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The niece of controversial Scientology leader David Miscavige presents a tell-all memoir about her life in the Church of Scientology. The author was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In this memoir, she shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect, details her experiences as a member Sea Org, the church's highest ministry, speaks of her "disconnection" from family outside of the organization,...
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"David Miscavige, the Church of Scientology's current leader and successor to founder L. Ron Hubbard, hasn't always ruled with an iron fist. It was his father, Ron Miscavige, who first introduced his family to Scientology, and David embraced it immediately, even as young boy. Years later, Ron could only watch with dismay as his bright, carefree son transformed into the leader he is today. Ruthless explores the Miscavige family's gradual immersion...
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Scientology is known for its celebrity believers and its team of "volunteer ministers" at disaster sites such as the World Trade Center; its notably aggressive response to criticism or its attacks on psychiatry; its requirement that believers pay as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars to reach the highest levels of salvation. The author offers a full, journalistic history of the Church of Scientology, in an even-handed account that establishes...
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The #1 New York Times bestseller With over 22,000,000 copies sold in 50 languages, and used in more than 176 nations, Dianetics brings dramatic and permanent improvement to people all over the world. While it's true that Dianetics has become the self-improvement classic, there can be little doubt that what it has to offer is just what people are now looking for in ever increasing numbers. Reducing stress, achieving goals, improving relationships and...
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Author of the #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller DIANETICS This is the story of how Mr. Hubbard discovered the reactive mind and developed the procedures to get rid of it. Originally written for a national magazine-published to coincide with the release of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health-it started a wildfire movement virtually overnight upon that book's publication. Here then are both the fundamentals of Dianetics as well as the only account...
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dianetics, with over 22 million copies sold
"The truth of the matter is that all the happiness you will ever find lies in you."—L. Ron Hubbard
In this book you'll find the answers to put you in charge of your life. Based on L. Ron Hubbard's discoveries culled from decades of research, it's filled with practical tools that can be applied to improve every area of your life.
The articles in this...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012" Hugh B. Urban is professor of religious studies at Ohio State University. His books include Magia Sexualis: Sex, Magic, and Liberation in Modern Western Esotericism and Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion.
Scientology's long and complex journey to recognition as a religion
Scientology is one of the wealthiest and most powerful new religions to emerge in the past...
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dianetics, with over 22 million copies sold
With 70 percent of our time spent at work, difficulties on the job can impact every facet of our lives.
Contained in this book is not only technology to bring stability to the workplace, but the groundbreaking processes to return joy itself to all of life.
Here is a book that does what you don't expect a book to do. It tells you HOW. It tells you the...
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"Understanding Scientology covers one of the world's newest religions. Scientology, founded in the 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard, has become a controversial faith. Followers believe its philosophies can change the world for the better. Critics point to the religion's legal troubles and alleged misdeeds"--Amazon.com.
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Lo esencial de Scientology para cada aspecto de la vida. Las respuestas básicas que te ponen en control de tu existencia, verdades para consultar una y otra vez: ¿Es Posible Ser Feliz?, Dos Reglas para una Vida Feliz, Integridad Personal, La Personalidad Antisocial y muchas más. En cada parte de este libro encontrarás verdades de Scientology que describen condiciones en tu vida y proporcionan procedimientos exactos para mejorarla. Más Sobre Scientology:...
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If you believe in God but recoil from the way some people think that science has the answer to everything, and that the theory of Natural Selection can account for people without the need for God, you will find this book informative and inspiring. While reading it you will learn about the relationship between science and theology. You will be informed about the development of evolutionary science, from Lamarck to the present. You will understand the...
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To a young, teenage girl, Scientology seemed to be just what the author was looking for; a way to improve herself and attain spiritual enlightenment. But it was only after she joined Scientology's elite inner circle, the Sea Organization, and signed a Billion Year contract that she discovered the dark world of fanaticism and abuse at the center of Scientology's vast empire. For more than two decades she worked at all levels of the organization, from...
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"The Church of Scientology is one of the most recognizable American-born new religions, but perhaps the least understood. With academic and popular interest on the rise, many books have been written about Scientology and surely more will follow. Although academics have begun to pay more attention to Scientology, the subject has received remarkably little qualitative attention. Indeed, no work has systematically addressed such questions as: what do...
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El inesperado acontecimiento que inició un movimiento mundial. Porque aquí se encuentra el libro histórico de L. Ronald Hubbard presentando su descubrimiento de la mente reactiva que subyace y esclaviza al hombre. Ésta es la fuente de tus pesadillas, miedos irracionales, malestares e inseguridades. Y aquí está el modo de deshacerse de ella y lograr la meta tan largamente buscada de Clear. Porque aquí está el manual completo del procedimiento...
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Designado por L. Ronald Hubbard como el Libro Uno de Scientology. Tras haber unificado y sistematizado completamente los temas de Dianética y Scientology, llegó el perfeccionamiento de sus fundamentos. Publicado originalmente como un resumen de Scientology para su uso en traducciones a lenguas distintas del inglés, este libro es de valor incalculable tanto para el estudiante nuevo de la mente, el espíritu y la vida, como para el avanzado. Equipado...
18) Acne: a memoir
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"Laura Chinn tells her by turns horrifying and hilarious story of growing up with non-conformist, irresponsible parents and countless family tragedies (and really bad, chronic acne) and how she found happiness despite everything"--
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Scientology has been called the world's most significant new religion, and Scientologists themselves claim to draw on 50,000 years of wisdom. However apostates from Scientology claim it is a vicious, dangerous cult masquerading as a religion. No matter which description we choose, the fact remains that Scientology is a controversial, mysterious religious movement, with more than 10 million members in around 160 countries across the globe. In this...
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"The revelatory memoir by former 'poster girl for Scientology' Michelle LeClair describes her struggle to reconcile her same-sex attraction with the church's antigay doctrine, and the lengths to which Scientologists went to silence her. At eighteen, Michelle LeClair found her dream of going to college eclipsed by the lure of Scientology and its promise of a better world--and a better life. She went all in, following the principles of the church in...
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