Abbott	Abbott Laboratories, a major US pharmaceutical manufacturer which produces and distributes a variety of medical drugs as well as highly dangerous and destructive "psychiatric" drugs.	
aber nicht!	(German) but no!	
abril	(Spanish) April.	
abstranormity	a coined word from abstract, considered apart from concrete existence and enormity, enormous size or extent.	
Abyssinian	of the ancient region, Abyssinia, located in northeast Africa, bordering on Egypt and the Red Sea. It is now called Ethiopia.	
Acacia Manor	a made-up name for a house.	
ace of spades, black as the	(colloquial) very black.	
ace of, within an	almost but not quite; very close to; nearly.	
aces up	(slang) in a good or profitable position.	
Achilles' heel	a portion, spot, area or the like, that is especially or solely vulnerable. In Greek mythology, Achilles was an illustrious Greek warrior. He had been dipped in the river Styx (one of the mythological rivers of hell) by his mother, which rendered him invulnerable except in the heel by which she held him. He was fatally wounded by an arrow in that heel.	
A-chord major	(music) a combination of 3 or more notes sounded together in harmony in the key (a system of related notes in music based on a particular note) of A major.	
ack-ack	(slang) antiaircraft fire. It comes from the British telephone code AA, which is the abbreviation for antiaircraft.	
Acre	seaport city of Israel, now called 'Akko. Acre has been sieged numerous times throughout its history: it was taken by the Crusaders in 1104, recovered in 1187 by Sultan Saladin (Sultan of Egypt and Syria), and retaken in 1191 by Richard I of England and Philip of France at a cost of 100,000 men.	
ad absurdum	(Latin) to the point of ridiculousness. Literally means to absurdity.	
Adam and Eve	in the Bible, the first man and the first woman. The first book of the Bible tells that God created Adam by breathing life into the "dust of the ground." Later, God created Eve from Adam's rib. God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, telling them that they could eat the fruit of all the trees in the garden except the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. They lived happily until the serpent, Satan, tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. She ate, and gave the fruit to Adam, who also ate; they immediately became aware and ashamed of their nakedness. Because of Adam and Eve's disobedience, God drove them from the garden into the world outside. After their expulsion, Eve gave birth to sons, first Cain and Abel, and then Seth, and thus Adam and Eve became the parents of mankind.	
Adam, don't know (one) from	do not know (one) at all.	
additity	a coined word from addition, something added and -ity, a suffix meaning state or quality.	
Adenauer	Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), the first chancellor (prime minister) from 1949 to 1963 and main architect of the West German federal republic. He was involved in a bitterly fought election campaign in 1961 which weakened his position abroad and at the conference table.	
Adler	Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Viennese psychologist and psychiatrist who opposed Freud's emphasis on sex and advanced his own theory of the inferiority complex to explain psychopathic cases.	
Aesculapian	(Roman mythology) of Aesculapius, the Roman god of medicine and healing.	
Aesculapians	(Roman mythology) followers of Aesculapius, the Roman god of medicine and healing.	
Aesop	(ca. 620‑560 B.C.) Greek writer of fables, known as Aesop's Fables, which were largely concerned with talking animals illustrating human vices, follies and virtues.	
affaires du coeur	(French) love affairs. Literally means affairs of the heart.	
Afrika Korps	the name of the German troops under Rommel in Africa during World War II. There were several battles during 1941 and 1942 between the Germans and the Allies. They were defeated by the Allies in 1942.
See also Rommel in this glossary.
	
Afrikaner	(Dutch) a South African of European ancestry, especially one of Dutch ancestry.	
age, coming of	(informal) becoming fully developed or mature. Used figuratively in some lectures.	
agin	(dialect) against.	
Agincourt	a village in northern France; site of a battle (1415) won by England in the Hundred Years' War with France that lasted from the middle of the fourteenth century to the middle of the fifteenth.	
