Excalibur Revisited

Excalibur Revisited
Author	Geoffrey C. Filbert
Type of Article	Category:Books about Scientology

NOTE: This article discusses an offshoot. Offshoots are considered something OTHER than Scientology, as they were not developed by L. Ron Hubbard, and they have never been practiced in any Scientology Church.

This 800 page book, containing much of Scientology and commands for the majority of Scientology processes of the time including confidential levels, could be described as revolutionary for its time. It was released in 1982, at the very beginning of the large breakout from the rule of the Church of Scientology, and before Internet came into wide use.

Excalibur Revisited Reviewed by Peter Schön

[This article was written in 1987 and published in IVy 6, page 24, May 1992[[1]] ]

There are many approaches to Scientology, many attitudes to Scientology. What one learns about Scientology will be heavily influenced by the approach and attitude he takes towards Scientology. In various places and times, Scientology is considered a business, a con game, a system of therapy, a brainwashing technique, a religion, a philosophical subject. In the middle class world of today, ...

[Three paragraphs of preamble omitted – find them at http://articles.ivymag.org/pdf/ivy06.pdf page 24]

Front of original book.

There is a book which is not included in the official material of Scientology in the Church, but on the other hand not challenged by the Church of Scientology in the courts. This book is difficult, but not impossible to find, and it is not forbidden to Free Zone Scientologists. It is slightly over 800 pages long in typescript form on A4 paper. This book purports to contain the whole of the essential knowledge of Scientology and the minimum information necessary to deliver the complete Dianetics1. DIA (Greek) through, NOUS (Greek) mind, deals with a system of mental image pictures in relation to psychic (spiritual) trauma. The mental image pictures are believed on the basis of personal revelation to be comprising mental activity created and formed by the spirit, and not by the body or brain. (BPL 24 Sept 73 V) 2. Dn addresses the body. Thus Dn is used to knock out and erase illnesses, unwanted sensations, misemotion, somatics, pain, etc. Dn came before Scn. It disposed of body illness and the difficulties a thetan was having with his body. (HCOB 22 Apr 69)...more and Scientology bridge. The entirety of the Scientology literature is listed as strongly recommended reading, the author recommends the Tech Dictionary while at the same time taking no chances and providing his own list of terms and definitions for the reader, and for the reader to use with his preclear1. a person who, through Scientology processing, is finding out more about himself and life. (The Phoenix Lectures, p. 20) 2. a spiritual being who is now on the road to becoming Clear, hence preclear. (HCOB 5 Apr 69) 3. one who is discovering things about himself and who is becoming clearer. (HCO PL 21 Aug 63) ''Abbr.'' PC, should the reader actually take up auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975). There are subtle differences in some of these definitions but most are the same. The book is not opposed to source material. It is also aligned and organised around the bridge.

The title of the book is Excalibur Revisited and to all who know the definition and usage of the term “Excalibur” in Scientology, this will reveal an accurate concept of the book’s technical aspect and general direction. The full title adds The Akashic Book of Truth; for those who are aware of the Akashic record, this reveals the overall concept of the book. For those who are not aware of the Akashic record, it is explained in the book.

As the title divides neatly into two parts, so does the book. Excalibur is defined in the Tech Dictionary as an “unpublished book written in the 30’s ... most of which has been released in HCOBs, PLs and books.” Half of the 800 pages of Excalibur Revisited are devoted to Dianetics1. DIA (Greek) through, NOUS (Greek) mind, deals with a system of mental image pictures in relation to psychic (spiritual) trauma. The mental image pictures are believed on the basis of personal revelation to be comprising mental activity created and formed by the spirit, and not by the body or brain. (BPL 24 Sept 73 V) 2. Dn addresses the body. Thus Dn is used to knock out and erase illnesses, unwanted sensations, misemotion, somatics, pain, etc. Dn came before Scn. It disposed of body illness and the difficulties a thetan was having with his body. (HCOB 22 Apr 69)...more and Scientology technologyThe methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65) ''Abbr.'' tech, which is described briefly, simply and functionally, with only subtle differences, very minor on the verbal level but potentially major on an applied level. The one Scientology concept that is explained at length is the Service Facsimile1. these are called "service facsimiles." "Service" because they serve him. "Facsimiles" because they are in mental image picture form. They explain his disabilities as well. The facsimile part is actually a self-installed disability that "explains" how he is not responsible for not being able to cope. So he is not wrong for not coping. Part of the "package" is to be right by making wrong. The service facsimile is therefore a picture containing an explanation of self condition and also a fixed method of making others wrong. (HCOB 15 Feb 74)...MORE. This beast is given a thirty page section of its own in the book; the author regards it as the make-break point of a casethe whole sum of past by-passed charge. (HCOB 19 Aug 63): that casethe whole sum of past by-passed charge. (HCOB 19 Aug 63) which is on the upper levels but is still using a service facsimile2. a theta recording. All physical perceptions, all effort, emotion and thought which a person experiences are recorded continuously, and these recordings are called “facsimiles.” They are not dependent upon an organism for their continued existence. Any facsimile which has been recorded is there to be recalled-when the individual has risen high enough on the tone scale, when he has regained enough of his self-determinism. (Abil 114A)...More will runUndergo processing. (Science of Survival, p.75) the upper levels making himself right and others wrong.

