On the concept of "closed practises" in esoteric spirituality

There is a difference between "closed" and "protected--" have we forgotten this?

Indigenous and diasporic ways of being are, at their core, expressions of the same thing: containers for the imaginal somatic sense to experiment with bioregional and interpersonal relationships. African diasporic religions, as an example, are combinations of various religious traditions that were imposed by oppressive systems (such as Catholicism) and …