Site Map

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENQUIRY INTO SCIENTOLOGY

by Kevin Victor Anderson, Q.C.

SCIENTOLOGY -- L. RON HUBBARD'S INCORRIGIBLE BRAINCHILD

Published 1965 by the State of Victoria, Australia

Table of Contents:

• Prefatory Note
  1. Preliminary
  2. Introduction
  3. Scientology and claims made for it
  4. The Organization of Scientology
  5. Financial Aspects of Scientology in Victoria
  6. Hubbard - the founder of Scientology   (PDF here)
     • Hubbard's Morbid Preoccupation with Perversion
     • Hubbard's Mental Health
  7. Hubbard's scientific deficiencies
     • Hubbard and Medicine
     • Hubbard and Psycho-Analysis
     • Hubbard as a Scientist
     • Hubbard as a Nuclear Physicist
  8. Hubbard's research
  9. Dianetics
  10. Association between Dianetics and Scientology
  11. Scientology theories
  12. The teaching of scientology
  13. Scientology auditing processes
  14. The E-Meter
  15. Procurement and Dissemination
  16. The preclear's progress
  17. Dedication to Scientology
  18. Scientology and hypnosis
  19. The healing claims of Scientology
  20. Alleged benefits of Scientology processing
  21. General effects of processing
      • Short Term Effects
      • Long Term Effects
      • Individual Cases
  22. Hostility to medical profession
  23. Dangers to mental health
  24. Dangers of coercion
  25. Moral laxity
  26. Family discord
  27. Scientology and religion
  28. Scientology and politics
  29. On the fringe
  30. Conclusions
  31. Recommendations
• Appendices   (PDF HERE)
  1. Alphabetical list of witnesses.
  2. Qualifications of individual witnesses possessed of scientific or technical qualifications who gave evidence in favour of scientology.
  3. Names, qualifications and appointments of expert witnesses who gave evidence on various aspects of scientology theory and practice and other scientific matters.
  4. Lists of exhibits.
  5. Ruling and reasons of the Board in relation to the operation of Parliamentary privileges.
  6. Glossary of scientology terms and abbreviations.
  7. Consolidated statement of combined income and expenditure and profit or loss of the HASI and HCO from 1955 to 30th June, 1963.
  8. Comparative statement of the income and expenditure of the HASI for the financial years ended 30th June, 1961, 1962 and 1963.
  9. Balance sheets of the HASI for the financial years ended 30th June, 1961, 1962 and 1963.
  10. Statement of HASI receipts and payments for the six months ended 31st December, 1963.
  11. HCO Pol. Lr. of 12th October 1961 - "Refund of fee policy revised"
  12. Comparative statement of the income and expenditure of the HCO for the financial years ended 30th June, 1961, 1962 and 1963.
  13. Balance sheets of the HCO for the financial years ended 30th June, 1961, 1962 and 1963.
  14. The Auditor's Code.
  15. The Code of a Scientologist.
  16. Extracts from Brain-washing Manual, with substitutions.
  17. Scientology press policies - Extracts from HCO Pol. Lr. of 14th August AD 13 (1963).
  18. Text of "Loyalty Oath" appearing in Certainty Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5.
  19. (i) Extract from transcript. (ii) Examples of matters dealt with during scientology processing.