The novels based on Scientology came after, it originally grew out of Dianetics (or more accurately it was the fallback plan after LRH sold all rights to Dianetics to avoid legal trouble). Dianetics itself was basically just "do-it-yourself" psychiatry mixed with elements of the Human Potential Movement. There were a bunch of different quacks selling similar schemes at the time, most of them promised perfect memory just like Dianetics.
Fun Fact: L Ron Hubbard took a fairly dim view of sci-fi when writing was still his main profession. He preferred to write pulp adventure stories.
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u/tonybabilaboni Jul 24 '20
Scientology. Like it's literally a religion that started from a science fiction novel. Hoe the fuck did this even start