Crata Repoa, Or Highest Degree of Egyptian Initiation - Introduction (Conciliatory)

[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.

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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

Kings and Queen by title, can be considered wholly unworthy and unsuitable. Whereas the poorest of people may be the

These first directed him from Heliopolis to the priests at Memphis; thence he was sent to Thebes; eventually he was circumcised; then he was forbidden to eat pulse or fish and to drink wine, though in the higher degrees leave to do so was occasionally granted. He was then left for several months together in a subterranean cave to his own reflections, which he was invited to write down. Afterwards he was led into a passage, supported by Hermes' pillars, on which were graven moral sentences he had to learn by heart. As soon as he knew them, the Thesmophorus, or introducer, came to him, carrying in his hand a stout whip, to keep away the profane from the gate through which the aspirant was to pass. He was blindfolded, and his hands tied with cords.