Håkan left Scientology in the early '80s - at around the same time as Jon - and followed a similar course, seeking to understand the deeply manipulative methods sold as therapy by Ron Hubbard. Håkan qualified as a psychologist and spent three years touring Swedish schools with a mentalist, showing teenagers how easily we can be tricked.

It is surprising how few former Scientologists have reached an understanding of Hubbard's implanting methods, so they continue to behave within the confines of Scientology's confused and often anti-social ideas.

This talk should help!

Links:

Håkan's book, Radicalization

Read Jon's paper, Never Believe a Hypnotist
or watch the video

Mike Rinder joins Jon in a deconstruction of Hubbard's History of Man

Phil Zimbardo's Heroic Imagination Project

Jane Elliott's Blue-eyed / Brown-eyed experiment

The Robbers Cave Experiment

The real-life "Lord of the Flies," the Tongan Castaways

Yuval Laor's presentation, Belief and fervor -
part one part two part three

For more of Yuval's work, check out our complete playlist of his videos

buy Jon's latest book, If Scientology Ruled the World
And listen to a free sample

FREE download of our "human predator" poster