Report of the Board
of Enquiry into
Scientology

by Kevin Victor Anderson, Q.C.

Published 1965 by the State of Victoria, Australia

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
  • Hubbard's Morbid Preoccupation with Perversion

• 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

(In progress)

• 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. Comparitive 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.