One definition of magic is, "Total commitment to get, to achieve, to win - with such totality that one's life itself becomes the ritual of that commitment." (It has been noted that, when that commitment "is malevolent, the magic is black.") For Hubbard, morality was a straitjacket worn by fools. Morality was utilized only when it aided him in reaching his objective. (He gave lip service to all sorts of noble humanitarian sentiments, but he also visibly, especially from the mid-sixties on, … [Read more...] about Book: L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman? (1987)