Our Order has experienced a tremendous amount of growth and development over the past 50 years. We now find ourselves at a crucial moment of our history. Much of the institutional memory from the past half-century is at risk of remaining lost or inaccessible due to various factors: lack of centralization, poor storage, outmoded formats, lack of instruction; as well as the loss of senior members. It’s going to take a Kingdom-wide effort to ensure that the siblings of the future can fully benefit from the foundations we have laid, as well as our traditions and experiences.
Join the U.S.G.L. Local Body Publication Secretary and U.S.G.L. Historian as we discuss and demonstrate various ways that you can help continue our unique knowledge from generation to generation. Topics include:
How to start archiving on a local, regional, and national level
What efforts are already in progress and how you can get involved
What to preserve and how
Tools and programs available to assist with archiving, along with some of their features and limitations.
Tips for conducting interviews with key members
And more
Brother John M. (he/him) has been a dedicated member of our Holy Order for over a decade, serving in various capacities at both the local and national levels. Currently, he holds the role of Local Body Publication Secretary for U.S.G.L.. With a deep passion for our initiations and rituals, John remains committed to fostering the growth and vitality of our Order through service and devotion, while preserving our history for current and future generations of siblings to enjoy.
Since joining O.T.O. in early 1998, Terry (he/him) has served in various roles on the local, regional, and national level. As U.S.G.L. Historian, he is passionate about exploring and preserving the Order's history. In particular, he is fascinated by the ongoing development of our rituals: their interconnections, historic contexts, modern interpretations, and all the other elements that ensure the ever-evolving symbolic resonance of our initiatory system. When not researching and lecturing on initiatory symbolism, he enjoys reading and writing poetry and prose, and can talk for hours on the topics of Leonard Cohen, Doctor Who, and pretty much all horror movies. Despite popular rumour, he is not entirely made of spiders. There are also some snakes in there.
