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TONY ORTEGA
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[The most recent Dianetics Day crowd, getting their LRH on]
Phil Jones tells us about another thing Scientologists fear: Being called down for a briefing.
If you’ve spent any time in Scientology, you know about briefings. They’re a strange ritual in Scientology. You might get invited to a “special” meeting, sometimes with a group, sometimes alone. It always feels urgent, as if you’re about to learn a great secret that could change everything.
When you’re new, it feels flattering. You think, they picked me for this private meeting, I must be important! But anyone with experience learns quickly, these briefings usually end with a request for money. Yet, they never say that upfront and will deny it if asked.
I learned this lesson again one summer at Saint Hill, Scientology’s U.K. headquarters. I was already suspicious of these briefings because I had attended a few before, but this one took the cake.
A few days prior I had attended an event at Saint Hill. I think it was the May 9th Event, which is to celebrate the release of Dianetics back in 1950 (apparently on May 9th). It was the usual major Scientology event with loud music, cheering crowds, plenty of standing ovations (that always feel mandatory), along with endless speeches about how Scientology was winning around the world. At the event they showed charts with rising statistics, videos of shiny new buildings, and testimonials from people who said their lives had changed. Everyone leaving that event afterwards looked like they were uplifted by the positive vibes.
But just a few days later, someone from the IAS (International Association of Scientologists) approached me and said they wanted to give me a private briefing.
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Phil Jones tells us about another thing Scientologists fear: Being called down for a briefing.
If you’ve spent any time in Scientology, you know about briefings. They’re a strange ritual in Scientology. You might get invited to a “special” meeting, sometimes with a group, sometimes alone. It always feels urgent, as if you’re about to learn a great secret that could change everything.
When you’re new, it feels flattering. You think, they picked me for this private meeting, I must be important! But anyone with experience learns quickly, these briefings usually end with a request for money. Yet, they never say that upfront and will deny it if asked.
I learned this lesson again one summer at Saint Hill, Scientology’s U.K. headquarters. I was already suspicious of these briefings because I had attended a few before, but this one took the cake.
A few days prior I had attended an event at Saint Hill. I think it was the May 9th Event, which is to celebrate the release of Dianetics back in 1950 (apparently on May 9th). It was the usual major Scientology event with loud music, cheering crowds, plenty of standing ovations (that always feel mandatory), along with endless speeches about how Scientology was winning around the world. At the event they showed charts with rising statistics, videos of shiny new buildings, and testimonials from people who said their lives had changed. Everyone leaving that event afterwards looked like they were uplifted by the positive vibes.
But just a few days later, someone from the IAS (International Association of Scientologists) approached me and said they wanted to give me a private briefing.
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Crowd control: Why Scientology members dread being called in for a 'briefing'
Phil Jones tells us about another thing Scientologists fear: Being called down for a briefing.
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