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Jim Marlowe's avatar

As an aside, Crowley was an amateur mountain climber, and made it surprisingly high up K2 (21,500 feet) considering his lack of skill. He also was astute enough to ascertain the Abruzzi spur was the most climbable route--and it turned out to be the route of the first successful ascent.

https://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com/2012/11/k2-first-attempt-1902-expedition.html?m=1

Atavistic Residuum's avatar

This background on theosophy makes the Book Of Urantia make more sense.

America has a rich history of inventing religions or at least spin-offs.

William Sadler, who published the Urantia book, was married into the Kellogg family, was a 7th Day Adventist, which derives from the Millerites of the 19th century "awakenings".

Scientology definitely follows in this tradition. Functionally, is Hubbard any different than Joseph Smith and his magic underwear? Or any of the dozen or so lesser knowns?

Mathew Crawford's avatar

Hubbard may be different. It is possible that he worked in behalf of military intelligence to establish his religion.

Atavistic Residuum's avatar

Exactly, thats the difference, but MI is using a similar archetype and formula, essentially borrowing from tradition to create controlled micro-cultures.

And without a smoking gun, we can only say "may", but many of the pieces suggest so. It looks to me there is a nexus here.

LC's avatar

The timing of this article is interesting since Naomi Wolf posted one Sunday regarding the need to open up discussion of the metaphysical...

https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/metaphysical-energies-the-last-taboo

Mike's avatar

Perfect timing! Was going down the Scientology rabbit hole. Makes me think i need to put on my tin foil hat since we are all doing this now :D

Ellen's avatar

(re-post from comments on "What if You're Watching a Made for Post-TV Production") -

Someone in my building is on a mailing list for Scientology. Guess she's no longer interested in their mailings, because they end up in the bucket of unwanted mail. Basically general stuff about mastering energy, promises of how great the next levels of courses are, and people saying their lives are so much better since they took their courses, and pictures of smiling people holding diplomas, and words like the Bridge and OT (apparently operating theta - from wikipedia - "In Scientology, Operating Thetan (OT) is a notional spiritual status above Clear. It is defined as "knowing and willing cause over life, thought, matter, ...")

Then there's this, from searching scientology government influence - ("Operation Snow White

As early as 1960, L. Ron Hubbard had proposed that Scientologists should infiltrate government departments by taking secretarial, bodyguard or other jobs. In ..."

If these mailings are about learning how to be more influential in the world, in a stealth kind of master and manipulate energy and go out and affect change with these powers way, that sure makes sense. Of course, for the purpose of being a force for good. So they say.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/faith/this-is-what-happens-when-scientologists-come-after-you-7923556.html

https://www.scientology-lies.com/drkingandscn.html - Interesting ...

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Apropos this topic generally, I highly recommend the book “Game of Gods”, by Carl Teichrib. https://www.amazon.com/Game-Gods-Temple-Man-Re-Enchantment/dp/1999492900

While Teichrib writes from a conservative Christian perspective, his book is a fascinating survey of global “new age” trends.

Here’s the Amazon blurb:

“A sense of uncertainty and foreboding anticipation is palpable, and it’s more than a feeling in the air. We are witnessing a titanic impact at the crossroads of religion, politics, technology, and culture. Fundamentally it is a collision of worldviews, and we are all experiencing the shockwaves. Building on over twenty years of meticulous research, Game of Gods documents the historic and contemporary quest to reshape Western civilization, with global ramifications. Step into closed-door meetings at the United Nations, rub shoulders with faith leaders playing politics, scrutinize the religious impulse of technology, and watch how culture becomes a platform for spiritual engineering. A new and dominant mythos emerges, the vision of Oneness. But is this the only claim? Considered in the pages of Game of Gods is a different and contrasting paradigm, a reality claim that emanates from beyond time, space, and matter. This, too, has a bearing on ethics, liberty, and freedom. It makes a case for human dignity, hope, and salvation. Game of Gods is a comprehensive investigation into the changing nature of Western civilization, the revolutionary replacement of the Judeo-Christian framework with a new, yet ancient paradigm. It is a journey into the cracks and crevices of big history; an expedition into the expanding realm of transformational movements and ideas – forces of change that are shifting how we think, behave, and relate. “Humanity has three Great Desires: To be as God; to be Masters of Meaning and Destiny; to build Heaven on Earth – this is that story.”

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Mathew Crawford's avatar

The woman described above I am 99.9% sure is Patricia Rodriguez aka Carolina Bonita aka Carolina Galvan. I have no evidence that she is a Scientologist, but I was told that during the People's Convoy she was working with Scientologist Leigh Dundas in a way that suggested trust and familiarity.

The woman in the Hi-Rez video is Erin Olszewski aka "The Undercover Nurse" who is a former psychological operations warfare group (POG) specialist in the Army who moved from Wisconsin (former Hubbard stomping grounds) to Clearwater (Flag Scientology HQ) in 2018, and was filming Dundas in California in 2019 at a rally to stop the removal of vaccine exemptions (SB274ish?). Lots of her story is fishy, and her friend Kevin Tuttle looks to be an operative (also military intelligence trained; father in Israeli special forces) as well.

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Mathew Crawford's avatar

I saw some chatter in a chat channel where a number of people were irritated with Carolina Bonita (and I have a substantial file on her). I have no reason to think that he is distancing himself from her after working together. However, I do have some evidence that funding is being channeled from the same source to both sides of this divide. I may never be able to get to the bottom of it, however.

Ever wonder how a guy that sells pillows can fund thousands of media personalities? I keep thinking that I should have gone into the pillow business...

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Mathew Crawford's avatar

My pillow?

Whose pillow?

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Mathew Crawford's avatar

You're asking a good question. Here is my belief having read through results of polygraph experiments...

If you stop feeding a signal, you either,

* Have worked through all need to hide anything

* A psychopath

* Developed insane control over your emotions

Either way, you're now a valuable assset.

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I like your exploration, and I'm going to give it some thought as I continue into this series.