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The Gold Base is a 500 acre parcel and the headquarters of Golden Era Productions, the media division of the Church of Scientology, located at 19625 Highway 79, Gilman Hot Springs, California 92583, near Hemet. Part of the Base borders U.S. Department of Defense property. In the Scientology religion, MEST is an acronym for Matter, Energy, Space and Time, considered by Scientologists to be the four component parts of the physical universe. ... ARC is a fundamental concept in Scientology methodology, and is a term particular to Scientology coined by founder L. Ron Hubbard. ... KRC: Knowledge, Responsibility and Control In Scientology beliefs and practices, KRC stands for Knowledge, Responsibility and Control. ... In Scientology, the tone scale or emotional tone scale is a characterization of human behavior and bodily appearance. ... In Dianetics and Scientology, the reactive mind is a concept created by L. Ron Hubbard, referring to a hypothetical portion of the human mind which Hubbard blamed for most mental and physical ailments. ... Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (13 March 1911 – 24 January 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was an American fiction writer,[1][2][3], former United States Navy officer and creator of Dianetics and founder of the Church of Scientology. ... Mary Sue Hubbard (born Mary Sue Whipp) (17 June 1931–25 November 2002 [1]) was the third wife of science fiction writer and Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and often regarded as the first lady of Scientology. ... Doctrine Practices Concepts People Public groups Organization Controversy Heber Carl Jentzsch (born 1935 to Carl Jentzsch and his third wife Pauline), has served as president of the Church of Scientology International since 1982. ... 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About the Base

Gold Base produces the E-Meters the Church of Scientology uses and sells to practitioners.^[1] It has film and sound facilities and produces the films used in and sold by the Church. It is staffed by members of the Sea Organization from the Religious Technology Center, the Commodore's Messenger Organization International and Golden Era Productions. David Miscavige and other top leaders of the church live on the Base.^[2][3][4] Mark Super VII Quantum E-meter An E-Meter is a battery-powered electronic device manufactured by the Church of Scientologys Gold Base. ... Official Scientology cross Symbol Doctrine Practices Concepts People Public groups Organization Controversy The Church of Scientology is the largest organisation devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. ... The Sea Org logo. ... The Religious Technology Center (RTC) is a non-profit corporation established in 1982 by the Church of Scientology to control and oversee the uses of all of the trademarks, symbols and texts of Scientology and Dianetics, including the copyrighted works of the religions founder, L. Ron Hubbard. ... The Commodores Messenger Organization (CMO) was started by L. Ron Hubbard in 1969 while he was living aboard the Sea Organization ship called the Apollo. ... David Miscavige (April 30, 1960 - ) is Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center (RTC), a corporation that controls the trademarked names and symbols of Dianetics and Scientology, and controls the copyrighted teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. ...

The Gold Base is also referred to as the "Int Base".^[4]

In an article published in the LA Weekly, Gale Holland wrote that there are critics of the Church of Scientology who say that Gold Base "houses the church's highly secretive security apparatus"[1]. There are motion sensors every several feet and mounted video surveillance cameras.^[4] Former Scientology security officer Andre Tabayoyon has testified in court that the Gold Base is illegally stockpiling weapons and ammunition. [2] His wife also swore in her affidavit that Sea Org women were forced to have abortions against their will [3]. L.A. Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized newspaper (a so-called alternative weekly) in Los Angeles, California. ... Andre Tabayoyon is an outspoken critic of the Church of Scientology. ...

Currently, most base personnel live in Hemet at the Vista Gardens Apartments or the Kirby Apartments and commute by base-owned bus.^[5][6]

Scientology also maintains the Trementina Base in New Mexico as a high-tech archive of Hubbard's spoken and written words, with similar archives located in Petrolia, California and Crestline, California. [4] The Church of Scientology (CST) maintains a large base on the outskirts of Trementina, New Mexico. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... Petrolia is a small town located in Humboldt County, California with an estimated population of 300-500 people. ... Crestline is a census-designated place located in the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County, California. ...

