The Creation of Human Ability
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The Creation of Human Ability is a book published by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1954. Some versions of the book carry the subtitle "A Handbook for Scientologists" on the cover.
The book deals with subjects such as "the laws of operating a body exterior", Para-Scientology, and what Hubbard called "the processes which exteriorize a being and drill his innate abilities". Today the Church notes that "All later research was aimed at increasing a thetan's ability to the point where he could do the drills presented in this book." [1]
There also exists an "Extension Course and Pack" for the book which expands upon the lessons in it, and must be purchased from the Church only after purchasing the original book. [2]
Since 1974, the book's cover has been a painting of a woman dressed in an anthropomorphic animal fursuit, gnawing on a smaller animal's severed limb with protruding bone. According to former Scientologist Bent Corydon, this was because Hubbard believed that the image was one of the "R6 bank symbols" -- implants that existed in people's unconscious "reactive minds", and to which they would respond powerfully:
A special "Book Mission" was sent out to promote these books, now empowered and made irresistible by the addition of these supposedly overwhelming symbols or images. Organization staff were assured that if they simply held up one of the books, revealing its cover, that any bookstore owner would immediately order crateloads of them. A customs officer, seeing any of the book covers in one's luggage, would immediately pass one on through.[1]
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- ^ Corydon, Bent; L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. (1987). L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?. Secaucus, New Jersey: Lyle Stuart. ISBN 0-8184-0444-2. Convenience link at http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/mom/Messiah_or_Madman.txt .
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