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The related organizations fell into debt and filed for bankruptcy, during which he lost the rights to Dianetics and his book. Hubbard introduced the "electropsychometer" (or E-meter). Having lost Dianetics, he invented Scientology and Operating Thetan, a level above the Clear state he said Dianetics could achieve. Hubbard decided Scientology ...
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 ...
May 9: Book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health published. [5] June: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation established in Elizabeth, New Jersey. [4]: XI August: Hubbard held a failed demonstration to a Los Angeles audience where he unsuccessfully presented a young woman [a] [6] as the world's first Dianetics Clear.
Hubbard demonstrating Dianetics technique at a seminar in Los Angeles in 1950. The procedure of Dianetics therapy (known as auditing) is a two-person activity. One person, the "auditor", guides the other person, the preclear, through the procedures. The preclear's job is to look at their mind and talk to the auditor.
Hubbard conducting a Dianetics seminar in Los Angeles in 1950. Accompanied by an article in Astounding's May 1950 issue, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was released on May 9. [ 98 ] Although Dianetics was poorly received by the press and the scientific and medical professions, the book was an immediate commercial success and ...
The DOE refused to explain or comment on Pagen’s invoice because she filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging $10 million in damages for violating her rights, wrongful termination and fraud.
The city Department of Education is so intent on firing a disabled teacher that it went to court two days before Christmas to terminate him. Abraham Freud, who worked as a DOE special-ed teacher ...
Dianetics was first published May 9, 1950, by Hermitage House, at One Madison Ave., [42] a New York-based publisher of psychiatric textbooks whose president, Arthur Ceppos, was also on the Board of Directors of the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation. [43] The book became a nationwide bestseller, selling over 150,000 copies within a year. Due ...