@stormblood Learning first hand, applying your intuition and even trial and error is indeed what really develops you, however the knowledge, information and specific meditations that advanced SS here share on the forums should be respected, as these are often found and created under direct guidance of the Gods, and shared on the groups for everyone here to benifit with permission of the Gods who have guided them to these meditations and informations.
If not for the "second hand" knowledge from other mortals none of us would be here, as the whole JoS would fall under that category, as Maxine herself and almost all who came before her throughout the centuries of Gentile history were mortals of great wisdom and understanding, who used their abilities and intuition to tap into advanced spiritual knowledge and connect to our Gods in order to recieve their knowledge from them, and share it with the less spiritually advanced populace so all could benifit and grow, under the guidance of the Gods.
These mortals only later, after having already shared an immesurable wealth of information by tapping into the knowledge of the Gods and consciously comprehending and understanding this, reached Godhead themselves.
Adolf Hitler at his time in Germany as our Fuhrer was also still "Just another mortal sharing second hand knowledge", if you would actually apply your logic to it.
The Gods have developed and created this knowledge thousands of years ago, thus there is no origional knowledge created by mankind here, just the rediscovery of the ancient wisdoms and truths of our Gods which had been stolen from us and our access to these sealed by endless curses and bindings.
The true knowledge all comes from reconnecting to the ancient knowledge of our Gods and comprehending it more and more while advancing spiritually through the passage of time.
It is stated there are no mediums in SS, to prevent charletans and all kinds of false informations from being spread by retards who deem themselves as some sort of chosen ones (there have been a few examples of such people over the years).
However, some of us recieve powerful knowledge or meditations from our GD's or other Gods as we advance, and share these with the groups here for everyones benifit and there is nothing wrong with following the meditations shared by others here on the groups, as we are also here to help each other advance by sharing our expertise and knowledge, and discussing about our experiences, so we may all learn from each others collective understanding and get better through it.
I have a very good SS friend, and it is through this friendship I have learned more than by simply studying by myself, and they also have benifitted from their friendship with me.
Such benificial friendships result in mutual growth that could not be so easily accomplished by your lonesome. Therefor the knowledge others share here should be respected and considered, looked at with a critical eye and we should give our feedbacks to each other in benificial, reasonable ways so we can all learn and grow together.
It is through "second hand knowledge shared by other mortals" that we have learned all we understand and know today, unless it concerns information directly recieved by yourself from one of our Gods, which most of the information we build our experiences upon has come from our fellow "mortals" seeking spiritual advancement and eventual Godhead.