When I released They’re Watching You, my video on information control in O.T.O., I didn’t expect the flood of confirmation that followed. People—some still in the Order, others long gone—had eerily similar stories. Many had never spoken up before. Some thought they were imagining things.
They weren’t.
This post dives into one pattern I’ve since confirmed: O.T.O.’s surveillance culture. And what I’ve learned since making the video is worse than I thought.
This isn’t hypothetical. A trusted source told me that Sabazius, National Grand Master of U.S. O.T.O., keeps folders of screenshots—posts, comments, reactions—sorted by name. I don’t just mean critics such as myself. (That part is common knowledge in O.T.O.) I mean the people sharing my content or commenting on it. Anyone who says the wrong thing or fails to say the right one ends up in the file.
These aren’t public posts. Many are from filtered timelines and private groups. Sabazius is not on Facebook, which means: members are actively spying on each other.
They’re Not Just Watching You. They’re Archiving You.
Say you share my post. This is quietly screenshotted and passed along—maybe by someone you friended three years ago and forgot about—and saved.
Or let’s say you just comment on a post of mine—here or on a friend’s page. A lot of those are getting screenshotted, passed along, and saved as well. People agreeing with me go in one category, those who participate in the dogpile, another.
Leadership is tracking who’s aligned and who might become a problem.
I’ve heard Sabazius even pulls up these files on video calls—like HR slides, if HR were run by a petty cult leader.
The Most Chilling Part? No One Thinks It’s Weird.
Not because it isn’t weird—but because there’s no accountability. They don’t reflect, because they’ve never had to. Who will even say anything to them let alone stop them?
When I was still in, I sensed I was being watched. Gossip traveled fast. I’d write something even slightly critical, and I’d be approached with “concern” anywhere from hours to months after the fact. I thought I was losing my mind. I started testing it—posting odd things to see what would fly back. Later, I learned it all made it into my file.
I used to think this was just a creepy culture thing. But it originates at the top. I doubt Sabazius ever says, “Go spy on Entelecheia.” But people anticipate what he wants. That’s how cult leaders operate.
Everyone Is Watched—Even the Loyal Ones
This isn’t just about punishing critics. It’s about control. Loyalists are monitored, too—probably to see who’s reliable enough to promote.
That could be why you see exaggerated loyalty online (parroting and dogpiling). It’s not just sycophancy. In this system, it’s survival.
The Lover triad (the “Outer Party”) seems to do this most intensely—probably because their status is the least clear. The Hermits (the “Inner Party”) know it’s happening and sometimes admit it. Sabazius might even show you the files at NOTOCON. He sounds happy to find anyone who will listen to him rant.
As for Minervals and other newcomers—the “Proles”—they’re ignored unless they make noise.
And people like me? We’re Emmanuel Goldstein.
Welcome to O.T.O.—the occult version of 1984 but with about 200 people active in it at any time.
This Isn’t Normal, and It’s Not Spiritual.
You’ll hear, “This is just how organizations work.” Sure, but which ones? I asked a friend active in his Protestant church if leaders there spy on members and sort them into supporters and critics.
He said no, not in mainline churches. But it is more common in evangelical purity culture, where “discipleship” and “mentorship” involve policing behavior. It’s a practice of scrutinizing and molding behavior to make it more “holy” through proper living. It was described to me as a weird Christian analog of BDSM.
I was struck by the eerie parallels with O.T.O. O.T.O. doesn’t have “salvation”. It has invitational degrees and the general glamour of its “secrets”. It’s usually in the Lover triad where behavior is scrutinized and molded the most intensively, and it’s where most of the spying seems concentrated.
“Proper living” means toeing the party line and rejecting critics.
“Holiness” is publicly dogpiling them or quietly submitting memos on your friends.
“Redemption,” I guess, is getting to play Cards Against Thelema with Sabazius at NOTOCON next week.
I won’t even comment on the BDSM thing—it’s too obvious.
This Behavior Destroys Community
Surveillance doesn’t create safety. It creates fear. It erodes trust. It silences truth-tellers. And it isolates the people trying to live with integrity.
If you’ve hesitated before commenting—afraid it might be used against you—you’re not imagining things.
If you’ve seen reputations collapse without cause, or felt old friendships twist into something cold, you’re seeing the system at work.
And the more we name it, the less power it holds.
Stay grounded. Stay clear. Speak if you can.
Because in a culture of surveillance, clarity is radical.
And your voice—however quiet—might be the thing someone else needs to feel sane again.