Midnight Facts for Insomniacs

Galactic Warlords, Billion Year Contracts, and a Modern American Space Cult: The “Church” of Scientology

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What do celebrities, sex magic, and the antichrist have in common? Find out in this week's all-clear, billion year, intergalactically cult-ilicious episode of MFFI. 

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In this episode:  

  • Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
  • Lafayette Ronald Hubbard
  • Going Clear
  • Celebrity Members (Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Giovanni Ribisi, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Pena, etc)
  • Margaret Louise "Polly" Grubb
  • Hubbard in the Navy
  • Jack Parsons, Thelema, OTO, and Aleister Crowley
  • The Moonchild (Antichrist)
  • Marjorie Cameron 
  • Sarah Northrup
  • Engrams
  • Auditors
  • E-Meters
  • Scientology vs Psychiatry
  • The Reactive vs. The Analytical Mind
  • The Tone Scale
  • Founding of Scientology
  • The Sea Org
  • The Bridge (Ladder) to Total Freedom
  • Operating Thetan Levels
  • The Purification Rundown
  • OT3, Xenu, Teegeeack, Glycol, DC-8s, Super Colossal Screens
  • Hubbard Discards His Body
  • David Miscavige, Sleazy Diminutive Sociopath
  • Suppressive Persons
  • 7th Floor of the Hollywood Headquarters
  • Pre-Clear Folders
  • The Office of Special Affairs
  • Scientology vs. the IRS
  • Michele "Shelly" Miscavige
  • Scientology Television Network
  • Meet a Scientologist, Freedom TV, Voices For Humanity

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