Scientology Offshoots
Scientology, L Ron Hubbard's research record, has spawned many offshoots and derivative methodologies and practices.
NOTE: Offshoots are considered something OTHER than Scientology, as they were not developed by L. Ron Hubbard, and they have never been practiced in any Scientology Church.
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Avatar Course[edit | edit source]
The Avatar Course was created by a former Scientology mission holder named Harry Palmer.
They offer various levels of personal development which are loosely related to the Scientology levels.
"From a 1991 issue of the Avatar Journal, company literature and associated websites started portraying Harry Palmer (born April 3, 1944) as an Educational Psychologist, including claims that he received a master's in educational psychology from Elmira College (or alternatively that he majored in Educational Psychology). In his book Living Deliberately, Palmer claims to have majored in Educational Psychology as part of the Triplum Program at Ithaca College. In fact, he received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Ithaca College in 1969 and a master's in education from Elmira College in 1971, and gained certification to teach English in secondary schools. Neither Ithaca College nor Elmira College ever offered a major or minor course of study in Educational Psychology; and Educational Psychology never formed part of the Ithaca Plan (Triplum Program).
The Florida Department of Health investigated the academic credentials of Harry Palmer in 2005/2006. The Department found that he used the term "psychologist" illegally and made him sign a cease-and-desist agreement.
The biography on Palmer's website at this time calls him a "lifelong educator" though he was only a teacher between 1969 and 1972, which is consistent with previous biographies published by his company."[1]
Deep Clearing[edit | edit source]
See the reference below. [2]
Dianology/Eductivism[edit | edit source]
Jack Horner created an offshoot group after leaving the church in the late 60's - "So we spent a lot of time researching names again and I found a verb in the dictionary which was to “educe”. To educe means to draw out the potential of, or uncover that which is hidden. So from that I coined the word “Eductivism”, which means the practice of bringing out the potential of or uncovering that which is hidden. And the term “eductor”, which means one who helps somebody develop his potential or uncover that which is hidden, and the term “eductee”, meaning one who is doing that. And this name at least is a clearly differentiated name from Scientology and Dianetics."[3]
EST/Landmark Worldwide/The Forum[edit | edit source]
Other influences included Dale Carnegie, Subud, Scientology and Mind Dynamics.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Worldwide
Excalibur[edit | edit source]
Developed by Bill Robertson
In 1981 when all went so wrong and David Miscavige began the take over of the church – with the help of some intelligence or IRS or whatever organizations – Captain Bill left the church. First he wanted to establish a Freezone in California and US in general but got no support.
He came to Europe where he got enough people and established the Freezone and Ron's Org. By the way, Ron's Org stands for Ron's Organization and Network for Standard technology (note the capital letters.)
Excalibur is part of the upper bridge as delivered in RO's today.
Idenics[edit | edit source]
Knowledgism[edit | edit source]
Alan Walter's developments after leaving Scientology as one the the highest trained persons it ever produced.[5] Roger Boswarva set up the http://knowledgism-practice-group.org where all of the Knowledgism materials developed by Alan and him are available.
Lafayette Hubbard (Justin Craig)[edit | edit source]
Justin legally changed his name to Lafayette Hubbard and close associates call him "Ron" because he claims to be the returned or reincarnated L Ron Hubbard.
Brian Cox interviewed him in April 2018 so people could see him for themselves and make their own determination about his credibility.
In 2019 Brian posted a response to Justin's statements about physics and physical laws. here
Tony Ortega exposed the fact Justin is a felon shortly after our video went online - here
Lifespring[edit | edit source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifespring
Remote Viewing[edit | edit source]
"Remote Viewing" is a term coined by Scientologist and OT VII Ingo Swann who, along with another OT VII Hal Puthoff created the first Remote Viewing experiments at Stanford Research Institute.
That CIA funded research evolved and became known as Technical Remote Viewing and Coordinate Remote Viewing.
The original research proved conclusively that L Ron Hubbard's discoveries and methodologies, as delivered by the "Church" of Scientology at the time, were capable of developing and extending human capabilities into the realm of what is commonly considered "paranormal".
