Bookworm Speaks!- Scientology 8-8008 by L. Ron Hubbard

Bookworm Speaks!

Non-fiction Edition. 

Scientology 8-8008: How to Increase Your Spiritual Ability from Zero to Infinity

by L. Ron Hubbard. 

*****

Note: This Review marks a first for the Bookworm. A nonfiction review. Perhaps a separate category should be made for these but that is a task for another day. Read and enjoy and remember this is all objective. 

Summary: This is the book that lays out the capabilities of a spiritual being. Here is Scientology explained in the broader sphere of existence beyond aberration. This is where L. Ron Hubbard gets down to the fundamentals of a being with his native state capabilities operating in, and in contest with, the physical universe. Here is his discovery of the one factor which exceeds existence itself.

These are the laws of life stripped from the very fabric of the physical universe and laid down for anyone who wants to regain his true beingness and the ability that is natively his. Scientology 8-8008 begins the road to higher states of existence.

The Good: Um…uh….the silver and gold cover will look really nice on the shelf and when people see it, they will see how worldly and well-read Bookworm is. 

And thats it. Really nothing more can be said about this book. Bookworm does not have the faintest idea what L. Ron Hubbard was talking about when he wrote this book. 

While reading this book, some people were concerned about Bookworm reading a book about Scientology considering the controversy that surrounds it. They were assured that they have nothing to worry about it. The only reason Bookworm would conceivably wish to join the Church of Scientology is to dive into its secrets and figure it all out. That is similar to the reason why Bookworm would want to become President: To figure out what is really going on at Area 51. 

This book is whole lot of nothing. Its not even junk food, its like swallowing air. This book has no substance, a lot of vague metaphysical, thetan, garbage. It doesn’t even provide any concise instructions on how to approve the who-cares state of mind, for only ten easy payments of $89.99. There were cards in that vein everywhere!

At least the Bible has some good stories if nothing else. None of that is to be found here. Every now and then there are few things that kind of have some relevance but its really nothing more than basic decency and what you could find in generic self help books. Its noise, no style no substance just noise!

Final Verdict: How people get roped into this religion is anyone’s guess. Maybe they just have a fetish for Hollywood celebrities because their lives are hopelessly pointless with it. It is a very good thing that Bookworm bought this for three dollars at a clearance sale and not full price or Bookworm would have been saying “I can’t believe I paid money for this!” Come to think of it, he still can’t believe he paid anything for this!

One Out of Five Stars