One of the great scams Hubbard and scientology has engaged in is the “Archives Project.”
The pitch: the scribblings of L. Ron Hubbard are so important to the universe that they must be preserved for all time so when life returns to earth after the inevitable nuclear holocaust has turned it into a wasteland, the “tech” will be there for them to start over again.
To that end, Hubbard designated the bulk of his estate be allocated to an organization that would be created for this purpose. This is the “Church of Spiritual Technology” or CST.
Hubbard’s money could not be transferred to CST until it had tax exemption (he didn’t want any of his “hard earned” cash to end up in the hands of the “tax cruds”) — so from 1986 until 1993 the only money available to get anything done on this project was by way of “fundraising” through ASI (as always, spending “Sea Org Reserve’s” is a no-no). You probably recall the infamous signed artwork and leatherbound books that ASI hawked like maniacs, and they also did straight up fundraising for the “Archives Project” as it was known.
They came up with all sorts of methods of “preserving the tech” — printing all his works on acid free paper, etching them onto stainless steel plates, producing gold coated nickel records. And in June 93 (before the exemption) Miscavige handed out samples to the attendees of the annual Freewinds Maiden Voyage — the highest of the high rollers in scientology. I am sure they raked in a ton of money.
Here are some shots of what was presented.
Along with the materials themselves, nuclear bomb-proof tunnels were constructed to house titanium capsules filled with argon gas, protected by heat shields made of the same material as the tiles on the outside of the space shuttle.
All super “high-tech” and you can see the hype surrounding all of this in the scientology video about this project that is on their website and periodically shown on ScientologyTV.
CST purchased various properties to dig these vaults.
Twin Peaks, (above San Bernadino S. California)
Petrolia, N. California
Tuolumne, central California
Trementina, New Mexico
Strangely, though they are supposedly nuclear-bomb proof, they are NOT earthquake-proof. The California locations are vulnerable, all sitting on or near fault lines. Not good planning.
Each one of these locations also has a residence built for Hubbard’s return. These are not like the symbolic LRH offices in orgs — these are actual homes ready for occupancy (there is of course also a mansion built for him at Gold — “Bonnie View” — and the Creston ranch and a full suite on the front third of the 11th floor of the HGB).
But here is the craziest thing about this.
After they had spent millions, if not tens of millions creating these archival copies and sealing them in the “time capsules” all of the books were REDONE in 1998. They had to re-do the project.
They were all revised again in 2001.
And then again in 2007 (along with all the Basics. Congress and ACC lectures…)
Each time, the project had to be redone.
The Technical Bulletins Volumes were redone in 1991, but they have been withdrawn pending Miscavige redoing them again.
The same with the OEC.
The Key to Life and LOC have been withdrawn.
Each time a new change is made, the earlier editions must be destroyed and new ones created as they MUST have the “most on-Source” versions of the “tech” in their vaults.
Imagine how much time and money has been wasted on this insane program. To preserve all this unworkable and worthless stuff
Yawn says
“To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.”
Saw this reading something this morning and immediately thought of Hubbard.
Karen de la Carriere says
It was a doubel/triple,quadriple scam.
Lots of high donations. All red volumes etc. imprinted on Titanium etc.
THEN
all cancelled as squirrel tech and replaced with Golden Age of Tech so all earlier modules
were worthless.
Any *revised* version makes earlier versions obsolete…..the money and expenditure is wasted.
The donor was suckered in for wasted deceptive nonsense
Bognition says
The idea that those interlocking circles are from the Kool logo is hilarious!
When I think back to when the “new” books came out, I’ll never forget how shocked I was that we were told to throw the old books in the trash. At the time it seemed like a sinister request, and felt even more so when the updates were revealed to be so minor. I got a creeping feeling I was being played. In retrospect I see it was one of the first major dents in my cognitive bias.
The Merkabian says
Just as with the graves of the nobles of ancient Egypt, eventually these will be raided for their metals and the project will come to nothing. Such hubris, and that sense, rather remarkable what a man can do (and recruit others to help him to do) when he is narcissistic enough.
ValR says
Just a reminder, Mike, CST purchased land for a vault in Wyoming too. But we’ve made them backfill the vault after they illegally excavated on property zoned agricultural. We will continue to fight to ensure that Hubbard’s “precious word” is never entombed in our State. The land there is still owned by Scientology under the auspices of CST. Well except for the 2% piece in the center of the land that a Sweeney relative won’t sell. It is all now leased to local ranchers for cattle grazing.
Ms. B. Haven says
OT (off topic) and calling all OTs (the clam kind): I’ve been keeping an eye on hurricane Milton churning away just off the Mexican coast. Milton is currently predicted to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area Wednesday morning. Clearwater could take a direct hit. Will a small group of dedicated OTs be able to steer this storm elsewhere to avoid devastation to the Flag Land Base, the Mecca of Technical perfection and make sure that the vital stats like Gross Income are unaffected on the following Thursday at 2:00? This would make some great headlines for Advance Magazine with some fantastic OT wins being published for all to see. Or, will the OTs just roll over and let Mother Nature take her course and not be at cause over Matter, Energy, Space and Time?