Ain't Necessarily So	reference to the song "It Ain't Necessarily So" written by Ira and George Gershwin in 1935 for their opera Porgy and Bess, which depicted life in the black community of Charleston, South Carolina.	
air, out of thin	(informal) from nothing; from nowhere.	
air, takes the	is spread about among people; becomes known to others.	
Akhenaton	a pharaoh in Egypt (ruled 1372-1354 B.C.). He was a religious innovator who abolished polytheism (belief in more than one god or in many gods), holding that the sun alone was God and he was the sun's physical son.	
Aladdin's lamps	magic lamps, such as the lamp found by Aladdin, a boy in the Arabian Nights, with which he could call up a jinni to do his bidding.	
Alaska	the least populated state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.	
Alba, Duke of	a made-up name for a duke. Alba is a town in northeastern Italy.	
Alcatraz	a small island in San Francisco Bay (on the Pacific coast of California, United States) which was the site of a federal prison (19341963). Escape from the prison was difficult because it was separated from the mainland by more than one mile of water with strong tidal currents racing in and out of the bay.	
Alcoholics Anonymous	an organization of alcoholics (persons suffering from the habitual or compulsive consumption of alcoholic liquor to excess) whose purpose is to stay sober and help others recover from alcoholism. Members of this organization say, "For the alcoholic, one drink is too many, and a hundred are not enough." They believe that it is not possible for an alcoholic to be cured.	
Alcoholics Synonymous	a humorous reference to Alcoholics Anonymous.
See also Alcoholics Anonymous in this glossary.	
Alexander	Alexander III (356-323 B.C.), also known as Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, an ancient kingdom located in what is now Greece and Yugoslavia. By conquest, he extended an empire which reached from Greece to India.	
Alexander the Fourth	reference to Alexander VI (ca. 1430-1503), pope of the Roman Catholic Church (1492-1503), who became notorious as a corrupt and worldly pope. He showered his illegitimate children, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, with money and favors.	
Alexander the Great	Alexander III (356-323 B.C.), king of Macedonia, an ancient kingdom located in what is now Greece and Yugoslavia. By conquest, he extended an empire which reached from Greece to India. He is said to have wept because "there were no worlds left to conquer."	
Alexandria	a seaport in northern Egypt, founded in 332 B.C. by Alexander the Great; ancient center of learning. During the fourth century A.D. there were different Christian sects there (two of which were the Homoousians and the Homoiousians) that were violently opposed to each other. Each sect considered persons in the other sects to be heretics.	
Alger, Horatio Jr.	(1832-1899) American author. Known for his many books in which poor boys become rich through their earnest attitudes and hard work.	
Algerian	of or pertaining to Algeria, a republic in northwest Africa, or its inhabitants. Much of Algeria is arid and sparsely populated, with half of the work force being farmers. The native Muslims, who had been under French rule for over 100 years, started a war for independence in 1954, and Algeria finally became independent in 1962.	
Ali the errand boy of Baghdad	a made-up name for a person. Baghdad is a city in and the capital of Iraq, located in the central part of the country, on the Tigris.	
alidade-amplitude angle dihedral in betwixt	a made-up phrase of words that have meaning but are meaningless in this combination. An alidade is an indicator or sighting apparatus used for measuring angles. Amplitude means "largeness, width, breadth or size." Dihedral is a mathematical term meaning "having or formed by two plane surfaces which meet along an edge." (An example of a dihedral angle is the angle formed by the pages of a book where they join along the spine.) Betwixt is an archaic word meaning "between."	
Allen	a student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course at the time of some lectures	
Allied	of or having to do with the Allies, the countries (Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, etc.) which fought against the Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan, etc.) in World War II (1939-1945).	
Allies	the countries of Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, etc., which fought against the Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan, etc.) in World War II (1939-1945).	
Alpha Centauri	the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus; the closest visible star to the naked eye, except for the sun.	
alpineer	a person skilled in climbing high mountains, especially the Alps.	
altitudinized	put in awe. A coined word from altitude, a high level, place or rank and ‑ized, subjected to.	
