[split] Mystery Schools and Initiation

[Black Dragon]

I have a lot of questions and distortions when it comes to the topic of mystery schools, and posted a long post here that didn't fit in 100% with the topic and trajectory of this discussion, so I moved it to my own thread([self-moderated split] Mystery Schools, STO Principles, and My Own Distortions). I would really appreciate it if members with a better knowledge and experience of mystery schools would address my concerns and share their perspectives with me, either on my thread on in PM.

I usually suggest reading the definition of Ra from the first book, what he says about love. Then go to the Bible literature. It was no accident that Carla read the Bible as a daily offering. Then carefully read the philosophical writings. You can start with Socrates and end with Heidegger and Cassirer. Meditate on the ideas of the Logos in various schools of philosophy. Read Jung's correspondence with Pauli. You can list them for a very long time) If you work 5 to 16 hours a day every day, you will need about 12 years for everything. After this self-study, you can talk about Mystery Schools. And this is not condescending advice, but real work that I did for myself. Although I didn't really learn English)))

This approach may seem boring and tedious, but it helped me. Personally, no one invited me to the organization to which I applied. I found the Charter website myself, wrote a petition, passed a four-time interview, then a dedication, and then went down the list. Mystery schools may be different, but their internal structure and working principles are similar. Until you get inside, you won't know how it works for you personally. And even if you do, an untrained person very quickly becomes disillusioned with such organizations and leaves.

Good info, although the post that I transplanted though doesn't address so much about how one goes about joining, but calls into question the actual sincerity of the service to humanity of such organizations and their ethics, which seem to me a bit elitist, judgmental, and less than heart-centered.