What sort of a series of experiences are sociable experiences? Now, that is a whole vast panoply of ideas all by itself. What is a social experience? You'll find somebody from the middle of the war meets an old buddy of his, and all they talk about is the time they were pinned down in the foxhole for three days and three nights with four nurses. Now, that's a type of experience which is very desirable, which I've had myself. Well, as a matter of fact, I was the only man on an island with a … [Read more...] about Lecture: The Rock – Its Anatomy (1958)
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Lecture: Case Analysis – Rock Hunting (continued 1) (1958)
One time I was so amazed in session I could have fainted with humiliation, a long time ago. Poor old George Wichelow was running me on subjective don't-know, which is the lousiest process there is; he knew it was a lousy process. I was just about to give a lecture, he didn't have any business running a beefy process like this, but he was going to make me feel better. And he came over and the London fog had penetrated my beingness. And he came over to the hotel and just before I was going to give … [Read more...] about Lecture: Case Analysis – Rock Hunting (continued 1) (1958)
Lecture: Case Analysis – Rock Hunting – Q & A Period (3) (1958)
Male voice: I've heard a lot of fabulous stories about the book "Excalibur." Could you tell us a little about that? It still - it still exists. I got a carbon copy of it. The original's been stolen. Male voice: Will you ever put it in print, Ron? The original... No. The original was stolen by the Russians a long time ago. They offered me a hundred thousand dollars to go to Russia and work exclusively in Russia - all laboratory facilities - and actually offered me any facility and pay … [Read more...] about Lecture: Case Analysis – Rock Hunting – Q & A Period (3) (1958)
Lecture: The Magic Button (1958)
But if they press you–remember the old adding machine idea that appeared in Dianetics very early?[1. See Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, Chapter One: The Analytical Mind and the Standard Memory Banks.] For those of you that have forgotten it or need your memories refreshed, could I–could I just tell you that little one? The held-down five? Hm? Audience: Yes. All right. Now, it seems like up at Harvard University–they have a school up there, they call it a university–that … [Read more...] about Lecture: The Magic Button (1958)
Lecture: Child Scientology (1) (1957)
It is quite remarkable, the number of misconceptions which have existed concerning children - the child mind and child processing - and that is the first thing I'll have to take up here. Those misconceptions are so considerable that they are woven into the woof and warp of everyone's lives here in this nation. And they're a pack of stinking lies! When you're talking about children, you are not talking about everybody's case. That is something psychoanalysis gave us. There is probably no … [Read more...] about Lecture: Child Scientology (1) (1957)
Lecture: How We Have Addressed The Problem of the Mind (July 4, 1957)
No, truly enough, in a world where science and scientific secrets are the stock in trade of the militarist, one has to be alert to the fact that developed scientific information such as that in Scientology continue to be free, continue to be available. It's too large a temptation for somebody to say, "Oh. hey! we can button this up. We've got it made here. We've got it absolutely made. All we've got to do is take all this technology, brainwash everybody and put up thought police towers in all … [Read more...] about Lecture: How We Have Addressed The Problem of the Mind (July 4, 1957)