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Operating Thetan
In Scientology, an ostensibly spiritual status above Clear / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Scientology, Operating Thetan (OT) is a state of complete spiritual freedom in which one is a "willing and knowing cause over life, thought, matter, energy, space and time".[1]: 279 The Church of Scientology offers eight "levels" of OT, each level costing thousands of US dollars.[2] The OT levels are confidential and not revealed to Scientologists until they reach the third Operating Thetan level. In practice, the objective of these levels is to remove "body thetans" which are "confused, disembodied souls from other planets who have attached themselves to us".[3]: 18