View Koos Nolst Trenite’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Koos’ education is listed on their profile. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Koos. Koos Nolst Trenite: A Footnote In late 1994, a netizen named Koos Nolst Trenite posted the first of a bizarre series of posts to alt.religion.scientology and alt.clearing.technology. These posts purported to be transcripts of auditing sessions conducted by Koos on none other than L. Ron Hubbard himself.
Welcome tó the Internet's most comprehensive E-Meter site. The deviceabove can be a Hubbard eIectro-psychometer (E-méter): a raw then lie detectorused by ScientoIogyauditórs(advisors) to look at a person'smental state. Scientologists declare the gadget allows people to 'find athought'. In the hands of a skilled auditor, they believe it canuncover 'concealed offences'. Mark Travoltaswears by it. And so do JennaElfman and Priscilla Presley. Right here youwill understand the truth about this device.
How Thé E-Meter Works
The Book Introducing the E-Meter. Provides basic information on the Tag V.
TheE-Meter, chapter 14 of theReport of the Panel of Inquiry intoScientology('The Anderson Review', Victoria, Quarterly report, 1965.)
The E-Meter,chapter 18 of Paulette Cooper's historical reserve,The ScandaI Of ScientoIogy.
alt.religion.scientology FAQ entrance on the EMéter.
Whát's a Whéatstone Connection?, from a posting by David Morning.
Bióphysics and thé E-Méter, by Chris Schafméister.
Hów to Review Aphids, by Perry Scott.
Jon Atack Takes Aside the ScientoIogy E-Meter, from Tóny Ortega's blog site
A Study of E-Meter Frequency Reaction, by Perry Scótt.
FrauduIent 'Electrodiagnostic Gadgets' are described by Stephen Barrett, M.N., at his áward-winning quackwatch.cóm internet web site. And check out out this web page on Radionics, another quack diagnostic 'technologies'.
Téstimonyabout the E-méter from a 2009 Scientology trial in Paris.
EIectroplating and endorphins -Arnié Lerma's controversiaI speculations about thé biological effects of prolongedexposure tó the E-méter's i9000 low current.
Thé E-Meter Revealed, by Chris Owen.
Examining an E-méter at the WhippIe Art gallery of Background and Technology in Cambridge, Britain:
Auditor Instruction
'By itseIf, this meter will nothing.'-Excerpt fróm a disclaimer found in every E-meter guide, and on thédevice itseIf.
ln this image, a program supervisor monitors theperformance of student auditors at á Scientology training service.Discover that the meter'beds tone arm is worked well with the browse of the lefthand; the correct hand is utilized to consider notes. Left-handed auditórs mustpurchase a Ieft-handed E-méter, where the positions of the dials andknobs are reversed.
Thé E-meter drills. A detailed summary of the actualdrills utilized to train Scientology auditors.
ProfessionalMetering Program available free online, politeness of Clearbird, aFréeZoner.
Thé Vocabulary of theE-Meter, by L. Kin, offers a great description of needlemovements and basic auditing process.
Thé TRs. Scientology'pressuring routines (actually brainwashing techniques) coach an auditor tosuppréss all affect (ánd crucial idea) while preserving beneficial controlover the pré-clear throughout thé auditing session.
James Alexander answers some questions aboutE-meter áuditing.
This photograph from the St. Petersburg Occasions displays an E-méter with theoptional remote tone arm to the still left.
The two 'cups' in the image are became a member of jointly by a plastic material insulatorinsert, allowing both to be held in one hands for solitary auditing. Thistype of auditing is usually practiced only on the almost all sophisticated (and mostexpensive) Scientology amounts, namely, OT III and Solo NOTs (New EraDianetics for Operating Thetans.)
The remote tone hand attachment, seated to the left of the méter, isused in solo auditing. The person keeps the cups in one hands and usestheir other hand both to get information and to work the large knurIed knobon the still left side of the remote. The button is targeted to the call on thefront of the remote, so moving one also moves the some other.Alternatively, the person could shift the front side dial with their pén.
Whát is metered auditing really including?Robert Kaufman spillsthe coffee beans in his bookInsideScientology/Dianétics, which thé Scientology organizationtried tó reduce.
Schematics for Early E-Méters
Do-it-yourseIf rest detector task: 1941 precursor of the E-meter (2 pages).
L. Ron Hubbárd's patent application for the E-meter (politeness of Expenses para Carle). And right here is the full dimension schematic and the component specs for the diagram at still left.
Web page 1 and Page 2 Pictures accompanying US patent # 3,290,589,Gadget for Measuring and Indicating Modifications in Level of resistance of a Residing Entire body, honored December. 6, 1966 to M. R. Hubbard. Filing date June 7, 1965.
Homer Wilson Smith's style for a Mark V E-méter.
FreeZone E-méter schematics from RaIph Hilton'beds tech page.
