Talk:Books – Scientology – excluding LRH books

In February of this year (2015) I started this page and have added a certain amount to it. After a while I got discouraged, or distracted, and the project went cold or you could say went into apathy! Recently I have looked at it from various points of view (including auditing myself about it) and new life has come into the project. I decided to dump all the books I haven't yet catalogued on the floor with the evil intention of leaving each one there until it had been handled for this project. The result is seen in the following photograph, taken at the beginning of August.

The number of books in that pile is 50.

I'm also working on a project to get a picture of a number of Scientology book covers to place on the top of the main page.

I think this project has a certain importance, perhaps not earthshaking, but I think when it's completed it will demonstrate as a little facet of the history of Scientology that there has always been an effort for people to express themselves and their views on Scientology which sometimes has been accepted by the official body (for a relatively short time).

Additionally there are some fairly comprehensive books in that pile (examples: Super Scio, Excalibur Revisited, Self Clearing) which should not go unrecorded in any comprehensive record of Scientology outside the official body, (they will also take some effort to review them comprehensively.) The original intention, although I use the word books, can better be expressed as publications and would include Clear Bird which was published on Internet.

While I've collected quite a number of Scientology books in my time I know that there are others which I don't have and invite others to join in the fun and write up (or let me know about) non-LRH Scientology books which they may have in their possession or have seen.

The application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975)

L. Ron Hubbard

I have now placed pictures of my Scientology books on the main page, three pictures second in the middle last at the end.

Historically, it would be invaluable to have a common data base for these various categories.

I have copies of two or three independent magazines made in the 50s and a number made after the great exodus and hope to be able to put those up when I have gone through all my books and put brief data up on this page.

There were only two news groups concerned with Scientology (things were simpler then): ACT (alt.clearing.technology) and ARS (alt.religion.scientology) but there is a fair amount to say about them, and I did not follow them so closely.

I ran a list for some years - some one, slightly pessimistic about the behaviour of "free Scientologists", recently remarked:

I remember my participating in IVY discussions and contributing was actually one of the highlights of my experience in the FREEZONE. I have found the IVY crowd to be overall far more mature and saner than most other Scn related forums. I think you should, as its former editor, be congratulated for it.

So perhaps I should say something about that :-)

Forums and Blogs are also things I have not participated in - but a historical report on them is vital to a history of free Scientology - all these things are ways we communicated, and hold quite a key to developments in the broader Scientology area.

The methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65) Abbr. tech

Abbreviation for Scientology. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).

After pondering a bit, I decided against putting the books in alphabetical order of either title or author (first or/and last name). Putting it in date order seems to give a slight historical perspective. If a better system comes to light, the data can be realigned. The ones published before 1980 mostly originally had the blessing of the "Church" (after ca. 1956, known as Issue Authority). Probably data on this, and when it was withdrawn, ought to be added in due course - that data as regards Ruth Minshull's books has been reported somewhere.

Also a plain list with year, title and author, could be made, sortable (like a data base) under any of those categories.

I wonder how this could be publicised, especially with regard to getting others to add what nonLRH books they have.