Dianetics

In Scientology, Dianetics is put forward as a methodology to alleviate unwanted sensations and emotions, irrational fears and psychosomatic illnesses. Developed by L. Ron Hubbard in the late 1940s, Dianetics was coined from the Greek words dia, meaning "through" and nous, meaning "soul". Hubbard's interpretation is "what the soul is doing to the body."

References

• Carroll, Robert T: 'Dianetics', Skepdics Dictionary http://skepdic.com/dianetic.html
• Fisher, Harvey Jay: Dianetic Therapy: an Experimental Evaluation, 1953
• Fox, Jack et al. An Experimental Investigation of Hubbard's Engram Hypothesis (Dianetics) in Psychological Newsletter, 1959, 10 131-134 http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/cos/essays/engrams.html
• Hayakawa, S. I.: "From Science-Fiction to Fiction-Science," in ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. VIII, No. 4. Summer, 1951 http://learn-gs.org/library/etc/8-4-sih.pdf
• Gardner, Martin: "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, 1957, Chapter 22, Dianetics http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/gardner/
• Lee, John A.: Sectarian Healers and Hypnotherapy, 1970, Ontario Excerpt
• Gerbode, Frank A.: Critical Issues in Trauma Resolution
• Winter, J.A.: A Doctor's Report on DIANETICS Theory and Therapy, 1951 http://www.xenu.net/archive/fifties/e510000.htm