Andrew Morton Quote

Hubbard described Dianetics as a revolutionary and scientifically developed alternative to conventional psychiatry and psychotherapy, arguing that it could alleviate all manner of illnesses, including asthma, arthritis, alcoholism, ulcers, migraines, conjunctivitis, morning sickness, the common cold, and heart disease. In addition, he claimed it could hugely increase intelligence and eliminate burdensome emotions as well as cure conditions like atheism and homosexuality. The basic premise was that the brain remembers everything, and that by recalling and cleansing negative experiences, or engrams, a person can free himself from repressed feelings and so arrive at a clear mental state. Hubbard maintained that the widespread use of Dianetics would lead to a world without insanity, without criminals and without war. It was an audacious application of the notion of mind over matter.