The Sacred Circle.

The frame of mind that takes hold in the experienced is often discernable, not necessarily physical, but very discernable.
There are a few people who get together every so often for some intense training and discussion, this is the sacred circle, and the circle gets smaller and smaller, not everyone is welcome, whether it is of their own accord, or they just don't make the grade.
Whatever the reason, there is nothing that can change that other than what is already written in the heart and soul.

The fire lets people know who they are, not that person that stares back from behind the mirror, nor the person observing, it runs much deeper than this, and the fire will burn them, no matter who or what they think or know they are.
It is not about style, methodology, rank, stature, or heirarchy; maybe fellowship, maybe kinship, but nothing else need apply.

We have taken many people to parks and other odd locations, people that had asked, given them something to think about; whether they knew it or not, it was at the fore front of their minds long after the sessions had ended and still may be lurking somewhere around the brim of uncharted thought.
Most never return, some come back eagerly awaiting the next inner adventure; it is not about what one might think.
Does it dawn on the person what they are getting into when they catch a glimpse of the circle? Hell no.
They leave changed. Whether it is a change they can accept, that is up to them. Not everyone is meant to enter the sacred circle and ultimately they make this decision for themselves, the circle will not judge, neither accepting or rejecting. It is what it is and that is the way it should be, with nothing added, nothing subtracted.