Via BoingBoing:

More scans here, which appear to be translations of the original book. Some excerpts from the translated page:

From this, Scientologie is classified right at the beginning into sciences of:

1. Consciousness in its active role: pure Scientologie
2. Consciousness in its passive role: applied Scientologie

The total system of Scientologie is capable of arising primarily out of the working together of these two positions, out of the simultaneously active and passive spontaneity of consciousness. This is because the consciousness of reality enters Scientologie only thru the other side, the appearance-side of the world factors of Consciousness-in-Question, and not as part and accessory of the world.

Whether or not this is plagiarized material appears to be in the eye of the beholder. Here’s the Wikipedia entry.

This seems to be one of those questions that someone with a ton of time and motivation on their hands could resolve easily. I’m guessing there are a few of those folks out there, so hopefully one of them speaks German and could review the translation to see if it really was done correctly, or to make a case for plagiarism by translating in that light.

Thanks to Liz for passing it along.

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