Aluminum Flushboxes Incorporated	a made-up name for a company.	
Aly-al-Allah	(Arabic) God is almighty or almighty God.	
AMA	abbreviation for American Medical Association, a professional physicians' organization, established in 1847, with the stated purpose to promote public health, protect the welfare of doctors and support medical science. Its attacks on Scientology were based on misguided attempts to protect its private healing monopoly and huge medical-psychiatric income.
See also American Medical Association in this glossary.	
Amarillo, Texas	a city in northwest Texas.	
Ambria	a made-up name for a location.	
American	short for American Magazine: the name of a magazine published in New York from 1905 to 1956. It was one of the three great masscirculation magazines of the early twentieth century.	
American Airlines	a major American passenger transport airline company founded in 1932.	
American Can Company	a major American manufacturer of tin cans.
	
American Civil War	a conflict lasting four years (1861-1865) in the United States between eleven Southern states, which asserted their right to withdraw from the United States, and the states and territories of the North, which were determined to maintain the Union. The contributing causes included the question of slavery in the South and the extension of it into new territories, as well as sectional rivalry. When the war ended the defeated South was a ruined land.	
American Journal of Psychology	a periodical that presents news in the field of psychology. Founded in 1887, it was the first psychological journal in the United States.	
American Legion	the largest organization of American veterans, open to those who participated in World Wars I and II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. They often rent their halls out for public events.	
American Management Association	a professional nonprofit association of industrial and commercial companies and executives interested in the solutions of business and management problems, founded in 1922.	
American Medical Association	a professional physicians’ organization, established in 1847, with the stated purpose of promoting public health, protecting the welfare of doctors and supporting medical science.	
American Mess Association	a humorous reference to the American Medical Association.
See also AMA in this glossary.	
American Psychiatric Association	an organization formed in the United States in 1844, as the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, by thirteen superintendents of mental hospitals. It later changed its name to American Psychiatric Association. It promotes the use of psychiatry, and seeks to protect and forward the vested interests of psychiatrists. . . . 	
American Psychological Association	an association of psychologists and educators whose purpose is to advance psychology as a practice.
See also psychology in this glossary	
American Psychotic Association	a humorous reference to the American Psychiatric Association, an organization formed in the United States in 1844, as the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, by thirteen superintendents of mental hospitals. It later changed its name to American Psychiatric Association. It promotes the use of psychiatry and seeks to protect and forward the vested interests of psychiatrists.	
American Red Cross	the American national chapter of the Red Cross: an international organization to care for the sick and wounded in war and to relieve suffering caused by floods, fire, disease and other calamities. In 1864 the red cross was adopted as an international symbol for neutral aid and this symbol is used by the American Red Cross as well as other medical and relief activities.	
American Society of Chemists	reference to the American Chemical Society which was founded in 1876. It is a scientific and educational society of chemists and chemical engineers.	
American Society of Gerontology	a society of professionals, such as doctors and nurses, who work with and on the behalf of the elderly to determine the causes and problems of aging.	
American Society of Physicists	reference to the American Institute of Physicists, the largest society of physicists in the United States, founded in 1931 and headquartered in New York. Its stated purpose is to assist in the advancement of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare.	
American Society of Psychologists' Journal	reference to the American Psychologist, a publication of the American Psychological Association (an association of psychologists and educators whose purpose is to advance psychology as a practice). The journal was first published in 1946 and is a monthly publication.	
American Tel & Tel	short for American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a company founded in 1885 to build long distance Telephone lines in the United States. It has become the largest communication company in the world.	
American Theater Association	a former association for professionals involved in the theater arts which had the purpose of disseminating theater arts and encouraging cultural exchange.	
ammunition hoist	a hoist for supplying ammunition to the guns from where it is stored.	
Ampex 600	brand name of a tape recorder manufactured by Ampex Corporation that was used to record the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course lectures.	
