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A body thetan or BT is a concept in Scientology of a disembodied thetan (being) that is stuck in, on, or near a human body. All human bodies are said to be infested by these disembodied thetans, or clusters of them.
A body thetan is a disincarnate thetan who is "stuck" in, on or near a human body, and all human bodies are said to be infested by these disembodied thetans, or clusters of them. This information is not revealed until a Scientologist reaches Section III of the Operating Thetan levels (commonly referred to as "OT III").
The Scientologist is directed to find a cluster of body thetans, address it telepathically as a cluster, and take first the cluster, then each individual member, through Incident II, then Incident I if needed. [9] Hubbard warns that this is a painstaking procedure, and that OT levels IV to VII are necessary to continue dealing with one's body ...
According to Scientology, a person's thetan has existed for trillions of years, [5] having lived countless lifetimes, [13] long before entering a physical body it may now inhabit. [12] In their original form, the thetans were simply energy, separate from the physical universe. [5]
Scientologists believe that thetans can exteriorize; leave their body. [146] The thetan is considered an immortal being who has been reincarnated many times over. [147] Someone who has died is said to have "dropped the body". [148] Scientology refers to the existence of a Supreme Being, but practitioners are not expected to worship it. [149]
Image credits: waywarddaisy The Sea Organization (Sea Org) is known as a group of Scientology ‘s most devoted members who sign symbolic billion-year contracts, pledging loyalty to the Church for ...
Hubbard claimed that thetans were once tricked into following religions, which prevented them from using their own power to create and destroy universes. [ 6 ] : 81–82 The Church claims that an OT is not dependent on the physical universe, and Scientologists who have attained the highest Operating Thetan level claim that they have control ...
Hubbard taught that the thetans brainwashed by Xenu's forces remained on Earth, where the "body thetans", attached to human psyches, contribute to human problems; and that individuals could be freed from these brainwashed thetans and thus attain a type of salvation. [28]