This Photo Of A Scientologist Allegedly Being Punished In The Desert Is Chilling

[Liberal_in_LA]

This Photo Of A Scientologist Allegedly Being Punished In The Desert Is Chilling

This photograph of a palm tree in a circle of sand at the Church of Scientology's HQ at Gilman Hot Springs, in the California desert, doesn't look unusual at first glance.

But there is more to it than meets the eye.

Before we explain what we've been told is actually going on inside those concentric circles of raked sand, click on the photo to enlarge it, and see if you can figure out what's happening



The circle at Gilman Hot Springs was thought to have been abandoned around 2010. But according to Parman and Bunker, the running program continues to exist inside the church. Both sources told us that at the church's building in Clearwater, Fla., an indoor circle has been built for a similar purpose.


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[darkangel218]

1. i cant see anything

:/

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. person at 12:15 (if it were a clock)

[darkangel218]

5. ok but how is that person being punished?

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. California deserts are hotter than the sun!

[Xyzse]

13. If I had to guess

Having the person walk around in a widening circle from the middle outwards?
I don't know.

[warrior1]

2. there is a person at about 12 o'clock

[sakabatou]

4. "Question anything and we'll physically punish you."

Sickening.

[darkangel218]

6. im lost lol :(

[darkangel218]

9. ok i read the article i get it now

[sakabatou]

15. Question anything within Scientology and you'll be punished

As the circle was supposedly used as punishment for questioning parts of Scientology.

[aikoaiko]

8. Meh. Isn't membership voluntary?

It doesn't look chilling to me.

[LiberalAndProud]

10. Really?

Folks in Jonestown and Rulo where there voluntarily too. I find that idea chilling.

[aikoaiko]

12. Raking sand in pretty circles just doesn't bother me the same way as suicides and murders.

[joeybee12]

16. Yeah, slavery doesn't bother me either...

[obamanut2012]

14. Read Inside Scientology and the Village Voice's CoS series

Then get back to us.

[flyingfysh]

17. Once you're in, it's REALLY hard to leave

Among other things, they charge many thousands of dollars for the "training" people received. They call it "freeloader" payments. Very often, people are held by force and cut off from relatives and friends outside.

[Lizzie Poppet]

11. Here, this'll help you cool off:

Okay, maybe not...