🜁 Initiations

 Dues and fees must be paid to the local body before an initiation takes place, you must also be O.T.O. USGL dues current when requesting an application for the next degree. 

You must be 18 years of age or older to apply for 0° (Minerval) and I°, there are no exceptions. You must be 21 years of age or older to apply for II°. (Except by special permission from the Grand Master.)  III° and higher degrees you must be 21 years of age, no exceptions.

You must be a free person.

A free man or woman is a person 18 years of age or older, and of or over a set minimum for initiations. Who is not under any form of restriction placed upon them. That may include but is not limited to: Being able to travel freely to the initiation facility, being capable of voluntarily taking and keeping a binding oath to the Order, imprisonment, parole, conservatorship, a domestic relationship where one is restricted or discouraged in a manner that disrupts ones free will, etc. 

You MUST sign an Informed Consent, Release and Indemnity form.

You must also obtain sponsorship, of at least two members of the Order that are of that application degree or higher. Minervals may NOT sponsor. Sponsorship is a privilege and a responsibility that members of the Order have. Sponsors must certify that they have exercised due diligence when evaluating the applicants' history, character, and good report with at least 1 in-person meeting of applicant. Sponsors are responsible for their applicants actions and/or behavior in the Order. They are also responsible for guiding them through the degree they sponsored the applicant for.

  Your rights to sponsor someone may be revoked if they are abused.

 Please get in contact with your local Body Master for more information.