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Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former scientologistsboth famous and less well knownand years of archival research. Scientology presents itself as a scientific approach to spiritual enlightenment, but its practices have long been shrouded in mystery. A scientology church was basically a place where books, tapes, classes. The beliefs and practices of scientology include material related to sex and the rearing of children, which collectively form the second dynamic urge toward survival in scientology. The scandal of scientology a tower book paperback 1971 by paulette cooper author.
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But people come to the headquarters anyway, take the test, accept the results, and sign up for scientology. Through the years as she continued to expose the church, paulette cooper was the target not only of litigation but of several harassment campaigns including a scientology campaign known as operation freakout, the goal. Scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief looks at the world of the controversial church and the life of its. Scientology, hollywood, and the prison of belief by. The scandal of scientology was released by a small publisher, tower publications, in 1971. The scandal of scientology is a critical expose book about the church of scientology, written by paulette cooper and published by tower publications, in 1971. The guardians office had even imported small quantities into foreign countries, so they. Paulette cooper has 14 books on goodreads with 899 ratings. The tragifarce of scientology queen magazine article which cooper expanded into the book. Saturday, june 23, 2007 the scandal behind the scandal of scientology by paulette cooper.
True, its not as glamorous as the investigative reporting i did with scientology, but at least dogs dont harass and cats dont sue. I went on to write 11 more books, win 6 writing awards including 2 for the scandal of scientology, do some travel writing, and have a newspaper column on pets. The scandal of scientology scientology books and media. Time magazine pronounced it one of the 100 best nonfiction books ever written. It purports to be a collection of fortyone actual case histories of reincarnation and pastlife experiences, gleaned from auditing with an emeter at the church of scientologys fifth. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former scientologistsboth famous and less well knownand years of archival. Church of scientology, tower publications released the book in june 1971.
It was a selfhelp book, authored by fantasy and science fiction writer l. This is in the 70s, one of the very first exposes of the church. May 01, 2016 the church of scientology is facing a growing scandal after a former member claimed the church forced her to have an abortion and later falsely imprisoned her, forcing her into painful punishments. This is a vile viscous book which is a pack of lies. According to published reports, scientologists caused the publisher. Raised as scientologists, christie king collbran and her husband, chris. Fundamentals of thought, the scandal of scientology, tilden, tower publications, unification church, washington, washington post court narrows miranda ruling january 28, 1987, st. However, i refused to be silenced and the suits were soon directed at me, along with death threats, pretexting and. In south australia, officials outlawed scientology and their use of emeters, a device similar to a lie detector. A national book award and national book critics circle award.
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