"Dianetics: A New Science of the Mind" was an article by Laffayette Ronald Hubbard [L. Ron Hubbard or LRH] published in the magazine "Astounding Science Fiction" in May of 1950. This issue seems to be one big advertisement for LRH's book "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health", which came out that same month. Why would a "Science Fiction" magazine decide to publish/promote something like this so aggressively?
Hubbard has been quoted as telling a science fiction convention in 1948: "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion."
[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health has been subject to continuous editing since its inception so that at present it hardly resembles the original 1950 edition - wiki]
While Dianetics labeled itself a "science", the author LRH later morphed it into a "religion," now known as Scientology. But what do the followers of Scientology do exactly, and how is it related to some article originally published in a pulp Science Fiction magazine at the dawn of the 1950s? The truth is about as strange, sinister, and complex as you'd imagine - if not moreso.
THE GRIFT
He has built up over the years….a great amount of false and imaginary data...I can say flatly that 99% of what my father wrote about his own life and what he had done is false. And since it’s always been an integral part of Scientology itself...I think people should know those facts...my father only knew how to do one thing, which was to destroy people...There’s only 1 good defense and that’s to attack.
They really don’t know what they’re doing, the average people coming in the door at Scientology, until they get to the very very top, they don’t really realize that they step by step…start believing this, all of the various falsehoods.
“I connatate loyalty as the highest ethic. That means follow me, that means total dedication, total loyalty to me L Ron Hubbard.”
My father always felt that he was above the law because he had created the law…he created whatever rules regulations and...there was only 1 sin in Scientology, which is “getting caught.”
I watched it continue to become a criminal conspiracy. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But I wish to paraphrase - power is very enjoyable, and total and absolute power is ecstacy. Scientology is a power and money game. The definition of "life" in Scientology is what is called "a game," life is a game, same as monopoly or playing Gin and Rummy. It doesn’t have all that much reality to it, which means that you can pretty well do as you please.
The above quotes were collected from the 1982 Clearwater Hearings, in which LRH Jr [then known as Ronald DeWolf] testifies to what can be described as no less than an utter condemnation of his father and the Scientology empire he built, which stands to this day. Much of the scathing accusations contained therein can be largely corroborated by a few minutes of research online, but it is not the purpose of this blog to simply cut and paste bullet points illustrating the corrupt history of Scientology. I'm more interested in the contrast between the apparent reality of Scientology and people's perception of it, and how that has been, and continues to be, aggressively controlled throughout the years.
When most people think of Scientology they think of Tom Cruise and John Travolta. That's very good because I'm sure they'd much rather you think of these 2 smiling faces, than have you perform a not-so-deep-dive online regarding the organization's past - which speaks for itself. It's easy to forget that these smiling faces belong to PAID ACTORS. But even if we assume our buddies Tom and John are NOT acting and are genuine witnesses to the benefits of Scientology - isn't that a little MORE scary?
[Aleister Crowley 1875-1947]
THE "G"-ENERATIVE FORCE
What a lot of people don't realize is that Scientology is black magic that is just spread out over a long time period. To perform black magic generally takes a few hours or, at most, a few weeks. But in Scientology it's stretched out over a lifetime, and so you don't see it. - LRH Jr
You might not be very surprised to find out that Aleister Crowley had a known influence upon the creator of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard. A fairly well documented one, in fact. Crowley taught a sex magic ritual called karezza or Dianism which Hubbard is believed to have practiced. But before getting deeper into that, let's look at some of the more disturbing things LRH Jr revealed at the same 1982 Clearwater Hearing referenced earlier:
...I was born at 2 lb 2 oz, prematurely. My father had rather severely beaten my mother and that’s what caused that, while he was trying to get involved with Black Magic rituals…[LRH tried] at least 2 attempted abortions on my mother, one I observed when I was around 6 or 7...Dianetics deals greatly with Husbands beating pregnant wives. [there were] 270 incidences in the book dealing with pre-natal experiences. Attempted abortions by husbands; women on themselves.
The general focus of the [presumably first edition of Dianetics] book is, I would say, to put it in one word, SEX…According to my father all cancer stems from the 2nd dynamic. The 2nd dynamic is sex. His leap of logic was that Cancer is cells which are dividing and dividing of cells is a sexual thing….so therefore the basis of all cancer is sex. If you’re having big bad problems with sex in early childhood then this is what’s causing your cancer…that [celibacy] can also cause cancer because of your lack of sexual activity. Compulsive sex or too much sex, THAT can cause cancer too…”The Old Man’s casebook” by LRH - claims 8 cases of cancer cured...
