Contemporary esoteric systems almost always play on the desire of mankind to seek or acquire knowledge.
Building on the foundations laid in Learning How to Learn and The Commanding Self, Idries Shah in Knowing.
Before learning can take place, certain conditions and basic factors must be in place; in the individual or the group.
All but universally neglected in such systems are the - often unrecognized - barriers which prevent knowledge and understanding.
Contemporary esoteric systems almost always play on the desire of mankind to seek or acquire knowledge