Auditing in Scientology is imagined psychotherapy. Auditing puts the subject or Pre-clear into a light hypnotic trance so if you’re a man you can really imagine oh so vividly that in a past life, “they put your severed penis on a stick." And if you’re a woman you can imagine things that are just as lurid. Scientologists insist all this helps clear your mind and improve you. The person who gives you this misguided "help" is called an Auditor.