Dianetics: The Original Thesis is L. Ron Hubbard'sfirst description of Dianetics. Originally circulatedin manuscript form to a few friends, it was sooncopied and passed hand-to-hand until it literallycircled the globe. But the resultant word of mouthonly fueled the fire. With thousands of letters requesting moreinformation, Ron concluded the only way to answer all inquirieswas with a book. That book was Dianetics: The Modern Scienceof Mental Health, now the all-time bestseller on the mind. Findout what started it all. For here are the bedrock discoveries andequations of Dianetics, including: * The Primary Axioms of Dianetics -- axioms upon whichthe entire subject is built * The discovery of the Dynamic Principle of Existence thatdrives all life forms -- SURVIVE! * The Four Dynamics by which life is compartmented andwhich determine one's survival * The discovery and anatomy of the Reactive Mind * Engrams, the single source of all irrational behavior * The powerful command in every engram whichprevented their discovery and handling before Dianetics * The Analytical Mind, its function and operation * The first description of the state of Clear, its attributesand potentials * And, most important, the Laws of Returning --containingthe explanation of both how and why auditing worksHere, then, are the fundamental breakthroughs Ron usedto make the first Clears -- breakthroughs which made possible thedevelopment of technology for use by every individual to begin theclearing of a planet, breakthroughs only contained in Dianetics:The Original Thesis.