[extropy-chat] Scientology and Transhumanism

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/17/06, Keith Henson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:
> At 11:19 PM 2/16/2006 +0000, you wrote:
> > > For the CoS symbol look half way down wikipedia's site
> > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology
> >
> >Actually, never seen that before.
> >Clearly it's a ripoff of the Xian version.
>
> Actually it is a ripoff of Crowley's tarot cards which is known as the
> crossed out cross.
>
> http://www.lermanet.com/scientology-and-occult/
>
> Google Results 1 - 10 of about 164 for scientology "crossed out cross"

As I said before, it's a symbol that has millenia of mythology behind
it, as Crowley undoubtedly knew.
I'd like to know who chose it for the WTA, and whhether they knew this.

Dirk