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Here are the details specific to my experience.
They did not have a name tag for me. When they eventually created a tag, they did not have a way of fastening it, so I carried it around in my hand. @111error did the same.
I entered the event and started examining the books and objects that had been placed around the room. I spoke briefly to a few people – I told Addison it was nice to finally meet her, greeted VincentVega – but was soon pulled aside by Mary, Gatekeeper 19. She pulled me against a wall, leaned in, and urgently asked me something like, “Do you believe in us, do you believe in what we’re doing?” I said, “I don’t know,” because I wasn’t really sure what they were doing. She said, “If I asked you to prove your devotion to us, would you do it?” I said, “Maybe…” because I dislike blind promises. She said, “I want you to not say anything to anyone. Not a word, not a syllable. If someone speaks to you, say nothing. I will be watching you. Can you do that?” I nodded, she left, and then I sort of avoided everyone because it was so awkward trying to convey through gestures that I wasn’t allowed to speak.
Just a few minutes later, the angry photographer pulled me aside and said, “Are you Lauren?” I nodded. She nodded toward Addison and said something like, “You see that? That’s where we’re all headed. That’s where we’re going.” The implication seemed to be that Addison was deeply unhappy and soon we all would be. I gestured helplessly to my mouth, and she immediately said, “Were you told not to speak?” I nodded. She put an X on my nametag and walked away.
The upside of not being allowed to speak was that I spent a lot of time with the artifacts scattered around the room.
There were books placed on the tables. They all looked rather old and in bad condition. Titles: Blondes and Brunets, Compend of Diseases of the Skin, Abundant Living, Beyond Time, Mental Efficiency, 20,000 Words.
In addition there was a Viewmaster with pictures of Hollywood, incense, a candy dish containing candy corn (and another candy that I can’t remember), a vintage oil lamp, a Russian zither (I believe it was this model), and some double-lensed item that may have been a vintage stereoscope (perhaps someone else can confirm). There was no photograph in it, if that’s what it was.
There was also a portable cassette tape player with four cassettes. One was Lyric Language, songs in English and Spanish; one was Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss; one was Health Journeys, a meditative sleep tape; and one was Old McDonald’s Favorite Songs.
I listened to a small bit of each tape but didn’t hear anything unusual.
The posters. One said something like “The OOA Knows Better Than Your Family, Your Friends, and Even Yourself” with a generic sky background.
Vol I or II (I thought I remembered I, but Buz said II, and he’s probably right) Issue 1 – March 13 1948 – written and edited by Hollister Crane – this poster showed the OOA symbol with the number “5” beneath it, with lines radiating from the “5” to the symbol.
Vol I or II Issue 5 – December 5, 1955 – edited by Hollister Crane – this poster contained the “lantern” image we’ve seen in FB videos before, along with the name “Oraculus Order of Anoch”.
Finally, toward the end I noticed that the main speaker had left something on the stage. When I retrieved it, it seemed to be a tract of some kind, by Dion Fortune. However, it was extremely awkward when everyone gathered around and asked what I had found, and I couldn’t speak, so I handed it over to someone and backed away uncomfortably. Maybe someone else studied it more thoroughly.
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