CHAPTER 8
THE E-METER.
8.1. The E-Meter is the abbreviated name assigned by adherents of the Scientology
movement to the Hubbard Electrometer. This apparatus is prominently used in Scientology
processing or auditing and is freely advertised for sale in the United Kingdom at £60,000 (Stg)
as -
"... the most important tool in the technology of Scientology and
Dianetics.
...
... INDISPENSABLE."1
As recently as August and November, 1971, it was advertised in the Republic of South Africa at
a purchase price of R115,000.*a, b
8.2. Mr. Hubbard currently defines the E-Meter as -
"An electronic device for measuring the mental state and change
of state of homo sapiens ..."2, 3
8.3. The Model originally used was the Mark I. With the passage of time it became more
streamlined, possibly a bit more sensitive and developed to the model now in use styled the
Mark V.** The Mark V model is identical in operation and function to the Azimuth Alignment
Meter.*** The Mark V model is supplied in a wooden box with a detachable lid which when
hinged and hooked to the box containing the instrument serves as a support for the latter in a
semi-upright position so as to conceal the face of the instrument from the person being audited.
The Azimuth Alignment Meter is supplied in a leather case and is stood up against a soft metal
rod in a like position for the same reason. Each instrument will, for reasons of convenience,
hereinafter be referred to as "the E-Meter" or "the meter".
8.4. The face of the E-Meter consists of a Tone Arm, a Tone Arm Dial, a Sensitivity Knob,
a Testing Switch, a Needle, a Needle Dial and an Adjusting Switch. A pair of ordinary tin cans
attached to an electrical wire is plugged into the meter. According to Mr. Hubbard the inner
workings are -
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1Lionni Lucienne: The Auditor No. 65 World Wide, The Monthly Journal of Scientology.
Dacha Publications Ltd., Kidlington, Oxford, U.K. (Copyright 1971), p. 10.
2Hubbard L. Ron: E Meter Essentials 1961. Grant Production Company Limited, London.
(Second Printing, 1962), p. 6.
3Hubbard L. Ron: Scientology Abridged Dictionary. Papercraft Litho Limited, Hayes, Middlesex,
England (1967).
*Understanding Magazine, Major Issue, a) No. 110, p. 8; b) No. 111, p. 3.
**Record of Evidence, Vol. 5, p. 23 - Mrs. M.J. Nicholson.
***Hubbard L. Ron: The Book Introducing the E-Meter.
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