scientology
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- scarabin0
this is my understanding so far...
scientologists assert that 75 million years ago an alien warlord named xenu rounded up the inhabitants of several planets and killed them. he then transported the bodies to earth, where he triggered a series of cataclysmic volcano eruptions which buried the souls of some of them [called 'thetans'] into the bodies of man. these thetans were once all-powerful, but have become so bogged down by the material world that they have lost their abilities. they say thetans are in every one of us, and that by a series of counseling-style sessions called 'audits' performed by a higher ranking member, one can rid himself of these problems and issues that have suppressed us. these are called 'engrams' and are basically bad associations people have with things that make them fear and hate. the initiate seeks to regain his thetan abilities and gain the state of 'clear'.