005) - Some time had passed before I tackled this one. I was doing some research about the Primary Rundown. In LRH ED 178 L. Ron Hubbard tells us how vital this action was. This PRD basically consists of doing Method 1 Word Clearing on the Student Hat materials. And it has not been in use since the early 80s. Well, various references found in old packs of the Student Hat were compared with the newer versions. My findings motivated me to write this page.

‘Criticisms to my Scientology page - My defense’ (released March 2005) - It's funny to have been compiling a page like this, and it was in fact a difficult task. It's basically all about criticism, and my experiences with it. Bits and pieces of this subject have been for a while part of other pages, then I decided to collect all these criticism parts on this one page. It's a subject that I have been willing to write more about for some time, but I did not know exactly where to start. I got help and motivation through a few Scientologists that thought I was too critical, and that I was black PR-ing Scientology. Various papers were send to me, laying out in detail which was not found acceptable. Then I thought: “Now, wait a minute ... !” And I had started to put my defense together. Various of the criticisms that I received were however agreeable to me, and adjustments have been implemented, some passages were even removed, and others were rewritten.

‘L. Ron Hubbard and his Fiction Stories’ (released 11 April 2005) - I had been directed to a discusssion that took place on a newsgroup on the Internet. It made various claims about that the majority of the actual fiction writing of L. Ron Hubbard was Science Fiction. Then I decided to make that clear for once and for all what the scene is on that.

‘Holy Scriptures vs Scientology - A parallel’ (released 11 June 2005) - Many parallels can be discovered between these. This is simply quotations taken from the writings of L. Ron Hubbard and parallelled with quotations from the bible. Based on a little book published in 1967. Attempts to give you a greater understanding of the Bible and also Scientology. I was transcribing the original booklet, then the idea of putting it out on the Internet grew slowly but steadily, and all of a sudden it was there.

‘A collection of appreciative responses to my Scientology pages’ (released 16 September 2005) - To put out a page like this has been a suggestion from a friend of mine. Initially I was not so very much in favour of it. Later I started to realize that for some reason people would think that there was something not alright with my pages. The fact on the matter is that my pages have been a great help to various people, and the information has enabled them to clear up some things. So, why not let them speak for themselves (naturally their identity is protected).

‘The story of the ‘Cramming Series’ - LRH or not LRH?  or  A crucial part of the Scientology technology (Correction Division)’ (released 15 February 2006) - I first had a section for the Cramming Series on my page ‘Scientology: The History of a Policy Letter (2)’. I incorporated it in chapter ‘'Disconnection as a condition' reinstated (conclusion)’. It was backing up an argument regarding the authorship of HCOB 10 Sept 83 “PTSness and Disconnection”. Much later I moved this section out of there as my site was growing and created a chapter for it on my page ‘L. Ron Hubbard vs A New Order (2)’ as ‘The disappearance of information (3) - The story of the ‘Cramming Series’ - LRH or not LRH?’. Then in February 2006 I got myself involved in a very thorough analysis of these very Cramming Series, and I decided to give it a page of its own. The present chapter on that page entitled ‘The story of the ‘Cramming Series’ - LRH or not LRH?’ is the section that has been moving around. I added the Cramming Series index at the beginning of the page and rewrote/updated the following 3 chapters, but otherwise the text remains pretty much the same. All the rest on that page was added in February 2006.

‘The story of Mary Sue Hubbard (1931-2002)  or  A summary of her achievements and downfall’ (released 17 March 2006) - For a very short while this was a little chapter on my page ‘L. Ron Hubbard vs A New Order’. Although some aspects relating to Mary Sue Hubbard do have a relation with to this New (World) Order idea, I realized that there is various that can be told about her, so I decided to give it a page on its own. Besides some general information about her it is my idea and my intent to try to address various about her that is not found already elsewhere else on the Internet. From time to time this page will be added upon.

