OT Phenomena: Ghost stories that entice Scientology members to pay millions

Here we go again, campers! Our thanks to the reader who sent in the new ‘Advance!’ magazine with its beloved feature, ‘OT Phenomena.’ We can’t get enough of it and we know you can’t either.

For the new folks, here’s our usual introduction to the subject:

As much as Scientology wants the public to think of it as a totally not weird self-help group that offers things like improved communication and business acumen, the reality is much stranger and, frankly, a lot more interesting. What Scientology actually offers is a yearslong pursuit of past-life therapy and other esoteric practices which is supposed to lead to superhuman powers, granted as a church member reaches the “Operating Thetan” auditing levels.

These upper-level secrets are not cheap. But to entice members to keep forking over the big bucks, for decades Advance! magazine has been printing ghost stories — er, totally true and factual accounts — of Scientologists discovering their new supernatural skills obtained while they are going through their OTs.

The magazine calls them ‘OT Phenomena,’ and we always dig it.

Here’s the new batch. As ever, let us know if you think these stories would be enticing enough to convince you to fork over a million dollars or more to reach the upper OT levels.

ALL IN A DAY'S WORK

In my company, there were three employees who had been giving us a hard time. Instead of being supportive of the work we were doing, they were highly critical of it. Their negative attitudes were affecting others, and it was hurting the company.

As an OT, I knew I could solve this, so I decided that the situation would be handled. Soon after, I received an email notifying me that each of these problem employees had resigned of their own accord. At the same time, an employee who had left our company over a year ago — someone we had not wanted to lose — contacted me and said he'd like to come back to work for us. He was back in ARC and just like that, with no effort, the whole situation was handled.

I know with total certainty that these events were absolutely not coincidences. — P.K.

THE KEY TO THE CABIN

My husband's family has a cabin that he used to visit as a kid. He hadn't been there in over 20 years and didn't know exactly where it was, nor did he have a key.

We sometimes talked about tracking it down but never followed through.

While Solo auditing on OT 2, I suddenly had the desire to spend some time in nature and sit around a campfire, and I thought it would be nice to visit the family's cabin, but I didn't get the chance to mention it to my husband. In true OT style, the very next day out of the blue my husband's uncle came by his office to drop off the keys to the cabin and offered to show us around that weekend.

We've since visited and I got to spend some time in the forest, amongst the redwoods. OT postulates are very strong! — S.S.

POSTULATING THE PERFECT TENANT

My husband and I were moving to another town and we needed to rent out our apartment. I didn't want to have to weed through a lot of applicants, but I wanted to find just the right tenant. I was talking to a friend about the steps I needed to take — like figuring out where best to place an ad. A couple of days later, I got a phone call from a person who said, "I heard you had an apartment to rent." We talked for a few minutes and I knew immediately that she was the perfect tenant for my apartment. Life just works out when you're an OT. — M.N.

FOUND IT!

My perceptions have become very sharp recently, so sharp that I don't need my sight, hearing or touch to be aware of things. For example, there have been several times I've been able to find things that other people have lost. On one occasion, a woman in our office couldn't find her phone. She was frantic. She came into my office, where she had been earlier, and asked if I had seen her phone. As soon as she mentioned that it was red, I perceived a red phone in her purse. I had her sit down and with her permission, I reached my hand in her purse and pulled out her phone.

Another time, a friend who works in my building lost his favourite jumper, and after three days looking everywhere, he mentioned it to me. He described the missing jumper, and as he was getting ready to leave the building, I had the idea that it was in a cupboard behind him. I asked him if he had looked there, and he said yes, five times, but he'd check again. He shrugged and walked over, opened the cupboard door and there it was.

I also helped a boy who'd looked all over for his backpack. I "saw" the backpack on the third floor above us and said, "Come with me." We ran up the backstairs and when we opened the door, it was right there on the floor.

It's fun using this theta power to help others! — J.K.

A REFERRAL NAILS IT

While on OT II, my viewpoint and perceptions about myself and life completely changed and I started to discover OT phenomena. For example, one day after auditing, I got the idea that a friend of mine needed a carpenter. Without second-guessing what I perceived, I sent this friend the contact info of a carpenter I knew. My friend got back to me and said, "What a coincidence! I was just looking for a carpenter!" But I knew it wasn't just a coincidence, it was an OT phenomenon. — B.M.

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