The data given are much more specific than one finds in the church material. The author states the concepts of the core Service Fac, tells what differentiates it from other Service Facs, and describes what to look for so as to know when you have found it. This section on the Service Fac, with its differences from the Church techAbbreviation for technology. The methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65), is the longest but otherwise typical for all of the techAbbreviation for technology. The methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65) in the book. For some the book will answer questions and set stable data: when to resort to a correction list, when to have the pc study and when to put him into the auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) chair, when to handle what he is complaining about versus when to put him on the next level, when to do Expanded Dianetics1. DIA (Greek) through, NOUS (Greek) mind, deals with a system of mental image pictures in relation to psychic (spiritual) trauma. The mental image pictures are believed on the basis of personal revelation to be comprising mental activity created and formed by the spirit, and not by the body or brain. (BPL 24 Sept 73 V) 2. Dn addresses the body. Thus Dn is used to knock out and erase illnesses, unwanted sensations, misemotion, somatics, pain, etc. Dn came before Scn. It disposed of body illness and the difficulties a thetan was having with his body. (HCOB 22 Apr 69)...more and on whom, where to start on the different types of people that come to you and how to recognise the types.

Cover of some photocopied editions.

The author felt compelled to include all material necessary to deliver a complete bridge, yet only half of the book is technical. The other half — necessary, the author states — is certainly a prod to the sleeping mind3. a network of communications and pictures, energies and masses, which are brought into being by the activities of the thetan versus the physical universe or other thetans. The mind is a communication and control system between the thetan and his environment. (FOT, p. 56)...MORE. Scientology existed 25,000 years ago and was brilliantly recalled, but not invented, by Hubbard. Absolutes are obtainable in a being’s own universe and are the only thing he is really interested in, besides. The difference between a static and a thetan1. the living unit we call, in Scn, a thetan, that being taken from the Greek letter theta, the mathematic symbol used in Scn to indicate the source of life and life itself. (Abil Ma 1) 2. the awareness of awareness unit which has all potentialities but no mass, no wave-length and no location. (HCOB 3 Jul 59) 3. the being who is the individual and who handles and lives in the body. (HCOB 23 Apr 69)...more is discussed more thoroughly than I have seen anywhere else. Comparisons to other religions and cultures are given: Lamaism, Northern and Southern Buddhism, The Markabian versus the Galactic Confederation, Atlantis, Lemuria, mainstream culture in the Western world today, with its miseducation and manipulation. It is when one begins to wonder whyThat basic outness found which will lead to a recovery of stats. (HCO PL 13 Oct 70 II) these far-flung items are thought to be part of “the absolute minimum information necessary” to deliver a complete bridge, that the book begins to reveal its secrets.

Geoffrey Filbert has been auditor1. one who listens and computes; a Scn practitioner. 2. one who has been trained in the technology of Scn. An auditor applies standard technology to preclears. 3. a person who through church training becomes skilled in the successful application of Dn and Scn to his family, friends and the public to achieve the ability gained as stated on the Gradation Chart for his class of training...more for over three decades. He left the Church in 1974, delivering the entire bridge in the field since that time at the price set by himself. Declares attempted where never issued. He is currently living in Southern California where he carries on a thriving auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) practice.

Editorial Note: This book has not been printed and we understand that Geoffrey Filbert has no intention of printing. Therefore one can get it through an acquaintance who has a copy — possibly making your own copy.

Alternatively, contact the following, who are are making photocopies, in four volumes with a rudimentary index added, for about $70 plus postage. Get a firm price from them and pay in USUnited States. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).$ (buy a check from a bank2. a colloquial name for the reactive mind. This is what the procedures of Scn are devoted to disposing of, for it is only a burden to an individual and he is much better off without it. (Scn AD)...more if you are not in USA). [Name and address omitted as obsolete.]

Reviewed by Frank Gordon, USA

Part of a two book review taken from International Viewpoints (IVy) 11 April 93

In Excalibur Revisited, Filbert has some interesting observations. He notes that an affinity1. the feeling of love or liking for something or someone. Affinity is a phenomena of space in that it expresses the willingness to occupy the same place as the thing which is loved or liked...more for aberration can be an obstacle to improvement. He doesn’t expand on this, but it might be processed directly. For example, 2wc on aberrations the pc feels an affinity1. the feeling of love or liking for something or someone. Affinity is a phenomena of space in that it expresses the willingness to occupy the same place as the thing which is loved or liked...more for (like any automatic and sticky sympathy) or a discussion of popular aberrations.

He also discusses the importance of first (before using a prepared list) getting off what the pc does know about something; and that long commSlang, short for - communication cycles leaves less by-passed charge1. mental energy or mass that has been restimulated in some way in an individual, and that is either partially or wholly unknown to that individual and so is capable of affecting him adversely. (Scn AD...MORE than short ones.

In the Final Deceit: Persistences (p.551 in the manuscript I have), Filbert has a section on training the pc before any auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) to tell the difference between truth and lies (the “acid test”). Truth will as-is when you look at it and must be recreated, whereas lies will persist. This kind of prior training could account for much of his success.

