Male voice: I'd like to hear your explanation of how you started on all this in the first place. Started on what? Male voice: Scientology. Dianetics. How you sort of independent - became independent again now, or - how did all this really come about? Oh! Nothing-very, very simple. Male voice: I mean, maybe a lot of people have heard it but I haven't heard it. I just died about three times in this lifetime and got used to being outside.[1. being outside: exterior. Definition: … [Read more...] about Lecture: Case Analysis – Rock Hunting – Q & A Period (1) (1958)
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Book: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (6) (1950)
Absolutism is a fine road to stagnation and I do not think Spencer meant to be so entirely absolute about his Knowable and Unknowable. SURVIVE! is the demarcation point between those things which can be experienced by the senses (our old friends Hume and Locke) and those things which cannot necessarily be known through the senses, but which possibly may be known, but which one does not necessarily need to solve the problem. Among those things which one did not necessarily need to know (the … [Read more...] about Book: Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (6) (1950)
Article: Dianetics: The Original Thesis (1948)
Dianetics: The Original Thesis was written by Ron in 1947, fifteen years after he began his studies of the mind. [...] Originally titled Scientology: A New Science, the book was retitled Abnormal Dianetics when it was offered to the medical and psychiatric profession in early 1948. The work was not utilized by these professions; it was, however, accepted broadly by the public at large. [...] The first hardcover edition, titled Dianetics: The Original Thesis was published in Wichita, Kansas … [Read more...] about Article: Dianetics: The Original Thesis (1948)