How long does it take to read Dianetics - The Original Thesis?
Dianetics - The Original Thesis by L. Ron Hubbard takes about 3 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 173 pages, about 47,575 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The anatomy and full description of the Reactive Mind, the previously unknown source of nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and insecurities which enslave Man: shows you how to get rid of it, and so achieve something Man has previously only dreamed of: the State of Clear. Among the discoveries herein: * The Goal of Man * The Dynamic Principle of Existence -- the one word that motivates all living things * The Four Dynamics -- the drives upon which all of life is compartmented * The Descriptic Graph of Survival revealing ones true potential and how to achieve it * The discovery of and complete anatomy of the Reactive Mind * The painful experiences engrams contained in the Reactive Mind which command one to act irrationally against their own wishes and goals *The impact of prenatal engrams that took place before you were born and how it has influenced you ever since Dianetics enables you to discover and eradicate harmful experiences so they never affect you again, revealing the one person you have always wanted to know -- you.
Subjects: Dianetics, Alternative medicine, Dianética, Higiene mental, Mental healing, Mental health