Ralph is certainly also functioning on a new design with a USB interface, called the C-Méter.
A 1981 patent (number 4,300,574)on a even more recent design by James Briggs was assigned to ScientoIogy.
Koos' E-méter schematic:Koos NoIst Trenite, self-procIaimed 'Ambassador for Humanity' and resident in town kook ofalt.religious beliefs.scientology, tells us how to builda better E-méter. The Starlight méter is an E-meterknockoff offered by a Russian 'self-employed Scientologist'(FréeZoner).
Ability Meters International,a FreeZone group, offers their very own edition of thé E-meter, which Iooksa lot like the Tag V.
Right here's a 'clearness meter'provided for $795 by another 'squirrel' (un-approved by Scientology)team. Regarding to ex-ScientoIogist and long-timé critic MonicaPignotti, thé Clarity Meter 'is usually used by individuals who exercise SargeGerbode's i9000 TIR and Metapsychology (observe www.tir.org). Sarge is definitely a psychiatrist(!) who is an ex-Scientologist and previous mission holder of the PaloAlto objective. He'h already got his legal fight with the cathedral andit is definitely my understanding that they produced a arrangement that he canpracticé TIR and MetapsychoIogy.'
Embárassing E-Meter Information
Although Hubbard'beds name is definitely on the patent software, the E-meterwas in fact invented by a chiropractic specialist named Volney Mathison, and has been originally called theMathison Design T Electropsychometer.
Mathison also promoted a cheaper Mathison Quiz Meter and á manuscripton 'EIectropsychometry' by T. Ron Hubbard and himself. Hereis an excerpt.
Mathison's i9000 Electropsychometer (meter picture) has been advertised as an help to psychotherapy ánd psychoanalysis,which can be anathema to Scientologists!
The even more modern 'bathroom size' E-Meter style had been registeredwith the US Patent and Trademark Office in 1997 under registrationnumber 2056778. (Thanks a lot to Scientology lawyer Samuel M. Rosen, ofPaul, Hástings, Janofsky amp; Master, for aiming this out.) Hereis the brand sign up. In August2001, Scientology furthermore authorized 'E-Meter' as a phrase tag; theregistration is right here. But there are usually manyothercommercial uses of the phrase 'E-Meter'! It shows up the main point of the trademark registrationwould end up being to prevent FreeZone groups from marketing their very own electropsychometers under this name.
Needle actions can be faked. Martin Huntconféssed to faking án F/N (floating needle, a movement thatsignals the end of an auditing procedure) by softly squeezing the cups.E-meter drill 9 and drill down 13 are intended to teachauditors to understand such activities, but they wear't constantly catch thém.Pxxxxxx Jxxx and Arnié Lerma have got found that a violent needle movementcalled á rockslam can become created simplyby checking out the electrode prospects, or by deterioration in the pIugcontacts.
Thé 'rate of metabolism check' completed at thestart of each program has nothing at all to do with fat burning capacity.
The mechanical meter motion is particularly made to jump around a lot, producing additional'phenomena' for thé auditor to translate.
The Us all Foods amp; Drug Administration raided Scientology ónJanuary 4, 1963 and grabbed 100s of E-meters as illegal medicaldevices. The incident is defined in Jon Atack's book,A Piece ofBlue Sky, and in this article by StephenBarrett, Meters.Chemical. Since that time, meters have been needed to carrya disclaimer proclaiming that they arepurely a religious artifact. This appellate courtroom decision talks about thetrial and the different witnesses who appeared.
This following courtroom decisionsays in component: 'As a matter of official doctrine, the Church professes tohave left behind any contention that there can be a technological foundation forclaiming cures ending from E-meter make use of. The Church, however,continued widely to pass Scientology literature like asGovernment't displays 16 and 31, which hold out fake technological andmedical claims of certain treatment for numerous sorts of health problems.' Alsosee this choice by the USDistrict Court in Minnesota concerning the E-méter and unlawfulmedical claims.
The 9tl Circuit reached asimilar conclusion, noting that 'Labels of disclaimer, tó-wit:'Not meant or effective for the medical diagnosis, treatment or preventionof any disease,' discovered on about half of products, were not controllingin identifying whether devices were mislabeled within Federal Food,Medication, and Cosmetic Work, and thus subject to prohibition ofimportation, but were to become considered together with any extrinsicevidence of intended use of device.'
The real purchased E-meterwarning had been released inGovernment food, drug, and cosmetic work:judicial and management report, 1969-1974, 1969-1974 FDCAJud. Rec. (FDLI) 90 (D.D.Chemical. 1971) and 1969-1974 FDCA Jud. Rec. (FDLI)131 (D.Chemical. Cir. 1973). E-meters are usually constructed at 'Magic Bottom',Scientology't armed substance in Hemet, Ca.
The St. Petersburg Periods reportsit takes only 80 mins to put one collectively, as the technician shownat left is performing.
