The Saturday Evening Post » saturday evening post scientology http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com Home of The Saturday Evening Post Wed, 22 May 2013 18:08:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 The Original Scientology Exposé http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/02/08/archives/scientology-expose-new-yorker.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scientology-expose-new-yorker http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/02/08/archives/scientology-expose-new-yorker.html#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:18:05 +0000 Post Editors http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=30773 In 1964, the Post interviewed L. Ron Hubbard for a smart, hard-hitting article about the religion he founded, Scientology. To mark Hubbard's 101st birthday, we're revisiting our original piece in its entirety.

The Original Scientology Exposé The Saturday Evening Post

]]> This week, Scientologists around the world are celebrating the birthday of L. Ron Hubbard, born 101 years ago. Here at the Post, we are also marking the date, as a time to revisit our 1964 feature on the author and Scientology founder.

We dusted off this story just last year, when the New Yorker published an extensive investigation and caught our eye with this tidbit: “Hubbard had boasted that Scientology had raised some people’s I.Q. one point for every hour of auditing. ‘Our most spectacular feat was raising a boy from 83 I.Q. to 212,’ he told the Saturday Evening Post, in 1964.”

This article may well be the first in-depth investigation of Scientology, complete with quotes directly from Hubbard himself. And you won’t want to miss the photo of Hubbard’s soup-can E-meter.

Download this article as a PDF“Have You Ever Been a Boo Hoo?” by James Phelan, March 21, 1964.

The Original Scientology Exposé The Saturday Evening Post

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