Dianetics is a therapeutic method and a set of ideas about the nature and structure of the human mind created by L. Ron Hubbard. The term "Dianetics" was coined by Hubbard, based on the Greek roots "dia-," meaning "through," and "-noos," meaning "mind" or "soul." Centered around a two-person question-and-answer councilling technique he called "auditing," Dianetics became a focus of widespread attention and controversy with the publication, in 1950, of Hubbard's book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In that book, ...

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Dianetics, Dianetics - Definition and theoretical basis, Dianetics - Scientific evaluations, Dianetics - History, Dianetics - Origins, Dianetics - The emergence of Dianetics, Dianetics - Dianetics in print, Dianetics - Opposition to Dianetics, Dianetics - Fragmentation and transformation, Dianetics - Dianetics in Kansas, Dianetics - From Dianetics to Scientology, Dianetics - Notes

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Scientologists refer to the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health as "Book One". Hubbard himself regarded its publication as such an important event that he created his own calendar based on the publication date of Dianetics, dating his Scientology writings from that time. For instance, Hubbard uses "A.D. 13" to mean 1963 – literally "year 13 After Dianetics". In 1952, based in part on information discovered by Hubbard's activity with Dianetics and past-life experiences that had been reported in Dianetics ...

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The Dianetics Research Foundation published a study in Science of Survival, Prediction of Human Behaviour, First printing 1951, IBSN 0884040011. The testing was done by professional, degreed psychometrics of the day while 88 students new to Dianetics, performed intensive Dianetic auditing as a part of the course. The results are published in that book and show IQ increases which average 10 points (after 40 hours of therapy.) Reprints of Science of Survival, beyond the 20th print ...

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Dianetics - Origins. Hubbard traced the origin of Dianetics to unpublished research that he claimed to have undertaken in the 1920s and 1930s, which culminated in the writing of a manuscript entitled Excalibur on the study of the mind. The manuscript was said to have been written in 1938 but was never published. However, Hubbard stated that most of what made up Excalibur had been released in his various published writings from the 1950s onwards. ^{See also:}

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Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific American author and founder of the pseudoscience Dianetics and the controversial Church of Scientology. In addition to Scientological and self-help books, he wrote fiction in several genres, business management texts, essays, and poetry. L. Ron Hubbard - Biographical outline. The Church of Scientology has produced numerous biographical publications that make extraordinary claims about Hubbar ...

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Quackery is the practice of promoting medicine which lacks evidence of effectiveness. The word derives from quacksalver, an archaic word originally of Dutch origin (spelled kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch), meaning "boaster who applies a salve." It is often difficult to distinguish between those who knowingly promote unproven medical therapies and those who are mistaken as to their effectiveness. In libel cases in US courts against people who accused others of being guilty of quackery, the co ...

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Clear is a word coming from Dianetics, brought foreward by the Church of Scientology which is responsible for Dianetics technology, patents and copyrights. L. Ron Hubbard took the word from the idea of an addition machine and clearing an adding machine of previous actions on it. As used in describing the mind of a person it is talking about a person being clear of unwanted influences of past memories, unwanted emotion or painful difficulties not existing in present time. A person, Clear, would be a person cleared of those negative inf ...

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Therapy (in Greek: θεραπεία) or treatment is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. Some therapeutic methodologies from Western medicine, Eastern medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine), and alternative health care include: acupuncture adventure therapy agoratherapy aromatherapy art therapy colour therapy crystal healing Dianetics diversional therapy hyperbaric oxy ...

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David Miscavige (born April 30, 1960) is Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center, a corporation that owns the trademarked names and symbols of Dianetics and Scientology. As RTC Chairman, Miscavige is the highest ecclesiastical official of the Scientology religion, a position he assumed over a year after Hubbard died in 1986. Although Religious Technology Center is a separate corporation from the Church of Scientology, Miscavige is the effective leader of the religion. In Scientology, he referred to, but not address ...

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The stripes of this symbol represent green for growth, and yellow for life. The four green stripes recall the four divisions of a human's urge to survive which are revealed in Dianetics. The triangle is also reminiscent of the volcano present on post-1968 editions of the book Dianetics (see Xenu) and in advertising for Dianetics since that time. ...

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Symbols of Scientology, Symbols of Scientology - Scientology symbol, Symbols of Scientology - Dianetics symbol, Symbols of Scientology - Infinite Dianetics symbol, Symbols of Scientology - Operating Thetan symbol, Symbols of Scientology - Church of Scientology cross symbol, Symbols of Scientology - Sea Org symbol, Symbols of Scientology - L. Ron Hubbard symbol, Symbols of Scientology - Church of Spiritual Technology logo

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The Church of Scientology has produced numerous biographical publications that make extraordinary claims about Hubbard's life and career. In the end, however, numerous investigations from journalists and critics have found most of these claims to be fabrications. [1] Regardless, there is still a general agreement about the basic facts of Hubbard's life. L. Ron Hubbard - Parents. L. Ron Hubbard was born in 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska, to Harry Ross Hubbard (1886 - 1975) an ...

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The Church of Scientology has produced numerous biographical publications that make extraordinary claims about Hubbard's life and career. In the end, however, numerous investigations from journalists and critics have found most of these claims to be fabrications. [1] Regardless, there is still a general agreement about the basic facts of Hubbard's life. L. Ron Hubbard - Parents. L. Ron Hubbard was born in 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska, to Harry Ross Hubbard (1886 - 1975) and Ledora May Waterbury, whom ...

