There are those who could be called “merchants of chaos.”1 These are people who want an environment to look very, very disturbing. These are people who gain some sort of advantage, they feel, if the environment is made to look more threatening. An obvious example can be seen in newspapers. There are no good news […]
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Book: Scientology A New Slant on Life (artwork)
These images from Scientology A New Slant on Life (2007 ed.) illustrate key ideas from Hubbard’s essays on the SP doctrine. Hubbard, L. R. (1965). Scientology A New Slant on Life (2007 ed. pp. 187, 189, 201, 213). Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, Inc.
Article: The Merchants of Chaos
There are those who could be called “merchants of chaos.” These are people who want an environment to look very, very disturbing. These are people who gain some sort of advantage, they feel, if the environment is made to look more threatening. An obvious example can be seen in newspapers. There are no good news […]
Magazine: Cause Over Your Environment
Cause Over Your Environment By L. Ron Hubbard1 Well, they not only report the most threatening bits of news that couldn’t have any possible effect upon their readers’ lives, but also sensationalize it, and make it worse than it is. What more do you want, as a proof of their intention? Well, of course, this […]
Article: Cause Over Your Environment
Well, they not only report the most threatening bit of news that couldn’t have any possible effect on their readers’ lives, but also sensationalize it, and make it worse than it is. What more do you want, as a proof of their intention? Well, of course, this is a chaos merchant. He’s paid to the […]
Article: Cause Over Your Environment
This magazine article is an excerpt from Hubbard’s lecture Scientology Zero [pdf].