Operating Thetan (OT) levels promised godlike powers: telekinesis, memory of trillion-year-old traumas from intergalactic warlords. The materials, however, were different. Behind a locked door in a “confidential” vault, she was handed a folder labeled “OT III.” The first page warned: If you read this and haven’t completed the prerequisites, you will die of pneumonia or commit suicide in 30 days.
First, she stopped paying for auditing. Within a week, a “Security Check” — a humiliating interrogative session — was demanded. She refused. Then came the “Ethics” interview: “Are you looking at forbidden data?” She lied and said no. Searching for- going clear scientology and the ...
Karen laughed. Then she looked around the silent room. No one else was laughing. This is insane , she thought. But she had paid $200,000. Her friends were all Scientologists. Her family had been declared “SPs.” To leave meant losing everything. First, she stopped paying for auditing
The phone rang. Her mother, who had also joined Scientology years after Karen, said: “The church told me to disconnect from you. So I can’t talk to you anymore. Goodbye.” Click. Then came the “Ethics” interview: “Are you looking