Veda
Well-known member
One of the big secrets of the 1950s and 1960s, and beyond, was the use of "consciousness expanding" drugs by mostly public - usually off lines, momentary inactive - Scientologists.
,These included marijuana - actually recommend by Hubbard in 1950 - and amphetamines,
also recommend by Hubbard.
Some Scientologists also experimented with Psilocybin (magic mushrooms), LSD, and Mescaline. In 1956, Hubbard described Aldous Huxley's Doors of Perception (re. his experiences on Mescaline) as "a very good book." Incidentally, during 1950, Hubbard had audited Huxley and his wife on Dianetics.
Most of Scientology's early materials, which Scientologists regard with appreciative awe, were inspired during moments when Hubbard was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
Hubbard kept his drug use secret. Is it a coincidence that Hubbard's (auditing) "tech" outpourings largely ended when he was ill, in the early 1970s, and his drug/alcohol use was severely curtailed?
Was Williams Burroughs ahead of his time, when, after leaving Scientology, he wrote, during the early 1970s, that:
[There are] drugs of devastating potency. Drugs unknown to modern science. These drugs should be investigated and made available.
Unimaginable extensions of awareness are now possible in terms of existing techniques. Let's set up a center where all these techniques can be pooled, and to challenge anyone who claims to have knowledge of inner space to come out and share what you have.
Let's explore inner space. Your inner space belongs to you. It is time to demand what is yours.
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In Hubbard's Magic in Theory and Practice, recommended by Hubbard during the 1952 Philadelphia Doctorate Course lectures, Crowley stated that Alice is,
"Valuable for anyone who understand the Kabbala."
Asked about it years later, and why it was on the Comm Course, Hubbard responded:
"Why Alice in Wonderland? Well, that's just because it is, no further significance,"
Hubbard was hiding something.
also recommend by Hubbard.
Some Scientologists also experimented with Psilocybin (magic mushrooms), LSD, and Mescaline. In 1956, Hubbard described Aldous Huxley's Doors of Perception (re. his experiences on Mescaline) as "a very good book." Incidentally, during 1950, Hubbard had audited Huxley and his wife on Dianetics.
Most of Scientology's early materials, which Scientologists regard with appreciative awe, were inspired during moments when Hubbard was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
Hubbard kept his drug use secret. Is it a coincidence that Hubbard's (auditing) "tech" outpourings largely ended when he was ill, in the early 1970s, and his drug/alcohol use was severely curtailed?
Was Williams Burroughs ahead of his time, when, after leaving Scientology, he wrote, during the early 1970s, that:
[There are] drugs of devastating potency. Drugs unknown to modern science. These drugs should be investigated and made available.
Unimaginable extensions of awareness are now possible in terms of existing techniques. Let's set up a center where all these techniques can be pooled, and to challenge anyone who claims to have knowledge of inner space to come out and share what you have.
Let's explore inner space. Your inner space belongs to you. It is time to demand what is yours.
______________________________
In Hubbard's Magic in Theory and Practice, recommended by Hubbard during the 1952 Philadelphia Doctorate Course lectures, Crowley stated that Alice is,
"Valuable for anyone who understand the Kabbala."
Asked about it years later, and why it was on the Comm Course, Hubbard responded:
"Why Alice in Wonderland? Well, that's just because it is, no further significance,"
Hubbard was hiding something.