The IOT's spine was a book. Its priesthood was a permission layer.

Liber Null and Psychonaut put the method in print. Gnosis, sigils, belief as a tool: public spec. A grade adds no instruction. It adds a permission layer over a spec anyone can read. Spine: the books. Priesthood: the org chart. Challenge: name one technique taught only inside a grade, and cite your source. Nobody by next Sunday? The order added zero method.