[Beginning in 1924, Wilhelm Reich published a series of papers on the idea of "orgastic potency", the ability to release the emotions from the muscles and lose the self in an uninhibited orgasm, an idea that Freud came to call Reich's "Steckenpferd" (hobby horse).]
The concept of incorporating sex or sexual activities into medical treatment and/or magick rituals probably dates further back than we can trace. But in the modern sense, Crowley seems to be the one who popularized it in the early 1900s.
Like Hitler, LRH's lust for power seemed to know no bounds. Inevitably, this lust for power takes one down roads who's toll is the near abandonment of morality and humanity. The latter are viewed as "road blocks," and not as the life affirming instincts God instilled within us. Once one abandons these instincts, there is "only 1 sin in life," which is “getting caught.”
ROCKET MAN
[Marvel Whiteside Parsons, aka John Whiteside Parsons, or Jack Pasons with his wife Marjorie Cameron, whom he believed to be the "elemental" woman and manifestation of Babalon that he had invoked in some sort of Crowleyan ritual.]
John Parsons is regarded as an important figure historically due to his work advancing early rocket propulsion technology. He was also one of the more well known practitioners of Crowley's Thelema Religion, and was a member of the Ordo Temple Orientis [the O.T.O.] In fact, Parsons came to believe in the reality of Thelemic magick as a force that could be explained through quantum physics. Needless to say, he took it all pretty seriously!
In June 1942, Navy records indicate that Hubbard suffered "active conjunctivitis" and later "urethral discharges"...In July 1943, Hubbard was admitted to the San Diego naval hospital for observation—he would remain there for months...On April 9, 1945, Hubbard again reported sick and was re-admitted to Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland. He was discharged from the hospital on December 4, 1945.
After, Hubbard [who would have been around 34 at the time] chose to stay in California, rather than return to his family in Washington state. He moved into the Pasadena mansion of John Parsons and soon became sexually involved with his 21-year-old girlfriend, Sara "Betty" Northrup.
Parsons wrote to Crowley that although Hubbard had "no formal training in Magick he has an extraordinary amount of experience and understanding in the field...He is the most Thelemic person I have ever met and is in complete accord with our own principles." Hubbard and Parsons collaborated on the "Babalon Working", a series of sex magic rituals intended to summon an incarnation of Babalon, the supreme Goddess in Crowley's pantheon...The Book of Babalon describes the workings as occult ceremonies based on Crowley's teaching, requiring a woman to take part in sexual rites meant to bring about the birth of a spiritual being, sometimes described in Thelemic literature as a "moonchild" – a supernatural offspring "mightier than all the kings of the Earth."
Parsons viewed Hubbard as being unusually sensitive to occult forces and brought him into the project as an active collaborator. He assigned Hubbard the role of "Scribe", responsible for channelling messages attributed to Babalon. One ritual account from March 1946 describes Hubbard speaking in the goddess's voice, portaying her as the "flame of life, power of darkness" who "feeds upon the death of men". In 1969, the Church of Scientology acknowledged that these rites had occurred...
[Marjorie Cameron, as she likely appeared around the time John Parson's met her]
[Marjorie Cameron while obviously embracing the whole "Scarlet Woman of Babalon" thing]
Parsons reported paranormal events in the house resulting from the rituals; including poltergeist activity, sightings of orbs and ghostly apparitions, alchemical (sylphic) effect on the weather, and disembodied voices. [George] Pendle suggested that Parsons was particularly susceptible to these interpretations and attributed the voices to a prank by Hubbard and Sara.
Their final ritual took place in the Mojave Desert in late February 1946, during which Parsons abruptly decided that his undertaking was complete. On returning to the Parsonage, he discovered that Marjorie Cameron—an unemployed illustrator and former Navy WAVE—had come to visit. Believing her to be the "elemental" woman and manifestation of Babalon that he had invoked, in early March Parsons began performing sex magic rituals with Cameron, who acted as his "Scarlet Woman", while Hubbard continued to participate as the amanuensis.
Inspired by Crowley's novel Moonchild (1917), Parsons and Hubbard aimed to magically fertilize a "magical child" through Immaculate Conception, which when born to a woman somewhere on Earth nine months following the working's completion would become the Thelemic messiah embodying Babalon...the purpose of the Babalon Working was "a daring attempt to shatter the boundaries of space and time" facilitating, according to Parsons, the emergence of Thelema's Æon of Horus...Crowley was bewildered and concerned by the endeavor...being "fairly frantic when I contemplate the idiocy of these louts!"
