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Mar 27, 1953
Arrest gives pair fine new engrams — Detroit Free Press
Aug 1, 1951
Boiled Engrams — American Mercury
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Willard Beecher ,
Calder Willingham Source:
American Mercury In May of last year, from the modest little town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, came a voice that promised complete salvation for mankind on this earth. That in itself is nothing new, but this particular voice was a powerful roar, worth at least a footnote in any account of our troubled age. It was the voice of a man by the name of L. Ron Hubbard. Until this moment, Hubbard had been known as a writer of science fiction fantasies. But ...
Aug 1, 1951
Dianetics // A critical appraisal of a best-selling book that originated in the realm of science-fiction and became the basis for a new cult — Consumer Reports
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Consumer Reports Dianetics is the title of a book (and a "science") which, for many months, held its place as a best seller in the non-fiction field. According to its originator and to thousands of dianetics adherents, it is "the new Modern Science of Mental Health." Dianetic research institutes have been founded in many cities, with the dual purpose of studying mental and psychosomatic ills in the light of dianetic theories, and of training potential practitioners or "auditors" to treat sick people by ...
Apr 1, 1951
Dianetics. L Ron Hubbard, 452 pages. Hermitage House, New York, 1950, $4.00 [review] — American Journal of Digestive DiseasesMore: link
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American Journal of Digestive Diseases DIANETICS. L. Ron Hubbard, 452 pages. Hermitage House, New York, 1950, $4.-00. Because a considerable mass of non-medical people have been puzzled by this book, and some of them seek the opinion of physicians with respect to its value, it might be an advantage if the physician could have it appraised without being forced to read it. This review, made for that purpose, takes the attitude that Hubbard has not produced any scientific proof to support his theories, and consequently "dianetics ...
Mar 30, 1951
Zilboorg denounces 'Dianetics' at forum — New York TimesMore: link
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New York Times The practice of "dianetics," a theory for the treatment of psychosomatic and other ills, was attacked as "dangerous" last night by Dr. Gregory Zilboorg, psychiatrist, at a meeting held under the auspices of the Physicians' Forum at the New York Academy of Medicine, 2 East 103d Street. The attack on "dianetics," the theories of which are expounded in a best-selling book of that name by L. Ron Hubbard, was said by a spokesman for the Physicians' Forum to have been the ...
Sep 3, 1950
'Dianetics' - For seekers of prefabricated happiness — Herald TribuneMore: erich-fromm.de
Type: Press
Author(s):
Erich Fromm Source:
Herald Tribune Never have people been more interested in psychology and the art of living than today. The appeal which books dealing with these subjects have is a symptom of a serious concern with the human rather than with the material aspects of living. But among these books are some which satisfy the need for rational guidance and others appealing to readers who look for prefabricated happiness and miracle cures. Dianetics is the latest in this series of books and the author uses ...
Aug 14, 1950
The Dianetics craze — The New RepublicMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Martin Gumpert Source:
The New Republic 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 ...
Aug 5, 1950
A cure for all ills — The NationMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Milton R. Sapirstein Source:
The Nation DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH . By L. Ron Hubbard. Hermitage House. $4. ORDINARILY, a new book which offers a generalized cure for all the ills of mankind — guaranteed, within twenty hours — would not be reviewed in these columns. This new book on "Dianetics," by L. Ron Hubbard, however, is in a class by itself. In the first place, the author seems honestly to believe what he has written. His own powerful conviction, in turn, seems to have ...
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