a person beyond the
state of
Clear who, through higher
auditing levels, is advancing to the full
state of
Operating Thetan (
OT). An
Operating Thetan is 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. The pre-
OT levels are New
OT I through New
OT VII. The
actual OT levels begin at New
OT VIII.
See also preclear in this glossary. —TR-9 Approved Film Glossary