Persia has also appeared on other recognized TV series like NYPD Blue, Brooklyn South, Angel, Clueless, Steve Harvey Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Burning Zone, as well as a series regular role on Breaker High with costar Ryan Gosling. She has been in TV movies such as Operation Sandman opposite Ron Penman aid Suddenly opposite Kirstie Alley. She has feature credits in Red Letters opposite Peter Coyote, as well as various independent films.

Persia is a singer/musician! songwriter/Pro Tools engineer in her band «XEO3.» Recently she collaborated musically with recording artist Tricky of Massive Attack, and she has also worked with Gary Wallis of Pink Floyd, Dominique Miller and Jane Wiedlin of The Go Gos. She has written and recorded soundtrack music for three independent films as well as television. Persia also wrote the season finale song for Girlfiiends’ 6th season.

When offstage, Persia devotes a great deal of time to animal and environmental welfare. She is a board member of the Humane Society of the United States, as well as the Sea Shepherd

Conservation Society. For her efforts as an activist, she was recently honored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), as a 2005 Humanitarian of the Year and received the «Friends not Food» award from Farm Sanctuary.

Persia helped produce an awardwinning documentary entitled Earthlings (www.isawearthlings. com), narrated byjoaquin Phoenix and directed by Shaun Monson. Earthlings has been hailed as the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the interrelatedness of humankind, nature, animals and economics. We will be screeningEarthlings at Celebrity Centre.

Persia is also a member of the Earth Organization (www. earthorganization.com). Formed by a group of Scientologists who want to help spread awareness about animal and environmental issues, the Earth Organization works to help bring balance to the fifth and sixth dynamics.

This month, Persia White talks to Celebrity Magazine about a service that helps her achieve her goals the Purification Rundown.



What were some of the specific aspects of the Purification Rundown that attracted you?

I realized that most of my artistic heroes died from drugs: Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday and the list goes on I decided to do all I can to help artists, including myself, to get clean and/or stay clean. I also noticed how drugs often lead to crime and violence, yet society pushes drugs as the quick fix for the slightest problem.

It became clear that drugs are the cause of much unnecessary pain and suffering in the world.

A cool thing about the Purification Rundown is that it can benefit anyone it’s not just for people who have taken overthecounter or illegal drugs. After all, toxins are everywhere. They are in our food, air and water.

I’m a pretty healthy person. I’m a Vegan, that is to say I don’t eat meat, chicken, fish, dairy or any animal products for that matter. And yes, I try to eat organic as often as possible. Spiritual and physical health are important to me, so when I learned about the effects of past toxins on the body and mind, I wanted to get that stuff out of my system.


What did you get out of the Purification Rundown?

Before the Purification Rundown, I would often experience a fuzzy feeling. I would be in a mental fog.

After I finished the program, the cloud was lifted and things became clear visually and mentally. I felt a sense of lightness and increased energy. Like when you were a little kid and you would jump out of bed in the morning, feeling like a million bucks. I didn’t know I could feel like that again, and I did.

I didn’t realize that many problems, including feeling tired and sluggish, were related to the toxins in my system. I had a newfound energy and excitement about life and art. This reflected in my work and my family life. People would always walk up to me and say, «What did you change about yourself?» «You look great!» «Did you lose weight?» It was great!

After doing the Purification Rundown, my ability to think clearly greatly increased. I would remember phone numbers after hearing them one time. My ability to memorize dialogue, which was already good, increased even more I didn’t think it could increase any more.

My mental fog was lifted. My sense of perception got better, I could smell and taste things like never before. The best part is that years after having done the Purification Rundown, I still have this increased ability.

My ability to deal with stress also got better. I think when you see life without all the mental haze in the way, you don’t overreact to negative situations. I felt like I was me again. I was and am full of energy and I never have that fuzzyhead feeling. It’s fabulous.


Who would you recommend do the Purification Rundown?

I recommend the Purification Rundown to anyone who can do it. Because everyone can benefit from it. If you want to feel better and do better in life, the Purification Rundown is a great first step. If you’re an artist, its important to have your mind and body free and clear of the mental haze that often clouds us, and in many cases kills us.

However, you don’t need to be a person who has taken drugs to benefit from it. We live in a world that’s constantly flooding us with toxins from household cleaners to radiation from the sun and even nuclear waste in the soil.

We’re all here on this planet and we all receive unhealthy amounts of toxins on a daily basis. Remember, toxins are poisons. It only makes sense to get them out of your system.

You bring up an important point, which is that we do live in a biochemical environment and are surrounded by toxins.

On that subject, its important to remind people that toxins are abundant in food and household products, especially in America. Today’s factory farming practices are unethical and dangerous. Most Americans don’t know that many of the chemicals fed to cows, chickens and pigs bred forfood in the United States are illegal in Europe, due to evidence that has linked them to cancer or other problems. Did you know that in 2004, leading scientists from the European Union banned more than 1,100 ingredients in widespread use in cosmetic, body care and cleaning products which were known or suspected of causing cancer, birth defects or fertility problems? By comparison, the Food and Drug Administration in the United States has only banned nine.

It makes sense to buy organic and refrain from eating animal products, but many people avoid confronting these subjects.

The hormones, pesticides, steroids and antibiotics given to factory farm animals goes into the meat and then into your body. This toxic meat is also the result of unethical treatment and living conditions. The number one cause of water pollution in the world is factory farms primarily runoff from pig factory farms.

I also want to say that as Scientologists, its important that we have our ethics in on all of the dynamics including the fifth and sixth. Our treatment of animals is unethical and causing catastrophic global repercussions. Look at our treatment of the planet and environment. I bring this up to call attention to an area that is not confronted enough.

It comes down to The Way to Happiness, precept «Safeguard and Improve Your Environment,» where L. Ron Hubbard says, «There are many things people can do to help take care of the planet. They begin with the idea that one should. They progress by suggesting to others that they should. Man has reached the potential capacity to destroy the planet. He must be pushed on up to the capability and actions of saving it. It is, after all, what were
standing on.»

But for now, we live in a toxic environment. Whether you have taken drugs or not, you have been and you will be exposed to toxins simply by breathing the air, drinking the water and eating the food. The Purification Rundown handles that. Its for everybody...