 1960s edition | |
| Author | L. Ron Hubbard |
|---|---|
| Original title | What To Audit |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scientific Press: Phoenix, Arizona |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
Scientology: A History of Man is a book by L. Ron Hubbard, first published in 1952 under the title What to Audit by the Scientific Press of Phoenix.[1] According to the author, it provides "a coldblooded and factual account of your last sixty trillion years." It has gone through many editions since its first publication and is a key text of the Church of Scientology. The book has been ridiculed by critics of Scientology for its unusual writing style and pseudoscientific claims; it has been described as "a slim pretense at scientific method ... blended with a strange amalgam of psychotherapy, mysticism and pure science fiction; mainly the latter."[2]
- ^ "Explore the Phoenix Roots of L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology | Phoenix New Times". Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ Atack, Jon (1990). A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed. Lyle Stuart Books. p. 131. ISBN 081840499X. OL 9429654M.