Amtorg	short for Amerikanskaya Torgovlya (Russian-American Trading Company).	
analytical chemist	a specialist in that branch of chemistry that deals with the determination by analysis of the components making up samples of matter.	
Anamorphic schists are often found most closely blended with hornblende	a significant sounding phrase, used in some lectures with no particular meaning Anamorphic means having to do with the deformation and change in rocks from great pressure and heat deep below the earth's surface. A schist is any metamorphic (characterized by change in the composition of rocks under pressure, heat, chemical action, etc.) rock of a type that splits easily into thin leaves. Hornblende is a darkgreen to black mineral.	
anchor to windward	a measure adopted for security. From the practice of dropping the anchor of a ship on the windward side (the side from which the wind blows), providing a point of support.	
Ancient Mariner	a character in a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge which deals with the supernatural punishment and penance of a seaman who had heartlessly shot an albatross, a bird of good omen, in the Antarctic regions.	
And this is very strange because he hadn't any feet	A reference to a part of a poem describing oysters in Through the Looking-Glass, a book by Lewis Carroll:
"Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat
And this was odd, because,
you know, They hadn't any feet."
See also Carroll, Lewis in this glossary.	
Andalusia	a region in south Spain, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.	
Andersons	persons similar to Kevin Victor Anderson, the single member of the Board of Inquiry into Scientology in the mid-1960s in Victoria (a state in Australia).	
ands, ifs, ores or buts	(informal) special demands or excuses. A Variation of ifs, ands or buts.	
Angell, Wing	a staff member in Washington, DC at the time of this lecture; a former student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course.	
angels shouldn't be treading, where	an allusion to the phrase fools rush in where angels fear to tread meaning foolish people are often reckless, attempting feats that the wise avoid. This saying is from "An Essay on Criticism," by Alexander Pope (1688-1744), an English poet of the eighteenth century.	
Annapolis	a seaport in and the capital of the state of Maryland; home of the US Naval Academy.	
anoxemia	a reduction in the normal amount of oxygen in the blood, as at high altitudes.	
antastical	a made‑up word for an item.	
anticommunism	against communism: a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.	
Antietam, Battle of	the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, fought between Union and Confederate troops at Antietam Creek in the state of Maryland on 17 September 1862.	
Antony, Marc	(83-30 B.C.) Roman politician and soldier. In 31 B.C., he was defeated in the civil war between himself and Octavian (the first Roman emperor).	
Apocalypse, Four Horsemen of the	four riders on white, red, black and pale horses, symbolizing the pestilence, war, famine and death which are prophesied in the Apocalypse, or book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament in the Bible. Used figuratively in some lectures.	
apparati	a Latinized plural form of apparatus, a thing necessary to carry out a purpose or for a particular use.	
apped (one's) wits about	understood, using (one's) mental faculties or intellectual powers.	
appetite over tin cup	(slang) a pioneer Western US term used by riverboat men on the Missouri; it means thrown away violently like "head over heels," "bowled over."	
apple, sad	a gloomy person, frequently irritable, introverted, or pessimistic.	
apple, sharp	(slang) a variation of smart apple, an intelligent person; a sagacious (having or showing good judgment; wise) person.	
Aquinas, Saint Thomas	(1226‑1274) Italian religious philosopher who revolutionized the theology and philosophy of his time with his writings on religion and the nature of man. He drew a clear distinction between faith and reason.	
Arab situation	the controversy which exists concerning the area of the Middle East called Palestine. In November 1947, the United Nations divided Palestine into Jewish and Arab sections, and in 1948, the Jewish section of Palestine became the nation of Israel. However, the neighboring Arab states rejected both the partition of Palestine and the existence of the new nation. There have been several wars since that time between Israel and other Arab states concerning the division of Palestine.	
