"It goes without saying that nobody initiates anyone else, if we understand by 'initiation' the Mystery
of the Second Birth or the Great Sacrament. This Initiation is operative from above and has
the value and the duration of eternity.
The Initiator is above, and here below one meets
only the fellow pupils; and they recognise each other by the fact that they 'love one
another' (cf. John xiii, 34-35)." ~Meditations on the Tarot, The Magician