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[ Article crossposted from alt.religion.scientology ]
[ Author was Inducto ]
[ Posted on 6 Aug 1997 18:51:08 GMT ]

Tom Klemesrud wrote:

>>However, if the State Board was paying attention, they should have
found various unflattering references to psychology and Psychiatry:
This _is_ the Scientology "religion."  We've just got a lot of dim-
wits on the California State Board of Education, whom seem to know
little about many things.<<

Someone posted a piece not long ago exposing which parts of some of the book attacked "psychs", which I have reproduced in part at the bottom.

News reports indicated that the state board asked for several revisions to the AS books, which might have included these items.  I hope that californians are writing to the board and not just griping on ars.


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p/m 





This is from my clippings file, and appears to have been posted by Ron Newman but may actually be part of Jeff Jacobson's "The Hubbard is Bare" .  "BSM" refers to the Basic Study Manual.  Sorry about the <BR>eaks, this is the form I have it in.



The BSM also has a direct attack on psychology and psychiatry in it under<BR>
the guise of teaching "study tech".  In chapter three titled<BR>
"Understanding Words" on pages 79 and 80 of the sub chapter titled<BR>
"Simple Words" it states:<BR>
<BR>
   "The subject of psychology (13) began its texts by saying they did not<BR>
know what    the word means.  So the subject itself never arrived. <BR>
Professor Wundt (14) of   Leipzig (15) University in 1879 perverted the<BR>
term.  It really means just a study   (ology) of the soul (psyche).  But<BR>
Wundt, working under the eye of Bismark (16)  the greatest of military<BR>
fascists (17) at the height of German war ambitions, had to   deny man<BR>
had a soul.  So there went the whole subject!  Men were thereafter<BR>
animals (it is all right to kill animals) and man had no soul, so the<BR>
word psychology could no longer be defined."<BR>
<BR>
Now, why would Ill Ron just "happen" to choose the word psychology to use<BR>
for an example.  Hmmmmm.Where it really gets interesting is in the<BR>
footnotes for the words so indicated in the above paragraph and where LRH<BR>
can add HIS SPIN to the young readers mind.  I would like to add that<BR>
these are the most extensive footnotes in the entire BSM.  They are:<BR>
<BR>
"(14) Wundt:  Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1929), German psychologist and<BR>
physiologist (expert in the study of functions of living things and the<BR>
ways in which their parts and organs work);  the originator of the false<BR>
doctrine that man is no more than an animal.<BR>
<BR>
(15)  Leipzig:  a city in Germany; the location of Leipzig University <BR>
where Wilhelm Wundt and others developed "modern" psychology. <BR>
<BR>
(16)  Bismark: Otto Von Bismark (1815-1898), German political leader and<BR>
first chancellor (chief of government) from 1871-1890.  Bismark was<BR>
called the "iron chancellor"; he fought wars with Denmark, Austira and<BR>
France as part of his plans to unify Germany.<BR>
<BR>
(17)   fascists:  people who believe in or practice fascism, the<BR>
principles or methods of government or a political party favoring rule by<BR>
a dictator, with strong control of industry and labor by the central<BR>
government, great restrictions upon the freedom of individuals, and<BR>
extreme nationalism and militarism."<BR>
<BR>
So in one page total under the guise of teaching "misunderstood" words<BR>
(psychology) the BSM manages to put into a young persons mind the<BR>
equation that psychology and its beliefs equals man having no soul, man<BR>
is only an animal, war-mongering, facism, cruel German dictatorship, no<BR>
individual freedom, being under dictator's rule, etc.  As you emerge<BR>
deeper in to scientology teachings the anathema of psychology and the<BR>
entire mental health field is built upon.  The BSM lays out the<BR>
foundation for that future structure.  To a young person it is<BR>
subliminal, but it is on an overt level for those whose eyes are opened<BR>
and have an expanded degree of insight into Scientology�s methods of<BR>
indoctrination.<BR>
<BR>
ANYONE familiar with Scientology is familiar with their desire to see the<BR>
complete dismantling and eradication of the psychological and psychiatric<BR>
fields.  They have great success with this through another Scientology<BR>
front group, the Citizen's Commission on Human Rights (CCHR).  One of the<BR>
ending statements in a recent CCHR newsletter says, "Remember, the psychs<BR>
are next!�  There are also many HCO's and other LRH writings denouncing<BR>
the mental health field.and the "psychs" as criminals and enemies.<BR>
<BR>
The BSM achieves yet another step in the Scientology goal of<BR>
disassembling the credibility of psychology by putting this foundational<BR>
thought intothe mind of the young reader and all the while this is being<BR>
done in schools and tutoring centers and The World Literacy Crusade under<BR>
the guise of "teaching study tech". <BR>
<BR>