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What is a Mystery School?

Since ancient times, Mystery Schools have existed across the globe for those who feel called to walk a life path of true knowledge, understanding and wisdom that integrates the seen and unseen worlds. Mystery School teachings inspire the soul, train the mind, and hand down tools of empowerment that can be applied toward practical success and fulfillment in life. Traditionally, mystery school teachings have helped people gain understanding, develop wisdom, and strengthen inner guidance. The training they offer helps to clear limiting physical energies and enhance spiritual direction towards a more purposeful existence. They have been likened to universities for the soul, where the curriculum focuses on how to awaken and develop our highest potential, and to attain divine awareness. Beyond merely teaching, the mystery schools help students to refine conscious potential, build focus, and activate the innate powers through a series of initiations, ceremonies, and sacred meditations. The purpose of the Mystery Tradition is the conscious realization of one’s True Self and their connection to others, both physical and spiritual. With this expanded awareness comes the power to bridge spiritual energies into the physical world for healing and transformation, at a personal and planetary level.

Defining qualities of a mystery school include:

• It is an ancient school with closely held wisdom teachings that have been preserved for the benefit of humanity
• These teachings are usually passed down through the oral tradition in the physical from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of physical initiation
• The teachings and tools handed down lead the seeker towards the evolution and awakening of the soul, and to reclaim ones spiritual self
• In an ancient, unbroken lineage, power is transferred through physical initiation to empower the individual on their life path of achieving their full potential and life purpose, and for gaining greater connection to God (the Great Work)

Why do mystery schools exist?

• The main reason they exist is because life produces so many mysteries (life & death, love, birth, who and what is God, how does this universe work, etc.) and humans have always wanted to know more about the deeper workings of this existence
• One of the deepest mysteries is the mystery of the self; therefore the ancient decree of these esoteric schools has always been Know Thyself.
• Their deeper teachings help each individual answer questions such as:
• Who am I?
• What am I?
• Where do I come from?
• Where am I going?
• What is my purpose?
• The Shamanic Societies understood and taught this, but as we developed into modern culture, we lost the true understanding of these mysteries, and the Keepers of this knowledge went underground. Since that time, these teachings have been referred to as Hidden Knowledge.