While Gumpert at times tilted towards hyperbole "It may prove fatal to have put too much trust in the promises of this dangerous book," he wrote , his warnings against the false prophets of science ring true today. It is not so much the content of this book which deserves analysis as its effect on the average reader's mind. Dianetics has been steadily climbing on the best-seller list since its publication, and, next to the spectacular success of the Velikovsky book, its popularity is the most frightening proof of the confusion of the contemporary mind and its tendency to fall prey to pseudo-scientific concepts.
The book opens with the statement: "The creation of dianetics is a milestone for Man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his invention of the wheel and arch. A few lines later we learn: "It is new that life has as its entire dynamic urge only survival.
The dianetic prophet, L. Ron Hubbard, a civil engineer and science-fiction writer, has revealed "as an established scientific fact" that man is uniformly and invariably good. He claims as one of his great discoveries "a hitherto unsuspected sub-mind. No physical or emotional pain is ever fogotten unless it is removed by dynamic therapy. The dianetic patient "returns" to his pain and changes into an individual full of memories but without pain.
Lying in a quiet room he falls into a state of "dianetic reverie" and his "auditor" and everybody can be everybody else's auditor tells him "to go to rather than remember" various periods of his life, including his prenatal existence.
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According to the Scientology journal The Auditor , the total number of "Clears" as of May stands at 50, Hubbard's original book on Dianetics attracted highly critical reviews from science and medical writers and organizations.
The American Psychological Association passed a resolution in calling "attention to the fact that these claims are not supported by empirical evidence of the sort required for the establishment of scientific generalizations. Subsequently, Dianetics has achieved no general acceptance as a bona fide scientific theory. Few scientific investigations into the effectiveness of Dianetics have been published. Professor John A. Lee states in his evaluation of Dianetics:.
Harvey Jay Fischer tested Dianetics therapy against three claims made by proponents and found it does not effect any significant changes in intellectual functioning, mathematical ability, or the degree of personality conflicts; [24] Jack Fox tested Hubbard's thesis regarding recall of engrams, with the assistance of the Dianetic Research Foundation, and could not substantiate it.
Hubbard claimed, in an interview with the New York Times in November , that "he had already submitted proof of claims made in the book to a number of scientists and associations. He added that the public as well as proper organizations were entitled to such proof and that he was ready and willing to give such proof in detail. It presents case histories and a number of X-ray plates to support claims that Dianetics had cured "aberrations" including manic depression , asthma, arthritis , colitis and "overt homosexuality," and that after Dianetic processing, test subjects experienced significantly increased scores on a standardized IQ test.
The report's subjects are not identified by name, but one of them is clearly Hubbard himself "Case A, R. The authors provide no qualifications, although they are described in Hubbard's book Science of Survival where some results of the same study were reprinted as psychotherapists. Critics of Dianetics are skeptical of this study, both because of the bias of the source and because the researchers appear to ascribe all physical benefits to Dianetics without considering possible outside factors; in other words, the report lacks any scientific controls.
Winter, M. Commentators from a variety of backgrounds have described Dianetics as an example of pseudoscience, that is, information which claims to be scientific but which fails to meet the basic criteria for science. For example, philosophy professor Robert Carroll points to Dianetics' lack of empirical evidence:. In the years since its introduction, Dianetics has become a sub-study of the spiritually focused "applied religious philosophy" of Scientology, and the Church of Scientology places little emphasis on Hubbard's original claims to have created a "modern science.
The procedure of Dianetics therapy — known as auditing , from the Latin audire , "to listen" — is a two-person activity. One person, the "auditor", guides the other person, the "preclear". The preclear's job is to look at the mind and talk to the auditor. The auditor acknowledges what the preclear says and controls the process so the preclear may put his full attention on his work. The auditor and preclear sit down in chairs facing each other. The process then follows in eleven distinct steps: [31].
Auditing sessions are kept confidential. However, a few transcripts of auditing sessions with confidential information removed have been published as demonstration examples. Some extracts can be found in Dr. Winter's book Dianetics: A Doctor's Report. Examples of public group processing sessions can be found throughout the Congress Lecture series. According to Hubbard, auditing enables the preclear to "contact" and "release" engrams stored in the reactive mind, relieving him of the physical and mental aberrations connected with them.
The preclear is asked to inspect and familiarize himself with the exact details of his own experience; the auditor may not tell him anything about his case or evaluate any of the information the preclear finds. The validity and practice of auditing have been questioned by a variety of non-Scientologist commentators. Commenting on the example cited by Winter, the science writer Martin Gardner asserts that "nothing could be clearer from the above dialogue than the fact that the dianetic explanation for the headache existed only in the mind of the therapist, and that it was with considerable difficulty that the patient was maneuvered into accepting it.
Other critics and medical experts have suggested that Dianetic auditing is a form of hypnosis [33] [34] [35] , although the Church of Scientology has strongly denied that hypnosis forms any part of Dianetics. Winter [] comments that the leading nature of the questions asked of a preclear "encourage fantasy", a common issue also encountered with hypnosis, which can be used to form false memories. Rare in This Condition. Beautiful Copy. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good.
First edition following a limited manuscript edition of the second book published to discuss the background and fundamentals of this controversial movement.
About very good in stapled rough paper covers. Very good condition in a fair to good dust jacket; Jacket has a couple tears and a few small pieces missing and is somewhat soiled; Front end paper sports two former owner signatures.
After limited manuscript edition; Stapled into stiff paper covers; 92 pages. Paperback in very good condition; Some modest spotting ot the top of the covers. Published by Hermitage, Once Robert Cornog's copy with his signature on the f. The book that begat a religion. Robert Cornog was a friend of Hubbards as they lived together for about a year in Pasadena, California in the late 40's. During the war years, Dr. Cornog took active part in the Manhattan project in Los Alimos, N. A most desirable copy.
Published by The Office Of L. Ron Hubbard, Phoenix, Used - Softcover Condition: Near Fine. Green Wrappers. With Printed Greeting " Good Hunting! Ron Hubbard" On First Page.
Ron Hubbard, N. Central Ave. Ron Hubbard And Volney G. Used Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt on the spine Vertical tape ghosts to endsheets and slight softening to spine at base, else Fine, in an un-clipped dust jacket with trivial edge wear, faint sunning to the spine and faint toning to the rear panel.
A fantastic copy. Used - Hardcover Condition: vg. Condition: vg. Green cloth, in original printed dust wrapper. Dust wrapper reads, "Dianetics, beginning with this present volume- now published for the first time,- constitutes an organized and codified body of knowledge and techniques, which can be taught in a precise fashion.
Some of these techniques are amazing in the penetration they make of human thought and emotion. All of the techniques can be used consistently and effectively by anyone who has taken the trouble to learn them. Overall near fine condition. Some Toning of endpapers. Grey cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Protected clipped jacket has a few surface spots and sl.
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