Dianetics is a set of ideas and practices regarding the metaphysical relationship between the mind and body which was created by L. Ron Hubbard and is practiced by followers of Scientology.

The goal of Dianetics is to remove the " reactive mind ", which Scientologists believe prevents people from becoming more ethical, more aware, happier and saner.

The Dianetics procedure to achieve this is called " auditing ".

Where the goal of Dianetics is to rid the individual of his reactive mind engrams, the stated goal of Scientology is to rehabilitate the individual's spiritual nature so that he may reach his full potential.

It is run ( processed ) exactly like Standard Dianetics ( once very widely practiced before the advent of NED ) except the pre-clear ( parishioner ) is encouraged to find the " postulate " he made as a result of the incident.

New Era Dianetics is really only a prelude to what is available at the high levels of the Bridge including the incidents: New Era Dianetics for OTs also known as NOTS.

A basic idea in Dianetics is that the mind consists of two parts: the " analytical mind " and the " reactive mind.

Dianetics is a proposed method to erase these " engrams " in the " reactive mind " to achieve what is referred to in Scientology as a state of " Clear ".

In Dianetics, the unconscious or reactive mind is described as a collection of " mental image pictures ," which contain the recorded experience of past moments of unconsciousness, including all sensory perceptions and feelings involved, ranging from pre-natal experiences, infancy and childhood, even the traumatic feelings associated events from past lives and alien cultures.

'" While it is sometimes claimed that the Church of Scientology no longer stands by Hubbard's claims that Dianetics can treat physical conditions, it still publishes them: "... when the knee injuries of the past are located and discharged, the arthritis ceases, no other injury takes its place and the person is finished with arthritis of the knee.

He emphasizes: " The discovery of the engram is entirely the property of Dianetics.

Hubbard writes: " Again, Dianetics is not being released to a profession, for no profession could encompass it.

Commentators from a variety of backgrounds have described Dianetics as an example of pseudoscience — that is, information presented as scientific that fails to meet the basic criteria for science.

: Dianetics is nothing more than an example of pseudoscience trying to legitimize itself ... Hubbard, had he indeed been a scientist, would have known that truth is not built on axioms, and facts cannot be found from some a-priori knowledge.

The procedure of Dianetics therapy ( known as auditing ) is a two-person activity.

Methods of its erasure are also owned entirely by Dianetics ..."

Elliott also reported that Dianetics could cure hay fever, asthma and arthritis.

:" The sexual pervert ( and by this term Dianetics, to be brief, includes any and all forms of deviation in Dynamic II sexuality such as homosexuality, lesbianism, sexual sadism, etc., and all down the catalog of Ellis and Krafft-Ebing ) is actually quite ill physically ... he is very far from culpable for his condition, but he is also far from normal and extremely dangerous to society ..."

He trained as a therapist and later decided to be an actor, and began directing and acting in productions at Karamu House and The Candlelight Theater in Cleveland and later moved to New York, where he supported himself by bundling feathers for hats and he practiced a disputed therapy called Dianetics.

Van Vogt and his wife opened their own Dianetics centre, partly financed by his writings, until he " signed off " around 1961.

He said that Dianetics " forms a bridge between " cybernetics and General Semantics ( a set of ideas about education originated by Alfred Korzybski, which received much attention in the science fiction world in the 1940s ) — a claim denied by scholars of General Semantics, including S. I. Hayakawa, who expressed strong criticism of Dianetics as early as 1951.

(" Postulate " in Dianetics and Scientology has the meaning of " a conclusion, decision or resolution made by the individual himself ; to conclude, decide or resolve a problem or to set a pattern for the future or to nullify a pattern of the past " in contrast to its conventional meanings.

Harvey Jay Fischer tested Dianetics therapy against three claims made by proponents and found it does not effect any significant changes in intellectual functioning, mathematical ability, or the degree of personality conflicts ; Jack Fox tested Hubbard's thesis regarding recall of engrams, with the assistance of the Dianetic Research Foundation, and could not substantiate it.

Winter, M. D., originally an associate of Hubbard and an early adopter of Dianetics, had by the end of 1950 cut his ties with Hubbard and written an account of his personal experiences with Dianetics.

Dianetics is not in any way covered by legislation anywhere, for no law can prevent one man sitting down and telling another man his troubles, and if anyone wants a monopoly on dianetics, be assured that he wants it for reasons which have to do not with dianetics but with profit.

There are several holidays celebrated by Scientologists, notably L. Ron Hubbard's birthday in March, the Anniversary of the first publication of Dianetics in May, and Auditor's Day in September.

The claim came to light when a Lawrence Wright expose ' on the subject revealed that official government documents contained no mention of any injury suffered by Hubbard during his service, injuries Hubbard claimed were later healed through Dianetics.

Prouty's assertion is of particular importance to Scientologists ; had there been no injury to Hubbard, a cure of such injuries by use of Dianetics would have been impossible, and thus the foundational claim of Scientology would be undermined.

Paul Bloch, spokesman for Keough and Presley stated " The baby was delivered naturally and in complete silence in a calm and supportive environment ," according to practices laid out by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard in his book Dianetics.

The Mathison Electropsychometer ( as it was then called ) was adopted for use in Dianetics and Scientology by Hubbard in the early 1950s, before being temporarily dropped in 1954 during a dispute with Mathison.

Scientology and Dianetics use a galvanic skin response detector called an E-meter originally designed by Volney Mathison that is basically a Wheatstone bridge designed to help the work of erasing one's own " engrams " According to Dianetics, erasing one's own reactive mind altogether can be facilitated by measuring the changes in resistance experienced by a living organism.

The MEDLINE database records two independent scientific studies on Dianetics, both conducted in the 1950s under the auspices of New York University.

After establishing a career as a writer, becoming best known for his science fiction and fantasy stories, he developed a self-help system called Dianetics which was first published in May 1950.

Despite the lack of scientific basis for his claims, Hubbard's book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health claimed that the Reactive Mind stores impressions ( which he called engrams ) of past events, which occurred while the person was unconscious or otherwise not completely aware.

The Church of Scientology disapproves of Free Zone activities and has prosecuted them in court for misappropriation of Scientology / Dianetics copyrights and trademarks.

Several alternatives to Dianetics were developed in the early years of the Free Zone.

* L. Ron Hubbard, author ; founder of both the Church of Scientology and of Dianetics

In 1950, van Vogt was briefly appointed as head of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics operation in California.

Dianetics was the secular precursor to Hubbard's Church of Scientology.

Hubbard coined Dianetics from the Greek stems dia, meaning through, and nous, meaning mind.

Dianetics divides the mind into three parts: the conscious " analytical mind ," the subconscious " reactive mind ", and the somatic mind.

Hubbard claimed that Dianetics could increase intelligence, eliminate unwanted emotions and alleviate a wide range of illnesses he believed to be psychosomatic.

Hubbard variously defined Dianetics as " a spiritual healing technology " and " an organized science of thought.

Hubbard always claimed that his ideas of Dianetics originated in the 1920s and 1930s.

Hubbard first introduced Dianetics to the public in the article Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science published in the May 1950 issue of the magazine Astounding Science Fiction.

Hubbard wrote Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health at that time, allegedly completing the 180, 000-word book in six weeks.

The success of selling Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health brought in a flood of money, which Hubbard used to establish Dianetics foundations in six major American cities.