What Is Scientology?

by L. Ron Hubbard (Based on the works of), Church of Scientology

It's in the news.  It's talked about on radio and TV.   It's growing at an incredible rate.   And it's got the answers.

What Is Scientology?

Find out in the book:

* How Scientology helps people in the here and now.

* What the State of Clear is and what it means to you.

* What Total Freedom means and how Scientologists achieve it.

* Why Scientologists believe they have lived before.

* What the E-Meter is and how it works.

* Who L. Ron Hubbard is and why Scientologists consider him their best friend.

* Why Scientology is not only a religion, but a religion for people of all religions.

* What kind of people are Scientologists?

* How Scientology began.

* What Scientology auditing is and the miracles it achieves.

* Who has been attacking Scientology and exactly why.

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction, Spirituality

833 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard. Then too, of course, there is all L. Ron Hubbard represents as the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and thus the only major religion born in the 20th century.

source: Amazon

Reviews

[Cory Howell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like all Scientology publications, it's completely ridiculous, but immensely entertaining. One can hardly believe all of the content that masquerades as "fact." Lavishly illustrated, and chock full of hubris!

The biographical info on Hubbard is a bizarre mix of fact and fiction. The info on Scientology is the usual propaganda.

[Rebecca · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was on sale for $1. I am not religious and I wasn’t interested in joining a religion, Or joining a cult, but I was curious as to what this secretive world was all about, and why so many seemingly successful celebrities were so into this Scientology thing. (Namely Kate Ceberano, who unlike Tom Cruise, actually appears relatively sane) so I picked it up and took it home.
After reading (well skimming through and reading the most ridiculous bits) I still don’t get it. It’s like a really bad sci-fi story That somebody is trying to pass off as reality. Weird. I cannot imagine anybody wanting any part of it.

[Nathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

basic summary of scientology, i was not converted

[Nina Verde · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well documented book about a new religion. Found all answers to my questions.

[Thomas Cools]

I read this book out of curiosity and I must admit I didn’t read the whole volume. I only read the parts that gave me a better understanding of this self-proclaimed religion. The book taught me that scientology is not a small marginal phenomenon, but actually a quite large organisation with a serious amount of funds.

On some level I admire the imagination of Hubbard. Inventing a philosophy that tries to explain all aspects of life is no small task. At one point he proposes to rewrite the rules of grammar to achieve a better communication between people. Still, it's all farfetched and littered with ridiculous "facts" such as "half of the American population can't read!". I find that hard to believe. The whole scientology philosophy reads like a pamphlet against modern medicine and psychology.

I was not converted.

[Edwin Stratton-Mackay · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book contains the PR aspect of scientology that the cult hierarchy permits new public* to see. A lot of it is half-true, much of it is hogwash.

*"Raw meat."