Hubbard makes an interesting distinction between bodies and spirits, claiming that there are races of spirits as different as races of bodies from different planets, and that a kind of mix 'n match is possible, so that the same "family" of beings could wind up in wildly different bodies - or that different "races" of spirits could be inhabiting generically similar bodies.

Anyway, Hubbard claims that we have all been around as immortal beings for incredibly long times, and that there are indeed alien races roaming around out in space, many of whom are aware of us here, and some of whom are involved in our affairs.In particular, some pernicious aliens are here on earth, and have machinery to trap beings as they leave dying bodies.

Once trapped they can be subjected to a program of brainwashing and indoctrination and finally forced amnesia, so that all memories of past lives and between- lives manipulation is erased.

The premise of all this is immortality and reincarnation, Hubbard claims.That coercive, technological civilizations will inevi- tably develop mind - control techniques, because only a mental - spiritual control mechanism is useful and effecient to dominate immortals living in body after body.

Hubbard makes much of "doll bodies" which are small possibly inorganic bodies animated by beings and used, among other purposes, during space flights. He claims that they are also less subject to damage from sudden acceleration.....