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The Sea Org is the central management organisation of the Church of Scientology. The Sea Org was founded by Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard in 1968, ostensibly as an organisation for implementing Scientology technology around the world through the operation of a fleet of ships. Members of the Sea Org sign an employment contract with the organisation for one billion years. This symbol originated in Operating Thetan level III, the Xenu story, as a symbol represe ...

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Main article: L. Ron Hubbard bibliography Hubbard was an unusually prolific author. Because the majority of Hubbard's writings of the 1950s through the 1970s were aimed exclusively at Scientologists, the organization founded its own companies to publish his work, Bridge Publications (http://www.bridgepub.com/) for the US market and New Era Publications (http://www.newerapublications.com/nep/index.htm), based in Denmark, for the rest of the world. New volumes of his transcribed lectures continue to be produced; that series alone will u ...

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L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard - Biographical outline, L. Ron Hubbard - Parents, L. Ron Hubbard - Education pulp fiction and military service, L. Ron Hubbard - The debut of Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Legal difficulties and life on the high seas, L. Ron Hubbard - Later life, L. Ron Hubbard - Controversial episodes, L. Ron Hubbard - Parody, L. Ron Hubbard - Bibliography, L. Ron Hubbard - Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics and Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Unofficial biographies online

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Hubbard was an unusually prolific author. Because the majority of Hubbard's writings of the 1950s through the 1970s were aimed exclusively at Scientologists, the organization founded its own companies to publish his work, Bridge Publications (http://www.bridgepub.com/) for the US market and New Era Publications (http://www.newerapublications.com/nep/index.htm), based in Denmark, for the rest of the world. New volumes of his transcribed lectures continue to be produced; that series alone will ultimately total a projected 110 large volumes. A selection of Hu ...

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L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard - Biographical outline, L. Ron Hubbard - Parents, L. Ron Hubbard - Education pulp fiction and military service, L. Ron Hubbard - The debut of Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Legal difficulties and life on the high seas, L. Ron Hubbard - Later life, L. Ron Hubbard - Controversial episodes, L. Ron Hubbard - Parody, L. Ron Hubbard - Bibliography, L. Ron Hubbard - Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics and Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Unofficial biographies online

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On the South Park episode Trapped in the Closet, it was claimed that Stan Marsh is L. Ron Hubbard reincarnated. As a reference to Scientology's litigious tendencies, all the credits at the end of this episode were changed to read "John/Jane Smith". In Frank Zappa's rock-opera album Joe's Garage the main character Joe is at one point seeking for advice from L. Ron Hoover of the First Church of Appliantology, who directs him to a lif ...

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L. Ron Hubbard's life is embroiled in controversy, as is the history of Scientology (see Scientology controversy). His son, L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. claimed in 1983 "99% of what my father ever wrote or said about himself is totally untrue." [11] Some documents written by Hubbard himself suggest he regarded Scientology as a business, not a religion. In one letter dated April 10, 1953, he says calling Scientology a religion solves "a problem of practical business", and status as a religion achieves something "more equitable...with what we've ...

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L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard - Biographical outline, L. Ron Hubbard - Parents, L. Ron Hubbard - Education pulp fiction and military service, L. Ron Hubbard - The debut of Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Legal difficulties and life on the high seas, L. Ron Hubbard - Later life, L. Ron Hubbard - Controversial episodes, L. Ron Hubbard - Parody, L. Ron Hubbard - Bibliography, L. Ron Hubbard - Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics and Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Unofficial biographies online

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On the South Park episode Trapped in the Closet, it was claimed that Stan Marsh is L. Ron Hubbard reincarnated. The episode mainly focused around Scientology in a humorous way, though displaying Scientologist beliefs in near-accurate detail while also jabbing at Tom Cruise and John Travolta, two prominent Scientologists, and also R. Kelly (whose recent song was used as the title for the episode). As a reference to Scientology's litigious tendencies, all the credits at the end of this episode were changed to read 'John/Jane Smith' The Frank Zappa album Joe's Garage has the hero seeking advice from L. Ron Hoo ...

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L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard - Biographical outline, L. Ron Hubbard - Parents, L. Ron Hubbard - Education pulp fiction and military service, L. Ron Hubbard - The debut of Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Legal difficulties and life on the high seas, L. Ron Hubbard - Later life, L. Ron Hubbard - Controversial episodes, L. Ron Hubbard - Parody, L. Ron Hubbard - Bibliography, L. Ron Hubbard - Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics and Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Unofficial biographies online

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L. Ron Hubbard's life is embroiled in controversy, as is the history of Scientology (see Scientology controversy). His son, L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. claimed in 1983 "99% of what my father ever wrote or said about himself is totally untrue." [14] Some documents written by Hubbard himself suggest he regarded Scientology as a business, not a religion. In one letter dated April 10, 1953, he says calling Scientology a religion solves "a problem of practical business", and status as a religion achieves something "more equitable...with what we've ...

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L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard - Biographical outline, L. Ron Hubbard - Parents, L. Ron Hubbard - Education pulp fiction and military service, L. Ron Hubbard - The debut of Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Legal difficulties and life on the high seas, L. Ron Hubbard - Later life, L. Ron Hubbard - Controversial episodes, L. Ron Hubbard - Parody, L. Ron Hubbard - Bibliography, L. Ron Hubbard - Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics and Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard - Unofficial biographies online

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