Arabian Nights	a famous collection of Persian, Indian and Arabian folk tales, strung together by the story of Scheherazade, who kept her husband from killing her by telling these stories over 1,001 nights. The best known of these stories are those of Ali Baba, Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin.	
arborvorous, arborvirons	a humorous reference to arborvitae, any of several ornamental or timber-producing evergreen trees of the cypress family, native to North America and eastern Asia.	
Archangel Michael	in Christian legend, the title of the chief opponent of Satan and his angels and the champion of the church of Christ on Earth. An archangel is a chief angel or angel of high rank.	
archimandrite	the head of a monastery or group of monasteries.	
Archimedes spiral	a specific type of spiral, mathematically defined by Archimedes (ca. 287-212 B.C.), Greek mathematician, physicist and inventor.	
Archipelagian peninsula	a made‑up name for a place. An archipelago is a group of many islands and a peninsula is a piece of land almost entirely surrounded by water, connected with the mainland by an isthmus.	
Arctic Sea	an ocean north of North America, Asia and the Arctic Circle, mostly covered by solid ice, ice floes and icebergs.	
Arcturus	a very bright star in the northern sky.	
ardure	a coined word meaning strong effort; hard work to accomplish or achieve. Formed from the word arduous, derived from Latin ardu-us, which means "high, steep, difficult."	
ardures	a coined word meaning strong effort; hard work to accomplish or achieve. Formed from the word arduous, derived from Latin ardu-us, which means "high, steep, difficult."	
Aristotelian	belonging to or having some relation to Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher noted for his works on logic, ethics, politics, etc. Aristotle's book Ethics contains the doctrine that virtue consists in a mean between excess and deficiency. He disagreed with his teacher, Plato (427-347 B.C.) over the existence of ideal forms or ideas, such as truth or good. Plato held that these exist in a realm beyond the material world, while Aristotle believed that form and matter are always joined.
See also Aristotle in this glossary.	
Aristotle	the works of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher noted for his works on logic, ethics, politics, etc.	
Arkansas Special	a made‑up name for a train. Arkansas is a state in the south central United States.	
Armenian	of or having to with Armenia, a region in western Asia divided between the USSR, Turkey and Iran.	
Armstrong-Jones, Tony	Antony Armstrong-Jones (1930- ), a well-known British professional photographer.	
Army Air Forces	the aviation branch of the United States Army before the establishment of the US Air Force.	
Arslycus	an old civilization built in space, not on a planet, where a being spent something like ten thousand lives doing the same job over and over. When he died, he would return because a piece of his body was being held in pawn, then he would be put in another body and put back on the same job. Arslycus finally broke to pieces because it was too great a mass to sustain itself	
arthrosis lumbosis of the psychiatrosis	a made-up name for a disease.	
Arthur	youngest son of L. Ron Hubbard and Mary Sue Hubbard.	
articularosis	a made-up name for a disease. From articular, of the joint or joints and -osis, a suffix meaning an abnormal or diseased Condition	
articulo metalosis of the tibia	a made-up phrase for a broken leg. Tibia is Latin for shinbone, the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.	
arty	(colloquial) pretending or striving to be artistic.	
as paint, alive	superlatively alive.	
asbestos	an incombustible, chemical-resistant, fibrous mineral used for insulation, fireproofing, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters and in materials that deaden sound.	
ASDIC	abbreviation for Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee, a committee which British sonar was named after.	
Ashdown Forest	a large wooded area near Saint Hill.	
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, thou are dust, to dust thou shalt return	reference to a phrase used in certain burial services to denote total finality. Based upon biblical texts such as "dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return," from the book of Genesis and "I will bring thee to ashes upon the Earth in the sight of all them that behold thee," from the book of Ezekiel.	
Associated Press	a news agency for gathering and distributing foreign and domestic news and photographs to member newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States.	
Astarte	the Phoenician goddess of fertility and erotic love.	
Astor, Mrs. William	the wife of William B. Astor (1792‑1875): the son and heir of John Jacob Astor (1763‑1848), who was the wealthiest man in the United States at the time of his death.	
