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Disconnection (Scientology), the Glossary

Disconnection is the severance of all ties between a Scientologist and a friend, colleague, or family member deemed to be antagonistic towards Scientology.^[1]

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Punishments in religion
Shunning

A Piece of Blue Sky

A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed is a 1990 book about L.nbspRon Hubbard and the development of Dianetics and Scientology, authored by British former Scientologist Jon Atack.

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Advanced Ability Center

The Advanced Ability Center was a breakaway organization from the Church of Scientology established by former Scientologist David Mayo after he left the Church in February 1983 – a time when most of Scientology's upper and middle management was removed following the formation of the Religious Technology Center (RTC) and RTC head David Miscavige's restructuring of the church.

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Ali's Smile

Ali's Smile: Naked Scientology is a collection of essays and a short story by American Beat writer William S. Burroughs (1914–1997).

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC.

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Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that each last from days to weeks.

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Blown for Good

Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology is a 2009 memoir written by former Scientologist Marc Headley about his 15 years working for the Church of Scientology, starting at age 16.

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Church membership council

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a church membership council (formerly called a disciplinary council) is an ecclesiastical event during which a church member's status is considered, typically for alleged violations of church standards. Disconnection (Scientology) and church membership council are Punishments in religion.

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Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology is a group of interconnected corporate entities and other organizations devoted to the practice, administration and dissemination of Scientology, which is variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religious movement.

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Church of Spiritual Technology

The Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) is a California 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, incorporated in 1982, which owns all the copyrights of the estate of L. Ron Hubbard and licenses their use.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Cyril Vosper

Cyril Ronald Vosper (7 June 1935 – 4 May 2004) was an anti-cult leader, former Scientologist and later a critic of Scientology, deprogrammer, and spokesperson on men's health.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London.

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David Miscavige

David Miscavige (born April 30, 1960) is the second and current leader of the Church of Scientology.

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Dumbleton–Powles Report

The Dumbleton–Powles Report is a report on Scientology prepared for the government of New Zealand by E.V. Dumbleton and Sir Guy Richardson Powles, and published on 30 June 1969. Disconnection (Scientology) and Dumbleton–Powles Report are Scientology-related controversies.

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Excommunication

Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in communion with other members of the congregation, and of receiving the sacraments. Disconnection (Scientology) and Excommunication are Punishments in religion.

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Exscientologykids.com

Exscientologykids.com is a website launched in 2008 by Kendra Wiseman, Astra Woodcraft and Jenna Miscavige Hill.

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Fair game (Scientology)

The term fair game is used to describe policies and practices carried out by the Church of Scientology towards people and groups it perceives as its enemies. Disconnection (Scientology) and fair game (Scientology) are Scientology beliefs and practices and Scientology-related controversies.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Foster Report

The Foster Report is a 1971 report titled Enquiry into the Practice and Effects of Scientology, written by Sir John Foster for the government of the United Kingdom, regarding the Church of Scientology. Disconnection (Scientology) and Foster Report are Scientology-related controversies.

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Fuller Theological Seminary

Fuller Theological Seminary is a non-denominational / multi-denominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States.

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Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, (16 April 1924 – 11 August 2010) was a British Conservative politician.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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J. Gordon Melton

John Gordon Melton (born September 19, 1942) is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently the Distinguished Professor of American Religious History with the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he resides.

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Jason Beghe

Jason Deneen Beghe (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.

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Jehovah's Witnesses congregational discipline

Jehovah's Witnesses employ various levels of congregational discipline as formal controls administered by congregation elders.

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Jenna Miscavige Hill

Jenna Miscavige Hill (born February 1, 1984) is an American former Scientologist.

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Jessica Feshbach

Jessica Feshbach, also known as Jessica Feshbach Rodriguez and Jessica Davis (born December 18, 1975), is an American former official within the Church of Scientology organization.

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Joe Boyd

Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer and writer.

