Many students complain about not having a spouse, as if this is a deterrent from actualizing spiritual progress. What many do not recognize is that the state of your mind comes first and foremost. Matrimony comes after. Without psychological work, one cannot benefit from a matrimony. Instead, what generally occurs is the crystallization of Hasnamussen who, working with sexual energy, do not annihilate the ego.
If you examine the sacraments of the Gnostic Church, we find that baptism (conservation and transmutation of the sexual energy) comes first, followed by penance (death of the ego), communion (the Eucharist, to receive Christ) confirmation (in one's path) and then matrimony, followed by priesthood and the extreme unction. Matrimony should come as a result of your comprehension, not fear of loneliness, dejection and guilt. Therefore, to quote one German initiate, "Let your victory and freedom long for a child and marriage," and not the neediness of your animal mind. That child is the golden child of alchemy: the Christ.
For those who are single, you can work with baptism in your level, annihilating the ego, in order to prepare for marriage. Just because you find your spouse does not mean you're saved, and neither does the absence of your destined spouse incur your damnation. What matters most is your mind: if you are filled with degeneration and have no psychological work, then what can you expect from a matrimony where you must harness the greatest power that exists in the universe? It is better to resign yourself and to accept what God has given you, single or married, because He has more foresight than we are blind.
Many practitioners achieve great progress while single. Alchemy is the next step for such souls like Gandhi and Yogananda, who awoke a great percentage of consciousness but did not practice sexual magic. These great yogis demonstrate to satiation the possibility of great psychological purity without sexual magic. Whether you have a partner or not, the most important thing is the purity of your psyche. It is best to enter alchemy with a relatively cleaner mind than as a pig filled with lust. Therefore, single practitioners who complain about lacking a spouse should concentrate most on themselves and the state of their mind, not on what they do not have.
The point of this is to not dismay. Stagnation is caused by a lack of psychological work, not on whether you have an alchemical partner or not. When it is time to work in alchemy, then you will be provided with your spouse, in accordance with God's will. But we will warn you; when you meet your partner: watch out! You have a lot more work ahead of you now!