DIANETICS THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH A HANDBOOK OF DIANETIC PROCEDURE By L. RON HUBBARD DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE 2 L. RON HUBBARD OF MENTAL HEALTH Publications Organization Published by The Church of Scientology of California Publications Organization 4833 Foun- tain Avenue, East Annex Los Angeles, California 90029 Scientology is an applied religious philosophy Dianetics ™ and Scientology ™ are registered names The Church of Scientology of California is a non profit organization. Copyright © 1950 by L. Ron Hubbard All rights, domestic and foreign, reserved No part of this book may be reproduced without permission of the copyright owner, except for use in the usual reviews. Dianetics is the trademark of L. Ron Hubbard in respect of his published works. Hardback edition just published May, 1950 TWENTY-FIVE PRINTINGS, THRU 1974 TWENTY-SIXTH PRINTING, NOVEMBER, 1975 TWENTY-SEVENTH PRINTING, APRIL, 1976 Paperback edition first published October, 1968 TWENTIETH PRINTING, MARCH 1978 U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NO. 73-184345 ISBN 0-88404-000-3 Printed in the United States of America DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE 3 L. RON HUBBARD OF MENTAL HEALTH Dedicated to Will Durant DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE 4 L. RON HUBBARD OF MENTAL HEALTH IMPORTANT NOTE In Studying Dianetics and Scientology be very, very certain you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is that he or she has gone past a word or phrase that was not understood. If the material becomes confusing or you can't seem to grasp it, there will be a word just earlier that you have not go back to BEFORE you got into trouble, find the misunderstood word and get it defined. 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RON HUBBARD OF MENTAL HEALTH CONTENTS IMPORTANT NOTE ................................................................................................. 4 CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... 5 SYNOPSIS ................................................................................................................. 9 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 16 HOW TO READ THIS BOOK ................................................................................ 20 Book One THE GOAL OF MAN ................................................................................ 22 IMPORTANT NOTE ............................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER I The Scope of Dianetics ....................................................................... 24 CHAPTER II The Clear ........................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER III The Goal of Man .............................................................................. 34 The Dynamic Principle Of Existence Is Survival................................................. 34 CHAPTER IV The Four Dynamics.......................................................................... 43 CHAPTER V Summary ........................................................................................... 46 Book Two THE SINGLE SOURCE OF ALL INORGANIC MENTAL AND ORGANIC PSYCHO-SOMATIC ILLS .................................................................................. 49 CHAPTER I The Analytical Mind and the Standard Memory Banks .................... 50 CHAPTER II The Reactive Mind ............................................................................ 55 CHAPTER III The Cell and the Organism............................................................... 69 CHAPTER IV The "Demons".................................................................................. 79 CHAPTER V Psycho-somatic Illness ...................................................................... 84 CHAPTER VI Emotion and the Dynamics.............................................................. 97 CHAPTER VII Prenatal Experience and Birth ...................................................... 106 CHAPTER VIII Contagion of Aberration.............................................................. 114 CHAPTER IX Keying-in the Engram.................................................................... 119 CHAPTER X Preventive Dianetics........................................................................ 127 Book Three THERAPY.............................................................................................. 134 CHAPTER I The Mind's Protection....................................................................... 135 CHAPTER II Release or Clear............................................................................... 138 CHAPTER III The Auditor's Role ......................................................................... 141 CHAPTER IV Diagnosis........................................................................................ 146 DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE 6 L. RON HUBBARD OF MENTAL HEALTH CHAPTER V Returning, the File Clerk, and the Time Track................................ 157 CHAPTER VI The Laws of Returning .................................................................. 166 CHAPTER VII Emotion and the Life Force .......................................................... 180 CHAPTER VIII Some Types of Engrams.............................................................. 203 Contra-Survival Engram..................................................................................... 203 Pro-Survival Engram.......................................................................................... 204 Sympathy Engram .............................................................................................. 207 Painful Emotion Engram .................................................................................... 210 CHAPTER IX – PART ONE Mechanisms and Aspects of Therapy..................... 213 The Case Entrance.............................................................................................. 213 Stuck In Present Time ........................................................................................ 218 Basic-Basic......................................................................................................... 220 The Reduction And The Erasure ........................................................................ 220 Handling The Somatic Strip ............................................................................... 223 Present Time....................................................................................................... 226 The Flash Answer............................................................................................... 227 Dreams................................................................................................................ 227 Valence Shift ...................................................................................................... 228 Type Of Chains................................................................................................... 229 Dianetic Don'ts ................................................................................................... 230 Types Of Somatics ............................................................................................. 232 "Unconsciousness" ............................................................................................. 232 Locks .................................................................................................................. 233 The Junior Case .................................................................................................. 234 Restimulating The Engram................................................................................. 234 Occluded Life Periods And People .................................................................... 234 Animosity Toward Parents................................................................................. 234 Propitiation ......................................................................................................... 235 Love.................................................................................................................... 236 The Erasure......................................................................................................... 238 The Foreign Language Case............................................................................... 241 CHAPTER IX – PART TWO Mechanisms and Aspects of Therapy.................... 242 DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE 7 L. RON HUBBARD OF MENTAL HEALTH Extra-Sensory Perception ................................................................................... 242 Electric Shock..................................................................................................... 243 Tacit Consent...................................................................................................... 243 Emotion And Pain Shut-Offs.............................................................................. 243 Exteriorized Views ............................................................................................. 244 Telepathy ............................................................................................................ 244 Prenatal Living Conditions................................................................................. 245 The Engram Filing System................................................................................