Baden-Wurttemberg
State Office for the Protection of the Constitution

The "Scientology Organization" (SO)
as of July 2003

An informal unofficial English translation from cisar.org

English language note. To the extent practical, corresponding original English texts were selected and substituted for German translations from English. Where this was not practical, <angle brackets> indicate back-translation - from English to German back to English. [Comments from American language editor are noted in square brackets and initialed by the editor. Ed.] This version last updated December 30, 2003. This entire booklet consists of six files.

Publisher of German text: Landesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz Baden-Wuerttemberg, Taubenheimstrasse 85A, 70372 Stuttgart

1. Forward by Dr. Helmut Rannacher
2. next
   • 1. The History of the "Scientology Organization" (SO)
   • 2. The "Technology" of L. Ron HUBBARD
   • 3. SO Methods of Operation
   • 3.1 "Auditing"
   • 3.2 The "Hubbard Electrometer" ("E-meter")
   • 3.3 "Security Checks"
   • 3.4 "Drills" and "Training Routines"
   • 3.5 "Wordclearing" - a alteration of thinking
   • 3.6 Ideological Re-education
   • 3.7 Scientology Techniques in the Mirror of Medicine
3. next
   • 4. The Goals of the SO
   • 4.1 Political power claim
   • 4.2 Maximizing Profit: Means to an end
   • 5. A dualistic Worldview
   • 5.1 The Scientology Worldview: A Conspiracy Theory
   • 5.2 Politics from the Scientologists' point of view
   • 6. The "cleared State"
4. next
   • 7. The Scientology System - incompatible with democracy
   • 7.1 Human dignity and Human image
   • 7.1.1 The Scientology Human image
   • 7.1.2. The "Ethics" of the SO
   • 7.1.3 The Worth of an Individual
   • 7.2 The principle of equal treatment before the Basic Law, Article 3
   • 7.2.1 Superior Scientologists, inferior opponents?
   • 7.3. Freedom of opinion according to Article 5 of Basic Law
   • 7.3.2 Dealing with Critics
   • 7.3.3 "Knowledge Reports"
5. next
   • 7.4 Protection of Marriage and Family
   • 7.4.1 "Handling" or Disconnection
   • 7.4.2 Children in the SO
   • 7.5 Democracy and supporting principles of state organization
   • 7.5.1 The Social State principle
   • 7.5.2 Scientology and social state
   • 7.5.3 Disparagement of Democracy
   • 7.5.4 The SO and the constitutional state principle
   • 7.5.5 The SO and the Executive
6. last
   • 8. A new form of political extremism
   • 9. The intelligence service of the "Scientology Organization"
   • 9.1 History and Mission of the SO Intelligence Service
   • 9.2 Overt Information Collection
   • 9.3 Covert Information Collection
   • 9.3.1 Appearance under a guise
   • 9.3.2 "Dust Bin Collection"
   • 9.3.3 Use of private detectives
   • 9.3.4 Observations
   • 9.4 Evaluation of information.
   • 9.5. Defamation campaigns
   • 9.5.1. General
   • 9.5.2 Campaign against Germany
   • 9.5.3 Fabricated "religious persecution"
   • 9.6 Security measures
   • 10. The membership
   • 11. Organizational Structure
   • 11.1 Management of the "church" and "social reform groups"
   • 11.2 The "Sea Org" - a paramilitary outfit
   • 11.3 "WISE" - Spearhead into Politics and Business
   • Summary and Outlook

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