In Scientology, a thetan is the term corresponding to one's "spirit", and a Body Thetan is another thetan (spirit) who is 'stuck' in, on or near a human "meat body" because of activities of an ancient Space opera figure named Xenu of the Galactic Confederacy. All human bodies were said by L. Ron Hubbard to be covered in clusters of these misplaced thetans.

This information was originally published openly by Hubbard and the Church of Scientology in a number of "policy bulletins" (HCOBs) and "policy letters" (HCOPLs), but were later made secret. It was also alluded to (although not described in any detail) in a publicly available cassette tape Hubbard released called "Ron's Journal 67", addressed to "all staff and students of Scientology organizations". For some years, it was reported by former Scientologists that the material was still being used, but not divulged until one reaches the third Operating Thetan level (or OT III).

According to many former Scientologists who have reached Operating Thetan levels, Xenu/Body Thetan material is still being taught in higher levels on Scientology's Bridge to Total Freedom. According to Hubbard, body thetans cling to a body because they have lost their free will as a result of an event in their past. There are several Scientology Auditing 'processes' which are believed to help a body thetan restore free will.

Upon reaching OT 3, the individual finds body thetans by locating any sensation of pressure or mass in his or her body. This is addressed telepathically as a cluster, and taken through the cluster-making incident of 75 million years ago.

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