Scientology: A History of Man [Hardcover]

L. Ron Hubbard (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Bridge Publications, Inc.; Revised edition (September 28, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884043061
• ISBN-13: 978-0884043065
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,679,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a Fake Review, July 21, 2011

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Sickly Child "The Sickly Child" (Fort Thomas, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scientology: A History of Man (Hardcover)

It's clear (no pun intended) that I am the only non-Scientologist to review this book. It is not even good fiction. There is no pretense of any scientific research or reliance on 'hard fact'. The author simply weaves a story from imagined facts and childlike observations. These banalities are stated forcefully, though, as 'facts'. As you might imagine, some of it resonates with lonely persons who may have self-esteem issues and need some fantasy of this sort to identify with. Many parts of it are ludricous to an uncommon degree. Imagine your own school-aged child writing any chapter and if you would not be moved to at least consider counseling, your child is in some peril.

8 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual growth potential!, December 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Scientology: A History of Man (Hardcover)

If you ever wondered about past lives and reincarnation, but were not content with the events of the last few thousand years and want a look at a much longer time scale, then this is it. While current reincarnation theories usually only refer to spiritual growth (because the only ones that can tell their stories were those that grew), the content of his book tells what happened and shows that on this much larger scale that there had been more decay than growth. It points out types of events which caused that decay, and thus points back upwards to a true resolution towards spiritual growth for mankind.

When reading this book, I ran across a paragraph that specifically applied to me -- something had happened to me that was very similar to what was in the book. It was amazing. Only a few other times has something I read caused so much self betterment in so little time.

4 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Discoveries from the investigation of past lives., August 15, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Scientology: A History of Man (Hardcover)

A fascinating book covering the findings from the early work of Mr. Hubbard into past lives and the history of the spiritual beings on this planet.

Hubbard pulls no punches about what he found. He doesn't try to be "acceptable" he merely states what he found.

What are the true capabilities of a spirit (i.e., you)?

What is the relationship between a being and a body?

How did we come to be in the less than perfect state we are now in?

These and many other questions are answered in this fascinating book