The Creation of Human Ability: A Handbook for Scientologists

Delivery took a while, but the book was in Mint condition and was everything I had anticipated. Thank you!

Obviously you want the new edition which has been revamped and with larger print for us old guys. First off, this book is not a beginner's book and would require some foreknowledge of the subject, but perhaps I'm hasty in saying that, as it has an extensive glossary. The book's frontispiece starts out with a Biblical quote, Luke 10:3-9, 23-24 which was a pleasant surprise, since I'm Catholic-raised. Look this up, great philosophy! The 1954 preface gives the purpose of the book, to help the Scientology practicioner in his skill in helping others with the techniques outlined in this book. It combines all procedures of major workability developed and tested in advanced courses Hubbard taught at that time. Hubbard writes that the main goal here is to bring about complete tolerance and comfort for the preclear for the physical universe, his exteriorization and general rehabilitation. Quite lofty goals. The thick part of the book is called "intensive procedure" and these procedures literally make or break communication with the physical universe to undo Man's inverted believe that mechanics are superior to one's own considerations. The reverse is true. Not to make this review overly long, but after the processing section, which is in and of itself fascinating, there's a whole section on Scientology and its general background. He gives credit to Buddha, Christ, Judaism, all the major religions, quotes them and outlines Scientology's religious roots. The earlier editions of this book were not properly put together by the original publishers from 1954. In 2008 however, the original manuscripts were dug up and put together the way the author originally intended. All typos and misprints eliminated. Nice book, too. Thick, rich white paper, large print for us older readers. So if you've read Dianetics and want to find out what the reason for this universe is and how you can change your considerations, read and use this book.

The Creation of Human Ability was written around the time when the Scientology philosophy was in its early years and some people were finding it to be a spiritual/religious experience as well as a method of personal improvement. The book begins with a summary of Scientology and some of the training that occurred at the time. Most of the book covers a series of over 70 exercises or "processes" that a trained Scientologist would help someone apply to improve their abilities to accomplish their goals in life. The processes are mainly divided into two groups, Route One (R1) and Route Two (R2). Depending on the condition of the person, one would do R1 followed by R2 or, more likely, R2 followed by R1. There are indications that individual exercises can also be used separately. Each exercise has anywhere from a short paragraph to a few pages of descriptive material, so it's relatively easy to read, for an advanced book.The last part of the book goes into a further discussion of advanced concepts in Scientology, as well as a few more processes.Most of the processes require a team of two, but a few can be run by oneself, most notably #3, #67 ("R2-67") and "Present Time Differentiation" (toward the back of the book). I've used each of these myself several times, with beneficial results. They can also be quite fun to do. I found some of the explanatory material strange, but other parts were fascinating. Overall I'd say it's not an introductory book, but it's a good and sometimes deep overview of advanced Scientology concepts and applications, along with a few basics as well.