Walking along busy Asklipiou street in Exarcheia, you’ll come along a well-lit space that at first glance appears like a store of some sort; taking a closer look you’ll see the sign of ‘Scientology’ beaming out, greekcitytimes.com notes in the following report.
Scientology, which calls itself a religion, created by American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard in 1952, and which is now commonly known to have A’ List supporters such as Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Beck and Issac Hayes, is not new to Greece. The Asklipiou “offices” have only recently been set up, nevertheless, and as Greece’s VICE journalist Theodoris Chondrogiannos reported in a thorough investigation published in the website insiderstory.com, they have also acquired a multi-storey building in the Ambelokipi area worth 2,260.000 euro.
The word Scientology, coined by Hubbard, comes from the Latin word “scio” for profound comprehension and the Greek word “logos”, a definition of the inward thought becoming an outward knowledge. Hubbard first introduced the foundations of this 20th Century religion in the book ‘Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health‘.
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