Through wading into the depths of flame, the old self is burned away to leave what has been left scattered amidst the charred fragments of sanity. We have become as the maggots of the earth. Born of the filthy remains of a dying world to reclaim our dominion over reality, as we become one with that which feeds silently in the darkness. The Lords of the earth are with us and through our dark revelations, we are able to evolve into something different, that which both the celestials and infernals cannot contain alone. This is the process of opening each of the Gateways. We are the worms that survive the pit and our lives are forged by flames. Understanding these mysteries will initiate a spiritual trauma. The life of the practitioner who partakes in this undertaking will become forever changed, as once the following dark path is initiated, Satan will become one with them in infernal union.