Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health Paperback – International Edition, 1 Nov. 2007

Great author

Just bought my new 75th Anniversary edition, really looking forward to reading it again. It's amazing to see how the problems facing humankind in the 40s and 50s are still plaguing us today. Mental health is an issue and it's a subject of news allover the world. It's not just one country's problem, but a global issue. Dianetics is not meant to be left on a shelf collecting dust, but is meant to be used. Read it, practice and do it, and all from the comfort of your own home. Don't listen to what other people, not even me, try it for yourself and see if it works for you, make your own mind about it, but I only advise you to try it out exactly how it's supposed to be done before you decide it's not for you. Saved me from oblivion, it might be of help to you too.

I've been fascinated by Hubbard and Scientology for a long time but haven't read "Book one" until now. Well, now I have, and Hubbard's theory is an interesting one. Unfortunately, it's not true. It has been disproven in scientific tests.What strikes me most about the book is the confidence with which Hubbard presents his theory. He claims it's a proven science and refers to experiments. Still there's not one single source to back up his claims. The reader must take his word for it. This contradicts something Hubbard writes in the book: "A science that depends on Authority alone is a breath in the wind of truth and is therefore no science at all." About this, he is right. And Dianetics has not proven itself to be true. It is based only on Hubbard's claims, and is thus a pseudoscience.Hubbard also writes some quite offensive things, such as that a society which accepts perversion, including homosexuality, doesn't deserve to survive. He also writes about certain "primitive" people, such as the Zulus, that the only reason the Zulu is not in the madhouse is that his tribe doesn't have any madhouses.I recommend the books to those who want to understand what Dianetics is and what Scientology evolved from. Those who are looking for a self-help book that actually works should look elsewhere. Were it not for the Church of Scientology I doubt this book would have been in print for the last forty years or so.

I read this book in 1978.... I used the techniques in it and it litterally blew my mind away. Just reading the book changed my views about myself, people, and the world in general.I got rid of loads of internal stress, unjustified fears, self doubts, and actually physical problems - especially a chronic back pain which for years had been quite delibitating.What you get rid off with Dianetics is gone forever. The best proof for me personnally is that I don't catch colds, no more bad back, and at 67, 42 years later I feel great and am as happy a chap as I have always been... Is it a result of Dianetics?Well... I think it is because I am not an isolated case. Several of my friends have experienced similar long lasting improvement of their mood and health. It also make you understand the source of the social slump we are in today worlwide.This book... Dianetics should be taught in schools.

Not what I expected.

STILL ON THE TO READ LIST.

Answered a lot questions for me about otherr people and also myself. Recommend it.

Bought as a gift and appreciated