Editing A. E. van Vogt (section)

===Dianetics and fix-ups (1950–1961)===
In 1950, van Vogt was briefly appointed as head of [[L. Ron Hubbard]]'s [[Dianetics]] operation in California.  Van Vogt had first met Hubbard in 1945, and became interested in his theories, which were published shortly thereafter.  Dianetics was the secular precursor to Hubbard's Church of [[Scientology]]; van Vogt would have no association with Scientology, as he did not approve of its mysticism.

The California Dianetics operation went broke nine months later, but never went bankrupt, due to van Vogt's arrangements with creditors. Shortly afterward, van Vogt and his wife opened their own Dianetics center, partly financed by his writings, until he "signed off" around 1961.  From 1951 until 1961, van Vogt's focus was on Dianetics, and no new story ideas flowed from his typewriter.