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[>] "I have high hopes of smashing": Letter from Hubbard to Polly Hubbard, 1938.
[>] "We were all exploring": Jack Williamson, Wonder's Child, p. 131.
[>] "Given one slim fact": Hubbard, "Search for Research," www.lronhub bard.org.
[>] "Some thought him a Fascist": De Camp, "Elron of the City of Brass," and The Science Fiction Handbook, p. 94.
[>] "offer my services in whatever": Letter from Hubbard to the War Department, September 1, 1939.
[>] with a propensity for having: Notice of Hubbard's posting to U.S. Naval Training School (Military Government), January 17, 1945, www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/warhero/1944/441004B.gif.
"The Great Era of Adventure": Hubbard, "A First Word on Adventure."
[>] "conjured into existence": Carey McWilliams, Southern California: An Island in the Sun, p. 134.
[>] "Do what thou wilt": Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law, p. 9.
[>] "He was a fascinating storyteller": Russell Miller's interview with Nieson Himmel, August 14, 1986, www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/himmel.htm.
[>] "From some of his experiences": Letter from Parsons to Aleister Crowley, January 1946, cited in John Carter, Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons, p. 106.
[>] "the most profitable ecclesiastic": H. L. Mencken, The American Mercury, April 1928.
[>] "good friend": Hubbard, "Conditions of Space/Time/Energy," Philadelphia Doctorate Course cassette tape #18 5212C05.
[>] "crippled and blinded": Hubbard, "My Philosophy," 1965; also Hubbard, Ron—Letters and Journals, published by the Church of Scientology, 1997.
[>] No evidence has been found: The Scientology researcher Chris Owens has written extensively on Hubbard's war record, using Hubbard's navy records and other data acquired through the Freedom of Information Act. Most of his findings are contained in the e-book Ron the War Hero: L. Ron Hubbard and the U.S. Navy, 1941–50, www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/warhero/contents.htm.
[>] "Have served at sea": Telegram from Hubbard to Chief of U.S. Naval Personnel, October 12, 1945, www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/war hero/1945/451012.gif.
[>] "flood of copy": Letter from Hubbard to agent Lurton Blassingame, December 29, 1945, as cited in Ron: Journals and Letters.
[>] "capabilities and crafts": Parsons v. Hubbard and Northrup, Dade County, Florida, July 11, 1946, as cited in George Pendle, Strange Angel, p. 267.
[>] "writing material": Letter from Hubbard to Chief of Naval Personnel, file number 113392, April 1, 1946, as cited in Pendle, Strange Angel, p. 268.
[>] "near mental and financial collapse": Letter from Parsons to Aleister Crowley, 1947, as cited in Kenneth Grant, The Magical Revival, p. 168.
"broke, working the poor-wounded": Letter from De Camp to Isaac Asimov, August 27, 1946, as cited in Pendle, Strange Angel, p. 271.
[>] quietly writing a series: Hubbard's affirmations have been a point of controversy since they were revealed during the 1984 Armstrong case. During his trial, Armstrong read portions of them into the record, and the Church of Scientology authenticated them. More than fifteen years later, in 2000, Armstrong received an e-mailed copy of the affirmations, which he posted on his website, www.gerryarmstrong.org, vouching for the authenticity of the document. "I don't have any desire to profit monetarily by posting Hubbard's unpublished affirmations," he noted. "My desire is that these writings help everyone, Scientologist and wog [non-Scientologist], to make informed and better choices about L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology." Hubbard's affirmations have been a point of controversy since they were revealed during the 1984 Armstrong case. During his trial, Armstrong read portions of them into the record, and the Church of Scientology authenticated them. More than fifteen years later, in 2000, Armstrong received an e-mailed copy of the affirmations, which he posted on his website, www.gerryarmstrong.org, vouching for the authenticity of the document. "I don't have any desire to profit monetarily by posting