R.I.P. Samuel Scarborough
Sam's passing is devastating news. I have known him for well over 15 years, and we were very close. We spoke regularly, sometimes daily, and often for hours at a time. His passion for the G.D. was always evident, never waning over those many years. We did not agree on everything (like politics), but we were united by a love of the G.D. tradition and a desire to get as much accurate information out there as possible. Samuel certainly lived up to that aim with his many articles, online posts, and, more recently, his book on the Flying Rolls. Despite working with different rituals and teachings (G.D./A.O. for me, S.M. for him), we shared a traditionalist view that it was important to preserve and work with the material as given, and then, and only then, build upon that foundation. We also shared a desire to get more scholarly material on the Order out there, and hopefully encourage similar (or better) scholarship in the future. He was one of a handful who was willing to challenge his...