Astounding Science Fiction	a magazine founded in 1937. LRH wrote many stories for this publication from 1938 to 1950.	
Athens	a leading city of ancient Greece, famous for its learning, culture and democratic institutions. Present capital of Greece.	
athlete's foot	a common fungus infection of the skin of the feet.	
Atlantic	short for Atlantic Ocean: an ocean bounded by North and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is approximately 31 million square miles in area with its greatest known depth being over 30,000 feet.	
Atlantic Ocean	an ocean bounded by North and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is approximately 31 million square miles wide with its greatest known depth being over 30,000 feet.	
Atlas	(mythology) one of the Titans who was famous for his strength. After being overthrown by Zeus, Atlas was condemned to support the Earth and sky on his shoulders for eternity.
See also Titans in this glossary.	
Atomic Energy Commission	a former federal agency (1946-1975) created to regulate the development of the US atomic energy program. Its functions were transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1975.	
atomic fission	the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy. This is the principle of the atomic bomb.	
atomic physicist	a scientist specializing in the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure and component parts of atoms.	
atomic physics	the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure and component parts of atoms.	
atomic sub	short for atomic submarine, a submarine driven by atomic power, capable of remaining under water for long periods of time.	
atomic submarine	a submarine driven by atomic power, capable of remaining under water for long periods of time.	
attaboy	(slang) an exclamation of approval or encouragement. (A corruption of "that's the boy," this expression is also seen as "that's a boy" and "thataboy.")	
attagirl	(slang) an exclamation of approval or encouragement. (A corruption of "that's the girl," this expression is also seen as "that's a girl" and "thatagirl.")	
Aunt Mabel	a made‑up name.	
Aunt Phybia	a made-up name.	
aurality	a coined term from aural, of or received through the ear or the sense of hearing, and -ity, a suffix meaning state, condition.	
Auricon	(brand name) a line of compact, portable motion picture cameras manufactured by Berendt-Bach.	
Auschwitz	a city in southwestern Poland which was the location of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. This and similar Nazi camps, such as Belsen, were the sites for detention of many millions of people who the Nazis labeled undesirable (most notably the bulk of the Jews of Europe). More than six million people were eventually exterminated in these camps. Those who were not killed outright were ill treated, many subjected to cruel experimentation and torture, and great masses died of disease or starvation.
See also Belsen in this glossary.	
Aussies	(informal) natives or inhabitants of Australia.	
Austin	a car manufactured by Herbert Austin (1866-1941), an English motor car pioneer. His highly successful Baby Austin was the first of a line of small cars which revolutionized the pattern of car manufacture and ownership throughout Europe.	
auto	short for automatic.	
autochrome	(photography) a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green and blue-violet.	
auto‑da‑fé	the public declaration of the judgment passed on persons tried in the courts of the Spanish Inquisition (a court appointed in Spain in 1478 to discover and suppress heresy‑ religious beliefs that the Roman Catholic Church considered to be false), followed by the execution by the civil authorities of the sentences imposed, especially the burning of condemned heretics at the stake. The term literally means "act of the faith."	
autosuggestion	(psychology) suggestion to oneself arising within one's own mind and having effects on one's thinking and bodily functions. 	
Ava	a Scientologist in California at the time of this lecture; a former student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course.	
Avenging Angels	an alleged secret order of Mormons supposed to have arisen in the early days of that church to act as spies and suppressors of disaffection.
See also Mormon church in this glossary.	
azimuth	a humorous reference to a device used in astronomy and navigation to measure azimuth, an arc measured clockwise from the north point of the horizon (in navigation), or the south point (in astronomy), to the intersection with the horizon of a vertical circle passing through a heavenly body.	
Aztec	of a powerful and highly civilized Indian people of middle America who ruled a large empire in central Mexico from about 1200 A.D. until its conquest by Spaniards in 1521. War captives were sacrificed to the many Aztec gods.