Church of Scientology/Catalogs/Terms

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AA (attempted abortion)

Dianetics claims that many mothers attempt to kill their unborn - this is often stated to be a hidden cause of mental trauma.

aberration, aberrated

insanity or departure from rational thought. Also used to describe engrams or hidden memories.

ABLE (Association for Better Living and Education)

a Scientology-affiliated group

ARS, Ars, a.r.s

shortened name of the USENET newsgroup alt.religion.scientology

Arslychus

ancient civilization in space described in Hubbard's teachings

auditing

a process that has the form of a counselling session where the auditee holds two metal cans hooked up to an E-Meter which the auditor monitors.

Book One

refers to the first book of Dianetics and Scientology - Hubbard's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.

Bridge

short for "The Bridge to Total Freedom", the full set of auditing and training courses that lead one to the highest Operating Thetan level.

disconnection

the practice of requiring Scientologists to 'disconnect' from friends and family members who express skepticism of the Church

Ethics

division of the Scientology organization which deals with those who disobey policy

Freezone

people who still practice and believe in the ideas propounded by Hubbard and the Church but outside of the structure of the church.

lines

services offered by the Church (as in a "line" or products and services). See off-lines.

LRH

Abbreviation of L. Ron Hubbard

MEST

Matter, Energy, Space and Time. The universe of MEST is to be contrasted with the 'Theta Universe' which consists of pure spirit.

Narconon

a Scientology-affiliated drug rehabilitation program, considered by critics to be ineffective, pseudoscientific and used only for recruitment

off-lines

members of Scientology who are not paying for Scientology services

Operating Thetan, OT

having become Clear, the state one achieves having had one's Body Thetans removed, considered a state of enlightenment

OSA, Office of Special Affairs

the department which critics allege is responsible for 'dirty tricks' - PR, spying and so on

Out-Ethics

description of someone who has not obeyed Church regulations

Rehabilitation Project Force, RPF

work camps used as a punishment for those who disobey Sea Org regulations

RTC, Religious Technology Centre

body which holds and enforces the intellectual property on Scientology works - specifically, trademarks on terms used by the Church and copyrights on published and unpublished works.

Saint Hill

the manor and accompanying estate in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, originally purchased by Hubbard in 1959 and now used for a variety of Scientology purposes

Sea Org

an association of Scientologists formed at sea - hence the naval-style customs, uniforms and parades. Members of the Sea Org sign a "billion-year contract". Some scholars of religion have described the Sea Org as "paramilitary" or "pseudo-paramilitary".

SP, Suppressive Person

anyone who expresses doubt regarding Scientology or the Church

Teegeeack

the name used for Earth as it was 75 million years ago in Scientology's doctrine

Theta

life force

used to describe situations that are positive in tone

Thetan

the equivalent of a spirit or soul in Scientology

Tone Scale

a list of emotional states given a numerical value ranging from -40 to +40.

Touch Assist

a 'touch therapy' system used by Scientologists, sometimes at the sites of disasters (the 2010 Haitian earthquake and at Ground Zero following the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, for example)

wog

term used to describe non-Scientologists, adopted from the British racist slang term used to describe black people (derived from the blackface minstrel character Golliwogg)

wog world

the aggregate of non-Scientologists

Xenu, Xemu

the dictator of the Galactic Confederacy described in Hubbard's teachings