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== References == <references> <ref name="atack">{{Cite book |last=Atack |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Atack |title=A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed |title-link=A Piece of Blue Sky |date=1990 |publisher=[[Lyle Stuart|Lyle Stuart Books]] |isbn=081840499X |ol=9429654M}}</ref> <ref name ="Cempa">{{cite web |url=https://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/cst-petrolia-vault.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114073048/https://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/cst-petrolia-vault.html |archive-date=November 14, 2025 |title=Petrolia's New Neighbors - L. Ron Hubbard's followers, the Church of Spiritual Technology |last=Cempa |first=Joe |publisher=North Coast Journal |date=June 1991}}</ref> <ref name="hubbard-sos">{{cite book |title=Science of Survival: Prediction of Human Behavior |first=L. Ron |last=Hubbard |author-link=L. Ron Hubbard |publisher=[[New Era Publications|New Era Publications International ApS]] |isbn=9788779897441 |ol=6803302M |year=2007}}</ref> <ref name="hubbard-techdict">{{cite book |title=Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary |first=L. Ron |last=Hubbard |author-link=L. Ron Hubbard |publisher=[[Church of Scientology]] |isbn=0884040372 |ol=5254386M |year=1975}}</ref> <ref name="lewis-ch4">{{cite book |title=Scientology |title-link=Scientology (Lewis book) |year=2009 |editor-first=James R. |editor-last=Lewis |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |isbn=9780199852321 |ol=16943235M |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |chapter=Making Sense of Scientology: Prophetic, Contractual Religion |pages=83β102 |first=David G. |last=Bromley |author-link=David G. Bromley |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.003.0005}}</ref> <ref name="lewis-ch21">{{cite book |title=Scientology |title-link=Scientology (Lewis book) |year=2009 |editor-first=James R. |editor-last=Lewis |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |isbn=9780199852321 |ol=16943235M |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |chapter=Sources for the Study of Scientology: Presentations and Reflections |pages=411β432 |first=Dorthe Refslund |last=Christensen |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.003.0022}}</ref> <ref name="Melton2000">{{cite book|last=Melton|first=J. Gordon|author-link=J. Gordon Melton|title=The Church of Scientology |publisher=Signature Press|year=2000|location=Salt Lake City|isbn=978-1-56085-139-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/churchofscientol00meltrich/page/32/mode/2up 32] |url=https://archive.org/details/churchofscientol00meltrich/|url-access=registration}}</ref> <ref name="mikkelson">{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp |title=Soul Man |access-date=2007-02-17 |author1=Mikkelson, Barbara |author2=Mikkelson, David P. |date=2003-10-27 |work=[[Snopes]] |quote=MacDougall's ... methodology ... was suspect, {{interp|his}} sample size far too small, and {{interp|his}} ability to measure changes in weight imprecise. For this reason, credence should not be given to the idea his experiments proved something, let alone that they measured the weight of the soul ... His postulations on this topic are a curiosity, but nothing more.}}</ref> <ref name="shelton">{{cite book |title=Scientology: A to Xenu: An Insider's Guide to What Scientology is Really All About |first=Chris |last=Shelton |author-link=Chris Shelton (author) |year=2015 |publisher=GraphicsWerks |isbn=9781522879329 |asin=B019S20FLO |oclc=941804180}}</ref> <ref name="urban">{{cite book|last=Urban|first=Hugh B. |author-link=Hugh Urban |title=The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion |title-link=The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=9780691146089}} [https://archive.org/details/churchofscientol0000urba_a4z1/page/n7/mode/1up (alt)]</ref> </references> {{Scientology}} [[Category:Conceptions of self]] [[Category:Scientology beliefs and practices]] [[Category:1952 introductions]] [[Category:Souls]]
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