39 years ago: The eerie Hollywood sendoff for Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

[Karen#1]

TONY ORTEGA
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39 years ago: The eerie Hollywood sendoff for Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

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[David Miscavige, master of ceremonies]

Thirty-nine years ago today, Scientologists in the Los Angeles area were instructed to come to the Hollywood Palladium for a special briefing.
For some of the people who were there that evening and that we’ve talked to, they didn’t recognize the rather diminutive man who came out on stage after several minutes of strange music had played.

It was David Miscavige in his naval Sea Org uniform, there to deliver the shocking news that L. Ron Hubbard, at 74, had decided to leave his body and pursue further “researches” elsewhere.

Hubbard had, in fact, died of a stroke three days earlier, on January 24, 1986. He had been in total seclusion since 1980, and most Scientologists had not seen him for even longer.

We know you’ve probably seen parts or all of the hourlong program that night at the Palladium, when Miscavige, church attorney Earle Cooley, and several other Sea Org figures spoke about Ron.
Two years ago, for the first time we put together a transcript of the entire program, and we thought we’d post it again to mark another anniversary of this remarkable event.

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39 years ago: The eerie Hollywood sendoff for Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

Thirty-nine years ago today, Scientologists in the Los Angeles area were instructed to come to the Hollywood Palladium for a special briefing.

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[I M Dex]

I remember being present at the NY org "event", it was indeed eerie, and in retrospect, this was David Miscavige establishing that he was now at the top of the Scientology food chain, presenting himself as the "source" of the new Scientology world. Using Scientology tactics, he presented an overwhelming confusion to those who had become spiritually trusting, submissive and dependent to Hubbard, and transferred that submissiveness, trust and dependence to himself.

 

[Enthetan]

I was there at the Hollywood event. We were called and told to show up.

The hook was we were told that orgs would be closed so staff could attend, the first time orgs would close.

 

[Lee #28]

I was there also.....

Looking back...first time being at the Palladium in Hollywood.... It really wasn't that large of a venue. I wonder how many people were present ?

WoW....Palladium only has standing room for:



Perhaps it was chosen so Hollywood area Staff could walk to the Event?

Was it aimed more at Staff....than Public?

 

[Enthetan]

I remember being present at the NY org "event", it was indeed eerie, and in retrospect, this was David Miscavige establishing that he was now at the top of the Scientology food chain, presenting himself as the "source" of the new Scientology world. Using Scientology tactics, he presented an overwhelming confusion to those who had become spiritually trusting, submissive and dependent to Hubbard, and transferred that submissiveness, trust and dependence to himself.

Dave was preparing for that moment for a long while. It wasn’t just a sudden, unplanned coup.

Much of the strangeness that RogerB got involved in, I think could be traced to Dave working to systematically rid Scientology of anyone who might stand up to him.

Dave needed to weed out independent opinion leaders, defined as people whose status as opinion leader was not dependent on his post, and thus carried the risk of still being opinion leader even if busted.

Getting rid of independent opinion leaders like the Mission Holders was a big part, as well as prominent people who had worked directly with LRH for years, like Mayo.

 

[HelluvaHoax!]

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