Space opera in Scientology
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Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard routinely referred to "space opera" in his teachings, drawing from science-fiction and weaving it into his origins of human history. In his writings, wherein thetans
L. Ron Hubbard in 1950, around when he developed Scientology
A Scientology e-meter, a device for displaying and/or recording the electrodermal activity (EDA) of a human being. The device is used frequently for auditing in Scientology.
Cover of Imagination August 1956 depicting a space opera story
Mike Rinder, a former spokesman of the Church of Scientology, stated that extraterrestrial auditing is merely "a small percent" of Scientology's teachings.
Xenu
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Xenu, also called Xemu, is a figure in the Church of Scientology's confidential upper-level teachings, where he appears in material known as Operating Thetan level III. The Xenu narrative forms part o
Space opera in Scientology
…prior lives, to which Hubbard attributed complex narratives about life throughout the universe. The most controversial of these myths is the story of Xenu, to whom Hubbard attributed responsibility for many of the world's problems. Some space opera doctrines of Scientology are only provided by the Church…
A Douglas DC-8 in 1998. Hubbard described Xenu's spacecraft as resembling DC-8s without their turbofans.
The volcano and fireball on the cover of Dianetics refers to the Xenu story.
Xenu as depicted by Panorama
Xenu as depicted in South Park