Scientology bills itself as a self-improvement movement, but is vague about exactly how this self-improvement is accomplished.

At the highest levels of Scientology's teachings, you learn that you are possessed by the spirits of murdered space aliens who cause mental problems. For a price, Scientology will teach you to make telepathic contact with these spirits and shoo them away. John Travolta, Tom Cruise, and Kirstie Alley have all done the space aliens training.

The best general introduction to the Scientology mindset is Margery Wakefield's heartbreaking book, The Road to Xenu. You can read more about the space aliens at the OT III Scholarship Page.

The most comprehensive anti-Scientology website is www.xenu.net. In case you're wondering: Xenu is the name of the space alien who murdered all those other poor space aliens.

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