This bibliography of Scientology includes Scientology-related books authored by L. Ron Hubbard and those produced by the Church of Scientology and its related organizations. Books compiled by the Church of Scientology and published after the death of Hubbard (January 24, 1986) are usually indicated as "Based on the Works of L. Ron Hubbard".
Books
Advanced Procedure and Axioms (November 1951) This is a Dianetics book which introduces such subjects as the Dianetic Axioms—all of the axioms on which the theory of Dianetics is structured; the Dianetic Logics, a system of thought and analysis based on infinite-valued logic and through which any situation may be evaluated. This book also introduces such concepts as "Self-Determinism", "Absolute Responsibility", and the "Service Facsimile"—a mechanism by which the individual seeks to make themselves right and others wrong by suffering from some inability, illness, etc.
All About Radiation (1957) Out of print. An early edition was titled All about radiation : man's inhumanity to man. Variously labelled over the years as being authored by L. Ron Hubbard; by "a nuclear physicist and a medical doctor" (c. 1967); by Hubbard, Gene Denk, and Farley R. Spink (1989); and other versions included a Richard Farley.
Art (1991) Art was originally a technical bulletin on the theory of art, Hubbard's attempt at codification of an aesthetic theory. Hubbard's approach focuses on the overlap between communication and art. The three axioms of art that he proposed in the book was that first, "too much originality throws the audience into unfamiliarity and therefore disagreement". Second that "technique should not rise above the level of workability for the purpose of communication". Third, "perfection cannot be attained at the expense of communication".
The Book of E-Meter Drills (1965) Earlier editions with credit to Mary Sue Hubbard.
Brain-Washing Manual (1955) Published by the Church of Scientology in 1955 without an author. Alleged by Hubbard's son to have been dictated by L. Ron Hubbard and typed up.
Clear Body, Clear Mind (1990) Also known as Purification and Clear Body, Clear Mind: The Effective Purification Program. Compiled from earlier Hubbard bulletins. Suggests harmful chemicals lodge in the fatty tissues of the body and affect the mind. Describes how these can be removed through a sauna and vitamin regimen. This book is a basic text for the Church of Scientology's Purification Rundown.
The Creation of Human Ability (July 1954) This book contains all of the processes derived from previous data and the newly introduced objective processes—which deal in directly perceiving and affecting objective, present-time reality both with the person either interior or exterior to his body. Theologian Marco Frenschkowski comments that the book was created as a reference guide for auditors, to address the practical necessity of orienting them to a "more technical, less philosophical side of Scientology." It was compiled by Hubbard's office and starts with a bible quotation from the gospel of Luke, one of the longest biblical quotations in the founder's writings. The quotation considers Scientology as similar to early Christian missions, because of the common sense of urgency and experience of being in a mission.
Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science (April 1950) Reprints the original Astounding Science Fiction article from (May 1950) that introduced Dianetics prior to Book One. This book contains the only account of how the optimum computing machine—the mind—works, how Hubbard discovered Basic Personality, how the Dynamic Principle of Existence—SURVIVE!—was first isolated, how wrong answers enter into the mind and are held down (giving further wrong answers), how there seem to be "Demons" of the mind, how the engram was discovered, and how Dianetics techniques were developed.
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (May 1950) Regarded as "Book One" by Scientologists, this book set forth Hubbard's principles about the "Reactive Mind" and the "dynamic principle of existence". Abbreviated as DMSMH.