Both L. Kin and G. Filbert have performed a real service by organizing and evaluating this material. And additional comments and critiques help as well.

Danish Experience, by Antony A Phillips

I was introduced to Excalibur Revisited by Maiken Borre. Maiken and her husband had been to the USA a number of times and had visited and received auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) from the author, Geoffrey Filbert. Maiken told me that he had issued a limited number of copies (I think either 12 or 18) at a high price, extracting the promise that the buyer would not make copies. While most kept that promise one buyer didn't, which enabled me to copy and sell the book. This was long before Internet and scanning in of material. Copying expenses were high in Denmark and I got a friend, Amandio Dias (who is now dead) to copy the book in Portugal and postA position from which a terminal operates in an org, where one knows that somebody is at. (FO 2200) it to the buyer, thus reducing the cost. I believe about 50 copies were sold that way but the records are gone with the computer operative system Microsoft DOS!

As 800 pages was rather bulky I decided to split into two and chose as a place to divide where Filbert begins talking about the OTOperating Thetan - 7. this state of being is attained by drills and familiarity after the state of Clear has been obtained. A real OT has no reactive bank, is cause over matter, energy, space, time and thought and is completely free. (HCOB 12 Jul 65)...More levels (confidential) and gives the commands. At that time in the independent movement, nearly all the participants having only recently left the Church of Scientology (involuntarily or voluntarily), there was a strong fear, amounting almost to a phobia, with regard particularly to OTOperating Thetan - 7. this state of being is attained by drills and familiarity after the state of Clear has been obtained. A real OT has no reactive bank, is cause over matter, energy, space, time and thought and is completely free. (HCOB 12 Jul 65)...More III.

After he had made a number of copies Amandio refused to copy more. The reason for this was that Filbert in the book made quite a number of derogatory remarks about Ron Hubbard and Amandio refused to further pass on such what he regarded as entheta1. means enturbulated theta (thought or life); especially refers to communications, which, based on lies and confusions, are slanderous, choppy or destructive in an attempt to overwhelm or suppress a person or group. (Scn AD) 2. theta which has been confused and chaotically mixed with the material universe and which will lie in this confusion until death or some other process disenturbulates it. Theta, below 2.0 on the tone scale, we call entheta. (SOS, p. 41) 3. anger, sarcasm, despair, slyly destructive suggestions. (HTLTAE, p. 88). One reason whyThat basic outness found which will lead to a recovery of stats. (HCO PL 13 Oct 70 II) I found the book difficult to read was these remarks about Ron Hubbard which were invalidatory and at that time, although I had been thrown out of the Church of Scientology, I had a very high regard of Ron and was intolerant of criticism (you could say, using Scientologese, that I had a button – I got restimulated by derogatory remarks about Ron!).

When Amandio stopped copying and selling the book Maiken found me someone on the east coast of the USA who was willing to copy and sell it. The person started this but soon received a letter from Geoffrey Filbert telling her to stop doing it. I made no further attempt as by this time the Internet had come and copies were available on the Internet.

One of the things that impressed me about Excalibur Revisited was the auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) commands he gave for the grades. A year or so before I got thrown out of the Church of Scientology I had taken two levels of the SHSBCSaint Hill Special Briefing Course. A complete study of all the auditing materials and lectures up to the OT levels. Certification is a "Class VI" auditor. (St. Hill Special Briefing Course) which concern themselves with grades and the commands. The grades were originally one flow1. an impulse or direction of energy particles or thought or masses between terminals. (HCOB 3 Feb 69)...more and presumably the commands were written by Ron Hubbard. Hubbard then later introduced three flow1. an impulse or direction of energy particles or thought or masses between terminals. (HCOB 3 Feb 69)...more and four flow1. an impulse or direction of energy particles or thought or masses between terminals. (HCOB 3 Feb 69)...more grades, but he did not himself state how the extra grade commands were to be given. They were issued as Board Technical Bulletins, not HCOBs. I surmise that they were written under time pressure by a small committee and I consider the wording of some of them was poor. The Excalibur Revisited version was much better.

I sent a 10% royalty to Geoffrey Filbert on each book sold. I sent him two checks, the first he replied to with a rather rude letter, the second time he ignored.

As the Internet and emails came into use we were expecting Geoffrey Filbert to get an email address. This did not happen immediately but after a while an email address appeared with his name and his wife answered a few mails but then there was no response.

I was editor of the magazine IVy during those years and was in touch with Maiken Borre and she introduced me to Peter Schön (a pseudonym; the person in question was illegally in Denmark at the time because of visa expiration).

Possible links to Excalibur Revisited:

http://changarrito.tripod.com/excalibur/id10.html

http://www.freezoneearth.org/excal/fr_excal.html

These two links are a good way to read the book on a computer screen as on the left there is a detailed list of the various sections which you can click on and thus read the part you're interested in.

At http://clarity.bodymindhealing.info/downloads/excalrev.pdf you find a fully downloadable version which you can use your computer's control F to search for words that interest you, and print them out if you like.