Features

Notable buildings and features in Gold Base include:

• Upper Villas - where David Miscavige and other high level Scientologists and celebrities stay.
• BonnieView - the home for L. Ron Hubbard when he returns in his next life.
• Staff berthing - four buildings where staff live.
• CMO Int - Commodore's Messengers Organization International. CMO Int has the function of establishing and running all management units under Church of Scientology International (CSI)'s control.
• OGH buildings - Old Gilman House. Probably used for auditing or solo auditing.
• RTC building - where Religious Technology Center is headquartered.
• Del Sol - auditing rooms for staff.
• Qual Gold - Headquarters for Qual Sec, in charge of "quality control".

Gold Base also has recreational facilities, including a running track, basketball, volleyball, and soccer facilities, an exercise building, a waterslide, a small lake with a training ship (the Laissez-Faire), two beaches, and a golf course. [5] The Commodores Messengers Organization International- or the CMO is a elite group in the Sea Organization or the sea org, the religious fraternity of the Church of Scientology. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The Religious Technology Center (RTC) is a non-profit corporation established in 1982 by the Church of Scientology to control and oversee the uses of all of the trademarks, symbols and texts of Scientology and Dianetics, including the copyrighted works of the religions founder, L. Ron Hubbard. ...

Picketing at Gold Base

Henson picketed the secretive, and allegedly heavily-armed[6], Gold Base compound to protest the deaths of a Scientologist, Stacy Moxon Meyer, and a non-Scientologist, Ashlee Shaner.

Meyer, the daughter of lead Scientology attorney Kendrick Moxon, died in an accident in an underground electrical vault at the Gold Base at about the same time that picketers aboveground were protesting the previous death of Ashlee Shaner. Shaner died in an auto accident on the road fronting Gold Base when a contractor working for the Church was moving a piece of construction equipment across the highway after dusk without adequate lighting.[7] Moxon & Kobrin are a law firm located in Los Angeles, California, consisting of Kendrick Moxon, Helena Kobrin, and Ava Paquette. ... A Volvo L120E front loader. ...

References

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External links

• ScientologyToday: Golden Era Productions
• Satellite photograph of "Gold base", Gilman Hot Springs, California
• Similar Satellite photograph with key to features
• L.A. Times article discussing the Gold Base

v • d • e Scientology
Dianetics	Engram · Dianetics: MSMH · Clear
Doctrine	Thetan · Supernatural abilities · Space opera · Xenu · Human evolution · Past lives · Medical claims · Altered texts
Practices	Holidays · Weddings · Silent birth · Study Tech · Auditing · Disconnection · Rundowns · Comm Evs · E-meter · Assists
Concepts	MEST · ARC · Tone scale · Reactive mind
People	L. Ron Hubbard · Mary Sue Hubbard · Heber Jentzsch · David Miscavige · Tom Cruise · Tom Davis · Mike Rinder
Public groups and recruitment	Personality Tests · Volunteer Ministers · Celebrities · Human Rights · ABLE · CBAA · WISE · Narconon · Downtown Medical · Criminon · The Way to Happiness
Organization	The Church · Sea Org · RPF · Celebrity Centre · Trementina Base · Church of Spiritual Technology · OSA · Gold Base · Int'l Association of Scientologists · Religious Technology Center
Controversy	Suppressive Person · Fair Game · Operations Snow White & Freakout · The Internet · Psychiatry · Democracy · Legal cases · Patter drill · The Fishman Affidavit · Operation Clambake · Scientology as a business · Lisa McPherson · Lawrence Wollersheim · Keith Henson · Elli Perkins · Noah Lottick · Philip Gale · Free Zone
In popular culture	South Park · The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power · Ali's Smile/Naked Scientology · A Token of My Extreme · A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
L. Ron Hubbard bibliography  · Scientology bibliography · Scientology filmography