“[Initiation] is a gradual unfoldment of the spirituality within a being in a wholistic manner and becomes increasingly exponential in its momentum, allowing the inner person (or Deity) to expand and embrace the outer Universe, till eventually there is no distinction between the two. Initiation concerns the stages of being awakened to increasingly more expanded states of awareness, into the sum of the Mysteries that constitute the nature of manifestation and Purpose of all Being, both subjective and objective.”
~ Bodo Balsys, B. 1949, Scientist and Author on Esoteric Spirituality