A Short
DESCRIPTION OF SCIENTOLOGY

SUSSEX, ENGLAND

Scientology, founded by humanitarian, author and philosopher L. Ron Hubbard, is a religion that comprises a vast body of knowledge extending from specific fundamental truths: Man is a spiritual being endowed with abilities well beyond those he normally envisages. He is able not only to solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also to achieve new states of awareness and spiritual freedom he may never have dreamed possible.

HAMBURG, GERMANY

The word “Scientology” is taken from the Latin scio, which means “knowing in the fullest sense of the word,” and the Greek word logos, meaning “study of.” It literally means “knowing how to know.” Scientology itself is defined as the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, the universe and other life. Based upon a fifty thousand-year tradition of the individual searching for the truth about existence, life after death and the nature of the Supreme Being, Scientology, like all great religions, provides answers to the fundamental questions: Who are we? What do we consist of? Where do we come from? Where are we going? What are we doing? As one’s spiritual awareness grows through practicing Scientology, so does his ability to determine his own answers and solutions about life, the spirit and eternity, and to know them with absolute certainty.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Scientology is built upon the fundamental truths of life discovered by L. Ron Hubbard throughout a half-century of investigation and research. From the principles he developed, exact methods for improving conditions were derived. Unlike some efforts at improvement, which offer rules by which people should live, Scientology offers practical tools that a person can choose to apply to any situation encountered in everyday life. Thus, it is not a system that merely depends upon belief or faith. It requires the individual to look for himself and to accept as true only that which he personally observes to be true. The emphasis is squarely on the understanding and exact application of specific principles toward the improvement of one’s life and the world in which we live.

It is that accent on workability that has driven the growth of Scientology. A mere handful of members when founded in 1954, the Church of Scientology today ministers to a congregation of millions through more than 3,700 churches, missions and groups in 156 countries. As the founder of the religion said, “Scientology will go as far as it works.” The past 50 years have proved him right. Scientology has expanded as rapidly as it has because it does, indeed, work for millions of people all over the world.