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''Scientology: A History of Man'' is a book by L. Ron Hubbard, first published in 1952 under the title ''What To Audit''. According to the author, it provides "a coldblooded and factual account of your last sixty trillion years." It has gone through many editions since its first publication and is a key text of the Church of Scientology. The book has, however, come in for considerable ridicule from critics of Scientology for its unusual writing style and pseudoscientific claims; it has been described as "a slim pretense at scientific method ... blended with a strange amalgam of psychotherapy, mysticism and pure science fiction; mainly the latter."〔Jon Atack, ''A Piece of Blue Sky'', p. 131. Lyle Stuart, 1990〕 ==Publication history== According to Christopher Evans (citing auditor Perry Chapdelaine), the book originated in Scientology auditing sessions held in Wichita, Kansas in early 1952. Chapdelaine said that Hubbard would "settle himself on a couch with a tape recorder handy and an 'auditor' who would be expected to provide appropriate feedback. In no time a flow of introspection - like the free association characteristic of a psychoanalytic session - would begin."〔Christopher Evans, ''Cults of Unreason'', pp. 42-43. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1974)〕 In a slightly different account, Hubbard's son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr. (otherwise known as "Nibs," or Ronald DeWolf) and Hubbard senior's medical officer, Jim Dincalci, have both stated that the book's content originated when Hubbard fed his son amphetamines: This material was first released as four lectures which Hubbard delivered to Scientologists on March 10, 1952. Further lectures followed in Phoenix, Arizona in April, and in July 1952 the book ''What to audit; a list and description of the principal incidents to be found in a human being'' was published by the Phoenix-based "Scientific Press" - an imprint established by Hubbard. The same book was published under the title ''A History of Man'' by the London-based Hubbard Association of Scientologists. It was reissued in two substantially modified editions, in 1968 (minus chapter 11 of the original book and under the current title of ''Scientology: A History of Man'') in 1988, and again in 2007, this time with a set of lectures expanding on the content.〔Church of Scientology, "(Complete List of Scientology and Dianetics Books and Materials of 1952 )".〕 Since 1968, the book's jacket has displayed a picture of a hirsute, unkempt "caveman" dressed in a fur eating the raw meat from a thigh bone of an animal. This appears to refer to one of the past-life incidents described by Hubbard in the book. Many Scientology books have similar curious pictures on their jackets; according to former Scientologist Bent Corydon, their purpose is to restimulate past-life memories and make the book irresistible to purchasers. After such symbols were first added to the jackets of Scientology books, writes Corydon, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scientology: A History of Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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