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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 ...
Dianetics is a set of ideas and practices, invented in 1950 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, regarding the human mind.Dianetics was originally conceived as a form of psychological treatment, but was rejected by the psychological and medical establishments as pseudoscientific.
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. [7]: 165–6 [8]: 114-5 October: Medical doctor and Dianetics enthusiast Joseph A. Winter resigns from HDRF over the issue of past lives. [3]: 217
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author and the founder of Scientology.A prolific writer of pulp science fiction and fantasy novels in his early career, in 1950 he authored Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and established organizations to promote and practice Dianetics techniques.
Dianetics was launched in Astounding's May 1950 issue and on May 9, Hubbard's companion book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was published by Hermitage House. [15] Dianetics was an immediate commercial success and sparked what Martin Gardner calls "a nationwide cult of incredible proportions". [16]
[8]: 264 An early version of the book, Abnormal Dianetics, intended for the medical profession, was rejected by numerous publishers as well as the medical profession but was passed in mimeograph form from hand to hand and was later sold under the name Dianetics: The Original Thesis; the same book is published at present as The Dynamics of Life.
They argued if it was "Be" or "Survive", though Burks recalled the book from there on had to do with survival. The theme of "survive" would be revisited in Dianetics. Burks also recalled the work discussing the psychology of a lynch mob. [68] Hubbard would later cite Excalibur as an early version of Dianetics. [69]
First published work on Dianetics ("Terra Incognita: The Mind") appeared in the Winter/Spring issue of the Explorers Club Journal. [30] January 1949 - Hubbard writes that he is composing a "book of psychology" about "the cause and cure of nervous tension" with working titles of The Dark Sword, Excalibur or Science of the Mind. [5]: 144