ILLUMINATION, INITIATION AND ASCENSION

384 - ADDRESS

[quote][b]V. — Crata Repoa, Or Highest Degree of Egyptian Initiation[/b] 59. Preparation.—But there was a still higher degree into which Egyptian kings and priests only were initiated. It was known by the above title. Whoso wished to enter this degree had to be specially recommended by one of the initiated. This was usually done by the king himself introducing the aspirant to the priests. [/quote] Within the Sinai tradition, Aspirants are referred to as Conciliatory  Only a very particular type of people were/are considered suitable to become Conciliatory and be considered for the process of initiation Those with the particular depth of understanding, maturity and experience, of a leader It seems within the Crata Repoa that the "makings of a leader" may have been mistranslated to mean that only  Kings and Priests could be considered for initiation ,  when this is not the case. Nobility and title has nothing to do with the worthiness, or suitability of the Conciliatory Ki...

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PREPARATION   When an Aspirant desired to enter the Ancient and Mysterious Society of Crata Repoa, he had to be recommended by one of the Initiates. The proposition was ordinarily made by the King himself, who wrote an authorization to the Priests (*1). Having applied at Heliopolis, the Aspirant was referred to the learned of the Institution at Memphis, and these sent him on to Thebes, (Porphyre-Vie de Pythagore.) Here he was circumcised (*2).   (Herodotus, book 2nd. Clement of Alexandria, Scromat I.) They put him on a particular diet, interdicting him the use of certain foods, such as vegetables and fish, also wine (* 3) , but after his initiation this restriction was relaxed. They compelled him to pass several months imprisoned in a subterranean vault (* 4),  abandoned to his reflections he was allowed to write his thoughts. He was then strictly examined to ascertain the limit of his intelligence. When the time had arrived to quit his prison, they conducted him to a gal...

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