Parsons co-founded a company called Allied Enterprises with Hubbard and Sara, into which Parsons invested his life savings of $20,970 [the equivalant of about $375,000 in 2025]. Hubbard suggested that with this money they travel to Miami to purchase three yachts, which they would then sail through the Panama Canal to the West Coast, where they could sell them for a profit. Parsons agreed, but many of his friends thought it was a bad idea. Hubbard had secretly requested permission from the U.S. Navy to sail to China and South and Central America on a mission to "collect writing material"; his real plans were for a world cruise. Left "flat broke" by this defrauding, Parsons was incensed when he discovered that Hubbard and Sara had left for Miami with $10,000 of the money; he suspected a scam but was placated by a telephone call from Hubbard and agreed to remain business partners.
When Crowley, in a telegram...dismissed Parsons as a "weak fool" and victim to Hubbard and Sara's obvious confidence trick, Parsons changed his mind, flew to Miami and placed a temporary injunction and restraining order on them...Parsons was discouraged from taking further action by Sara, who threatened to report him for statutory rape since their sexual relationship took place when she was under California's age of consent of 18. Parsons was ultimately compensated with only $2,900. Hubbard, already married to Margaret Grubb, bigamously married Sara and went on to found Dianetics and Scientology.
The Sunday Times published an article about Hubbard's involvement with O.T.O. and Parsons' occult activities in December 1969. In response, the Church of Scientology released an unsubstantiated press statement which said that Hubbard had been sent as an undercover agent by the U.S. Navy to intercept and destroy Parsons' "black magic cult", and save Sara from its influence. The Church also stated that Robert A. Heinlein was the clandestine Navy operative who "sent in" Hubbard to undertake this operation.
SCIENTOLOGY
[The Cross of Scientology has been speculated to be inspired by Crowley's "Rose Cross" or possibly a "crossing out" of the Christian Cross. Whatever the case, sufficiently iconic without a doubt.]
[The "Rose Cross" which appears on the back of every card in Crowley's Thoth Tarot Deck.]
The New Jersey Medical association started investigating the foundation and forced it’s closure because they were practicing medicine without a license…this was in 1951. - LRH Jr
LRH's Dianetics fraud empire was starting to crumble, when a Don G Purcell came along and bailed him out, buying out LRH's rights to Dianetics. This was one of the reasons Scientology was created, according to LRH Jr. All of this, while LRH was also going through a very messy divorce, where Sara claimed beatings, attempted abortions, etcs...Hubbard's first wife evidently saw the headlines and wrote to Sara on May 2 offering her support. "Ron is not normal... Your charges probably sound fantastic to the average person—but I've been through it—the beatings, threats on my life, all the sadistic traits you charge—twelve years of it."
LRH then fled to Puerto Rico and then Phoenix, Arizona with somewhere around 5 shoeboxes of $25000 cash each. He eventually went on a campaign to "destroy" Percell and in 1955 got the rights back to Dianetics...To get the medical authorities off his back he then formed a…legal corporation, Scientology.
In November 1952, Hubbard published Scientology 8-80, followed up in December with Scientology 8-8008, which argued that the physical universe is the creation of the mind...In December, Hubbard gave a seventy-hour series of lectures in Philadelphia that was attended by 38 people in which he delved into the occult. In the lectures, Hubbard connects rituals and the practice of Scientology to the magickal practices of Aleister Crowley, recommending Crowley's book The Master Therion. During the Philadelphia course, Hubbard joked that he was "the prince of darkness", which was met with laughter from the audience.
On December 16, 1952, Hubbard was arrested in the middle of a lecture for failing to return $9,000 withdrawn from the Wichita Foundation. He eventually settled the debt by paying $1,000 and returning a car belonging to Wichita financier Don Purcell.
[David Miscavige, current highest ranking member of the religion of Scientology]
According to the Bible, God sent the flood because humanity had become excessively wicked and violent, corrupting the earth to the point that "every intention of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5).
It seems to me that LRH was possessed by his own need to control everyone and everything around him. Morals, laws, rules...these are only blockades in the journey to one's ideal scenario, which is to exercise his TRUE WILL. We often see a caveat accompanying writings which speak along these lines, such as "so long as it does not impede others' free will." But how is that even possible when the "limitless horizon" of the exercising of one's TRUE WILL, unobstructed, is unleashed? One possessed in this way will simply say and do anything which furthers one's goals, whatever they may be. And any scenario which enables this state of mind is nothing more than a temporary vehicle to the next grift.
I suppose what I have put together here is a small glimpse into the "origins of Scientology," which naturally leads to the question "how is it so popular and well funded to this day?" This is something which requires a degree of permission and cooporation of entities and organizations which must have connections within the Government and possibly even the Department of Justice. The fact that such a diabolically corrupt organization is allowed to exist at all, much less proliferate unopposed to this day, is a pretty good example of the perpetual corruption we live with daily and how our society unfortunately nurtures exactly what God saw just before sending the flood.
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