Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, also known as L. Ron Hubbard was an author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. Scientology is a religion based off of a fiction piece of work, Dianetics. Dianetics describes a program of self improvement and spiritual awakening and continues to be the Scientology bible. The church currently has over seven hundred churches, missions and groups, and Dianetics still sells over four hundred thousand copies a year. As a result of L. Ron Hubbard’s determination, hard work, and craziness, he still continues to influence people around the world today.
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born on March 13, 1911, in Tilden, Nebraska. He was the only child of Harry Ross Hubbard and Ledora May Hubbard. When he turned two, his …show more content…
Ron Hubbard’s lifetime, he had done many things, one being winning a world record for “Most Published Titles”. In 2006, he had 1084 titles and he had written over 600 books, stories and articles. Before Hubbard had gotten published, he used to write under pen names, for example: Rene Lafayette, Captain Herbert Reynold, Mr. Spectator, etc. Finally, Tailwind Willies, his first book was published, in 1932. This book was based off of an experience he had with a friend as they skimmed over four or five states. He wrote multiple books, of multiple different genres including: mysteries, westerns, aerial thriller, high sea adventure, and a little bit of romance. His writing became so popular that he was elected as President of the Author Fiction Guilds, the New York Chapter. The Author Fiction Guild is an organization that supports writers and protects authors’ rights. Hubbard’s books were becoming so popular that his fiction writings sold over twenty-three million copies and his nonfiction works sold over twenty-seven million copies. Although Hubbard’s writing career was taking off, he always wanted one of his books to be turned into a movie. He only ever got short, small contracts that entailed nothing. Columbia Pictures purchased the film rights to one of his books, Murder at Pirate Castle, in 1937. Columbia Pictures changed the movie title to The Secret of Treasure Island. This 15 episode film became one of the most popular and successful series of all …show more content…
Before the book was published in 1947, Hubbard opened an office in Los Angeles to start testing Dianetics. Dianetics was published in 1950 by the Hermitage House. Right after Dianetics was published, Hubbard left freelance writing to continue writing on the subject. During this time, he also delivered over four thousand lectures on the subject. At this time, when Hubbard was thirty-eight, he claims that he had been researching Dianetics for thirty-five years, meaning that he started his research when he was three. Hubbard writes that he has found the source of all mental illnesses, which are engrams. Dianetics sees mind blocks by emotionally traumatic memories called engrams. In this book, all patients had to get the engrams removed. Hubbard believed that a “Clear” patient was “to a current normal individual as the current normal is to the severely insane”. In the 1940’s, Hubbard started to incorporate concepts from eastern and modern psychology in Dianetics. There is no proof, but it is said, that a person cured by Dianetics has a higher IQ, heals faster, has better eyesight, and that never gets colds. Everyone says it’s the superman evolution step towards a new
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born on March 13, 1911, in Tilden, Nebraska. He was the only child of Harry Ross Hubbard and Ledora May Hubbard. When he turned two, his …show more content…
Ron Hubbard’s lifetime, he had done many things, one being winning a world record for “Most Published Titles”. In 2006, he had 1084 titles and he had written over 600 books, stories and articles. Before Hubbard had gotten published, he used to write under pen names, for example: Rene Lafayette, Captain Herbert Reynold, Mr. Spectator, etc. Finally, Tailwind Willies, his first book was published, in 1932. This book was based off of an experience he had with a friend as they skimmed over four or five states. He wrote multiple books, of multiple different genres including: mysteries, westerns, aerial thriller, high sea adventure, and a little bit of romance. His writing became so popular that he was elected as President of the Author Fiction Guilds, the New York Chapter. The Author Fiction Guild is an organization that supports writers and protects authors’ rights. Hubbard’s books were becoming so popular that his fiction writings sold over twenty-three million copies and his nonfiction works sold over twenty-seven million copies. Although Hubbard’s writing career was taking off, he always wanted one of his books to be turned into a movie. He only ever got short, small contracts that entailed nothing. Columbia Pictures purchased the film rights to one of his books, Murder at Pirate Castle, in 1937. Columbia Pictures changed the movie title to The Secret of Treasure Island. This 15 episode film became one of the most popular and successful series of all …show more content…
Before the book was published in 1947, Hubbard opened an office in Los Angeles to start testing Dianetics. Dianetics was published in 1950 by the Hermitage House. Right after Dianetics was published, Hubbard left freelance writing to continue writing on the subject. During this time, he also delivered over four thousand lectures on the subject. At this time, when Hubbard was thirty-eight, he claims that he had been researching Dianetics for thirty-five years, meaning that he started his research when he was three. Hubbard writes that he has found the source of all mental illnesses, which are engrams. Dianetics sees mind blocks by emotionally traumatic memories called engrams. In this book, all patients had to get the engrams removed. Hubbard believed that a “Clear” patient was “to a current normal individual as the current normal is to the severely insane”. In the 1940’s, Hubbard started to incorporate concepts from eastern and modern psychology in Dianetics. There is no proof, but it is said, that a person cured by Dianetics has a higher IQ, heals faster, has better eyesight, and that never gets colds. Everyone says it’s the superman evolution step towards a new