Dianetics - The Modern Science Of Mental Health - Hardcover

L. Ron Hubbard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8787347199 ISBN 13: 9788787347198

Publisher: Advanced Organization Publications Dept, 1973

Synopsis

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (sometimes abbreviated as DMSMH) is a book by L. Ron Hubbard about Dianetics, a system of psychotherapy he developed from a combination of personal experience, basic principles of Eastern philosophy, and the work of psychoanalysts such as Sigmund Freud. The book is a canonical text of Scientology. It is colloquially referred to as Book One. The book launched the movement, which later defined itself as a religion, in 1950. As of 2013, New Era Publications, the international publishing company of Hubbard's works, sells this book in English and in fifty other languages. In this best-selling book, Hubbard wrote that he had isolated the "dynamic principle of existence," which he states as "Survive," and presents his description of the human mind. He identifies the source of "human aberration" as the "reactive mind," a normally hidden but always conscious area of the mind, and certain traumatic memories ("engrams") stored in it. Dianetics describes counselling (or "auditing") techniques which Hubbard claimed would get rid of engrams and bring major therapeutic benefits.

About this edition

• Publisher: Advanced Organization Publications Dept
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 8787347199
• ISBN 13: 9788787347198
• Binding: Hardcover