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Scientology must be thriving in the biggest city in the world, right?
Tony Ortega
Sep 29, 2024
We want to thank the reader who sent in this report. We’re always curious about the state of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s “Ideal Orgs,” his ongoing project that began in 2003 to replace every normal “org” in large cities around the world with gleaming new facilities.
We’ve heard from former church officials that each of these projects require about $20 to $25 million to complete, from the purchase and rehabilitation of buildings to all of the fancy stuff inside, including all the displays that are designed to introduce newcomers to Scientology.
Miscavige promises his followers that when an Ideal Org opens up, it creates a major rush of interest in Scientology that produces “unprecedented expansion.” But instead, when we check back in with these places years later, they seem mostly empty.
If there’s one place that an Ideal Org should be booming, however, it’s in the biggest city in the world, right? Here’s the report we received…
I’m in Tokyo for some work (first time in 20 years) and had a dinner appointment that seemed a five-minute walk from what is now the Tokyo Ideal Org, so I thought I’d walk over beforehand and have a look (from the outside only, now being a long-declared SP).
It’s a large building about a half mile from Shinjuku Station — the busiest in the world at 3.5 million people passing through each day. Here are my observations:
I was hanging out on the sidewalk on a Monday from 5:45 - 6:15 pm which is either when Day courses end or Foundation courses begin. (I can no longer remember which since it’s been so long.)
It’s on a fairly large avenue with lots of vehicle traffic but not much foot traffic.
During this time there were a handful of people coming and going, perhaps 15 to 20 — some staff, some public.
Read more :
tonyortega.substack.com
Tony Ortega
Sep 29, 2024
We want to thank the reader who sent in this report. We’re always curious about the state of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s “Ideal Orgs,” his ongoing project that began in 2003 to replace every normal “org” in large cities around the world with gleaming new facilities.
We’ve heard from former church officials that each of these projects require about $20 to $25 million to complete, from the purchase and rehabilitation of buildings to all of the fancy stuff inside, including all the displays that are designed to introduce newcomers to Scientology.
Miscavige promises his followers that when an Ideal Org opens up, it creates a major rush of interest in Scientology that produces “unprecedented expansion.” But instead, when we check back in with these places years later, they seem mostly empty.
If there’s one place that an Ideal Org should be booming, however, it’s in the biggest city in the world, right? Here’s the report we received…
I’m in Tokyo for some work (first time in 20 years) and had a dinner appointment that seemed a five-minute walk from what is now the Tokyo Ideal Org, so I thought I’d walk over beforehand and have a look (from the outside only, now being a long-declared SP).
It’s a large building about a half mile from Shinjuku Station — the busiest in the world at 3.5 million people passing through each day. Here are my observations:
I was hanging out on the sidewalk on a Monday from 5:45 - 6:15 pm which is either when Day courses end or Foundation courses begin. (I can no longer remember which since it’s been so long.)
It’s on a fairly large avenue with lots of vehicle traffic but not much foot traffic.
During this time there were a handful of people coming and going, perhaps 15 to 20 — some staff, some public.
Read more :
Scientology must be thriving in the biggest city in the world, right?
We want to thank the reader who sent in this report.
tonyortega.substack.com
