Secretive spiritual institutions in ancient Egypt, Greece, Babylon, India, Peru, and elsewhere
Functioned as esoteric universities: teaching divine wisdom, cosmic law, alchemy, astral knowledge, and spiritual initiation
Access required initiation — only the worthy could enter (spiritually and morally tested)
Their teachings were oral or symbolic to protect sacred truth from corruption
"Know Thyself" – true knowledge comes from within
Ascension of the soul – through purification and knowledge
Divine embodiment – you are God in form, trapped in illusion
Use of ritual, symbol, numerology, sacred geometry, music, and silence
Guardians of Natural Law & Sacred Science
