Technological Exorcism, Body Thetans, and Scientology’s Secret Mythology
When applying the category of “mythology” to a contemporary new religious group like the Church of Scientology (CoS), one has to choose from among several different categories of narratives which could be regarded as mythological. If we set aside the body of tales surrounding L. Ron Hubbard, CoS’s f...
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Year: 2016, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-53 |
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