Q: Why does the path involve pain?
Belzebuub: The path involves pain, because with pain our actions are tested.
Condemning something without firsthand knowledge and experience, is another form of belief in esoteric matters, and such a person is essentially the same as a passive believer, except that their self-sufficiency is more obvious.
Q: Both Master Samael and you say from your own experience, that mediums channel negative entities.
Now, all the students and teachers are here to learn and investigate about it and I do not know from direct experience, but I keep an open mind about it. One day as I carry on working on myself, I will I hope, be able to verify the truth of this.
Belzebuub: You should distinguish between Masters who give teachings and students who are learning, whose knowledge is limited. Students are learning. If they believe, then their minds will closed. It is like saying you should not believe in the driving instructor who is teaching you to drive. You have to learn to drive, and it is not a question of believing or disbelieving your driving instructor.