Initiatory teachings have never had anything in common with dogmas, tenets or endoctrination. They are never intended for the masses, but always for the individual, because only the individual can choose his/her path of life. The individual is responsible for the goal he/she wants to reach and for the means to obtain it.
In the end, the individual who pursues such a research always works on his/her own, as the search for intiation affects the self. Such a state of mind can only bring considerable results and always goes beyond the social framework. Nevertheless, practice is the only essential process.
Belief, prejudice, social standing or culture have absolutely no influence on the development and the progress of the individual as this subject of study does not belong to the social framework. Though initiatory teachings are universal, they are not favored by the organization of society.