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The Egregore Charter
Writes a group charter — purpose, members, feeding, boundaries and closing — and marks it with a shared sigil.
What it is
To give an online group a construct with explicit boundaries before it has a mythology.
At a glance
- Inputs
- A group name; a purpose; a planet; an element; a review date; a seed.
- Outputs
- A Markdown charter, a shared sigil, a feeding schedule, a review date and a close condition.
How to use it
- Name the group and write one sentence of purpose.
- Choose the aspect that sets the tone.
- List who is inside, who is outside, and what the group will not do.
- Set the feeding: a recurring meeting, a shared image, a weekly post.
- Set the review date and the closing clause.
- Generate the charter and the sigil, publish them, and put the review in a calendar.
What you need
- A shared document
- A calendar
- A place to pin the sigil
- A moderator or steward
A worked example
Group: 'The Saturn Room'. Purpose: 'finish one shared project per quarter.' Planet: Saturn. Element: Earth. Feeding: a Sunday check-in. Review: the last Sunday of the quarter. Close: the steward archives the doc and posts the closing note.
Variations
- Use a Moon phase for a short-lived group and a Sun sign for a year-long one.
- Give each member a copy of the sigil and a line in the charter.
- Write the charter as a set of permissions rather than rules.
Code sketch
This is a sketch, not a runnable program. It names the shape of the automation; the definitions are yours.
# {{group}} — charter
**Purpose.** {{purpose}}
**Tone.** {{planet}} / {{element}}
**Feeding.** {{feeding}}
**Review.** {{review}}
**Close.** {{close}}
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New entries, when they land
Occasional notes when a section of the grimoire is added or revised. No account, no tracking across sites, and one line to leave.