But the toll dropped during the winter, and stayed low, with only 2,000 more deaths from the disease tallied through all of 1666. Then, just as it appeared that the epidemic was truly done, came the four

He was a veteran Sea Org member who had taken Manchester from the verge of collapse, and turned it into a thriving Organization with 38 staff. He listened to my complaints and reservations about the Church

Fortunately, a few non-staff Scientologist carpenters, a decorator and an electrician volunteered their help. We had to build partitions, completely rewire, put in doors, sand and varnish floors, and decorate

As a child, he had little interest in religion, but at King’s he was approached by a recruiter for the UK chapter of an eastern religious group that was soon afterwards banned from campus.His old-fashioned

Most important, this new quantitative approach to nature offered the gift of prophecy: calculate now, and you can find where the moon or Jupiter or whatever will be, days, years, centuries from now. Though

I explained that the remainder of the fine was less than £40, and that it was all due to an administrative mix-up. I was amazed when she told me that she was removing me from the course because I was a

Chapter threeOn to OT“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”—Kurt Vonnegut, Jnr, Mother NightIn September 1977, I started Art College, and did no more Scientology

3 manufacturing fanatics‘Cults are far from marginal, and those who join them are no different from you and me.’ Robert Jay Lifton.9When Mao gained control of China in 1949, he instituted his cherished

Furthermore, a plebiscite is a risky affair and might be embarrassing — might even frustrate and derail one-man rule in perpetuity.How can a “referendum” through “citizens assemblies” fail to come up with

So areas of upset are found with the "fall" of the needle, and their resolution is shown by a "floating needle."1 The E-meter is used in most auditing. Lists of questions are checked

CHAPTER 5Martial Law and BeyondHow the Dictator Usurped PowerAt his inaugural address as the sixth president of the Philippine Republic on December 30, 1965, at Luneta Park in Manila, Ferdinand Marcos

, we decided for reasons of self interest to divest ourselves of the Philippines before local leaders wanted full independence, under conditions (world depression and looming war) which bid fair to destroy

Her reputation as an accomplished political arm of Marcos during the campaign was well deserved, and the President-elect conceded that she was responsible for a million votes, the margin that made him

Reporters desperate for a hint of interesting copy clustered around Aquino who, as usual, obliged. The senator regaled them with lively criticisms of the president. Laughter echoed through the near-empty

The blur of men’s faces was beginning to clear. These men were the regulars who were already here when I arrived and who would still be there when I left. I conversed with them here and there, though I

The pro-Duterte Congress also threatened not to renew the franchise of the biggest TV network ABS-CBN, which had allegedly refused to air his political advertisements before the 2016 election. The same

If an attitude given by the Preclear “reads” on the E-meter, the Auditor sets about “running” Dianetics on it.Having asked the Preclear to locate an incident of the given attitude, the Auditor directs

In relation to her political patron, Oca Malapitan, for example, Maricel was adamant that theirs was a purely transactional relationship. She did not feel any debt to Oca. At other times, she had incurred

One — Murder Most FoulFAR ABOVE MANILA in the northwest corner of Luzon is a dry, impoverished region called the Ilocos, a dusty yellow land with crumbling red brick churches. It bears more resemblance