L. Ron Hubbard Quick Facts

L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) is the Founder of the Scientology religion. The first Church of Scientology was established by Scientologists in Los Angeles in 1954 and today spans the globe with more than 9,000 Churches, Missions and affiliated groups in 165 countries.

Mr. Hubbard’s researches into the mind and spirit are available in materials that include 18 volumes of technical writings, 12 volumes of administrative works and 3,000 recorded lectures describing various aspects of Dianetics and Scientology. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, his best-known work, has appeared on 600 bestseller lists since 1950 and sold 22 million copies. His body of fiction and nonfiction works comprises more than 100 million words.

L. Ron Hubbard left an extraordinary legacy: an immense body of wisdom that leads Man to spiritual freedom; the fastest-growing religion in the world today; and an organizational structure that allows the religion to expand without limit.

Mr. Hubbard also wrote extensively on the subjects of education, drug rehabilitation, morals and many other areas and developed technologies with broad application in secular programs including Narconon, Criminon, Applied Scholastics and The Way to Happiness.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard

Remembering 9/11

^{The tragedy of 9/11 changed countless lives. And while it brought more than 2,000 to an untimely end and stunned an entire generation, it also inspired renewed vigor in helping others.}

^{It was 9/11 that inspired Scientology Volunteer Ministers around the world to contribute far more of their time and effort to help their fellows. And it was the fuse that lit an entire international movement of unconditional help.}

^{In 1976 L. Ron Hubbard created the Volunteer Ministers program, with an essay titled "Religious Influence in Society" in which he stated:}

"We are today at a watershed of history and our actions today will decide whether the world goes up from here or continues to slide into some new dark age.

"It is important to understand bad conditions don’t just happen. The cultural decay we see around us isn’t haphazard. It was caused. Unless one understands this he won’t be able to defend himself or reach out into the society with effectiveness.

"A society is capable of surviving for thousands of years unless it is attacked from within or without by hostile forces. Where such an attack occurs, primary targets are its religious and national gods and heroes, its potential of leadership and the self-respect and integrity of its members.

^{The essay appears in full in the Scientology Volunteer Ministers website>>}

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— ScientologyFounder, L. Ron Hubbard

Favorite Book

^{I was trying to work out which is my favorite book of LRH, and I was stumped! I have so many.}

^{Dianetics absolutely changed my life because that was where I discovered a way out of the morass of unhappiness, introversion and unwanted attitudes.}

Creation of Human Ability appealed to me as an artist and gave me a true understanding of myself and others as a spiritual being.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.— Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard