Did You Know?

Here are some interesting facts not readily known about Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard.

• Even before Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health hit the printing presses, the advance buzz generated more than 40,000 orders
• Shortly after Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was released, the author received around 25, 000 congratulatory letters and telegrams!
• Within weeks of being released, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, where it remained for half a year (around 26 weeks)!
• In 1950, the year in which Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was released,
  L. Ron Hubbard delivered 155 public lectures describing its breakthroughs
• By the end of 1950, the year in which Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was released, more than 750 Dianetics groups had been formed in the USA
• In the USA, the birthplace of the subject, Dianetics made publishing history by becoming the first book to return to the New York Times bestseller list, nearly four decades after its initial publication, and it remained on the list for over a year
• Dianetics is in its 50th print
• Using the techniques of Dianetics, some people have improved their eyesight to the point where they no longer have to wear glasses
• Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health has been translated into over 53 languages
• 37% of people who use Dianetics start services when they are between the ages of 21 and 25
• 27.3% of those who use Dianetics are Protestant, 26% are Catholic and 23.8% have no religious background
• The percentage of college graduates among people practicing Dianetics is 30% higher than the norm. More than 80% are high-school graduates, also higher than the norm
• People practicing Dianetics are good students in high school and college, with more than three-quarters of those surveyed reporting that they maintained a “B” average or above
• Dianetics techniques proved that the mind records everything that has ever happened to an individual, and that every memory can be retrieved
• Through Dianetics techniques it is actually possible to get rid of chronic arthritis
• Through using Dianetics it was discovered that about 70% of man’s illnesses are “psychosomatic,” meaning that they are created by the mind
• In the last quarter-century the number of contracted staff in Dianetics organizations around the world has grown by 4 times
• Dianetics organizations exist in 154 countries throughout the world