Scientology

English Category:Scientology Category:Scientology Scientology Etymology en :af la:scientia -ology 1 From the stem of en la scientia knowledge, from la sciō to know, en -ology.n 5640332146 Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Scientology.wav US Proper noun A cult with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard. en Rodney Stark Religious movements: Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers Paragon House Publishers 1985 0913757438 167 Werner Erhard's highly successful est cult is partly derived from Scientology. Erhard had some experience with Scientology in 1969. Then he worked for a while in Mind Dynamics, itself an offshoot of Jose Silva's Mind Control. en 82 The Future of New Religious Movements David G. Bromley Mercer University Press 1987 0865542384 Est (Erhard Seminars Training) has been a singularly successful synthetic derivation, which has itself gone on to generate new movements, transmitting aspects of Scientology thought or practice far from the domain of L. Ron Hubbard. en Professionals fall prey to New Age gurus w:The Times United Kingdom 21 July 1992 Ray Clancy Werner Erhard, a former used-car salesman, founded his Erhard Seminar Training system (EST) in 1971. He drew upon many sources in the development of his philosophy including Zen Buddhism, Dale Carnegie's Positive Thinking, L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology and Jose Silva's Silva Mind Control. Erhard's seminars were at first 60-hour courses over two weeks designed to give insights into the meaning of life; his philosophy has been described as 'the most important of the self religions' that developed in the 1970s and 1980s. en Jonathan Z. Smith HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion HarperSanFrancisco New York 1995 0060675152 343, 365, 795 EST (Erhard Seminars Training), a therapeutic movement founded by Werner Erhard (Jack Rosenberg), a salesman, and based on consciousness training programs and psychology-of-success literature. EST was incorporated as an educational corporation and employed techniques drawn from Scientology, Zen, Dale Carnegie, and humanistic psychology; thus it accommodates elements associated with oriental mysticism to the American success ethic. EST was widely criticized for sanctifying selfishness and for abrasive and traumatic training sessions. Highly successful in the late 1970s, EST was later officially discontinued and replaced by a new organization, the Forum. See also North America, new religions in. en Len Oakes Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 1997 0815627009 189 L. Ron Hubbard repackaged Scientology from occultism, and est/Forum was a repackaging of Scientology by Werner Erhard, but few Scientologists or estians ever see the connections, and both leaders seem to have gained little from their teachings. This is what the followers of Erhard found so unsettling; he was the great pop artist of spirituality, yet was unable to apply his insights to himself. en 35 Jamie Cresswell; w:Bryan R. Wilson New Religious Movements 1999 Routledge 0415200504 ...the human potential and psychotherapy movements, as well as the more 'life-affirming' New Religious Movements and religions of the self. This was the complex world of the Californian 'psychobabble', of Scientology and est (Erhard Seminars Training, later called Forums Network), of Encounter Groups, meditation techniques and self-help manuals designed to assist individuals 'realise their potential'. Quotations en Coordinate terms Derived terms en Church of Scientology Scientologese Scientologist Scientologistic $cientology Translations belief system developed by L. Ron Hubbard Chinese: Cantonese: yue 山達基 saan1 daat6 gei1 Mandarin: cmn 山達基 shāndájī Czech: cs scientologie f Danish: da scientologi c Estonian: et saientoloogia Finnish: fi skientologia French: fr scientologie f Galician: gl ciencioloxía f Greek: el σαϊεντολογία f Hebrew: he סיינטולוגיה f sayentológya Hungarian: hu szcientológia Icelandic: is Vísindakirkjan f Ido: io ciencologio Italian: it scientologia f Japanese: ja サイエントロジー saientorojī Macedonian: mk саентоло́гија f Polish: pl scjentologia f Portuguese: pt cientologia f Russian: ru саентоло́гия f, ru сайентоло́гия f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh сцијентоло̀гија f Latin: sh scijentològija f Spanish: es cienciología f Swedish: sv scientologi c References Anagrams en cegilnoosty insectology osteoglycin en hybridisms en Scientology German Etymology de :bor en:Scientology From de en Scientology. Pronunciation de /ˌsaɪ̯ənˈtɔləˌdʒiː/ /ˌzaɪ̯ən-/ /-ˈtɔlo-/ de De-Scientology.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f:n Church of Scientology de Scientology-Kirche<g:f> Derived terms de Scientologe de Scientologin