The original Dianetics Hubbard wrote was 150 pages when he presented it to the publisher, I believe I read many years ago. The publisher wasn’t convinced, and then Hubbard audited his wife, that changed things, a woman impressed is a powerful thing, but the publisher had to have the last say. He wanted far more words in it than a mere 150 pages worth and more sex too. So, Hubbard sat at his typewriter and spewed forth the same thing over and over again in a new manuscript all in about a week. That’s why it’s such a kick in the head of a read. I have a tendency to believe that story since I’ve had to read it too many times for checksheet requirements. Plus, whether you believe in that technology or not, it’s a pretty simple process and thing to do once you’ve done it enough for real and know what to expect. It’s as simple as driving a car. The long runway of unnecessary bullshit to that point (only ever appreciated once away from the church’s intentional smothering of people’s intelligence) is bread & butter money for the Church. The operating mentality of the church and the technology are diametrically opposed anyway, always have been. I take nothing away from the sources Hubbard stole from and fraudulently copyrighted. A world without the Church of Scientology is a saner world with a little less deception in it.
Leather bound editions of crap are just that, plus a pretty looking diversion away from the truth.

With the leather bound lrh stuff, I was being sold on the fact that they were actually an investment because of the limited amount of issues and the classiness of a gen-u-ine lrh leather bound book was surely going to only increase in value. I never did buy into that. But, I did manage to acquire an entire lrh library along with all of the tapes that were available to the public at the time including the fabled Philadelphia Doctorate Series. Years later when I finally woke up, I was able to unload the entire worthless kit and caboodle for pennies on the dollar on Ebay. I was one of the lucky ones. Most people can’t give the stuff away.

As for the kid, I’m glad she got chocolate and Mentos. At least something useful came out of her course. But seriously does anyone else see anything wrong with a pre teen with a fake grin holding the book Problems of Work?

I’ll be back later. Gotta go leave a 1 star review on Vancouver Org to cancel out the false theta.