the master

[rich]

you should read the Lawrence Wright book on Scientology, Going Clear (if
you haven't). yup, black masses and shit with that crowd is all explained
in detail in the book. Parsons comes across as rather pathetic though its
hard not to feel sorry for the guy. Hubbard (big surprise) was just a
monster, a truly awful human being. Wright is actually pretty fair in his
assessments, helped I think by his writings on other cults and  Al Qaeda.

rich


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Robin Landseadel <
robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> I had been excitedly anticipating it since I heard the announcement of its
> production in Tony Ortega's blog on Scientology. I'm gonna bet that the
> inspiration for the Nefastis machine is the E-Meter. In any case, Philip
> Seymore Hoffman's evocation of L. Ron Hubbard is scarily on. People long
> involved with Scientology who knew L.Ron spoke of the uncanny authenticity
> of Hoffman's performance. From what I've read, the deeper one is in the
> cult of Scientology, the more one recognizes the authenticity of the 'tone'
> and practice of Scientology in "The Master.".
>
> By the way, keeping things 'on topic' here, Hubbard's primary spiritual
> influence was the O.T.O., working strange autoerotic spells with Jack
> Parsons and Robert Heinlein. Aleister Crowley thought the lot of them
> asses, Jack Parsons—a rocket scientist?— eventually blew himself up with
> rocket fuel.
>
> Which brings us to Nicky Nookshaft.
>
>
> On Oct 25, 2013, at 6:12 AM, rich wrote:
>
>  I thought Phoenix wonderful in the movie. makes me hopeful for Inherent
>> Vice.
>> rich
>>
>
>  On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Rich Clavey <antizoyd at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> After Rich mentioned it here, I decided to watch it. While I agree that
>> the initial sailor scenes reminded me of Pynchon, especially Freddie in the
>> crow's nest, the rest of the movie made me think more of Pygmalion than
>> Pynchon. Good indictment of Hubbard though...
>> Rich
>>
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