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From a Scientology
compliance report
investigating Manson's possible involvement in Scientology in the
wake of the Tate-LaBianca murders. (These were part of documents
seized by the FBI from the Church of Scientology in 1977 and
subsequently made available through the Freedom of Information act):
After a while, however, Manson
was screaming to get away from his auditor (in Raul's opinion, he'd
been severely over-run or something). He eventually managed to get
put in solitary confinement to get away from his auditor. Eventually
prison officials got suspicious of the groups strange activities and
broke up the group. Subsequently, Raul was released from the prison
in 1965. Raimer's wife was in training here at the L.A. Org in
1965-66; she had disconnected from Raimer. Raul just found out
yesterday that another friend, Marvin White, later sent Manson books
(after the Scientology group was broken up) on hypnotism and black
magic, (reference above)
From HELTER SKELTER:
Although Manson remained
interested in Scientology much longer than he did in any other
subject except music, it appears that like the Dale Carnegie course,
he stuck with it only as long as his enthusiasm lasted, then dropped
it, extracting and retaining a number of phrases (`auditing, 'cease
to exist', 'coming to Now') and some concepts (karma, reincarnation,
etc.) which, perhaps fittingly, Scientology had borrowed in the
first place. (ep. 241)
By August of 1966, with little other
explanation than his constant inability to stick with anything, a
pre-release prison report mentions that
Manson had no further interest in academic or
vocational training; that he was no longer an advocate of
Scientology... (p. 146)
About Scientology being more than a passing
fad but nevertheless dropped later:
I knew...that Manson was an
eclectic, a borrower of ideas. I knew too, both from his prison
records and from my conversations with him, that Manson's
involvement with Scientology had veen more than a passing fad.
Manson told me, as he had Paul Watkins, that he had reached the
highest stage, `beta clear', and no longer had any connection with
or need for Scientology. I was inclined to accept at least the
latter portion of his claim. In my rather extensive investigation, I
found no evidence of any kind that Manson was involved with
Scientology after his release from prison in 1967. (p. 470)
Letter from Bugliosi to the Church of
Scientology - 1971:
This is to advise that our
investigation of the Tate-La Bianca murders has not revealed any
evidence showing that any member of the Church of Scientology
was involved in these murders, nor have we found any evidence that
Charles Manson was a practicing member of the Church of
Scientology at the time of the aforementioned murders.
I hope the above statement will
be of some value to you and your church in the event that anyone in
the future accuses the Church of Scientology of being somehow
involved in these heinous murders."
Thus any attempts to link Manson
and his crimes to Scientology is a sorry and spurious attempt to
create controversy where there is none, as proven here.
Tex Watson's interview referred to above:
I never heard Manson mention
Scientology or The Process Church. He did meet up with a
Scientologist named Crockett, in the desert. Crockett was
instrumental in deprogramming Poston and Watkins, and stood
toe-to-toe with Manson. This was the only mention of Scientology.
I remember them arguing back and forth for hours.
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