BLACK FIVE

a heavily occluded case characterized by mental pictures consisting o f masses of blackness. The term black five came from application of SOP 8, wherein the auditor tests the preclear at each step of the process to find a step the preclear can do and begins processing at that step. A preclear who had to b e started at Step V of the process was called a "Case V." This level of case could not get mock-ups but only blackness. See also SOP 8 and blackness in this glossary. —Creation of Human Ability Glossary (app 10.7.90)

a heavily occluded case characterized by mental pictures consisting of masses of blackness. The term black five came from application of SOP 8, wherein the auditor tests the preclear at each step of the process to find a step the preclear can do and begins processing at that step. A preclear who had to be started at Step V of the process was called a "Case V." This level of case could not get mock-ups but only blackness. See also SOP 8 and blackness in this glossary.a heavily occluded case characterized by mental pictures consisting of masses of blackness. The term black five came from application of an auditing procedure wherein the auditor tested the preclear at each step of the process to find a step the preclear could do and began processing at that step. A preclear who had to be started at Step V of the procedure was called a "Case V." For more information, see the book The Creation of Human Ability by L. Ron Hubbard.a heavily occluded case characterized by mental pictures consisting of masses of blackness. The term black five came from application of a process wherein the auditor tested the preclear at each step of the process to find a step the preclear could do and began processing at that step. A preclear who had to be started at Step V of the process was called a "Case V." This level of case could not get mock-ups but only blackness. See also mock-up in this glossary.a heavily occluded case (one whose memories are usually largely hidden or made unavailable to conscious recall) which is characterized by mental pictures consisting of masses of blackness. The term came from application of a process wherein the auditor tested the preclear at each step of the process to find a step the preclear could do and began auditing at that step. A preclear who had to be started at Step V of the process was called a "Case V." This level of case could not get mock-ups but only blackness, hence black five. See also mocking up and auditing in this glossary.a heavily occluded case (one whose memories are usually largely hidden or made unavailable to conscious recall) which is characterized by mental pictures consisting of masses of blackness. The term came from application of a process wherein the auditor tested the preclear at each step of the process to find a step the preclear could do and began auditing at that step. A preclear who had to be started at Step V of the process was called a "Case V." This level of case could not get mock-ups but only blackness, hence black five. See also mocking up and auditing in this glossary. You brought him up to a black five by your skill as an auditor and you audited for the entirety of the session a black five. -Postulates 1, 2, 3, 4 in Processing-New Understanding of Axiom 36 (14 Sept. 55)

1. a heavily occluded case characterized by mental pictures consisting of masses of blackness. This is a "step V" in early procedures such as Standard Operating Procedure8. (PXL, p. 141)2. a level of nonperception, whether the person is seeing blackness or invisibility. (SH Spec 271, 6305C20)3. a no-responsibility case. (COHA, p. 161)