May 9th marks the annual anniversary of
Dianetics, making 2015 the 65th anniversary of the best selling
self-help book.
When Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health was
published on May 9, 1950, it sparked a movement. Since its release date, the
book has become the best selling self-help book of all time.
Humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, who authored the text, wrote
in prodigious volume, totaling more than fifteen million words between 1929 and
1941. Hubbard’s prolific writing career funded his research into the mind,
enabling him to travel across much of the United States, the Caribbean and
Asia.
His research was interrupted only by World War II, where
he served as Lieutenant in the US Navy and saw action in the Atlantic and
Pacific. In early 1945 at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, while recovering from
injuries sustained in combat, he employed early techniques of Dianetics to
assist in speeding recovery of otherwise terminal patients. Upon honorable
discharge from the navy in 1946, Hubbard continued his research and refinement
of Dianetics to the benefit of some 350 cases.
With case material collected from several decades of
research, Hubbard completed Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and
it was released on May 9, 1950. It was on the New York Times bestseller list
for twenty-eight consecutive weeks and inspired what newspaper headlines
described as "Dianetics-taking U.S. by storm," "Dianetics -
Overnight Whirlwind Success" and "Dianetics: A study of the mind -
fastest growing 'movement' in America."
Dianetics has since become a global phenomenon with the
book now available in 165 nations in 50 languages. More than 21 million copies
of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health have been sold which have
appeared on a record 116 bestseller lists internationally.
Today, L. Ron Hubbard's works are studied and applied
daily in over a thousand Dianetics centers, Scientology churches, missions and
organizations around the world. The Dianetics Seminar has seen much success in
Nashville where it is delivered out of the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation, a
department within the Church of Scientology.
The Church of Scientology & Hubbard Dianetics
Foundation will celebrate this anniversary event in a special ceremony during
May. For more information on Dianetics,
visit the Dianetics website www.dianetics.org. For an interactive audiovisual
overview of the life and works of L. Ron Hubbard, visit www.lronhubbard.org.
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