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Part One: How L. Ron Hubbard Lied His Way to Godhood

Behind the Bastards

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The Science Behind Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health

In May of 1950, Dianetics reached bookstores across the nation. Its publisher, Hermitage House, only printed 6,000 copies for its first run. Elrond Hubbard was providing a dressed up guide for people to perform unlicensed psychotherapy on their friends and family. He claimed that mental illness was caused by memories that had essentially gotten misfiled in the brain.

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