L. Ron Hubbard 2.0 hits on best scheme yet: His own Scientology Sea Org!

It’s been more than three years now that Lafayette Ronald Hubbard — his actual legal name, although we also know him by his original moniker, “Justin Craig” — ended up in a Tennessee jail awaiting trial on numerous serious charges, including several that he’s picked up since he’s been in custody.

Craig had a long criminal record even before he ended up in the Anderson County jail in October 2021, but he had also spent some time in the Pacific Northwest, where he managed to convince a number of “independent Scientologists” (people who practice Scientology outside the official church) that he was the returned L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), the founder of the Dianetics/Scientology movement.

We had an interesting time in 2018 messaging with Craig and revealing how extensive his criminal background was, including prison time in California for some attempted carjackings and a penchant for violent retaliation. He didn’t seem very convincing as the reincarnated Hubbard — he didn’t know what Ron actually called his third and final wife, for example — but to this day there are some indie Scientologists who are convinced that LRH has returned to Earth, and that “Lafayette” has actually improved on Scientology’s “technology” in a new form called “Esperianism.” (He seems to be calling it “Expedited Scientology” now.)

And, believe it or not, some of those ardent followers who are convinced Craig is the returned LRH send him money in jail, month after month.

He communicates with those followers through social media, and we’ve posted a number of his announcements here over the last couple of years. We thought we’d show you the latest, which is pretty remarkable even by Justin Craig’s standards.

Because even though he’s still sitting in jail awaiting trial (his next hearing is on May 12), he’s decided it’s time to form up his own personal navy, just as original Ron did!

TO ALL EXPEDITED SCIENTOLOGISTS: REESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEA ORG

In the coming months we will be reestablishing the SEA ORG and calling all to serve once more. This should not affect public operations and will not be so crazy as to ask people to uproot their current lives. It will mean re-signing contracts and being willing to support me and Scientology to the best of their ability. And the reason I am doing this is simple: BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED WITH THE RELEASE OF THE ESP LEVELS. These are so powerful that it is going to take the best of the best to even run them (let alone deliver them on someone else). There is also the added factor that these have the potential of HARMING one if not done properly: YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY: “DAMAGE SOMEONE SPIRITUALLY.” I will not go into all that now but you get the point. So, we need those who are the best at what we do to get the show on the road. I'll update you more as I figure it out. Love, Ron

L. Ron Hubbard 1.0 took to sea in 1967 after the governments of the US and the UK turned out to be hostile to him. He spent the next eight years running Scientology from a ship that sailed the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Caribbean.

He named the young crew with him the “Sea Organization,” and to this day the most hardcore inner elite of the Church of Scientology sign the Sea Org’s billion-year-contracts, promising to come back lifetime after lifetime in service of Hubbard and the church. Sea Org members work 365 days a year for pennies an hour and can be cut off from their spouses or family members for years.

You’ll notice that Craig seems to be quite aware that his followers know that history and will blanch at the thought of such a commitment. But he reassures them that they won’t have to change their lives — he just wants them to re-sign contracts. (In other words, promise to keep sending him even more money while he sits in the hoosegow.)

This guy never misses a trick.

We do wonder what an indie Scientology Sea Org would look like. We have a feeling our regular commenters can be counted on to dream up quite a few fun ideas about it.

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Bonus items from our tipsters

From Alex Barnes-Ross, another great testimonial from Ron’s home in England, Saint Hill Manor…

A TRUE MIRACLE

When I saw that everything we fight for can slip between our hands, it was time for me to DO MORE, to learn MORE and BE MORE!

The solution came from my FSM who called me from Saint Hill and four days later I was on a plane to change my life! Best decision ever!

Since coming here, I did my OT Preps and then did my OT Eligibility, received False Purpose Rundown and have a complete shift of viewpoints and handled major ruins that I thought I will handle only on New OT V!

Then I completed New OT IV and now, finally as a New OT V completion I can see why we need more OTs.

Session after session, I was becoming MORE and MORE myself and for the first time in my 46 years, the concept of Total Freedom became a reality!

When I was a kid, I knew that I was me, I will wake up very early in the morning, before all my family members and play with my own universe.

I was able to be anything I want, the bees, the trees, the flowers, I was the creator of my world. On New OT V I rehabilitated that ability!

My universe is calmer than ever, my love for my fellow man is increasing daily, while my agreement with the MEST universe is fading away!

I can see clearly that we are the only hope for man. A lot of people are depending on you and me!

So today I can say proudly that I am a product of AOSH UK and soon I will be off to Flag to get onto Solo NOTs!

It is a true miracle and I wish for everyone to follow LRH’s path and experience the endless gains available.

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