Scientology's latest price list: How much will it cost you to fly, space cadet?
We want to thank the reader who sent us the first Scientology price list we’ve seen in a while, and even better, it’s from the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida, where Scientologists from around the world come for pricey upper-level stuff they can’t get anywhere else.
We’ve talked to plenty of ex-Scientologists who tell us what a hassle it is to go to Flag, because you not only will be paying for weeks and weeks of “processing” and interrogations, but also for accommodations to stay there.
Fortunately, our reader passed on along price lists for both processing and lodging! Let’s see how much you’re going to spend while you’re getting your thetan lubed, or whatever.
First off, the price list announces that an “intensive” of auditing at Flag is going to run you $5,000. That’s twice what you would pay at a local org back home, according to a price list we posted in 2017.
An “intensive” is 12.5 hours of auditing, and it can take quite a few to get a particular auditing level done. According to another price list we posted in 2021, Scientologists are told to figure they will pay for two intensives a week, and levels can take weeks or months.
But never fear, you get discounts for buying multiple intensives! Here is the breakdown from the price list…
So calm down, pilgrim. It might cost $5,000 for an intensive, but once you buy a dozen of them, the price is down to $3,750 each! And as Techie points out, the auditing is only the beginning…
The auditing rates for the actual levels and so on are just the tip of the iceberg. If anything goes wrong, you pay those rates to get it "repaired". At that point it is an open-ended proposition. No one knows how many hours it will take. You can't leave the Flag Land Base until it is done. It is done when they say it is done.
I have heard of people that spent months at Flag trapped in this cycle, paying top rates for rooms and food, stuck in a doom loop. Meanwhile they are unable to work in some cases, just piling on debt.
It's great for the statistics of the Flag Land Base. Money for nothing in large amounts, to mix two popular songs. Dave also takes that as one of his statistics, money in or some such. No place on Earth takes in more money for less results than Flag. At a casino at least you get to be dazzled by the flashing lights as you piss your money away. And the buffet is free!
Here again is that list of how much time levels are likely to take that we posted in 2021:
At two intensives a week, you can see how much things are going to add up during your Flag stay.
And how about a hotel room, space cadet!
Our tipster suggested that these prices seemed discounted, but it’s hard for us to judge. Some of the ex-Scientologists and Florida residents in our audience can let us know what they think about these prices.
At least the places look nice, which is some consolation when you’re stuck there for weeks doing a False Purpose Rundown and trying to convince the young auditors there that you aren’t a secret FBI agent or (even worse) a news reporter so you can get on with your OT self.
Hip, hip, hooray!
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Price lists! Quantity discounts!! So religious!!!
No wonder that the SCOTUS found that the criminal organisation known as the "church" of $cientology is a for-profit business.
𝘚𝘜𝘗𝘙𝘌𝘔𝘌 𝘊𝘖𝘜𝘙𝘛 𝘙𝘜𝘓𝘌𝘚 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘗𝘈𝘠𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚 𝘛𝘖 𝘊𝘏𝘜𝘙𝘊𝘏 𝘖𝘍 𝘚𝘊𝘐𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘖𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠 𝘍𝘖𝘙 '𝘈𝘜𝘋𝘐𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎' 𝘚𝘌𝘙𝘝𝘐𝘊𝘌𝘚 𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘋𝘌𝘋𝘜𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘉𝘓𝘌
https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/court-documents/court-opinions-and-orders/supreme-court-rules-that-payments-to-church-of-scientology-for/1kvk0
Of course, OT 3 is a solo level, so you only pay for the Case Supervising. Not per hour for the auditing.
The auditing rates for the actual levels and so on are just the tip of the iceberg. If anything goes wrong, you pay those rates to get it "repaired". At that point it is an open-ended proposition. No one knows how many hours it will take. You can't leave the Flag Land Base until it is done. It is done when they say it is done.
I have heard of people that spent months at Flag trapped in this cycle, paying top rates for rooms and food, stuck in a doom loop. Meanwhile they are unable to work in some cases, just piling on debt.
It's great for the statistics of the Flag Land Base. Money for nothing in large amounts, to mix two popular songs. Dave also takes that as one of his statistics, money in or some such. No place on Earth takes in more money for less results than Flag. At a casino at least you get to be dazzled by the flashing lights as you piss your money away. And the buffet is free!