|Scientology Video Channel|| BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH OF
SCIENTOLOGY With the publication of Dianetics: The Modern
Science of Mental Health, on May 9th, 1950, a national movement
began. By summer people who had read Dianetics flocked to L. Ron
Hubbard’s home in Elizabeth, New Jersey. They wanted to know
more. They wanted to become more proficient in Dianetics
auditing. And with this demand, four individuals (an attorney, a
publisher, a doctor and an engineer) approached Mr. Hubbard to
form a Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation (HDRF). With his
consent the Foundation was formed in Elizabeth. Appearing on the
New York Times bestseller list for 26 consecutive weeks,
Dianetics created a storm of interest across the United States,
requiring that four additional foundations be formed across
America where students were trained on Dianetics. With his
continuing research into the mind, Mr. Hubbard, by late 1951,
found himself studying the human spirit to answer the question
of who or what was operating the mind. Wit