The Team
Kim Knight
Presenter and Team Lead
Kim (she/her) has been a member of the Order since 1999. She is Past Master of Sekhet-Maat Lodge and served as the Chair of the National Conference Committee. She is currently the U.S.G.L. Initiation Training Coordinator and team lead for A.I.T. since 2007, serves as High Priestess of Psyche-Eros Chapter and as a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Order. Her areas of expertise are organizational leadership, initiation performance and process, and ritual technology. She has recently embarked on a personal study of magical gardening, deep earth magick and can be found spending her time communing with the guardians of the garden, the woods and the river in Tillamook, Oregon, with her husband Geoff.
Catherine Berry
Presenter
Catherine (she/her) has been a member of the Order since 1987. She has held a variety of leadership positions in the Order, at the local level (such as Master of Baphomet Lodge and Deputy Master of LVX Oasis, among others), the national level (Bishop of E.G.C., member of the Grand Tribunal, and U.S.G.L. Internet Secretary), and the international level. Despite the appearance of leading an entirely virtual existence, she does occupy a physical body in Los Angeles, where she lives with her wife Leanne. Among her personal areas of research are the role of humor in magick and the culture and philosophy of the ancient Aztecs.
Richard Kaczynski
Presenter
Photo by Maevius Lynn
Richard Kaczynski (he/him) has been a member of O.T.O. since 1987 and an initiator since 1998. He travels, teaches and lectures widely, and has served the Order as the past master of Blue Equinox Oasis and past Most Wise Sovereign of Infinite Stars Chapter. He is currently an E.G.C. Bishop, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, and Secretary of Academia Ordo Templi Orientis. He is the editor of a critical edition of Aleister Crowley's The Sword of Song (2021), and author of Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley (2010, 2002), Forgotten Templars: The Untold Origins of Ordo Templi Orientis (2012), The Billionth Monkey (2015), and many others. He appeared in the television documentaries The Witch of Kings Cross (2020), Secrets of the Occult (2006) and Aleister Crowley: The Beast 666 (2007). His current projects include Friendship in Doubt: Aleister Crowley, J. F. C. Fuller, Victor B. Neuburg and British Agnosticism (2024), and a book on the psychology of magick (forthcoming). By day, Richard is a social psychologist, statistician, and research scientist whose 1993 doctoral dissertation examined metaphysical beliefs and experiences among occult practitioners.
Jon Sewell
Presenter and Team Secretary
Jon (he/him) has been a member of the Order since 1999, serving as Master of Horizon Lodge and United State Grand Lodge Document Control Officer as well as an Ordained Priest, a Chartered Initiator, and a Certified Initiator Trainer. Jon is deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve the Order, and for the trust reposed in him. They even let him write his own bio for A.I.T., so he has taken the opportunity to attest that he is probably a homunculus, and suspects that coffee has rendered him immortal. During his tenure in the Order, Jon has made it a regular practice to engage in a variety of creative projects including original rituals and adaptations of Crowley’s works, which in turn were adapted into films that received national and international awards. He currently serves as U.S.G.L. Volunteer Coordinator, a presenter for A.I.T., and with the planning team for Kaaba.
Andrew Lent
Presenter
Andrew (he/him) is a chartered initiator, ordained Priest, and ordained Deacon. He's served as Secretary, Deputy, and Master of Black Sun Lodge in sunny Cleveland, Ohio, and is currently Secretary of Ouarda Chapter. He also serves as editor of Agapé, the official organ of USGL. When he's not knee deep in O.T.O. work, Andrew can usually be seen noodling about with synthesizers and annoying the AIT team with his occult knowledge of all things Star Wars.
Terry M.
Presenter
Terry (he/him) Since joining O.T.O. in early 1998, Terry 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 rumor, he is not entirely made of spiders.
There are also some snakes in there.
Carrie May
Presenter
Carrie May has been actively involved in local body leadership since 2011. She has served in various roles, including Master, Deputy Master, and Secretary for Sword and Serpent Oasis in the Valley of Dayton, Ohio. She is currently serving as High Priestess for Ouarda Chapter R+C . Carrie is a chartered initiator, ordained Priestess, and ordained Deacon. She is dedicated to the advancement of the Order, choosing to assist developing O.T.O. bodies by traveling to multiple states to serve as Initiator, Priestess, or Deacon as needed. Carrie balances her O.T.O. life by enjoying family, travel, and exercise with her partner Keith; as well as personal ritual with a particular leaning into Hecate.
Sr. Luz y
Team Logistics
Sr. Luz y (she/her) has been a member of the Order since 2018. She is an ordained deacon and ordained priestess sacerdote of the EGC and serves as Side Officer for initiations as often as she is able. She is a member of the Thelema for All team and was a content creator for the U.S.G.L. educational modules. She is a member of the Substance Misuse Prevention Committee, and serves the Thelemic Families program as an active parent and member. Sr. Luz y is currently rocking the A.I.T. world by making sure our workshops all flow smoothly with joy and beauty.
Bodhi H.
Admin Support
Bodhi H. (they/them) Admin Support - has been a member of the Order since 2019. They serve as Aide-de-Camp to Miss Kim. Bodhi's passion for fostering inclusivity and diversity is evident through their role as the past project manager for the U.S.G.L. Thelema for All diversity modules. Bodhi is an ordained Deacon Sacerdote. Their current studies include the Tibetan Buddhist practices of Chöd and Tonglen.
In their downtime, Bodhi can be found on different Pacific Northwest beaches talking to seagulls and sand fleas.