‘David Mayo project pages’ (provisional release 24 November 2006, public release 6 December 2006) - A study about David Mayo was never something I intended to do. The person simply is a charged subject. Finally I found that I could not go around it. It turned to a total of 6 relevant pages:
	(1)  The story of David Mayo (Snr C/S Int 1978-82) - Main index & introduction   (2)  SO ED 2344 analysis:  Main SO ED analysis page   (3)  SO ED 2344 analysis:  ‘Clear’ defined  (includes notes on NED for OT's)   (4)  SO ED 2344 analysis:  ‘Training Routines’ (TR's) (includes notes on auditor training)   (5)  ‘The Bridge to a New World’ (History of the Grade Chart)   (6)  Chronological reference list  (& separate Dianetic Clear list)
	Page (3) was later split into 2 separate pages, released as such:   (re-released 20  February 2007)   (3a) SO ED 2344 analysis:  The definition of ‘Clear’   (3b) SO ED 2344 analysis:  Notes on NED for OT's and it's relation to ‘Clear’
	Page (5) was later split into 2 separate pages, released as such:   (re-released 15 May 2007)   (5a) The Bridge to a New World (History of the Grade Chart) - General overview   (5b) The Bridge to a New World (History of the Grade Chart) - Detailed analysis

‘The whereabouts of L. Ron Hubbard chronology  or  A closer look at 1972, 1977 & 1980’ (released 17 September 2007) - A planned chapter on my page ‘LRH vs A New Order’ given a page of its own. This has been an ongoing project for some time. It turned to be my largest project. Through the years I have been collecting various information and worked my way through a lot of data. In a sense this page is a logical result of all the things that I found and which I disclose on my other Scientology related pages. It could be perceived as a final explanation for why I did make these various discoveries within the previous history of Scientology. It was not until 6 months ago that I actually decided to compile a page about this. Took about 4 months to put together. Either way this is the very last extensive project on the subject of Scientology that I had planned. When I originally released it it had a total of 118 pages if printed (spread out over 4 html pages), 56 pop-up windows were created for this study alone. It tackles more then 20 different topics. (since April 2010 it covers 5 html pages on a total of 154 pages if printed)

‘L. Ron Hubbard vs Pricing policies’ (released 18 November 2007) - This page had been in the planning for a long time. Some information was not always easy to get a hold of. In particular price inserts/lists that would enable me to make an accurate chronological list of how pricings had shifted during a longer period of time. A sensitive subject as it is about money!

This page was later spread over 2 pages, released as such:   (re-released 30 July 2008)
	‘Introduction & Internet news groups and forums’
	‘Wikipedia or The burden of Sisyphus’

‘External links collection’ (released 7 November 2009) - After thorough consideration I have found it necessary to finally add this page. Keeping in mind that its only purpose is furthering additional reading in related matters concerning the subject of Scientology and related as tackled in the thus far presented studies as found on my site.

On my pages I make use of or refer to various reference lists. The main one's (or most relevant) also have been linked from this chapter for covenience and easy access. Various further information about series of references may be found at various locations on my site.

Series

Various

Vocabulary:

     green volume(s):
Refers to ‘The Organization Executive Course’, this is a series of books that contain the HCO PL's, and any administrative references. These references are mostly printed green ink on white paper, and the volumes themselves have green bindings. The ‘old green volumes’ refers to the 1974 release, ‘new green volumes’ refers to the 1991 release.
     HCOB:
‘Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin’: issue-type since Jan 74 reserved for L. Ron Hubbard only, these address technical issues, having to do with auditing procedures and courses. 
      HCO PL (Pol Ltr, P/L or PL):
‘Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letter’: since Jan 74 reserved for L. Ron Hubbard only, these address administrative issues. 
     LRH:
An usual abbreviation for ‘L. Ron Hubbard’.
     PAB:
'Professional Auditors Bulletin', Scientology periodical (monthly) send to all members to keep auditors informed about the latest discoveries concerning processing procedures and other.
     red volume(s):
Refers to ‘The Technical Bulletins of Dianetics and Scientology’, this is a series of books that contain the HCOB's, and any technical references. These references are mostly printed red ink on white paper, and the volumes themselves have red bindings. The ‘old red volumes’ refers to the 1976 release, ‘new red volumes’ refers to the 1991 release.