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When it comes to "open systems" versus "closed systems" of spiritualities or esoteric traditions: consider that a tradition may not be closed as a whole, and many aspects of it may be open to all to participate in. However, some practices within it may not be open, but be closed—whether or not it's based on cultural or ethnic concerns. For instance, Christianity is an open religion, but the priesthood is not open to all; you can't just up and declare yourself a priest, nor can just anyone perform priestly responsibilities. This goes even for those whose family and cultures have been Christian for 2000 years.
Likewise, to use a more mundane example, in the US, you can't practice medicine or law without a license. You need to be educated, trained, certified, and licensed to be a doctor or lawyer. Anyone can help others to an extent (open), but not everyone can do so in an official capacity recognized by others or in ways that require specialized tools or supplies whose access is restricted to those with official recognition (closed). Same goes with Christian priesthood: you need education, training, certification, and licensing (via seminary and the laying-on of hands) to be a priest. Even within Christian priesthood, not all priests can do the same things. It's not so much about priesthood or specific offices being closed practices, but being *licensed* practices. Not all priests are bishops, not all bishops are cardinals, and so on. Like, in many houses in Lucumí, while we're all orisha priests, not all priests can make sacrifices to orisha (or sacrifices of particular kinds), not all priests can initiate others people, not all priests can lead certain ceremonies. It depends on what we ourselves, as individuals, are licensed to do.
There's also a danger in treating traditions like monoliths, when the reality is that there may well be hundreds of traditions that fall under the same tent, each with differences in opinions, practices, or rules. What might be open in one sub-tradition might not be in another! Sometimes a specific tradition or practice requires initiation or conversion into it, or it requires being of a certain ethnic background, or it requires just being licensed to do something. To leave things just called "open" or "closed" is, in reality, complicated and confusing, especially when those same traditions and practices *do* have some things that are open to all people and other things that are closed to some. Knowing where those boundaries lie and being respectful of them is important for everyone, regardless of your background. Part of that respect is knowing if indeed a tradition or practice is closed, and if so, to what extent. Just because something is closed doesn't mean it's shut off forever from everyone the person claiming it don't like. More often, it just means that there's a front door you need to approach respectfully, knock, wait for an answer, and (if permission is given) enter in properly to be shown around and introduced. You just can't come in through the bathroom window, because behaving like a thief in the night will get you called out and treated like one. Moreover, different traditions (or sub-traditions within the context of a broader tradition) may have different ideas of what this looks like! Some people are okay with you getting into their fridge for a drink, others might be offended by you do it yourself. Generalizing is easy, but it can also be wrong. To say something like "witchcraft is closed" (as a whole) is facile, but also misleading and wrong. The reality is much more nuanced than that, and requires respect and attention where you are, as you are, for the people you're with and the practices you're beholding. Same goes for Judaism, or religions like Lucumí. Can anyone worship orisha? Sure; anyone can praise them, and many celebrations are often open to all. Can anyone perform sacrifices or call down orisha? No; not even some priests can!