La Fayette Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard's first and clearest description of Dianetics.

Dianetics, the Original Thesis

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           First of all, I want to say it was very hard to give it a 2 star review. Considering the note at the beginning basically came across as if you don't understand something it is because you failed to understand or look up the words bothered me. (I mean, there are ideas out there that no amount of vocabulary can help us understand.) However, I did power through to the end and I made a personal rule that 1 stars would be reserved for books I could not finish.

The book is very very repetitive. In addition, he defined multiple common words, but only did so in the glossary. So, in the instances where context indicated he may be using an uncommon definition, one would have to go to the back of the book. There were times I felt like I could read the same paragraph multiple times and still not understand what he said (even if I knew all the words). Maybe the intro made me start in a poor mood because I did not appreciate being told I was too stupid to look up words (when you feel the need to define very common words). Maybe it was the fact that they said to presume attempted abortions in everyone of the "current" generation, which I was appalled at. Going into anything with assumptions is going to taint the experience and how you view it. It is definitely not scientific, including no references. And before anyone says it was self help book, I have read many of those that still contain references to the relevant studies or texts.

That said if you are curious about the belief systems based on his works and have a strong will it can be done. I plan to power through the other two books in this series out of my love for studying other beliefs more than anything else.