r recruitment" (Mallia. "Inside." 3). Once the test has determined the recruit's weakness, the body router then promises to fix it (Mallia. "Inside." 4). Whatever the problem may be, Scientology is made out to be the answer. One of the recruiting policies constructed by Hubbard was to "encourage his followers to enlist celebrities" (Mallia. "Church." 1). With notable Hollywood actors like Tom Cruise, Cruise's wife Nicole Kidman, Kirstie Alley and longtime Scientologist John Travolta, the policy has definitely paid off (Mallia. "Church." 2). Scientology is employed through a series of progressive courses that intertwine with each other. The first step towards spiritual advancement is the "Purification Rundown", which cleanses the individual. This $1,200 detoxification program requires the patient to "drink vegetable oil, take megadoses of vitamins, and sweat in a sauna for several hours a day" (Mallia. "Sacred." 2). A series of courses are then required to reach a spiritual stage called "Clear", which is described as a state of great freedom (Hubbard. What Is. 24). Once this stage has been reached, the science fiction content of Scientology is revealed to its members (Devlin 2). It is at this level that the story of Xenu is encountered (Mallia. "Sacred." 2). It is told that Xenu gathered up the overpopulation of a particular galaxy, brought them to Earth and exterminated them with hydrogen bombs. The souls of these murdered people, called "Body Thetans", are believed to infest the bodies of everyone (Devlin 2). It is taught the Body Thetans "cling to every human body, infecting people with their 5.warped thoughts" (Mallia. "Sacred." 2). Only through hundreds of hours of auditing (Mallia. "Sacred." 2) can the harmful Body Thetans be detached (Devlin 3). Beliefs that were once kept hidden from the public, are surfacing through the Internet and courtroom documents (Mallia. "Sacred." 1). Unveiled by Joseph Mallia of the Boston Herald, Scien...
