Philosopher - L. Ron Hubbard, A Profile

“To know life you’ve got to be part of life, you must get down there and look, you must get into the nooks and crannies of existence, and you must rub elbows with all kinds and types of men before you can finally establish what man is.”

L. Ron Hubbard

With the resolution of this matter and the restoration of peace, Mr. Hubbard set out to further test the workability of his discoveries through intensive research on individuals from all strata of society. Included were actors from a Hollywood theatre workshop, industry executives from the neighboring studios, accident victims from a Pasadena hospital, and the criminally insane from a Georgia mental institution. All told, Mr. Hubbard personally worked with some four hundred men, women and children before compiling his 16 years of investigation into a manuscript. Entitled, Dianetics: The Original Thesis (published today as The Dynamics of Life), the work was not actually offered for publication, but rather passed to friends for review. Through the process of hectographing, hundreds of copies eventually saw circulation; and so enthusiastic was the response that Mr. Hubbard was encouraged to present a broader announcement. That paper, entitled “Terra Incognita: The Mind,” appeared in the Winter/Spring 1949-1950 issue of the Explorers Club Journal. Immediately thereafter, Mr. Hubbard found himself literally deluged with requests for further information, eventually prompting his formal handbook, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.