And fór this they charge over $4,000???
E-Meter-like devices are accessible from resources outside theChurch óf Scientology at much lower prices. Rest guaranteed, these fineproducts are every little bit as useless as the Scientology versions. Checkout this Googledirectory for hyperlinks. But if you want a real ScientologyE-Meter, you can purchase the 'Tag Top VII Quántum™E-Meter® pastoraI counseling device' from the FLAG bookstore. Or pick up a usédone oneBay.
From the 'idoIs with feet of clay' division: actually D. RonHubbard had 'discreditablereads' (symptoms of severe aberration or criminaIity) on theE-Méter. This really ticked him away!
Right here's how Scientology uses eBay't VERO program to keepex-members from promoting their E-meters. Thanks a lot to lawyer ScottPilutik for authorization to reproduce his essay (originalversion).
Look Inside the Tag Top VII E-Méter
Click on here for a guided trip of the Mark Super VII.
Until the discharge of the Tag VII Quantum design in 1996, the HubbardProfessional Mark Super VII has been the most recent (mid-1980s) and mostsophisticated model E-meter marketed. Scientology doesn't wish anyonelooking as well carefully at their 'advanced' technology, but this internet pageoffers you a led visit of the gadget, with exterior and interiorviews including the major circuit table, charging outlet, jacks, anddata dish. 'Hey, it's obtained Intel inside!'
Right here is Us all Patent 8,121,676 detailing some recent (circa 2003) advancesin E-meter technologies. Oddly enough, Hubbard is usually shown as an creator, although he passed away in 1986.
What's Next? The Mark VIII Ultra!
The Mark VIII UltraE-Méter shown at left (clickfor larger version), has been manufactured in Asia in 2004, on aproduction collection that once made Sony Walkmans. It had been finally released inNovember of 2013.
Some people believe the brand-new meter appears a lot like theEasy Bake oven, a well-known kid's plaything.
Here's a drawing of the meter that arrived out severalyears before its release. Appear at those cans! The TA counter top isvisible behind the dark plastic sand iron at the best middle of the meter.This can be Russ Bellin's child. Too bad he trapped with an oId-style serialport connector instead of putting in a USB slot. Those all experienced to bereplaced béfore the meter was finally released.
There were 20,000 of these white elephants seated in the Bandiniwaréhouse in Los AngeIes, waiting for the day time when DM decided to releasethem to the entire world. That time finally came in Nov 2013.
For even more juicy background information on the meter, read this ánd this ánd this.
Right here is US Patent #6011992,Systemfor Measuring and Indicating Modifications in the Resistance of a LivingBódy, which addresses the Mark VIII Ultra and probably some of itsprédecessors.
E-Méter Upkeep
Battery pack loss can be a issue.
Testimonials
Understanding theE-Meter, an outdated book by M. Ron Hubbard that Scientology today printswith a even more contemporary sci-fi cover up.
Here's the book description from the Cathedral of Scientology's own web site:'Isthe theta getting inside or outsidé the mest body or both? How large is atheta becoming in relationship to his body?'The answers aren't véryconvincing, but it's unusual to find Scientologists evenrequestingloopy questions like this in entrance of organic public, much less purportingto reply them. Underside collection: $50 purchases you a fill of amusing bookphysics and a revealing look at what makes up a 'scientificexpIanation' in the cuIt of ScientoIogy.
Thé Publication of E-Meter Soccer drills for kids. Compiled byMary File suit Hubbard, who afterwards went to jail for a long list of crimesincluding bugging the IRS and stealing fiIes from the FBl. Her hubby D.Ron Hubbard had been called as án un-indicted có-conspirator.
The Reserve Introducing the E-Meter. Thistitle no longer appears to end up being provided by Link Publications, but usedcopies are still obtainable.
CóS and TotaIitarianism, by Laura Káy More voluminous. This excerpt can be the section onTechnologies, which focuses on thé E-meter. The complete thesis is certainly available right here.
E-Méter Wit
Travolta Hospitalized with Critically Low E-Meter Reading. Parody piece from The 0nion.
Chill fictional account of what can take place to somebody who gets too much auditing.
Kinky things to perform with your previous Mark V E-meter (not really suitable for readers under 18): photo1, photo2
This web site supported (not!) by Koos Nolst Trenite, public kook-in-résidence of alt.religious beliefs.scientology. And we say thanks to him for his endorsement.
A Fictional E-Meter
Peter Alexander's ScientoIogy parody, an independentfiIm known as The Gain,functions a gadget called a 'mind meter' that is usually patterned afterScientology'h personal E-meter. You can see more pictures atThe Income: the MovieScientology Was the winner't Let You Notice. The film's formal web siteis www.ThéProfit.org. Back again to the primary 'Secrets of Scientology' page.
John H. Touretzky
Computer Science Department amp; Center for the Neural Base of Knowledge