Devised by
L. Ron Hubbard, writer of [western fiction]
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fantasy and
science fiction. First publicized by a series of articles in Astounding Science Fiction, it was brought to the attention of a wider public by the publication of the book
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.
It was presented as a method of getting to the causes and relieving most of an individual's mental, emotional or psychosomatic physical problems, though there have been a considerable number of differing opinions.
When Hubbard founded Scientology, a number of its basic concepts were incorporated into Scientology's doctrines.
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