Thanks for the comment Loquat. I know you like to read. If you ever get a chance to read the book, I would truly love a review. I'm just not good at that type of thing or I would do it.
I was close to people for years that were involved and didn't even know it. I have had a close friend who invited me to one of her events for girls who's parents are in the organization. Even then at my young age and not being all that spiritual at the time, thought something was very odd and ritualistic about it all. It almost seemed like a wiccan type of ceremony I had heard about. Saluting something to the North, South, East and West. Wiccans also salute the four corners/quarters which are the four directions of the compass, and also represent the elements of earth, air, water, and fire (pentagram). These elements are also considered lower level beings.