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adding to its credibility.
158 “the Empress”: Atack, A Piece of Blue Sky, p. 100, says that Hubbard may also
have called his Guardian Hathor, an Egyptian goddess usually depicted with cow
horns. In the Affirmations, Hubbard explicitly names his Guardian Flavia Julia. He
may have been referring to Flavia Julia Titi, daughter of the Roman Emperor
Titus; or, perhaps more likely, to the Empress Flavia Julia Helena Augustus, also
known as Saint Helen, mother of Constantine the Great, who is credited with
finding the “True Cross.” Jim Dincalci told me that L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., referred to
his father’s Guardian as the source of his automatic writing; also, that Aiwass,
Crowley’s Guardian, was in charge of this sector of the universe.
159 miniature kangaroos: Miller, Bare-Faced Messiah, p. 140.
160 hypnotize Sara’s mother: Sara Elizabeth Hollister (formerly Sara Northrup
Hubbard) tapes, Stephen A. Kent Collection on Alternative Religions.
161 “The organization is clearly schizophrenic”: Judge Paul G. Breckenridge,
Church of Scientology, California, v. Gerald Armstrong.
162 “I went right down”: Hubbard, “The Story of Dianetics and Scientology,” lecture,
Oct. 18, 1958.
163 “I used to sit”: Sue Lindsay, “Book Pulls Hubbard into Public,” Rocky Mountain
News, Feb. 20, 1983.
164 “I cannot imagine how”: Hubbard letter to Veterans Administration, Jan. 27,
1948.
165 “Been amusing myself making”: Hubbard letter to Russell Hays, July 15, 1948.
166 he floats the idea of a book: Ibid.
167 “I got to revolutionize”: Ibid., Aug. 16, 1948.
168 “I was hiding behind”: Hubbard, “The Story of Dianetics and Scientology,”
lecture, Oct. 18, 1958.
169 “I will soon, I hope”: Hubbard letter to Robert Heinlein, Nov. 24, 1948.
170 a Guggenheim grant: Ibid., Sept. 25, 1948.
171 a loan of fifty dollars: Ibid., Feb. 17, 1949.
172 “Golly, I never was”: Ibid., Mar. 3, 1949.
173 “getting case histories”: Ibid.
174 “My hip and stomach”: Ibid., Mar. 8, 1949.
175 It ain’t agin religion”: Ibid., Mar. 31, 1949.
176 “Dammit, the man’s got”: John Campbell letter to Robert Heinlein, July 26,
1949.
177 “deep hypnosis”: Ibid.
178 “I was born”: Ibid., Sept. 15, 1949.