CONTENTS

It was 1950, in the early, heady days of Dianetics, soon after L. Ron Hubbard opened the doors of his first organization to the clamoring crowd. Up until then, Hubbard was known only to readers of pulp fiction, but now he had an instant best-seller with a book that promised to solve every problem of the human mind, and the cash was pouring in. Hubbard found it easy to create schemes to part his new following from their money. One of the first tasks was to arrange "grades" of membership, offering supposedly greater rewards, at increasingly higher prices. Over thirty years later. an associate wryly remembered Hubbard turning to him and confiding, no doubt with a smile, "Let's sell these people a piece of blue sky."

Acknowledgments

Preface - by Russell Miller

What Is Scientology?

PART 1:
INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY 1974-1983

1. My Beginnings

2. Saint Hill

3. On to OT

4. The Seeds of Dissent

PART 2:
BEFORE DIANETICS 1911-1949

1. Hubbard's Beginnings

2. Hubbard in the East

3. Hubbard the Explorer

4. Hubbard As Hero

5. His Miraculous Recovery

6. His Magickal Career

PART 3:
THE BRIDGE TO TOTAL FREEDOM 1949-1966

1. Building the Bridge

2. The Dianetic Foundations

3. Wichita

4. Knowing How to Know

5. The Religion Angle

6. The Lord of the Manor

7. The World's First Real Clear

PART 4:
THE SEA ORGANIZATION 1966-1976

1. Scientology at Sea

2. Heavy Ethics

3. The Empire Strikes Back

4. The Death of Susan Meister

5. Hubbard's Travels

6. The Flag Land Base

PART 5:
THE GUARDIAN'S OFFICE 1974-1980

1. The Guardian Unguarded

2. Infiltration

3. Operation Meisner

PART 6:
THE COMMODORE'S MESSENGERS 1977-1982

1. Making Movies

2. The Rise of the Messengers

3. The Young Rulers

4. The Clearwater Hearings

5. The Religious Technology Center and the International Finance Police

PART 7:
THE INDEPENDENTS 1982-1984

1. The Mission Holders' Conference

2. The Scientology War

3. Splintering

4. Stamp Out the Squirrels!

PART 8:
JUDGMENTS 1984-1990

1. Scientology at Law