The Mind Benders - Apologetics Index

122 Pages·2001·3.98 MB·English

by  Cyril Vosper

The Mind Benders
Scientology
by Cyril Vosper
THE BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN
A fast, furious, funny, violent exposure of a major global cult
"Indicates quackery of a type
which might be dangerous behind
closed doors ..."
HIS LORDSHIP, THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS
"... capable of such danger that the
public interest demands that people
should know what is going on"
LORD DENNING
INDEX
Frontispiece:
Declaration of an Enemy
Prologue
1. Why Scientology?
2. Assumptions
3. The Thetan
4. The Mind
5. Past Lives
6. Auditing
7. Training
8. Clear
9. Operating Thetan
10. Ethics
11. Promotion
12. The Organisations of Scientology
Epilogue
Appendix
Acknowledgements
Plates
(from the 1971 Neville Spearman edition, SBN 85435 061 6)
The author's experience of Scientology stretches over a period of 14 years from when it was a little
known and interesting form of psychotherapy, to September 1968 when he was declared an S.P.
(Suppressive Person). This meant that he was considered 'Fair Game'. As Sir Elwyn Jones Q.C.
said in the recent Scientology libel case, S.Ps. 'could be deprived of property or injured by any
means by any Scientologist. He could be tricked, sued or lied to, or destroyed.' The direct cause of
this action was the breakdown of the author's marriage and separation of his children.
Mr. Vosper, who was a senior official at the Scientology H.Q. at Saint Hill, East Grinstead, Sussex,
believes that it is time for a close and accurate inspection of Scientology so that people know the
full facts before they consider joining it.
This is less a book than a stick of dynamite. Never before has there been an inside report on
Scientology. The public have, so far, only vague newspaper reports and rumours to put against the
sophisticated propaganda of the Scientologists.
In Scientology, sometimes conveniently referred to as the Church of Scientology, the former
science-fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard has constructed a world-wide network of organisations in
such a manner as '... to pull the society under us'. Meaning that his long-term goal is for the entirety
of the human race to be controlled, albeit benevolently, by him and his followers.
Unlike other fads and eccentricities of the past, Scientology is not a purely comic subject that
appeals to those who need some sort of belief. It is far more comprehensive and frequently
harmful.
First published in Great Britain by
Neville Spearman Limited
112 Whitfield Street, London, W1P 6DP
© Cyril Vosper 1971
SBN 85435 061 6
Set in 11pt Pilgrim 2pt leaded and printed by the Northumberland Press Ltd., Gateshead, Durham.
Bound by W & H Rawlinson, London.
(from the 1973 Mayflower edition, SBN 583 12249 3)
After 14 years and a senior officer posting in the Church of Scientology Cyril Vosper
investigates and condemns
SCIENTOLOGY was founded by former science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. It has grown into an
international cult whose network of cells is devoted to 'pulling the society under us'.
At the end of the Sixties, Cyril Vosper was declared a SUPPRESSIVE PERSON to his fellow
Scientologists, whereby he could be 'deprived of property or injured by any means by any
Scientologist - tricked, sued or lied to, or destroyed'. Finally he was declared in a condition of
ENEMY. His marriage broke down and he was separated from his children.
Vosper has struck back with this book. It immediately became subject to a writ from the
Scientologists seeking to restrain its publication. After a bitter court action, the Scientologists have
lost their case.
ILLUSTRATED
Cyril Vosper joined the Church of Scientology when it was still an eccentric, little-known form of
psychotherapy in the mid-1950's. In later years he became a senior official at Scientology's British
H.Q. in Saint Hill, East Grinstead, Sussex. All other biographical details of interest are in the
author's work itself; in part a confession, in the main an individual's self-affirming act of resistance.
Researched to the last chilling detail, clinically authentic yet often ablaze with riotous observations
on a world gone mad, the book you have in your hands is now "clear". Following the unsuccessful
litigation against it, The Mind Benders invites you to participate in a (legally) mind-bending
paperback experience.
Granada Publishing Limited
Published in 1973 by Mayflower Books Ltd
Park Street, St Albans, Herts
First published in Great Britain by
Neville Spearman Limited 1971
Copyright © Cyril Vosper 1971
Made and printed in Great Britain by
C. Nicholls & Company Ltd
The Phillips Park Press, Manchester
Set in Intertype Times
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Notes from August 1997 Electronic Edition
This edition has been reformatted and the text re-checked and re-proofread from the 1971
hardback edition by David Gerard.
Important: The Cult Awareness Network, listed below, has been taken over by Scientology.
In 1997, the Cult Awareness Network was bankrupted and all assets, including the name (but
excluding the files with personal information), purchased by the Church of Scientology. It is
presently run as a front group for Scientology.
If you contact this organisation at the present time, you will be dealing with the Church of
Scientology. Beware.
Notes from April 1996 Electronic Edition
Cyril Vosper acknowledges the work of the Cult Awareness Network and CultAware in providing
education and supporting ex-cultists and their families. Donations of any amount will be gratefully
accepted by these organizations.
Cult Awareness Network
2421 W. Pratt Blvd., Suite 1173
Chicago, IL 60645
United States of America
Telephone: [phone]
CultAware
Locked Bag 1000
Granville NSW 2142
Australia
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
1996 HTML conversion and notes by andii and Marina Chong.
Original scan, proofreading and ASCII art by Martin G.V. Hunt, April 1996.
Acknowledgements
Quotations are used from the following books by L. Ron Hubbard:
* Scientology Abridged Dictionary
* Creation of Human Ability
* Axioms and Logics
* Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
* A History of Man
* How to Save Your Marriage
* Scientology: 8-80
* Introduction to Scientology Ethics
Other quotations are taken from The Auditor magazine, pamphlets and Policy Letters.
HCO ETHICS ORDER
TO: Those Concerned E.O. No. 729 WW, 388 SH,
FROM: HCO Exec Sec WW 9 EU, 1 SH FND.
SUBJECT: Declaration of Enemy. 2nd September, 1968
Recommendation of Comm Ev convened
on EO 727 WW
1. CYRIL VOSPER, 8 Newlands Crescent, East Grinstead, is declared in a
Condition of ENEMY.
2. He put stops in the way of mounting a Guardian Mission. By his own
admission before a Committee of Evidence he was guilty of failing to
immediately produce plans, and of failure to pass completed orders to
Exec Council and Alert Council members before copying or duplicating,
thus permitting a mission to depart with incomplete orders and causing
Dev-T to seniors and Mission Efficiency Experts.
3. He put stops on mission training of WW personnel by failing to take
responsibility for his post of Dissem Sec WW in that he
a. Failed to assign a deputy for his week end Foundation post or make
arrangements so that he would be free to take the training he needed to
become efficient in getting out missions. By failing to be part of the
WW training team he also effectively stopped remaining WW staff from
carrying out dummy missions and the resulting situation had to be handled
by a Sea Org member.
b. Failed to take responsibility to see that an Efficiency Expert was
trained for the Guardian Mission, sending the Expert home to "study in
leisure".
4. Vosper is to apply the Enemy formula which is: "Find out who you really
are".
5. He is not to be processed or trained.
6. Anyone connected to him is not to be processed or trained until he or
she has disconnected from him in writing.
Ken Urquhart,
HCO EXEC SEC WW,
[signed]
Convening Authority.
[seal]