Was it a Psychotic Episode in L. Ron Hubbard That Led Him to Found the C of S?

[Sindy]

Was it a Psychotic Episode in L. Ron Hubbard That Led Him to Found the Church of Scientology?

A French Psychoanalyst, Dr Thierry Lamote, claims in a book (La Scientologie déchiffrée par la psychanalyse. La folie du fondateur, Universitaires du Mirail Press), and in a paper just published in the academic Journal 'L'Évolution Psychiatrique', that L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the religious group, The Church of Scientology, suffered a psychotic episode, which appears to be the foundation for the multi-million pound worldwide movement.

Scientology claims a host of celebrity followers, such as film star Tom Cruise. The unswerving devotion of many adherents alarms some people. Jenna Miscavige Hill, said to be an ex-Scientologist whose uncle is a Scientology Church leader, is quoted in The Daily Telegraph Newspaper on 6 July as having publicly warned Katie Holmes, currently divorcing Tom Cruise, that Scientology was "no place for an innocent child", like her daughter Suri. Cruise and Holmes are said to be starting a custody battle, and it's possible that Cruise's high profile following of Scientology, might become a factor in the dispute.

Analysing the founder of Scientology's writings and biographical material, Dr Lamote's research contends it was Ron Hubbard's battle with psychotic symptoms that partly drew him to therapy approaches advocated by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. It seems he then exploited Freud to create a movement which its adherents would find difficult to leave.

Much more at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-r...069,b=facebook

If this was already posted, I apologize. I searched and couldn't find it.

[GoNuclear]

Scientology, or at least the "Church" of Scientology, is one big psychotic episode. Some people have longer psychotic breaks than others, I suppose. As far as the HubTurd having a psychotic break that lead to the Cof$ ... that was one remarkably lucrative crazy spell.

Pete