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These initiates are on a centuries-long mission, which is why they refer to themselves as the Order of the Quest or Brotherhood of the Quest. This quest is both an individual undertaking and a collective one, and it is very grand. They seek the deification of mankind.

Again from Allan J. Stover's article in The Theosophical Forum we read:
There is a thread of esotericism running through all these legends [of the phoenix], linking the thought of east and west, vitalizing the myth, until the truth it embodies shines forth like a many faceted jewel, a constant reminder that there is no death, but only endless change and evolution, as mankind progresses from humanhood to godhood.
Did you catch that? According to Mr. Stover, humanity is being raised to godhood through the esoteric knowledge. As I demonstrated in my book, Leviathan's Ruse, this mindset is no anomaly, but is in fact the standard philosophy of serious occultists. Men like Mr. Stover, who are initiates of the Mysteries, have bought the lie of the Serpent hook, line and sinker. It's the same lie that he told Eve in the Garden of Eden nearly six thousand years ago: take of the forbidden knowledge, and eat, and you all shall become as gods.

I could produce dozens of similar quotes from occultists like Allan Stover, all preaching the evolution of humanity to a godlike state through knowledge and self-will. They view death as a force of transition that is necessary for now but will eventually be overcome entirely through ingenuity.
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