The purpose of these studies is to acquire the ability to see these things for yourself. If you are not developing your meditation skill every day, then what are you doing? Even beginners in non-esoteric traditions learn how to meditate and see internally, and they are not transmuting. If you are transmuting and meditating daily, then you have everything you need to open your inner sight. This is far more critical an issue than the arrival of Hercolobus.
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes.” —Demosthenes
"Do not worry; cultivate the habit of being happy." —Samael Aun Weor