6/27/2023 0 Comments Clean Room, Vol. 1 by Gail Simone![]() ![]() Gail Simone begins with an origin tale that immediately grabs my attention, in some ways, because it positions the villain of the piece as another victim. Replace fortune with sanity and Dianetics with An Honest World and you have the makings of Clean Room. What never goes away, though, is this: why? Why do people - seemingly smart, educated, privileged people - buy into it? What does something like the Church of Scientology offer that is so compelling that it would legitimize submission to a hazy-at-best faith? What could provoke so many people to hand over their fortunes to a group that won’t even share its secrets unless you buy up to them? Flash forward past a few choice exposes and documentaries, and the mystique behind a religion founded by a science fiction author looking to avoid taxation on his book sales starts falling away. ![]() It used to be, we all wondered what went on behind the scenes in the Church of Scientology. And beneath it all - beneath Mueller’s fancy headquarters, millions of book sales, and legions of followers - is the Clean Room. And she’s going right to the source: Astrid Mueller, author, prophet, and director of the largest new age religion in the world. After a botched suicide attempt, Chloe decides to get even. ![]() Her fiancé, her baby, and her will to live. ![]()
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