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Hubbard announced that he had discovered a new science beyond Dianetics which he called "Scientology". Whereas the goal of Dianetics had been to reach a superhuman state of "Clear", Scientology promised a chance to achieve god-like powers in a state called Operating Thetan .
Oct 17, 2018 · An analysis of the occurrence of L. Ron Hubbard’s dianetics in the sf magazines of the 20th century provides an insight into the reception of Hubbard’s work. I employed a proximal reading approach for this article to identify and explore how contemporary interests in—and concerns about—dianetics are found in science fiction culture.
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue
- 2018
A Doctor’s Scathing 1950 Takedown of L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘Dianetics’. DIANETICS, by L. Ron Hubbard (Hermitage House; $4) It is not so much the content of this book which deserves analysis as ...
History of Dianetics and Scientology begins around 1950. During the late 1940s, L. Ron Hubbard began developing a mental therapy system which he called Dianetics.Hubbard had tried to interest the medical profession in his techniques, including the Gerontological Society, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the American Journal of Psychiatry, but his work was rejected for not ...
From Science-fiction to Fiction-science. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, by L. Ron Hubbard. Introduction by J. A. Winter, M.D. New York: Hermitage House, 1950. 452 pp. $4. The Science Science case of Mental of of Mental Health Lafayette , offers an Health almost Ronald unparalleled offers illustration Hubbard, of an the almost ...
Within weeks, the nascent Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation was deluged with letters and phone calls about the new "science" of Dianetics. Letters were coming in at the rate of 1000 per week. By the end of the year, over 150,000 copies of the Dianetics book had been sold.
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Chapter 22, "Dianetics". DIANETICS (from a Greek word meaning thought) is a new science of the mind discovered by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, a popular writer of science fiction. According to the opening sentences of his first book on the subject, "The Creation of dianetics is a milestone for Man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior ...
