L. Ron Hubbard: Toxicology Report

The Church of Scientology...does not give credit to hypnotism... explaining that their processes are the really valid ones while hypnosis is outdated...[but] their methods are clearly hypnotic ones....yoga comes close to being an Eastern way of using what in the West is called hypnosis...all regimented techniques such as Silva Mind Control, EST, etc., have the phenomena of hypnosis at their roots...although most would fervently deny this. Why? It is very simply good business to try to come up with something which seems different, if you are trying to sell it to a purchasing public. —McGill, J. of Hypnotism, March 1990, pp. 30-31