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John Latey (judge)

Sir John Brinsmead Latey, MBE (7 March 1914 – 24 April 1999) was a British judge.

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KTMY

KTMY (107.1 FM) is an entertainment-oriented talk radio station, serving the Twin Cities as well as portions of West Central Wisconsin.

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L. Ron Hubbard

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author and the founder of Scientology.

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Lawrence Wollersheim

Lawrence Dominick Wollersheim is an American former Scientologist.

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Leah Remini

Leah Marie Remini (born June 15, 1970) is an American actress.

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List of Scientology security checks

In Scientology, the security check (or sec check) is an interrogation technique put into practice by founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1960. Disconnection (Scientology) and List of Scientology security checks are Scientology beliefs and practices.

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Los Angeles Free Press

The Los Angeles Free Press, also called the "Freep", is often cited as the first, and certainly was the largest, of the underground newspapers of the 1960s.

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Lyle Stuart

Lyle Stuart (born Lionel Simon; August 11, 1922June 24, 2006) was an American author and independent publisher of controversial books.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Panorama (British TV programme)

Panorama is a British current affairs documentary programme broadcast on the BBC.

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Paul Haggis

Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Roy Wallis

Roy Wallis (1945–1990) was a sociologist and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the Queen's University Belfast. Disconnection (Scientology) and Roy Wallis are Scientology-related controversies.

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Saint Hill Manor

Saint Hill Manor is a Grade II listed country house at Saint Hill Green, near East Grinstead in West Sussex, England.

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Scientology

Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement.

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Scientology and Me

Scientology and Me is a television documentary first broadcast on 14 May 2007 as part of the BBC's Panorama series. Disconnection (Scientology) and Scientology and Me are Scientology-related controversies.

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Scientology ethics and justice

Scientology ethics and justice are a collection of policies and procedures by L. Ron Hubbard and used by the Church of Scientology. Disconnection (Scientology) and Scientology ethics and justice are Scientology beliefs and practices.

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Shunning

Shunning can be the act of social rejection, or emotional distance. Disconnection (Scientology) and Shunning are Punishments in religion.

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Stephen A. Kent

Stephen A. Kent is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Suppressive person

Suppressive person, often abbreviated SP, is a term used in Scientology to describe the "antisocial personalities" who, according to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard, make up about 2.5% of the population. Disconnection (Scientology) and Suppressive person are Scientology beliefs and practices and Scientology-related controversies.

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Tampa Bay Times

The Tampa Bay Times, called the St.

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The Bridge to Total Freedom

The Bridge to Total Freedom, also known as the Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart, is Scientology's primary action plan and road map to guide a person through the sequential steps to attain Scientology's concept of spiritual freedom. Disconnection (Scientology) and the Bridge to Total Freedom are Scientology beliefs and practices.

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The Buffalo News

The Buffalo News is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, located in downtown Buffalo, New York.

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The Incredible String Band

The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) were a British psychedelic folk band formed by Clive Palmer, Robin Williamson and Mike Heron in Edinburgh in 1966.

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The Mail on Sunday

The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, published in a tabloid format.

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The Mind Benders (Vosper book)

The Mind Benders was written by Cyril Vosper, a Scientologist of 14 years who had become disillusioned, Published in 1971 (hardback, Neville Spearman) and reprinted in 1973 (softcover, Mayflower), it was the first book on Scientology to be written by an ex-member and the first critical book on Scientology to be published (narrowly beating Inside Scientology by Robert Kaufman).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disconnection_(Scientology)

Also known as Disconnection policy.

, Scientology ethics and justice, Shunning, Stephen A. Kent, Suppressive person, Tampa Bay Times, The Bridge to Total Freedom, The Buffalo News, The Incredible String Band, The Mail on Sunday, The Mind Benders (Vosper book), The Times, The Village Voice, Tommy Davis (Scientology), Tory Christman, Tower Publications, University of Alberta, Washington University in St. Louis, William S. Burroughs.

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See also

Punishments in religion

Shunning

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