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Can the E-Meter measure "mental energy"?

Topics: Religion Alternative Medicine Science Health Scientology

Background

The E-Meter is a tool used by Scientologists to "measure the mental state or change of state of a person".

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Founder of Scientology

In Scientology it has been discovered that mental energy is simply a finer, higher level of physical energy. The test of this is conclusive in that a thetan "mocking up" (creating) mental image pictures and thrusting them into the body can increase the body mass and by casting them away again can decrease the body mass. This test has actually been made and an increase of as much as 30 pounds, actually measured on scales, has been added to, and subtracted from, a body by creating "mental energy"

01 Jan 1966 Source

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Columbian District Court

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L. Ron Hubbard, writing in a science fiction magazine in the 1940's, first advanced the extravagant false claims that various physical and mental illnesses could be cured by auditing [with the E-Meter] ... [Ron Hubbard's] quackery flourished throughout the United States and in various parts of the world. He was supported by other pamphleteers and adherents who also promoted the practice of Scientology and touted its alleged benefits.

30 Jul 1971 Source