В федивёрсе в курсе, что сегодня ДР #LRH?
В федивёрсе в курсе, что сегодня ДР #LRH?
What politicians need to know about Scientology's anti-psychiatry agenda
https://tonyortega.substack.com/p/what-politicians-need-to-know-about
#psychiatry #scientology #politics #mentalhealth #crazy #religion #safepointing #lrh
@Ind3fatigable thanks! #Scientology is way more interesting than the #Fundy #cult in which I was raised.
But, oof, #LRH is hard to read. I genuinely can't see how this book was so popular when it was first printed.
I tried to start Chapter 2, but it made my mini-migraine worse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics has some wild info buried in the sources list.
I'm distracting myself with https://newrepublic.com/article/108205/scientology-joins-forces-with-nation-of-islam
#Review - I regret challenging myself to read this, as #LRH had a writing style that is difficult for me. It is not #DyslexiaFriendly at all.
I can only read a few pages at a time, so if I finish this project it's gonna take a long time.
At this point, it's basically an extended introduction of the book. Hopefully it gets easier to read as I continue.
🧵4/4
#LRonHubbard promises the reader that #Dianetics is:
1) "an organized science of thought"
2) which "contains a therapeutic technique ... with assurance of complete cure"
3) that "produces a condition of ability and rationality" and "gives a complete insight into the full potentialities of the mind"
#LRH then makes some pretty strong claims that imply that Dianetics is the Universal Theory of Science of the Mind, but provides no evidence of any research.
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