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neptunium1 ago

Aldous Huxley’s Dianetic Utopia https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/literature/island-aldous-huxley-dianetics

n 1950, shortly after launching the dianetic movement that would eventually become known as Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard paid a visit to the house of noted English author, Aldous Huxley, who at that time was living in Los Angeles. To many, it would appear that Huxley was being rather generous with his time by meeting with such an obvious crackpot and conman. However, Huxley was very interested in fringe science and odd religious or spiritual movements, and despite an apparent distaste for Hubbard as a human being (“rather immature… and in some ways rather pathetic”) Huxley was impressed by his work and his new book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.

Huxley, naturally, was devastated by the loss of the woman he had loved for thirty years. However, shortly after, he married his second wife – a family friend who Maria most likely groomed to replace her as Aldous’ wife. Laura Huxley had been following the dianetic movement since its inception, and not only took over as Mrs. Huxley but also as Aldous’ processing partner – “my dianetic operator,” he called her.