Category Archives: Scientology

CoS Flag Building

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Max West

Ahh… CoS is finally unveiling the 377,000 SF “Flag Building” this weekend, where cult members can get ‘superpowers’. I walked around that building last year, took a few photos, and was monitored the whole time I was there.

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CoS: Trementina Base

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Max West

The Daily Mail has awesome new photos of CoS’s Trementina Base, which includes a mile-long landing strip, in case L. Ron Hubbard returns to Earth. MailOnline can today reveal the first close-up pictures of the Church of Scientology’s ‘alien space … Continue reading →

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Shelly Miscavige: Missing Persons Report

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Max West

There’s some movement on the case of Shelly Miscavige, wife of the Scientology cult’s sociopathic leader: After her public break with Scientology last month, Leah Remini has taken action and filed a missing person report for the wife of the … Continue reading →

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Going Clear – Pt. 213

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Max West

For the better part of 20 years now, I’m been absolutely fascinated with the cult of Scientology. This past winter, I read Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear (when will someone make a movie about the events in this book?!), which really … Continue reading →

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After Earth

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Max West

From a sociology of religion perspective, I’ve long been fascinated with Scientology. Ten years ago, I was Room 237-level obsessed with finding the hidden Scientology references in Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky. Travolta’s Battlefield Earth is the most obvious example of … Continue reading →

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Clear Cruising

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Max West

Like Vanilla Sky and Oblivion, Tom Cruise continues to seek cinematic metaphors for Scientology’s bizarre cosmology and self-righteousness. With a $61 million opening weekend overseas on Universal Pictures’ Oblivion, who could blame Tom Cruise for wanting to stay in science fiction mode? … Continue reading →

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