Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jerry Velona grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey and had not heard of dianetics or scientology before coming to Boston to study at the Berkeley School of Music. He joined a band with a few scientologists, became interested in dianetics, a keystone of the faith, and joined the church because he believed...
...labelled 'Chapel' and sat down in the dimly-lit room near the Scientology cross. The verticle bar of the cross, according to Velona, symbolizes the "transcendence of spirituality over the world," while the four points at the end of the two bars of the cross represent four of the faith's eight dynamics. These eight dynamics stress the dedication and protection of one's self, of the family, the group, mankind, plants and animals, material objects, other spiritual beings and the "supreme being." According to Velona, the questions of right and wrong and all ethical questions revolve around the eight...
Patrick, of course, is the creator of "deprogramming" for cult converts, and he was on hand also. He works with family members to abduct converts and subject them to nonstop ranting by teams of operatives until they renounce their new faith. Warning that "there is a conspiracy to turn [the U.S.] into a totalitarian state," he stated that he has personally deprogrammed 1,600 people, ranging in age from 13 to 81. In a forthcoming Playboy interview, Patrick includes First Sister Ruth Carter Stapleton, a neoPentecostal "memory healer," on his list of cult leaders who bear watching. Another witness, Author...
Klan revivals are occurring throughout the country. If Duke is as persuasive as he is perverse, he may spread his faith through Winston-Salem. But he is trying to reach the kids informally through the school system. And apart from one or two crackpots, the school board members are good, solid, God-fearing citizens. They don't permit sex education in the schools. It is doubtful they will permit the Klan...
...inaugural issue is mainly no table for the influence of Paris Match, a firm faith in black and white photographs as well as color, and an emphasis on energy and human interest rather than elegance of design. It contains a previously unpublished, 17-year-old interview with Marilyn Monroe and some all too predictable pictures of the likes of Brooke Shields and Princess Caroline (after all, the word cliche means photograph in French). The most dramatic journalistic coup is a picture essay using exclusive photographs taken in Jonestown just before the mass suicide. A colorful jab at conspicuous consumption...