This article contends that a number of ecclesiastical and historical centers associated with the Church of Scientology can be considered and analyzed as pilgrimage sites. Although the notion of pilgrimage is not explicitly taken up by Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), his Bridge to Total Freedom is intended to provide church members with a distinct spiritual path leading to the states of Clear and Operating Thetan (ot). In order to walk this spiritual path, individual Scientologists must physically journey to a series of Scientology churches (organizations) where auditing (spiritual counseling) and auditor training levels are delivered in a gradient fashion. In addition, the church has established L. Ron Hubbard Landmark Sites for members (and interested outsiders) to tour key sites in the development of Dianetics and Scientology. These spaces have no direct soteriological value but are educationally and spiritually significant because they allow visitors to "walk in Ron's footsteps" and retrace the Founder's research into the nature of the mind and spirit as later systematized and streamlined in the Bridge to Total Freedom. This article contends that a number of ecclesiastical and historical centers associated with the Church of Scientology can be considered and analyzed as pilgrimage sites. Although the notion of pilgrimage is not explicitly taken up by Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), his Bridge to Total Freedom is intended to provide church members with a distinct spiritual path leading to the states of Clear and Operating Thetan (ot). In order to walk this spiritual path, individual Scientologists must physically journey to a series of Scientology churches (organizations) where auditing (spiritual counseling) and auditor training levels are delivered in a gradient fashion. In addition, the church has established L. Ron Hubbard Landmark Sites for members (and interested outsiders) to tour key sites in the development of Dianetics and Scientology. These spaces have no direct soteriological value but are educationally and spiritually significant because they allow visitors to "walk in Ron's footsteps" and retrace the Founder's research into the nature of the mind and spirit as later systematized and streamlined in the Bridge to Total Freedom.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2016
توصيف ظاهري
71-94
عنوان
Numen
شماره جلد
63/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5276
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Advanced Organizations
اصطلاح موضوعی
Bridge to Total Freedom
اصطلاح موضوعی
Class v Organizations
اصطلاح موضوعی
Clearwater, Florida
اصطلاح موضوعی
Dianetics
اصطلاح موضوعی
Field Auditors
اصطلاح موضوعی
Flag Land Base
اصطلاح موضوعی
Freewinds
اصطلاح موضوعی
L. Ron Hubbard Landmark Sites
اصطلاح موضوعی
Operating Thetan
اصطلاح موضوعی
Pilgrimage
اصطلاح موضوعی
Scientology Missions
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sea Organization
اصطلاح موضوعی
Systematic Theology
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