I hadn't considered the need to repeat information later - or a Covener's ability to fully understand it.
I didn't either, until I had a conversation with someone (out at dinner after their initiation) where they were shocked by something in the initiation that I knew perfectly well we'd talked about at the class about initiation. (And I was pretty sure previously, but I had notes for that particular class.)
As ever, not a problem if you're a good dude. BUT I think there's a middle way, where someone might not understand that "gradually building people up to initiatory secrets/experience" can be a bad thing.
Definitely.
The way I'm currently handling it is a discussion early on with Seekers about the nature of initiatory craft: that it may change your life, for most people that's in good ways, but we can't promise it'll all be good, and it probably won't be comfortable for a while. And then more explicit conversations as we approach initiation.
And encouraging them to read widely (with a caveat about reading actual descriptions or scripts for initiation rituals, and why, which is that for a lot of people, it will make your analytical brain kick in if you actually do the ritual, and that makes the esoteric parts a lot harder to integrate.)
Re: When is info relevant
I didn't either, until I had a conversation with someone (out at dinner after their initiation) where they were shocked by something in the initiation that I knew perfectly well we'd talked about at the class about initiation. (And I was pretty sure previously, but I had notes for that particular class.)
As ever, not a problem if you're a good dude. BUT I think there's a middle way, where someone might not understand that "gradually building people up to initiatory secrets/experience" can be a bad thing.
Definitely.
The way I'm currently handling it is a discussion early on with Seekers about the nature of initiatory craft: that it may change your life, for most people that's in good ways, but we can't promise it'll all be good, and it probably won't be comfortable for a while. And then more explicit conversations as we approach initiation.
And encouraging them to read widely (with a caveat about reading actual descriptions or scripts for initiation rituals, and why, which is that for a lot of people, it will make your analytical brain kick in if you actually do the ritual, and that makes the esoteric parts a lot harder to integrate.)