Mike, I hope you and your family ride this one out and stay safe as well as all others who might be affected by this storm.
Yawn says
One of the better examples of ‘bullshit baffles minds’.
It’s all diversionary tactics. Classic, “Trust me, I’ve got this, you’re now part of something big, your contribution is appreciated and will help set mankind free.” Hard sell of the warm and fuzzies. When in fact nothing exists but a scam. It’s just a variant of selling you shares in Brooklyn Bridge or a piece of blue sky.
Also, it’s another severe contradiction in amongst the many contained within Scientology. Remember Hubbard said, “planets and cultures are frail things, they do not endure.” Also, you set mankind free one PC at a time, and make the tech you’re own, and the tech is free, keep it so. But that’s only for Hubbard, we mortals have to part with everything we have, family and all. If his tech actually did what he said it does, we wouldn’t need super expensive vaults of fancy tin discs buried on an earthquake fault line. OTs could just postulate the tech again anywhere at any time. I’m still waiting for a postcard from target 2! Has anyone got one? He’s been there long enough.
aldeboni says
Yeah – but the Golden Age Tech is not the Orginal Work of LRH… all past works are now changed in the sense of OT III – also in regard to BTs… but BTs are not really there… following gives the Golden Age a squirreld way to nowhwere… LRH worked all of his works on his mind…and now it goes on the mind of Davd Miscavige… he errs – and it has no future – no future, because he is wrong… much more wrong as LRH was… The original works of LRH should not be changed… but surely it it is too long as a work about humans… too much controversy statements in his Bulletin and Policy… and, and, and… some logical Failures – especially Ethics…
LoosingMyReligion says
The symbol that includes the two circles that partially overlap with each a rhombus inside, should have a meaning?
It seems made to be seen from above and understood and who knows by whom.
Maybe it is part of an interspatial language that only hubbard knew thanks to his “deep and incredible research” on the whole track.
And it should somehow act as a “body router” for some aberrated alien who passes by or for the Galactic confederacy.
Who knows what story they must have invented about it to extort even more money from the suckers.
Mike Rinder says
I’m sure it has done super significance. Some have said the interlocking circles come from his Kool cigarette boxes. Probably as sensible as whatever significance he placed on the symbol.
LoosingMyReligion says
Thanks Mike. It is true that it is identical to the Kool logo. Other symbols with a meaning found online are not identical. He must have had a pack of cigarettes in front of him and simply copied it and added two diamonds.
ValR says
That’s probably as close to the truth as anything. He really wasn’t that creative. He wrote OT III in New Jersey. Teaneck was close by. Earth became Teegeack. Not a lot of brainpower there.
Mockingbird says
I was astonished when I found out the symbol for CST was The Kool cigarettes logo.
As we move out of Hubbard’s web of lies we tend to inevitably discover that Lafayette Hubbard was a big believer in symbols.
He took the Dianetics symbol, The word Dianetics, The Scientology S and double triangle, The Sea Org symbol, the Rosy Cross, and many other ideas and symbols from the occult.
In his affirmations we find he was concerned with symbols and saw his guardian spirit, the redheaded woman, Diana throughout his life and named Dianetics after her as well as a ship he had.
To see that the symbol for CST is the Kool cigarettes logo shows that his values are a sort of farce.
He had his followers suffer, hate themselves, leave their families, give up their dreams and carry out abuses and crimes and endure abuses and crimes for his false futures, aka empty promises.
He simultaneously showed belief in the mystical for himself and a fate as slaves for men and for women? That he could use their bodies as he liked and face no consequences for these obscene acts.
Scientology would be funny, if so many people had not suffered so much, and many are still suffering for the lies and delusions of a cruel and sick mind.
Splunk says
Looks like a pair of breasts to me.
Ms. B. Haven says
I would bet that your average rank and file scientologist doesn’t have a clue as to where these vaults are located. Probably most whales don’t know where they are either. If that’s the case, how in the hell are scientologists going to make their way to these nuke proof containers to access the sacred words of Hubbard so they will be able to apply them to their lives and live out their days on the front porch of eternity after the apocalypse?
Miss Dutch says
The mental image that immediately comes to my mind is that of some kind of rodent (hamster, squirrel, guinea pig) going round and round on a wheel. Constantly working, achieving nothing.
Glenn says
Hubbard was pretty nuts.
Diminutive Maggot is completely INSANE.
All will be running down to the garbage bin soon.
Oh yeah, that’s exactly where it belongs.
Hip, hip, hurrah. X3