Volume 5, Issue 4, page 18


n't fossilize at the age of 8.
And don't count on doctors too
heavily." -- George H. Lagus,
San Antonio, Texas.

"Why not change your name
to ABERKADABERA, arranged in
this manner:
A B E R K A D A B E R A
A B E R K A D A B E R
A B E R K A D A B E
A B E R K A D A B
A B E R K A D A
A B E R K A D
A B E R K A
A B E R K
ABE R
ABE
A B

"It is said that the word...
when arranged in the pattern
shown, will cause sickness to
magically disappear.
" ABRA is the going-out into action, which is life. CAD
or K-ed is the X-ing process
t hat the action builds up
against itself in generating
its own return, which is the
K-ed ABRA. The sickness is the
going-out and down from the
beginning. The healing is the
return of the action automatically and homeopathically.
"By this diagrammatic means
of substituting letters for
spaces and spaces for letters
as we go down, we eliminate,
one by one, the cycles of going out and returning.
"When the nethermost point
in the last letter A is reached ,
we find it is the same letter
A we thought we had left in
the uppermost point. By going
pyramidally down, we achieve,
at the point, the letter A,
which is a flow pyramidally
up. With each successive line
down toward the end, we come
successively closer to the
beginning. The farther down we
go, the less far out we go , as
the perimeter narrows down to
the last grasp, where All is
Nothing...
"In this zero picture there
are, at once, both and neither
aberrations and integrations,
both and neither sicknesses
and healings. When you eliminate your sicknesses you eliminate you. Letter by letter
you descend the ladder and
letter by letter you give yourself up ...
"Where else can you find a
title so total?" -- Phil Friedman, Florence, Ariz.

"Yes, I do think the title
should be changed, and I do
have an outstanding suggestion
for the new and distinctly differentative appellative. I anticipate that many who previously
thought themselves committed to
the present name, and many who
submitted inventions of their
own, will flock to my bandwagon
once they have followed the impeccable logic set forth hereinafter: (viz and to wit):
"I propose alter-is-ing the
present title 'ABERREE' by adding another 'E'. See it now:
ABERREEE. WHY? Because it looks
more aberrated." -- George R.Tullis, Baltimore, Md.
(ED. NOTE -- This letter has
disqualified itself by marginal
notes intended to mess up the
judges. We won't even repeat the
notes, because the judges are
messed up enough already. Fact
is, we haven't even picked the
judges yet in hopes of saving
them from such "clearing"),
"For heavess s sake , DO NOT
change the name of ABERREE.
For those that are ashamed to
have it on the coffee table,
let them put it under the rug."
-- Monica Ryder, San Diego, Cal.
"I understand you wish to
continue publication under another name. Might I suggest
SEEK! -- 'seek for the truth',
etc. Actually I like the present name best.
"Why aren't more Scientologists heard from in your publication? What happened to Van
Vogt and his proof of exteriorization? Why don't we get
to read more case histories on
Scientology? I would like more
information on E-Meters, past
lives, para-Scientology, California Dianetics, Washington
Hq. HASI. etc." -- Gunther Clwert, N. Miami Beach, Fla.
"I like the name ABERREE;
it's real familiar feeling and
most of my friends don't know
what it means. This gives me
status. I read things others
don't understand." -- Carolyn
Symonds.
"Change the title as you
will, but don't mess with the
contents. " -- Emerson Symonds,
San Bernardino, Calif.
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"I favor a change of name,
simply because I somewhat suspect you could enlarge your
circulation by using a different title. It was a real good
title back in the days when you
were setting out to poke fun
at LRH, but now your paper is
gradually changing from that
to a magazine more like SEARCH
and I think you could stand a
name that better indicates
where you want to go ... Unfortunately, most of the subscribers are stuck back in the
time track still trying to get
MEST clear, so they might be
overly inclined to want you to
keep the title of ABERREE. Cast
my vote for a name change, and
I suggest the name FIAT EIGHT,
or FLAT CO, meaning the symbol
for infinity." -- bee Eel ley,
Broadway. Pao 4 4
"Honest appraisal is fine,
even if critical, of Scientology or any other subject . Constant belittling and ridicule
with praise conspicuous by its
absence, even when well merited, is something else much
less praiseworthy!
"By the way, have you heard
the story of the 'Smart Pills' ?
It's told about a colored boy
who was a patient of a colored
doctor. He complained of feeling bad, couldn't work or hold
a job, couldn't earn any money, and just wasn't smart
enough.
"So, the colored doc sold
Sambo three 'smart pills' at
$2 per pill and told him to
come back tomorrow.
"'Is you smart Sambo?' asked
the Doc.
'No, Boss,' replied Sambo.
"'Dat's all right, Sambo.
You take 2 smart pills today
and come back tomorrow.'
"So Sambo shelled out $4
more.
"The next day the Doc inquired again. 'Is yo' smart
Sambo?'
"'No, Boss,' says Sambo
again .
"'bat's all right. Take one
smart pill today and come back
tomorrow.'
"The next day sambo says:
'Boss, you'se is pulling my
leg! Dem smart pills is plain
of ' aspirin! '
"'See Sambo' , says the Doc ,
'Dey is beginning to work. You
is getting smart already.'" --
Dr. J. Harold Thibodeau, Myrtle Beach, S. Car.
(ED . NOTE -- We hope most of
our readers who take course
after course in 'How to be as
smart as I am' -- who don't know
they've been paying for plain
of aspirin -- enjoy the joke as
much as we did.)
"I was watching television
last night -- a series entitled
'Famous Movies of Our Time
the movie was H.G.Wells's 'The
Man Who Could Work Miracles'.
Watching it, I was reminded
several times of your auditorials. I would almost recommend
it to would-be clears. It ties
in with the 'Time Changes Ap
Things' article in your May
issue. I am wondering if the
hero is my 'John Smith' of BDR
and 'Why Be Ill?' infame.
"I resigned from HASI last
June and have had several letters asking me to reconsider
my resignation and come omand
have the latest course. I've
dropped all auditing activity
18- T h e fi B E R R E E 1958