an abbreviation for
Operating Thetan: a
state of
beingness. It is a being "at
cause over
matter,
energy,
space,
time,
form and
life."
Operating comes from "able to operate without dependency on things," and
Thetan is the Greek letter
theta (0), which the Greeks used to represent
thought or perhaps
spirit, to which an n is added to make a
noun in the modern
style used to
create words in
engineering. It is also 0n or "
theta to the nth degree," meaning unlimited or
vast. A
thetan beyond the
state of
Clear advances through pre-
OT levels (such as
OT III) to the full
state of
Operating Thetan.
—OEC - Ron's Journal 38 App Mar 91, —FEBC - Welcome to the FEBC Approved Glossary, —ESTO - Estos Instant Hat, Part II Approved Glossary