“A professional engineer applies vectors, matrices, and orbital mechanics to the axioms of Dianetics — proposing a rigorous mathematical framework for understanding engrams, the mind-body connection, and cognitive “clearing” outside mainstream psychology. A bold, technically driven provocation at the intersection of science, spirituality, and alternative cognitive theory.“
KEYWORDS: psychology, Nietzsche, philosophy, mental health
91 pages 6x9 Trade book Available as a Paperback, PDF book, or ebook Read a 15-page preview at Blurb.com
About the Book
What if the controversial axioms of Dianetics could be subjected to the same rigorous scrutiny as an engineering problem? In Nervus Nefarius: The Science in Scientology, William H. Clark II sets aside theological debate and asks a purely technical question: is there a legitimate mathematical framework hidden inside L. Ron Hubbard’s foundational theories of the mind?
Drawing on his background in mathematical physics and orbital mechanics, Clark reinterprets Dianetics’ central concept — the “engram” — not as a metaphysical abstraction, but as a quantifiable physical entity, modeled through vectors, matrices, quaternions, and energy field dynamics. He maps the human nervous system as a complex engineering system, treating mental health, trauma response, and cognitive “clearing” as problems solvable through applied mathematics rather than pharmaceutical intervention or talk therapy.
Along the way, Clark delivers pointed critiques of social media’s neurological impact, the erosion of nonverbal communication, and the failures of mainstream psychology’s statistical models. Provocative, unconventional, and technically ambitious, Nervus Nefarius is a rare work that treats the mind as a machine — and dares to show the math.
Target Audience
- Scientologists, Dianetics practitioners, and students of L. Ron Hubbard’s foundational works seeking a science-based validation framework
- Readers skeptical of mainstream psychology and pharmaceutical mental health models
- Engineers, mathematicians, and physicists curious about cognitive modeling and mind-body systems
- Independent researchers at the intersection of alternative spirituality and hard science
- Readers of Clark’s broader catalog (Gender Math, A Geometric Derivation of Relativity) who follow his mathematical modeling of human systems
Key Themes
- Mathematical formalization of Dianetics: engrams modeled as quantifiable physical entities using vectors, matrices, and quaternions
- The mind as an engineering system — synaptic networks, energy fields, and the central nervous system as a complex mechanical problem
- Critique of mainstream psychology’s over-reliance on statistical averages and pharmaceutical solutions
- The “File Clerk” model of the brain and the mechanics of subconscious memory retrieval
- Social media, political correctness, and the neurological erosion of nonverbal human communication
- Bridging spiritual doctrine and experimental, testable scientific methodology
- The mind-body continuum: how stress and trauma physically manifest in the nervous system
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Further Reading
Visit the author’s website Temporal Mechanics.org (temporal meaning “between the temples”) for more psychology/spirituality ideas.