I have been studying the Mystery Schools…beginning with the original one in Kemet. At some point I realized that all “Religions” are nothing more than a “Mystery School”, having their roots in the original.
Now in the original, there was a requirement when seeking rank within the School and within the surrounding Society, any sort of Governorship, Kingship, Priesthood or such. This requirement was to become “Twice Born“, which I believe to be the root of the concept of “Born Again”. However, this ritual was not to be taken lightly. It was a lifetime commitment, taking the better part of three decades to complete. The final stage was to endure an intentional Near Death Experience. Needless to say, not everyone was desirous of going through such, and many who tried the final stage and failed, remained dead afterwards. The Twice Born ritual practice had expanded from Kemet, with at least one ancient Twice Born chamber being located in Scotland.
At some point it was abandoned, perhaps due to the need for quantity of leaders exceeding the number willing and able to endure it. I cannot say for certain why, but the result was that unworthy people began to enter the higher degrees of the School. Soon it was found that the secrecy…the Mystery…of the Mystery School was the perfect place of concealment for corruption. Eventually the corruption spread throughout the School and its “children” until corruption became rampant as we see today. It is today in all Religions, Governments and every place in Society of influence.
With the coming of Revelation…the big “Reveal”…when the light is to be shined on all deeds done in darkness, the extent of the corruption will be undeniable even to the heretofore uninformed and unwilling to admit to being taken in. Those who have turned a blind eye to it will be forced to face it, and forced to face that they have [unwittingly?] supported those corrupt individuals who have risen to power with the help of the “Schools”.
What remains to be seen is if there will be sufficient of those who are NOT corrupted to get mankind back on track, or if we are, as a species, hopelessly lost.