L. Ron Hubbard was born in 1911. He was the only child of Ledora May, who had trained as a teacher, and Harry Ross Hubbard, a former United States Navy officer. When he was 12 years old, he met with a navy officer, Thompson who was once a researcher under the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud. Scientology biographies describe this encounter as giving Hubbard training in a particular scientific approach to the mind, which he found unsatisfying Influenced by Thompson, Hubbard was very interested in psychoanalysis. When he was young, he had travel to Asia for many times and had access to many oriental philosophies. Biographical accounts describe him as "a child prodigy of sorts" who rode a horse before he could walk and was able to read and write by the age of four. Hubbard studied civil …show more content…
Ron Hubbard, auditing is an important ritual for followers of Scientology. Auditing is the process in which a Scientologist confers with an auditor to delete "life's painful experiences" and increase "spiritual abilities" . Auditors usually ask specific sets of questions to the person, or "pre-clear," aiming to help the person get rid of the sources of spiritual distress. Sometimes the auditor is assisted with the help of an E-Meter. lt is a device designed to reveal changes in the mind of the person when he is being audited.
About the birth, the mother must keep quiet during her labour. During the birth, she cannot scream, shout or say a word. Even the doctor should not say any word. Because they believe that the baby can hear and learn something during the birth.
For the death, scientologists think that funerals are not meant to be a sad occasion. Because they believe in reincarnation. Scientologists believe that when a person dies, they leave the earthly body they had been inhabiting and go find a new body to inhabit. Therefore, a ceremony is meant to celebrate the person's life and prepare their spirit for the next phase of its