Self Clearing[edit | edit source]
Self Clearing by The Pilot put forth by Ken Ogger (The "Pilot") "has many procedures based on Scientology theory for 'do it yourself' improving of a persons condition and abilities."[6]
Spiritual Rescue Technology[edit | edit source]
Therapeutic Spiritual Counseling[edit | edit source]
Dex Gelfand's offshoot applications.
TIR[edit | edit source]
http://tira.info/about-tir.html
TROM[edit | edit source]
"In 1978 Dennis Stephens developed a self-help therapy for mental healing. That technique was published in the public domain in his book "The Resolution of Mind a Games Manual" also known as TROM."
TROM stands for "The Resolution of Mind". Through the study and practice of TROM, you’ll get “into the now”, in touch with the present, no longer stuck in the past. Emotionally charged memories diminish into ones that you can calmly recall. The guilt over one’s misdeeds and the anger over what others have done fades away. And the inner conflicts- the arguments one has with himself-- are settled.
What makes TROM stand out from the other "Scientology Alternatives" is that Dennis Stephens, in his research on how to resolve one's mental and spiritual condition working by oneself, was doing so in an effort to help Hubbard and his Church, not to rival him or it. However, since at the time of his writing The Resolution of Mind a Games Manual Hubbard could not be reached, Dennis released TROM as a stand-alone subject.
Dennis' book had a reputation for being "confusing and incomplete". This is mainly because 1) Dennis was a researcher, not a writer. He did not have an editor, publisher or book promoter to properly prepare and promote his work. The book was arranged with the most difficult theory first, only followed later on with the easier-to-perform initial exercises. The book could also only really be understood by those with a background in Scientology. Though later on in the early 21st century, his materials surfaced online, they surfaced with the same issues the original work had, and some even created 'revised and enhanced' editions which in fact made the work even more confusing. A good example of this is the Amazon-Published edition edited by Pete McLaughlin, poorly formatted, riddled with typos, that had introductory chapters added to it that could only be understood by those who knew Scientology, and ironically enough, TROM as well. 2) In the 1990s Dennis also recorded 'lectures' on cassette which were actually correspondence between him and friends that were interested in TROM, answering questions about the original manual and getting into more advanced aspects of his subject. Unfortunately, the clarifications were not woven into the original manual as they should have been.
Despite this, there are those who've been able to figure it all out and practice TROM. One such entity, DIY Salvation, started a YouTube channel in November of 2022 with explanatory and demonstration videos that allowed the public, Ex-Scientologist and layman alike, to have access to TROM.
DIY Salvation put together a version of the original manual, changing the order of chapters so they would start with fundamentals first then graduate to more advanced theory. They added in data from the 1990s lectures that was crucial to understanding the text, layman-friendly explanatory notes and a comprehensive glossary. And on top of that, fully illustrated the work. They did this in such a way as to make sure every word of the original text was still present, just re-arranged and properly explained. The new edition of the book as well as links to the videos can all be found at BetterTROM.com .
New home page (2022): https://tromworld.wordpress.com
2023 tromhelp.org (replaces tromhelp.com which was "pirated" when not paid for, the original site with all old links good as long as you change '.com' to '.org')
2024: In order to provide accurate materials and better study help for TROM, BetterTROM.com launched on June 27, 2024.
NEW! YouTube Channel for TROM instructional videos: DIY Salvation - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9RvtCtS2E
NEW! TROM 2023 revised edition with annotations, illustrations & full glossary: https://github.com/ResolutionOfTheMind/TROM/blob/master/TROM%202023/TROM%202023.pdf
references[edit | edit source]
- ^ Wikipedia
- ^ Rolf Dane discussion re DEEP's connection to Scientology
- ^ Dianology & Eductivism
- ^ Bartley, William Warren, Werner Erhard: the transformation of a man: the founding of est. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. 1978. ISBN 0-517-53502-5, pp. 144–148.
- ^ Knowledgism info
- ^ Self Clearing by The Pilot