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August 11, 2005 at 09:58 am
[Book Review] The Road To Xenu
I just finished reading The Road To Xenu – A narrative account of life in Scientology (1991). If you’re interested in learning more about the (secret) inner-workings of Scientology and how they use subversive mind-control techniques to lure people into the cult in order to make money, then I highly suggest this free, online book.
The Road To Xenu is the fictionalized, autobiographical account of Margery Wakefield and how she was sucked into the life of Scientology at the age of seventeen. This story is only “fictionalized” for the fact that it not only pulls from Margery’s own experiences, but also a number of experiences had by others who were, at one time, a part of Scientology. The true story of Margery’s life can be found here. A list of all of her writings is here.
While The Road To Xenu could use the eye of a good editor, the story is incredible. Margery was an average, girl-next-door college student in the late 60s who found herself trapped in the “Los Angeles Org” for more than twelve years. During this time, she witnesses everything from physical and emotional abuse to extortion to FBI espionage and murder plots. Eventually, Margery is ostracized (or, “offloaded” in Scientology terms) from the organization altogether for the simple fact that they can’t “fix” her. Later on, Margery would find out that Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard was a lier, a bigamist, and a former protog� of Aleister Crowley, the renowned Satanist.
The Road To Xenu is a swift and ominous tale of why people are enticed by cults and how they sometimes remain part of them for so long. If you don’t know much about Scientology, prepare to be astounded.
Even after leaving the cult, Margery’s journey isn’t over. She still receives harrassing phone calls from current Scientology members. She’s had her house and belongings vandalized. She’s even had to deal with lawsuits and death threats. Now, over twenty years later, Margery is still dealing with mental illness and an inability to keep jobs.
Scientology is only one out of thousands of cults who operate in this manner. If you know anyone who is involved with Scientology (or any other cult), do your best to remain friends with them. Love them and talk with them and pray for them. Remind them of basic life-principles and always offer them a place to come if they need one. Cults are tricky beasts and can usually use what the outside world says and does as fodder to keep their members controlled. Sometimes the worse thing we can do, as friends to those in cults, is try to convince the cult members that they are wrong. But, don’t stop trying. The most effective way to snap someone back into reality is to love them.
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Comments (17)
I’m betting this guy is just using a lie to open a dialog with you… But, maybe that’s just me.
Read the book.
Mary ~ I think that the point!
I can’t really figure out why you commented about it here, though.
But, I’d say that in my experience, “religion” doesn’t actually offer many answers, per se. It might offer the means to better approach answers… I don’t know. I mean, I appreciate a lot of things I have learned from religion, and I hope to learn more, but I don’t know if I would consider anything I’ve learned from religion itself as THE answers — does that make any sense?
And, in my opinion, looking for answers in religion is what gets some people into cults like Scientology. (See, I knew I could tie this tangent into this post!)