bts@unc.UUCP (06/30/83)
Since there's been a discussion about Scientology in
this group lately, I thought I'd share something with y'all
that I received in the mail the other day from the Church of
Scientology of Florida. It's an ad for L. Ron Hubbard's
book "Dianetics", 436 pages for $15.00, only $3.95 for the
paperback. The ad's promises for the book include the fol-
lowing (quoted without permission):
What is the state of mind at which a person can start
to live at their full potential? 10's of thousands
have achieved it with Dianetics. (p. 8)
If, as L. Ron Hubbard discovered, the mind is "utterly
incapable of error", why aren't people always correct
in how they think and act? (p.16)
What the five classes of psychsomatic illness are and
how the reactive mind can precipitate illness as well
as impede the cure. (p. 98)
There are three kinds of love between a man and a
woman. One will almost certainly lead to disaster.
Which one? (p. 308)
There's also a graph showing how Dianetics has increased the
IQs of two practitioners from 108 and 112 to 126 and 146,
respectively.
I will not be ordering the book, but if anyone is
interested the address is
Dianetics Information Center
%Church of Scientology of Florida
120 Giralda Avenue
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Last, but hardly the least interesting, "Scientology" and
"Dianetics" are trademarks and service marks for publica-
tions and services owned by Religious Technology Center.
Does anyone know of any other religious trademarks? How
about religious technology?