



atomic bomb:





the system or practice of an authority (or authorities), one who is a supposed expert or one whose opinion on a subject is likely to be accepted without question and without reference to facts or results. Under authoritarianism individual freedom of judgment and action would be neglected in favor of absolute obedience to “experts.”


openly acknowledged or declared.



bad off:

in a bad or poor condition or circumstance.



bootstraps, lifting oneself by one’s:

raising or bettering oneself by one’s own unaided efforts. It alludes to the considerable effort required in pulling on long boots by the means of straps or loops attached to the top of them.


secret intrigue; plot or crafty dealing.


tending to change unpredictably or abruptly with no apparent reason; erratic.


a general term for a person being treated or helped.


kindly or lenient in judging people, acts, etc.




in electricity, a complete route traveled by an electrical current and which carries out specific actions. In Scientology, the term is used to describe something in the mind acting as a circuit does, performing various functions, especially independently of the person’s own volition.


an unaberrated person. He is rational in that he forms the best possible solutions he can on the data he has and from his viewpoint. He is called a “Clear” because his basic personality, his self-determinism, his education and experience have been cleared of aberrative engrams, secondaries and locks. See Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and Science of Survival.


short for communication.


including everything, so as to be complete.




steadfastness of attachment to a person; faithfulness.


concealed, hidden or disguised; not openly practiced or shown.


a large machine used to lift and move heavy objects by means of a hook attached to cables suspended from a supporting, usually movable, beam.

depository illness:

an illness in which deposits of material are formed in some part of the body, such as arthritis where hardened bits of cartilage form in the joints, causing swelling and deformity.


the dynamics are the urge to survive expressed through a spectrum with eight divisions. These are urges for survival as or through (1) self; (2) sex, the family and the future generation; (3) groups; (4) Mankind; (5) life, all organisms; (6) matter, energy, space and time—mest—the physical universe; (7) spirits; and (8) the Supreme Being. The subject of the dynamics is contained in Science of Survival.


of or having to do with the system of glands which secretes hormones (chemical substances) from certain organs and tissues in the body. These glands and their hormones regulate the growth, development and function of certain tissues and coordinate many processes within the body. For example, some of these glands increase blood pressure and heart rate during times of stress.


a moment of “unconsciousness” containing physical pain or painful emotion and all perceptions, which is not available to the analytical mind (conscious, aware mind) as experience. It is a complete recording, down to the last accurate detail, of every perception present in a moment of partial or full “unconsciousness.”


a compound word meaning enturbulated theta, theta in a turbulent state, agitated or disturbed. See also theta.

entheta lines:

entheta communication lines, lines which are vicious or slanderous.


causes turbulence, agitation and disturbance.


environment; surroundings.


the actions an individual takes on himself to correct some conduct or situation in which he is involved which is contrary to the ideals and best interests of his group. It is a personal thing. When one is ethical or “has his ethics in,” it is by his own determinism and is done by himself.


given to sudden whims (sudden or odd desires); not taking things seriously; frivolous (lack of seriousness) or irresponsible.

graduated scale:



causing, involving or arising from a threat of danger, harm or other bad consequences.

Hubbard Chart of Human Evaluation:

a chart by which one can precisely evaluate human behavior and predict what a person will do. It displays the various characteristics that exist at different levels of the Tone Scale.




serving to illustrate; explanatory.


in a manner that is infallible, not liable to prove false, wrong or mistaken.


in a way that is intrinsic, belonging to something as one of the basic and essential elements that make it what it is.


says or does something that makes another person appear wrong.

knuckle under:

submit to; yield.




the actual physical objects, the things of life.


involved in difficulties that are hard to escape from; entangled. Literally, a mire is a wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.


a refusal or contradiction; a denial of something.


having to do with the nerves and the nervous system.


a coined word put together from “observing the obvious.” It is the action of a person looking at another person or an object and seeing exactly what is there, not a deduction of what might be there from what he does see.


1. any of various means of obtaining sexual gratification that are generally regarded as abnormal. 2. a turning aside from truth or right; diversion to an improper use.




the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.


offered (as a threat).

positive suggestion:

in hypnosis, a suggestion or command which is given to a hypnotized subject who then obeys it unwittingly.


a conclusion, decision or resolution about something.




a low emotion below anger and close to apathy. Propitiation is the act of trying to please or satisfy someone in a way calculated to win their favor in order to defend or protect oneself against their disapproval, attack, etc.






marked by indifference or carelessness.


turned into something higher, nobler or more refined.


happening or existing one after another.


means of sustaining life; nourishment.



Tone Scale:



to put in a trance or hypnotic condition. A trance (also called hypnotic trance) is a state, as induced by hypnosis, in which somebody is dazed or stunned or in some other way not fully aware of the present environment.


being of no use.


higher on the Tone Scale.

up the line:

figuratively, in or to a higher position or state.


the act of wavering in mind, will or feeling; hesitation in choice of opinions or courses.